Ballot with Patrick Gutfield - Where Politics Meets Pop Culture

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Trump's Magnificent Weight Loss While Russian Satellites Spin Into Oblivion Apr 29, 2025

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Patrick Gutfield cracks wise about Trump's suspicious twenty-pound weight loss miracle, Don Jr.'s ultra-exclusive Georgetown club for the super-rich, and Russia's nuclear satellite that's now just a very expensive space disco ball. Plus, find out why Trump's five thousand dollar baby bonus might be the worst investment strategy since pet rocks! Join us for a show where "bringing back Tuesdays" is just the beginning of America's restoration.
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Trump 'Saves' Columbus Day While Cyndi Lauper Finally Has Fun Apr 28, 2025

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Patrick Gutfield skewers Trump's mission to rescue a holiday that was never missing, plus hilarious takes on the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's newest members—where OutKast says "Hey Ya" to immortality and Chubby Checker twists his way in at eighty-three.
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Trump's Front-Row Diplomacy: Pope's Funeral Becomes Surprise Ukraine Peace Summit Apr 26, 2025

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President Trump scores VIP seats at Pope Francis's funeral while holding unexpected peace talks with Zelensky. Plus, tonight's White House Correspondents' Dinner goes comedian-free as media tensions escalate. Patrick Gutfield breaks down the diplomatic drama, midnight blue suits, and awkward handshakes in Vatican City that could reshape the Ukraine-Russia conflict.
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Ivanka in Space, Alien Bacteria, and the Lego Black Market Apr 25, 2025

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Patrick Gutfield skewers Bezos launching celebrities into space, Ivanka's astronaut dreams, astronomers discovering possible alien life, Kimmel blaming liberals for Trump's win, and the underground Lego black market
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Vatican Photo Scandal, Tesla's Troubles, and Chimps with Booze: Apr 24, 2025

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Patrick Gutfield delivers biting commentary on Vance's Vatican photo scandal, Trump's pay-to-leave immigration plan, Tesla's seventy-one percent profit collapse forcing Musk to abandon government work, and chimps' surprisingly human drinking habits.
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Red Dye Panic, Coffee Nightmares, and CBS Drama: Patrick Gutfield Takes on America's Latest Absurdities Apr 23, 2025

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Join Patrick Gutfield on "Ballot" as he dives into Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s war against food coloring, revealing what "Make America Healthy Again" means for your favorite cereals. Patrick also unpacks the shocking "sixty Minutes" executive producer resignation amid a twenty-billion-dollar Trump lawsuit, and discovers why flight attendants are silently judging your decaf coffee order (hint: it involves airplane toilets). This episode serves up biting commentary on Washington's latest antics with the perfect blend of satire and uncomfortable truths that will have you reconsidering both government policies and in-flight beverage choices.
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Pope Francis, Trump, and Noem's Purse Predicament Apr 22, 2025

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Join Patrick Gutfield on "Ballot" as he delivers biting commentary on Trump's Vatican visit, the papal succession race, and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's restaurant robbery incident, all with the sharp wit reminiscent of classic late-night comedy.
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Pope Francis Meets JD Vance Day Before Passing, Trump's Easter Tweets & Hegseth's 2nd Signal Oopsie Apr 21, 2025

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Vice President JD Vance's Vatican visit just before Pope Francis' passing, President Trump's Easter social media spree, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's escalating Signal chat scandals. Plus, a bizarre case of chainsaw vandalism in downtown Los Angeles just before Earth Day. Patrick Gutfield blends political humor with sharp observations in this roundup of the week's most unusual headlines.
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Trump's 'Perfect' Health Report, White House Weird Art, and Bill Maher's MAGA Dinner Apr 18, 2025

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Patrick Gutfield delivers scorching takes on President Trump's miraculous health exam claiming he could outlive dinosaurs, the bizarre new White House decor, Bill Maher's controversial dinner date with the president, and how Trump's twelve Diet Cokes a day are driving White House chefs to culinary deception. Join Gutfield as he slices through political absurdity with the sharp wit that made him America's favorite truth-teller!
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Biden's midnight emergence, Harvard's billion-dollar standoff with Trump, and a White House tree massacre! Apr 17, 2025

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Biden emerges after dark to blast Trump's Social Security "hatchet job" while Harvard risks BILLIONS challenging federal demands! Plus: White House chainsaws JFK memorial trees, Trump floats deporting American citizens, and Earth's forests go on STRIKE! Patrick Gutfield brings the heat!
Come for the sass, stay for the sanity—and blame the A.I. for the jokes that don’t land.
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