Abe Lincoln's Top Hat
643 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3.4K ratingsPolitics! 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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Episode 745: Round Here and Over Yonder w/ Trae Crowder
September 22, 2023 19:00 - 52 minutes - 48 MBThis 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.
Episode 744: My Lumpy Pillow w/ Seena Ghaznavi
September 16, 2023 05:30 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBThe 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".
Episode 743: Music & Politics
September 09, 2023 23:12 - 48 minutes - 44 MBOn 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!
Episode 742: 22 Years
September 07, 2023 21:58 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MBThis 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!
Episode 741: Raiding the Newsroom w/ Sherman Smith
September 02, 2023 23:40 - 33 minutes - 30.2 MBThe 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.
Episode 740: Ranked Choice Politics w/ Sal Albanese
August 29, 2023 19:09 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBThis 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...
Episode 739: Saving Democracy w/ David Pepper
August 24, 2023 17:52 - 43 minutes - 39.4 MBThis week The Top Hat boys are joined by returning guest and author of the brand new book "Saving Democracy: A User's Manual for Every American" - David Pepper, to discuss the new book and how manipulation of the democratic process is affecting politics all across the country.
Episode 738: Breaking Their Own Rules
August 20, 2023 00:38 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBThe Top Hat boys are here to brighten up your weekend with this week's news in politics featuring a song from an unlikely candidate turning heads in the Republican Party, Vivek Ramaswamy 'loses himself' in front of the Iowa State Fair, an unjustified raid on a small town Kansas Newspaper leaves elderly co-owner dead, an Update on who's going down with Trump, and much, much more.
Episode 737: The Tip of the Spear
August 12, 2023 21:05 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBOn this episode of Top Hat! Ben, Fernando, and Travis discuss Joe Exotic's surprisingly focused game plan for his 2024 presidential run (from prison), DeSantis nearly turns into a pumpkin, Republic Nominees hit the Iowa State Fair, Gavin Newsom and DeSantis decide to have surprise debate, Utah Man Gunned Down By FBI after threatening President Biden, and MORE!
Episode 736: Old People Problems
August 10, 2023 18:05 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBThis week on Top Hat: Mitch McConnell gets heckled by his own constituents, Feinstein takes a spill, Ron DeSantis fires his campaign manager, an update on the Presidential Candidates (and the billionaires behind them), Donald Trump facing possibly another "dozen" indictments, Sherrod Brown calls on Joe Biden to use FIMA to help East Palestine, Ohio, and MORE!
Episode 735: Trying Too Hard
August 06, 2023 00:41 - 49 minutes - 44.9 MBThis week on Top Hat! The ironic story of 'Sound of Freedom' Funder Fabian Marta getting Arrested For Child Kidnapping, Robert Bigelow cutting off DeSantis' funding, DeSantis continues to struggle to be a human being, Mike Pence being "too honest", Chris Christie visits the Ukraine, Trump Indicted again (for a third time!), and much much more...
Episode 734: A Moment of Madness
July 31, 2023 07:28 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBOn this episode of Top Hat, MTG's library of Hunter Biden nudes possibly gets leaked to children, and a series of stories that prove that European politics are just as off the rails as the United States.
Episode 733: A Tale of Two Senators
July 27, 2023 05:29 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBThis week on Top Hat! NBC-Universal fined $250 for unlawfully trimming trees above Protesters, Major backlash continues in Texas as Governor votes to pass law that eliminates mandatory water breaks, Francis Suarez's fishy campaign involving 500k from an "Online Flower Shop", Mitch McConnell raises concerns as he freezes mid sentence during News Conference, Mitt Romney proudly declares his love of Hot Dogs, and much, much more!
Episode 732: Technical Difficulties
July 21, 2023 19:56 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MBBen, Travis, and Fernando round out your week with a slew of Political stories including MTG revealing Hunter Biden's nudes to congress - declares violation of The Man Act, Primary potential Glenn Youngkin meets up with “his millionaire” Wilbur Ross in the Hamptons, Racist Newbern Alabama town officials restrict newly elected black mayor from entering Town Hall, Biden leads the way heading into 2024 as the Republicans become more and more divided, Trump's plans to overhaul the government (if...
Episode 731: MVP
July 20, 2023 18:42 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBBen and the Top Hat Boys are back with this week's news in politics - bringing you updates on the SAG/AFTRA strike as Universal Studios exec's trim down trees that were providing shade for protesters amidst heat wave, Texas Governor signs bill to restrict water breaks despite scorching temperatures, the new border buoys designed to drown illegal migrants, MTG gets the MVP treatment on new rap song just after unintentionally promoting Joe Biden, and so much more!
Episode 730: We Are Labor
July 15, 2023 05:14 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBIt's time for your weekend dose of Top Hat as the boys break down the rest of this week's news including Ron DeSantis possibly losing his Millionaire Mega-Donor, the current donor earnings for other Candidates, Fran Drescher, the SAG-AFTRA Strike, and MORE!
Episode 729: Farts and Crafts
July 14, 2023 04:10 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBThis week on Top Hat! Cocaine-Gate comes to a close as the Secret Security gives up on their search for the owner of the mysterious Cocaine found in The White House, Robert F. Kennedy gets fart heckled, Mike Lindell's pillow empire crumbling as he's forced to auction off company equipment amidst "cancellation", DeSantis's numbers not looking good, and much, much more!
Episode 728: Losing Faith
July 08, 2023 17:48 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MBOn this delicious second helping of Top Hat, California police sharing license plate data with Anti-abortion states, a drone will be the first responder if you call for emergency services in Santa Monica, MTG told to go kick rocks by the House Freedom Caucus, Rudy Giuliani to be disbarred...again, low faith across all institutions of the USA, cluster munitions in eastern Europe, and maternal mortality rates are taking us back to the colonial days.
Episode 727: Who Dropped the Coke?
July 06, 2023 18:10 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBOn this episode of Top Hat! Ben, Travis, and Fernando speculate who could have left their cocaine at the white house, 30% of American don't believe in free school lunch, Pornhub blocks access from Virginia, Brian Kemp of GA wondering if maybe he can run for President, Ramaswamy and DeSantis continue their campaign trail, and SCOTUS makes a ruling on towards "fair" admissions by eliminating affirmative action in enrollment but leaving Legacy enrollment untouched.
Episode 726: One Billionth of a Snowball
June 29, 2023 14:33 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MBThis week on Top Hat! Desantis puts on one man show while lagging behind Don in polls, Joe Biden goes from Corn Pop to CPAP, North Carolina House speaker installs spy cameras to intimidate mistress’s husband, Ken Paxton's wife recused from voting on his impeachment, Gov. Abbot vetos bill supporting mail-in voting for the disabled, Republicans fighting to cut school lunch programs to deter "fraud", and much, much more.
Episode 725: Big Bucks for Big Busts
June 24, 2023 06:43 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBOn this episode of Top Hat, Kevin McCarthy explores the possibility of expunging Trump's impeachments, North Carolina Lt Gov. endorses Trump for President while the Speaker of the House is courting divorcees, Chris Christie booed for speaking out against the Don, Eric Adams sends immigrants far and wide, DeSantis defends Supreme Court corruption, and the Supreme Courts says water rights don't come with the property.
Episode 724: Talkin' Balls
June 22, 2023 19:08 - 50 minutes - 46 MBOn this episode of Top Hat, Kari Lake and Donald Trump's romance blooms while Boebert and MTG's love for each other fades, Williamson loses another major member of her staff, Traveling from GA to FL with an illegal gets risky, Ohio prison bans books on computer programing and self-improvement (keeps Mein Kampf), American families struggling to earn enough money to survive, and much MORE!.
Episode 723: Friends in Low Places
June 15, 2023 17:38 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBOn this episode of Top Hat! A Hispano enters the GOP presidential race, Fox News calls Biden a "wannabe dictator", Trump raises 6 million dollars hours after his arraignment, Dan Crenshaw pop's out his eye in protest, Matt Gaetz under scrutiny by the House Ethics Committee, and Chris Gains (Garth Brooks) brings Bud Light back to Nashville.
Episode 722: They All Fall Together
June 10, 2023 16:26 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBOn this episode of Top Hat! Social Conservatism on the rise in the US, a surprise Supreme Court ruling accommodates black voters in Alabama with representation (while 12.38 million black and latino voters are missing or erased from national databases), MTG "does not recall" the Glass-Steagall Act, Boebert sued for libel, Donald Trump going down (again!) and taking his valet with him, and MORE!
Episode 721: That's My Millionaire
June 08, 2023 19:25 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBOn this episode of Top Hat, RFK Jr gets his billionaire founder, Cornel West staying until the end, North Dakota governor announces his bid for president, Norfolk Southern wants to be exempt from lawsuits while the Sachler family actually get their wish, Justice Jackson versus Justice Thomas on filing disclosures, Michigan deciding if police drones require warrants, anti-LGBTQ bills on the rise, the latest chairman of CNN is out, and more!
Episode 720: The Sandbag
June 03, 2023 05:56 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBTime for another bite of Top Hat Pudding as Big Corn Pop takes another tumble, NYC preps for an influx of migrants, Clarence Thomas fights to bring back child labor, Jacksonville elects a Democrat female Mayor, DeSantis just can't get it right when it comes to public speaking, Republicans say nay to book bans, Chinese spies in an Alaska base while our C.I.A. administration makes a secret trip to their mainland, and MORE!
Episode 720: Hit The Floor
June 03, 2023 05:56 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBTime for another bite of Top Hat Pudding as Big Corn Pop takes another tumble, NYC preps for an influx of migrants, Clarence Thomas fights to bring back child labor, Jacksonville elects a Democrat female Mayor, DeSantis just can't get it right when it comes to public speaking, Republicans say nay to book bans, Chinese spies in an Alaska base while our C.I.A. administration makes a secret trip to their mainland, and MORE!
Episode 719: Targeting Target
June 01, 2023 23:09 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBThe Top Hat boys have plenty to discuss this week as the Texas AG faces the music after 10 years of corruption, musician Forgiato Blow brings an anthem to the "Anti-Woke" culture war with his track "Boycott Target", Chick-fil-a goes woke with a new diversity hire, Lauren Boebert's son's 911 domestic violence call, and more presidential challengers announce their campaign intentions for the upcoming election, and much much more!
Episode 718: The Debt Debacle
May 26, 2023 16:00 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MBOn this episode of Top Hat, the boys react to a drunk House Speaker in Texas, MTG pays $100K for McCarthy's chapstick, Montana bans Drag Story Hour, Texas replacing counselors with untrained clergymen, and DeSantis's twitter debut turns into a technical difficulty flop.
Episode 717: A Tuna Christmas
May 23, 2023 05:54 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBIt's Top Hat Tuesday! This week: Senator Feinstein says she has been working "non-stop" this whole time, MTG's husband Brian Glenn CAUGHT "performing" in drag, Tim Scott gets a sugar daddy from Oracle, Joe Biden vs. RFK Jr, DeSantis vs. Librarians (& Disney), and North Carolina pulls the ole' "bait-and-switch" on abortion rights.
Episode 716: Strange World
May 19, 2023 06:55 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBOn this second helping of Top Hat: DeSantis candidates don't prevail in Florida but the "anti-woke" war continues with a teacher under attack for showing a Disney movie, US Sen. Collins getting illegal donations from Hawaii defense contractors, Lauren Boebert's heartbreaking divorce, break-in at NSA Jake Sullivan's home, Rudy Giuliani accused of rape and selling presidential pardons, and South Carolina Supreme Court may make gerrymandering almost impossible to stop in their state.
Episode 715: Whites Gone Wild
May 16, 2023 16:27 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBOn this episode of Top Hat: No mass invasion on the border after all, Patriot Front heckled by Joe Flood at the US Capitol, two Democratic staffers attacked with a bat, DeSantis defunding "woke" college programs, and CNN giving Trump more airtime.
Episode 714: Salem 2.0
May 11, 2023 19:16 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MBOn this episode of Top Hat - George Santos finally faces some consequences for his actions, Vivek Ramaswamy wants to raise the minimum voting age, Brian Kemp says he's not running for president (but he is still fundraising for it), Milo Yiannopoulous is back in good graces with Kanye West as Nick Fuentes exits campaign, a conversation on hispanic white nationalists, Proud Boy convictions, and a Vermont Republican Governor doing the right thing protecting trans kids and abortion in their stat...
Episode 713: No Matter How You McSlice It
May 06, 2023 16:31 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBIt's Top Hat Time! This week in the news... Biden gets a quesadilla and a churro to celebrate Cinco De Mayo, we praise Colorado for giving farmers their "Right To Repair", McDonald's in Kentucky will let your 10 year old work for free, Neo-Nazis target an event in Ohio, expansion on Don't Say Gay in Florida while DeSantis makes further moves to take Disney's powers, and even more Supreme Court justices spouse's and family receiving payments from rightwing activist have been discovered.
Episode 712: A Dark Situation
May 04, 2023 17:31 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBOn this episode of Top Hat, Pornhub pulls out as Face ID becomes the requirement in Utah, Ex-NSA chief gets 700k from Saudi Arabia, a new foe appears in the Republican Presidential Race: Larry Elder, a woman charged for assaulting Matt Gaetz with a wine glass, Tommy Tuberville stalls military promotions in protest of abortion laws, and American's say the media is why we all can't get along.
Episode 711: Pedophiles, Groomers, and Hypocrites
April 27, 2023 07:00 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBIt's time for the Spring Break Edition of Top Hat! On the heels of Marjorie Taylor Green claiming all Democrats are pedophile groomers, we highlight the many pedophile groomer hypocrites who have had the honor of serving in this nation's prestigious political offices.
Episode 710: The Hate Tax
April 23, 2023 14:10 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBOn this episode of Top Hat, breaking news on Mifepristone, Joe Biden to finally announce his 2024 campaign intentions, Mike Lindell has to pay up 5 millions dollars, fallout of the Fox News Dominion defamation lawsuit, the problems with Pornhub, and we ponder the question, why is the US so interested in Taiwan?
Episode 709: Potatoes and Politics
April 20, 2023 16:39 - 44 minutes - 41.2 MBTop Hat returns! This week Ben, Fernando, and Travis are discussing the unfortunate suicide of Kent Stermon and what it means to the DeSantis campaign, while Florida fast-tracks abortion bans and death penalties, Katie Porter allegedly abusing her husband with scalding hot potatoes, Tim Scott does not impress on Fox News, McConnell says Democrats are focusing too much on Clarence Thomas, and Oklahoma racists caught on tape.
Episode 708: The Illusion of Choice
April 16, 2023 06:59 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBOn this episode of ALTH, Ohio AG Yost sues a Palestine OH scammer who stole thousands from victims, Mike Moon is anti-trans kids but pro child marriage, Bud Light issues a public statement on Dylan Mulvayne, Kanye wants to be left alone, Mike Pence boo'ed at the NRA, Abbot attempting to pardon a convicted murderer, Lauren Boebert's son is just as bad as him mama, Gov. Sanders needs your loyalty before she will hire you, and NYC brings out the robot dogs!
Episode 707: Missing the Point
April 13, 2023 18:25 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBBen, Travis, and Fernando bring you this week's news in politics starting in Tennessee with the reinstatement of two ousted Democrats, Anti-Trans Bills, and changes to Gun Legislation - Then we head to Ohio for an update on the most recent incident relating to the train derailment - and Finally, we dive deep into the Republican attack on the previously FDA approved mifepristone, what different politicians are saying, and where one Texas Representative gets it completely wrong...
Episode 706: Good Trouble
April 08, 2023 15:51 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MBOn this episode The Top Hat Boys dive deep into the expulsion of Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, the comments from Gloria Johnson on why she likely was not expelled, along with a timeline of this week's events in Tennessee State House. Also, Scott Walker completely misses the point of why the youth vote the way they do, a North Carolina democrat turns to the GOP, Justice Clarence Thomas accepting millions of dollars worth of "gifts from friends", and more!
Episode 705: Escape from Rikers
April 06, 2023 10:37 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBThe Top Hat boys are all back in the studio to break down this week's news including The Kennedy's making a bid to return to the White house with Robert Kennedy filing paperwork to run as a Democrat, Tennessee lawmakers lose committee assignment and are facing expulsion over a gun protest, a member of the Central Park Five takes out a full page ad on Trump indictment while Trump campaign raises 7 million dollars for re-elections, all this and more!
Episode 704: The Indication
April 01, 2023 17:49 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MBOn this episode of Top Hat we breakdown all of the stories behind the Trump indictment and what this could mean for the former President. Will he end up inside a jail cell inside Riker's island? will this will help or hurt his 2024 campaign? And what effect this could have on CNN slump ratings?
Episode 703: TikTok Takeover
March 31, 2023 14:28 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBOn this episode of ALTH: MTG gets flagged over "Trans Day of Vengeance" tweet, Trump on the trail in Waco (while DeSantis trails behind him in the polls), pro-gun activists politicizing the trans shooter in Nashville, politicians still struggling to understand even the most basic features of TikTok, and MORE!
Episode 702: Weaponizing Justice w/ Drew Morgan
March 23, 2023 21:28 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBOn this episode we are joined by Drew Morgan to talk about his work as a Public Defender in FL and TN, his experience with corruption in criminal justice, and Drew's new comedy special "To My Future Kids, I'm Sorry" !
Episode 701: What is Woke?
March 22, 2023 01:25 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBThis week The Top Hat Boys speculate on Trump foretelling his arrest, Idaho bringing back the firing squad because they can't find lethal injections, Sarah Huckabee letting 14 year olds work overnight shifts at meat packing plants, an update on Chemical Spill in Ohio, an author fails to define the subject of her book on "Woke-ness", proud boys on the offensive in New York, DeSantis being weird, and MORE!
Episode 700: Grieving and Grifting
March 18, 2023 15:20 - 37 minutes - 34.8 MBOn this episode of the 700 club, a TN rep grifts $24K using his deceased infant son, Marianne Williamson isn't always about good vibes, Ron DeSantis fingering tapioca on a private plane, Canadians fight for God given right to flip the bird, Russia gasses down a US drone, and MORE!
Episode 699: The Rod and The Reed
March 16, 2023 18:00 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBThe Top Hat boys are back, this week to discuss Joe Exotic's 2024 Presidential Run Announcement, Florida House Bill 999, Oklahoma pushing for corporal punishment of disabled kids in public schools, Elon Musk's big Tesla sale, Corporate Oil drama, the Willow Project, and more!
Episode 698: Louder Than Words
March 10, 2023 18:04 - 50 minutes - 46 MBOn your second helping of Top Hat this week: Norfolk Southern's CEO has a hard time pretending to care, a Tennessee Lt Gov cant get enough of a steamy twink's instagram posts, Travis gets poetic justice as former Ohio Speaker of the House and Republican Party chair are both convicted in a massive bribery scheme, young Tucker Carlson sealing his own fate, robot dogs in LA and more!
Episode 697: I Am Your Justice
March 09, 2023 16:47 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBThe Top Hat boys are back with this week's news in politics as we get more footage from the sparsely attended CPAC, Trump goes full Batman, and the Matt Schlapp accuser's identity is revealed, Ron DeSantis backs down after negative feedback on a Blogger Registration Bill, American's don't necessarily hate the word "woke", Ben Crump wants to bring racism back, and we learn how AI is coming for all our computer jobs.