Ballot with Patrick Gutfield - Where Politics Meets Pop Culture

Patrick Gutfield breaks down Trump's Scotland golf course opening, Qatar jet controversy, and demands to prosecute celebrities over campaign payments. Scottish newspaper calls someone a "convicted US felon" as business and politics collide. Come for the sass, stay for the sanity—and blame the A.I. for the jokes that don’t land. Unlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! Get ou...

A podcaster accidentally reveals his massive earnings while trying to show off, Republicans want to rename the Kennedy Center after Melania Trump, and we remember Ozzy Osbourne - the man who survived everything except reality TV remotes. Come for the sass, stay for the sanity—and blame the A.I. for the jokes that don’t land. Unlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! Get our s...

The Justice Department wants to meet with Jeffrey Epstein's partner in crime, Speaker Johnson sends Congress home early to avoid an awkward vote, and Trump calls the Marcos family "highly respected" - apparently forgetting the whole "chased out by revolution" thing. Come for the sass, stay for the sanity—and blame the A.I. for the jokes that don’t land. Unlock an ad-free podcast experience with Ca...

Patrick Gutfield breaks down the weekend's wildest political moments: Trump posting cobra-catching videos to distract from Epstein file pressure, Hunter Biden threatening to invade El Salvador on a podcast, and why the President's social media strategy resembles your aunt's Facebook feed. Plus, how a house cat apparently has better presidential prospects than Hunter Biden. Thanks to our sponsor  h...

Patrick Gutfield covers Trump's triple-header of distractions: posting fake AI videos of Obama getting arrested while his own supporters demand Epstein file transparency, releasing MLK assassination documents to change the subject, and Trump Media's sudden two billion dollar bitcoin fortune. From selective transparency syndrome to turning the presidency into a crypto side hustle. Thanks to our spo...

Patrick Gutfield breaks down the Stephen Colbert Late Show cancellation controversy, from Trump's suspicious Truth Social celebration to Rob Schneider's Fox News defense of CBS's "financial decision." Plus, Rosie O'Donnell delivers an epic Instagram response to Trump's citizenship threats. Get the full timeline of events and expert analysis on whether this was really about money or politics in tod...

Patrick Gutfield's satirical take on President Trump's "chronic venous insufficiency" diagnosis, the ongoing Epstein files controversy and calls for transparency, Emil Bove's controversial judicial nomination, and Trump's potential executive order on college athlete employment status. Plus coverage of the nine billion dollar cuts to public broadcasting and foreign aid. Come for the sass, stay for...

Patrick Gutfield covers Arizona's first plague death in twenty years (yes, actual medieval plague), Trump's new baby investment accounts that financial experts are calling mediocre at best, and a French Olympic fencer who beat doping charges by claiming she kissed her boyfriend too much. From medieval diseases to government-issued portfolios for newborns to steroid contamination through saliva - i...

Once again our team points out Vance didnt ruin anything and its just wordplay and this whole show is parody. Anyway, Joe Biden defends using an autopen to pardon people—and yes, he threw in some Trump shade while he was at it. Over in Anaheim, Vice President JD Vance visits Disneyland and triggers ride shutdowns, protest signs, and culture war cameos. And in Missouri, a man throws a woman off a b...

Our team reminds you Trump didn't steal anything and we are just doing wordplay and this whole show is parody. Donald Trump crashes Chelsea’s FIFA celebration like an uncle who won’t leave a wedding, blocking photos, confusing players, and—oh yeah—keeping the real trophy for himself. Meanwhile, Elmo’s X account gets hacked and goes completely off the rails with rants about Epstein, Netanyahu, and...

Patrick Gutfield dives into Trump's threat to revoke Rosie O'Donnell's citizenship, calling her "a threat to humanity." Plus, the President brings half his Cabinet to a soccer game, George Santos gets scammed by someone pretending to be a congressman (the irony is incredible), and we explore Trump's new baby investment accounts that financial experts are calling "the sixth or seventh best option."...

Deep in the Florida Everglades, where corruption runs as thick as the swamp, a broken immigration detention center becomes ground zero for a darkly comic uprising. When mild-mannered maintenance worker Tommy Esperanza is wrongfully detained, he teams up with a mysterious fellow inmate to turn the system upside down—using bureaucracy’s own chaos against it. With wisecracking narration from Southern...

Director James Gunn triggered outrage by pointing out Superman is—gasp!—an immigrant. Conservatives melted down, Fox News lost its mind, and the cast of the new Superman movie clapped back. Also: Stephen Miller blames immigration for... traffic jams. Seriously. Because nothing says policy genius like blaming Somalia for your commute. For more political absurdity and culture war chaos, subscribe to...

Donald Trump reportedly told Vladimir Putin he’d “bomb the bleep out of Moscow”—and he said it at a fundraiser. Meanwhile, a Rhode Island couple bought a $640 luxury “Trump” watch... but it just says “RUMP.” We also cover Elon Musk’s AI Grok going off the rails with antisemitic posts, and Trump’s official letters filled with typos and gender mix-ups. Welcome to diplomacy, twenty twenty-five style....

An AI voice clone impersonating Secretary of State Marco Rubio fooled foreign ministers and a member of Congress—proving even top officials can't trust their own voicemail anymore. Meanwhile, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is crowdsourcing her official portrait on Instagram… dressed as a cowgirl. And just in time for summer travel, say hello to a new COVID variant: XFG. It’s spreading fas...

The Justice Department says there is no Epstein “client list,” despite years of speculation—so what was Pam Bondi waving around on Fox News? Meanwhile, Ted Cruz is caught vacationing in Greece while deadly floods devastate Texas. His office says he came back “as fast as humanly possible,” which apparently means “after dessert.” And finally, good news: the TSA might be letting us keep our shoes on—...

A construction worker who saved a 9-year-old from a shark attack is now facing deportation—because heroism has paperwork. Penn reverses course on Lia Thomas, wiping her name from the school’s swimming records after a Title IX investigation. And in New York, thieves are skipping wallets and just stealing the entire ATM. Yes, the whole thing. Like a heist movie written by someone who failed economic...

President Trump is now threatening to arrest New York’s Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani—who is, let’s be clear, a U.S. citizen—for not helping ICE. Elon Musk, meanwhile, is threatening to start his own political party because Republicans aren't slashing spending fast enough. And the Dalai Lama is trying to reincarnate before China picks a clone. It’s just another day in American politics...

House Republicans are trying to pass the “One Big Beautiful Bill” before the July 4th deadline—except Mother Nature has other plans. Thunderstorms have grounded flights and turned Capitol Hill into a carpool lane of desperate lawmakers speeding through the rain to cast trillion-dollar votes. Meanwhile, Sean “Diddy” Combs gets emotional as jurors deadlock on the racketeering charge but deliver verd...

Africanized killer bees are conquering thirteen states and holding grudges against humans, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner invest one point four billion dollars to turn a Soviet weapons base into a luxury Albanian resort, and Paris police finally recover Jim Morrison's stolen grave bust after nearly four decades Come for the sass, stay for the sanity—and blame the A.I. for the jokes that don’t land...

A Disney World visitor gets kicked off a ride for wearing a sports bra and forced to buy a forty-five dollar tank top, the Treasury Department finally pulls the plug on the penny after losing millions, and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Foundation auctions off historic artifacts including bloodstained gloves. Come for the sass, stay for the sanity—and blame the A.I. for the jokes that don’t land...

Donald Trump leaned into the “Daddy” nickname after NATO’s Mark Rutte dropped it at a summit—then used his social media to attack NYC’s Democratic mayoral nominee as a “Communist Lunatic.” Meanwhile, Iran’s Supreme Leader claimed victory after a missile strike, despite U.S. reports of severe damage. From awkward nicknames to international drama, Trump stayed busy... even on a summer Saturday night...

Influencer Brian "Liver King" Johnson arrested in Austin for terroristic threats against Joe Rogan. Plus Trump suggests renaming Defense Department back to War Department after Iran strikes Come for the sass, stay for the sanity—and blame the A.I. for the jokes that don’t land. Unlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! Get our shows on any player you love, hassle free! For Ap...

Joe Rogan’s sit-down with Senator Bernie Sanders blows the lid off a brewing civil war in MAGA world. The pair dig into Congressman Thomas Massie’s “unconstitutional” critique of Trump’s Iran strikes, Trump’s retaliation PAC, and the Streisand-effect backlash from right-wing stars like Steve Bannon, Tucker Carlson, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Alex Jones, and Candace Owens. Rogan also calls out deporta...

Patrick Gutfield skewers the surreal headlines of the day, starting with Donald Trump’s all-caps declaration of a “COMPLETE and TOTAL” 12-hour Israel-Iran ceasefire—an overnight timeout that feels more like a homework deadline than real diplomacy. From Truth Social theatrics to Iran’s pre-announced missile “warning shot” at a U.S. base in Qatar, Patrick dissects every eyebrow-raising detail and as...