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The Drain

The Drain

The Drain is a podcast covering California news and culture. We discuss the liberal California hegemony through a leftist lens, just steps from the state Capitol.Free episodes (The Drain) every Tuesday. Premium episodes (The Plug) every Friday at patreon.com/thedrain.Tips/Pitches/Chisme to [email protected].

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100 episodes

  1. Bluekkake! 56:41
  2. DSA vs. Democrats: CA Dem-on-Dem races to watch, with Robin Epley 1:53:13
  3. State workers on STRIKE, with Bobby Roy 28:45
  4. The Audacity of Grope: on the fall of Manny Yekutiel 1:09:39
  5. UNLOCKED: Ruby Rippey's tell-all on affair with Gavin Newsom 58:52
  6. The rapid decline of McClatchy's daily papers 54:07
  7. Mai Vang (DEM) eviscerates octogenarian Rep. Doris Matsui (AIPAC) in congressional debate 59:46
  8. Aisha Wahab crushes moderate in race to replace Eric Swalwell 1:08:53
  9. *Preview* Ruby Rippey's tell-all on affair with Gavin Newsom 58:52
  10. Watch yo profamity 56:33
  11. QAnon pursues shuttered women's prison, for the children... 51:30
  12. Unionizing California's legislative staffers 1:10:35
  13. *Preview* Paul Pelosi take the wheel 5:08
  14. Chased out by chasers 1:00:00
  15. Socialists humiliate NYC Democrats, with Peter Lucas 1:10:24
  16. *Preview* Solo en Sivar 5:00
  17. Ballot dump: no votes refused 1:04:14
  18. *Special* Prattlefornia: how the Left is faring this election 1:02:28
  19. Getting out the meemaw vote, with Robin Epley 1:38:54
  20. *UNLOCKED* The curious federal case of Sean "Baby" Loloee 39:01
  21. *Preview* Busting the trust 5:06
  22. Heidi Hall for Congress (with Heidi Hall) 50:00
  23. *Preview* Yogi Becerra 5:11
  24. CSUEU President Catherine Hutchinson's baffling union-busting bullshit 42:40
  25. Building a Bitter California (or, the battle of the billionaires) 1:05:30
  26. *Preview* The curious federal case of Sean "Baby" Loloee 39:01
  27. "I see a broken California!" (Rafael Hernandez for governor?) 1:00:22
  28. Swal's well that ends swell ? 1:06:58
  29. *Preview* The Sacramento Bee stings Doris Matsui 5:04
  30. California's presidential hopefuls and the perfidious Turk 1:11:48
  31. *Preview* The Drain🕳️'s official 'Why?' Combinator Challenge 5:11
  32. California's broken representative democracy, with Caledon Myers of the ProRep Coalition 56:52
  33. *Preview* Show hole (Hole show) 5:09
  34. Drainiversary episode! 1:16:23
  35. *Preview* LEAVE. BRITNEY. ALONE. 5:12
  36. Connie Chan for Congress (with Connie Chan) 51:47
  37. *Preview* Eric Swalwangelou 7:13
  38. Open the schools, with "Tommy" 1:08:00
  39. Kevin Kiley needs a home 1:15:09
  40. Mayors gone wild/corporate/AWOL 1:08:38
  41. *Preview* Last of the Mujicas 5:08
  42. Nothing new under the California sun 1:04:00
  43. Ro Khanna outshines Newsom on ICE, billionaire tax 50:40
  44. *Preview* The state of Gavin Newsom's presidential prospects 5:02
  45. California's response (and oil ties) to the kidnapping of ~Venezuenian~ president Nicolás Maduro 45:59
  46. California says f*ck ICE, and Sacramento's lay of the legislative land 1:07:46
  47. The Drain's🕳️ unimpeachable 2026 Hot or Not rundown 2:10:00
  48. San Francisco's drone wars 59:40
  49. *Preview* Wall Street shorts AI, and the murder-suicide case targeting OpenAI 5:05
  50. The California GOP's death rattle 59:00