Hard Factor

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Cheat on the news with Hard Factor. Satirical daily news podcast, not hyper-polarizing and depressing like all the others. Drops at Midnight Eastern, 5 Days a Week, 24/7/365. Follow the pod on social @HardFactorNews. Hosts: @hardfactorMark @hardfactorPat @hardfactorWes @hardfactorWill. Full video episodes: YouTube.com/HardFactorNews Join our community: patreon.com/hardfactor Voicemail Line: 512.270.1480

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Hard Factor 1/9: R. Kelly Under Investigation, Nightmare Hospital, and a Political Activist with a Deadly Apartment 09.01.2019 21:23

R. Kelly is under criminal investigation in Georgia for his sexual appetite that was outlined in the TV series Surviving R. Kelly. Bill Timmons (pictured), the CEO of a health facility in Phoenix has resigned after it's come to light that his staff, and possibly others, had been having sex with their vegetative patients for years. Political activist/donor Ed Buck has allegedly been home for two my...

Hard Factor 1/8: Cyntoia Brown Granted Clemency, Idaho Teacher Gets Off Animal Cruelty Charges, and Elon's World: Exploding Spaceship Edition 08.01.2019 20:40

Cyntoia Brown has been granted clemency after serving almost half her life for a murder committed while she was a child prostitute. A middle school teacher in Idaho has been declared not guilty of animal cruelty after he fed a sick puppy to a snapping turtle in his classroom last year. We head over to Elon's World where SpaceX and NASA are preparing for the first test launch of the Falcon 9 Rocket...

Hard Factor 1/7: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Polish Escape Room Death Trap, and Outback Steakhouse Rage 07.01.2019 23:01

An overview of the 60 Minutes interview where Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez outlined her agenda and views on the existing state of DC. A man in Poland is on trial for his faulty design of an escape room that led to several horrific deaths. A woman in Florida assaulted her elderly parents for not taking her to Outback Steakhouse; and a Lightning Round of other headlines, including the government shutdow...

Hard Factor 1/3: Mitt Romney, The World's Oldest Liar, PETA Hates Fun, and a Weight Loss Competition Update 03.01.2019 26:48

Mitt Romney releases an Op-Ed blasting Trump's presidential skills, and Trump fires back asking Mitt to stop being a sore loser. Turns out the world's oldest woman from France was actually a daughter who took over her mother's identity to avoid inheritance tax. PETA wants to shut down animal mascots after the Bevo/Uga dust-up; and a Lightning Round of other headlines, including “coercive control”...

Hard Factor 1/2: American Arrested in Russia on Spy Charges, Arizona Town Revolts Against Driverless Cars, and a Lightning Round of Other Headlines 02.01.2019 20:42

Ex-Marine Paul Whelan has been arrested in Russia as an alleged spy for the United Sates. The town of Chandler, Arizona is revolting against driverless cars that are being tested there by Google. Finally, a Lightning Round of other headlines that covers kids causing trouble in zoos, Elizabeth Warren's presidential run, jerk-off terrorists, a miracle baby in Russia, and the US government shutdown....

Hard Factor 12/31: New Year's Eve Partier Draft, and a Lightning Round of Other Headlines 31.12.2018 21:41

In honor of New Year's Eve, we draft a group of people we'd most like to party with for the celebration; and a Lightning Round of other headlines including, the treatment of migrant children, a pay freeze for federal employees, John Kelly's exit interview, a fat newborn in Texas, a man who married a hologram, college bowl game update, NFL playoff race update, and offended witches. Learn more abo...

Hard Factor 12/27: Holiday Trumpdate, Hard Factor Hard Body Weight Loss Competition Update, and a Lightning Round of Other Headlines 27.12.2018 27:39

A special holiday Trumpdate, including educating seven year-olds about the improbability of Santa Clause, the government shutdown, and bone spurs. We go over week 4 weight loss competition results, with a little shakeup in the rankings; and a lightning round of other headlines, including a real life bad Santa, Kevin Spacey creeping out on YouTube, more tsunamis in Indonesia, Thailand legalizes med...

Hard Factor 12/20: US Pulls Troops out of Syria, Facebook Sued by Washington, DC, and a Weight Loss Competition Update 20.12.2018 29:15

President Trump announced on Wednesday that the US has defeated ISIS in Syria and is therefore going to begin withdrawing troops from the country. The Washington, DC Attorney General's Office slapped a big law suit on Facebook that could result in up to $1.7 Billion in penalties. We go through an update on the Hard Factor, Hard Body Weight Loss Competition, with the loser eating a honey bun and ch...

Hard Factor 12/19: Michael Flynn Has a Jail Scare, The Trump Foundation is Dissolved, and a Dragon Nativity Scene in Louisiana 19.12.2018 19:31

Michael Flynn had his sentencing hearing postponed, but not before having a ton of shit talked to him by the judge about his questionable decisions to act as a foreign agent. The Trump Foundation, the family charity, is being forcibly dissolved for all kinds of money handling violations. A woman in Louisiana is infuriating some of her more religious neighbors with an amazing inflatable dragon nati...

Hard Factor 12/18: New Study Finds Men Love Sex, Inmate Sues Prison to Smoke Pot, and a Judge Sentences Poachers to Watch Bambi 18.12.2018 25:28

A “groundbreaking” new study from England claims it has evidence that frequent sex is more important to men than women in terms of how how happy it makes them. A ballsy prison inmate in South Carolina is suing the Department of Corrections for not providing him with marijuana. A family in Missouri is ordered to watch Bambi, repetitively, to atone for their deer murdering ways; and a Lightning Roun...

Hard Factor 12/17: Louisiana School Scams the Ivy League, Russia Wants to Control Rap Music, and a Lightning Round of Other Headlines 17.12.2018 20:13

A husband and wife duo in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana opened a college prep school in 2005 and has been successfully duping Ivy League schools into accepting their students the entire time with falsified documentation. Vladimir Putin has been giving his thoughts on why the Russian government should be in control of rap music; and a Lightning Round of other headlines, including Rudy Giuliani stirring...