I Hate Politics Podcast
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MCPS Bets Big on Regional Programs and Boundaries, MD Senate and House Face Off
23 mins; March 31, 2026
Crossover Update with Marc Korman
33 mins; March 27, 2026
MCPS Regional Programs, Prevailing Wage in School Construction, Frederick Ballot Question
26 mins; March 24, 2026
Development Disability Support Takes a Second Year of Cuts
31 mins; March 20, 2026
Elrich Proposes Tax, User Fee Hikes, Pepco and WashGas Rate Increases, Provisional Driver's License
36 mins; March 17, 2026
Counting the Days, Counting the Hours! MCPS' Snow Day Predicament
35 mins; March 13, 2026
Data Center Wars, MCPS AI Monitoring, Snowcrete Melt Trash Report
31 mins; March 10, 2026
Gino Unfiltered
33 mins; March 06, 2026
OPM to Close CFC? Data Center Wars, ICE jail bills, School Community Organizing
37 mins; March 03, 2026
Harvesting Empathy
36 mins; February 27, 2026
Potomac Sewage Spill, Housing Bills, Charter School Closure
31 mins; February 24, 2026
Can Maryland Control Prescription Drug Costs?
33 mins; February 20, 2026
SRO Debate, Magruder HS, MCDCC Rule, College Park Renting
35 mins; February 17, 2026
The Political Reeducation of Commissioner Ragen
36 mins; February 13, 2026
Wootton HS to Move, Snowcrete Oversight, HoCo Cancels ICE Jail
35 mins; February 10, 2026
An Oral History Seeks to Counter Erasure of Jan 6
30 mins; February 06, 2026
Snowcrete 2026, Potomac Sewage Spill, ICE Warehouses, Closing Chinese Immersion Program
34 mins; February 03, 2026
MCPS is Considering New Policy on AI in Classrooms. How is it going?
38 mins; January 30, 2026
Potomac Sewage Spill, MD Budget, AI in Classrooms
31 mins; January 27, 2026
Data Centers and Property Assessments
46 mins; January 23, 2026
Speaker Peña-Melnyk, ER Wait Times, Immigrant Protection, Crisis Call Response
35 mins; January 20, 2026
Have MD Counties Come Around to Gov Moore's Housing Agenda This Year?
32 mins; January 16, 2026
Deter ICE Laws, Gov's Spending Ideas, School Board Pay Raise, Ravens Talk
30 mins; January 13, 2026
2026 Maryland General Assembly Starts Jan 14. Preview.
32 mins; January 09, 2026
Trump Tries Regime Change: Oil, Drugs, and Extraterritoriality
30 mins; January 06, 2026
Merawi Gerima on Chocolate City Mixtape with Markus Batchelor
23 mins; January 02, 2026
NPS to Redevelop Carter Barron, MCVFRA refutes IG report, Rockville v Gaithersburg
28 mins; December 30, 2025
Derek Musgrove on Chocolate City Mixtape with Markus Batchelor
32 mins; December 26, 2025
Veto Overrides, PJM Capacity Auctions, and Damascus v Wootton
32 mins; December 23, 2025
Arrington Dixon on Chocolate City Mixtape with Markus Batchelor
31 mins; December 19, 2025
UMBC Poll, Affordable Housing Costs, MCPS Advocacy
31 mins; December 16, 2025
What's Wrong with Petitioning Your Local Government
47 mins; December 12, 2025
MCPS Snow Closure Calls, Boundary/Program Changes, Early Apple Ballot, MoCo Tax Revenue Downturn
27 mins; December 09, 2025
Will Healthcare Premiums Rise After Maryland's 50-year Sweetheart Deal with Medicare Ends?
32 mins; December 05, 2025
Glock Redesigns Handgun, Flu Vax Uptake, Schools-Based Rental Assistance, CFC Pauses Listing
21 mins; December 02, 2025
Sunday Supper with the Bobrows: Lessons in Community-Building at a time of Disorientation
30 mins; November 28, 2025
PG Ends Pitbull Ban, PJM Members Reject New Data Center Rules, State Fiscal Update
29 mins; November 25, 2025
Case Studies in Overpromise-Underdeliver: MCPS and the Chesapeake Watershed Agreement
47 mins; November 21, 2025
Dem v Dem, Partisan Redistricting, New Data Center Rules, NIH Woes
27 mins; November 18, 2025
Abundance, Meet Politics
49 mins; November 14, 2025
MD Resistance to Trump, MCPS ICE Protocol, Middle School Closure, Boonsboro Cat Killer
25 mins; November 11, 2025
Fighting the Car Brain
33 mins; November 07, 2025
Backfilling SNAP, MUTCD, No Quorum in PG Public Body
26 mins; November 04, 2025
Would Program Regions Create Six MCPS Mini-Districts?
