Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC

The Skepticrat

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Covering politics from the far center

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Jun 29, 2026

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Episodes

73: Skepticrat073 - OMG7 Edition 11.06.2018

On this week's episode, Eli gets a chance to do the opening "It's Monday" (and totally nails it), Trump will pout when he learns that the G7 isn't a bingo night, and your mom should've thought about insurance before she decided to have diabetes. Headline links:  Trump shits all over G7: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-floats-end-to-all-tariffs-threatens-major-penalties-for-co...

72: Skepticrat072 - Un Again Off Again Edition 28.05.2018

On this week's episode: Donald Trump will be off again Un again ... Atheist cuisine in Ireland gets a lot more savory ... And we learn how a lack of fish condoms is destroying the environment. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars/?fref=ts Headline Sources: Trump opti...

71: Skepticrat071 - Cohen of Silence Edition 14.05.2018

On this week's episode: All evil acts are seven degrees or less away from Michael Cohen ... We'll learn that real estate boom has a totally different meaning in Hawaii ... And American democracy theater is breaking the fourth wall again. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffe...

70: Skepticrat070 - Pee Tape Delayed Edition 30.04.2018

On this week's episode: We're Kim Jong-UN step closer to world peace ... Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee say "nu-uh" verbosely ... And Kanye West shows us exactly where the white guilt runs out. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars/?fref=ts Headline S...

69: Skeptricrat069 - Nice and New and Smart Edition 16.04.2018

On this week's episode: WAR! Are we sure it's good for anything? Because it feels like we're gonna have a lot ... John Bolton and a carpenter trick a bunch of clams ... And Mark Zuckerberg explains to the US Senate how to redeem their 50 free hours on AOL. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat   To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.fac...

68: Skepticrat068 - Dodd-Frankenstein Edition 19.03.2018

On this week's episode: High schoolers practice leaving school ALIVE for a change ... Noah will be sick of the term "Blue-nami" even before he hears anyone say it ... And the Senate decides to deregulate piggy banks up to $250 billion in holdings. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.com/E...

67: Skepticrat067 - Trade Warrior Poet Edition 05.03.2018

On this week's episode: Vladimir is Putin on the Ritz ... It turns out that Chinese guy's name is NOT Eleven Jinping ... And we're pretty sure Smith & Wesson is about to end their relationship with the NRA. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars/?fref=ts Headline S...

66: Skepticrat066 - After Nunes Delight Edition 19.02.2018

On this week's episode: Carl the Pugapegacorn starts shilling for the US government ... Fox News pines for the good old Olympic days of 1936 ... And Donald Trump calls "Memo tag, no backsies, no double stamps, timeout I twisted my ankle." To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraff...

65: Skepticrat065 - State of the Union Special Edition 05.02.2018

On this week's episode: We watched the State of the Union and it was none of those words ... Trump made it super clear that he wants to fuck a hydrocarbon ... And if you order your copy of the Nunes Memo in the next 10 minutes, you'll get a free set of jingly keys. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://...

64: Skepticrat064 - Eyes Wide Shutdown Edition 22.01.2018

On this week's episode: Donald Trump is long, strong, and can’t keep the government on … The Patriots all die in a fiery plane crash over and over again forever … And everyone's being super judgmental about eating pods of laundry detergent. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGira...

63: Skepticrat063 - Fire and Furry Edition 08.01.2018

On this week's episode: The Trump administration crumbles under the pressure of "a guy listening to what they said" ... The President double dog dares a hostile nation to nuke us AGAIN ... And he also demands that DARPA make him a bomb cyclone button. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.c...

62: Skepticrat062 - Moore Than Meets the Eye Edition 18.12.2017

On this week's episode: The Senate unveils the tax plan equivalent of welshing on a hooker … Roy Moore will start his very own senate across the street from theirs and his will be way better … And the Republican Party is trying to steal our orgasms. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.com...

