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Capitol Fight Club

Capitol Fight Club is a weekly face off between two members of Conservative Review's staff, political insiders on the right, versus two guests from the left side of the political spectrum. CR staff members John Gray and Brian Darling are the featured hosts, and CR's Nate Madden is the ref and the moderator of the podcast.
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Oct 27, 2016

Warning: Explicit language

In Episode 26 of Capitol Fight Club, John Gray, Brian Darling, Sam Sacks, and Sam Knight battle over who won Wednesday night’s debate in Las Vegas, where the two candidates stand heading into the last leg of the election, and what we learned about the Democratic nominee and her inner circle courtesy of some leaked emails.

Round 1

Brian Darling has a new piece up on the cite outlining 4 reasons Trump could still win the election. The guys discuss whether he has a point … or completely lost his mind.

Round 2

Wind energy is booming in a handful of red states thanks to some help from the federal government. The guys hash it out over whether or not your tax dollars ought to be going to fund these sorts of green projects, or whether market forces should drive the future of energy.

About The Show

Capitol Fight Club is a weekly face-off between two political insiders on the Right versus two on the Left. Darling and Gray (editor of The Ideas Factory) worked for Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and both write for Conservative Review.

Our progressive friends, “The Sams,” Sam Sacks and Sam Knight, are the co-founders of the progressive blog The District Sentinel.

Nate Madden of CR is the moderator and producer of the podcast.

Oct 20, 2016

Warning: Explicit language

In Episode 26 of Capitol Fight Club, John Gray, Brian Darling, Sam Sacks, and Sam Knight battle over who won Wednesday night’s debate in Las Vegas, where the two candidates stand heading into the last leg of the election, and what we learned about the Democrat nominee and her inner circle courtesy of some leaked emails.

Round 1

Who won the second presidential debate Wednesday night in Las Vegas? Will Trump’s performance be enough to turn his numbers around before the election?

Round 2

What do the recent WikiLeaks email dumps show us about the Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton, and her fitness to be president?

Capitol Fight Club is a weekly face-off between two political insiders on the Right versus two on the Left. Darling and Gray (editor of The Ideas Factory) worked for Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and both write for Conservative Review. Our progressive friends, “The Sams,” Sam Sacks and Sam Knight, are the co-founders of the progressive blog The District Sentinel. Nate Madden of CR is the moderator and producer of the podcast.

Oct 11, 2016

Warning: Explicit language

In Episode 25 of Capitol Fight Club, John Gray, Brian Darling, Sam Sacks and Sam Knight battled over where Donald Trump should go from here, how he did in the debates and what the recent release of lewd footage about Donald Trump says about his chances in over the next month.

Round 1 centered around who won the second presidential debate Sunday night in St. Louis.

Round 2 focused on the tape itself, what it says about Trump’s character and what it means for congressional republicans running for re-election.

Capitol Fight Club is a weekly face-off between two political insiders on the Right versus two on the Left.  Darling and Gray (editor of The Ideas Factory) worked for Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and both write for Conservative Review. Our progressive friends, “The Sams,”  Sam Sacks and Sam Knight, are the co-founders of the progressive blog The District Sentinel. Nate Madden of CR is the producer and the moderator of the podcast.

Oct 5, 2016

Warning: Explicit language

In Episode 24 of Capitol Fight Club, John Gray, Brian Darling, Sam Sacks and Sam Knight battled over who won Tuesday night's vice presidential debate and what recent revelations about Donald Trump’s taxes tell potential voters about his candidacy, if anything.

Round 1 centered around whether Senator Tim Kaine or Governor Mike Pence won Tuesday night’s VP presidential debate, with a surprising 3-1 vote split on the winner, and what Kaine and Pence’s stances on foreign policy and abortion could mean for their respective running mates in November.

Round 2 centered around the recent New York Times story about Donald Trump’s 1995 tax returns and what that means for Trump’s business narrative, as well as a similar-yet-underreported story about Hillary Clinton from two years ago.

Capitol Fight Club is a weekly face-off between two political insiders on the Right versus two on the Left.  Darling and Gray (editor of The Ideas Factory) worked for Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and both write for Conservative Review. Our progressive friends, “The Sams,”  Sam Sacks and Sam Knight, are the co-founders of the progressive blog The District Sentinel. Nate Madden of CR is the producer and the moderator of the podcast.

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