Taking Ship

Today's crew of Frank and Maggie are joined by Kris Goldsmith (@KrisGoldsmith85), Chief Investigator and Associate Director for Policy & Government Affairs at Vietnam Veterans of America to discuss his incredible 191 page report entitled "An Investigation Into Foreign Entities Who Are Targeting Troops and Veterans Online". Researched over the course of two years, the report digs into persistent, pervasive, and coordinated online targeting of American servicemembers, veterans, and their families by foreign entities who seek to disrupt American democracy. As if we didn't need another reason to delete our Facebook page... Check out the full report: http://vva.org/trollreport/ Support Kris' recommended organization of Student Veteran's of America: https://studentveterans.org/

Short one member of the crew, Frank and Elie cover Israeli politics, British politics, impeachment politics and Democratic primary politics all in a tight 70+ minutes. You wanna sound smart at the bar or coffee shop? Give a listen. Here's a transcript of Lindsey Graham's impeachment speech. We urge you to call your member of congress and ask them to read it on the House floor every day. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/grahamtext011699.htm 

Fear not, the crew of Salty Jason's Revenge has not been vanquished by the sea. Our War with the Sea continues...but not this week.  For overdue return episode we were joined by Saul Austerliz. Saul joined Maggie and Elie (Frank remains on shore leave) to talk about his brand new book, Generation Friends: An Inside Look at the Show that Defined a Television Era. The books has been great reviews and tons of press. If you are a long time fan of Friends, or one of the newbie fans streaming it on Netflix, you'll want to listen to this and get some of your millennial and Gen Z friends to listen too (you should also buy and read the book).  Oh yea, we also get into politics, because ya know #DumbestTimelineAmerica and all... Saul's other book recommendation: Lost Empress: A Novel You can follow Saul at his website and on Twitter @saulausterlitz Our sincere thanks to Stand Up NY and Stand Up NY Labs for once again letting us record in their studio.

The whole damn crew reunites to talk about how the UK elected a failed muppet as prime minister and what that means for_____ (you decide). With a swift shift, the crew calls out which fictional characters are Trump voters (you'll be surprised) and then - believe it or not - offering a take on current events, the crew of Salty Jason's Revenge offers thoughts on the five+ hours of hearings former FBI Director Mueller will be sitting through tomorrow (July 24th). PLUS at least one of the crew sounds like they're talking from a toilet stall. 

Do you hate Nazis? Of course you do. But what can you do about it? Do you want to sue them? Then you should listen to this episode and then go directly to: https://www.integrityfirstforamerica.org and donate some money to aid the only law suit against f-cking Nazis. Seriously, if you don't donate, you're basically saying "Hey, I support Nazis" and you don't want to be that person. There are not “very fine people on both sides”. Friend of the pod and fellow Truman National Security Project member, Amy Spitalnick, joins Maggie Moore and Elie Jacobs LIVE AND IN PERSON to discuss the work she's doing with Integrity First for America. The crew touches on the evils of social media, the kid-gloves the media is using in covering this story and a whole lot else. You're going to want to listen to this one and then get 7 of your friends to listen to it to. Be sure to go to: https://www.integrityfirstforamerica.org for more information. Follow Amy @amyspitalnick and her organization @IntegrityforUSA and send them some mo

Short one member of the crew, Frank and Elie go way too deep into the democratic debates (aka clown car pile up) and because this primary season is going to end us all, they get stuck in that blackhole and discuss nothing else particularly valuable. Steve Bullock on CBS Late Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SzkK1qxd8M Mirror Universe: https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/scientists-are-searching-mirror-universe-it-could-be-sitting-right-ncna1023206

At long last, our Master of Sea War, Frank Spring returns to join Maggie Moore and Elie Jacobs aboard a fully staffed Salty Jason's Revenge. A quick detour into the upcoming clown car pile up which will be the democratic primary debates, before turning into the heavy weight no one has been waiting for: Biden vs. Booker and we end off with the cherry of the New York Times' showcase of just how dumb politicians can be in Dumbest Timeline America. Also, you should get more sleep. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/us/politics/2020-candidate-interviews.html  Does anyone else think Tim Ryan looks like a slightly younger Judge Marshall Eriksen (aka Judge Fudge)? Tweet at us: @takingship (or Maggie: @MaggieM012 or Frank: @frankspring)

Maggie (@MaggieM012) and Elie crew Salty Jason's Revenge alone this week, as Frank (@frankspring) continues to prepare his new offspring to battle against the seas. After discussing the clusterf*ck the upcoming Democratic primary debates promise to be, they go proceed to praise air conditioning and make suggestions for best things to do in said cooled air. Enjoy. Please be sure to subscribe and rate us and follow us on Twitter @takingship. Couple resources for you: https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a26992483/democratic-candidates-primary-debates-2020-election/ https://democrats.org/press/dnc-announces-details-for-the-first-two-presidential-primary-debates/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democratic-debates-here-are-the-candidates-who-have-qualified-for-the-2020-democratic-debates/

Elie Jacobs and Maggie Moore (Frank Spring is holding down the New Mexico office with a new addition) are joined by the irreverent Rose Jackson, co-founder and CEO of Beacon: your one-stop-shop for action and impact. Rose served as chief of staff to the State Department's Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Bureau under the Obama Administration, and previously worked in senior roles on U.S. Senate and statewide political campaigns. A long time, self-proclaimed democracy nerd, Rose spent the bulk of her career supporting people abroad, organizing to hold their governments to account. On this episode, she tells us how she's bringing that experience home through Beacon, and how you can fight back against the madness wherever you are. You can check out more about Rose here and learn more about Beacon here. And If you're sick of the dumpster fire that is your email inbox, don't waste time, go to https://act.beacon.us/taking-ship to download Beacon and cut through the noise. While you're at it, l

Two thirds* of the crew of Salty Jason's Revenge (Maggie Moore and Elie Jacobs) joined Steve Jaxon of KRSO to talk Biden, Trade Wars and more. No animals were harmed in recording this episode. *Frank Spring is on indefinite shore leave, taking advantage of the generous paternity policy offered to all members of the crew of Salty Jason's Revenge.

Frank Spring and Elie Jacobs take on the challenge of containing the wit and wisdom of Deadspin's David Roth to one podcast and fail miserably as they begin by appropriately tearing apart the very idea of NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio running for president before horrifically turning to a very technical conversation attempting to talk about today's NBA in terms of the 1990s. Thankfully no grunge was involved, although Roth was wearing plaid.  THIS. This is what happens when Maggie Moore leaves us to our own devices. Link here to the deep cut on Abdul Rauf's 50 point game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntvlsn7SMWo 

We're retooling our format a bit and introducing these mini "emergency" episodes, which you can expect to see relatively - for us - frequently. The impetus for this episode WAS the expected launch announcement of Joe Biden presidential campaign. That has apparently been pushed off yet again. So since we already had this on our schedules, we decided to yammer about some other stuff too. Please be sure to subscribe and rate us, and follow us on Twitter at @TakingShip. We mention this article in the episode: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/22/opinion/theres-a-bigger-prize-than-impeachment.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&stream=top 

Between schedules and Mayor Pete's launch announcement (and we guess Eric Swalwell's announcement too?) the mighty crew of Salty Jason's Revenge couldn't record a new episode, so we're reposting an episode with one of our all-time favorite guests: Chris Frates. Chris Frates has spent his life telling stories. One of Washington’s top journalists, he has been on the front lines of the country’s biggest political and policy battles. A veteran journalist with 20 years of experience, Frates has worked at the highest levels of print, digital, radio and television. Before founding Storyline, Frates was an award-winning on-air investigative correspondent for CNN. He also worked as a reporter for Politico, National Journal and The Denver Post, where he was part of the breaking news team that was a finalist for the 2007 Pulitzer Prize. His work has appeared in publications such as The Washington Post, The Atlantic and Fast Company and his political analysis has been featured on networks including CBS, NBC, CNN, FOX New

The entire crew is back aboard Salty Jason's Revenge. Maggie, Frank and Elie talk Brexit, and an update on the 2020 Democratic field of dreams. You wanna listen. You know you want to and get several of your friends to listen to.

Sans Frank, who's positioning himself to be the next PM of the UK and finally straighten out Brexit, Maggie and Elie do the impossible and go a full 30+ minutes without talking politics. It's a refreshing change for all of us aboard the Salty Jason's Revenge cruising through Dumbest Timeline America. Take a listen. Leave a review! Follow us on the Twitters: @takingship Maggie: @MaggieM012 Frank: @frankspring Elie: @eliejacobs

Frank Spring and Maggie Moore are joined by the incredible Julie Zebrak, who served in the U.S. Department of Justice from 1997-2015, including as Deputy Chief of Staff to the Deputy Attorney General and agency counsel for the Criminal Division. From 2015-2016, she served as Senior Advisor to the Deputy Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. We dig into how to get away with financial crimes, organizing for a candidate you love, and the reports around Amy Klobuchar. Follow her on Twitter @YesMomsCan.

Maggie and Frank discuss the latest in 2020 candidates coming and going, as well as digging into the reality TV level drama happening in UK Labour Party politics. 

Colin Kaepernick settled, Bob Kraft got in deep doodoo and this week may set the record for most dumb things in DumbestTimelineAmerica, so for all you sports ball fans out there, we're reposting our episode from March 2018 with David Roth. Also we go hella deep on politics. It's a good one. You should listen.

For Presidents (or President's or Presidents' or Washington's Birth)Day, former Deputy Secretary of Labor, Cabinet Secretary and assistant to President Obama (and a whole bunch of other cool things), Chris Lu becomes one of the few Taking Ship repeat guests and we couldn't be more excited about it. We talk DNC (he's a member at large), we talk about #GoodBrainBestWords' "National Emergency" and wrap it up with the smartest conversation you'll hear anywhere about the 2020 field. You absolutely want to check this episode out. THEN you want to be sure to follow Chris on Twitter at: @ChrisLu44. 

Much like an "unprecedented economic boom" is really just "a boom that has rarely been seen before", in an unprecedented move, the crew of Salty Jason's Revenge - Maggie Moore, Elie Jacobs & Frank Spring - go LIVE on The Drive with Steve Jaxon show on KSRO. The Taking Ship crew are huge fans of Steve's and have been thrilled to join Steve and Mike DeWald as individual crew members, but this time, all of the crew joins at the same time. TECHNOLOGY!! Take a listen.