Abe Lincoln's Top Hat
643 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 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 696: Off the Rails
March 05, 2023 06:58 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBOn this episode of Top Hat, Ben and Fernando cover the breaking news about another train derailment in Ohio as dams designed to hold contaminated water from the previous train accident leak into local water supplies, Trump and friends perform at a dismally attended CPAC focusing all their attacks on Trans americans, ALSO schoolgirls poisoned in Iran in an apparent gas attack and much much MORE!
Episode 695: The Order of Friendship
March 02, 2023 17:13 - 49 minutes - 45 MBThe Top Hat Boys break down this week's news in politics as the Supreme Court sides with the NSA for the sake of national secrets, Steven Seagal Russia's Special Citizen, CPAC facing a "Shclapp-back", Texas double down on banning drag shows for kids, a Florida bill to outlaw the whole democratic party, Oregon proposing $1k for residents facing homelessness, and how Republicans are back to weakening water protections in Ohio.
Episode 694: Department of Good Vibes
February 26, 2023 02:43 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBOn this episode of Top Hat! Kitara doubles down on the AR-15 becoming our National Gun, Trump in East Palestine to bash Biden in Ukraine, George Soros putting his bets on DeSantis as things heat up between the former President and the Florida Governor, and how they got the left to goes along with the war in Eastern Europe.
Episode 693: Edging
February 23, 2023 15:03 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBBen, Travis, and Fernando bring you this week's news in politics starting off with the one year anniversary of the war in Ukraine, finger pointing begins as politicians downplay the chemical spill in Ohio, then Fox News, James O'Keefe, and Don Lemon get held accountable by their own people.
Episode 692: Cultural Warfare
February 18, 2023 15:50 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBOn this episode of Top Hat, the boys focus on the culture war happening across the country with a syphilis outbreak in Mississippi, bills classifying drag performers reading to children as adult entertainment, bills allowing guns to be even more accessible while we see gun violence everyday, and the FBI paying an informant to cause chaos during BLM protests, another informant helping insurrectionist during Jan 6th, and more!
Episode 691: Trainwreck
February 17, 2023 01:41 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBIn this episode of Top Hat, the boys focus on the one year anniversary of the Invasion of Ukraine and where the war could be headed, then a deep dive into the Northfolk Southern Train derailing leading to an environmental disaster in the East Palestine Ohio Train, what led to the accident, and what the ramifications could be.
Episode 690: Never Give an Inch
February 11, 2023 16:58 - 1 hour - 62.7 MBTop Hat returns for more of this week's news in American Politics including Biden's Super Bowl Party conversation with Telemundo, the NRA hemorrhaging members, Trump reacting to Charlie Kirk backing DeSantis, the Pentagon developing drones of mass destruction, ALSO a comprehensive breakdown of the Republicans testing the waters to run for a presidential campaign, and MORE!
Episode 689: Kitara's Revenge
February 09, 2023 19:56 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MBBen, Travis, and Fernando dive into the State of the Union (and what we managed to hear over all the yelling about the border), Sarah Huckabee Sanders' follow up, what Mitt Romney said to Santos, Trump trying to scandalize DeSantis as DeSantis threatens to eliminate the Florida-Disney World tax haven, Neo-Nazi attacks on the power grids and much, much, more!
Episode 688: The Balloon
February 04, 2023 17:14 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBFor this week's Top Hat Part Deux, Ben, Travis, and Fernando discuss the NSA recruiting thousands of workers that tech companies laid off, Chinese balloons over North American airspace, Germany sending tanks to help Ukraine defend against the Russian invasion, and H. R. 29 leaving no room for unaccompanied children seeking asylum.
Episode 687: Another Brick in the Wall
February 02, 2023 23:22 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBOn this episode of Top Hat, the boys take a look at how Kanye West's and Nikki Haley's Presidential campaigns are going, the Florida High School set to start tracking teenagers menstrual cycles, US utilities shutting off powers to customers while they rank in record profits, and how lack of healthcare or access to healthy foods is the biggest enemy to the richest country in the world.
Episode 686: Cop City
January 28, 2023 22:07 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBOn this episode of Top Hat - Ben, Travis, and Fernando breakdown the revealing emails showing Andrew Cuomo was only focused on his book (while his policies killed elderly New Yorkers), California's ban of doctor's misinformation, Ronna McDaniel leading the RNC, insurrectionist getting 6 years while protestors of Atlanta's proposed Cop City are charged with 35 years as well as the related killing of beloved protestor "Tortuguita", the boys react to the Pelosi attack video, Memphis preparing f...
