Podcast Episodes

Ep 917: Blame Obama Week? Again?

This week we're celebrating Blue Gal's birthday while diving deep into Trump's latest meltdown over the Epstein files. We break down how the former reality TV star is now turning his trademark attack…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Ep 916: Hot Take Time Machine

Episode 916

Join us this week as we explore the slow-motion collapse of expertise and institutions in America through the lens of Isaac Asimov's classic science fiction story "Nightfall."

We examine how the MAGA …

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Ep 915: The Derp State

Episode 915

We dive into the Republican party's latest identity crisis as their own media machine turns on itself. We explore how decades of conspiracy theories and manufactured outrage have created a base that …

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Ep 914: When, In The Course of Human Events

Episode 914

We're visiting America in the ICU on her 249th birthday, hoping the old girl still has some fight left in her.

A sad day as Trump's disastrous bill passes the House.  We are still fighting.  

This week…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Ep 913: Not On A Beach Vacation

Episode 913

Hat tip to John Fetter-Manchin (copyright Driftglass), we're grudgingly back from our beach vacation (okay, we never actually left the Cornfield Resistance) to bring you the political chaos that just…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Ep 912: Things Break

Episode 912

We had severe technical difficulties with our audio with Charlie Pierce (thanks for your time, Charlie!) so that interview had to be scrapped.  

But the show must go on!  So this evening we recorded a…

Published on 2 months ago

Ep 911: 'Hail, Caesar'

Episode 911

This week, we examine Trump's pathological relationship with Fox News and how his morning TV viewing sessions led directly to bombing Iran. We trace the disturbing line from Fox pundits praising Isra…

Published on 2 months ago

Ep 910: No Blood For Ego

Episode 910

We're back from the Cornfield Resistance with another episode examining the eerie echoes of 2003 as familiar faces dust off their war-hungry talking points for another Middle Eastern adventure. We di…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Ep 909: MAGA's Very Very Bad Week

Episode 909

Anyone else notice the growing cracks in the MAGA coalition as supporters openly question whether they've been played?

We dive into the spectacular failures that defined this week in MAGA-land. From T…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Ep 908: The Big Clock Is Ticking

Episode 908

NOTE:  The shocking news of Senator Alex Padilla being forcibly removed and handcuffed at a Kristi Noem press conference simply for trying to ask questions as an elected official?  We cover that in t…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago