U.S. Senator and Republican Ted Budd joins host Tim Boyum for a wide-ranging conversation on the Tying it Together podcast.

They talk about his upbringing and how his first run for office literally happened hours before the deadline and resulted in a 17-way primary.

Later, they talk about the government shutdown, health care, federal raids in Charlotte, the 2026 elections, and even the controversy of the Epstein files.

This week, Tim talks with Spectrum National Political Anchor Errol Louis about Zohran Mamdani's win in the New York City mayoral race.

Louis, host of NY1's "Inside City Hall" and his podcast "You Decide," has interviewed Mamdani and moderated one of the few debates. They talk about Mamdani's background, democratic socialism and how it could play out in other races across the country, including North Carolina's 2026 U.S. Senate race.

Later, Louis talks about what it's like to end up as a character in a Saturday Night Live sketch.

In this week's episode of Tying it Together, host Tim Boyum talks with popular blogger and content creator Cassie Clark.

She spends most of her time online preserving southern culture and history, but recently she has been thrown into politics after a post she made with a Charlie Kirk shirt on.

Elon Musk retweeted her post that now has more than 21 million views. She now says her life has changed forever.

Tim talks with Cassie about her background, the shirt incident and why she now says she will take on politics after avoiding it for years.