Chasing Interesting Craig Hoffman

Matthew Barrett joins Craig Hoffman to tell the story of Goal Click. Matthew's interests in geopolitics and sports collided to create a unique and inspiring storytelling platform. Matthew shares his story in creating it and why it's been so successful in it's eight years of existence.

Visit Goal Click: https://www.goal-click.com

GC on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goalclick/
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Craig Hoffman shares his thoughts on the current violence in Israel and Palestine including some relevent history and description of the actors at play, context about his views of their collective responsibilities and why he thinks Israel is not living up to it's purpose as a Jewish state.
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Josh Burch, founder of Neighbors for DC Statehood, joins Craig Hoffman to talk about the case for making Washington, DC as the 51st state. They discuss then history both of DC's representation, how other states were admitted to the union and how the partisanship of the argument isn't new. 

They also discuss what DC residents and those with representation can do to help the cause, where current representatives stand and the progress that has been made in the last decade.
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This week's episode is a compilation of two recent interviews from the radio. First, Craig Hoffman chats with Crooked Media co-founder and co-host of Pod Save The World Tommy Vietor about the potential for an Olympic Boycott in 2022 in Beijing. Why is it being considered? Why would it probably not work? What could be done to accomplish the goal of ending human rights abuses in China instead? Plus, what if an athlete protested in China during the games?

Next, Craig chats with epidemiologist, physician and author Dr. Abdul El-Sayed about sports and the coronavirus. How should teams, fans and leagues be handling fans returning to arenas? What is safe and what precautions still need to be taken? Plus, what can we do to ensure stadiums are full in the fall?
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VA State Delegate Ken Plum (D) joins Craig Hoffman for part two of his series of interviews with the people running to represent him. Plum has been in the Virginia General Assembly for 40 years and has represented the 36th District since 1982.

Ken and Craig talk about Ken's reaction to being challenged in the primaries, how he has survived 40 years as a progressive in a conservative state and how that very state has changed from conservative to progressive in the last decade.

Plum also describes how he has and desires to continue to pass progressive legislation and what are reasonable expectations for progressive citizens in the state.

Finally, Craig reflects on the two interviews including who he plans to vote for in the upcoming primary.
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Craig Hoffman talks to VA HD 36 Candidate Mary Barthelston about why she's running to unseat a 40 year incumbent in the Virginia State House. Mary is a 27-year-old systems engineer who wants to apply those skills to fix problems in our society. How do those skills translate and what specific policies and solutions does she have in mind? 

Next week: Craig talks to Ken Plum, the incumbent in the seat about being primaried and his plans to move Virginia forward.
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