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Politics! We know you love them just as much as we do. Join Ben Kissel, Travis Irvine, and Fernando Perez Leon each week as they discuss what's going on in politics and the world of social issues.

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    • Society & Culture
    • 4.7 • 3.4K Ratings

Politics! We know you love them just as much as we do. Join Ben Kissel, Travis Irvine, and Fernando Perez Leon each week as they discuss what's going on in politics and the world of social issues.

    Episode 745: Round Here and Over Yonder w/ Trae Crowder

    Episode 745: Round Here and Over Yonder w/ Trae Crowder

    This week Trae Crowder joins Travis & Fernando to discuss his new book Round Here and Over Yonder and how going viral took him on an adventure across the world.

    • 52 min
    Episode 744: My Lumpy Pillow w/ Seena Ghaznavi

    Episode 744: My Lumpy Pillow w/ Seena Ghaznavi

    The Top Hat boys are joined by Seena Ghaznavi for a breakdown of the Mike Lindell lumpy pillow freakout, Lauren Boebert getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice performance, House GOP moving to impeach Biden after a meeting with Trump, GOP Impeachment Trial of Paxton in Texas, New Mexico banning guns as a public health order, and GOP in talks about changing the term away from "Pro Life".

    • 1 hr 5 min
    Episode 743: Music & Politics

    Episode 743: Music & Politics

    On this episode the Top Hat boys dissect the 2024 Republican Candidate's playlists, Elon Musk cutting the internet to Ukraine mid-invasion retaliation, lawsuits arise to keep Trump off the presidential ballot in certain states, Niki Haley taking the lead post-debate, and more!

    • 48 min
    Episode 742: 22 Years

    Episode 742: 22 Years

    This week on Top Hat! Eminem says no to Rammaswamy, Enrique Tario not so proud anymore after getting sentenced to 22 years, the debate over the debate, and much, much more!

    • 44 min
    Episode 741: Raiding the Newsroom w/ Sherman Smith

    Episode 741: Raiding the Newsroom w/ Sherman Smith

    The Top Hat crew sits down with editor-in-chief of the Kansas Reflector, Sherman Smith, to break down the still developing story of what happened in Marion County last week where Police staged a "Gestapo-style" raid on The Marion County Record, seizing computers, records, cellphones, and contributing to the death of the newspaper's 98-year-old co-owner.

    • 33 min
    Episode 740: Ranked Choice Politics w/ Sal Albanese

    Episode 740: Ranked Choice Politics w/ Sal Albanese

    This week Ben, Travis, and Fernando sit down with former NYC Council Member and New York City Politician, Sal Albanese, to discuss the power of Ranked Choice Voting, the final five, running for office in NYC, and much, much more...

    • 33 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
3.4K Ratings

3.4K Ratings

Minersechs ,

I miss this show so much

This was one of the few non NPR politics shows I could listen to. I hope they can make things right with Ben.

projectgirl ,

A fantastic podcast

If this were the ONLY polical media an absorber of news tuned into, I could posit an argument that this would be enough to keep one posted on the importance bullet points as we ride every nutso bananas news cycle.
Thank you, Ben, Travis, and Fernando for making me laugh and cry at the same time.
The Susan Collin’s imitations are evergreen.
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

YUsucksobad ,

Better title: “Ben Kissel never mattered”

Ben….sweet, soft, simple Ben. You were handed a gift by Henry in the form of a career and/or audience, but as is the case with most grown men who pay their bills via the largesse of better men, you blew it. Your mopey life story as presented is a laughable fabrication. Even now you blame a “traumatic childhood” for your inability to function as a grown man, but being a maleable simpleton with zero initiative or self-control was almost certainly the cause of your perceived trauma…not the result of it. This inane show is a glaring example of what happens when you let a grown child have a platform they didn’t earn.
I defy you to find a person less knowledgeable about the subject matter and/or basic concepts relating to their own show’s subject matter. Ben Kissel has as much business hosting a politically-themed podcast as he does a podcast on quantum physics, but I assume Henry just wanted to give him an outlet beyond pout-drinking to dull sadness over his myriad shortcomings. Ben’s lack of basic understanding of rudimentary political and economic concepts is superseded only by his lack of basic historical knowledge and/or grasp of the English language. If Ben misusing a word was a drinking game, I guarantee you we’d see a nationwide spike in alcohol-related deaths. His awe-inspiring stupidity served a purpose on LPOTL (I suppose), but on a podcast about real topics it’s agonizing. No wonder his father is so embarrassed by him.
Ben….it was all your fault. When you find yourself at the bottom of the next bottle wondering how it all went wrong, the answer is you. You’re straight out of central casting if the character being portrayed isn’t actually integral to the story. You don’t matter, Ben….you never did. Try not to beat any women in the parking lot on your way to the unemployment line. Sell some plasma for me, hero.

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