Abe Lincoln's Top Hat
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Episodes
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 164- A Conversation With Criminal Defense Attorney Jim Polk
May 11, 2015 00:19 - 59 minutes - 47.7 MBToday on Top Hat: criminal defense attorney and frequent Crime Report guest Jim Polk joins Marcus and Ben to talk about defending criminals in NYC, mandatory minimums, and some of the dumbest cases he's ever caught.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 163- The Power Of Messaging
May 11, 2015 00:16 - 32 minutes - 26.2 MBToday on Top Hat: Ben and Marcus discuss some of the more offensive political ads throughout the years. From race baiting to homosexual panic, these ads have it all.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 162- Great Flight Conspiracies Through The Ages
May 11, 2015 00:16 - 42 minutes - 34 MBToday on Top Hat: Ben and Marcus investigate great airline crash conspiracies of the past, including TWA 800 (which was definitely shot down by a missle) and American Airlines 587, the bafflingly underreported crash that dove straight into a Queens neighborhood almost two months to the day after 9/11.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 161- Ban Bossy With Molly Knefel
May 11, 2015 00:16 - 1 hour - 51.7 MBToday on Top Hat: fellow CCR broadcaster Molly Knefel joins Ben and Marcus to talk about why the recent Ban Bossy crusade doesn't make sense and what can be done in its stead that would help a helluva lot more.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 160- A Conversation with Eric Kelly - Part Two
May 11, 2015 00:15 - 24 minutes - 19.5 MBToday on Top Hat: our conversation with Eric Kelly continues as we talk about Ritchie Incognito, the proposed ban of the n-word in NFL locker rooms, and the fight that ended Eric's career.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 160- A Conversation With Eric KellyPart Two
May 11, 2015 00:15 - 24 minutes - 19.5 MBToday on Top Hat: our conversation with Eric Kelly continues as we talk about Ritchie Incognito, the proposed ban of the n-word in NFL locker rooms, and the fight that ended Eric's career.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 159- A Conversation With Eric KellyPart One
May 11, 2015 00:15 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBToday on Top Hat: boxer, trainer, and Wall Street brow-beater Eric Kelly (@erickelly) joins Marcus and Ben to talk about what its like to train America's most powerful men, his boxing career from the streets of Bed Stuy to Golden Gloves champ and the gentrification of his hometown.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 159- A Conversation with Eric Kelly - Part One
May 11, 2015 00:15 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBToday on Top Hat: boxer, trainer, and Wall Street brow-beater Eric Kelly (@erickelly) joins Marcus and Ben to talk about what its like to train America's most powerful men, his boxing career from the streets of Bed Stuy to Golden Gloves champ and the gentrification of his hometown.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 158- Mr. Liu
May 11, 2015 00:15 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBToday on Top Hat: political staffer Asher Novek comes in to talk about working John Liu's NYC mayoral campaign, his problems with Anthony Wiener, and the ins and outs of local NYC politics.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 157- The Worst Man In North Korea
May 11, 2015 00:15 - 33 minutes - 26.6 MBToday on Top Hat: Dennis Rodman manages to make Kim Jong-Un look bad, Putin finally gets some egg on his face, and the stray dogs of Sochi get a temporary reprieve.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 156- Pump Pump Pump
May 11, 2015 00:08 - 25 minutes - 20.2 MBToday on Top Hat: Ben and Marcus mourn the death of Phillip Seymour Hoffman and take a look into heroin use in America.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 153- King Of The Hill With Saman Arbabi
May 11, 2015 00:08 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBToday on Top Hat: Saman Arbabi joins us for discussion involving Iran's latest promises, the fall of Falujah, and a kid in Pakistan who foiled a suicide bombing attempt.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 155- The Act Of Killing
May 11, 2015 00:08 - 46 minutes - 37.3 MBToday on Top Hat: Ben and Marcus discuss the documentary The Act of Killing and Ben's recent cross-dressing victory in New Jersey.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 154- The Informant
May 11, 2015 00:07 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBToday on Top Hat: Ben and Marcus talk about the documentary The Informant and discuss the many instances of the FBI being the force behind attempted terrorist attacks.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 152- Livschultz Or Die
