Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci

The Siren Network

Introducing "Sane(ish)" with JoJoFromJerz, where social media sensation and political firebrand Jo Carducci brings her signature sass, snark, and incisive analysis to a new series. Sane(ish) has all the righteous indignation that made her a Twitter phenomenon while adding more personality to politics. With an unmistakable Jersey directness and zero tolerance for artificial balance, Jo dissects everything from constitutional crises to cultural flashpoints, alongside thoughtful guests who provide depth and perspective. Our politics may be insane, but we don't have to be. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 1D AGO

    BREAKING: In the Middle of the Night, Republicans Ram Through $70B of ICE Funding

    While most Americans were sleeping, Republicans rammed through another $70 billion funding increase for ICE, lasting for the remainder of Trump’s second term and increasing the federal deficit in the process. The vote dragged from Wednesday night into the early morning hours on Thursday, with only two Republican senators, Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Rand Paul (Kentucky) joining Democrats in voting no. On this episode of The Siren Podcast, Jo sits down with New Jersey Senator Andy Kim to discuss the dangers and destructiveness of this latest funding bill. As Senator Kim told us: “ICE has become basically an equivalent of a military operation, right? It’s funded higher than most countries fund their militaries.” We’ve already seen ICE’s massive budget used to terrorize Americans on the streets of their cities, resulting in the executions of two U.S. citizens and illegal detainment of countless people. Detainees have reported rampant, unsafe health conditions within ICE detention centers, with access to medical treatment often being denied by agents. Children are routinely blocked from visiting with their families, and relatives are completely left in the dark when a loved one is kidnapped by ICE, unable to be located. Upwards of 3,000-4,000 ICE and DHS agents were sent to Minnesota earlier this year, more than double the amount of local law enforcement, who were severely understaffed in providing support and safety to the area due to ICE’s presence. In addition, Senator Kim told us about ICE’s $130-140 million purchase of a warehouse in Roxbury, New Jersey, to store massive new amounts of ICE detainees. The warehouse, according to ICE’s own estimates, will cost taxpayers another $150 million to rehabilitate the facility, and an additional $200-300 million to operate the building. Republicans passed this massive funding increase for ICE in the middle of the night for a reason, because they don’t want Americans to hear about it. Senator Kim is shining a light on their latest disastrous action, and we’re lucky to have him. Like, Share & Subscribe! New content and interviews every day of the week! Make sure to check me out on all the socials! https://linktr.ee/jojofromjerz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    25 min

  2. 2D AGO

    Jared Moskowitz REACTS To Pam Bondi Evading Her Epstein Subpoena

    Jared Moskowitz joins this episode of The Siren Podcast to discuss all things Bondi and more. None of this sh*t is normal. And you better believe I have something to say about it. We are not going to lose our country to a melted circus peanut fascist. Nope. No f’ng way. Like, Share & Subscribe! New content and interviews every day of the week! Make sure to check me out on all the socials! https://linktr.ee/jojofromjerz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    20 min

  3. 5D AGO

    Erasing January 6: Harry Dunn on the DOJ’s Push to Vacate Proud Boys Convictions

    Former Capitol Police Officer and current Congressional candidate Harry Dunn joins Jo to discuss the Trump DOJ's attempt to vacate the convictions for Proud Boys members who committed acts of seditious conspiracy on January 6. None of this sh*t is normal. And you better believe I have something to say about it. We are not going to lose our country to a melted circus peanut fascist. Nope. No f’ng way. Like, Share & Subscribe! New content and interviews every day of the week! Make sure to check me out on all the socials! https://linktr.ee/jojofromjerz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    16 min

  4. APR 17

    The Current Administration is a National Security Risk: Andy Ostroy with Jojo from Jerz

    Andy Ostroy - host of the back room podcast - and I talk about everything from Donald Trump’s Jesus meme to Eric Swalwell resigning from Congress to his thoughts on how likely it is that the Dems will flip both chambers of Congress in the fall. Good convo, hope you enjoy! None of this sh*t is normal. And you better believe I have something to say about it. We are not going to lose our country to a melted circus peanut fascist. Nope. No f’ng way. Like, Share & Subscribe! New content and interviews every day of the week! Make sure to check me out on all the socials! https://linktr.ee/jojofromjerz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    40 min

  5. APR 11

    'A Disaster of Epic Proportions': Veteran Amy McGrath on Trump's Iran War & Flipping Kentucky Blue

    It’s been a month since Donald Trump unilaterally and illegally launched the United States into a war with Iran. And what has the United States gotten out of this war, which was apparently so important that it had to happen without Congressional approval or notification? To put it simply: Nothing. Today’s guest on The Siren Podcast, Amy McGrath, called this war “the worst strategic defeat in my lifetime.” McGrath knows a thing or two about the military and armed conflict. Over her 20 years of service in the military, Amy flew 89 combat missions, led Marines in some of the toughest places on earth, and served at the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill, working to shape America’s national security. McGrath was the first woman to fly a combat mission for the Marine Corps and the first woman to pilot the F/A-18 in a combat mission. She’s now running for the U.S. Senate as a Democrat in Kentucky. Through an endless barrage of incomprehensible statements from Trump, Leavitt, Hegseth, and Rubio, which on any given day contain a novel’s worth of different statements explaining the state of the war and our goals, the effects of the war have actually hurt the United States. We have not destroyed Iran’s nuclear capabilities (after Trump said last June that we had). Iran still has their enriched uranium. We have not achieved regime change. The “unconditional surrender” that Trump wanted has not occurred (in fact, we’ve gotten the opposite). Iran has not stopped funding terrorist groups across the Middle East. The Strait of Hormuz is still closed (as a result of Trump’s war), allowing Iran to hugely profit from this conflict, with Bloomberg estimating Iran to be earning hundreds of millions of dollars in extra income from oil sales. And if that wasn’t bad enough, oil and gas prices domestically are skyrocketing. According to this morning’s Consumer Price Index report, Trump’s Iran war has caused inflation to triple in the last month alone, a record spike, with consumer sentiment falling to an all-time low as a result. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    28 min

