In today's podcast, we're sitting down with Alex Vitale, the author of The End of Policing and an advocate for abolishing the police. We spoke about how he defines the movement he is behind, what changes he'd prioritize, and whether we can expect these changes to happen. He also shared his thoughts on the Derek Chauvin verdict.You can find Alex's book here and his Twitter profile here.If you're not yet a Tangle subscriber, you can sign up here: https://www.readtangle.com/And you can find a transcription of this interview here: https://www.readtangle.com/p/abolishing-the-police-alex-vitale--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tanglenews/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's Tangle podcast, a brief but important special message from Tangle founder Isaac Saul.If you're not yet a subscriber, please consider signing up for Tangle: https://www.readtangle.com/subscribePlease give Tangle a five-star rating wherever you rate podcasts!--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tanglenews/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's podcast, we sit down with the nationally syndicated columnist David Harsanyi. He is an author, a senior writer at The National Review and a columnist at The New York Post.Harsanyi spoke with us about his view of the Biden administration, reflected on the state of the Republican party, shared his thoughts about the latest conversations around gun control and offered his view of how conservatives can win in the upcoming elections.To follow David you can check him on Twitter here.Be sure to subscribe to the Tangle newsletter: https://www.readtangle.com--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tanglenews/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's podcast, we sit down with conservative writer Drew Holden to discuss the state of bias in the media. Holden's work has been published in The New York Times, The National Review, The Washington Post, Fox News and The Federalist. He is also a media strategist and a former legislative assistant in the House of Representatives, where he spent some time working for Republican Rep. Paul A Gosar (R-AZ).During our conversation, we get Holden's thoughts on how the press is treating Biden, how things will change post-Trump, and what he made of those memorable attack ads from Rep. Gosar's family members. To follow Drew, you can check him on Twitter here.Be sure to subscribe to the Tangle newsletter: https://www.readtangle.com/--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tanglenews/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's Tangle podcast, we sit down with Dr. Erica Anderson, a psychologist and clinician who works with transgender youth. Anderson's particular expertise is in the psychological aspects of gender and gender identity formation, and their relationship to individual development. She is also an expert in evaluating patients with psychological disorders and separating these conditions from gender issues. During our conversation, we have Dr. Anderson explain the basics of what it means to be transgender, the challenging work of her day-to-day, how to tell the difference between a child "going through a phase" and a child experiencing gender incongruence, and all of the other questions you have probably wanted to ask about some hot button trans-related issues.If you enjoy this podcast, please be sure to give it a 5-star rating.You can subscribe to the Tangle newsletter here: https://www.readtangle.com/--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tanglenews/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, we sit down with Jonna Mendez, the former chief of disguise at the CIA. She was recruited to the agency in 1966, spent 27 years in service, and is on the Board of Directors for the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C. She spent her career in the Office of Technical Services of the CIA, which is staffed by engineers, chemists, physicists, makeup artists and counterfeiters. It's the part of the CIA you probably imagine when you think of a James Bond movie.In this podcast, we chat with her about her favorite CIA gadgets, what her scariest moments in the service were, the time she got to impress George H.W. Bush and what it's like being in the CIA.If you enjoy this podcast, please be sure to give it a 5-star rating.You can subscribe to the Tangle newsletter here: https://www.readtangle.com/--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tanglenews/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's podcast, we sit down with Minky Worden, the Director of Global Initiatives at Human Rights Watch. Worden authored the 2008 book China's Great Leap: The Beijing Games and Olympian Human Rights Challenges and has previously lived and worked in Hong Kong as an adviser to the Democratic Party of Hong Kong chairman Martin Lee.We chatted with Worden about the current human rights crisis in China, the state of press freedom there, how global organizations could respond in a helpful way and the opportunity to do something about it before the 2022 Olympic games in Beijing, China.You can follow Worden on Twitter here.And if you're not yet subscribed to Tangle, you can get the daily newsletter here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tanglenews/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's podcast, we sit down with Ciaran O'Connor, the Chief Marketing Officer of Braver Angels. Braver Angels is an organization that is seeking to depolarize America by getting people with different political views to speak with each other. O'Connor, a former Obama campaign staffer and self-proclaimed liberal, joined the group after Trump's victory in 2016 to seek out a new path in politics. In this episode, we talk about the monumental task of bridging the partisan divide, opine on whether the country is actually divided, and chat about how to have difficult political conversations.You can follow Ciaran on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/ciaranjoconnorYou can read more about Braver Angels here: https://braverangels.org/You can subscribe to the Tangle newsletter here: https://www.readtangle.com/about--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tanglenews/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's Tangle episode we sit down Anna Massoglia, an investigative researcher with OpenSecrets. Her work exposes how money is being spent in politics, tracks the sources of "dark money" and helps illuminate the underworld of campaign spending. OpenSecrets is a non-partisan organization used by journalists across the world that tracks money in politics.You can find Anna on Twitter @annalecta and you can visit OpenSecrets at https://www.opensecrets.org/For daily issues like this, don't forget to subscribe to the Tangle newsletter: https://www.readtangle.com/about--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tanglenews/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Frank Morano is the host of "The Other Side of Midnight," one of the most popular political radio programs in New York City. This self-described "center-left" populist is a two-time Trump voter with high hopes for Andrew Yang and stories about his relationships with everyone from Roger Stone to John Gotti Jr. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tanglenews/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.