Episode 52: 3D Printed Thanksgiving
Trump praises Browns QB Sanders’ “good genes,” the ShamWow guy runs for office in Texas, a Boston suburb cuts trash pickup to twice a month to save the planet, and a Campbell’s executive confesses the...
25 Nov 202539min
Episode 51: Nothing Says Corporate Takedown Like Paying Full Price at Disneyland
Episode 51 breaks down one of the most unintentionally hilarious political stunts of the decade: MAGA activists declaring a “Patriots at the Park” day at Disneyland in February 2026, proving once agai...
22 Nov 202557min
Episode 50: No More Fatties
Episode 50 covers the U.S. dropping programs that helped travelers during holiday flight delays, the border turning away immigrants with medical issues to avoid “taxpayer burden,” and Bob Ross’ corpor...
18 Nov 202530min
Episode 49: Press Conferences-- Now With Emergency Exits!
Rep. Grijalva gets sworn in and becomes the tie-breaking vote to release the Epstein files, Kristi Noem denies Americans are being detained and then abruptly bails on her own press conference, and Don...
15 Nov 202548min
Episode 48: 41 Days of Nothing
In this episode of Ben Kissel Politics we discuss the longest government shutdown in history coming to an end while Donald Trump gets booed at an NFL regular season game in Landover, Maryland.
11 Nov 202541min
Episode 47: From Convict to Councilor
In Bangor, Maine, a woman convicted of killing a Canadian tourist in 2002 has just been elected to the city council—leaving locals unsure how to react and raising questions about redemption, accountab...
8 Nov 202544min
Episode 46: Dick Cheney is Dead & NYC Has Spoken
NYC’s mayoral results shake up the skyline, Rosie O’Donnell revisits 9/11 doubts, Dick Cheney dies at 84, and Gavin Newsom declares he “hates lying politicians.”
6 Nov 202555min
Episode 45: Evolving Priorities
The NYC mayoral race heats up, a state senate seat gets tangled in a sextortion scandal, and “evolving priorities” become the corporate code for mass layoffs
31 Okt 202556min