  6. MAR 6

    Trump's Iran War Talking Points Are Nuking MAGA

    Since Donald Trump launched the United States into an illegal war with Iran, MAGA has found itself in an impossible position, having to contort themselves into a pretzel in order to perform a 180 degree flip from anti-war isolationists to Bush/Cheney 2.0. On this episode of The Siren Podcast, I spoke with former U.S. representative Denver Riggleman about the latest updates to the Iran War. MAGA mouthpiece and right-wing propagandist Karoline Leavitt recently said Trump had a “feeling” that Iran was going to strike the US. Imagine, for a second, the Republican reaction to a Democratic president saying they went to war because of a “feeling.” It would be non-stop 24/7 news. It would be plastered all over Fox News incessantly. Your MAGA uncle and Trump sympathetic neighbors would tell you about it. But for Donald Trump, it’s just another Wednesday. This comes after Pete Hegseth stated the Iran War could potentially last up to 8 weeks or more, saying the U.S. and Israel would unleash “death and destruction from the sky all day long.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    52 min

  7. MAR 4

    Trump's Iran War Rages On and There's No End in Sight: With Pete Buttigieg

    On Monday, I caught up with former Transportation Secretary, mayor, and presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg while on the campaign trail in Pennsylvania, on this episode of The Siren Podcast. Secretary Buttigieg spoke openly about Trump’s new war in Iran, and the dangers that American troops in the region now face. Buttigieg himself served in the U.S. military and was deployed to Afghanistan in 2014, where he worked in a secure unit in Kabul, conducting over 90 “outside the wire” convoy trips. As Buttigieg told me, “The president hasn’t even tried to explain to the American people, or to the troops, or to the Congress, real reasons why [the Iran war] couldn’t be avoided.” Buttigieg continued: “Six families and counting have gotten that knock on the door. If you can ask families to go through that and service members to put their lives on the line, the very minimum the Congress should be ready to do is to sit in Washington to take a vote and put their names against an up or down vote on whether they’re gonna allow this.” As we have observed, Donald Trump and his allies have released a series of garbled, awkward statements combining just about every justification under the sun as to their reasoning for beginning the war. One of the more concerning things thus far, is Donald Trump’s avoidance to deliver a presidential address to the nation explaining why the country is involved in yet another Middle Eastern conflict, demonstrating a sincere disinterest in governing for the American people. Coming from the “most transparent administration in history,” there is a huge lack of transparency, whether we’re discussing the Iran War or the Epstein files. Thank you all so much for watching today’s episode. It’s because of your support that I’m able to have these incredible conversations. I love you guys!! 💙 Jo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    18 min

  8. FEB 15

    Donald Trump Will Send ICE to Voting Centers — But The Senate Can Stop Him

    On this episode of The Siren Podcast, Jo is joined by former Washington Governor Jay Inslee to discuss his recent piece titled, “Don’t Let ICE Freeze Voting,” where he urges Congress to ban ICE agents from the polls and protect democracy. Donald Trump has doubled down on saying that Republicans should “nationalize” elections and take control of voting centers. At the same time, former Trump adviser Steve Bannon has been making the rounds saying ICE agents will surround polling stations this November. It is certainly not difficult to imagine a scenario in which the president directs ICE to do just that, as Trump has spent his entire second term relitigating the outcome of the 2020 election, directing the FBI to raid the Fulton County elections center, and has never actually conceded the 2020 election after launching a two month-long attempt at couping the United States. Governor Inslee offers strategies and methods at containing Trump and ICE on this episode, including inserting “absolute binding limitation” within appropriations bills, a power that Democrats actually have, while providing some much needed hope: “We have agency here. We are not powerless. We have shown the ability to beat him in court and on the streets in peaceful resistance. Let me point out that we had 60 judges that stood up when Donald Trump lost the election in 2020 and he was unable to succeed in his coup attempt. And we’ve now had multiple wins where we have had judicial decrees against him that by and large actually have been enforced.” Make sure to tune into this important information-filled episode, right here on The Siren Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    34 min
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Introducing "Sane(ish)" with JoJoFromJerz, where social media sensation and political firebrand Jo Carducci brings her signature sass, snark, and incisive analysis to a new series. Sane(ish) has all the righteous indignation that made her a Twitter phenomenon while adding more personality to politics. With an unmistakable Jersey directness and zero tolerance for artificial balance, Jo dissects everything from constitutional crises to cultural flashpoints, alongside thoughtful guests who provide depth and perspective. Our politics may be insane, but we don't have to be. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    The Siren Network
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    260
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Joanne Carducci
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    Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci

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