A new Gallup poll says that for the first time, a majority of Republicans support same sex marriage -- just four years after only 40% supported it. What’s changed? Log Cabin Republicans managing director Charles Moran guests to explain and talk about the GOP and transgender issues, too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yvette Simpson, CEO of the group Democracy for America, brings the heat to Democrats who are moving too slowly for progressives — from President Biden's insistence on pursuing bipartisanship to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who Simpson says has stayed in the Senate far too long. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A study of the TV ads run during 2020 House races shows Dems are misspending millions of dollars on the wrong messages to the wrong voters. Jenifer Fernandez Ancona of Way To Win, the progressive donor/strategy group that did the study, talks about what the party should do differently. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

California Redistricting Commission member Sara Sadhwani explains how redistricting works, how to get involved and what challenges the panel faces — particularly in how to make it intersting enough for Californians to want to get involved. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A small group called the California Donor Table is ready to spend $10 million on progressive Legislature and House candidates over the next year — even if they’re going up against fellow Democrats. The group’s executive director, Ludovic Blain, tells Joe Garofoli about the why and how. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sacramento correspondents Alexei Koseff and Dustin Gardiner break down the governor's revised budget in the wake of a huge tax revenue surplus. Plus: What bills got suddenly killed in the Legislature and why a live bear was on the campaign trail with one of Newsom's GOP opponents in the recall campaign. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The New Democratic National Committee chairman talks about how Democrats will try to hold the House and Senate, what he thinks of the House Minority Leader and whether he agrees with James Carville that the Democratic Party is “too woke.” | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jennifer Carroll Foy faces an uphill battle in her race to be Virginia’s governor. But unlike many politicians, she’s faced more than her share of challenges, from being one of the first women to graduate from the Virginia Military Institute to dealing with tough times financially. As she says, “I don’t have to empathize because I understand.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many Americans first learned about Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono during her tough questioning of Brett Kavanaugh during his Supreme Court hearings. She shares her long journey from growing up poor in Hawaii to how she is leading the fight against attacks against the AAPI community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SF Chronicle podcast Chronicled: Who Is Kamala Harris? was nominated for a Webby award for best documentary podcast. And we need your help: Vote for our project before May 6 here: bit.ly/joevote. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Susan Page, author of the new biography, “Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power” talks about what shaped Pelosi, her relationship with AOC and when she might retire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The progressive caucus leader supported Sen. Bernie Sanders in 2020. But the Washington congresswoman says that — so far — he’s not just listening to progressives, he’s incorporating their ideas. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Vote for Joe in the Webby Awards! bit.ly/JoeVote Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

California state Sen. Sydney Kamlager wants to change how police respond to nonviolent emergency calls. Her legislation is based, in part, on her experience when she called 911 after an ex-boyfriend showed up at her house. She's had emergencies since that experience, but she's never again called 911. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Swati Mylavarapu, who went from Silicon Valley VC to top Pete Buttigieg fundraiser, talks about her journey as the child of immigrants in Florida — and her efforts to get "non-political" people to be more active in civic life. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Journalist Michael Mechanic talks about his new book, "Jackpot: How the Super-rich Really Live — and How Their Wealth Harms Us All." Wealthy Americans have rigged the system. What can be done to change it? | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Garofoli joins Demian Bulwa on the Chronicle’s flagship podast discussing a new poll that shows that opponents of California Gov Gavin Newsom have a lot of work to do. A strong 56% of likely voters oppose the recall, compared to 40% backing it. Meanwhile, Newsom’s job approval rating among likely voters is 53%, virtually unchanged from the before the pandemic that ignited anger against him. Joe explains the numbers, how the pandemic is at the center of recall momentum, and how leading...

Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, who was on a ventilator last year, talks with Joe Garofoli and Tal Kopan about where Washington may land on a $15 minimum wage, his friendship with AOC and his former life as a Republican. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Top Bernie Sanders advisor Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, author of the new book “Medicare for All: A Citizen’s Guide,” talks to Joe Garofoli about how the drive for a single-payer health plan is growing — but it’s going to take a while to succeed. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Diaz is retiring after 25 years as The Chronicle’s editorial page editor. He talks about the national leaders he’s watched from the beginning -- like Kamala Harris and Gavin Newsom -- and what editorials he’d want a do-over on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua Spivak of The Recall Elections Blog explains the challenges faced by those who want to oust the governor, as well as how long the process could take — and how the whole thing might end up benefiting Newsom. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Political producer King Kaufman joins Joe Garofoli to talk about The Chronicle's new podcast miniseries, The Doodler, about a serial killer who preyed on San Francisco's gay community just as it was starting to gain political power — but was still marginalized enough that a string of murders could escape mainstream notice. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered his State of the State speech as California battles the coronavirus pandemic and he likely faces a recall. Sacramento reporters Alexei Koseff and Dustin Gardiner join host Joe Garofoli to break down key points. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Filmmaker David Smick and Black Lives Matter leader Hawk Newsome join Joe Garofoli to talk about a new documentary that says America’s "epidemic of hate" is preventing leaders from finding compromise and solving problems. First published Sept. 17, 2020. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From daughter of an Arkansas sharecropper to top election official in California, Shirley Weber traces her path and and talks about the challenges the state could face in running a recall election of Gov. Gavin Newsom. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Bay Area media institution, Matier covered Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris and Nancy Pelosi before they were in politics. As he leaves his Chronicle column, he sits down in Joe Garofoli's back yard to talk about all he's seen. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Have you listened? Chronicled: Who Is Kamala Harris? podfollow.com/chronicled Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices