David & Stu

David & Stu... Unhinged!

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“David & Stu . . . Unhinged!” offers a unique glimpse into the world's most pressing (and most trivial) issues through the eyes of two of Greenwich Village’s jaded residents, who are usually pissed off about something. From allowing people to legally sh** on our sidewalks to"discrimination" against fat people, David Simonetti, a writer and attorney, and Stu Richel, a critically acclaimed actor, screenwriter, and Vietnam War vet, offer an acerbic yet civilized perspective on politics and life in New York City. Occasionally veering into the abyss of rage, like Stu's unbridled contempt for Jane F...

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75: Trump Finally Crackdowns on Deadbeats, RIP Tatiana, a Father’s Justice, and to Hell with 2026 Resolutions 04.01.2026 40:33

Welcome to David & Stu… Unhinged! As always, we'd like to thank Clara Wang for creating the fantastic artwork for this podcast. We start 2026 with the 75th Episode of David and Stu Unhinged. This week, we cover the following topics: 1. Trump is long noted for the way he stiffs creditors and his multiple bankruptcies so it is rather ironic that his Administration has now proclaimed that they pl...

74: NYC’s Impending Inferno, Stefanik’s Abrupt Exit, Nepo Baby Nonsense, & a Ray of Hope 28.12.2025 41:18

74: NYC’s Impending Inferno, Stefanek’s Abrupt Exit, Nepo Baby Nonsense, & a Ray of Hope Welcome to David & Stu… Unhinged! As always, we'd like to thank Clara Wang for creating the fantastic artwork for this podcast. This is our last podcast for 2025, and we wanted to end the year off with another blistering assault on America’s cultural and spiritual decline as witnessed by the disastrous...

73: RIP Meathead, Georgetown’s DEI Overreach, Susie’s Cry for Help & Stu’s Neighborhood Tour 21.12.2025 40:33

Welcome to David & Stu… Unhinged! As always, we'd like to thank Clara Wang for creating the fantastic artwork for this podcast. On this 73rd episode of David & Stu Unhinged, we will discuss the following: 1. Rob Reiner, an acclaimed director and actor, was brutally murdered along with his wife, causing shockwaves and grief throughout the country. Reiner played the iconic role of Meathead i...

72: Trump’s Fake Award, MAGA Drag Show Mania, Medicare Fraud & Mamdani’s Radical Debut 14.12.2025 40:52

Welcome to David & Stu… Unhinged! As always, we'd like to thank Clara Wang for creating the fantastic artwork for this podcast. On this 72nd Episode of David & Stu Unhinged, we cover a number of topics that range from the serious to the absurd. We will discuss the following: 1. Trump has coveted a Nobel Peace Prize with the same fervor that RFK Jr. chases skirts. Yet he has been rebuffed c...

71: Lady Boy Hegseth’s War Crimes, Tampon Tim’s Fraud, Trump’s DEI Overreach & Patel’s FBI Implosion 07.12.2025 39:36

Welcome to David & Stu… Unhinged! As always, we'd like to thank Clara Wang for creating the fantastic artwork for this podcast. On this week’s 71st episode of David & Stu Unhinged, the following topics will be discussed: 1) Allegedly, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered American troops to "kill everybody" on a drug-carrying boat in the Caribbean Sea. Investigations of possible "war c...

70: Trump’s “Green” Initiatives, a MAGA Implosion, Patel’s Love Patrol, and the Poetry Man 30.11.2025 39:25

Welcome to the 70th episode of David & Stu… Unhinged! As always, we'd like to thank Clara Wang for creating the fantastic artwork for this podcast. The topics covered this week on David & Stu Unhinged are as follows: (1) Trump continues to orchestrate the destruction of our environmental protection system. The effects of climate change are not merely prospective but are being felt now. Nev...

69: Mamdani’s Capitulation, From Low-Level Scum to Trump’s Epstein Reckoning & Flamingo Freedom. 23.11.2025 44:33

Welcome to the 69th episode of David & Stu… Unhinged! As always, we'd like to thank Clara Wang for creating the fantastic artwork for this podcast. The topics covered this week on David & Stu Unhinged are as follows: 1. After all his tough talk about Trump, Mamdani and his team reached out to the White House for a meeting, presumably because even a poorly educated nepo baby knows he needs...

68: A Veteran’s Day Lament, Lander’s Comeuppance, More Sports Betting Outrages, Trump’s Epstein Problem & Two-Faced Coin 16.11.2025 38:47

Welcome to the 68th episode of David & Stu… Unhinged! As always, we'd like to thank Clara Wang for creating the fantastic artwork for this podcast.. On this 68th Episode of David & Stu Unhinged, we will discuss the following topics: 1. On Veterans’ Day, Trump honored those who helped others avoid military service at the Tomb of the Unknown Podiatrist. We will go over the Borowitz report an...

67: A Final Voyage Commemorated, a Broadway Snooze Fest, Big League Betting, & a MAGA Rebuke 09.11.2025 46:27

Welcome to the 67th episode of David & Stu… Unhinged! As always, we'd like to thank Clara Wang for creating the fantastic artwork for this podcast.. This week on David & Stu Unhinged, the topics covered include: 1) Gordon Lightfoot was a Canadian songwriter, folk singer, and musician. Stu takes a brief look at Lightfoot’s style and body of work, and then turns his attention to the Edmund F...

66: Bus Stops, Gate’s Backtracking, the Louvre, Hegseth’s Netflix Meltdown, a Sneaker Stabbing, Zohran’s Last Stand & Pedo Teachers 02.11.2025 41:04

Welcome to the 66th episode of David & Stu… Unhinged! As always, we'd like to thank Clara Wang for creating the fantastic artwork for this podcast. In this Episode 66 of our podcast, we discuss several follow-ups on stories we previously covered, going back to our first podcast. Below is a summary: 1. David and Stu live on a land marked block in Greenwich Village and have both noticed quality-...

65: Un Heist Francais, Our Decorator-in-Chief, Hegseth’s Drag Show & Corrupt Clemency 26.10.2025 44:40

Welcome to 65th episode of David & Stu… Unhinged! As always, we'd like to thank Clara Wang for creating the fantastic artwork for this podcast.. On this episode of David & Stu Unhinged, we will discuss the following: 1. A brazen robbery at the Louvre, where thieves made off with over $100 million in the French crown jewels right at the museum’s opening. Although there have been several rob...

64: An Iron Legend, a Hostage, MTG’s MAGA Mutiny & a Cruise Ship Grifter 19.10.2025 37:03

Welcome to 64th episode of David & Stu… Unhinged! As always, we'd like to thank Clara Wang for creating the fantastic artwork for this podcast.. On this episode of David & Stu Unhinged, we will discuss the way Columbus Day was snubbed by leading American liberals, including the traitor Nancy Pelosi, in favor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, even though Federal law still mandates otherwise. Mean...

63: Viva Italiani, a Nobel Snub, Another Vindictive Purge, Climate Arsonists, & a Field of Dreams 12.10.2025 39:38

Welcome to 63rd episode of David & Stu… Unhinged! As always, we'd like to thank Clara Wang for creating the fantastic artwork for this podcast.. In this episode, we will discuss Trump's peace deal in Gaza and how we begrudgingly acknowledge that this is a big achievement. The other topics covered include the following: 1) October is Italian-American Heritage month, and we discuss Italian immig...

62: Good Riddance Mayor Adams, the China Syndrome, MAGA’s Economic Mirage, & Tennessee Justice 05.10.2025 41:32

Welcome to 62nd episode of David & Stu… Unhinged! As always, we'd like to thank Clara Wang for creating the fantastic artwork for this podcast.. On this special videotaped episode of David & Stu . . . Unhinged, the following topics are covered: 1) Mayor Adams has finally announced his long-overdue departure from the New York City Mayor’s race, leaving three dreadful candidates: Zohran Mamd...

61: The Past's Honorable Americans versus Today's Ugly Ones, along with RFK Jr's Latest Autism Lies. 28.09.2025 35:58

Welcome to 61st episode of David & Stu… Unhinged! As always, we'd like to thank Clara Wang for creating the fantastic artwork for this podcast.. During this episode, we cover the following topics: 1) Stu recounts part of his vacation, where he visited Appomattox Court House, Virginia, where General Lee surrendered in the Civil War to Grant in a magnanimous and dignified manner, which highlight...

60: Assassins, Murderers, Quackery, and a Devoted Fiance. 14.09.2025 39:14

Welcome to the 60th episode of David & Stu… Unhinged! As always, we'd like to thank Clara Wang for creating the fantastic artwork for this podcast.. During this episode, we cover the following topics: 1) We discuss the 24th anniversary of 9/11 and the tragic consequences that have followed since then, when we were a more united country. We go on to note that Mamdani appeared on a podcast where...

