Winners and Losers Show

Mitt Romney hawks hot dogs and yes, it's everything you hoped for. Rumors of UFOs spur speculation about aliens. Mitch McConnell and Diane Feinstein prove the Gerontocracy is alive-ish and unwell. Miami head of police shoots self during sheriff convention, sending us down a Miami local news rabbit hole. SUPPORT! Patreon.com/WinnersAndLosers Recorded 8.2.23 FOLLOW! YouTube.com/@WinnersAndLosers...

How stress has affected me in recent years, how learning I'm autistic gave me new hope and why it's finally time to make changes I've avoided to get my stress levels down in hopes my beard will grow back. No news stories in this one. Hope you enjoy. SUPPORT! Patreon.com/WinnersAndLosers Recorded 7.31.23 FOLLOW! YouTube.com/@WinnersAndLosers Instagram: InstaHankThompson, BumRushIndustri...

Actors unite with writers in Hollywood to protect themselves and us from the awful future Hollywood's CEO class are determined to impose. For some context, we look back on the 2008 WGA strike, plus a Mad Men correction, a fireworks disaster and classic fun asides. SUPPORT! Patreon.com/WinnersAndLosers Recorded 7.14.23 FOLLOW! YouTube.com/@WinnersAndLosers Instagram: InstaHankThompson, BumRushI...

Indiana Jones supports unions, astronomy's big pulsar news, the Supreme Court is corrupt and Hank explains pressure in the context of the Titan submersible wreck. SUPPORT! Patreon.com/WinnersAndLosers Recorded 7.2.23 FOLLOW! YouTube.com/@WinnersAndLosers Instagram: InstaHankThompson, BumRushIndustries TikTok: @WikLok, @BumRushIndustries Twitch: Twitch.tv/WinnersAndLosers Bum Rush Industries: Y...

After enjoying some Chris Christie classics, we plunge into the OceanGate submersible "Titan," which has been missing for days following an attempt to visit the set of The Titanic movie on the bottom of the ocean. Stockton Rush, the CEO, was on board and has a record of deprioritizing safety. Safety! SUPPORT! Patreon.com/WinnersAndLosers Recorded 6.20.23 FOLLOW! YouTube.com/@WinnersAndLose...

Donald Trump Nabbed Again. Feds Snare Famous Boy from Bamboozle! Elites on Alert! A Nervous Nation! Fate of Doom? Plus Jon Hamm's sexy masculine voice makes an appearance and Chicago's Mayor Brandon Johnson delivers more parental leave. Hank's woke take, too. Also, lots more! SUPPORT! Patreon.com/WinnersAndLosers Recorded 6.9.23 FOLLOW! YouTube.com/@WinnersAndLosers Instagram: InstaHan...

Ascended being Pete Buttigieg, who is better than your son, received a glowing profile in Wired magazine. From there we explore his journey from Mayor to Mayor of Transportation and eventually to Mayor of The Universe (because he's so special). Plus, India ditches science education and a chatbot replaces unionizing workers. SUPPORT! Patreon.com/WinnersAndLosers Recorded 5.31.23 FOLLOW! YouTube...

I'm joined by SuckProfessor's own James to discuss Zelda, Evil Dead Rise, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and Guardians of the Galaxy 3. SUPPORT! Patreon.com/WinnersAndLosers Recorded 5.29.30 FOLLOW! YouTube.com/@WinnersAndLosers Instagram: InstaHankThompson, BumRushIndustries TikTok: @WikLok, @BumRushIndustries Twitch: Twitch.tv/WinnersAndLosers Bum Rush Industries: YouTube.co...

Corruption pioneer Diane Feinstein crosses America to continue the important work of guaranteeing a worse future. plus we examine her past defending the Confederate flag. Then Elon Musk pulls a Princess Bride quote from his voluminous ego. Opens with an anticapitalist prescription for fixing everything.  HELP! SUPPORT! Patreon.com/WinnersAndLosers Recorded 5.21.23 FOLLOW! YouTube.com/@WinnersAndLo...

A Donnie Darko Zelda Commercial delights thousands, George RR Martin lights the warning fires on "mini-rooms" and throws down for his fellow writers, CNN explains itself and Hank says all sorts of hilarious, insightful nonsense. Video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/xAaq2arVClo SUPPORT! Patreon.com/WinnersAndLosers Recorded 5.15.23 FOLLOW! YouTube.com/@WinnersAndLosers Instagram: Inst...

The crown wasn't the only item added to King Charles the Third's inventory during his coronation. No, his loadout also included swords, orbs, sashes, spurs, a ring, a glove, enchanted sceptres and golden carriages, plus a lot of talking and singing. REJOICE! SUPPORT! Patreon.com/WinnersAndLosers Recorded 5.7.23 FOLLOW! YouTube.com/@WinnersAndLosers Instagram: InstaHankThompson, BumRushIndu...

Joe Biden to continue saving humanity from Joe Biden's career, Kamala Harris's word salad explained, reacting to Don Lemon's hilarious 'woman's prime' comment, Space X Starship launch wrecked the place and footage of Steven Crowder abusing his pregnant wife surprises no one. Please consider supporting. SUPPORT! Patreon.com/WinnersAndLosers Recorded 04.28.23 SUBSCRIBE ON YOU...

