Do Politics Better Podcast

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Episodes: 162

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A weekly look at North Carolina politics and the North Carolina General Assembly from two lobbyists’ perspectives. Hosted by lobbyists Brian Lewis and Skye David.

Episode Date
Sen. Danny Earl Britt, Jr.'s Unfiltered Take on Policy, Politics, & Politicians
May 16, 2024
Budget Surplus a Bust? The Return of Blust? And Talking Shop with Rep. Mark Brody
May 09, 2024
Political Reporter Bryan Anderson on Politics in the Newsroom
May 02, 2024
#NCPOL Operative Nathan Babcock: 'I Went from Missionary to Mercenary'
Apr 25, 2024
Majority Leader John Bell & Sen. Jay Chaudhuri Preview Short Session
Apr 18, 2024
Rep. Charles Smith Holds Court as College Hoopster, Lawyer, & Legislator
Apr 11, 2024
GOP Campaign Consultant Jim Burton's One Goal is to Win
Apr 04, 2024
Sen. Mujtaba Mohammed Opens Up About His Muslim Faith, Ramadan, & Politics
Mar 28, 2024
A Heartfelt Conversation with Lobbyist Andy Ellen
Mar 21, 2024
Rep. Brian Biggs' Big Ideas
Mar 14, 2024
Knives Out Primary Election Analysis with Sen. Jim Perry
Mar 07, 2024
Special Primary Election Preview with Professors Michael Bitzer & Chris Cooper
Feb 28, 2024
Kimberly Reynolds: Democrats' Maven Political Operative
Feb 22, 2024
The Political Mettle of Sen. Eddie Settle
Feb 15, 2024
Rep. Caleb Rudow on Trading a Safe House Seat to Run for Congress
Feb 08, 2024
Dylan Watts: The Man Behind the Senate Caucus Curtain
Feb 01, 2024
Sens. Warren Daniel & Julie Mayfield Live from Asheville!
Jan 25, 2024
Tim Kent: The Life & Stories of an Ultimate Political Insider
Jan 18, 2024
Meet Kian Sadjadi, NC Democratic Party Executive Director
Jan 11, 2024
Sen. Vickie Sawyer on Dealing with Social Media Trolls in the New Year
Jan 04, 2024
Sen. Thom Tillis: From Trailer Parks to NC Speaker to US Senator
Dec 21, 2023
Journalist Billy Ball Talks NC Politics, Culture, & Coping with Tragedy
Dec 14, 2023
Rep. David Willis’ Journey from Eastern NC to China to the General Assembly
Dec 07, 2023
Rep. Maria Cervania: ’Here’s a Story I’ve Never Shared’
Nov 30, 2023
Dr. Michael Bitzer: ’2024 is Going to be Off the Charts’
Nov 16, 2023
Rep. Kelly Hastings on Overcoming a Learning Disability
Nov 09, 2023
2023 Long Session Wrap Up with Sen. Todd Johnson & Rep. Allison Dahle
Nov 02, 2023
Reps. Destin Hall, John Bell, Jason Saine, & Brenden Jones on the Speaker Deal
Oct 26, 2023
Israel’s War Hits Home for Lobbyist Bruce Mildwurf
Oct 19, 2023
Rep. Jarrod Lowery’s Love of Home, Family, & Lumbee Heritage
Oct 12, 2023
Behind the Lines: Redistricting 101 with Dan Crawford
Oct 05, 2023
Professor Chris Cooper: #NCPOL Class Is In Session
Sep 28, 2023
Casinos Fold & Budget Rolls: In the Room with Rep Allen Chesser
Sep 21, 2023
Senate Doubles Down on Casinos, House Plays Against the Odds
Sep 14, 2023
NC’s Capitol Hill Reporter Danielle Battaglia: ‘You Don’t Want Me Digging’
Sep 08, 2023
Rep. Ken Fontenot: A New Look for the Grand Old Party
Aug 31, 2023
Rep. Cecil Brockman’s Balancing Act as a Swing Vote
Aug 25, 2023
Intern to Influence: Sen. Brad Overcash’s Story
Aug 17, 2023
Rep. Ya Liu’s Journey from Immigrant to NC Legislator
Aug 10, 2023
The Adventurous Life & Career of Reporter Rose Hoban
Aug 03, 2023
Rep. Jeff Zenger on Surviving Childhood & Thriving Today
