I'm excited to have Mary Anna Mancuso back on the podcast. This week we talk about voter rights, the messaging coming from the parties and how each party has been targeting voters. Mary Anna has a great companion piece on her website "Political Hype" talking about how fear is being used to target far right audiences. https://politicalhype.com/elect…

My dear friend, Jacob Perry, and I talk about Russia, how Joe Biden is handling the war in Ukraine, the State of the Union, the state of the parties and a few other odds and ends as I launch back into doing The Political Nomad. If it sounds like two old friends shooting the proverbial sh**, it's because it is. Follow Jacob on Twitter and subscribe …

Here is a quick update on what's coming up for Season 2 of The Political Nomad. Expect the first full episode to drop the week of February 28th. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoliticalnomad/support

Have you ever read a book or watched a movie where you’re rooting for the protagonist and all of the sudden, the protagonist realizes that they have been part of a larger, seemingly more dishonest cause? That the work they’ve done has only pushed their cause into a more foul angle? This week’s guest is that Protagonist. Stuart Stevens is a legend i…

Sarah Quinlan is conservative, pro-life and a feminist. How does that all work? This week on The Political Nomad Sarah turns stereotypical views on their heads. Sarah Quinlan has been a lifelong proponent of limited government and viewed the Republican Party as the best vehicle for promoting these beliefs. So she aligned herself with the GOP and vo…

This week I'm excited to have Mary Anna Mancuso as my guest on The Political Nomad. Mary Anna is the founder of PoliticalHype.com a blog that focuses on Florida and National politics from a Millennial perspective. She’s also a media strategist. Now, before you get on my case for having another political insider on the show I think we need to realiz…

This week I'm back with my program and this week's guest is political consultant, Richie Alicea. Richie is a rare breed these days. He’s a Republican (or consultant) with a conscience. I say that somewhat in jest as I have plenty of friends who are consultants, but Richie dares what few consultants do these days. He doesn’t stick to just one side. …

These last few weeks have led to some great conversations. I honestly can't believe that my last three guests have each given me two part episodes. How amazing is that?! I'm incredibly grateful to all of my guests who have been incredibly gracious enough to give you and me their time. However, this week's show is entirely different for two reasons:…

I hope you enjoyed part one of my conversation with Jacob Perry as much as I did. It really has been a joy to talk with him. Though I've known him for over 16 years I continued to learn something new about Jacob during this conversation. This week we wrap things up, but still get into the real meat and potatoes of our conversation. We talk about hi…

I’m very excited about this week's conversation. That’s because it’s with someone I’ve known most of my adult life. I first met Jacob Perry in April of 2004 at a Starbucks in Barnes and Noble. I had been invited by a congressional candidate to a call out of sorts. It wasn’t all that organized but there a met a giant of a man. Jacob was striking. He…

I hope you enjoyed part one of my conversation with Jayvie Arellano. I really enjoyed talking with Jayvie. Even though this is the first time we really engaged in a thoughtful and thorough conversation throughout this conversation I felt as if we had been friends for ages. This week, we dig deeper into background, his early political development an…

Before I launched my first show, I was talking with a number of people who I wanted to have on the show as well as getting their suggestions for potential guests. Out of those conversations came one of my previous guests, Corey Hall. One of the others was Jayvie Arellano. He was a big time suggestion. Now, I’m friends with Jayvie on Facebook and we…

I hope you enjoyed part one of my conversation with Chris Spangle last week. This week, we continue our conversation by talking about what role should politics play in our lives in the era of COVID-19, how the pandemic will play out in this year's election cycle and how one becomes a "meme-god". If you don't follow Chris Spangle or We Are Libertari…

I first met Chris Spangle as a young and excitable volunteer on a congressional campaign back in 2004. Chris was the President of the IUPUI College Republicans and someone who was able to round up some good volunteers for the Andy Horning for Congress campaign. To say that campaign was a little unconventional is being generous. We lost, but it was …

"Good evening and welcome to another edition of Gillespie! With me, as always, is my co-host Susie Moore, @smoosieq on the Twitters" is how opened my previous podcast years ago. This week, I have on my former co-host, Ms. Susie Moore. For those of you who have followed Susie over the years, she’s never shied from telling her story. She truly has be…

It's finally here! The very first episode The Political Nomad. I'm very excited about this new venture into podcasting. The first episode gives you a little more insight into my background, what got me to where I am today and a breakdown of what to expect from future shows. I also introduce a weekly feature. And that's the corresponding playlist th…

Corey Hall is someone you can meet for the first time and at the end of the conversation feel like you’ve been friends for ages. That was my experience with Corey. Some of you may know him. Some may not. I didn’t before this show, but when I heard his story of his political journey I recognized that others should hear it too because their story cou…

I have special bonus episode of The Political Nomad this week. Episode 4 features Matt K. Lewis. Matt is a Senior Columnist at The Daily Beast, a CNN political commentator, and the author of Too Dumb to Fail. I first met Matt years ago at a CPAC convention while he was working for The Daily Caller which is a conservative news outlet. He also made f…

Josh's guest is this episode is Holly Davis. Josh known Holly for almost 15 years. Holly has a fascinating background that has taken her from State Senate intern to running some of the more influential political organizations in Indiana. She’s also criss-crossed this country - literally - working in (in order mind you) Indianapolis, Washington D.C.…

On the second episode of The Political Nomad, Josh welcomes his very first guest. It's someone he's known for almost ten years. Josh first ran into Jim Brown when he was managing a congressional campaign against Josh's boss, at the time, who happened to be the incumbent. Jim also worked on the main floor of the same building Josh worked in. Since t…