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Crashing Out with Philip DeFranco and Alex Pearlman

Crashing Out with Philip DeFranco and Alex Pearlman is a news comedy podcast. They try to make sense of the world by laughing through it, or perhaps more accurately: Crashing Out

Latest Episodes:

MAMDANI IN MTG OUT; SEDITIOUS SIX PREPARE FOR THANKSGIVING FEUD Nov 26, 2025

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Philip DeFranco and Alex Pearlman crash out over Mamdani and Trump becoming friends(?), Marjorie Taylor Green retiring, the seditious six, and RFK Jr’s ridiculous poems.

Philip DeFranco and Alex Pearlman (Pearlmania500) are crashing out! Every week the two men gather to crash out over the news together.

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

01:00 Marjorie Taylor Green Retired

15:00 Doing Live Shows

19:00 Social Media’s impact on our lives

30:00 Twitter is a foreign psyop

44:00 Mamdani-Trump

53:00 The Seditious Six

58:00 RFK Jr’s Poems

01:05:00 Viewer Questions

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The Epstein Files Finally Come Out! Nov 19, 2025

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Philip DeFranco and Alex Pearlman crash out over the Epstein Files, the MAGA Civil War, and the world’s craziest journalism scandal.

Philip DeFranco and Alex Pearlman (Pearlmania500) are crashing out! Every week the two men gather to crash out over the news together.

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

01:00 Alex debuts his Alex Jones’s impression

04:00 Epstein Files

20:00 MAGA Civil War

46:00 Olivia Nuzzi-RFK Jr Scandal

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DEMOCRATS LOSE THE SHUTDOWN TO TRUMP Nov 12, 2025

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Philip DeFranco and Alex Pearlman crash out over the Senate Dems ending the longest government shutdown in US History and the brewing GOP civil war.

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Philip DeFranco and Alex Pearlman (Pearlmania500) are crashing out! Every week the two men gather to crash out over the news together.

Chapters:

00:00 Schumer’s Big Cave?

16:30 Debating The Shut Down

23:00 GOP Civil War

42:00 Pearlmania Draws A Line In The Sand

44:00 Crooked Con

50:00 Getting rid of Schumer

59:00 Questions from viewers

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RETURN OF THE WOKE: How Zohran Mamdani, Prop 50 and Democrats won EVERY ELECTION Nov 05, 2025

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Philip DeFranco and Alex Pearlman lib out over the Democratic sweeps in Virginia, New Jersey, New York City, Georgia, and California.

Philip DeFranco and Alex Pearlman (Pearlmania500) are crashing out! Every week the two men gather to crash out over the news together.

Chapters:

00:00 The Boys Are Libbing Out

10:00 Mamdani & New York City

25:30 Virginia and New Jersey

30:47 Trump Wants To Nuke Fillibuster

38:00 Changing Elections

53:00 Questions From The Audience

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The Government Will Be Shutdown Forever Oct 29, 2025

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Philip DeFranco and Alex Pearlman crash out over the forever government shutdown, the end of food stamps, the mysterious billionaire paying for the military, Trump’s corruption, and our very old congress.

Philip DeFranco and Alex Pearlman (Pearlmania500) are crashing out! Every week the two men gather to crash out over the news together.

Chapters:

00:00 Government Is Still Shutdown

15:20 Military Paid By Tim Mellon

25:29 White House Has Been Torn Down

33:15 Binance Pardon

41:45 Graham Platner

53:00 DC Rep Got Scammed

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Trump “Poops” On America & Betrays HHH Oct 22, 2025

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Phil and Alex crash out over Trump “pooping” on the people protesting him. They talk about his Arc, the nazi group chats, George Santos being let free, and maybe eventually Diddy.

Philip DeFranco and Alex Pearlman (Pearlmania500) are crashing out! Every week the two men gather to crash out over the news together.

Chapters

00:00 Trump “poops” on the No Kings Day protesters

24:49 Influencers keep sharing AI photos

32:20 Everyone is twelve now

39:40 White House Says “Your Mom”

43:10 Trump Builds An Arch

48:00 Young Republicans and Their Nazi Group Chats

57:00 Paul Ingrassia’s Leaked Group Chat

01:05:00 Trump Lets Out George Santos and Maybe Diddy

01:14:00 Moistcritical

1:27:00 Hope

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No Kings Day & The Frogs of Liberty Oct 15, 2025

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Philip DeFranco and Pearlmania500 crash out over the Portland Frogs, No Kings Day, Israel and Gaza, Gavin Newsom, and the Nobel Peace Prize.

Philip DeFranco and Alex Pearlman (Pearlmania500) are crashing out! Every week the two men gather to crash out over the news together.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

04:22 The Nobel Peace Prize: Trump vs Obama

11:21 No Kings Day

19:30 Portland Frogs

29:00 Antinatalists

33:01 Israel-Gaza

46:00 Gavin Newsom Playing Fortnite

56:42 Phil Is A TikTok News Guy Now

01:01:25 Positive News

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The Taylor Swift MAGA Problem & Sora 2 AI is Scarier Than You Think Oct 08, 2025

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Philip DeFranco and Pearlmania500 delve into Taylor Swift's new “MAGA” album. They also react to Sora 2 videos from OpenAI and debate whether Bad Bunny or Creed would be a better Super Bowl halftime show.

Philip DeFranco and Alex Pearlman (Pearlmania) are crashing out! Every week the two men gather to crash out over the news together.

Chapters:

00:00 Taylor Swift is MAGA Now

14:20 Cracker Barrel outrage was fake

20:30 Sora 2 has unleashed craziness

22:25 Jake Paul AI videos

25:51 Bob Ross AI video

29:21 Martin Luther King’s Jet2 Holiday

32:04 Michael Jackson’s Walmart job

35:54 Michael Jackson and Kobe Bryant on TikTok Live

37:51 Robin Williams’s family speaks out

38:24 Chucky gets arrested

39:20 ICE Arresting Cats

41:22 Sam Altman and OpenAI

50:40 The Free Press Sold To CBS

56:54 Bad Bunny Superbowl Halftime vs Creed Halftime Show

01:06:44 FBI’s New Challenge Coin

01:12:25 Phil’s Wife Is Running For Office

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Presidential Dementia & The Riyadh Comedy Festival Oct 01, 2025

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Philip DeFranco and Pearlmania react to Trump’s Declaration of War on Americans, the insane dementia speech that he gave to over 800 Generals, and the scandalous Riyadh Comedy Festival along with the impact Saudi money has had on American society.

Philip DeFranco and Alex Pearlmania are crashing out! Every week the two men gather to crash out over the news together.

Chapters:

00:00 Trump’s War Declaration

05:00 Medbed Conspiracy

8:00 Trump’s Truth Social Use

14:00 Riyad Comedy Festival

17:30 Saudi Arabia and WWE

19:30 Autocratic Takeover Of American Companies

22:00 Podcast Bros

28:00 Comedians Selling Out

32:00 Tim Dillon

36:00 Alex and Phil’s DNC Trip