Jul 27, 2023
The Hurt of Rep. Allison Dahle
Jul 20, 2023
Rep. Allen Chesser: Combat Veteran, Cop, & Policy Problem Solver
Jul 13, 2023
The Atonement of Rep. Jeff McNeely
Jun 29, 2023
Sen. Paul Lowe: ’My Style of Politics is Relational’
Jun 23, 2023
Treasurer Dale Folwell is Running for NC Governor
Jun 15, 2023
Rep. Abe Jones’ Story of Grace & Forgiveness
Jun 08, 2023
Catching Up, Clearing the Air with Sens. Benton Sawrey & Mary Wills Bode
Jun 01, 2023
Inside Lucille Sherman’s Reporter’s Notebook
May 25, 2023
Rep. Jennifer Balkcom on the Importance of Family & Farming
May 19, 2023
Cory Bryson’s Inspiring Journey from Growing Up Poor to Senior Advisor to the Speaker
May 11, 2023
Crossover Week Upstaged by a 12-Week Abortion Bill
May 05, 2023
Rep. Jeffrey Elmore: Classroom Teacher, Artist, & Big Budget Chair
Apr 27, 2023
Sen. Rachel Hunt on Growing Up in NC Politics & in the Governor’s Mansion
Apr 21, 2023
Rep. Dennis Riddell’s One-Time Road to Perdition is Now Paved by Redemption
Apr 14, 2023
GOP Supermajorities are Official! And a Conversation with Rep Caleb Rudow
Apr 06, 2023
Rep. Tim Reeder, an ER Doctor Who Makes (NCGA) House Calls on Policy
Mar 31, 2023
Billy Lassiter: Growing Up As Albino, Bullied, & Now a Fierce Advocate for Juvenile Justice
Mar 24, 2023
NC Supreme Court Justice Phil Berger, Jr.’s Life, Career, and Growing Up Berger
Mar 17, 2023
Rep. Ed Goodwin: Farmer, Gun Carrying Federal Agent, & NC Legislator
Mar 10, 2023
Medicaid Expansion Deal! And Sen. Lisa Grafstein’s First Floor Speech was Personal
Mar 03, 2023
Labor Commish Josh Dobson Exits in 2024: ’My Brand Don’t Fit the Times’
Feb 23, 2023
100th Episode! And Sen Julie Mayfield, a Member of the Get (Stuff) Done Club
Feb 17, 2023
Rep. Ben Moss, a Blue Collar Railroad Worker and Republican Red
Feb 10, 2023
Rep. Garland Pierce: ’Some Issues I’m Willing to Vote with the Party in Power’
Feb 02, 2023
A Car Crash Case Study in Crisis Communications
Jan 27, 2023
The Eternal Optimism of Sen. Bobby Hanig, a Lifelong Underdog
Jan 20, 2023
Opening Day of Session! And a Conversation with the ACLU of NC’s Ann Webb
Jan 13, 2023
John Locke’s Donald Bryson is Ready for the 2023 General Assembly
Jan 06, 2023
Wrapping Up 2022 with Senators Danny Britt & Mike Woodard
Dec 23, 2022
Senator-elect Mary Wills Bode: ’I Really Want to Put in the Work’
Dec 16, 2022
WUNC Capitol Reporter Jeff Tiberii: ’This is Your State Government’
Dec 09, 2022
Live from Asheville! Western NC Politics with Professor Chris Cooper
Dec 02, 2022
Great Expectations with Senator-elect Benton Sawrey
Nov 18, 2022
Mid-Term Election Results & a ’Working Supermajority’ with Sen. Kirk deViere
Nov 11, 2022
Board of Elections Chair Damon Circosta Stoked About Voting, Surfing, & North Carolina
Nov 04, 2022
Speaking to Speaker Moore’s Communications Director Demi Dowdy
Oct 28, 2022
Your Phone, TV & Computer Are Tracking & Selling Your Info to NC Political Operatives
Oct 21, 2022
’Oppo-Research’, the Underworld of NC Politics
Oct 14, 2022
Nathan Babcock & Morgan Jackson Break Down NC General Assembly Races
Oct 07, 2022
Wayne Goodwin’s Life of Learning, Love, & Loss
Sep 30, 2022
Sen. Jim Burgin on the Power of Politics, Policy, & Prayer
Sep 23, 2022
The Assembly’s Kyle Villemain on ”Creating that ’Assembly’ for the State”
Sep 16, 2022
Judge Jefferson Griffin: From Fisherman to NC’s Highest Court?
