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Start Me Up with Kimberley A. Johnson

Kimberley A. Johnson

Hosted by blogger and author Kimberley A. Johnson.'Start Me Up' isn't just any other podcast. I'm willing to call BS when I see it and I don't care if it's coming from a rightwinger or a self-professed bleedingheart liberal. I'm not always politically correct and I'm a huge fan of loose talk and salty language. Sarcasm is guaranteed and political correctness will be at a minimum. This podcast is for anyone who wants to listen to compelling conversations with a variety

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38:36

Start Me Up: Allison Gill of Mueller, She Wrote

Start Me Up with Kimberley A. Johnson ·

2021/11/10

Allison Gill is the host of Mueller, She Wrote, and The Daily Beans podcasts. She's a veteran, Ph.D., and a former federal government executive, she’s a comedian, author, and staunch advocate for the resistance. Topics: Allison fills us in on what she knows about Pence and his staff being locked out of their offices in the Capitol during the insurrection; A 1/6 insurrectionist was sentenced more than three years for punching a cop and what that means for the ongoing investigation; there is a lot

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74:18

Start Me Up: Buzz Burbank

Start Me Up with Kimberley A. Johnson ·

2021/11/08

You all know Buzz Burbank from the Bob Cesca podcast. Today, he's all mine!! Topics: The VA & NJ elections last week; Buzz runs down the long list of Biden administration accomplishments so far; kids are getting vaccinated and there are now effective anti-viral pills to treat COVID; Garland, Bannon and DOJ; news media's poor handling of "wokeness" and much more! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at

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40:20

Start Me Up: Marcus Flowers

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2021/11/01

Marcus Flowers is the Democrat running to defeat Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in Georgia’s 14th District. Flowers has spent his entire career defending the United States. First – he served as an active duty member of the US Army, followed by more than 20 years as a contractor or official for the State Department and Department of Defense. Read more about him HERE. Topics: Why he's running; Marjorie T Greene and her role in the 1/6 insurrection; how the nation heals after the insurrection;

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57:44

Start Me Up: Sarah Wood

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2021/10/27

Show Topics: Sinema is hostile towards her own party; Democrats need to find the enthusiasm to vote; Merrick Garland gave us some hope today and Dave Chapelle's comments on the trans community. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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74:48

Start Me Up: Jody Hamilton

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2021/10/25

Jody Hamilton is back! For those not aware, Jody is Carol Burnett's daughter, I was an actress in Los Angeles and was on Days Of Our Lives for seven years. We take listener questions about the Hollywood experience and then we talk about politics: two insurrectionist organizers have been talking to Rolling Stone and naming Congress members who planned 1/6; Steve Bannon in contempt and the awful tragedy on the set of the film "Rust." See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and

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56:21

Start Me Up: Jo From Jersey

Start Me Up with Kimberley A. Johnson ·

2021/10/20

Jo from Jersey joined me today. She's the co-host of the Shut Up Tabbouleh podcast with publicist and all-around nice man, Danny Derany! Jo is a lot of fun and she's a political junkie. Topics: Manchin allegedly has a strategy in place to leave the Democratic Party unless he gets his way with the infrastructure bill; the 1/6 committee unanimously voted Steve Bannon is in contempt, and Jo and I make our predictions; COVID vaccines for kids are almost here and what that means for all of

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76:40

Start Me Up: Cheri Jacobus

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2021/10/18

Cheri Jacobus is back after a long break! We discussed the good health news she recently got and then we talked politics: Colin Powell died from COVID and how the right is using his death as a political opportunity, Dems are not in disarray but they could do better; Steve Bannon is about to go through some things and WTF DOJ? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Advertising Inquiries:

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57:18

Start Me Up: Democratic Candidate Bruno Amato

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2021/10/13

Bruno Amato has been a working actor for the past 20 years and is a proud member of the SAG/AFTRA union. He's a Democrat running against Kevin McCarthy in California’s 23rd District. We talked a little about his acting career and current projects he's working on and a lot about current events. We discussed where he is in his candidacy; the pace of the 1/6 committee, Kevin McCarthy's flip-flop on the insurrection; the importance of passing the voting bills and we also talked about MAGAs

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82:32

Start Me Up: Amanda Sowards

Start Me Up with Kimberley A. Johnson ·

2021/10/11

Writer and friend Amanda Sowards is back! Topics: cashing in on being a Never-Trumper; impatient voters & 1/6 subpoenas; general current events and a bit of the existential. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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63:06

