If you’re a kid visiting Washington, D.C. – like I was the first time I rode public transit in Your Nation’s Capital – the Metro is kind of cool. If you’re a D.C.-area commuter, it’s… not so much fun. Folks who undergo this drudgery have a champion in Unsuck DC Metro, an anonymous journalist who has been chronicling the failings of D.C.’s subway si…

What a tough summer it’s been, and not just because of a more-bitter-than-usual Presidential race going on. A string of police involved shootings has exposed the depth of America’s racial divisions. On this crummy little podcast, conservative activist, blogger, and writer Ali Akbar talks about the American right can balance this out. Ali’s backgrou…

It’s the summer of reboots, remakes, and sequels! This summer blockbuster season appears to have left all sense of creativity behind. To tackle this crisis I invited… someone who has been on the podcast already to come back. I just now recognized the irony here. But this crummy little podcast could do a lot worse than David Swindle, Managing Editor…

Summer vacations are upon us, and that means it’s road trip season! Growing up in Pennsylvania, I’ve been to Gettysburg more times than I can count. But I’m going to have to make a return trip to check out Civil War Tails, a diorama museum that depicts Civil War battlefield scenes with little cats as the soldiers. Rebecca Brown, who runs the museum…

https://s3.amazonaws.com/crummylittlepodcast/feed/CLP_028_Hillyer_Quin_20160607.mp3 The major party candidates are set. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton both had to win a bunch of elections to get to this point, and still no one really likes them. Could this be the election cycle where America breaks free of the two-party system? Quin Hillyer is ba…

Man, was I talking fast at the beginning of this episode. But I had a good reason: With everyone talking about the possibility of a third party crashing the Presidential vote this November, it was fun to talk to my old pal and former softball teammate Chris Younce, who knows exactly what kind of logistical lift such an effort would take. (Spoiler a…

The Attorney General of the U.S. Virgin Islands is targeting 90 groups because they are skeptical of claims made by environmental groups. Claude Walker’s office wants to know what Exxon Mobil talked about with the likes of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the Heritage Foundation, the Cato Institute, and others. Regardless of your position in t…

You’ve heard the stories about Ty Cobb right? He was mean. He sharpened his spikes to gouge opposing players when sliding into bases. He beat up a disabled fan. He was a racist. Well, it turns out that may all be based on shoddy research. And on this Crummy Little Podcast, Cobb biographer Charles Leerhsen shares a compelling counter-case to the ima…

Jon Henke joins this Crummy Little Podcast to chat about his ongoing series at RedState outlining the role foundations (particularly left-leaning ones) play in the policymaking process. Jon notes that for all the ink and air devoted to the supposed problem of money in campaigns, very little attention is paid to the role of foundations and research …

There’s a real chance that the Republican Party could start their convention this year without the nomination settled. It would be the first time that happened since 1976, and many in the news media don’t seem to understand the politics of political conventions. Quin Hillyer does, and he shares some of that knowledge on this Crummy Little Podcast. …