Armchair Politics

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Instead of keeping politics out of sports, we're talking politics like it's sports. Alex Smith, Dr. Christopher Carter, and David Coe sit down and talk about politics and culture through the perspective of sports fans.  New Episode every Thursday.

  1. 5d ago

    The Michigan senate race and Medicare for All w/ Nikki Sapiro Vinckier

    The Guys sit down with Physicians Assistant and Michigan content creator, Nikki Sapiro Vickier to take the temperature of the Senate race there, talk Medicare for all, and racial disparities in healthcare outcomes.  You can find Nikki’s book, We Deserve More: Why Reproductive Healthcare is Broken--And What You Can Do About It on amazon.  Chapters: 00:00 Home Grown 1:00 Pre-primary vibes 2:49 Moving from McMorrow to Abdul El-Sayed 8:04 Politics is like high school 9:03 We’ve had enough 13:07 Trump election changed how woman seek healthcare 16:26 Codifying Roe isn’t enough 18:33 Why we need medicare for all 27:12 Dr Abdul El-Sayed understands racial inequities  31:09 Gretchen Whitmer’s data center moment 34:12 Me too movement from a healthcare perspective  39:26 Abdul is the midwest Mamdani 41:02 Anti-semitism and islamophobia are the same thing 46:04 Fixing health disparities in Michigan w/ Kids Rx 50:19 Why are they running?

  2. Jul 23

    The Democratic Party’s Odyssey

    The guys use Christopher Nolan’s: The Odyssey as a metaphor for the Democratic Party’s journey over the last 100 years.  Chapters: 00:00 Christopher Nolan’s: The Odyssey  2:17 Right wing backlash to the “woke” film 5:45 The Democratic Party’s Ithaca was the New Deal 12:27 Civil Rights period were the man eating giants 19:19 Reagan is Agamemnon 22:48 Clinton compromise 27:55 Circe and the song of corporate money 36:48 Obama and the lotus flower years 41:30  Hades represents the politicians that listen 51:31 We make it home together

  3. Jul 16

    The Grahams are out. What’s next?

    The guys breakdown the ramifications of both Lindsey Graham and Graham Platner being replaced on the ballot in November. They also check in on the centerpiece battle in the Michigan Senate primary between Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed. Chapters: 00:00 The Replacements: the movie 1:55 The Character Haley Stevens plays 5:37 Abdul the uncommitted ‘controversy’  9:51 Lindsay Graham, a racist warmongering performer 13:42 Lindsay Graham was Smithers to Trump’s Mr. Burns 19:51 Sister replacing Graham is normal 24:35 Can Dr. Annie Andrews actually win South Carolina? 33:36 Maine Dems are doing it right unlike the DNC in 2024 43:00 Susan Collins might be in trouble 44:41 Corporate Dems weaponizing identity politics

  4. Jul 9

    Biggest own goals and best surprises of the political season

    With the World Cup in full swing, the guys sit down to VAR review the biggest political mistakes and surprise wins that are in the news.. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 1:03 Trump’s Freedom 250 fest  8:55 Trump weighing in on the USMNT  22:55 2024 DNC autopsy 26:31 Graham Platner 32:40 American men don’t understand consent 38:32 Hawaii blocking Citizens United  47:11 Moderates elevating hasan piker 50:36 Zohran Mamdani’s first six months as mayor 53:25 Incumbents love for AIPAC 56:00 Palestinian liberation and anti semitism

  5. Jul 2

    July 4th Special w/ Matt Beat: Revisiting our history to better understand our present

    American history buff Matt Beat joins the pod to dispel the talking point that America is in uncharted waters, and discuss what we can learn from our history, so going forward we can make new mistakes, instead of the repeating the same ones over again.  Chapters: 00:00 “These are unprecedented times!” 2:19 1970’s and Richard Nixon aka The undertaker 9:56 Trump, the Iran War, and the midterms 14:57 1960’s and Political violence  18:39 American mythology 28:44 The reactionary 1920’s 34:32 American propaganda  38:28 Eugene Debs and the roots of American socialism 50:33 Generational perspectives on socialism 54:16 1890’s, the gilded age 59:00 The role of religion in politics power 1:03:24 Fredrick Douglass and the 4th of July 1:11:57 Where do we go from here?

  6. Jun 25

    How we get Los Angeles to realize it’s potential..

    The guys sit down with good governance reform advocate Nick Caputo to unpack why Los Angeles is so hard to fix, and how we can get it done anyway.  Apologies for Nick’s sideways camera orientation Chapters: 00:00 Why LA is different from NYC and Chicago 10:39 Historical context of LA’s government  15:43 The challenges facing reform 17:47 New LA County executive 19:47 LA County’s governmental set up 28:33 Focusing in on the Nov election 32:25 who could be LA’s movement leader? 38:23 How do we make it happen?

  7. Jun 5

    The war for the Democratic Party

    The guys dive into the civil war (of ideas) happening within the Democratic Party, and how it can be a good preparation to afterwards beat Thanos (the GOP in 2028). Chapters: 00:00 Civil war, but in a good way 4:13 Leadership misreading the moment 5:20 Candidates matter 7:58 Why corporate liberalism is doomed  16:48 History of progressivism within the party 18:59 Hakeem Jeffries is Bill Rawls from The Wire 21:08 Incentive to relinquish power 23:11 Abdul El-Sayed the Mi senate race 32:20 Difference in healthcare views 35:11 Ca governors race 37:31 When progressives unite, they win… 48:25 Why online discourse is so toxic 54:01 Will any scandal derail Graham Platner 59:17 Racial fault lines in the party 1:04:29 Why AOC is the party unity candidate 1:08:05 History of insurgent POTUS nominees  1:12:00 The main issue with politics

  8. May 28

    Building the corporate Democratic All-Star team

    We are locked in on two things: The state of the Democratic Party and the NBA playoffs. So we put together our very own Corporate Democratic All-Star  team. Who did we miss that deserves a roster spot? Apologies for the echo. Will sort that out before next week. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Wembanyama already a gaot 3:29 Tottenham Hotspur, the mets of the Premier League 6:16 Knicks are in the finals! 9:42 James harden typifies a corporate Democrat  12:18 Kamala Harris’s role 15:12 Nancy Pelosi is the coach 15:48 Starting point guard, Hakeem Jefferies 17:06 Defining a corporate democrat 26:28 Cory Booker, the volume shooter 32:31 Kirsten Gillibrand is Dillon Brooks 34:29 Elissa Slotkin is first person off the bench  39:54 California is the Mecca for corporate Dems 47:24 Steny Hoyer at center 49:37 Mark Werner, the stretch four 52:47 How to look into corporate donations 54:57 Jon ‘hack a’ Fetterman 56:40 All the senators that caved in the shutdown 57:37 Terri Sewell 1:00:45 Respectability politics in the black community

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Instead of keeping politics out of sports, we're talking politics like it's sports. Alex Smith, Dr. Christopher Carter, and David Coe sit down and talk about politics and culture through the perspective of sports fans.  New Episode every Thursday.

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  • Creator
    David
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    24
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 David
  • Show Website
    Armchair Politics