October 23, 2025: Congressional Candidate Steve Holden on Rural Democrats and the State of America”

In today’s episode, I have a wide-ranging, free-form discussion with congressional candidate Steve Holden about everything from the slow creep of authoritarianism to the future of rural Democrats — and what it all means for the fate of American democracy.

We talk about the realities on the ground: how small towns are changing, why people are losing faith in institutions, and how hope still survives when the odds are stacked against it.

Then, a brief return of the now-bearded financial expert and friend of Tony O. He’s back to share his take on markets, money, and whatever else is rattling around in that brilliant head of his.

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