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The Politics Guys

PG34: Budget Bipartisanship, GOP Debate, The Fed, Big Pharma, Obama Doesn’t Drink His Own Urine, Bombing Fictional Cities

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.4783 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2015

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

This week, the Politics Guys start off with something new and strange – bipartisanship breaking out in Congress. While neither Jay and Mike think this is the start of a trend, they’re glad that the U.S. has a budget for fiscal year 2016 (which started on October 1, 2015). Next, the Guys discuss the latest … Continue reading "PG34: Budget Bipartisanship, GOP Debate, The Fed, Big Pharma, Obama Doesn’t Drink His Own Urine, Bombing Fictional Cities"Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:33.0

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, wherever you are. And welcome to the politics guys with your host, Jay Carson and Michael Baranowski.

0:47.5

Hi, welcome to the politics guys. I'm Michael Baranowski, a political scientist at Northern Kentucky University.

0:54.4

My co-host this week, as always, is Cleveland area attorney and sometime Republican strategist

0:59.5

Jay Carson.

1:00.6

If you're a regular politics guy's listener, you've probably heard me ask if you could take

1:04.4

a minute to review and rate our podcast on iTunes.

1:07.6

Maybe you've wondered why we keep on asking.

1:10.4

I want to take just a minute to explain why this matters so much. iTunes. Maybe you've wondered why we keep on asking. I want to take just a minute to explain why this

1:12.5

matters so much. iTunes uses reviews and ratings to rank podcast. The more reviews and ratings,

1:19.8

the higher the ranking. And the higher a podcast is ranked, the more people see it and end up

1:24.1

subscribing. So why do subscribers matter? Well, first and foremost, Jay and I really

1:29.7

want to make a difference to as many people as possible. We started the politics guys because we

1:34.6

thought that people would really like to hear reasonable, well-informed debate on important

1:38.8

political issues instead of all the screaming and yelling that's so common these days.

1:43.7

We'd like to believe that what we do makes a difference, even if it's just at the margins.

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