The More Perfect Union

The More Perfect Union

Real debate without the hate!

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Recent Episodes

March 11, 2024

The Succession Election (Episode 376)

This week, the MPU gang does a post-mortem on President Biden's State of the Union, Katie Britt's GOP response, the latest in the presidential campaign and the Israel-Hamas War, and has some fun with the Oscars. Become a su…
March 4, 2024

Super Snoozeday (Episode 375)

This week, the MPU gang looks at Super Tuesday, Nikki Haley's path forward, what happens if Trump goes to trial during the general election campaign, the reliability of the casualty figures in the Israel-Hamas War, and the p…
Feb. 27, 2024

Donmentia (Episode 374)

This week, Rebekah, DJ and Kevin look at controversies surrounding the now-laughable Hunter Biden investigation, Trump's less-than-stellar performances in the GOP primaries to date, Biden's better than reported performances …
Feb. 17, 2024

Fani Takes The Stand (Episode 373)

This week, the gang looks at the loss of Putin critic Alexi Navalny, Donald Trump's giant disgorgement verdict, Fani Willis on the witness stand, and Elmo versus Larry David.
Feb. 12, 2024

Republicans' Two Daddies (Episode 372)

This week, the MPU gang dissects the Special Counsel's report on the Biden documents fracas, why DJ says the Republican Party now has two daddies, last week's big SCOTUS hearing on Trump's ballot access, and some final thoug…
Feb. 5, 2024

Joe-mentum (Episode 371)

This week, Rebekah, D.J. and Kevin trade theories over Taylor Swift, what is taking the DC Circuit so long to issue their Trump immunity ruling, Biden's foreign policy, and whether Barbie was truly snubbed or not...with an o…
Jan. 22, 2024

DeSantis Implodes (Episode 370)

This week, the gang muses over Ron DeSantis's failed camaign and Donald Trump's too-numerous-to-count courtroom battles as the stock market his record levels and the Biden economy rallies. Plus, Kevin tells us about the best…
Jan. 17, 2024

Thinning the Herd (Episode 369)

This week, the MPU gang looks at the big winners and losers of the Iowa Caucuses, what the Biden campaign should be doing to right the ship of politics, how their favorite shows did on the Emmys, and which of them got famous…
Jan. 8, 2024

Political Thunderdome (Ep. 368)

On this week's podcast, the gang discusses the start of the presidential campaign, Trump's many court challenges, the potential for the war in Israel to escalate, and speculation as to why Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was …
Jan. 2, 2024

The Sitcom Writers Cookbook (Episode 367)

On this bonus episode, Kevin is interviewed on KFI Radio in Los Angeles by host Doug McIntyre as they discuss Kevin's how-to book on television comedy writing, "The Sitcom Writer's Cookbook." Greg, DJ and Rebekah will be bac…

Recent Blog Posts

INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPWRITER

If you’re like most people (and who isn’t?) there’s nothing you like more than a summer day with a good read. A soft, summer breeze blowing wisps of your hair while the pages turn like calendar pages in a 1940s Preston Sturges movi…

On HBO's "The Rehearsal," Reality TV Ain't Real

Billed as a "docu-comedy," the new Nathan Fielder HBO series, The Rehearsal, purports to take ordinary people through a variety of rehearsed life events with the goal of improving outcomes in their real lives. Kor Skeet wants to make a big conf…

Only One Michael Flynn Away

While the media focuses on the rate of inflation, too many guns, too many voting restrictions, too high temperatures, and whatever the controversy du jour may be, the real threat to America lies in one unseen, unnamed man. There is someone out there…

About the Hosts

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Kevin Kelton

Host and Producer

Kevin is a former television writer and producer whose TV credits include Saturday Night Live, Night Court, Boy Meets World, A Different World, Fridays, comedy specials for Jay Leno and Steve Martin, and screenplalys and articles for National Lampoon. He has worked on various political campaigns and founded the popular Facebook debate group, Open Fire Politics and Entertainment.

Kevin is also a prolific novelist, having authored Super Vows, Pas De Deux, Things We Shouldn't Do, and the non-fiction television writing how-to guide, The Sitcom Writer's Cookbook.

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Greg Matusak

Host

Greg is a former campaign manager of local Ohio elections with deep connections to the Ohio Democratic Party. He is also an educator, casting director, music teacher, and accompished jazz saxophonist.

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D.J. McGuire

Host

D.J. is an Adjunct Faculty Instructor in Economics at Tidewater Community College, a cost estimator, and a musician. A neoconservative, he has watched the Republican Party succumb to white supremacist and anti-democratic impulses with alarm. He now calls himself a Red Dog Democrat.

In his spare time, D.J. is also a talented musician and song writer whose music can be found at https://djmcguire1.bandcamp.com

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Rebekah Chodoff Kuschmider

Host

Rebekah a DC area writer with a background in non-profit management and advocacy. She holds a masters degree in arts policy from The Ohio State University and worked for many years in the non-profit sector as a fundraiser. Later, she moved into non-profit advocacy, managing Congressional communications and volunteer lobbying events for the federal relations team at The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. Her writing has been seen at Ravishly, Babble, Scary Mommy, The Mid, Redbook online, and The Broad Side. Her work has been syndicated at Salon, Role Reboot, The Good Men Project, SheSaid, Huffington Post, YourTango, and Mamamia.

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Joe Siart III

Recurring Contributor

Joe is a professional wrestling afficionado and the co-host of The Working Fans Podcast. In his spare time Joe is a gourmet chef and world-class jazz dancer. (Okay, some of that is made up to pad his bio.)