Start Me Up: Mary Trump

Start Me Up with Kimberley A. Johnson ·

2021/10/06

Mary Trump is back to talk about her latest book The Reckoning as well as other current events. We discussed how racism has shaped this country and how it correlates to the ascension of her uncle Donald. We also talked about the part news media plays into the GOP narrative; we will never heal unless we face our racist reality and make up for it & we have to hold powerful people, who break laws, accountable. I asked my followers to pose questions and Mary answered them. (Not all because there

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66:01

Start Me Up: Greg Olear

Start Me Up with Kimberley A. Johnson ·

2021/10/04

Greg Olear is back! We discussed where national and global politics are headed; Facebook is eroding public discourse and it MUST be regulated; there is hope for democracy but it requires real effort from all of us. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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83:51

Start Me Up: Jody Hamilton

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2021/09/27

Jody Hamilton is back! Topics: The new R1 COVID variant; Republicans are creating a new crop of candidates who actually believe the lies and right-wing propaganda; That WaPo article stating we are in a constitutional crisis now; what we have to be hopeful about and more! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out:

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52:44

Start Me Up: Lincolns Bible

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2021/09/22

Stephanie A.K.A. Lincoln's Bible (on Twitter) is the host of The World Beneath podcast. She's a fascinating guest and our conversation centered around Russia and how decades ago, Russian mobsters infiltrated American politics. It's the podcast Glenn Greenwald doesn't want you to hear! We also address how we can save democracy-it will require hard work and swift, bold action but it can be done. Great show! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice

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104:46

Start Me Up: Steph Walton

Start Me Up with Kimberley A. Johnson ·

2021/09/20

Steph Walton returns! We're good friends, so when we chat, we have fun and go all over. Today we talked about COVID, the Oct 2 women's march, 2022 and so many other topics. It's kind of like listening to a phone conversation between the two of us. I love Steph! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out:

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54:34

Start Me Up: Sex Positive OB/GYN Dr. Leah Torres

Start Me Up with Kimberley A. Johnson ·

2021/09/15

Topics: Dr. Torres talked about the dangers of misinformation surrounding the "abortion reversal pill"; the Texas reproductive coercion law that decides when people can get healthcare; most hormone studies are done on men and applied to women; most patients do not feel regret or remorse after having an abortion and why inclusive language matters. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Advertising

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73:40

Start Me Up: Billy Baldwin

Start Me Up with Kimberley A. Johnson ·

2021/09/13

Actor and Democrat Billy Baldwin joined me to discuss politics. We had some fun at the start of the show talking about his wife Chynna and her YouTube show California Preachin' but it soon turned into a political discussion. Topics: Biden's bold leadership; where Billy thinks the country is headed; family and friends who drink the MAGA kool-aid; finding common ground in a politically divided country; abortion rights and so much more. Such a great conversation! See Privacy Policy at

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77:47

Start Me Up: Christopher Bouzy

Start Me Up with Kimberley A. Johnson ·

2021/09/08

Christopher Bouzy is a serial entrepreneur, software engineer, and political maven and he’s the founder and CEO of Bot Sentinel. It’s a free platform developed to detect and track trollbots and untrustworthy Twitter accounts. We talked about how the site works and how anyone using social media can benefit from using it. Topics: Kids going back to school in the middle of a raging, deadly pandemic; idiots taking Ivermectin; GOP is evil, but will their strategy of death work for or against them in the

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62:28

Start Me Up: Michael J. Stern

Start Me Up with Kimberley A. Johnson ·

2021/09/01

USA Today opinion columnist and former Justice Department prosecutor Michael J. Stern is back! Topics: The dreadful SCOTUS decision to allow Texas to ban abortion after 6 weeks; Kevin McCarthy doesn't want anyone seeing his phone records, cancel culture and much more! A great show today! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out:

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52:15

Start Me Up: Greg Olear

Start Me Up with Kimberley A. Johnson ·

2021/08/30

Greg Olear is back! Topics: Biden is doing the right thing re: Afghanistan and COVID and he's not concerned with what the GOP fascists are saying about him; the right's horrid COVID narrative is backfiring; breakthrough cases are worrisome; there is hope for a Biden re-election and MORE! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out:

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73:00

Start Me Up: Scott Dworkin

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2021/08/25

Scott Dworkin of the Democratic Coalition. Scott offered up a realistic and hopeful narrative about what to expect from Democrats as well as voters. Topics: the reaction to Biden pulling out of Afghanistan and how it will be viewed through the lens of history; the GOP nominee; DeSantis is not doing well in the polls; Pelosi is the baddest of badasses and so much more! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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