The Jess Fields Show

We interview Dr. Ryan Burge again, who raised the prospect of a SCOTUS battle months ago on this very podcast, in the wake of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death and the confirmation battle to replace her.He explains how Democrats could use technicalities to block Trump’s nominee, how the election could be fraught with controversy, and what he sees as the future of American politics.Dr

*Apologies for the washed out audio on this episode. We had a microphone issue.*We speak with religion journalist Terry Mattingly, who has written the On Religion column for national newspapers for about 32 years and runs GetReligion.org.Mattingly spoke extensively about the Jerry Falwell, Jr. situation and the 2020 election. Falwell recently resigned his position running the unive

We interview veteran storm chaser Jeff Piotrowski as he currently sits in the direct path of Hurricane Laura on the Texas/Louisiana border. What’s the forecast track and how can one be prepared for the hurricane? Jeff is THE guy you want to talk to about big storms, and he gives us a comprehensive update and tips on how to survive a deadly hurricane.Subscribe in your favorite pod

We are joined again by Dr. Ryan Burge, a professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University and pastor who is well known for his commentary on religion and politics.We spoke about how religion plays into the 2020 election, what Dr. Burge expects to happen, and how both candidates could win by using different strategies. Subscribe in your favorite podcast app, like our pa

We spoke with Dr. Jennifer Mercieca, Professor of Communications at Texas A&M University, about her new book Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump. The book is out this week from Texas A&M University Press.It aims to study the rhetorical styles of President Trump as used throughout his 2015-2016 presidential campaign, distilling six different techni

***Be advised: this interview contains a lot of profane language used by the guest. Viewer and listener discretion advised. ***We interview John McAfee, the founder of McAfee Antivirus and an extraordinarily unique person who has, in recent years, become something of an international man of mystery. Most recently, he ran for President of the United States. Originally, we were set t

We interview Rachel Cooper, Senior Policy Analyst in Health and Wellness at Every Texan, a progressive think tank based in Austin, Texas (formerly the Center for Public Policy Priorities). Every Texan is a nationally recognized progressive think tank that focuses on both state and federal issues.Cooper spoke extensively and frankly about race relations and racial disparities in Ame

We interview Marc Levin, the Chief of Policy and Innovation for the Right on Crime Initiative at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative think tank. Levin is a nationally-recognized criminal justice reform advocate and researcher who has met with both President Obama and President Trump about his ideas. Levin walks us through an enormous amount of information on criminal

*** As a disclaimer I put on all of my interviews: I do not necessarily agree with everything, or even anything, that any of my guests say. My goal with this program is to provide good journalism: to bring out the facts about what is going on in our society.This interview undoubtedly has some controversial material. Also, there is some bad language used by the guests during the int

We interview 4 Texas Republican state representatives and a Republican state senator who have concerns about Texas' $295 Million contract with MTX Group. Governor Abbott has defended the contract, but some legislative Republicans are beginning to have questions. Because Republicans control both the Texas House and Senate, these interviews may reveal a trend in the Republican c