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[Explicit Language] The Republican censure of Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger. How to convince low energy Democrats to vote. The political discourse is off the rails. Bill Maher's latest Make-Believe-It's-Gone rant and a new LA Times op/ed that pushes back. Debunking Maher's cherrypicking on COVID. Trump stole White House documents. The Supreme Court stays a decision to keep racist gerrymandering ma...

[Explicit Content] Facebook shares dropped by 26 percent, $200 billion in value lost. New Wall Street Journal op/ed says we should end the pandemic now. The Make-Believe Phase of COVID. Biden authorized raid that killed the leader of ISIS. Rudy Giuliani normalized on the Masked Singer. Michigan Republicans want to arm poll workers. Who's suing Trump today? Trump wanted to use raw NSA data to prove...

Malcolm Nance is here to talk about Putin, Russia, Ukraine and the potential for an invasion and American intervention. Plus, he reveals his new nickname for the GOP. We also get into the next phase for Trump's insurgency, the odds of Trump being indicted, and more. Malcolm's forthcoming new book is called They Want To Kill Americans: The Militias, Terrorists, and Deranged Ideology of the Trump In...

[Explicit Language] Bob vs Unmasked Guys at the gym. Americans would rather ignore Trump and ignore COVID hoping they'll go away. Poll shows 70% want to end COVID protocols. Governors tell Biden to announce the end of COVID. Trump confessed to the Mike Pence Eastman plot, then called for an investigation of Pence. Trump calls for another insurrection and offers to pardon insurrectionists. Trump wa...

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[Explicit Language] Steven Breyer retiring from the Supreme Court. The frontrunners, the future of the Court, motivating Democratic turnout, Sam Alito and Clarence Thomas. Huge news on the economy, and how reporters won't give Biden any credit. Congresswoman's car hit by bullets in St. Louis. CBN reporter silenced by Jen Psaki. Active COVID patient Sarah Palin went to a NYC restaurant again. Kyrst...

Donna returns to school us in the news media, politics, the Supreme Court, and more! You might know Donna as the WMMS deejay who introduced my favorite band Rush to American audiences. She's also a college professor, a media historian, the author of six books, and she runs a blog called Dialogue and Discourse . Follow her on Twitter here . Meantime, don't forget to subscribe to our bonus shows on...

[Explicit Language] Farewell, Ziggy Blue. Next week: Malcolm Nance live from Ukraine. Bill Maher, Bari Weiss, and the "Done With COVID" movement. Scientist Nicholas Christakis on how COVID will probably end. Sarah Palin tested positive for COVID, again. Joe Biden calls Peter Doocy a "dumb son of a bitch." Fani Willis empanels a special grand jury in Georgia to investigate Trump. What the 1/6 commi...

[Explicit Content] Exclusive "tape" of an Eric Trump phone call subpoenaed by the 1/6 committee (not really). Eric took the 5th on 500 questions. Letitia James ramps up her pursuit of the Trump Organization's corruption and fraud. Fulton County, GA, district attorney asks to empanel a grand jury to investigate Trump's election theft. Republicans block voting rights and filibuster reform. Mitch McC...

[Explicit Language] Kevin plays Sam Dermody, the real estate agent on the hit Netflix series Ozark. Season 4, part one drops this Friday – and you might recall how at the end of season 3, Kevin's character was arrested by the FBI for helping Jason Bateman and Laura Linney launder money through their river boat casino. Everyone's wondering whether Kevin's character will make it through the series w...

[Explicit Language] Happy Birthday, Jody Hamilton! The unspoken COVID death toll. Dr. Oz blames Biden for not ending the pandemic. Fairfax County is pushing back against Glenn Youngkin. Swing voters have a short-term memory problem. Young voters and the midterms. DirectTV drops OAN. Trump seemed to know about the forged electors. Why Republicans keep expanding voter suppression efforts. Trump's ot...

[Explicit Content] The supply chain thing hits the DC metroplex. Democrats find a way to circumvent the filibuster. Kind of. Republican officials forged electoral college documents. Bring on the DOJ! Kevin McCarthy is chickening out of testifying. McCarthy and removing Trump from office. "Pee all that you can pee!" Unvaxxed Glenn Beck has COVID for a second time. Long COVID is a real thing. Democr...

[Explicit Language] White House reporter Brian Karem returns to the show to talk about journalism and his brand new book, FREE THE PRESS: The Death of American Journalism and How to Revive It . It's an outstanding look at some press history – tracking why we are where we are right now – and how best to fix journalism as we stare down the barrel of authoritarian fascism, disinformation, and the dim...

