Alexander Vindman is not done fighting back — he blew the whistle on a president. Now he's running for Florida's Senate seat.

Julie Roginsky sits down with Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Alex Vindman to talk about his decision to blow the whistle on Donald Trump's corruption, what's at stake for 23 million Floridians, and why he believes this race is winnable. Plus: Larry David.

A fascinating conversation with two Soviet Jewish refugees who escaped the Iron Curtain within months of each other — and both ended up fighting for American democracy.

The Epstein files are barely ten percent of the story. Journalist Ellie Leonard — writer of Panic on Substack — has been digging where nobody else will. Julie Roginsky and Michelle Kinney talk with Leonard about the enablers, the cover-ups, Michael Wolff's hundred hours of Epstein interviews, the Met Gala's dystopian tone-deaf moment, and what's still buried in the files we haven't seen.

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Garry Kasparov has two Russian indictments, zero patience, and a lot to say. NATO is dead. Trump is Putin's lifeline. And Ukraine — not America — is the only thing standing between Russia and Eastern Europe. Julie Roginsky sits down with the greatest chess champion of all time — and one of the most fearless champions of freedom and democracy in the world — on exactly how this ends, and why the next six months matter more than most people realize.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning transgender Americans from serving in the military — and Col. (Ret.) Bree Fram was forced out after more than 20 years of service. She’s a patriot.

An Iraq War veteran. A rocket scientist. The first openly transgender officer promoted to colonel in the United States Armed Forces.

She served in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force, led LGBTQ+ initiatives inside the Department of the Air Force, and deployed overseas during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Then she was told she could no longer serve.

Now she’s running for Congress in Virginia’s 11th District. This is a conversation about service, erasure, and what happens when a country turns on its own soldiers — and why she’s choosing to fight back instead of walk away.

[Recorded February 11, 2026 -- Published February 23, 2026]

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We are joined by former Congressman Tom Malinowski in his first podcast interview following his recent concession to Analilia Mejia. In his statement, Tom Malinowski addressed the millions in outside spending that poured into the NJ11 Democratic Primary — including significant dark money interference from AIPAC-— and what that level of intervention means for Democratic primaries moving forward.

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Former Georgia Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan joins The Mayday Podcast to explain why he left the Republican Party and is now running for Governor of Georgia as a Democrat. Duncan talks about Georgia as the epicenter of Trump’s election obsession, the danger of eroding voter confidence, and what’s at stake for democracy in 2026 and beyond.

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Michigan Sheriff Chris Swanson — a Democrat running for governor — joins us for a wide-ranging conversation about leadership, public safety, and the future of law enforcement in America. We talk about why he’s running, what a different model of policing looks like, and how trust between communities and law enforcement can be rebuilt.

We also discuss Minneapolis — why the violence and federal crackdown didn’t come out of nowhere, what went wrong, and what real accountability and reform actually require in this moment.

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Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ) joins The Mayday Network to discuss the current situation in Venezuela, today's fifth anniversary of January 6, and what this moment demands as the country looks ahead — at home and abroad. The Mayday Network is an independent, women-owned media company built to meet this moment with clarity, honesty, and purpose. In a time of political, cultural, and civic distress, we believe in meeting people where they are — and telling stories that cut through the noise, surface shared values, and help make sense of where we go from here.

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