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Welcome to Blue Dog Radio, a podcast that cuts through the noise and gets to the heart of what really matters. Across the country, one honest conversation at a time. This show is a traveling exploration of American values. Recorded in D.C. living rooms, front porches, union halls, and small-town diners with the people who still believe in doing what’s right, even when it’s hard. We sit down with current members of Congress, emerging candidates, and everyday Americans who carry the burden of common sense in an age of dysfunction. At its core, Blue Dog Radio is about community, character, and commitment . We are rooted in the belief that politics should serve real people in real places, and that truth, decency, and good faith still matter. Whether you're from the Gulf Coast, the Pacific Northwest, the Midwest plains or the Maine woods, this is a show about finding common ground and reminding ourselves what we’re trying to build, together.
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- 1 weeks ago37 min
Be of Your Place: Phil Gardner on the Blue Dog Revival
What does it mean to be a Blue Dog in the year 2026? Blue Dog Action co-founder and senior advisor Phil Gardner joins Blue Dog Radio for a conversation about a country exhausted by its politics, the revival of the Blue Dog movement, and what it takes to build a Democratic Party that is more connected to the places it represents. Phil talks about managing Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’s 2022 upset, helping rebuild the Blue Dog project alongside members like Jared Golden, what he looks for when evalu...
- 1 weeks ago31 min
The Incumbents: Four Blue Dog Races That Could Decide the House
Four races in four very different corners of America and one Congress hanging in the balance. In this episode of Blue Dog Radio, we take a trip through four of the country’s most closely watched congressional races. We start in Southwest Washington with Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, then head to California’s Central Valley with Adam Gray, Northern California with Mike Thompson, and South Texas with Vicente Gonzalez. Along the way, we look at the records they’re running on, the challengers trying t...
- Oct 8, 202635 min
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 endorsed candidate for Congress in Texas’s 15th District. For this episode of Blue Dog Radio, we spent three days with Pulido in the Rio Grande Valley. Our time was spent riding through Edinburg with his father, Tejano legend Roberto “El Primo” Pulido, visiting local businesses, weddings, rallies, a Friday-night football game,...
- Sep 24, 202639 min
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 Navy JAG Corps, federal civil-rights work, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office. On this episode of Blue Dog Radio, Dembo talks about his ninth-generation Kentucky roots, a student he still thinks about years later, what military and legal service taught him about responsibility, why he left the Justice Department, and how...
- Sep 3, 202628 min
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 the world. The Steel faded, the city grew in new directions, and the work of keeping Bethlehem going changed with it. For this episode of Blue Dog Radio, we start with Lou Jimenez, a lifelong Bethlehem resident, military veteran, firefighter, and president of Bethlehem Firefighters Local 735. Lou talks about his parents immigra...
- Aug 4, 202638 min
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 Dog Radio, we talk with Bale Dalton, the Blue Dog-endorsed Democrat running in FL-07. Bale is a Central Florida native, Naval Academy graduate, helicopter pilot, veteran, former NASA chief of staff, and someone whose life has been shaped by missions bigger than himself. He talks about growing up in Central Florida, hunt...
- Jul 15, 202640 min
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 place where water, agriculture, rural health care, ag technology, and community infrastructure are basic conditions that determine whether farms can plant, students stay, communities can grow, and families can build a future. Recorded in Merced, this conversation follows Gray through the place that shaped him: the house h...
- May 21, 202638 min
Earn This
Sacramento County District Attorney and congressional candidate Thien Ho joins Blue Dog Radio for a conversation about immigration, justice, public safety, redemption, and the long journey from a refugee boat in the South China Sea to a campaign for Congress in California’s 6th District. Ho reflects on fleeing Vietnam as a child after the fall of Saigon, learning English through Bugs Bunny cartoons, growing up in California immigrant communities, and the sacrifices his parents made to build a...
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About Blue Dog Radio
Welcome to Blue Dog Radio, a podcast that cuts through the noise and gets to the heart of what really matters. Across the country, one honest conversation at a time. This show is a traveling exploration of American values. Recorded in D.C. living rooms, front porches, union halls, and small-town diners with the people who still believe in doing what’s right, even when it’s hard. We sit down with current members of Congress, emerging candidates, and everyday Americans who carry the burden of common sense in an age of dysfunction. At its core, Blue Dog Radio is about community, character, and commitment . We are rooted in the belief that politics should serve real people in real places, and that truth, decency, and good faith still matter. Whether you're from the Gulf Coast, the Pacific Northwest, the Midwest plains or the Maine woods, this is a show about finding common ground and reminding ourselves what we’re trying to build, together.
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