Politics has its own private language, and most of it gets spoken behind closed doors. Inside Baseball with Alec Sears drags that conversation into the open.
Host Alec Sears, a communications strategist with a decade of experience whose resume runs through the Republican National Committee, the Trump Campaign, and top DC digital firms, sits down with the candidates, operatives, reporters, and culture-makers who actually shape how America argues with itself. No cable news crossfire, no recycled talking points. Just long-form conversations about how campaigns really get run, how narratives really get built, and what the people in the room actually believe when the cameras are off.
If you want to know not just what happened but why it happened that way, pull up a chair.
Produced by Wise Digital Strategies.
In our first in-person episode of Inside Baseball, Alec Sears sits down with Jon Bonck to talk about going from an oil and gas bust to flipping houses and building a mortgage business, why millennials want autonomy, his favorite conspiracy theory, campaigning with his kids (and about 50 high school interns), how he raised his first dollars by calling everyone on his wedding list, and what the Club for Growth interview is really like.
Jon Bonck is a Christian, husband, father, LSU biochemistry grad, and Houston mortgage business owner running for Congress in TX-38.
1 Oct 2026
No Gimmicks, No Spin
On this episode of Inside Baseball, Alec sits down with his longtime friend Brady Leonard of the No Gimmicks podcast, frontman, singer-guitarist, and one of the most well-traveled Americans you'll ever meet. Brady spent the better part of a decade road-dogging it across 46 states as the driving force behind his rock band, racking up top-ten radio singles, sharing stages with major acts, and perhaps more valuably, meeting every kind of American there is. That experience, he argues, gives him a perspective on politics and policy that most pundits simply can't match. The two dig into Brady's journey from van life to launching No Gimmicks, his unabashedly free-market economic views, and why he refuses to call himself a libertarian even though he probably is one.
The conversation then shifts to the 2026 midterm landscape, where Brady pulls no punches. He and Alec break down the Ohio Senate races, the real cost of the tariffs on working farmers and Midwestern families, the ongoing confusion surrounding the Iran situation, and what it means when a salt-of-the-earth farmer who has never put up a yard sign in his life is suddenly flying straight-ticket Democrat flags. Equal parts political analysis, old war stories, and genuine friendship, this one is a must-listen for anyone who wants their commentary delivered without the spin.
21 Sept 2026
Inside Baseball Episode 3: Dr. John Cowan
On this episode of Inside Baseball, Alec sits down with Dr. John Cowan, a neurosurgeon and congressional candidate running in Georgia's 11th district. Dr. Cowan shares his journey from the operating room to the campaign trail, drawing on decades of experience confronting life-and-death decisions to offer a uniquely grounded perspective on policy. The conversation covers the parallels between medicine and governance, the promise of emerging healthcare technologies like CRISPR and mRNA therapies, and what the chaos of the COVID era taught us about the dangers of adjudicating science in real time on social media.
4 Sept 2026
Inside Baseball Episode 2: Jace Yarbrough
Jace Yarbrough grew up in West Texas, earned degrees in electrical engineering and government at UT Austin, commissioned in the Air Force, taught in Honduras, and later went to Stanford Law. He is a Space Force reservist, father of five, and founder of a classical Christian school. Now he’s the Republican nominee in Texas’s 32nd District, running against Democrat Dan Barrios.
Alec talks with Jace about how a required government class changed his path, what Stanford looked like after 2016, the year-plus fight over the COVID vaccine mandate, data centers and the AI race in Texas, and the movies that still stick with him — from The Lives of Others to The Big Lebowski.
28 Aug 2026
Inside Baseball Episode 1: Marty O'Donnell
Marty O'Donnell is most famous for his video game soundtracks and audio direction. Now he's the Republican nominee in Nevada's 3rd District, one of the most competitive House races in the country, running against Rep. Susie Lee.
Alec talks with Marty about his long history in the entertainment industry and how he is making the jump to politics.
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