59: CPC Greed, Mayoral Madness, Oswald's Revenge & Ice Barbi's Deplorable Lover 07.09.2025 46:51

Welcome to 59th episode of David & Stu… Unhinged! As always, we'd like to thank Clara Wang for creating the fantastic artwork for this podcast.. During this episode, we discuss our visit to the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, where Stu forced David on a trip to an outer borough he abhors, as well as a celebratory dinner in the East Village at a Ukrainian restaurant selected by Stu. We also bi...

58: Trump's Revenge Campaign and Health Drama, Banning Cellphones, & MAGA's LGBTQ Hypocrisy 31.08.2025 46:33

Welcome to 58th episode of David & Stu… Unhinged! As always, we'd like to thank Clara Wang for creating the fantastic artwork for this podcast.. In Episode 58, David addresses a recent anti-Semitic incident in Greenwich Village where pro-Mamdani and pro-Hamas demonstrators vandalized the residence of a prominent Jewish NY Times journalist, Joseph Kahn. David also responds to criticisms of his...

57: MAGA's Defamation Disaster, JD Piglet Vance's Potty Training, Gay Street's History & Dolls as Monogamous Mates. 24.08.2025 39:14

Welcome to 57th episode of David & Stu… Unhinged! As always, we'd like to thank Clara Wang for creating the fantastic artwork for this podcast.. During this podcast, we will have a tribute of sorts for Bill Clinton's 79th birthday, and a call to boycott Keith McNally's trendy restaurants, which serve mediocre food, in light of his steadfast support for the anti-semitic nepo baby, Mamdani, whic...

56: Trump's DC Crack Down, Hapless Hochul's New Anti-Mask Law, an Elite NYC Grifter, & NYC City Council's Horsing Around 17.08.2025 41:46

Welcome to 56th episode of David & Stu… Unhinged! As always, we'd like to thank Clara Wang for creating the fantastic artwork for this podcast.. The topics this week will include the following: 1) How “Big Balls”, the 19-year-old DOGE neophyte, was assaulted in DC, which has caused Trump to federalize the police department and stirred Democrats to have a fit about Trump's authoritative nature....

55: A Promising Student, a Presidential Fatness Test, Trump's Feminine Side, & Zohran the Moron's Plan for the DOE 10.08.2025 41:36

Welcome to 55th episode of David & Stu… Unhinged! As always, we'd like to thank Clara Wang for creating the fantastic artwork for this podcast.. The topics this week will include the following: 1) A discussion of a promising student who attended Stuyvesant High School, Yale, and is on his way to Stanford Medical School. Not all of the younger generation is tied up with looking for free stuff,...

54: Trump's 747 Graft and Brazilian Meddling, Hegseth's Swan Song, & Newton, MA's Attempted Ethnic Erasure 03.08.2025 39:36

Welcome to 54th episode of David & Stu… Unhinged! As always, we'd like to thank Clara Wang for creating the fantastic artwork for this podcast.. The topics this week will include the following: 1) Trump has accepted a 747 from Qatar, a supporter of Iran and Hamas, as a gift and he and his sycophants, Hegseth and the like, are now hiding the costs for refurbishing this legally and constitutiona...

53: David in Paris, Trump's Epstein Problem and Focus on the Trivial & Hunter Biden's Toxic Interview 27.07.2025 35:34

Welcome to 53rd episode of David & Stu… Unhinged! As always, we'd like to thank Clara Wang for creating the fantastic artwork for this podcast.. The topics this week will include the following: 1) David recounts his recent trip to Paris and how he enjoyed his return after 15 years, most notably the culture, food, and shopping. He busts the myth that some Americans like to perpetuate about the...

52: Grand Canyon Reveries, NYC Mayoral Madness, America's OG Lady Mob Boss, & Horny Monks 20.07.2025 38:39

Welcome to 52nd episode of David & Stu… Unhinged! As always, we'd like to thank Clara Wang for creating the fantastic artwork for this podcast.. The topics this week will include the following: 1) In light of the recent wildfire in the Grand Canyon, Stu reflects on his hiking trip there and the natural beauty he experienced. Also noted is Theodore Roosevelt's contribution to our national parks...

51: Unveiling Unhinged: David's Top 5 Hatreds, Stu at Cuchifritos, Madmani the African & Flood Foolishness 13.07.2025 37:43

Welcome to 51st episode of David & Stu… Unhinged! As always, we'd like to thank Clara Wang for creating the fantastic artwork for this podcast. During this episode, David & Stu will be celebrating a year of podcasting by doing a video of this week's episode as a special treat for our listeners. And for those who are displeased with some of our comments, you'll know what we look like so you...