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Coronavirus Monkey Apocalypse: An interview with Gov. Cuomo impersonator Maria DeCotis May 29, 2020

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On today's podcast, we have the famed impersonator of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, comedienne Maria DeCotis, talking about her hilarious portrayal of Cuomo, and more generally what it's like being a female comic in the year 2020. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Trump is freaking about the election May 26, 2020

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The Coronavirus pandemic, and the fact that America is now approaching 100,000 official dead (we likely have many more), is starting to freak Trump out, so he's busy responding as he always does: Lies and diversion. While the rest of us are busy worrying about COVID-19, Trump spent Memorial Day accusing Joe Scarborough of murder, and making fun of Joe Biden wearing a mask. The problem for Trump is that his poll numbers aren't that great -- even sycophant pollster Rasmussen, which typically claims Trump has a 50% approval rating while every other pollsters says it's in the low 40s, now puts Trump at only 43% approval. So Trump has reason to be worried. In today's episode we dig into all of that. This is one of our free episodes. To hear all our shows, and support our work, please become a subscriber over at Patreon, thanks. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Media Matters' Fox News watcher Matt Gertz on the pernicious influence of right-wing media May 22, 2020

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Media Matters' Fox-watching guru Matt Gertz (not to be confused with crazy far-right congressman Matt Gaetz -- Matt receives a lot of hate tweets directed at the other guy, and talks to us about it) joins us to talk about.... Fox News! And the GOP propaganda machine more generally. This is a 45-minute snippet of the hour-and-a-half show -- to hear the rest of it, and support our work, please become a subscriber over at Patreon, thanks! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Viral video guru Aaron Rupar on the election, the virus, Fox News & more May 21, 2020

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In today's free episode, Cliff and I spoke at length with Vox's Aaron Rupar, a true viral video guru (if you don't follow him on Twitter, you should). We talked to Aaron about what it’s like to watch Trump so often -- Aaron has to clip videos of the man all day long -- and how he does it w/out losing his mind. We also talked about how reopening the economy might go, what the election numbers are currently looking like, and how Glenn Greenwald started calling Aaron a "stalker" for taping and posting Glenn's appearances on white nationalist Tucker Carlson’s FoxNews show. All that and more, it was another lengthy episode -- Aaron is a good chatter. Hope you enjoy. To hear the rest of our episodes, please become a supporter and subscriber over at Patreon. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jared Yates Sexton on the Coronavirus-truthers May 15, 2020

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Author, political analyst, and host of the Muckrake podcast, joins us to talk about faux populism (his expertise) and how it applies to the Coronavirus madness on the right, and more generally, how what we're going through fits into the larger history of fascist movements. It's a really interesting discussion with Jared, and a long episode -- going on 1 hour 40 minutes. We get into the issue of people refusing to wear masks, the possible postponement of the election, and more. A really enjoyable discussion. Hope you like. Jared also has a new book out, “American Rule: How a nation conquered the world but failed its people.” Be sure to check it out. This is a premium episode, so you can listen to a 35-minute preview here. To hear the rest of our show -- it's a good hour and 40 minutes -- please become a supporter over at Patreon, thanks. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Should Biden pardon Trump? With guest Greg Pinelo. May 12, 2020

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In today's free episode, guest Greg Pinelo chats with us about whether Biden should -- and will -- prosecute and/or pardon Trump and his collaborators if Biden wins in November. We also talk about the Supreme Court case over Trump's taxes, yesterday's racist press conference, and Trump losing it over sinking poll numbers. To hear the rest of our shows, and support our work, please become a subscriber over at Patreon, thanks. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The funny side of Covid-19, with humorist Rex Huppke May 08, 2020

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Chicago Tribune humor columnist Rex Huppke joins us again for a hilarious discussion about death, corruption and economic decay. That is what we talked about, but it was actually really fun. See for yourselves. This is one of our premium episodes, you can hear a good half-hour here, but to hear the entire show please consider becoming a subscriber over at Patreon, thanks. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Woke Joe Walsh May 05, 2020

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Today's guest is uber-conservative former GOP congressman Joe Walsh, who was a Trump booster in 2016, and now is one of Trump's harshest critics. Cliff and John talk with Joe about why the change of heart (at least on Trump), and whether there's anything disgruntled Republicans can do to save the Republican party, and save the rest of us from them. This is one of our free episodes. To hear all of our shows, and support our work, please become a subscriber over at Patreon, thanks. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Election forecaster Rachel Bitecofer on the 2020 elections Apr 30, 2020

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Dr. Rachel Bitecofer is back to talk about the latest polling for 2020 (presidential and congressional races); Justin Amash's decision to consider a run for the presidency as a libertarian, and whether Amash helps Biden, Trump or neither; and Rachel talks with us about the polling of the Coronavirus, and how the pandemic is affecting Trump's numbers, but also how you poll in a pandemic when it's not clear who going to actually be voting if Covid-19 comes back right before the November elections. We also talk about why the Deplorables are such an immobile voting bloc. This is a 25-minute excerpt of the hour-and-eleven-minute show. To hear the entire podcast, and support our work, please become a subscriber over at Patreon, thanks. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Biden is doing well, per latest polls Apr 28, 2020

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In today's free episode, it's a bit of a potpourri, ranging from the weirdness of virtual funerals, Trump requiring graduating West Pointers to come back to school just so he can give a self-important speech, and then we do a bit of a deep dive into how Biden is faring (well, in fact) considering he's not getting nearly as much TV time as Trump in these trying times. Then we close with the news that Diamond & Silk got kicked off Fox News for spreading Covid conspiracy theories, and a few more of the world's best jokes from John. Enjoy. (And PS, we had some sound issues today, we think one of our mics might have broken. We're investigating, and apologize in advance.) This is one of our free episodes, but to hear all of our shows in full, and support our work, please become a subscriber over at Patreon, thanks: https://www.patreon.com/join/UnPresidentedPodcast? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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