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Holden Culotta is all-in on the Forward Party

Update on what's new with the Forward Party, when is the convention, and what's the relationship between state and national Forward party leadership.

Common Sense Party update

If you live in California, this is a must listen as we need your help asap. If you don't but want to see an end to the 2-party duopoly, you should listen as well.  Gianmarco Pow-Sang, Sara Lashanlo, and Michael Maxsenti on the recent Common Sense Party event in San Francisco with the Forward Party, Andrew Yang, and Christie Todd Whitman, and what's next for the Common Sense Party's effort to get on the ballot in California. 

What, exactly, is in the Biden 2024 budget and how does it compare to the House GOP proposal?

Data deep dive into 2024 federal budget and comparing Biden and GOP proposals.

Biden gets clobbered by Trump AND Desantis in latest ABC Poll

How far behind is Biden? Where is Trump's support? How do Americans rate Trump and Biden on economy, honesty, and should Trump be prosecuted for Georgia "find me 10,000 votes" call?

Biden versus Trump again? Let's do a data deep dive

Tom breaks down polls, betting odds, search trends, twitter trends, and approval voting including latest NBC News poll crosstabs.

Chris Stapleton and Fergie National Anthem reaction and comparison

Tom and nerdling Brandon react to Chris Stapleton's 2023 Superbowl national anthem performance and then compare it to Fergie's version of the Star-Spangled Banner.

Former Yang Gang Member on Arizona Forward Party Event

Ariel Ray shares his thoughts on what went well and what he didn't think go as well at the Phoenix Forward Party event with Andrew Yang last week.

Nerd reacts to Andrew Yang's appearance on Bill Maher show

How did Andrew do? How did he handle UBI versus his role in Forward Party and address criticism that Forward Party doesn't have enough specifics?

America's only Open Presidential Primary powered by Approval Voting

Who would lead if 21 candidates competed for the US presidency if there were an open primary? http://ofthepeople.us

Andrew Yang, Forward Party, and Common Sense Party Join Forces

Michael Maxsenti from the California Common Sense Party will tell us all about the merger with the Forward Party. The Forward Party, co-led by former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, is partnering with another third party in California in hopes of officially being recognized by the state. Yang’s Forward Party announced Thursday it is forming a coalition with the Common Sense Party, founded in 2019 by former Congressman Tom Campbell, to get the roughly 73,000 registered voters r...

Why Joe Swartz joined, then left, the Forward Party

I interview Joe Swartz, author of an article in The Atlantic about his experience at the Forward Party in North Carolina.

Top News Stories of 2022, Immigration stats and trends, Trump reactions

Nerds for Humanity musical score?

Tom and composer Daniel Ramirez unveil the story behind the new Nerds for Humanity intro music!

Deputy Director at Forward Party, Blair Walsingham

Blair shares updates from Forward Party on upcoming convention, plans for how they will support candidates in 2023, and how the Forward Party has evolved since the merger with RAM and SAM parties.

Are Donald Trump and the New Hampshire Primary Still Relevant in December 2022

Tom and Steve Marchand discuss the new DNC Primary proposal to put South Carolina first and whether Desantis will challenge Trump.

Post-Thanksgiving Nerds for Humanity Analysis

Mid-Term results, 2024 Presidential race, were any #YangGang Radical MAGA? 

January Walker from United Utah Party and Forward Party endorsed

Sounds like we've not seen the last of January Walker despite her recent loss for US Congress. She shares some lessons learned, suggestions for Forward Party, and her plans for the future.

Why Ranked Choice Voting Was Weird in Alaska

Most of us think RVC worked in Alaska with Sarah Palin's defeat. But Aaron Hamlin from Election Science explains why it might have created perverse outcomes relative to Approval Voting.

Steve Marchand on 2022 and 2024 Predictions

Will it really be Trump v Biden? Will NH be the first to host an open presidential primary? Why did Yang lose in NH?

The Backstory Behind Last Week's Forward Party Texas Event

Bill King, Rick Kennedy, and Holden Culotta talk about Forward Party and the SAM / RAM / Forward merger.

UBI Guy Conrad Shaw on Comingle, UBI Calculator, and Bootstrap Documentary

Can this man defeat Marjorie Taylor Greene? Please god.

Marcus Flowers is challenging MJT for her seat in the US Congress. What's he like?

Trump, Newsom, Harris, and Yang -- How do we Depolarize America?

Cody from Problem Solver Politics in the Nerd Zone

Predictions on Forward Party, Andrew Yang, Trump, Biden, Kamala, and Al Franken

Nerds for Humanity Members participate in panel discussion with Tom in California and members from Missouri, Georgia, and Florida.

