Guest, Greggory Pemberton, DC Police Union Chairman

Guest, Michael McFaul, Director at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Guest, Gene Wu, State Representative proudly serves the people of District 137 in the Texas House

Guest, Chuck Thies, Director of communications for Ward 7 Councilmember Vincent C. Gray

Guest, Charles Wilson, Chairman, DC Democratic Party

Guest, Dr. Joseph Richardson, Jr., Joel and Kim Feller Endowed Professor of African-American Studies and Anthropology in the College of Behavioral & Social Sciences at the University of Maryland-College Park

Guest, Eric Goulet, Ward 3 representative of the DC State Board of Education

Guest, Zooey Zephyr, Montana State Representative, the state's first transgender lawmaker

Shadow Politics with Senator Michael D Brown The Expulsion & Reinstatement of  'The Justins' -  A Black & White Issue? We will talk with Tennessee State Representative GLORIA JOHNSON! Last month, two Tennessee State Representatives — Rep. Justin Jones and Rep. Justin J. Pearson — were expelled from the state's House of Representatives by a Republican majority following a protest over gun violence that made its way onto the House floor. Although Rep. Gloria Johnson had also...

Is a threat to justice everywhere. DC Emancipation Day with MAYOR SHARON PRATT In 1990, native Washingtonian Sharon Pratt was elected Mayor of Washington, DC - the first African American female to hold such a position in the US. In 1995, Mayor Pratt served as a Visiting Fellow at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics. Pratt served as the President of @ The Center, a start-up digital platform enabling B to B transactions with Africa (1997-2001). In 2002, Sharon began Pratt Consulting,...

Guest, William Lightfoot, Councilman and Senior Trial Attorney U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) Proposes Abolishing Home Rule WHAT NEXT? A Conversation with COUNCILMEMBER BILL LIGHTFOOT What Should We Expect? SHADOW POLITICS After serving two terms as an At-Large DC Councilmember, Bill Lightfoot remains active in politics and has chaired four mayoral campaigns. Lightfoot continues to serve on the DC Judicial Tenure and Disabilities Commission that reappoints and disciplines judges. Bill is...

Guest, Barbara Lang Law overturned by Congress, Called before Committee, what Next? In Honor of Women's History Month BARBARA LANG Talks Business, Council & Congress Barbara B. Lang is the Managing Principal & CEO at Lang Strategies, LLC. Lang served as President & CEO of the DC Chamber of Commerce for 12 years. Barbara transformed the organization into the most powerful and respected business group in the region through her aggressive leadership on key public policy business...

Guest, Leigh McGowan, PoliticsGirl

Guest, MARIANNE WILLIAMSON, She Ran For President in 2020. What's Up for 2024? A former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, Marianne Williamson is a best-selling author, political activist and spiritual thought leader. For more than three decades, Williamson has been a leader in spiritual and religiously progressive circles. She is the author of 14 books – four of which have been #1 New York Times best sellers. Marianne founded Project Angel Food, a nonprofit that has delivered more...

Guests, Jackie Carter and Dwayne Harris, the Children's Legacy Theater, Black History Month

Guest, Governor Doug Wilder, first African American ever elected as governor

Guest, Charles Hicks, Founder, Director of the DC Black History Celebration Committee, Community Activist

Shadow Politics with Senator Michael D Brown Guest,  Constance A Morella A Discussion About National Politics, the New Republican Congress & why We No Longer Get along with CONGRESSWOMAN CONNIE MORELLA! I will speak with the congresswoman about what's happening in national politics today and why we no longer have bipartisan cooperation in the House of Representatives. What can we expect of the new Republican Congress? How can we go back to a time when legislative cooperation moved our...

Guest, Jonetta Rose Barras, poet, fiction writer, performing artist, and community organizer. Jonetta Rose Barras found her voice, experiencing life as a poet, fiction writer, performing artist and community organizer. Along the way she became a magazine feature writer, investigative reporter and contextual journalist. Her strength remains her ability to connect for the public seemingly unrelated issues, enabling them to better understand the impact public policy, politics and culture in...

Guest, Brian Schwalb, DC's newly elected Attorney General Brian Schwalb has committed his legal career to using the law in service of others, advocating for what matters most to the people and organizations he represents. As the District of Columbia's second independently-elected attorney general, Brian is committed to fighting for DC, advancing the public interest and ensuring that the law works to make the District safer, healthier and more equitable for all who live and work here. Brian...

Now That Republicans are taking Control of the House of Representatives, the Nation's Capital is about to Become Ground Zero in our Country's Ongoing Culture War. DC Will become the quintessential "Whipping Boy" For this newly Arriving, Animated, Right-Wing Republican Contingent Pre-Occupied in Getting Even with Democrats and making a case for the ascendance of their radical, conservative agenda. A NEW YEAR'S DAY DISCUSSION WITH Rep. CHARLES J. MORELAND, Esq. & JOHNNY BARNES,...

Scott J. Kelly is a former military fighter pilot and test pilot, an engineer, a retired NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain. A veteran of four space flights, Captain Kelly commanded the International Space Station on three expeditions and was a member of the year-long mission to the ISS. In October 2015, Kelly set the record for the total accumulated number of days spent in space - the single longest space mission by an American astronaut. His identical twin brother, Mark Kelly, is also...

Guest, Logan Phillips Why were So Many of the Polls wrong? A Conversation with the founder of RacetotheWH Logan Phillips is the founder and editor-in-chief of RacetotheWH, a website which breaks down the strategy driving campaigns and analyzes the political battleground using sophisticated, data-driven analytics. Their interactive forecasts provide polling and predictions for every major Senate and Governor race up in 2022. Logan earned his master's degree in in International Affairs, with...

ELEANOR CLIFT, Former Newsweek White House Correspondent, Contributor at the McLaughlin Group and Columnist at The Daily Beast Eleanor Clift is a columnist for The Daily Beast. Clift writes about politics and policy in Washington and the partisan clashes that make governing almost impossible. Eleanor has covered every presidential campaign since 1976. As a reporter in Newsweek’s Atlanta bureau, Clift covered Jimmy Carter’s bid for the presidency. She followed Carter to Washington to become...

What's at stake in the General Election? A Conversation with former presidential Candidate RALPH NADER Ralph Nader is a consumer advocate, lawyer and author. Ralph Nader made four bids to become President of the United States, running with the Green Party in 1996 and 2000, the Reform Party in 2004 and as an independent in 2008. Nader is one of America’s most effective social critics. His analyses and advocacy have enhanced public awareness and increased government and corporate...