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Navigating the Final Week of the 2026 Utah Legislature
This episode is from the March 2, 2026 livestream:The Utah legislature is in its final week, with significant discussions on the state budget and tax cuts.Proposition ...
They need to get the math turned around real fast
In this recording of our livestream from Jan. 26, 2026, we break down the numbers on Utah's Prop 4 repeal effort—and they're not looking good for signature gatherers. ...
The "blanket fort situation room"
On this episode of Special Session:The most competitive legislative races in the 2026 midterms.Senate President Stuart Adams is in the political fight of his life.Redi...
Politico's Jonathan Martin on why Spencer Cox should run for president (and why it's not about winning)
Politico's Jonathan Martin joins the show to discuss his provocative argument that Utah Governor Spencer Cox should mount a 2028 presidential campaign focused on tech ...
Derek Kitchen on his congressional run and fighting for Salt Lake City's voice in Washington
Former Utah State Senator Derek Kitchen joins the podcast to discuss his campaign for Utah's Congressional District 1 and why he believes Salt Lake City deserves stron...
Playing Calvinball with redistricting
Special Session Recap: Legislature moves congressional filing deadline to buy time for redistricting appeal; changes court rules so election lawsuits go directly to Ut...
Ben McAdams on his congressional comeback
Former Democratic Congressman Ben McAdams joins Special Session to discuss his return to politics with a run for Congress in Utah's newly drawn 1st Congressional Distr...
"People want fighters right now." Sen. Nate Blouin on his congressional campaign
State Sen. Nate Blouin (D-Salt Lake City) joins the show to discuss his bid for Congress in Utah's new 1st Congressional District created by Judge Diana Gibson's rulin...
Will the maps stand?
In this episode, Bryan Schott breaks down the latest developments in Utah's congressional redistricting battle, the GOP's million-dollar signature gathering effort, an...
I feel like Dora the Explorer
Utah's political landscape was transformed overnight when Judge Dianna Gibson implemented a new congressional map that could dramatically change the state's representa...
Schrodinger's voter fraud
On this episode, we unpack Ben McAdams' likely run for Congress, the GOP’s referendum retreat on redistricting, and why two new “competitive” districts might actually ...
"The Press Room" replay (subscriber-exclusive livestream sample)
In this replay of our subscriber-only livestream from 11/03/2025, we walk through the Lyman-aligned federal lawsuit to overturn Utah election results by attacking SB 5...
A pretzel of financial shenanigans
This week in Utah politics: dark money, taxpayer funded PR campaign and a massive homeless campus.Mega “service campus” for the homeless near SLC airport: 16 acres, up...
Expand or extinct: Democrats' 2030 redistricting crisis
Run for Something's Amanda Litman explains why Democrats must invest in red states now—or face permanent minority status after 2030 redistricting.She argues that redis...
The Utah GOP finds the redistricting UNO reverse card
Utah Republican Party announced a dual strategy to combat court-ordered redistricting and repeal Prop 4.Referendum on Option C Map (00:04:33)GOP launching statewide re...
Incumbent pile-up
On this episode:The judge in Utah's gerrymandering case stares down the clock.Incumbent pile-up: All the proposed congressional maps put at least two GOP incumbents in...
New congressional maps and legislative shenanigans
Breaking down the three proposed replacement congressional maps in Utah that have been submitted to the court.Plus, the legislative maneuvers Republicans used to fast-...
Utah redistricting: Legislature set to pick map proposal "C"
Utah Republicans are pushing for the Utah Legislature to adopt map "Option C" when they meet to vote on new congressional boundaries on Monday. The map is the most pro...
Utah's Map-tastrophe
The Utah Supreme Court denied the Utah Legislature's request for an emergency stay to keep the state's 2021 congressional maps, deemed illegal, in place. If you needed...
The Aftermath of Charlie Kirk's Assassination: A Conversation with Christopher Goldsmith
We sit down with Christopher Goldsmith, an expert on disinformation and extremist tactics and the founder of Veterans Fighting Fascism. Goldsmith, who publishes the "O...