August 7, 2025 Here’s Episode #143 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-13:37: Canadian Wildfires/Betsy Coffia ICE Mask Ban Pat Johnston begins the show pointing-out the sheer ignorance and hypocrisy by some Michigan MAGA Republicans who are really upset by these Canadian Wildfires polluting Michigan’s summer skies. If only they’d review their own anti-climate change voting…
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Republican Cuts Michigan’s Clean Energy Jobs w/ Frank Houston of BlueGreen Alliance
July 16, 2025 Here’s Episode 142 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-17:17: Epstein/Haley Stevens/Schumer FailureDid you really believe MAGA Congressional Republicans would defy their Dear Leader Trump by releasing the Epstein investigation files? What is Haley Stevens’ campaign angle in her run to become Michigan’s Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate as she says Senate Minority…
Republicans Pass MAGA Murder Bill; What Will Democrats Do Next?
May 22, 4:47 PM Here’s Episode 134 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-11:47: Why? Pat Johnston uses the opening segment examining the massive cuts The Trump Regime’s Elon Musk is leveling on the National Weather Service. It’s happening as Michigan’s already experienced 25 tornadoes this year, and when tornadoes are increasing across the country thanks…
Trump-Elon’s Gutting of Lab Protecting The Great Lakes w/ ProPublica’s Anna Clark
#podcast #politics #progressives #Democrats #Environment #ClimateChange #GreatLakes #Michigan #Jobs #WorkingClass #DOGE #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #MAGA #Republicans #AnnaClark #ProPublica #Budget #CorporateGreed #FreeSpeech #Gaza #Farmers Economics #LeftOfLansing Here’s Episode 132 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast from May 8, 2025! 00:00-20:01: UofM Ono Out/Nessel Mistake/Trump Tariffs The opening segment concentrates on University of Michigan President Santa Ono’s sudden exit,…
How Climate Crisis Is Changing Michigan’s Culture w/ Peter Sinclair
Here’s Episode 107 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-16:00: Ottawa Impact/Close Election Expected Ottawa County, Michigan, provides the perfect and poignant case study on how the MAGA ideology is not only destructive, but it’s expensive! Thanks to the outstanding reporting by Sarah Leach, the MAGA Ottawa Impact majority on the county board has spent over…
Episode 78: Making a difference for Michiganders w/ Democratic State Rep. Ranjeev Puri
Welcome to Episode 78 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! Democratic State Representative, and House Majority Whip, Ranjeev Puri talks with Pat on a host of issues, including some key bills he helped pass the state legislature last year, such as gun safety, clean energy and climate bills, water filtration in schools and daycare centers, and…
Episode 74: Fighting to move Delta County forward w/ Kelli van Ginhoven
Here’s episode 74 of Michigan’s premier progressive podcast! As we’ve seen in our state, elections have consequences, especially on the state and local state side! I talk about how within a year, Michigan Democrats passed some much-needed legislation to move the state forward in terms of women’s reproductive rights, worker rights, union rights, setting-up a…
