
Burn the Boats
Burn the Boats is an award-winning podcast featuring intimate conversations with change-makers from every walk of life. Host Ken Harbaugh interviews politicians, authors, activists, and others about the most important issues of our time.
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Will Sommer: The Dangers of QAnon
Will Sommer is a political reporter for The Daily Be...
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Mar 21 2023 38m
Dr. Dan Barkhuff: Toxic Masculinity and Gun Culture
Former Navy SEAL and founder of Veterans for Respons...
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Mar 14 2023 46m
Lucas Kunce: “Corporate, Country Club Republicans”
Lucas Kunce talks about his run against Josh Hawley ...
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Mar 7 2023 34m
Joe Walsh: Republican Accountability
Joe Walsh represented Illinois’ 8th district in the ...
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Feb 28 2023 40m
Dr. Rachel Kleinfeld: What Causes Political Violence?
Dr. Rachel Kleinfeld discusses political violence, t...
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Feb 21 2023 44m
Ruth Ben-Ghiat: Authoritarianism Around the Globe
Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat describes the similarities ...
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Feb 14 2023 44m
Andrew Hartzler: Fighting Discrimination
Andrew Hartzler, nephew of fmr. Representative Vicky...
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Feb 7 2023 33m
Ken Mayer: The Electability of Republicans
Ken Mayer is a political science professor at the Un...
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Jan 31 2023 43m
BONUS: Past, Present, and Future w/Senator Tammy Duckworth
Senator from Illinois Tammy Duckworth reflects on he...
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Jan 28 2023 25m
Olga Lautman: The Fall of Putin
Russian politics expert Olga Lautman discusses Russi...
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Jan 24 2023 46m
Ravi Gupta: “The Door is Always Open”
Ravi Gupta held several positions during the first t...
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Jan 17 2023 45m
Stuart Stevens: The Republican Party’s Downfall
Stuart Stevens dedicated his life to getting Republi...
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Jan 10 2023 52m
Happy Holidays!
Hey everyone, it’s Ken Harbaugh. I just wanted to le...
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Dec 27 2022 15 sec
Tyler Merritt: Patience for the Ignorant
Tyler Merritt is an Activist, Author, Actor, and pub...
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Dec 20 2022 42m
Miles Taylor: The Fight Has Just Begun
Miles Taylor, who co-founded the Forward Party, disc...
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Dec 13 2022 54m
David Bellavia: Partisan Politics
Medal of Honor Recipient and conservative radio host...
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Dec 6 2022 41m
Jinho ‘Piper’ Ferreira: Hip-Hop, Community, and Policing
Flipsyde member Jinho ‘Piper’ Ferreira talks about h...
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Nov 29 2022 42m
Garrett Reisman: The Future of Space Exploration
Astronaut Garrett Reisman discusses how the Ukraine ...
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Nov 22 2022 47m
Rerun: In Remembrance of Michael Gerson
Michael Gerson was a presidential speechwriter for G...
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Nov 19 2022 41m
Denver Riggleman: Leaving the Republican Party
Former Representative Denver Riggleman discusses the...
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Nov 15 2022 48m
Anne Nelson: The Future of the Right Wing
Anne Nelson talks about the November Midterm Electio...
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Nov 8 2022 40m
Al Franken: Has Democracy Reached a Tipping Point?
Former Senator Al Franken discusses the radicalizati...
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Nov 1 2022 42m
Nan Whaley: Fighting for Ohioans
Former Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley talks about her Ohio ...
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Oct 25 2022 32m
Scott Hershovitz: Adventures in Philosophy with My Kids
Scott Hershovitz talks about his new book, Nasty, Br...
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Oct 18 2022 47m
Kris Goldsmith: The Anti-Fascist Agenda
Kris, a combat vet, explains how he studies and disr...
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Oct 11 2022 42m