PODCASTS (as HOST)
2022-09-2013 – Bill Shireman, founder and President of Future 500, surrogate founder of BridgeUSA, and co-founder of In This Together, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss how he hopes to empower an independent common-sense majority through his Climate of Unity strategy.
2022-09-21 – Brian Jones, Republican State Senator for California’s 38th District, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss what it is like to be in a Senate minority (31-9) and how he has successfully navigated through it on critical issues like Energy, Crime, Housing/Homelessness, Education, and the State’s Economy.
2022-08-24 – Ilya Somin, JD, Professor of Law at George Mason University, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss his 2013 book, Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government Is Smarter.
2022-07-06 – Ross C. “Rocky” Anderson, attorney, activist, founder of Executive Director of High Road for Human Rights as well as the Justice Party, and the 33rd mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss his views on politics and what the Justice Party has to offer.
2022-06-08 – Scott Greytak, JD, Director of Advocacy for Transparency International U.S. and former Senior Counsel for RepresentUs, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss the legislative agenda for Transparency International U.S. and his role overseeing its Anticorruption Legislation Lab.
2022-05-25 – Brian Mistrot, JD, founder and President of One Nation Movement, who also founded American Moderates and the Alliance Party, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss his political journey and the unique role he is championing through One Nation Movement.
2022-05-04 – Michael Maxsenti, co-founder of Rebellious Truths, co-host of the podcast Front and Center, and an Advisor to the new Common Sense Party of California, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss his podcast and the political breakthrough the Common Sense Party of California is trying to achieve.
2022-04-20 – Gabe Fleisher, a political prodigy who as a sophomore at Georgetown University has already earned press credentials to cover numerous political events including presidential debates and addresses, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss his passion for politics, the journey he’s traveled, and his newsletter, Wake Up to Politics.
2022-04-06 – David M. Walker, former Comptroller General of the United States and CEO of the United States Government Accountability Office, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss an update to his latest book, America in 2040: Still a Superpower?, that reflects some of the major domestic and international events that occurred through the end of last year.
2022-03-23 – Isaac Saul, founder of Tangle, an independent, ad-free, subscriber-supported newsletter that provides balanced insights into major political issues, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss Tangle and some of the issues he has addressed recently in that forum.
2022-03-09 – Ilya Somin, JD, Professor of Law at George Mason University, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss his latest book entitled, Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom, and our Nation’s immigration issues at the border.
2022-02-23 – Andy Moore, Executive Director of NANR, the National Association of Nonpartisan Reformers who also serves as an entrepreneur-in-residence with Price College of Business at the University of Oklahoma, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss the path he has traveled, and the progress being made by NANR toward achieving structural election reforms in the public interest.
2022-02-09 – Shawn Griffiths, an election reform expert who serves as National Editor of the Independent Voter News and hosts his own show, Toppling the Duopoly, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss his show, the ongoing challenges of the Supreme Court nomination process and the Electoral College, and other political issues.
2022-01-20 – Joe Trippi, longtime Democrat campaign strategist for federal campaigns, the host of That Trippi Show, and author of The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Democracy, the Internet, and the Overthrow of Everything, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss our Nation’s current challenges and his recent alignment with The Lincoln Project.
2021-12-01 – John Gable, co-founder and CEO of AllSides.com and AllSidesForSchools.org, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss what he has learned over the years and how AllSides.com leverages its patented and proprietary technology and systems to rate media bias, identify different perspectives, provide balanced news and information, and enable civil dialogue. (Note: IVN has a “Center” rating.)
2021-11-17 – John Daniel Hull, IV, JD, founder and partner of the Washington, D.C. law firm Hull McQuire PC, former Legislative Assistant to a Republican Member of the House in the 95th and 96th Congresses, and a member of the presidential campaign teams of Bill and Hillary Clinton, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss what is really happening in Washington, D.C., as opposed to how things are presented in the press… January 6th included.
2021-11-03 – Pearce Godwin, Founder & CEO of Listen First Project, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss how the Listen First Project came to be and what it is trying to do to “turn down the heat and find a way forward together” in our divided political environment.
2021-10-13 – Jeanne Sheehan Zaino, Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Iona College, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss the crisis she describes in her new book, American Democracy in Crisis: The Case for Rethinking Madisonian Government.
2021-09-29 – David M. Walker, former Comptroller General of the United States and CEO of the United States Government Accountability Office, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss the economic impact of what has transpired in our country and the potentially wrong direction in which Congress and the White House are heading.
2021-09-15 – David Nevins, co-founder and chair of The Bridge Alliance, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss The Bridge Alliance and two of its projects: Citizen Connect, which is focused on healing our political divides and strengthening democracy, and The Fulcrum, a platform where insiders and outsiders to politics are informed, meet, talk, and act to repair our democracy.
