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Write a Better Song: Bobby Pulido on South Texas and Public Service

For more than 30 years, Bobby Pulido has been one of the defining voices of Tejano music. Now the Edinburg native, small-business owner and father of four is a Blue Dog e

770,000 Bosses

Zach Dembo is a Blue Dog endorsed for Congress in Kentucky’s 6th District. His path to the race has taken him from an eighth-grade classroom in the Mississippi Delta to

The People Who Show Up

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, has spent decades adapting to change. Bethlehem Steel once occupied a quarter of the city and drew generations of working families from around t

Bale Dalton Knows the Mission

Florida’s 7th Congressional District is the kind of race that will take roots, credibility, service, and a candidate who actually fits the place. On this episode of Blue

Water, Work, and the Man From Merced

For this episode of Blue Dog Radio, we spent several days on the road with Rep. Adam Gray in California’s Central Valley. Gray represents California’s 13th District, a p

Earn This

Sacramento County District Attorney and congressional candidate Thien Ho joins Blue Dog Radio for a conversation about immigration, justice, public safety, redemption, an

Fight Like Hell

Raised by a single mother and a grandmother dealing cards in Nevada casinos, Shannon Bird learned early that opportunity rarely arrives without a fight. In this episode

Dairy Breakfasts and Double Shifts

“When you overperform like that… you do it again.” Rebecca Cooke came within two points of flipping Wisconsin’s 3rd District in 2024. Now she’s back. A waitress, small

The Doctor Will See You Now

The Central Valley has a healthcare problem and Washington keeps sending politicians. In this episode of Blue Dog Radio, we sit down with Dr. Jasmeet Bains, a practicing

Hickory Nut Gap

Jamie Ager-North Carolina 11 This week on Blue Dog Radio, we sit down with Jamie Ager: fourth generation farmer at Hickory Nut Gap Farm and candidate for Congress in Nor

Barbacoa, Big Red, & Protecting the American Dream

Johnny Garcia-Texas 35 In this episode of Blue Dog Radio, we sit down with Johnny Garcia, a deputy sheriff from Bexar County who’s running for Congress in Texas’s 35th D

Loyal to the Soil: Work, Place, and the People Who Stay

What does loyalty to a place really mean? In this episode of Blue Dog Radio, we explore what it looks like when work, community, and identity are rooted in the same soil

Deciding to Listen: What Voters Actually Want

Politics spends a lot of time talking about voters and not nearly enough time listening to them. In this episode of Blue Dog Radio, we talk with political analyst Simon

Episode 4: The Hours That Hold Us Together

There’s a kind of wealth that doesn’t show up on Wall Street. It’s measured in sleep, sanity, and the time we give to one another. It’s the real economy of American life.

Episode 3: Faith and the Common Good

In this episode of Blue Dog Radio, Representatives Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and Jared Golden sit down for a candid conversation about faith. Where it comes from, how it an

Episode 2: Back to the Land — The Wendell Berry Episode

In Episode 2 of Blue Dog Radio, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and Jared Golden go Back to the Land — a conversation inspired by the writings of Wendell Berry. They explore the

Episode 1: What It Really Means to Represent Home

Welcome to Blue Dog Radio, where we cut through the noise and talk about what really matters to Americans in every corner of this country. This show is about common sens