949 - Big Beautiful Swill feat. Tim Faust (7/7/25)
Tim Faust returns to the show to look at the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and its dire consequences for American medicine. We discuss Medicaid as a load-bearing feature of our healthcare infrastructure,...
8 Jul 20251h 9min
Movie Mindset Bonus - Interview With Director Ari Aster
Will & Hesse sit down with Ari Aster, director of Hereditary, Midsommar, Beau is Afraid, and the upcoming Eddington. They rap on evil movies, mixing stupid slapstick humor with pain & discomfort, crea...
2 Jul 202552min
947 - Laugh Now, Cry Later feat. Larry Charles (6/30/25)
Comedy legend Larry Charles (Fridays, Seinfeld, Borat, Curb Your Enthusiasm & much more) returns to the show to discuss his new book Comedy Samurai: Forty Years of Blood, Guts, and Laughter. We have a...
1 Jul 20251h 35min
Movie Mindset Bonus - Interview With Director Lexi Alexander
Will & Hesse sit down with director Lexi Alexander, whose works include Green Street Hooligans (2005), Punisher: War Zone (2008) & the new film Absolute Dominions (2025). We discuss how her experience...
24 Jun 20251h 7min
945 - Hashtag Fordow Fail feat. Libby Watson (6/23/25)
Libby Watson returns to the show! We discuss the weekend’s limited US strike on Iran and Trump’s baffling behavior around what already may be a winding-down conflict. We also talk Democratic & media r...
24 Jun 20251h 27min
BONUS: LA ICE Raids, Protests and Immigration Justice feat. Hugo Soto-Martinez
LA City Councilmemeber Hugo Soto-Martinez joins Will to discuss ICE raids in Los Angeles, how city government and community groups are responding, the recent protests, and marine deployments to the ci...
21 Jun 202541min
943 - The Tehran Offensive feat. Séamus Malekafzali (6/16/25)
Seamus joins us to discuss last week’s “preemptive” Israeli strike on Iran, the damage done to Iranian command and infrastructure, Iran’s retaliation, America’s potential involvement. We also look at ...
17 Jun 20251h 9min
941 - Sister Number One feat. Aída Chávez (6/9/25)
We’re joined by The Nation’s Aída Chávez for her report from WelcomeFest, the abundapalooza dedicated to staking the technocratic claim for the future of the Democratic party. We review the fairly dir...
10 Jun 20251h 23min
