Episode 25: Graham Platner: The Shuck Stops Here
Today on Ben Kissel Politics, the news cycle serves up a platter that’s equal parts salty and surreal.🦪 In Maine, oyster farmer Graham Platner trades his shucking knife for a campaign slogan, proving...
19 Aug 202546min
Episode 24: Surviving America: A User’s Guide
In this episode of Ben Kissel Politics, we explore the strange similarities between Bill Clinton and Donald Trump when they talk about immigration—proof that sometimes the political spectrum is just a...
16 Aug 202558min
Episode 23: Wrong Side of the Road. Wrong Side of the Law
Today on Ben Kissel Politics, we take a stroll—literally—into some of the weirdest and most troubling policy moves of the week.🇨🇳 First up: In China, AI is now being used to classify people as crimi...
12 Aug 202552min
Episode 22: Trump Calls BS, Bank Calls Collections
Today on Ben Kissel Politics, the headlines read like a political Mad Lib gone wrong.📰 First up, Donald Trump addresses the ever-growing Epstein conspiracy theories — and calls them “bullshit.” Which...
8 Aug 202558min
Episode 21: The Great Texodus of 2025
Today on Ben Kissel Politics, we take you on a journey through America's weirdest political decisions, starting with… Kristi Noem, who’s back in the news and somehow still doing everything except help...
5 Aug 20251h 1min
Episode 20: The Department of Education Goes Heel
Today on Ben Kissel Politics, it’s a fever dream of geopolitical denial and scripted entrances.First, Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu takes a bold stand… against reality. He claims there’s no starvation hap...
4 Aug 202550min
Episode 19: Wires, Liars and Holy Deniers
In this jam-packed episode of Ben Kissel Politics, we redraw the lines—political and moral.🗺️ First up, we dive into voter redistricting. Because what better way to honor democracy than by carving up...
4 Aug 202559min
Episode 18: Delete Humanity.exe
This week on Ben Kissel Politics, it’s man vs. machine... or maybe man apologizing to machine.🤖 Tech CEOs—who once promised us flying cars and smarter phones—are now nervously biting their fingers as...
26 Jul 202556min
