Part of the reason 20-something pundit Matthew Segal accepted the challenge of hosting “OurTime with Matthew Segal,” a temporary radio show SiriusXM plans to air on weekends, is because he wants to cut through all the rhetoric Washington insiders typically regurgitate when confronted with a microphone.  

A seasoned activist — his non-profit group, Our Time , is already dedicated to engaging young voters via all manner of social media — Segal told HOH he’d like to break down the relevant issues of the day (health care, civil rights, the federal budget, campaign finance) through thought-provoking discussions.  

Segal said he’s asked leaders from across the political spectrum to join him for the weekly chats and is looking forward to picking their brains about how the government actually works. The six-week program is scheduled to air on SiriusXM’s P.O.T.U.S. (channel 124) at 2 p.m. on Saturdays, beginning April 26.  

“I want to get lawmakers to try to speak to our generation directly … [and] away from how the language of DC obfuscates these issues,” the nascent talk show host said of his anticipated interviewing style.  

Segal explained that he modeled the show after Bob Dylan’s now-defunct “Theme Time Radio Hour,” a weekly gabfest wherein the folk rock icon would seize on a seemingly random topic and then fill the hour with songs, anecdotes, celebrity interviews and archival material loosely clinging to that common thread.  

“I thought, ‘wouldn’t it be cool if we took that theme and applied it to politics?’” Segal said of his free-form mindset.  

Of course, the reality of having to deal with congressional schedules and publicity clearances has already caused a few headaches.  

The release announcing the show’s rollout stressed that it was all about non-partisan communication, yet only listed left-leaning guests. But that, Segal insists, is only because he can’t yet spill the beans about the conservatives who have tentatively agreed to mix it up on the show.  

“We definitely have some Republican guests booked,” he said, listing a GOP senator and right-leaning lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender activist as future guests.  

Each episode will be carved into three separate segments and for the debut show, Segal plans to delve into health care with former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, former Democratic National Committee Chairman and ex-Vermont Gov. Howard Dean and Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.  

For the LGBT-related chat, Segal has lined up entertainer and Capitol Hill observer George Takei, author and transgender advocate Janet Mock and the unnamed GOP activist. Segal is still working on locking down one of #ThisTown’s wonkiest wonks for a heart-to-heart chat.  

“I would absolutely love to have Paul Ryan on the show,” Segal said, pegging the Wisconsin Republican as someone “who has led a huge part of the national conversation on the budget.”