1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. What happened in day one of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago? We're breaking it down for you today. Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss how in any other context, what we've seen at both major political parties' conventions would be des…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. When a storm comes, who are we supposed to trust? The people at the top, or our friends and neighbors? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss something we've all experienced (or will experience) at some point: what it's like when the power goes out an…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Is our election process broken because it was built on the assumption that people would behave honestly? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss how all election law is connected to a ticking clock, how many ways there are to skirt around the edges of …

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Is a prolonged voting process with early voting and mail-in ballots bad for good government? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss "the power of incumbency" and how fracturing the election process with early voting and mail-in ballots serves those wh…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Is RFK Jr. really going to be on the ballot in all 50 states? Are the Democrats going to let that happen? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss the state of the Independent candidate in the presidential race and the fact that even though the Democrat…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Why is the major corporate media not challenging the process behind Kamala Harris becoming the Democratic Party's presidential nominee? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss the unwillingness of the media to be honest about their bias when it comes t…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. A lot of people feel that in terms of the process, this is the craziest presidential election we've ever had. Is that true? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss the process of how Joe Biden got into the Oval Office back in 2020 and how echoes of the…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. What would happen if a lot of otherwise eligible mail-in ballots were delivered late? What if that happened in a tight race in a swing state… or two? …Newman. Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss what the process would look like for a new president …

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. With the election approaching and absentee ballot requests being submitted soon, we've got a major question in mind: can we trust the United States Postal Service to get everyone's ballots delivered in time? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss how …

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. If election laws are tampered with in a way that's unconstitutional while an election is happening, is it possible to undo the results of that election afterwards? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss how when it comes to changing election laws in t…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. President Biden isn't supposed to leave office until January, but he's already given a farewell speech. Did it give us a clear picture of what the next six months are going to look like? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss the details of President …

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Did Donald Trump's speech at the Republican National Convention tell us anything we didn't already know about him? Our friend Dr. William B. Allen thinks so. Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss the deeper meaning behind what may have seemed like me…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Since the Biden campaign has officially become the Harris campaign and it looks like she's on track to become the Democratic nominee, what about the presidency right now? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss the potential next steps now that Joe Bid…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Over the weekend, Joe Biden announced he's no longer going to be running for re-election… so who's ready to talk conspiracy theories? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss the conspiracy theories swirling around Joe Biden's announcement and asking th…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. We're wrapping up our conversation about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, processing everything we learned from our interview with David Mosura and asking, "what happens next?" Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss where they were when th…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. The conversation continues today as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, Alan C. Duncan, and Jeff Sanders speak with David Mosura about his firsthand experience witnessing the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. Pull up a chair and listen in as we discuss the details of what transpired and what we shoul…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, Alan C. Duncan, and Jeff Sanders are all at the table, joined today by a special guest who attended the July 13th Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania and experienced the whole thing from just a few rows away. Pull up a chair and listen in as our team speaks with combat ve…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Did you have a good 4th of July holiday? Or were you too concerned about the state of our democracy to enjoy the fireworks? Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate, Alan C. Duncan, and David Zanotti discuss a recent article from Ohio Capital Journal, along with the true intent of this and many …

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Have you ever wanted to get a letter from the president? Congressional Democrats came back from July 4th recess with a fresh letter from Joe Biden waiting for them. Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate, Alan C. Duncan, and David Zanotti discuss Joe Biden's letter to Democrats expressing his …

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. As we conclude our debate conversation today, the biggest question remains - what is going to happen now? Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate, Alan C. Duncan, and David Zanotti discuss the likelihood of a Biden replacement and the stranglehold that the two-party system has the American peop…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. What question from the debate is even more important than whether or not Joe's gotta go? The conversation continues today. Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate, Alan C. Duncan, and David Zanotti discuss how neither of the major parties' presidential candidates have the foggiest idea of what …

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Everybody's asking the same question - what just happened in the presidential debate on Thursday night? Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate, Alan C. Duncan, and David Zanotti discuss the details of the June 27th presidential debate and break down the performances from President Biden and fo…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. What are the odds we could make congressional term limits happen? And how would we do it? Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate, Alan C. Duncan, and David Zanotti discuss the potential paths and obstacles to making congressional term limits a reality. 1850MainStreet.com…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Since everyone knows both of the presidential candidates and almost everyone has strong feelings about them, what's keeping us from knowing who's going to win the election right now? Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate, Alan C. Duncan, and David Zanotti discuss the factors likely to affect …

