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This episode is releasing a little late unfortunately but that's ok because Jeb and Tim are largely talking about the timeless topic of how the 24 hour news cycle is turning our brains to mush. We explore a delayed conversation on Trump's Senat
There's one big news story this week and it's Reddit's troll war against Wall Street. Jeb and Tim chew over the finer points of a politically utopian vision of what this may mean (Occupy 2.0, anyone?) before moving onto discussing the Democrats
We're back. American Political journalist/writer Jeb Lund and New Zealand comedian Tim Batt have returned after taking an entire Presidential term off to assess the damage and share what they've been up to in the intervening period. In this epi
This week Jeb and Tim chat about the first out loud moves from the Mueller investigation; the indictment of one-time Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and his collague Rick Gates, plus the guilty plea of 30 year old campaign staffer George P
US political journalist Jeb Lund and kiwi comedian Tim Batt chat discuss the bungled operation in Niger leading to the deaths of four special forces soldiers and Trump's bungled condolence call to one of the widows. Also this week; Betsy DeVos
Hollywood's dark underbelly has been exposed and Jeb and Tim discuss whether the Weinstein fiasco will lead to even more public airing of abuses by powerful men or stop dead at the ruined film executive. Trump's military moral authority is ques
The horrific mass murder in Las Vegas won't change a dang thing about America's gun laws. President Trump is leading the way to no legislative victories in spite of the GOP's command of the White House, House of Representatives and Senate while
Jeb Lund and Tim Batt ATTEMPT to wrap their head around the Russian probe and the who currently has a lawyer. Apparently, at this stage, everyone. Meanwhile, the GOP are trying to cook up some policy by Papa Prez ain't helping when he calls the
Jeb and Tim discuss whether or not President Trump understands how NATO works and the wider question of whether Trump is a true idiot or acting an idiot for the benefit of the voting base. Also, climate change gets a limp wrist, France gets a t
This episode Jeb and Tim discuss the latest in the Trump Russia saga, including the announcement of a Special Counsel investigation headed by former FBI Director Robert Mueller. His appointment by Assistant Attorney General Rod Rosenstein (afte
FBI Director James Comey has been fired by US President Donald Trump following the advice of Attorney General Jeff Sessions AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RUSSIA! It's all about Hillary Clinton's emails, obviously. Tim struggles to say his own n
While Tim's work takes him far afield, Jeb calls in air support from Megan Carpentier, former op-ed editor for The Guardian's US bureau and Jeb's former boss. Together they look over how Trump sabotaged his First 100 Days, how people (and not t
Jeb and Tim file separate reports from around the world. This episode, Jeb is counting the ways in which this new administration continues to embarrass themselves and it is NOT A LOW NUMBER. Meanwhile Tim muses on impeachment possibilities off
Trump's tax returns have been revealed! Not really but we do have a two page summary of his 2005 return to pour over thanks to Rachel Maddow while Jeb's on (possibly Obama subsidised) painkillers and Tim's trying to dig into Trumpcare. Our Amer
In an episode that barely makes sense, Tim - the NZ comedian who's supposed to be asking Jeb how American politics work, lays out what's been happening with the new Republican health care bill, AHCA and attempts to answer exactly what the hell
Trump has delivered his address to the Joint Session of Congress and according to Jeb, it's a bit of a nothing. Meanwhile, Sessions and the clan are trying to make us think that the Russia ties are nothing too but it turns out the public pressu
Recorded on Feb 16 2017Jeb Lund grabs the wheel without a co-pilot this week to discuss the sh!t sandwich that is the current situation with recently booted National Secruity Advisor Michael Lynn. Trump meanwhile tries to take the failing White
If Gen. Flynn is being thrown economics questions, then why should a Floridian political writer and kiwi comedian discuss the latest events of Emperor Trump's edicts? In this ep: botched Yemen attacks, a leader of the free world who needs one-s
Betsy DeVos is pulling back the 4th century Christian covers and reminding us all out loud that rich people buy political influence. Meanwhile, Steve Bannon is plotting some serious BS and we want to find out who exactly this guy is and how man
Trump's carnage-ridden inaugural address, one massive march and alternative facts! Time for Jeb and Tim to pick apart White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer's performance so far and question exactly why the newly minted President wants to scar
Jeb and Tim are back for 2017. In this edition: The final big Obama speech, the first Trump press conference since the election and that Russia #GoldenShowers story... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The election is over. President-elect Donald Trump has been chosen by the Electoral College to lead America for the next four years. Tim and Jeb and are surprised and unthrilled to learn this.In this episode we chat about the emotional impact o
It's 2am in Florida on Election Day. Jeb is up, Tim is also up but that's less impressive cause it's 8pm in New Zealand. The campaigns are officially out of time to win hearts and minds, and your favourite Polidicks chew over the remaining carc
A long overdue return to the swamp! Jeb's fired up! Tim's in Anaheim. And with less than a fortinght till the big date how about this for some October suprises: Trump's kids and vice presidential pick are human. The FBI Director may be unfit fo
You'll find audio quality issues (apologies your co-hosts are on the road and technology is a tricky thing), but Jeb and Tim find issues everywhere else too! The Podesta emails are too boring for Tim, Hillary's gun answer doesn't satisfy Jeb an
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