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The Politics Guys is an independent, bipartisan, ideologically diverse American politics and policy podcast hosted by experts: political scientists, law professors, practicing attorneys, and former government officials. Our mission is to give listeners a much-needed break from conservative and liberal echo chambers through civil, rational, and evidence-based discussion of American politics and policy from multiple perspectives. In addition to our weekly news discussion, we feature regular in ...
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EVERY MONDAY A NEW EPISODE. I READ ALL MY EMAILS - contact form on my website - www.bogumilbaranowski.com. TELL ME YOUR STORY. I’m Bogumil Baranowski, an author, a TEDx speaker, an investor, and an investment advisor to families and individuals. Intimate conversations about money, wealth, and living a rich and fulfilling life. We talk about big ideas, big inspirations, big topics. We take on the hardest subject of all – money: how to make it, save it, keep it, but our conversations lead us t ...
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Michael McCloskey: If Investing Was Like Painting... Lessons from A Path to Mastery
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(I’ll be posting two episodes per week for a little bit to catch up with all the summer recordings. Enjoy!) My guest today is Michael McCloskey, who founded and manages Greenskeeper, a value investing firm. Michael and I met at Guy Spier’s VALUEx Conference. We snowshoed together in the Swiss Alps at some point and shared many conversations both in…
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Mike talks with Josh Cowen, a professor of education policy at Michigan State University about his recently released book, The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers. Topics Mike & Josh Cover Include: - how vouchers work - Milton Friedman’s role as a voucher pioneer - vouchers as a response to school desegregati…
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Mike talks about What Could Go Right, a podcast from the Progress Network. Hope you enjoy it too.By Michael Baranowski
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FTC Noncompete Blocked, GOP v Dem Platforms, Listener Questions
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Mike and Jay open the preview of this supporters’ midweek episode with a discussion of a Texas judge’s ruling against the FTC’s noncompete clause ban. Mike is more in favor of at least restricting noncompete clauses than Jay is, but they both agree that the judge was correct on the law. Next, they take a look at the Republican and Democratic Party …
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Steven Gorelik: Investing Lessons from Stock Picking in Two Very Different Regions
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My guest today is Steven Gorelik, in the spirit of keeping these intros short, find all about Steve in the notes. In two sentences — Steve was born in Belarus during the Cold War, moved to the States, fell in love with investing, and has a lot to share both about the US market and the Eastern European markets. In my mind, both experiences build on …
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Democratic Convention, RFK Jr and Trump, Biden Impeachment Report
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Mike and Jay open with a discussion of the recently concluded Democratic National Convention. Mike notes that the tone of the DNC was far more upbeat and optimistic than the RNC, and attributes that in some part to the basic nature of Donald Trump. They also get into a discussion of the Democrats’ celebrity advantage and Jay’s theory as to why that…
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Lost in the Middle: America’s Political Orphans
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Mike talks with Scott Klug, an Emmy award-winning journalist, former member of Congress, and currently co-chair of the Federal Public Affairs Practice at the national law firm of Foley & Lardner. He’s also a podcaster - the founder and host of Lost in the Middle: America’s Political Orphans – and writes the Lost in the Middle Substack. Topics Mike …
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Trump and Harris Economic Plans, Presidential Prediction Models
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Trump and Harris Economic Plans, Presidential Prediction Models Jay, Justin, and Mike open the preview of this supporters’ midweek episode with a discussion of the recent economic speeches by Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. Jay is unhappy with what he’s hearing from both sides, and Mike makes the case that if you like Biden’s policies, you’ll like …
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Matt Zeigler: Punk Rock Economics, The Power of Stories, Nostalgia, Becoming Independently Happy & More
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Today’s guest is Matt Zeigler. He’s been on Talking Billions before, and he was also the guest host when we turned the tables. Matt asked me questions in Talking Billions’ very first Fireside chat with the host. He is back, and we have lots to discuss. Matt is a Managing Director and Private Wealth Advisor at Sunpointe Investments. He helps clients…
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Musk ‘Interviews’ Trump, Musk Lawsuit, Lowering Drug Prices
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Jay, Justin, and Mike open with a discussion of the X conversation between Elon Musk and Donald Trump. They consider the ties between Musk and Trump, Musk’s move from left to right, and whether the event was a violation of campaign finance law as well as illegal worker intimidation. This moves into a conversation of Elon Musk’s recent lawsuit alleg…
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Travis talks with political science professor (and mom!), Dr. Lindsey Cormack about her new book, How to Raise a Citizen (And Why It’s Up to You to Do It), in which she encourages parents to learn more about politics, civics, and government, and to take on a more active role in providing that education to their children. Topics Travis and Lindsey c…
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Ben Claremon: Two Decades of Investing, Opportunities in Microcaps & Joys of Podcasting
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My guest today is Ben Claremon; we connected a while ago and have had many deep conversations about work, life, investing, and more. Not long ago, I was a guest on his wonderful podcast - The Compounders Podcast, where I talked about my career, work, investment style, and my firm - Blue Infinitas Capital — scroll down and look up this episode in th…
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Google Antitrust, The Squad vs AIPAC, Supreme Court Reform
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Mike and Jay open the preview of this supporters’ midweek show with a look at Judge Amit Metha’s ruling that Google is a monopolist in online search. Both Mike and Jay are torn on this, though for slightly different reasons. Jay has a problem with any one company controlling so much personal data, while Mike’s concern is more with Google’s practice…
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Harris Picks Walz, Presidential Race
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Mike and Jay open with a discussion of Kamala Harris’ choice of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. While neither Mike nor Jay believes Walz will make much of a difference, Mike argues that he’s more of a “regular person” than Trump running mate JD Vance, and that Harris has a reasonable shot at winning without running with a battlegro…
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New Deal Law and Order and the Modern Liberal State
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Mike talks with historian Anthony Gregory, author of multiple publications on national security, constitutionalism, and legal theory. His latest book is New Deal Law and Order: How The War on Crime Built The Modern Liberal State. Topics Mike & Anthony Discuss Include: - the origin of the “war on crime” - how the war on crime paved the way for the m…
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Trey and Ken continue their deep dive through the U.S. Constitution with the 12th Amendment. Topics of conversation include: The divided government of 1796 The contested election of 1800 The timeline of presidential elections The Presidential Succession Act Chiafalo v Washington Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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David Diranko: Contrarian Cash Flows, How to Find Opportunities Where Few Dare to Look
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David is a passionate investor, and wonderful writer, who shares his insights, and observations in his popular blog.My guest today is David Diranko. We met at Guy Spier’s VALUEx earlier this year, and spoke since. David is a very thoughtful investor who writes about his process, which rhymes with my philosophy in many ways, though we might be drawn…
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A Fireside Chat with the Host: Bogumil answers John Rotonti’s questions
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We talk about why I invest and why I invest in my own particular way for a unique type of clients... John asks some superb questions, the topics get serious, but we have some laughs, too! My guest host today is John Rotonti — as I shared before, in my mind, John, is a very diligent, thoughtful, deliberate stock analyst with a great gift for teachin…
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Trump's Comments at NABJ Convention, U.S.-Russia Prisoner Exchange, the Killing of Ismail Haniyeh
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Trey, May, and Ken commence the show with an in-depth discussion on former President Donald Trump’s comments at the National Association of Black Journalists Convention (NABJ) in Chicago. The debate becomes contentious as Ken and May dispute Trump’s engagement with racist groups. May contends that Ken’s remarks unfairly characterize conservatives a…
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Mike talks with Zee Cohen-Sanchez, Founder and Executive Director of Sole Strategies, a political organization building grassroots campaigns across the US for candidates who are passionate about change. After Bernie Sanders' 2016 campaign, Zee committed to helping Democratic candidates win seats across the country. Since founding Sole Strategies in…
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Netanyahu Visit, Supreme Court, Media Consumption
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Mike and Ken open this preview of the supporters' midweek show with a look at Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint session of Congress. They agree that the US doesn’t have a lot of leverage over Israel given America’s strategic interests in the region and concerns about Iran. Mike argues that members of Congress who are striden…
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Dr. Nate Zinsser: The Confident Mind: A Battle-Tested Guide to Unshakable Performance
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The words of wisdom from Eli Manning's Former Coach from First Victory to Positive Mental Deposits, and More Investing is very much an emotional, inner game, where lack of confidence, doubt, and worry can get in the way of execution and success. When I came across the book and work of my today’s guest, I knew I had to sit down and talk to him more,…
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Biden Bows Out, The Harris Agenda, Secret Service Director Resigns
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Mike, Ken, and Trey open with a discussion of President Biden’s decision to leave the race and the potential running mates and policies for presumptive nominee Kamala Harris. Ken argues that Biden would have done just fine against Trump and that Harris will also win in November, whereas Trey and Mike are far less bullish on her chances. They all ag…
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Taking on Trumpism with High-Dominance Politics
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Mike talks with Berkeley political scientist Steven Fish, author of the recently released book, Comeback: Routing Trumpism, Reclaiming the Nation, and Restoring Democracy’s Edge. Topics Mike & Steve Discuss Include: - if Democrats are spoiled whiners - low-dominance liberals vs high-dominance Trump - why ignoring polls is a good thing (at times) - …
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Eric Markowitz: Lessons from Investigative Journalism, Playing Long Games, Finding Generational Winners
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Investor, business journalist, writer, and author of the Nightcrawler Newsletter shares his lessons and wisdom Eric Markowitz is a Partner and the Director of Research at Nightview Capital. Nightview is an investment management firm that runs a concentrated, "best ideas" public equity strategy for long-term investors. Eric was previously a business…
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Trump Documents Case Dismissed, Senator Menendez Convicted
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We’re releasing this second “not actually a midweek episode” episode following President Biden’s announcement that he won’t be running for reelection. That was all we covered in the preview of the midweek episode that dropped earlier today, and now that events have overtaken our analysis, we thought you deserved more than a suddenly very dated anal…
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Pushing Out Biden, Trump Doc Case Dismissed, Menendez Guilty
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Mike and Jay open the preview of this special early-release edition of the midweek supporters’ show with a discussion of the Democratic National Committee’s plan to hold a virtual roll-call vote in the first week of August to nominate Joe Biden. Mike hopes that doesn’t end up happening, but is skeptical of the press reports saying that it’s almost …
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Trump Assassination Attempt, VP Vance, GOP Convention
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Mike and Jay open with a discussion of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. While there’s a lot we still don’t know, it’s clear that the Secret Service failed to do its job. Mike and Jay agree that Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle shouldn’t still have her job, though Mike contends that those on the right blaming what happened on “DE…
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A Fireside Chat with the Host: Bogumil answers Christian Billinger’s questions
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We talk about managing family fortunes with an infinite investment horizon.It’s a Fireside with the host today; Christian Billinger is asking questions, and I’m answering. You need to look up earlier editions with Matt Zeigler, who started this new Talking Billions tradition, and Matthew Stafford. I’ll also mention that the next Fireside chat will …
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Mike talks with educator, researcher, and writer Sarah Towle about her latest book, Crossing the Line: Finding America in the Borderlands. Topics Mike and Sarah Discuss Include: - the historical roots of our current immigration issues - the connection between trade policy and immigration - why prevention through deterrence hasn’t worked - if “remai…
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