May 11, 2015 00:06 - 35 minutes - 28.8 MBThe Catholic hate doth flow on today's episode as Ed Larson joins us to talk about the new Pope among other things.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 151- A Conversation with Zach Heiden Of The ACLU
May 11, 2015 00:05 - 17 minutes - 14.4 MBToday on Top Hat: Ben has an interview with Zach Heiden of the ACLU about dumb laws in this country, how they came to be, and why they hurt America.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 151- An Interview With Zach Heiden Of The ACLU
May 11, 2015 00:05 - 17 minutes - 14.4 MBToday on Top Hat: Ben has an interview with Zach Heiden of the ACLU about dumb laws in this country, how they came to be, and why they hurt America.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 150- Modern Slavery With Ed Larson And Jermaine Fowler
May 11, 2015 00:05 - 47 minutes - 37.8 MBToday on Top Hat: Ed Larson and Jermaine Fowler join us to talk about the state of America's modern prison system, from the vast privatization and what that means for our economy to the horrors of solitary confinement.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 149- Literal Cake With Slade Sohmer
May 11, 2015 00:05 - 35 minutes - 33 MBToday on Top Hat: Slade Sohmer returns to talk about being in Wall Street during and after 9/11 and America's possible overreaction to Amazon's drones.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 148- Kim Jong Tommy Boy With Slade Sohmer
May 11, 2015 00:05 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBToday on Top Hat: Sirius Radio host Slade Sohmer joins us to talk about the execution of Kim Jong Un's uncle, Ben's undying devotion to the documentary Blackfish, and how to bring justice to the man who invented the Taco Bell Dorito Taco.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 147- Uncle Gunnysack With Jordan Temple
May 11, 2015 00:05 - 50 minutes - 40.9 MBToday on Top Hat: Jordan Temple joins us to talk about his fairly disturbing Haitian heritage, Nelson Mandela, and what the Amazon drones mean for America.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 146- Bjork Vs Buscemi With Ned Hepburn
May 11, 2015 00:05 - 57 minutes - 45.9 MBToday on Top Hat: author Ned Hepburn joins us once again to talk about the new information released concerning Adam Lanza, why protesting doesn't work in America
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 145- The Battle On Plumper Hill With Ned Hepburn
May 11, 2015 00:05 - 57 minutes - 45.8 MBToday on Top Hat: author Ned Hepburn joins us to talk about Alec Baldwin's response to being fired from MSNBC, Rob Ford's continuing escapades, and the America's myriad Black Friday casualties.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 144- Renata
May 11, 2015 00:00 - 29 minutes - 23.5 MBToday on Top Hat: Rob Ford, the gift that keeps on giving, continues his downward (or upward, depending on how you look at it) spiral with bizarre oral sex claims, an hilarious video of him threatening to kill someone, and the upcoming launch of a new TV show.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 143- Switcheroo
May 10, 2015 23:58 - 23 minutes - 18.8 MBToday on Top Hat: Marcus and Ben discuss a white man who was able to win an election by tricking voters into thinking he's black.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 142- Get Off My Property
May 10, 2015 23:58 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBToday on Top Hat: Canadian Tim Dorsch joins us to talk about the world's mayor, Rob Ford.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 141- Rhino
May 10, 2015 23:58 - 45 minutes - 36.9 MBToday on Top Hat: Ed Larson joins us as we talk about a new law banning people from touching pregnant women's bellies, the city of Seattle's decision to annex a parking lot to build a parking lot, and a Texas hunting club's fund raiser for rhinos where the prize is to shoot a rhino.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 140- Indelicate
May 10, 2015 23:58 - 53 minutes - 43.1 MBToday on Top Hat: Jason Saenz joins us to talk about a Spongebob controversy in a military cemetery, Mitt Romney's new murder castle, and JFK's missing brain.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 139- The King Of England
May 10, 2015 23:55 - 1 hour - 48.2 MBToday on Top Hat: Ed Larson joins us as a stenographer rants about Freemasons on the floor of the House, an autistic boy is suspended from school for drawing a bomb, and a South Carolina Walmart gets cleaned out after welfare limits are temporarily erased.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 138- I Believe In The Devil