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Have you heard of solar geoengineering? Even if it sounds like it, we promise it's not just something from a science fiction movie. Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate and Alan C. Duncan discuss whether or not we should let Bill Gates block out the sun in an attempt to mitigate global warmi…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Where do you get your news? Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate and David Zanotti discuss how exposing ourselves only to major news source can affect our worldview and why it's a better alternative to attempt to discover the truth behind the news together. 1850MainStreet.com…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. So does the potential of dockworkers striking and causing major supply chain issues give anyone else COVID flashbacks, or is it just us? Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate and Alan C. Duncan discuss how a potential strike on the horizon from East Coast and Gulf Coast dockworkers could affe…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Is the state of legalized sports gambling as bad as we said it was going to get… or is it worse? Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate and Alan C. Duncan discuss the death threats that have been issued to Major League Baseball players as a result of the MLB's acceptance and promotion of sport…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. At what point in time do people in power have the right to weaponize the justice system against their opponents? Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate and David Zanotti discuss the results of the Trump hush money trial and whether or not this whole thing is truly about crimes or politics. 185…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Have you ever overindulged? If the answer is no, you might want to think again. Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate and Alan C. Duncan discuss the change that happened overnight when a remote tribe in the Amazon got smartphones with access to the internet. 1850MainStreet.com…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Should Americans be more concerned about a civil war… or a revolution? Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate and David Zanotti discuss the administrative state's goal to control every aspect of life by consolidating power into the federal bureaucracy and out of the hands of voters and elected…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Now that Donald Trump has been convicted of felony crimes in relation to the hush money case, what's next? Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate and David Zanotti discuss what it means to be an American living under the rule of the Declaration and Constitution and what happens when political …

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. What does Apple consider to be the top 100 Albums of all time, and why should we care? (Don't worry, we won't go through all 100) Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate, Alan C. Duncan, and David Zanotti discuss the highs and lows of this list of albums and how it reflects today's culture, all…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. They say you can tell what a society values by what it builds… how about what it destroys? Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate and Alan C. Duncan discuss how the 20th century saw the destruction of some of America's greatest architectural achievements and what was constructed in their place…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. If you want to criticize a speech, do you think you should go over the whole thing for context first? Does anyone do that? Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate and Alan C. Duncan discuss the lack of context in criticisms over Harrison Butker's commencement speech at Benedictine College and t…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Does anyone actually like going to college commencement ceremonies… or actually listen to the speeches? Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate and Alan C. Duncan discuss the controversy surrounding the speech recently made by Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker at Benedictine College's c…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. A lot of people are obsessed with polling numbers. Do polls even matter this far ahead of an election? Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate, Alan C. Duncan, and David Zanotti discuss the degradation of accuracy in polling over the past 20 years and how the major news outlets use polls for th…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. What's a pocket knife without a knife? What is the Boy Scouts if it's not just for boys? Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate, Alan C. Duncan, and David Zanotti discuss Swiss Army Knives being manufactured with everything but the knife and the rebranding of the Boy Scouts of America. 1850Mai…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Why would an authoritarian government want to shut down a local pub? Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate, Alan C. Duncan, and David Zanotti discuss C.S Lewis' book That Hideous Strength and how public meeting places where people can get together and share ideas are dangerous in the eyes of …

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Why did Jontay Porter of the Toronto Raptors receive a lifetime ban from the NBA? Pull up a chair and listen in as Rob Walgate, Alan C. Duncan, and David Zanotti discuss what a prop bet is and how the gambling industry is increasingly affecting not only sports fandoms, but the teams and players them…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. What exactly is going on with these pro-Palestine protests on college campuses across the country? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti, Rob Walgate, and Alan C. Duncan discuss how the ongoing pro-Palestine protests have gotten dangerously antisemitic and universities have done nothing to …

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Last time we met, we left off reading a letter from Union soldier J.B. Buckbee to Confederate soldier P.J. Johnson. What can that letter teach us? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti and Dr. Jeff Sanders discuss how one of the biggest lessons we can learn from the Civil War is the regret …

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. A lot of people these days want to talk about America having another Civil War. Did we not learn our lesson the first time around? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti and Dr. Jeff Sanders discuss the Civil War and what a correspondence between a Union captive and Confederate soldier can t…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Why are conservatives unwilling to do anything to contribute toward their view of good government while progressives will do whatever it takes to get their candidates into political power? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti and Rob Walgate discuss how the federal government is using taxp…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. How can a nonprofit organization get around the rules and attempt to affect the outcome of elections? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti and Rob Walgate discuss how left-wing organizations have been created to target voter turnout in specific areas to ensure Democrat victory and sway con…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Have Democrats really found a way to control the way elections turn out? And are we paying for it? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti and Rob Walgate expose one of the most effective strategies to control the outcome of elections that we've ever seen, but no one else seems to talk about.…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Is an empowered voter more likely to be a participating voter? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti and Rob Walgate discuss how the power brokers play the game of electoral politics to control the House, Senate, and more by using the parties to tip the scales in their favor. iVoters.com 18…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Just how important is the Senate? And why don't they ever seem to get anything done? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti and Rob Walgate discuss how the Club of 100 Senators are really representatives of the State rather than the People. iVoters.com 1850MainStreet.com…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Just how much money has iVoters.com lost over the years by refusing to monetize or cater to only one party trying to steer elections? Pull up a chair and listen in as David Zanotti and Rob Walgate discuss how the census affecting voting districts by counting population rather than citizens could cha…

1850 Main Street™ - Real questions. Real answers. Have you ever seen the documentary "JFK: A President Betrayed?" Pull up a chair and listen in as Michael DelGiorno and David Zanotti discuss the documentary that reveals how JFK embarked on secret back channel peace efforts with Nikita Khrushchev and Fidel Castro and was determined to get out of Vie…