[Explicit Content] The anti-vaxxers are drinking urine now. We debunk Bill Maher on liberals and COVID hospitalizations. Greg Gutfeld says the pandemic is over. Gutfeld also called for a violent attack against the government. Steve Bannon loves Big Government when social media is mean to Trump. The Republican Party has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on Trump's legal defense. The Georgia pr...

[Explicit Content] Our 1/6 insurrection commemoration show. President Biden's remarks from the Capitol. The insurrection by the numbers. Remarks from political reporters and observers. Ted Cruz's surprising remarks about the insurrection. Merrick Garland's speech from Wednesday. A word for the contrarian Dems who were satisfied with Biden's speech. Trump canceled his press conference. Gorka is abo...

Zaki is a “Top Critic” on Rotten Tomatoes, he's also a political blogger, and a professor of communication and media studies. His film reviews have appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle, HuffPost, and The Philadelphia Weekly, and in 2015 he was inducted into the prestigious San Francisco Film Critics Circle. He also co-wrote  Geek Wisdom: The Sacred Teachings o...

[Explicit Language] Happy New Year! We're back with all new shows for 2022. Marjorie Taylor Greene kicked off Twitter. Our New Year's Eve show. Adam McKay's Don't Look Up film. Insanity on I-95 in Virginia. Ivanka Trump in the hot seat in both New York and Congress. The talking filibuster. Alex Jones vs Donald Trump. Corpse of the Week. The GOP is against all vaccines now. Devin Nunes joins the Ti...

[Explicit Content] It's our second annual New Year's Eve Spectacular, starring Kimberley Johnson , Buzz Burbank , Jody Hamilton , David Ferguson , Rocky Mountain Mike , Mary and Steve in Ann Arbor, and Jody's podcast co-host Sean Barton . Our top news stories of the year; our favorite movies, shows, and music; the Best of Rocky Mountain Mike, Buzz's favorite monologue jokes; and so much more. Pop...

[Explicit Content] Our last regular show of 2021! Jody's dentist. David's porn . And our weird holiday tradition continues with the Money Man, that's right Eddie Money. The House votes to recommend contempt charges against Mark Meadows. Jonah Goldberg, formerly known as "Doughy Pantload," reveals the Fox News duplicity about Trump. Build Back Better is being shelved in lieu of voting rights legisl...

[Explicit Language] Charlie Pierce from Esquire.com and the Stephanie Miller Show returns to talk COVID, the 1/6 committee, Rachel Maddow's future at MSNBC, the Supreme Court and abortion, the JFK assassination and whether Oswald acted alone, and more. Charlie also dropped a prediction about reproductive rights that scared the piss out of me. Meantime, you can find Charlie at Esquire.com . And on...

[Explicit Language] The DC attorney general announced a lawsuit against the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers. The 1/6 committee recommends criminal contempt charges against Mark Meadows. The Meadows text messages. Don Junior's texts to his dad. Liz Cheney's presentation last night. Trump's reaction to the insurrection. Meadows email details deployment of National Guard on 1/6. Trump wanted to "bust...

[Explicit Content] TRex is back! Kimberley Johnson sits in for Jody. The Trump crucifix ornament. The Mark Meadows PowerPoint detailing the White House strategy for January 6. A progress report from Liz Cheney. Public hearings and pleading the Fifth. Letitia James will depose Trump in January. Joe Biden is the Jobs President. Democrats Deliver. Mitch McConnell links Biden to the economy. Jim Crame...

[Explicit Language] Heather Timmons is the White House editor for Reuters, the former Asia Bureau Chief, and a former White House correspondent with Quartz. Today, we'll talk about covering politics in an age when clicks and outrage get all the attention, as well as the infuriating process by some outlets, mainly cable news, to manufacture artificial balance. How can the press inform the nation of...

[Explicit Language] Buzz is back! Bob Dole, a Nun, and Buzz Burbank walk into a bar. Marjorie Taylor Greene seems to think cancer is contagious like COVID. Trump came into contact with 500 people after testing positive. Mark Meadows is refusing to testify. Trump feels betrayed by Meadows's book. Trump confessed to obstructing justice by firing Jim Comey. Nunes is quitting Congress. The latest from...

All of the songs by the independent recording artists we featured on the Bob Cesca Show during November 2021 and played here in the same order they were previewed on our Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday podcasts. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .