I Hate Politics Podcast

I Hate Politics Podcast

Exploring a human activity we love to hate. A podcast about politics close to our home, schools, streets, businesses, and local government. Hosted by Sunil Dasgupta. More at ihppod.org.

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August 22, 2025 32 mins

When Wes Moore, the first black governor of the state, vetoed the reparations bill in Spring 2025, it sent a shoc...

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The US DOJ and Maryland Elections Board tussle over access to the state’s voter list. Montgomery County Council is looking at changing a provision in the new gas leaf-blower ban requiring pict...

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With increasing inland flash flooding in the region, a new study from Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments’ Transportation Planning Board finds FEMA flood maps cover only 15 percent ...

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Fighting off attacks from his own political base over the non-release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, President Trump uses the pretext of a crime emergency to orchestrate a federal takeover of W...

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Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Thom...

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Washington DC Council has been getting ready to vote on Mayor Muriel Bowser’s plan to redevelop the RFK Stadium a...

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Montgomery County, MD, upzones around transit corridors, but opposition remains. Finally, a new Impact tax  agreement between Gait...

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Montgomery County Public Schools, MD, is on the verge of big changes in attendance boundaries, program access, and grading policy,...

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One of the biggest complaints against Montgomery County Public Schools, the largest school district in Maryland and 17th nationwid...

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July 15, 2025 29 mins

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The Trump chaos has brought a key constitutional principle to the fore: What happens when bureaucrats believe the...

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July 8, 2025 28 mins

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July 4, 2025 48 mins

Three stories about introspection, learning, change, and hope from the destruction of federal worker layoffs and budget cuts. Sunil Dasgupta talks with Kevin Gash of Rockville who went from a ...

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July 1, 2025 36 mins

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How broken is the criminal-justice system? If you are charged, you might have to pay for your own pre-trial supervision, that is, if you can make bail. The cost may be high enough that you tak...

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June 24, 2025 25 mins

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Frederick County, MD, school board saw escalating tensions between conservative activists and liberal school boar...

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June 17, 2025 22 mins

Maryland’s first bond issue following Moody’s downgr...

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