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		<description>Washington DC-based hosts Rob Pierno and Patrick bring in guests to discuss progressive ideas and the direction of the Democratic Party following the 2024 election.</description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>Progressive Politics from the DC Sidelines</itunes:subtitle>
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	<title>Luke Thomas on Masculinity and Politics</title>
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	<title>Jason Pielemeier on Big Tech, Freedom of Expression and Privacy</title>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2025 19:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Filmmaker Dawne Langford on the Occupation of DC, Brandon Scott, and The Body Politic</title>
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	<title>Delphi Cleaveland on Women and Democracy</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Patrick and Rob interview Delphi Cleveland from the Public Service Alliance, discussing the critical intersection of women's rights and democratic health. Delphi, a former policy advisor at the National Security Council and State Department, explores how the rollback of women's rights—particularly through the Dobbs decision - serves as a harbinger for broader democratic erosion. We get into the "chilling effect" discouraging political participation, the terrifying rise of "tradwife" culture on social media, and the normalization of violence against public servants. Delphi shares insights from her current work supporting civil servants facing threats and harassment, and we discuss the challenges of political discourse in increasingly polarized workplaces and communities.]]></description>
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	<title>Rob and Patrick on Medicaid, Elon, Inequality, and the Fifth Element</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 23:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Rob and Patrick met on June 11th to discuss politics and policy from the podcast studio at Union Market in Washington, DC. Patrick shares a story about his father&#8217;s reliance on Medicaid for memory care, illustrating how social safety nets affect middle-class families facing astronomical long-term care costs. We cover the Trump-Elon Musk feud, wealth [&#8230;]]]></description>
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	<title>Steve Herman &#038; the Voice of America &#8211; &#8220;The Hard Edge of Soft Power&#8221;</title>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 17:19:16 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[In this episode, we speak with Steve Herman, Chief National Correspondent for Voice of America (VOA) and former White House Bureau Chief, about the unprecedented shutdown of VOA in March 2025 after 83 years of continuous broadcasting. Herman explains how VOA served as America&#8217;s &#8220;soft power,&#8221; reaching 340 million people weekly through 49 language services [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In this episode, we speak with Steve Herman, Chief National Correspondent for Voice of America (VOA) and former White House Bureau Chief, about the unprecedented shutdown of VOA in March 2025 after 83 years of continuous broadcasting. Herman explains how]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<title>Introduction to Turn Signal</title>
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	<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2025 18:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[In this preview episode of the Turn Signal podcast, hosts Rob Pierno and Patrick Sullivan introduce their new show focused on revitalizing the progressivism and the Democratic Party after Trump&#8217;s 2024 election victory. The hosts share sample conversations: why economic policies fail to resonate with working-class Trump voters despite harming them economically; the scandal involving [&#8230;]]]></description>
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