Episode Archive

On this week’s show Sean talked about the shooting at UCSB and the many reactions not only from the Isla Vista community but the entire country. Through our many guest speakers the common theme was raising gun control awareness.

This week Sean will be interviewing Linda Leu the California Research and Policy Director for Young Invincibles on the state of Millennials in America. Young Invincibles is a national organization committed to mobilizing and expanding opportunities for young Americans between 18 and 34 years of age on issues like higher education, health care, and jobs.

Sean will be joined by Billy Hallowell of TheBlaze.com to continue their discussion on Faith and Politics.

Sean and Mack will also be giving their thoughts on the upcoming midterm elections and looking ahead to the 2016 presidential election.

This week Sean is joined by Congressman John Conyers and Kolleen Bouchane the Director of Policy and Advocacy for the A World At School campaign to discuss #BringBackOurGirls.

Sean and Mack will also be previewing the upcoming midterm elections and President Obama's climate change report.

This week Sean & Mackenzie are joined by James Elmendorf the Deputy Director of LAANE, along with a few surprise guests. Welcome to Episode Two of Vox Populi Season Two!

Join us for the return of Vox Populi Radio as Season Two begins. Sean Astin will be joined by guests from RESULTS.ORG in this kickoff episode. Welcome to Season Two!

Sean Astin stepped out to the Los Angeles Federal Building for a live chat with fans about the May 1st launch of Vox Populi Season Two. We hope you'll join us live on TRadioV!

During this special episode, we discussed the possible military action against Syria as a result of clear evidence on the use of chemical weapons by the Bashar al-Assad regime against their own people. Portions of pre-recorded interviews with guests Mikey Kay, Foreign Correspondent; Matthew Modine, Actor and Activist; Robert Danin, from the Council of Foreign Relations; and Julia Davis, National Security Expert were played. Sean also did a live interview with Buck Sexton, Blaze Network National Security Editor.

Six days after the tragedy at Sandy Hook, the topic was the Second Amendment of the US Constitution, with guest Professor Paul Finkelman, a specialist in American legal history, constitutional law, and race and the law at Albany Law School.

Today’s topic was the fiscal cliff and debt ceiling, with guest Catherine Crier, journalist and former Texas judge. Both terms, it was decided, are artifices created by Congress, and easily manipulated for political rather than economic purposes. The Bush era tax cuts, never meant to be permanent, were also discussed. Allowing them to expire would not be a tax increase, as some claimed, but a return to previous levels. According to Crier, “Tax rates are virtually at an all-time low, despite political rhetoric to the contrary, in the last 50 years.”

Heather and her high school film class called into the show to ask about the General Petreus expose/scandal and how it related to the Benghazi attack. They also wanted to discuss the ripple effects and who are we as citizens to believe concerning the events of that attack. Sean stated, “There will never be complete certainty. We will never know 100%. So as citizens, what we have to do is decide how much time and energy it’s our responsibility to invest in order to understand it to the best of our ability.” The teacher compared the General Petreus scandal to a morality tale and suggested it could be used as a learning tool. Sean agreed and pointed out that the General Petreus’s affair and how the Benghazi attack was handled by the government are only part of a larger diplomatic picture. “The way in which we interact with those countries from a financial perspective, from a military perspective and hopefully, ultimately, from a diplomatic perspective is really going to determine how much peace, how much war there is.”