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Dirty Moderate showcases the people who cut through the nails-on-a-chalkboard din of the modern-day American political scene. We promote rigorous analysis and lively debate with individuals on both sides of the aisle and beyond. Our host, Adam Epstein, is a 12 time, Tony Award-winning former Broadway powerhouse producer turned political provocateur. Adam can go toe-to-toe with anyone on politics as he did on Trish Regan Primetime every Thursday night in 2019 as the lone non-conservative pane ...
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New York Times columnist David French joins Adam to discuss the role of religion in public life, and he offers up a unique portal into the pro-life movement, and its perils in the aftermath of Roe. David discusses the important role of the courts, and especially the critical role of the Supreme Court, in securing( or not securing) the guardrails ag…
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As arguably the pre-eminent voice warning about the dangers of Donald Trump, longtime political operative Steve Schmidt needs no introduction. But in case you have been abducted by aliens, Steve is the founder, author and host of The Warning, a digital media company comprised of a daily newsletter, podcast and video analysis on his YouTube channel.…
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It’s not playtime in America. It’s high time in America that we all stand up for democracy. It’s gonna take all of us, especially independents like myself who will back Biden in November because that’s putting America first. It’s America or Trump; you can’t have both.… Thanks for helping us save democracy one episode at a time! Join the Dirty Moder…
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Noah Rothman is an author and conservative thinker who is a Senior Writer for National Review, and whose recent bestseller, “The Rise of the New Puritans: Fighting Back Against Progressives’ War on Fun,” is the chief subject of the second episode of our new series Dirty Moderate After Dark. Adam and Noah do a deep dive into the origins of Puritan t…
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Tina Nguyen is a national correspondent for Puck covering the world of Donald Trump and the American right for their The Best & The Brightest newsletter. Previously, Nguyen was a White House reporter for Politico, a staff reporter for Vanity Fair Hive, and an editor at Mediaite. Her new book, The MAGA Diaries: My Surreal Adventures Inside the Right…
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Philip K. Howard is a lawyer, author and chair of Common Good (www.commongood.org), a nonpartisan organization aimed at replacing red tape with human responsibility and agency. In his discussion with Adam, Philip discusses his latest book “Everyday Freedom: Designing the Framework for a Flourishing Society,” which argues that the post 1960’s legal …
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James Kirchick is a columnist for Tablet magazine, a writer at large for Air Mail, and author of the instant New York Times bestseller, Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington. Jamie( as he is known,) sits down with Adam and details why he wrote “Secret City,” discusses his longtime interest in Cold War history and assesses the intersecti…
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As the host of the podcast History of the Land of Israel, and his own YouTube show, Israel Explained, Shaiel Ben-Ephraim spends his time thinking about Israel, assessing Israel’s long term goals and strategies and nuancing a discussion about Israel and the Palestinians which blessedly sheds more light than heat. A self described “Liberal Zionist,” …
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At once passionate and eloquent, Kaivan Shroff may just be the Democratic Party’s most effective communicator. A onetime digital strategist for Hillary Clinton, Kaivan is now the Press Secretary for Dream for America, a Gen-Z movement for freedom, democracy, & progressive government. As a regular pundit and commentator, Kaivan regularly and forcefu…
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Before we all settle in to watch Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl, check out Adam’s recent discussion about immigration with the second best blonde of the day, his Executive Producer, Dawn Sorokin in this special edition of Stay Dirty, Stay Moderate Thanks for helping us save democracy one episode at a time! Join the Dirty Moderate Nation on Substack…
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With the 2024 election less than a year away, Kyle Kondick, managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball, the University of Virginia Center for Politics’ nonpartisan election forecasting newsletter joins the podcast to look at our electoral landscape—both presidential and congressional—from 30,000 feet. Have a listen as Kyle and Adam discuss Biden’s vu…
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A Libertarian and a Dirty Moderate have drinks After Dark KOA Colorado Talk Show Host and longtime friend of Dirty Moderate , Ross Kaminsky returns to the podcast for a special, boozy episode. Swiveling bourbon as they shoot the shit about the shitshow that is today’s politics, Ross joins Adam for a sprawling convo about Trump v Biden, Trump’s many…
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Joe is a true patriot and a helluva great guy. Glad to be in the fight against that giant, dangerous, orange wanna be king with him. Do not miss this one! When you finish listening to Joe on Dirty Moderate, head over to his amazing podcast White Flag and give him a Follow on X/Twitter @walshfreedom We are covering the election through to the end, f…
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When it comes to profiles in courage, few people fit the description more aptly than former Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger, who also happens to be a quintessential Dirty Moderate! In opposing all things Trump, he put country over party and made a robust defense on behalf of democracy a cornerstone of his political identity. Bravo, sir. His new…
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Intelligence officer, former Congressman, Jan 6 data analyst, whiskey distillery owner and genuine raconteur, Denver Riggleman, joins the podcast for an insightful, epically entertaining and scathing takedown of all things Trump, MAGA, authoritarian as well as all the other BS infecting our politics today. His book, The Breach: The Untold Story of …