Hank welcomes his first patreon supporters! NEWS! 'Dunk & Egg' series headed to Game of Thrones Universe, HBO ditches its beloved brand to become Max, whatever that is, Elon trolls Lebron James and Stephen King on Twitter and Space X's Starship blows up, heralding the era of Space Capitalism, but what is it anyway and then we watch the launch explosion while remarking on things. Pl...

An emotional return as Hank shares about discovering he's autistic — what it means, how it explains the struggles he's faced, the way he functions, why he's completely unemployable and how knowing offers him a chance, with your help, of finding some footing in life as an independent content producer (podcasts, videos, wood stuff). Please consider supporting. Audio note: messed up the d...

First recording goofed; this is the 2nd attempt (so it's shorter than usual, which is probably good news.) In this ep, Hank rambles about recent upticks in the nightmare factory that is America. Lots of the hits in this one: brutal society, individualism, childhood trauma, capitalism, Hank's inquiry into his own mental conditions and swearing! SUPPORT! Patreon.com/WinnersAndLosers Recorded...

A Mormon show on Hulu converts Hank and we watch Joe Biden's appearance on the Jimmy Kimmel show (19:52) in which he proves over and over why he's the worst person for the job. Highlights include defending Mitch McConnell, pointing to biracial commercials as a sign of progress and overall being an out-of-touch figurehead for a sclerotic gerontocracy racing towards fascism and collapse. Plu...

Updates on Hank's arms, his recent turn to TikTok, how money is an abstraction of time, how America getting back to "normal" means getting back to dismissing others and Hank sifts through a pile of political mailers, including one from his former co-worker Michael Shure of The Young Turks, who has been silent about TYT's union-busting, which is the perfect way to lose Hank's vo...

The despair era continues as blood, stress and fascism rapidly accumulate in our land of horrors. On the personal side, Hank's out of work from his arms giving out and is on a journey into the worker's comp system. Don't worry; he bought a plant and might go cottagecore.   Recorded 05.25.22   🠊🠊🠊 READ, WATCH, LISTEN & LEARN 🠈🠈🠈   ▼▼▼ FOLLOW! SUPPORT! ▼▼▼ Winners and Losers on YouTu...

Electricity prompts a deep dive into the fundamentals and Joe Biden loves civil asset forfeiture almost as much as Mitch McConnell.   Recorded 02.08.22   🠊🠊🠊 READ, WATCH, LISTEN & LEARN 🠈🠈🠈 Joe Biden: Father Of The Drug War's Asset Forfeiture Program – OpEd: https://www.eurasiareview.com/07032020-joe-biden-father-of-the-drug-wars-asset-forfeiture-program-oped/ New Report Finds Civil Forfei...

Hank gets health insurance and remembers a special eyebrow hair. Thoughts ensue.   Recorded 02.01.22   🠊🠊🠊 READ, WATCH, LISTEN & LEARN 🠈🠈🠈   ▼▼▼ FOLLOW! SUPPORT! ▼▼▼ Winners and Losers on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL_GZ_DNs0g-DKlBtLhcHNw Patreon: Patreon.com /WinnersAndLosers Instagram: InstaHankThompson, BumRushIndustries TikTok: @WikLok, @BumRushIndustries, @ShelfLifeAquarium...

A haunted shoe disturbs less than Jimmy Fallon's ape. Impoverished parenting hurts baby brains, a study shows, prompting a dive into the foundation of Hank's lefty politics —preventing childhood trauma and the horror of a world that has no interest in stopping it.   Recorded 01.25.22   🠊🠊🠊 READ, WATCH, LISTEN & LEARN 🠈🠈🠈 Line Goes Up – The Problem With NFTs on Folding Ideas: https://yo...

Making friends on a hill and a massive volcanic eruption gives Hank some thoughts about the absurdity of humans toiling away on a dying planet.   Recorded 01.16.2022   🠊🠊🠊 READ, WATCH, LISTEN & LEARN 🠈🠈🠈 Scientific American — Get Ready for More Volcanic Eruptions as the Planet Warms: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/get-ready-for-more-volcanic-eruptions-as-the-planet-warms/   ▼▼▼ FOL...

Skip to 24:00 to bypass the opening ramble.   Video version: https://youtu.be/TesMZ6KNtYI   As a former employee of TYT who was part of the union-organizing effort, I was dismayed when the company answered the union with aggressive union-busting tactics, first by rejecting card check, then using nearly every tactic in the union-busting playbook; but especially when they spread a deliberate lie tha...

Danielle Puterbaugh of the Puterbaugh Sisters joins me. We talk pandemic survival during dating, our shared Chicago history and her hilarious and brilliant show on YouTube Kitchen Women. Plus a lot more fun.   Recorded 05.04.2021   🠊🠊🠊 READ, WATCH, LISTEN & LEARN 🠈🠈🠈 Kitchen Women - Subscribe & Watch: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnIbkl076U4eJAN19lTlBPA Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dpu...

Walmart kills walmart workers with terrible paid sick leave, a famous boat sinks, Belgium melts guns and glorious litter on Mars and elsewhere.   Recorded 05.01.2021   🠊🠊🠊 READ, WATCH, LISTEN & LEARN 🠈🠈🠈 Walmart Paid Sick Leave: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/apr/28/walmart-coronavirus-covid-19-deaths-paid-sick-leave John Wayne's First Yacht: https://www.soundingsonline.com/news...