Matthew Diemer: Politics, Cleveland, Congress, Senate, Ohio, News, Commentary
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Two former candidates, one for Congress and one for Mayor of Cleveland, chat about national and local news from the perspective of being behind the curtain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Diemer and DiBello connect national political arguments to Ohio, practical policy consequences and the institutional incentives behind public decisions.
Diemer and DiBello turn a friendly, argumentative conversation into political commentary with an unusually close view of consequences. Cleveland and Ohio remain tangible reference points even as the discussion moves through presidential politics, party leadership, public…
A Guardians check-in before wage policy: your politics comes with Cleveland small talk.
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Big politics, local texture, and a sharp eye for blame.
The episode moves briskly through a crowded run of stories: the Guardians, local politics, SignalGate, Trump versus law firms, J.D. Vance and Greenland, Musk's Wisconsin voter lottery, auto prices, and the latest AI-image fad.
A politics conversation that starts local, widens fast, and keeps returning to billionaire hypocrisy and moral clarity.
PlayNext's News & Politics shelf suits this one well. It starts with Joe Jones and Amy Acton, then widens into USAID, DOGE, Trump, Kamala, Schumer, Maxine Waters, and Al Green.
A clear-eyed talk about Bitcoin, reserves, and Trump's first two weeks.
The episode treats Bitcoin as a candidate for the same bucket as the reserves and public investments governments already lean on. It moves from Ohio's Israel-bond holdings to U.S.
Big political headlines, shaped into a live argument about power, money, and trust.
This episode opens on a tight run of political headlines, from Biden's farewell address and the TikTok ban to confirmations, Trump's indoor inauguration move, the Trump coin launch, and a new amendment to the Constitution.
A Sunday hangout that moves from cholesterol jokes to opioid liability and a late WNBA argument.
This episode opens with Sunday hangout energy, then settles into a skeptical run through bad-cholesterol jokes, breakfast croissants, and the larger question of why pharmacies were pulled into the opioid settlement.
A Cleveland-rooted politics conversation that stays loose, sharp, and a little messy.
Diemer & DiBello opens with a Cleveland sports detour, then shifts into a politics conversation about democracy, candidate choice, approval ratings, campaign math, and who gets to be on the stage.
Loose, skeptical political banter that keeps pulling national arguments back to ordinary life.
Ross DiBello and Deemer settle into an easy, immediate rhythm, moving from coffee versus chai and beer as a kid into Biden, Democrats, and what the party is really offering.
A loose, candid conversation that moves from church-state questions to the odd economics of competitive eating.
A garden-side conversation drifts from public schools, religion, and public money into the odd economics of competitive eating. It reads as loose and candid, with the hosts working through the questions in real time instead of trying to force a neat outline.
Sharp political debate with policy detail and real disagreement.
Matt Gurney and Jen Gerson debate Canadian politics, from Alberta separatism to Ottawa's bureaucracy.
Robert Evans, Katie Stoll, and Cody Johnston build fake conspiracies and mock right-wing media.
Steve Hayes and Dispatch panelists argue through the week's Iran, DOJ, and Supreme Court news.
Jonah Goldberg's solo political rants and author interviews on conservatism, courts, and current events.
John Donvan moderates two-sided debates on AI, bioethics, feminism, and film's future.
Diemer & DiBello spends much of this episode on Pavel Durov's arrest in France and the question of whether Telegram should be liable for crimes organized on an encrypted app.
The hosts open on the Guardians' hot streak and a side debate about Terry Francona's Hall of Fame hat.
Diemer & DiBello spends much of “Musk, Trump, and America’s Crossroads” on two January incidents: the New Orleans Bourbon Street attack that the hosts say killed 40 people, and the Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion outside Trump Tower.
The episode moves from a civil-trial explanation to a $40 million commercial real-estate dispute before shifting into Ohio politics and California wildfire response.
Diemer & DiBello open with the Trump assassination attempt, focusing on reports of bystanders warning that a man was on a roof and saying the Secret Service response looked like a breakdown.
The hosts open on the Sunday after the election and take stock of who is happy and who is not.
Ross opens with a baby update.
Diemer & DiBello spends much of this episode on Cleveland campaign finance, starting with a proposal to raise city council donation limits from $1,500 to $3,000.
Matt and Ross open with Ohio’s FirstEnergy bribery scandal, naming Sam Randazzo and discussing how a utility insider ended up as PUCO chair after millions moved through political channels.
Diemer & DiBello spend much of this episode on the Cleveland Browns' proposed Brook Park stadium, including renderings, a cost estimate around $2.6 to $2.8 billion, and Justin Bibb's reported $460 million renovation offer for the current lakefront site.
Ross DiBello and Matt Deemer open with a St.
Diemer & DiBello opens with a weekly catch-up format and quickly moves into Biden's pardon of Hunter Biden, including the hosts' criticism of the rule-of-law argument and the campaign promise that he would not do it.
Diemer & DiBello opens with a debate roundup, then moves quickly to the Supreme Court's immunity ruling, with the hosts naming three categories: absolute immunity, presumptive immunity, and no immunity for unofficial acts.
South Carolina’s Republican primary becomes the opening case study, with Donald Trump at 59.8% and Nikki Haley at 39.5% while the hosts debate whether Haley’s voters are Republicans, Democrats, or ballot crossovers.
They start in the garden like two guys catching up.
The show starts the day before Thanksgiving.
Two former candidates discuss local and national issues, starting with Cleveland Guardians' performance and public funding for sports stadiums.
Former candidates Matt Diemer and Ross DiBello discuss SignalGate, where a journalist accessed a Trump administration chat planning a Yemen attack, critiquing political activism, tariffs, and legal ethics.
We have real needs in our community, we have numerous issues with public schools, roads, and warming shelters, not billionaire stadiums.
They start local with Joe Jones and Amy Acton's campaign chatter.
Former candidates Diemer and DiBello analyze current events, starting with a tragic mid-air collision and Trump's DEI blame, then diving into China's open-source AI shaking markets, Ohio's Bitcoin reserve proposal, ICE raids in Cleveland, and the looming U.S.
Podcast discussion episode
The hosts open with Sunday chatter, breakfast croissants, and a joke about bad cholesterol.
We're paying for billionaires' toys while our roads have potholes
Ross and Deamer open with coffee, tea, and the Cleveland City Connect alternates.
Former candidates Deemer and Ross analyze current events, including the Kate Middleton photo controversy, Bernie Moreno's alleged adult friend finder account and LGBTQ+ stance shift, the TikTok ban's impact on creators, Bernie Sanders' 32-hour work week proposal, and political maneuvering in Colorado's special election.
Ross DiBello and Deemer start with coffee talk and end up on chai, beer, and the odd habits people pick up early.
One legal analyst says free speech itself is the problem—but who decides what's true when speech gets restricted?