Sep 09, 2022
Rep. John Autry’s Life, Travels, Careers, & Politics
Sep 02, 2022
Sen. Steve Jarvis: Builder, Foster Care Champion, & Nice Guy
Aug 26, 2022
Cross-Party Friendship & Learning at the NC Institute of Political Leadership
Aug 19, 2022
Lobbyist Brian Lewis: ’Doing Politics the Way I Want to Do It’
Aug 12, 2022
Turning the Microphone Around: Sen. Jim Perry Interviews Skye David
Aug 05, 2022
Newspaper Reporter Turned TV Journalist Travis Fain
Jul 29, 2022
Brent Woodcox & Donald Bryson Settle a Twitter Dust-Up
Jul 22, 2022
House Chief of Staff Neal Inman is in the Room Where It Happens
Jul 15, 2022
Late Night with Sen. Sarah Crawford: From David Letterman to the General Assembly
Jul 08, 2022
The Last Days (and Hours) of the Short Session
Jul 01, 2022
Sen. DeAndrea Salvador: ’I Can Be a Little Puzzling to Folks’
Jun 24, 2022
Sen. Jim Perry on Life Without a Father & Life as a Father
Jun 17, 2022
Retiring Rep. Grier Martin: ’It’s Time To Go’
Jun 10, 2022
Sen. Warren Daniel on Western NC, West Point, & West Jones Street
Jun 03, 2022
Health & Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley’s NC Homecoming
May 27, 2022
House GOP Caucus Director Stephen B. Wiley Wraps Up Primary Night
May 20, 2022
Short Session Preview with Rep. John Bell & Sen. Jay Chaudhuri
May 13, 2022
Mother’s Day is Doubly Special for Rep. Jimmy Dixon
May 06, 2022
The Life & Humor of Joe Stewart
Apr 29, 2022
Sen. Lisa Stone Barnes Talks Faith, Family, & Farming
Apr 22, 2022
LT McCrimmon, the Governor’s Lobbyist in the General Assembly
Apr 15, 2022
Superintendent Catherine Truitt, from the Classroom to NC’s Top Education Leader
Apr 08, 2022
The History Making Political Career of Sen. Dan Blue
Apr 01, 2022
Sen. Michael Lee on Life, Loss, & Legislating
Mar 25, 2022
Secretary of State Elaine Marshall, a Trailblazer in NC Politics
Mar 18, 2022
Sen. Brent Jackson: Farmer, Budget Writer, & Maybe Future Ag Commissioner
Mar 11, 2022
Catching Up, Looking Back with Former Rep. Rick Glazier
Mar 04, 2022
Rep. Ashton Clemmons, from the School House to the NC House
Feb 25, 2022
John Hood is the Conservative Movement’s Renaissance Man in NC
Feb 18, 2022
Turning the Microphones Around on News Anchor Tim Boyum
Feb 11, 2022
Sen. Deanna Ballard, from the White House to the NC Senate
Feb 04, 2022
Rep. Marcia Morey: Olympic Swimmer, Judge, & Legislator
Jan 28, 2022
Senate Policy Advisor André Béliveau on Finding a Home, a ’Log Cabin’, Inside the GOP
Jan 21, 2022
The Centrist Politics of Rep. Gale Adcock: ’My Job is to Find Common Ground’
Jan 14, 2022
Sen. Amy Scott Galey, a Republican with Democratic Family Ties
Jan 07, 2022
Special Holiday Edition: Wrapping Up 2021 with Senators Jim Perry & Kirk deViere
Dec 24, 2021
Behind the Scenes with Senate Policy Advisor Brent Woodcox
Dec 17, 2021
Auditor Beth Wood, from Dental Hygienist to CPA to the Taxpayers‘ Watchdog
Dec 10, 2021
Rep. John Bradford: Energy, Optimism, & Effectiveness
Dec 03, 2021
Special Holiday Edition: Stephen Kent & How the Force Can Fix the World (& Our Politics)
Nov 26, 2021
We Have a State Budget! Plus a Conversation with Rep. Matthew Winslow
Nov 19, 2021
Here Comes the Judge: A Conversation with Rep. Joe John
Nov 12, 2021
Sen. Michael Lazzara‘s Life in Politics & Love of Pizza
Nov 05, 2021
Rep Ricky Hurtado‘s Message to Both Political Parties
Oct 29, 2021
Rep. Tim Moffitt is Back in the General Assembly & Busier Than Ever
Oct 22, 2021
Rep. Billy Richardson on Dyslexia, Dealmaking, & His Democratic Party
Oct 15, 2021
Rep. Jimmy Dixon, the General Assembly Agriculture Ambassador
Oct 08, 2021
Sen. Sydney Batch on Legislating Effectively from the Back Row
Oct 01, 2021
Rep. Brenden Jones, a Hard-Charger or ‘the Easiest Teddy Bear in the Building‘?