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When you are young, they assume you know nothing-Travis Kelce's girlfriend At only 16 years old, yes you read that correctly, William He has founded Dream4 America, a Gen Z-led non-profit founded in 2023 dedicated to mobilizing America’s students to promote the principles of freedom, democracy, & progressive government. Born as a progressive counte…
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Desmond Meade's life story has been one of pain, perseverance, and finally, triumph. From a drug addicted felon waiting for a train to jump in front of to heading up the groundbreaking Florida Rights Restoration Coalition which has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize this year for: "their work in building democracies, supporting the human righ…
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Jewish Americans - much like the U.S. public overall – hold widely differing views on Israel and its political leadership. Israeli domestic policies and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict generate fiery attitudes toward Israel during peace time, and after the brutal Hamas attacks on Israel of October 7, feelings have intensified. And rightly so. We i…
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Stuart Stevens , Senior Adviser to the Lincoln Project, and longtime GOP campaign advisor and guru joins the podcast to talk with Adam about his new book: The Conspiracy to End America Five Ways My Old Party Is Driving Our Democracy to Autocracy Apart from their discourse on the dangers of democracy, Stuart and Adam lament the collapse of the party…
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Dr. Richard Barton is a Democracy Fellow at Unite America and a professor at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. He has a PhD in Government from Cornell University, and his research examines how electoral and legislative institutions shape lawmaking in Congress and the American Political Economy. Partisan primari…
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Over the last three decades, Ethan Chorin has had an extraordinary view of developments in the Middle East and Africa as an American diplomat, oil and ports executive and advisor to senior government officials. We invited Ethan to return to the show to discuss his thoughts on the events unfolding after the Hamas attack on Israel. You may remember E…
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We have been clear since minute one of this most recent attack on Israel. Never Trump. Never Hamas. Always Democracy. Over the latest seven decades, war and conflict between Israelis and Palestinian terror organizations-currently Hamas- has resulted in countless lives lost, electrified the wider Middle East, and drawn global powers into the scenari…
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Adam on Israel. For more on the atrocities in Israel both modern day and historical join us in unabashedly standing up for Israel and our fight to save democracy by becoming a member of the Dirty Moderate Nation. @dirtymoderate Thanks for helping us save democracy one episode at a time! Join the Dirty Moderate Nation on Substack! Tell us what you t…
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Despite our deep partisan fault lines on the issue, America does has a border crisis and solving it must be of the utmost urgency. Our dysfunctional system allows an unlimited number of people to cross our borders, prohibits them from working, promises free housing, and then leaves them in seven years of legal purgatory before a judge rules on whet…
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This year marks the 20th anniversary of George W. Bush’s transformative program to combat H.I.V. and AIDS in Africa, the Caribbean and elsewhere. The left’s villain of yesteryear, who was (somewhat) rehabilitated in the Trump era, and rightly maligned for the disaster that was the invasion of Iraq, Bush also waged a noble war against an epidemic. T…
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Could the future of the GOP be black and female? Democrat turned Republican, Mesha Mainor, a Georgia state legislator serving the 56th District is showing that it very well could be. Her recent political revolt against her Democratic colleagues is an valiant attempt to deviate away from partisan orthodoxy while also retaining her core values. Her R…
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Listen to Adam's take on last nights debate and Tucker's interview with you know who. Clif Notes version: Haley has no shot at the nomination, but if she did, she'd be viable with independents. Christie is anti-Trump in a MAGA party. DeSantis had the dazzle of an armoire. He's just so bad at politics. Pence is irrelevant. Vivek is a fraud. In the e…
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“I should not be here,” Ruby Freeman told the January 6 committee in her May 2022 deposition. “I signed up as an election worker because I believe in our democracy. I signed up to support my daughter, Shaye, whose entire professional career has been devoted to making sure that Fulton County elections are fair and that every vote is counted.” Like m…
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You don’t have to be a Republican to be continually aghast at the descent of the GOP into a haven for cranks, white nationalists, conspiracy theorists , performance artists and liars. We have a two party system in this country, and the collapse of the Republican Party into a Trump led cult, spells more than just trouble for our representative democ…
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There’s an old saying in politics: As Ohio goes, so goes the nation. Up until 2020, Ohio was a bellwether state in presidential elections voting for the winner every election cycle since 1960 except when John F. Kennedy won the general election, but Richard Nixon carried the state. Donald Trump won Ohio twice, but 2020 was the first year where Buck…
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This is not America’s first manipulative fascist rodeo. Our grand experiment has been peppered with religious and MAGA type freaks throughout its 247 years. When a large group of independent thinkers, adventurers, natives, freedom seekers, religious zealots, and young, scrappy and hungry individuals come together in one pot and create a beautiful s…
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The events leading up to Jan 6th have resulted in Trump's third indictment for, among other charges, conspiracy to defraud the United States. The only guardrails that we have against another assault on our democracy aren't the courts, but the ballot box. Trump must be soundly defeated in 2024 . It's the only way he will never get near the presidenc…