2021-09-08 – John Cox, Republican candidate for Governor of California, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss California’s upcoming recall election and his candidacy for Governor if the recall is successful. (Governor Newsom did not respond to an invitation to appear on the show.)
2021-09-01 – Aaron Hamlin, Executive Director and Co-Founder of The Center for Election Science, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss the differences between Approval Voting, Ranked Choice Voting, and Plurality Voting.
2021-08-11 – Michael Allman, an elected Trustee for the San Dieguito Union High School District, and Ty Humes, appointed to serve the remainder of the term of a Trustee who had stepped down, join T.J. O’Hara to discuss an attempt to recall and remove them for voting with the parents’ position on issues instead of the Teachers’ Union position.
2021-07-28 – Laurence Kotlikoff, Ph.D., Professor of Economics at Boston University and former three-time presidential candidate, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss his take on the economy and a variety of issues that are affecting it.
2021-07-07 – Michael O’Neil, United States Communications Manager for the Green Party, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss the past, present, and future of the Green Party including its four Pillars and 10 Key Values.
2021-06-23 – Jeff Rasley, author of 11 books and a committed philanthropist and social activist, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss his latest book, America’s Existential Crisis: Our Inherited Obligation to Native Nations; a book that not only explores the plight of Native Americans but also offers solutions to advance their cause.
2021-06-09 – Amber McReynolds, CEO of the National Vote at Home Institute… co-author of the book “When Women Vote” and recently nominated by President Biden and confirmed by the United States Senate to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss “lessons learned” from the 2020 election and how to improve participation and the integrity of our future elections.
2021-05-26 – Nick Brana, Founder and National Coordinator of the Movement for a People’s Party, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss how his movement is seeking to create a major new progressive populist political party in the United States… and why.
2021-04-21 – Shawn Griffiths, editor of the Independent Voter news and a nationally recognized expert in political reform and voting rights, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss the Georgia election law, which seems innocuous to some but has been characterized as Jim Crow 2.0 by President Biden and many other leading Democrats.
2012-03-24 – Mark Jerrell, District 4 Representative on the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners in North Carolina and former Executive Committee member of the Black Political Caucus where he Chaired the Get out the Vote and Legislative Committees and Co-Chaired the Economic Development Committee, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss the critical issues including Equality, Health, Housing, Immigration, Racial Disparity, Social Services, Education, and Empowerment.
2021-03-03 – Kenneth C. Davis, renowned historian and author of Don’t Know Much About History, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss another book he authored in 2018, More Deadly Than War: The Hidden History of the Spanish Flu and the First World War, which seems quite apropos as we face another pandemic.
2021-02-17 – Peter Ackerman, Ph.D., founding Chair of the International Center on Non-Violent Conflict, Americans Elect, and Level the Playing Field, and Alexandra A.E. Shapiro, JD, former Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York (where she also served as Deputy Chief Appellate Attorney) and an attorney-adviser in the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice, join T.J. O’Hara to discuss the impact of the political duopoly that controls our elections and the need to truly put unaffiliated candidates on a level playing field when they compete for public office.
2021-02-03 – Suja A. Thomas, JD, Professor of Law at the University of Illinois College of Law and co-author of Unequal: How America’s Courts Undermine Discrimination Law,” joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss the current state of discrimination law with respect to racial and sexual injustice – what works and what doesn’t.
2020-12-30 – Scott Greytak, JD, an anticorruption attorney who is the Advocacy Director for the United States Office of Transparency International, and Chad Peace, partner at the law firm of Peace & Shea LLP, founder and president of IVC Media LLC, and legal strategist for the Independent Voter Project, join T.J. O’Hara to discuss the good and the bad of the Electoral College.
2020-12-16 – Christina Tobin, activist and Founder of The Free & Equal Elections Foundation, and Eli Beckerman, a founding member of Open the Debates, join T.J. O’Hara to discuss the importance of presidential debates and what can be done to improve them.
2020-12-02 – David M. Walker, former Comptroller General of the United States and CEO of the United States Government Accountability Office, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss his new book, America in 2040: Still a Superpower? A Pathway to Success, and the guidance it gives us to avoid an economic collapse.
2020-11-18 – Kenneth C. Davis, renowned historian and author of Don’t Know Much About History, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss his new book, STRONGMAN: The Rise of Five Dictators and the Fall of Democracy and what warnings signs history provides to try to avoid it going forward.
2020-11-04 – Ben Sheehan, former award-winning executive producer at Funny Or Die and author of the new book, OMG WTF Does the Constitution Actually Say? – A Non-Boring Guide to How Our Democracy is Supposed to Work, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss his book and the constitution principles and history it is designed to teach.