Sep 24, 2021
Rep. Terry Brown on the Importance of Quality Committee Work
Sep 17, 2021
Rep. Erin Paré, Former Federal Lobbyist Turned State Legislator
Sep 10, 2021
Rep. Brian Farkas: ‘Be Kind and Be Respectful‘
Sep 03, 2021
Rep. Chris Humphrey, a Republican Winning in a Democratic District
Aug 27, 2021
Sen. Don Davis on Legislating from the Center: 'I'm Getting it from the Left, I'm Getting it from the Right'
Aug 20, 2021
Sen. Paul Newton: 'I Am Here to Solve Problems'
Aug 13, 2021
Rep. Zack Hawkins: 'If You Get to Know Me, You'll Like Me'
Aug 06, 2021
Rep. Jamie Boles Puts the 'Fun' in Funeral & Legislating
Jul 30, 2021
House Democratic Leader Robert Reives & How His Parents Inspired Him to Enter Politics; and House GOP Leader John Bell Guest-Hosts the Podcast
Jul 23, 2021
Sen. Vickie Sawyer: Once an Underdog Senate Candidate Who Now Fights for Underdogs as a Senator
Jul 16, 2021
Special Recess Edition Includes an Interview with Rep. Vernetta Alston and a Vacationing Former President
Jul 09, 2021
House Rules Chairman Destin Hall: "But for My Grandparents and the Grace of God"
Jul 02, 2021
Senate Rules Chairman Bill Rabon on Leading & Listening with a Hearing Disability
Jun 25, 2021
Sen. Kirk deViere Talks Politics, Poverty, and Pocket Squares
Jun 18, 2021
Sen. Todd Johnson: 'Problem Solving is What I Do', and a Budget Cap Agreement Announced
Jun 11, 2021
'Battle Lines Are Being Drawn' and a Conversation with Democratic Senate Whip Jay Chaudhuri
Jun 04, 2021
House Majority Leader John Bell on Leadership: 'Like Carrying a Wheel Barrow Full of Frogs'
May 28, 2021
'The Real World' with Rep. Brian Turner: MTV to the NC House
May 21, 2021
Sen. Danny Britt Keeps Winning on Election Day and in the General Assembly
May 14, 2021
Crossover Week, a Conversation with Senator Mutjaba Mohammed, and Legislative Maneuvers
May 07, 2021
NC Labor Commissioner Josh Dobson, the Personification of Do Politics Better
Apr 30, 2021
Rep. Graig Meyer, a 'Loyal Opposition' Leader and the Struggle to Do Politics Better
Apr 23, 2021
Rep. Jason Saine, a "Big Chair" with a Big Sense of Humor
Apr 16, 2021
Sen. Mike Woodard & the NC Senate's Night Owl Caucus
Apr 09, 2021
Sen. Jim Perry Demystifies the North Carolina Senate
Apr 02, 2021
Rep. Allison Dahle and the Power of Conversation
Mar 26, 2021
Rep. John Torbett, the 'Happy Warrior'
Mar 19, 2021
Governor Cooper and Senator Berger Fist Bump
Mar 12, 2021
Our New Podcast! COVID Relief, Motions to Reconsider, Veto Override Strategies, and How To Talk to Legislators About, Well, Sex
Mar 06, 2021