61: Skepticrat061 - Rapid Detax Edition 04.12.2017

For $30 off your first week of HelloFresh, visit http://bit.ly/2qQRi8G and enter skepticrat30. On this week's episode: We mourn a tremendous cut to our taxes ... We'll give the three famous guys who never sexually assaulted anybody a high five ... And Mike Flynn rolls over like he was about to get a happy ending. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear m...

60: Skepticrat060 - Collusion Course Edition 06.11.2017

On this week's episode: We deal with collusion confusion ... Sean Hannity is pretty sure he's awesome ... And Sarah Huckabee Sanders forgets that the highest tax payers also get to be billionaires. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars/?fref=ts Headline Links: Rick Pe...

59: Skepticrat059 - Gold Star Edition 23.10.2017

On this week's episode: Florida snowflakes are unable to refute Richard Spencer's ideas ... Millions of Americans learn where Catalonia is ... And the President of the United States spends two weeks failing kindergarten. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars/?fref=ts...

58: Skepticrat058 - Birther Control Mandate Edition 09.10.2017

On this week's episode: The Nazis return to the scene of the hate crime ... Trump will take away free birth control but offer his tiny little hand as an IUD if need be ... And we learn that the Secret Service is diving in front of spite-cum more than ever before. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://ww...

57: Skepticrat057 - Arpaio Pardon Edition 04.09.2017

On this week’s episode: Eli guesses it rained or something somewhere ... The future of humanity lies in the balance of a dick measuring contest between psychopaths ... And lots of stupid Irish people lose money when one of the best boxers of all time beats a not-boxer at boxing. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go...

56: Skepticrat056 - Charlottesvillain Edition 21.08.2017

On this week’s episode: Trump and Tall Tyler get this whole North Korea thing settled ... "Impending nuclear war" will manage to basically fall out of the news cycle ... And we break down how accurate the President was with his "ranking of the races" that he did completely unironically this week. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Gir...

55: Skepticrat055 - Wheel of Hate Edition 07.08.2017

In this week’s episode, the Trump administration finally tackles that ‘positional stability’ problem they were having, we’ll join the nation in mourning the loss of the Mooch, Eli will try to do a story about football players, and Donald Trump decides who to hate next. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: http...

54: Skepticrat054 Trumpster Fire Edition 24.07.2017

On this week's episode: Letting everyone vote continues to work out the way we thought it would ... Eli's cynical intellectual elitism grows ever more calcified ... And Donald Trump keeps tweeting about how he weighs more than a duck for some reason. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.co...

53: Skepticrat053 Senate Bill Cosby Edition 26.06.2017

On this week's episode: We check back in with Trump and Tall Tyler ... The White House held a press briefing and we have as much evidence of it as CNN ... And it's totally cool to watch The Cosby Show again ... Also Minnesota COPS. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMar...

52: Skepticrat052 Oh Snap Edition 12.06.2017

On this week's show, we release the Trump tapes before Trump does; we stare, jaw agape, at the smoldering, dystopian comic tragedy that is the global political landscape, and Michael Marshall will be here to talk about the UK's latest funkadelic elections. To get tickets to QED, click here: https://qedcon.org/ To learn more about the Good Thinking Society, click here: http://goodthinkingsociety.or...

51: Skepticrat051 Andre the Gianforte Edition 29.05.2017

On this week's episode: Jared Kushner offers Russia a tin can and a really long string ... Trump returns from his first foreign trip despite the numerous trails of Reese's Pieces we put out ... And you'll be stone cold stunned by the latest election results out of Montana. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here:...

50: Skepticrat050 Comey Don't Play That Edition 15.05.2017

On this week's episode: We [...] ... Eli asks Rod Rosenstein his opinion on the cops who are looking for Phyllis Schlafly's corpse ... And for the first time in history, France is doing better than the US and the UK at dealing with Nazis. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraff...

49: Skepticrat049 Hundred Daze Edition 01.05.2017

On this week's episode: We review Trump's first hundred days because we're used to reviewing terrible things ... Noah spends nine hours writing a ninety second bit ... And the Bobs as Donald Trump: "What would you say you do here?" To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMar...

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