2020-10-21 – Nathan Lockwood, Managing Director of Rank the Vote, a national non-partisan organization, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss that organization’s efforts to support activists who are trying to build state-level Ranked Choice Voting initiatives across the country.
2020-10-07 – Michael Allman, candidate for the San Dieguito Union High School District Board, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss the challenge of delivering academics in the middle of a pandemic and to provide his perspective on what school districts need to do to serve the best interests of their students.
2020-09-23 – Lori Thiel, President of the League of Women Voters of San Diego, and Jennifer Avina, JD, an attorney who coordinates the local League’s Youth Internship program and the “101 Days of Action” campaign, join T.J. O’Hara to discuss this impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the importance of active election participation.
2020-09-09 – Joe Collins, the Republican candidate for the United States House of Representatives in California’s 43rd Congressional District, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss the challenges of taking on the incumbent candidate, Rep. Maxine Waters, who has held that seat for 30 years and held political office in the area for 44 years total.
2020-08-26 – Amber McReynolds, CEO of the National Vote at Home Institute, co-author of the book “When Women Vote,” and an expert on election policy and administration, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss the distinction between “At Home” and “Absentee” voting and the efforts to make mail-in ballots safe.
2020-07-29 – Scot Faulkner, the first Chief Administrative Officer of the United States House of Representatives and the author of Naked Emperors: The Failure of the Republican Revolution, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss his experience as the first CAO of the House and the death of America’s civic culture.
2020-07-15 – Lori Thiel, President of the League of Women Voters of San Diego, and Amy Tobia, local leader for Represent.Us, join T.J. O’Hara to discuss Ranked Choice Voting and the evolving initiative in California that’s known as Top4RCV, which features a four candidate slate.
2020-07-08 – Paul Meshanko, founder and President of Legacy Business Cultures. Professional speaker, and author of The Respect Effect, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss the need for respect in our political system and the dangers of unconscious bias.
2020-06-17 – Jim Rex, Ph.D., National Chair of the emerging Alliance Party and the last Democrat to win a statewide election in South Carolina back in 2006, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss the Alliance Party, what makes it different, and its strategies to have an impact on our current political environment.
2020-06-03 – Neal Simon, former independent candidate for the United States Senate and author of Contract to Unite America: Ten Reforms to Reclaim Our Republic, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss his “behind the scenes” experience and 10 reforms he thinks could get our country back on the right track.
2020-04-26 – David M. Walker, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Economics at the United States Naval Academy and former Comptroller General of the United States and CEO of the United States Government Accountability Office, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss our Nation’s ongoing debt crisis and the impact of the pandemic, inflation, and the War in Afghanistan on it.
2020-03-02 – Blake Percival, a former ten-year employee of US Investigation Services (U.S.I.S.) and the author of Holding onto Integrity… and Paying the Price, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss his new book and what transpired after he became a whistleblower about falsified reports within the company’s service on behalf of the Federal Government.
2019-07-24 – Russ Verney, a top advisor and spokesperson for Mr. Perot during his historic 1992 presidential campaign, and David M. Walker, former Comptroller General of the United States and CEO of the United States General Accountability Office, join T.J. O’Hara to discuss the passing of Ross Perot, his impact, and what he might think of our current political leadership.
2019-05-29 – Lulu Fries’dat, two-time recipient of the Edward R. Murrow Award and an Emmy award-winning journalist who’s produced election coverage for MSNBC and reported on election integrity issues since 2008, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss SMART Elections, a new election integrity organization.
2019-04-18 – Kitty Kurth, President of Kurth Lampe Worldwide, a strategic communications firm, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss the roles she has played in eight presidential campaigns and Chicago’s mayoral race, Jussie Smollett and whether Joe Biden has missed his opportunity to run for President.
2019-03-05 – Tim Canova, JD, a law professor at Nova Southeastern University and two-time challenger of Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz for Florida’s 23rd Congressional District (once as a Democrat and then as an independent), joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss election integrity and the unique obstacles he faced in taking on the incumbent.
2019-02-20 – Pat Benjamin, political activist for Ross Perot during his presidential runs, former Vice Chair of the Reform Party, and the author of The Perot Legacy: A New Political Path, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss the influence of independent and Third-Party candidates like Howard Schultz and Michael Bloomberg.
2018-10-30 – Joe Trippi, political commentator for CNN and longtime Democratic strategist, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss the past presidential, gubernatorial, and United States House and Senate campaigns on which he has worked and how the political environment is changing.
2018-10-22 – Bonnie Siegle, founder of Political Branding Associates, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss how political campaigns create and bring a candidate’s brand identity to market as well as how demographic and other shifts are impacting our elections.
2018-09-17 – Lulu Fries’dat, two-time recipient of the Edward R. Murrow Award and an Emmy award-winning journalist who’s produced election coverage for MSNBC and reported on election integrity issues since 2008, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss the election integrity challenges of using digital voting machines.
2018-06-28 – Dr. Tom Coburn, MD, former United States Senator (R-OK) with a unique background in obstetrics and accounting, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss the fiscal irresponsibility of Congress and our growing National Debt.
2018-06-27 – Peggy Grande, former Executive Assistant to President Reagan, and spokesperson for the Cal3 movement, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss the rationale behind the Cal3 movement’s objective to separate California to form three new States.
2018-06-25 – Lilliana Mason, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss her research on partisan identity, partisan bias, social sorting, and American social polarization.
2018-06-18 – Lenora Fulani, Ph.D., a psychologist, psychotherapist, and political activist and the first woman and the first African American to achieve ballot access in all 50 states, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss the housing crisis in New York City.
2018-05-09 – Michael Allman, a Republican candidate for the United States House of Representatives in California’s 52nd Congressional District, joins T.J. O’Hara to discuss his intent to utilize technology to serve as the first “Direct Democracy” Member of Congress.
DECONSTRUCTED shows HOSTED by T.J. O’Hara (Currently Unavailable)
Maine Voters Dismiss Both Parties in Fight Against Establishment
GET CIVIL WITH IT: Orgs and Citizens Gather This Week to Talk Politics
The $1.3 Trillion Mistake: How Our Two Political Parties Have Mortgaged Our Children’s Future
EXCLUSIVE: Independent Businessman Greg Orman Takes on Both Parties in Run for Governor
Learn to Love an Addict: Breakdown the Opioid Crisis with an Addict’s Mother
A CIVIL ASSESSMENT shows HOSTED by T.J. O’Hara (Currently Unavailable)
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: Severe & Pervasive (Plus the Grey Area in Between)
California Republican Says: More Money, More Political Problems
Want to Change Politics? Get Involved in Local Elections
Anti-Corruption Leader Says 2018 Is Big Year to Unrig the System
Former GOP Chair, Dem Congressman Join Forces to Elect Independents
Lenny Mendonca Talks About Challenging Both Parties to Move California Forward
Meet the Man Who Almost Brought Together the Kochs & Soros
Lawyer Explores the Second Amendment through Sex & Race
Lawrence Lessig Talks About Taking the Electoral College to Court
‘Seven Years in Guantanamo’ Co-Author Discusses Interplay of Humans Rights and Terrorism
Civility on Facebook? Jeff Rasley Shows Us It Isn’t Just a Fairytale
HACKING THE VOTE: Lulu Fries’dat Explains How It’s Really Been Done
Independent Insurgence? Centrist Project to Challenge Duopoly; Support Nonpartisan Candidates
David Walker on Financial Waste and Abuse: The Critical Cures for America’s Fiscal Crisis
Meet the Local Attorney Exposing DC-Style Politics in America’s Finest City
IVN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Meet the Man Battling Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Information Overload: Gene Cubbison Decodes Politics in the Digital Age
“RISING STAR”: Author of New Book Discusses Obama’s Road to the Presidency
IVN EXCLUSIVE: First Chief Admin of House, Scot Faulkner, Talks DC Corruption
Scott Rasmussen, Culture Leads and Politics Lags: The Decentralization of American Society
The Centrist Project to #HackTheSenate for Independents
More Than Two Parties: The Green Party Reinvents Itself
More Than Two Parties: The Libertarian Party’s Core Issues & Take on Current Events
Everything You Need to Know About the Big Case Against the CPD
Battles to De-Rig Elections, from San Diego to Maine
HACKED: The Shocking Truth About Ballot Security
MODERN WHIG RADIO shows HOSTED by T.J. O’Hara (Currently Unavailable)
2012/11/21 – Modern Whig Party Radio – T.J. O’Hara hosts Andrew Evans, National Chairman of the Whigs, as they discuss Part Two of the Modern Whig Party’s Growth Plan.
2012/11/15 – Modern Whig Party Radio – T.J. O’Hara hosts Andrew Evans, National Chairman of the Whigs, as they discuss Part One of the Modern Whig Party’s Growth Plan.
2012/11/07 – Modern Whig Party Radio – T.J. O’Hara hosts Modern Whig Party Radio and discusses his campaign, authentic, proactive, and reactive leadership, and answers questions from callers.
2012/10/31 – Modern Whig Party Radio – T.J. O’Hara hosts Whig National Chairman, Andrew Evans, as they discuss other Whig candidates and the efforts of the Whigs to make a difference in America.