The Short News Podcast

Alex reacts to another instance of police brutality caught on tape during a traffic stop in Florida, talks about racial profiling in 2025, and how surveillance technology and AI is being weaponized against civilians. From the rise of the "Omnipticon" to James Gunn's Superman's unexpected message of hope -this is about justice, voice,and why even the softest-seeming authority figure...

Alex is back - and so is President Trump. Like old times, Alex rants about Trump's recent executive orders and drastic moves such as mass deportations, letting Elon Musk way too close to the government, cutting out important federal jobs, and so much more "fun" stuff.

Alex angrily rants about Israel committing war crimes and the United States' involvement in said war crimes, the TikTok ban, and there's a very special musical guest.

The show has returned to some sort of normalcy, Alex relearns how to do a solo podcast, talks about the 2024 election, the problems with Tesla's Cybertruck, and alludes to potential tensions between Israel and Iran.

THE POOL HOUSE HAS A NEW LOCATION! Search for "The Pool House with Alex and Kelsey" on Spotify or Apple podcasts or wherever you listen to shows. The gang is back to record again after a disastrous previous episode and... this one's a little better. Alex and Kelsey joke about the Jimmy Buffett incident from September, Trump on a very special bus, and read some interesting Reddit storie...

THE POOL HOUSE IS NOW IN A NEW LOCATION This was a baaaaaaaad idea... The gang does another episode and surprise: Alex is on mushrooms again, and this time he's not enjoying it... Alex and Kelsey talk about the concept of love, codependence, independence, Doctor Phil, and comedy in tragedy.

*The Pool House Podcast now has its own RSS feed and podcast pages, new episodes will no longer be found here soon!!* The gang talks about some serious emotional topics, gets to the bottom of why Alex does so many voices, comes to terms with traumas, and so much more (while Alex is deep into a mushroom trip). Get ready for a change of pace in this one.

From here on, the Pool House Podcast is now located in its own RSS feed, meaning it has its own podcast page and feed now. Check it out by searching "The Pool House with Alex and Kelsey" in your podcast provider's search bar. Wow this one's... something. Alex and Kelsey return to talk about lonely whiskey reviews, bad work trips, the worst time to be promoted, dealing with heartbre...

After the "royal trifecta" of Watermelonrita, the holy penjamin, and some mango pods, Alex becomes his unhinged self once again to talk to Kelsey about growing up hormonal with an iPod Touch, medical issues, childhood trauma, proper college party etiquette, the other ways a PSP can be used, and much much more.

The gang talks ADHD medications, casinos, Doctor Phil's ranch, and Alex gets way to open about his internet habits.

The gang is back, and back on the sauce. They're talking demented Seinfeld, Dr. Phil's Joe Rogan appearance, the weirdness of Mark Zuckerberg, some Japanese animation that showed up on Alex's Facebook news feed (for some reason), Robert F. Kennedy's presidential campaign, Israel and Palestine, and so much more. This one's unhinged in the most fun of ways. (It's not a manic...

The gang talks about getting sick from old people at work, Valentines Day stories, and slowly crashing into sleepiness.

Alex didn't watch the Super Bowl but still has things to say about it regardless. There's also a dry February update, a deep discussion on love, an interruption from Doctor Phil, as well as some talk about the 2024 presidential election and Israel's war crimes. Also a reply to some feedback from a certain person.

The Pool House is back! The gang talks about their progress seven days into quitting drinking, dating after breakups, the recent Drake leaks, the true purpose of virtual reality, and Kelsey recalls some bad experiences from going to church back in the day with some help from special guest Dr. Phil, as well as so much more.

It's officially dry February, and 50% of the gang is doing great with it while the other 50 is losing it (I bet you can guess who is who). Doctor Phil revisits the show to pull Alex out of a rut and Kelsey pretty much carries this one through Alex's dissociations and darkness. This one's for anyone who's ever had a bad day/week/year.

The Pool House is back and the gang gives updates on the journey to dry February, talks about crying at work, the problems with Greek life at colleges, and the disgusting school lunch pizzas that ruined pizza day.

Palm reading, sobering up, psych ward stories, and so much more in this episode of "The Pool House." After ANOTHER near-death experience, Alex is finally ready to stop drinking, and Kelsey is joining him in the "Dry February" challenge. Whoever loses has to do a really embarrassing thing...

Windshield wiper fluid, annoying cops, dealing with grief, sleeping pills, and mental breakdowns caused by Andrew Garfield? Yeah, I think we're back. The gang talks about getting pulled over while crying, dealing with trauma, new jobs and old jobs, upgrading phones, and maybe attempting Dry February...?

Alex gives a small life update, addresses the multiple elephants in the room, and goes right into current events that include the pending release of the Epstein flight logs, the 2024 Presidential Election, and Vivek Ramaswamy's horrible Eminem cover. "Stormy Daniels (Single)" is now out on Spotify and all other music platforms.

Kelsey and Alex are joined by a surprise guest who really lights a fire under their pants.

The gang reflects on their 2023 as a podcast and as people.

OFF THE RAILS this time around, definitely one to listen to.

Alex finally voices his opinion on the ongoing war between Israel and Palestine, talks about marriage, the Presidential election, and so much more.

There's a lot of new stuff going on... Alex is getting married, Kelsey is exhausted, let's have a good time.

Happy Halloween from us over at the Pool House Podcast! Alex and Kelsey talk about a whole bundle of things, including their eventful weekends, modern dating, farting in front of significant others, snapchat etiquette, leaked photos, the return of Alex's Joe Biden voice (for better or for worse). This is one you don't wanna miss, foks.