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Whoever Cheats Hardest Wins with Rick Wilson

With Friends Like These - December 13, 2019 08:01 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 6.3K ratings
This week Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) joins Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) to talk about how we’ve got political nuclear winter, just in time for Christmas. The Impeachment process has not gone… the best. That we can all agree on. Rick and Ana dive into why, and why you should perhaps not cut dea...

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Rick Wilson Halloween Spooktacular (feat. Rick Wilson)

With Friends Like These - November 01, 2019 07:01 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 6.3K ratings
Fan favorite Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) returns to give Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) the Never Trumper view on culture wars, judicial festishization, and the all-important business of impeachment. Plus: a wacky game about pathological lying! Please consider checking out Rick’s new book Running...

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Hot Bananapants Summer with Rick Wilson

With Friends Like These - September 06, 2019 07:01 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 6.3K ratings
Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) joins Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) to discuss current events and politics at large. After a game to test Ricks’s knowledge of the Trump administrations many, many attempts at spin, the two dive into a discussion regarding the future of the Republican Party. With an in...

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Mussolini's Valet with Rick Wilson

With Friends Like These - July 12, 2019 07:01 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 6.3K ratings
Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) and Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) meet for their monthly airing of grievances. Rick and Ana discuss how America is quickly becoming dismissed on the world stage, why a White House social media summit is the pinnacle of dum-dum behavior, how fetishization of normalizat...

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Polar Oppositions (feat. Rick Wilson and Jordan Klepper).

With Friends Like These - May 17, 2019 07:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6.3K ratings
Y’all ever create a constitutional crisis to own the libs? This week, Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) joins Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) to talk Ana down after another week of neverending bad news. They discuss light topics such as the recent pro-forced birth laws in Alabama and Georgia, the need f...

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An Iceberg of Sh*t: Rick Wilson on the Mueller Report

With Friends Like These - April 19, 2019 07:01 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 6.3K ratings
CW: Sexual Assault Got Mueller Madness? Join Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) and Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) as they get up from a fetal position and debrief the Mueller Report. They begin with a quick review of the day from the perspective of the White House and various media outlets. Afterwards...

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Bonkerpalooza! With Rick Wilson

With Friends Like These - January 25, 2019 08:05 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 6.3K ratings
This week Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) joined Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) to talk about the government shutdown, and the newest implications of the Trump presidency. They covered how Trump’s decisions have affected everyone from Congress to the average American citizen. Afterwards, they talked a...

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“Maximum Man-Baby Mode: Rick Wilson on What the 2018 Midterms Mean for Trump”

With Friends Like These - November 16, 2018 08:01 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 6.3K ratings
This week Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) sat down with Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) to talk about the 2018 Midterms. They began with a broader analysis of the Blue Wave that narrowed down into a discussion about Florida, Georgia, and voter suppression. They moved onto what they struggled with in t...

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“Far Too Normal: An Update on the Kavanaugh Confirmation with Rick Wilson”

With Friends Like These - September 28, 2018 07:01 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 6.3K ratings
TW: Sexual Assault If you’re not in a place where it’s ok to think about sexual assault, come back when you are! And if you have ever experienced sexual violence, you are not alone. If you’re ready to talk to someone about it, call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 800-656-HOPE or contact ...

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“Almost Bravery w/ Rick Wilson”

With Friends Like These - August 10, 2018 07:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6.3K ratings
This week, the one and only Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) stopped by to talk with Ana (@anamariecox) about his new book, Everything Trump Touches Dies. Ana kicked things off by asking Rick about things he regrets from his past as a political consultant. That led to a conversation about the reacti...

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“Spiteful and Shortsighted” with Rick Wilson

With Friends Like These - July 13, 2018 07:01 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 6.3K ratings
This week, Ana (@anamariecox) sat down for her regular check in with WFLT’s favorite Never Trumper Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson). They talked about what Rick expects from President Trump’s upcoming summit with Vladimir Putin, and why the international order upheld by NATO is so important. Rick th...

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"Rick Wilson Is Giving Up on Corporate Christians"

With Friends Like These - June 08, 2018 07:01 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 6.3K ratings
This week, Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) stopped by for his monthly check-in with Ana (@anamariecox). They began their conversation by talking about how to cope with the constant distraction posed by Donald Trump’s Twitter account and stay focused on the real issues. Afterwards, they dove into Ri...

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Rick Wilson Says Don’t Campaign on Impeachment

With Friends Like These - May 04, 2018 07:01 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 6.3K ratings
This week, WFLT’s favorite Never Trumper joined the show for his first check in since February. Over the course of a wide-ranging conversation, he and Ana dove into the way that attitudes regarding the FBI and the rule of law have undergone a remarkable transformation in the age of Trump. They a...

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“A Party of Men and Mobs” with Rick Wilson

With Friends Like These - February 02, 2018 08:01 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 6.3K ratings
It’s that time again: Ana’s monthly check-in with WFLT’s favorite Never Trumper Rick Wilson (@RickWilson). [2:58] Find out what three-years-ago Rick would have been most surprised by about Trump’s first year, plus hear his thoughts on the future of a Republican Party he says is paralyzed by fear...

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“Two Rats In a Sack” w/ Rick Wilson and Scaachi Koul

With Friends Like These - January 05, 2018 08:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6.3K ratings
We kick off 2018 with our monthly Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) check in. [00:57] On the agenda: what we *should* be paying attention to in all this Bannon-Trump drama — like, say, nuclear war. And, we find out how the Never Trump movement is doing. Then, we talk with BuzzFeed writer and author ...

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“Karma Is A Magnificent B*tch” w/ Diana Butler Bass and Rick Wilson

With Friends Like These - December 08, 2017 08:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6.3K ratings
First, [3:17] author and theologian Diana Butler Bass (@dianabutlerbass) drops by to give us an explainer on the really long theological history behind Trump’s decision to proclaim Jerusalem the capital of Israel, and how that decision appeals specifically to members of his conservative evangeli...

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“A Novel and Disturbing Place” w/ Sam Sinyangwe and Rick Wilson

With Friends Like These - October 06, 2017 07:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6.3K ratings
First, [4:10] Sam Sinyangwe (@samswey) joins us to talk about how media coverage of the Las Vegas massacre largely ignored America’s long history of mass shootings, including the deadliest mass shooting ever, perpetrated by white supremacists. You can read Sam’s tweets about the topic here: http...

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“A President Who Makes Us Less Safe” with Greg Howard and Rick Wilson

With Friends Like These - July 28, 2017 07:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6.3K ratings
After an intro in which I acknowledge the numerous categories of people who have *some idea* of what it’s like to live with an oppressor in the White House, I am joined by New York Times Magazine writer Greg Howard (@greghoward88) to discuss the aftermath of his essay about white women ignoring ...