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It’s All Political

San Francisco Chronicle senior political writer Joe Garofolicms.megaphone.fm
It’s All Political is now a part of the Fifth & Mission podcast. You can hear It's All Political on Fifth & Mission by subscribing to Fifth & Mission, the San Francisco Chronicle's flagship daily newscast. Joe Garofoli is the Chronicle’s senior political writer, covering national and state politics. He has worked at the Chronicle since 2000 and in Bay Area journalism since 1992, when he left the Milwaukee Journal. He has previously written about the intersection of tech and politics and about the politics of the cannabis industry.

Episodes

Debate Recap: In Vino (Cave) Veritas?

Chronicle editorial page editor John Diaz joins senior political writer Joe Garofoli to talk about Thursday's Democratic debate. It was a big night for Amy Klobuchar, a gaffe-free night for Joe Biden, and a tough night for wine caves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 20, 201920 min

How Latinos Will Decide the Presidency

Jacqueline Martinez Garcel, CEO of the Latino Community Foundation, talks about the nearly all-white Democratic debate; Latinos and the presidential race; her concerns about the 2020 census; and why Bernie Sanders is so popular among Latinos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 18, 201927 min

The Impeachment Veteran

Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, D-San Jose, is the only lawmaker who’s played a role in all three modern impeachments. Now, Lofgren is center stage again as the House Judiciary Committee hurtles toward a vote on Trump’s fate. She talks about what she learned from the Nixon and Clinton inquiries, and why Trump’s case is unlike any other. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 09, 201915 min

Can Orange County Remain Blue?

Jason Berlin spent two decades working on reality TV shows. Now he's become a force in registering voters through his Field Team 6 organization. He talks about how Democrats can hold four House seats they flipped in Orange County. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 02, 201924 min

How Old is Too Old to Be President?

Louise Aronson, a geriatrician at UCSF and author of the new book “Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life,” talks about whether the top three Democratic candidates and President Trump — all of whom are in their 70s — are too old to be president. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 27, 201925 min

Scandalous Stanford

Just in time for the Big Game, Oakland author and journalist Roland De Wolk, author of “American Disruptor: The Scandalous Life of Leland Stanford,” talks about the robber baron’s dark side. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 21, 201935 min

Trump, Impeachment and the California GOP

Jessica Patterson is in her first year as chair of the California Republican Party. There’s no place to go but up for the state’s GOP, and Patterson explains what she’s done so far to try to revive its fortunes — and how President Trump's unpopularity in California affects that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 14, 201941 min

What’s Next for Indivisible?

Ezra Levin and Leah Greenberg, the co-executive directors of Indivisible, the nationwide grassroots organization that led the anti-Trump resistance shortly after he was elected, talk about their new book, “We Are Indivisible: A Blueprint for Democracy After Trump.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 12, 201931 min

Could Voter Suppression Wreck the 2020 Election?

Robert Greenwald, the longtime liberal filmmaker, talks about his latest film: “Suppressed: The Fight to Vote.” It’s about voter suppression in Georgia in 2018, and how it could happen again there and elsewhere in 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 07, 201925 min

“How the Rich Dodge Taxes”

Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman are the UC Berkeley economists behind Bernie Sanders' and Elizabeth Warren’s tax-the-rich tax plans and the authors of the new book “The Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay.” Joe talks to Saez in his campus office. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 05, 201928 min

How Close Are Joe Biden and Barack Obama — Really?

Steven Levingston, author of the new book “Barack and Joe,” joins Joe Garofoli to talk about how close the former president and vice president really are. Can Biden count on his former boss to endorse him? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 24, 201929 min

Tom McClintock: Impeachment Is a Terrible Idea

One of California’s few Republican congressmen talks about why he thinks impeaching Trump is a bad idea, plus why he thinks thinks concerns about climate change are overblown and what he thinks is wrong with the California GOP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 22, 201933 min

Bernie or Warren: Who Should Progressives Pick?

Maurice Mitchell, national director of the Working Families Party, talks about why the organization endorsed Elizabeth Warren. And he explains why his party sees a lot of Americans not being served by the “corporatist” Democratic Party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 17, 201923 min

A Master Class in Shade: Dem Debate Review

Chronicle Washington correspondent Tal Kopan and Deputy Opinion Editor Caille Millner join Joe to break down the fourth Democratic primary debate. Who gave that master class? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 16, 201929 min

Ro Khanna on Impeachment and Bernie Sanders

Silicon Valley Rep. Ro Khanna breaks down the latest on the battle to investigate President Trump from his perch on the House Oversight Committee. He also talks about how the recent health problems of Sen. Bernie Sanders — Khanna is a campaign co-chair — will reshape the presidential race. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 02, 201929 min

How Trump's Impeachment Could Help ... Julian Castro?

Castro sees a glimmer of hope in the impeachment inquiry for low-polling candidates like himself. If voters start to see Trump as a wounded candidate, then ex-Vice President Joe Biden’s “electability” argument becomes weaker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 27, 201927 min

Fifth & Mission: Pelosi Pulls the Impeachment Trigger

On The Chronicle's flagship news podcast, Joe Garofoli and John Diaz join Demian Bulwa to talk about Speaker Nancy Pelosi's announcement that the House of Representatives will open an impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Will her strategy of waiting pay off? Subscribe to Fifth & Mission wherever you get It's All Political. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 25, 201920 min

Tommy Vietor: The Ball Has Moved on Impeachment

The Pod Save America co-host — and President Obama’s former national security spokesman — talks about Trump and Ukraine, impeachment, Iran on the brink, and whether Joe Biden has lost a step. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 24, 201939 min

Is Getting Picked on Good for Joe Biden?

Will fellow Democrats' attacks on Biden make him tougher if he has to face President Trump, or will they cripple his candidacy? Joe breaks down the third Democratic debate with The Chronicle’s Caille Millner, Tal Kopan and John Wildermuth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 13, 201939 min

The Gig Worker War: Live Event

With California’s landmark AB5 bill pending about who should be classified as an employee, Joe moderates a conversation at an event hosted by TheBridge between labor leader Jim Araby and Postmates VP Vikrum Aiyer about how labor and tech will interact in the new economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 12, 20191 hr 1 min

The California GOP’s Great Hope

Kevin Faulconer is the pro-choice, pro-same sex marriage, climate-change acknowledging, Spanish-speaking mayor of San Diego who didn’t vote for President Trump. He explains the way forward for the moribund California Republican Party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 05, 201926 min

Michael Bennet: The Backup Joe Biden?

Could the Colorado senator be the moderate Democrats turn to if front-runner Joe Biden falters? He's spent the campaign dishing tough love to progressives about Medicare for All, the Green New Deal and the $15 minimum wage. Does he have a shot? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 04, 201925 min

Kirsten Gillibrand on Gender Equality, Al Franken and Redemption

The presidential candidate talks about electability, her drive to get on the debate stage, and what she would do differently in the Franken case. Plus: Can Joe bait her into swearing on the campaign trail? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 27, 201931 min

Democrats’ Health Care Plans in Plain English

Candidates have debated their plans but many Americans have no idea what they're talking about. Larry Levitt, a health policy expert from the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation, explains — and says what they’re omitting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 21, 201932 min

"The Democratic Party Is Like Eeyore”

Emily’s List president Stephanie Schriock tells Democrats to “stop wringing your hands” and worrying about losing to President Trump. She also has concerns about how female presidential candidates are being covered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 19, 201942 min

Marianne Williamson Comes Down to Earth

Her reputation is as the woo-woo candidate who talks about "dark psychic forces." But she connects to voters by addressing the nation's "low-level emotional civil war." She talks about that, her views on vaccinations and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 15, 201933 min

“Electability” Is A Myth

Brenda Choresi Carter of the Reflective Democracy Campaign talks about her research, which shows that claims of candidate “electability” are more damaging than they are realistic, especially for women of color. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 14, 201930 min

Terry McAuliffe Takes on White Supremacy

The former governor of Virginia and DNC chair sits down with Editorial Page Editor John Diaz to discuss his new book, "Beyond Charlottesville: Taking a Stand Against White Nationalism," and President Trump's response. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 09, 201927 min

Big Finish for the California Legislature

Sacramento reporters Dustin Gardiner and Alexei Koseff join Joe Garofoli to talk about the last month of Gov. Gavin Newsom first "semester," with the Legislature considering bills on guns, rents, charter schools and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 08, 201928 min