37 mins; October 31, 2025
State Protests, Slow Housing Starts, Cricket Fundraiser
26 mins; October 28, 2025
Tiffany Kelly for Gaithersburg Mayor
30 mins; October 24, 2025
Jud Ashman for Gaithersburg Mayor
30 mins; October 24, 2025
MCPS Capital Budget, Contingent State Aid, College Park Wants More Police
25 mins; October 21, 2025
Hacking College Financial Aid
34 mins; October 17, 2025
Biking Student Killed, Glen Haven ES, School Boundaries, Rent Stabilization
30 mins; October 14, 2025
The Conowingo Settlement
32 mins; October 10, 2025
MD Continues Medicaid, SNAP, Charter School Teeters, Electric Power Politics
26 mins; October 07, 2025
What Made MCPS Magnet Programs Work?
41 mins; October 03, 2025
MD Tax Revenue Outlook, RFK Stadium Delay, $66 on I-66, Speed Camera Tickets
26 mins; September 30, 2025
The Moon Plan to Condition State Aid for School Construction on Capacity Utilization
37 mins; September 26, 2025
Chesapeake Bay, DC Home Rule, H1-B School Teachers, Lice Outbreak
30 mins; September 23, 2025
MCPS Plans High School Enrichment Overhaul, But Can it Deliver?
36 mins; September 19, 2025
MCPS Swatting Incidents, ICE Action Near Schools, PTA Meeting Spaces
30 mins; September 16, 2025
Can Grassroots Budgeting Save Democracy?
33 mins; September 12, 2025
DC Mayor v AG, New Housing Targets, MDOT Capital Budget, False Viral Story
35 mins; September 09, 2025
A Mother's Grief
42 mins; September 05, 2025
Trump's MD Lawsuit, Ghost Gun Jury Award, Rain Gauge Network
29 mins; September 02, 2025
To Kill A Spotted Lanternfly
30 mins; August 29, 2025
Back to School Apps, Magnet Program Changes, Gas Companies
32 mins; August 26, 2025
Aletheia McCaskill's Story of the Moore Veto of the Reparations Bill
32 mins; August 22, 2025
USDOJ Wants MD Voter List, Gas Leaf-Blower Reporting, 1A Challenge in MoCo
30 mins; August 19, 2025
Failing FEMA Flood Maps and New Resilience Planning
26 mins; August 15, 2025
Trump Seizes DC Police, Zoning Not the Answer, Lanternflies
32 mins; August 12, 2025
Can Superintendent Taylor Return MCPS to its Heyday?
37 mins; August 08, 2025
MCPS Payroll Fix, Flood Maps, RKV Rent Cap, M-83 Highway
30 mins; August 05, 2025
Is the $1 Billion for RFK Stadium a Good Bet for DC?
34 mins; August 01, 2025
MoCo Upzones, Lawsuits Against MCPS, RFK Revenues, Redistricting Trigger Law
27 mins; July 29, 2025
MCPS Tees Up More School Choice, But at What Cost?
35 mins; July 25, 2025
OBBA Impacts, County as Energy Supplier, Trayon White wins
39 mins; July 22, 2025
The Unbearable Opacity of How MCPS Writes to Parents
31 mins; July 18, 2025
I Hate the News Jul 15
29 mins; July 15, 2025
Do Civil Servants Serve the Constitution or the President?
32 mins; July 11, 2025
I Hate the News Jul 8
28 mins; July 08, 2025
Pivoting From Federal Work
48 mins; July 04, 2025
I Hate the News Jul 1
36 mins; July 01, 2025
How Punishment Precedes Trial in State Courts
36 mins; June 26, 2025
I Hate the News Jun 24
25 mins; June 24, 2025
Escalating Fight Over LGBTQ Rights "Distracts" Frederick School Board
41 mins; June 20, 2025
I Hate the News Jun 17
22 mins; June 17, 2025
NIH Scientists Demand Bhattacharya Defend Agency
44 mins; June 13, 2025
I Hate the News Jun 10
30 mins; June 10, 2025
Can Gaithersburg Regulate HOAs and Condos Better than Montgomery County?
40 mins; June 06, 2025
I Hate the News Jun 3
33 mins; June 03, 2025
A Second Shot, A True Crime Episode
41 mins; May 30, 2025
I Hate the News May 27
30 mins; May 27, 2025
Governor Moore's Vetoes Move Him to the Middle as Reelection Looms
39 mins; May 23, 2025
I Hate the News May 20
30 mins; May 20, 2025
What AMZN HQ2 Search Tells Us About Government Transparency
38 mins; May 16, 2025
I Hate the News May 13
22 mins; May 13, 2025
The Challenge of Balancing Taxation and Spending
37 mins; May 09, 2025
I Hate the News May 6
25 mins; May 06, 2025
The Fight Against Government Secrecy
35 mins; May 02, 2025
I Hate the News Apr 29
26 mins; April 29, 2025
A Climate Activist Goes to Jail
33 mins; April 25, 2025
I Hate the News Apr 22
25 mins; April 22, 2025