Lacey Delayne, OG Yang Gang, is moving to Spain and auctioning one-of-a-kind Andrew Yang 2020 memorabilia

Nerd voluntarily activates his TDS by sitting through latest Trump Rally

Trump world screamed that Biden's speech was the most divisive in US history. Now let's see what Trump is telling his followers and call BS when we see it.  Please review and share this podcast with your nerd friends. It helps the channel grow.

Was Biden's speech as divisive as Trump World is saying?

Hannity compared it to a Third Reich speech. Nikki Haley called it "chilling." Tom and one of his nerdlings reacts and breaks it down line by line.

Politics Nerd Reacts to Kim Iverson's description of Forward Party

By popular request and since a lot of people said Kim explained the Forward Party better than Andrew Yang.

Rev Wendy Hamilton responds to critics of Forward Party

Was Sarah Palin's loss a victory for RCV and Alaska?

Tom and Sal Albanese talk about Palin, Yang, Trump, RCV, Katherine Gehl, and more. 

Shervin Aazami ran for US Congress and came in 3rd, what happened?

Tom interviews former US Congressional Candidate Shervin Aazami who took on Brad Sherman and Aarika Rhodes but came short. Let's analyze what happened with him. 

Reform Party National Secretary on Andrew Yang, Forward, and the future

Shawn Storm from the Reform Party talks about the party's platform, ranked-choice voting, and whether Forward is a spoiler for 3rd party movement.

Battle between CNN's Jim Acosta and Forward's Andrew Yang

Tom breaks down the play by play of the now infamous interview between Acosta and Yang.

How does a Conservative Democrat compete in a California Trump district?

Max Steiner takes on CA-1 and Doug LaMalfa.

CNN's Jim Acosta and Forward Party's Andrew Yang Take the Gloves Off

Tom breaks down the now infamous CNN interview of Andrew Yang by Jim Acosta about spoiler effect, Forward party policies, and is Andrew just trying to sell books.

Lanhee Chen worked for Romney, Obama, and is now running for California Controller

Chen has 4 degrees from Harvard and teaches at Stanford and wants to bring transparency and accountability to government spending programs.

CA Assemblymember Marc Berman on Climate, Education, Voting Reform

Was Ted Cruz or Jon Stewart lying about PACT act for Veterans Health?

Tom and the team from Abstract.us analyze the legislative text that created such a huge debate. Was there $400B in unrelated spending added by the Democrats or were the Republicans simply mad about Biden getting another win? Read the bill? We did that and here's the facts.

Everything you wanted to know about Andrew Yang's big Forward Party week

Tom breaks down the Forward Party's policy hints, values, mission, and unboxes their website, press release, and Andrew Yang and Christine Todd Whitman and David Jolly's Washington Post Editorial. Tom also discusses 2024 scenarios.

PolicyEngine's Max Ghenis on the impact of the End Child Poverty Act

Politics Nerds reacts to Jan 6 hearings and update on Andrew Yang

Rishi Kumar in California has a 50/50 chance of defeating a decades long incubment

We always talk about the need for new faces. Rishi Kumar is running in Northern California in CA-16 (Tom's own district) to unseat Anna Eshoo who has been in Congress since 1993. Rishi and Anna will be the only two candidates that advanced to the general election ballot and Anna for the first time got less than 50% of votes in the primary.

Nerds for Humanity Endorses a CA-32 Congressional Candididate

Tom reviews each CA-32 congressional candidate and stack ranks them with one as his official Nerds for Humanity endorsement. Brad Sherman, Aarika Rhodes, Shervin Aazami? Who will Tom endorse?

Discussing San Fernando Valley issues with CA-32 Candidates Shervin Aazami and Melissa Toomin

Tom, Shervin, Melissa discuss healthcare, homelessness, and themselves as alternatives to Brad Sherman, Aaraka Rhodes, and other CA-32 Congressional candidates.

Former Yang 2020 Policy Director and OpenAxis Co-Founder

Alex Damianou

Nerding out about the Supreme Court and Roe Leak

Tom and Bowdoin College govt professor Maron Sorenson discuss the SCOTUS.

What's Andrew Yang's Forward Party up to?

Tom and Will Conway, the Forward Party's national organizing director, talk about the motivation for starting the Forward Party and how they plan to win a few seats in Congress and across state legislatures.

Was Joaquín Vázquez the most progressive candidate on Nerds for Humanity show so far?

Our first Nerds for Humanity official Congressional endorsement interview with Josh Weil

Jonathan Herzog -- from Yang 2020 staffer to Congressional Candidate to Life Coach