With the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill passing in the house, it's being heralded as true structural change, we argue that the bill doesn't just NOT go far enough, it's another piece of legislation that is poised to be a massive payday for the

A Rhode Island Revolution

Oct 19th, 2021 42m 51s

What if a political movement won a governing majority for an entire state? That is exactly what the Rhode Island Political Cooperative is working to do.We had the chance to sit down with the two candidates at the top of the ticket former RI Sec

Why can't America have nice things?

Oct 15th, 2021 28m 43s

It's been a while y'all. Our guest today is Jerusalem Demsas, policy reporter at Vox and co-host of The Weeds. At Building the Dream, we are really into, well, building. We want to build houses, factories, hospitals, rail, roads, and everything

The Senate passed something with Samuel Hammond

Jun 9th, 2021 50m 57s

Yesterday our famously divided Senate passed a bill. Not just a bill to rename a post office but a bill that aims to help the US compete with China for world domination. We had the chance to sit down with Samuel Hammond of the Niskanen Center t

What's up with this inflation?

Jun 7th, 2021 47m 28s

Saikat and I discuss recent inflation fears with New Consensus' Bob Hockett.

Mask Factories are Dying

Jun 2nd, 2021 21m 52s

The US Mask industry is struggling and some manufacturers are on the verge of going out of business. We talk about how the the Biden admin could prevent this and why they should.

Booms, Busts, and the Human Dream

May 26th, 2021 41m 46s

Zack and Corbin shoot the sh*t for a while.

Save the world and ourselves

May 12th, 2021 47m 32s

With the Covid-19 outbreak slowing down here at home our instincts may be to slow down. But we aren't out of the woods yet. The virus rages on across much of the planet. On this episode we talk about what a slowdown in vaccine production wou

Kim Stanley Robinson

May 7th, 2021 1h 1m

We are back from a little break with a great interview. We had the chance to interview author, Kim Stanley Robinson about his new book "The Ministry for the Future". Robinson, discuss his process, how sci-fi has changed impacted our society and

China v USA

Mar 24th, 2021 52m 13s

Folks, this here is a fun and light hearted episode where I talk with Saikat and Zack about restarting America's economic engines and rebuilding our manufacturing capacity as a way to compete with China for global position. We also have a littl

Just the masks, ma'am

Mar 24th, 2021 41m 46s

Should the Biden admin send masks to every American household? Are we getting ready for the next pandemic? We talk about this and more.

Pod Save America Meets Building the Dream

Mar 23rd, 2021 57m 26s

On this episode we chatted with Tommy Vietor, co-host of Pod Save America and former spokesperson for President Obama and the US National Security Council. We talked about building a stronger Democratic Party, how to best message our successes,

Braggin on Biden

Mar 12th, 2021 37m 9s

Corbin and Saikat give credit where credit is due. They talk about the wins in the Covid relief bill and what the Democrats are doing right. There is a critique or two about the way the Democrats are communicating the package and their hesitan

Could a New Reality Show Save America?

Mar 11th, 2021 41m 45s

We discuss, among other things, an idea for a reality show. It's kinda like AGT meets Nathan for You but instead of looking for entertainers we are looking for Senate candidates. Corbin is excited. Others (Saikat) are skeptical. Zack is just cy

Running for the Senate

Feb 25th, 2021 1h 9m

How long must Missouri tolerate its oat milk latte-drinking, yoga pants-wearing, Ivy League elitist Senator, Josh Hawley? An announcement is made. Stories are told. Good episode.

Biden's Missing His Big Moment

Feb 23rd, 2021 56m 47s

We did an episode talking a bit about how Biden can lead right now. Today, Corbin and Zack delve a bit deeper and talk about how, exactly, Biden could be leading and why it's so incredibly important. Plus, we discuss a few ideas for what we can

Emergency episode: Save the Biden White House and America.

Feb 18th, 2021 39m 58s

We had to speak up. This is an emergency episode. We could no longer sit and watch the train wreck that is near continuous wasted messaging opportunities. From the rapidly declining covid cases and radically ramped up vaccinations numbers to th

Is Biden going to blow it?

Feb 15th, 2021 1h 9m

Zack and I talked about where we are now. How likely is it that Biden will make the most of hist first week post-impeachment?Will he take credit for Democrat’s early successes in fighting Covid? Will he offer a plan to move our economy forward?

Impacts of Covid on housing and food for the most vulnerable.

Feb 11th, 2021 38m 10s

I spoke to award winning journalist Idrees Kahloon about how Covid has impacted the communities he covers. We talk housing, food, and jobs and how Americans are handling the crisis. Idrees is the US policy correspondent at The Economist coveri

How to manufacture enough vaccines to save the world

Feb 5th, 2021 47m 41s

Our friends over at New Consensus recently released an op-ed in CNN with some ideas for how Biden can fix the vaccine bottlenecks now and ramp up vaccine manufacturing to inoculate everyone in America--and even the world. We spoke with Isaac La

We are once again looking for candidates. This time in the Senate.

Feb 3rd, 2021 31m 49s

This week, we launched a campaign to primary Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema in 2024. In this episode we: discuss the new kind of politics we're dreaming of that can win in states like AZ and WV, the kind of leader that could win in those states

It can cost more than 20k a year to be in prison!

Feb 1st, 2021 43m 35s

Over the Christmas holiday one of my cousins was locked up for violating the terms of her probation. Due to the holiday's she is still there awaiting a bail hearing. Thought this time she hasn't been provided clean underwear or basic hygiene pr

COVID-19 and Rural Poverty a conversation with Catherine Flowers

Jan 25th, 2021 41m 6s

Catherine Flowers knows her shit and she has committed herself to making sure we know it too. For years now, Catherine has taken on the herculean task of exposing the impacts of extreme poverty on the people of the United States. I had recently

Two Tennessee guys shit on Hillbilly Elegy

Jan 21st, 2021 50m 1s

I know there is a lot going on. This episode has nothin to do with any of it. It's about being a hillbilly and media depictions of hillbillies and a shitty book/movie. Dan Riffle and I watched and read this terrible piece of shit book/movie cal

Building the Dream: No Excuses

Jan 8th, 2021 40m 34s

We are launching a new show y'all. It's called "Building the Dream: No Excuses." Now that the Democrats control the House, Senate and Presidency, they should have no excuses for inaction. Our country has some big problems to solve, and Joe Bide