May 10, 2015 23:55 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBToday on Top Hat: a Supreme Court Justice admits to believing in the devil, Kim Jong-Un's wife is suspected of starring in pornographic films, and a poor, poor man has a toilet explode in his face in Brooklyn.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 137- Bear Steams Bravo
May 10, 2015 23:55 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBToday on Top Hat: Seena Jon, executive producer of Bear Stearns Bravo, talks about the process of creating such a massive project, how it relates to Horse Ebooks, and the extreme lengths the creators went to keep the whole thing a secret for over five years.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 136- Skunkgate
May 10, 2015 23:55 - 45 minutes - 31 MBToday on Top Hat: Ed Larson joins us to talk about a new chapter added to all Russian history books, the intense fears of Eric Berry of the Kansas City Chiefs, and the plague of skunks invading Buffalo, NY.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 135- Dookie Dog
May 10, 2015 23:55 - 45 minutes - 36.6 MBToday on Top Hat: a gorilla in a zoo is sent to sensitivity training, a Mexican man tries to illegally immigrate to the US in a chile pepper truck, and a new Al Qaeda video reveals a fresh batch from Minnesota has made their way to Somalia.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 134- Death
May 10, 2015 23:54 - 50 minutes - 40.5 MBToday on Top Hat: Ed Larson joins us to talk about the massive amounts of death that happened all over the world this week from Washington, D.C. to Nairobi. But in the midst of death, there is life. In the form of sexual jihad.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 133- The Information Dominance Center
May 10, 2015 23:54 - 34 minutes - 32 MBToday on Top Hat: Saudi Arabia is considering doing away with beheadings, Reverend Terry Jones is arrested again for trying to burn Korans, and Kim Jong-Il's approval rating is found to be higher than Barack Obama's
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 132- Chunky Potato Soup
May 10, 2015 23:51 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBToday on Top Hat: RFK's steamy sex diary is released along with other incriminating statements he's made against Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, the Worm is returning to North Korea for a full-on basketball game, and the New York City GOP mayoral primary introduces the most hideous man ever to grace a political stage.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 131- Mayor Stubbs
May 10, 2015 23:51 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBToday on Top Hat: Ed Larson and Saman Arbabi join us to talk about the tragedy of Mayor Stubbs the cat, Rush Limbaugh's new children's book, and the video that got Kim Jong Un's ex-girlfriend killed.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 130- Heart Eaters Anonymous
May 10, 2015 23:51 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MBToday on Top Hat: Saman Arbabi joins us to talk about Obama's Syria plan and Saudi Arabia's role in the whole mess.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 129- Senator Ed Larson
May 10, 2015 23:51 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBToday on Top Hat: Ed Larson joins us to talk about the execution of Kim Jong-Un's ex-girlfriend by machine gun, a black kid in Jersey who sent racist text messages to himself in a bid to win a school election, and Ed's political past.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 128- End Of The West
May 10, 2015 23:51 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBToday on Top Hat: Myka Fox joins us to talk about the eventual death of the West Coast due to Fukushima radiation, the MC controversy, and how America stood by as Iraq used chemical weapons back in the eighties.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 127- Rise And Shine
May 10, 2015 23:51 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBToday on Top Hat: Ed "Number Lover" Larson joins us to talk about Toronto crack mayor Rob Ford's latest shenanigans, North Korea's meth problem, and Detroit's roving dog pack problem.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 126- Double Dragon With Sman Arbabi
May 10, 2015 23:51 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MBToday on Top Hat: Saman Arbabi joins us to make sense of the various conflicts currently raging in the Middle East from chemical weapons in Syria to the return of the status quo in Egypt.
Abe Lincoln's Top Hat Episode 125- Gettin' Frisky
May 10, 2015 23:51 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBWould you believe that some people claiming to be liberals have some icky feelings about black and latino people living near them? Ben and Marcus analyze a recent incident in which a woman calls into a New York City talk show to share her very special views on the upcoming mayoral election.