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Say hello to Carlos De Oliveira, Mar-a-Lago’s property manager, who allegedly assisted Trump aide Walt Nauta, in attempting to delete security footage that showed the men moving boxes of classified documents around the property to hide them from federal agents. Special Counsel Jack Smith filed three new criminal counts against Trump on Thursday bri…
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An unusual group of justices — including Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh, both conservative, and the court's three liberal justices — formed the slim 5-4 majority that upheld the Supreme Court's past rulings on Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The court said that in Alabama, a state where there are seven congressional seat…
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"Flesh is interesting. it comes in different sizes and colors and shapes but the bones are the things that bind us and hold us up and also what is left of us when we are gone. Happy to have the flesh be part of the culture, I want the politics to focus on the bones because that’s the only place that you get a sense of common human dignity and commo…
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As former Democrats with some Republican leanings, we no longer swear allegiance to any party. We find ourselves out in this new wild west of a middle, carving out a lane for the growing number of Americans who are leaning, even if ever so gently, into identifying as independents. It's not where many of us are comfortable. Not having the ability to…
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Is a wealthy black kid from an upper income household more disadvantaged than a Bangladeshi immigrant’s kid whose parents work multiple jobs to stay afloat? That’s the conundrum in using race as a factor in college admissions, especially in an increasingly multi ethnic society. In a 6-3 SCOTUS decision, the court on Thursday ruled that Harvard and …
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Chris Christie is the big mouthed public servant we’ve all been waiting for. And yes, that’s a compliment. Since entering the 2024 GOP presidential fray, Christie has been unsparing and relentless in his attacks on Trump. Yes, he should have done it sooner, and, no ,he should have never cozied up to the former president. But Christie’s tenure as a …
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"A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed." As the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia once wrote, "Like most rights, the right secured by the Second Amendment is not unlimited." The Founding Fathers, if they could have foreseen the terror of…
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There ain't nothin' more powerful than the odor of mendacity. You can smell it. It smells like death.” -Harvey "Big Daddy"Pollitt in Tennessee Williams' brilliant Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Important reminder: Trump could have returned the documents when asked ( they aren't his, they belong to 'we the people,') rather than defying subpoenas and leaving.…
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The man charged in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history is currently on trial for the heinous act of shooting to death 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue simply because they were Jews. Adam has a lot to say on the subject and the myriad political agendas attached like gun control, the death penalty, Trump's nauseating validation and en…
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The fear, loathing and bigotry of Ron DeSantis’s culture war against the LGBTQ community has sparked a national debate, and for many on the reactionary right, a national reckoning. But an entirely different narrative is emerging in the form of resistance: Even parents in deep red Hernando County, FL ( north of Tampa ,) are rising up and declaring t…
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Happy Memorial Day to all. May we all honor and remember those who have served to protect this beautiful experiment we call democracy. Thank you to our servicemen and women, and the families who keep things going in their absence. We salute YOU. Ron DeSantis on the other hand is a dangerous pudding eater, who has unsurprisingly (and in poor form re…
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For many Americans, President Gerald Ford was the genial accident of history who controversially pardoned his Watergate-tarnished predecessor, presided over the fall of Saigon, and became a punching bag on Saturday Night Live. Yet our revered guest nationally recognized authority on the American presidency, a familiar face to viewers of C-SPAN (our…
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While not exactly exposing the "crime of the century" that Trump promised *eyeroll- the Durham report, not unlike it's cousin Mueller does play a role in our favorite pastime, saving democracy, but the execution doesn't look to be a shining moment for the FBI as it’s trying to persuade Congress that it is a responsible steward of intelligence. Have…
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Asylum officers, Secret Service agents and troops, oh my. The end of Title 42 in a few short hours will reveal the plethora of issues not just this country, but the thousands who attempt to get here face and none of it is pretty folks. This episode shines a bright light on to the influx issue that COVID just kicked down the road. Thanks for helping…
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Neither party gives a shit about the debt. Our spending spree is a bipartisan production—both parties spend like drunken sailors. Here’s a little reality check, for those (sane) Americans who still live in a non-partisan reality. Are you subscribed to the podcast? Have you seen us on TikTok? https://www.tiktok.com/@dirtymoderatenation?lang=en Are y…
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While the 2024 presidential election is more than 18 months away, primaries begin in less than a year and let's face it, we who are plugged in know it's already begun. Trump's campaign is already smearing DeSantis's yet to be declared candidacy and Biden declared with the plea to let him finish the job. Public approval of Biden’s job as president h…
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