Politicalish is happy to welcome Lyrics Born to the podcast. He and Q discuss what got him into hip hop and how he was able to build a career on an independent label. They also discuss how important radio stations used to be for success, how they went from being an...

You might know of his name as California Assemblymember, Elk Grove Mayor, or even as Sacramento County Sheriff’s spokesman, but today we take you back to the beginning when Jim Cooper spent years undercover! Living his life constantly under fear of his cover being...

UFC badass Josh Emmett. He's the 7th ranked UFC featherweight and today he's giving his honest and eye-opening insider opinions on the Jake Paul / Ben Askren showdown. The YouTube star has the size and heavy hands but will it work on a former MMA world champ and...

Today we talk to the scariest nice person Q has ever met: Aspen Ladd, number three ranked bantamweight in the UFC. We discuss her quiet intensity, her rocket-like rise in MMA - from amateur to the UFC - her thoughts on her competitors, and the rigors of the weight...

Facebook it’s as evil as you think. We explored that today with the Washington Post’s tech reporter Elizabeth Dwoskin. She’s been on this beat for a decade and knows all the in and outs. Between market manipulation and monopoly to disinformation and the descent to the...

Today we introduce Max “Pain” Griffin to Politicalish! He not only has arguably the most entertaining fighting style in the UFC, but he is a phenomenal storyteller. AND the only guy that’s knocked off a dude's ear in MMA! Listen as he talks about everything from why...

This is the meteoric rise and overnight demise of Burger Records, with LA Times reporter Jessica Gelt. Gelt wrote the landmark story that pulled the curtain back on the toxic sexist culture behind the SoCal indie label. Burger Records was known for a DIY atmosphere, a...

California's anti-monopoly law was created before dial telephones - and it hasn't changed since. CA Assemblymember Jordan Cunningham (R-Paso Robles) has serious concerns with this. How is it even POSSIBLE for this horse and buggy era law to govern the tech giants...

In the history of MMA there is no one like him. A fighter who is equal parts champion, myth and icon. Fighting when the rules were still fluid and gloves optional. Today we get inside the mind of MMA ICON Bas Rutten. Known as “El Guapo,” and the “King of the Liver...

Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos: is it massive medical fraud, #metoo, or Silicon Valley “move fast and break things” running into the law? We discuss it all in this opening episode with the Washington Post's assigned reporter Rachel Lerman. This is shaping up to be a...

You know the music. But you don’t know Too $hort. Today: take a masterclass in music production. Too $hort stops by for a brief talk about "the process". Explore his belief that love of music is what ensures longevity in the rap game, why he thinks of music as a team...

The Pan American Highway is 18,640 miles long. But there is a small, hot, dark, dangerous portion along the borders of Panama & Colombia where it will not go: this is The Darien Gap, a land of leopards, impossible terrain, poisonous animals, lost tribes and drug...

Human monsters do exist. We talk about Charles Manson or Golden State Killer but Gerald and Charlene Gallegos were monsters that we think only exist in fiction. Today Ret. Sacramento Detective John Cabrera returns to talk about the one killer that made him physically...

We've had many great guests on the Quintana Show but today is our most explosive! Michael Franzese is a retired Colombo Family capo with impeccable credentials in La Cosa Nostra, and a HUGE YouTube following - but nothing could have prepared Q for what he was willing...

Her enemies call her the most powerful politician in California. And her opponents are some of the most powerful tech firms in the world. Watch as Q and California Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez decide who is higher on the wall of evil in tech, Amazon factories with...

California is experiencing an epic rise in crime and violence   Today's  guest, CA legislator Jordan Cunningham (R-Paso Robles), a former prosecutor and defense attorney, has watched it all go down.  He tells a tale of bad legislation and an initiative process abused...

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode features shocking violence and cruelty. We have timestamps below in the description so sensitive viewers can be aware. Of all the 1970 Sacramento serial killers we’ve covered, Richard Trent Chase is the most brutal. A schizophrenic whose...

In a world of people claiming to be the world's most interesting man, Bruce McNall has a strong argument as ACTUALLY the world's most interesting man. From selling rare coins and antiques smuggled in from Europe to producing some of Hollywood's most memorable movies...