It's the holiday season listeners, and we have a gift for you.

This is a big one, folks- on this episode we talk to former presidential candidate, congressman, mayor of Cleveland, and author Dennis Kucinich! Many of you may remember the congressman as one of the few to consistently stand against the war fever of the post 9-11 period. He was also Mayor of Cleveland in the 1970s, where his bold, uncompromising efforts to protect his constituents from exploitation at the hands of highly connected corporate crooks earned him the ire of the powerful- and assassination attempts.

Dennis takes Isaac and Peter through the labyrinth of Cleveland municipal politics, recounts his (successful!) battle to keep the city’s electrical grid in the hands of the residents, and tells us the harrowing story of it nearly cost him his life. We don’t always  ...