Episode 685: Kitara and Silk
January 26, 2023 06:07 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBOn this episode, the Top Hat boys discuss Pelosi requesting an exorcism, Trump not recognizing Silk at Diamond's funeral, Taylor Swift lyrics at the Ticketmaster hearing, DeSantis trying to make the death penalty easier to exercise in Florida and more!
Episode 684: Spooky Sauce
January 21, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBOn this episode of we order a Ghostburger with President Biden, we discuss recreational cannabis reducing the demand for deadly codeine while NYC moves to stomp out 1300 "illegal" marijuana stores, DeSantis attacks Florida college level AP AA courses while Kansas targets trans youth, and more disappointing information on discussion panel topics from the WEF convention in Davos.
Episode 683: Fakin' It
January 19, 2023 06:46 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBBen, Travis, and Fernando bring you this week's news in politics, diving deeper into the 9 million dollar sexual assault lawsuit against Matt Schlapp, George Santos doubling down with the lies, Sinema / Manchin and a bunch of CEO at a secret World Economic Forum events in Davos, We question: "Is National Sales tax a fairer option for Americans?", new polling data comparing Biden, Trump, and DeSantis reveals surprising conclusion and MORE!
Episode 682: Shaking The Jar
January 13, 2023 23:12 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBOn this episode of Top Hat - Ben, Travis, and Fernando discuss Sarah Huckebee Sanders hitting the ground running in Arkansas by banning "Latinx" and children from attending drag performances, New Yorkers earning millions off the backs of idling truckers, the NYC Nurse strike, Florida struggling to find teachers / how untrained veterans might be their best solution, and MORE!
Episode 681: I Fought the Claw
January 10, 2023 17:43 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBTop Hat returns! And this week Ben, Travis, and Fernando question the motivation of the man who threw a White Claw at Ted Cruz, The Proud Boys trials, Dr. Dre's copyright strike getting MTG taken off of Twitter, George Santos flashing a white power sign while being sworn in, Geatz fundraising off of being an obstructionist, Who is the IRS really going after with those 87,000 new hires, the privacy threat of Digital License plates, and MORE!
Episode 680: Insurrection-iversary 2.0
January 07, 2023 18:27 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBThe Top Hat Boys are back on this anniversary of Jan 6th to discuss Matt Schlapp allegedly groping a male staffer, Matt Gaetz threatening to quit congress over McCarthy, Lucas Kunce standing up to Josh Hawley in Missouri and even more of the fallout from the insurrection on The Capital two years ago.
Episode 679: Constructive Chaos
January 05, 2023 05:56 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBBen, Travis, and Fernando bring you the first Top Hat of 2023 breaking down this week's news in politics including "Cowboy for Trump" Couy Griffin spending a few hours in DC jail for his participation on January 6th, a breakdown of George Santo's lies and all the votes NOT going to Kevin McCarty for Speaker of the House, Trump reaping the anti-abortion seeds he sowed, new PornHub policies in Louisiana, NYC stops prosecuting 12 year olds, and MORE!
Episode 678: New Years Predictions - 2023
December 23, 2022 16:35 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBIt's the final Top Hat of 2022 so it's time for Ben, Travis, and Fernando's annual predictions for the new year as well as this week's news including Brett Kavanaugh celebrating X-mas (with Matt Geatz, CPACkers, and nazi sympathizers), Zelenksy visiting for dinner and defense funding, how facial recognition was used on an innocent lawyer in NYC, recapping some of the biggest events of 2022, and MORE!
Episode 677: Keepin' it in the Family
December 19, 2022 06:48 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MBThe Top Hat boys bring you this week's news in politics including Eric Adams continuing the war on "illegal" drugs, the Trump NFT drop, Congress giving billions more for war, Bernie forced to drop his bid to stop the war in Yemen by Biden, reporters dying in Saudi Arabia, TikTok being a psy-op and more!
Episode 676: Porno & Portals
December 15, 2022 19:38 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBThis week on Top Hat, Ben, Travis, and Fernando are breaking down the most popular porn searches in the country and whether they agree or contradicts with what politicians say American's are feeling, Candace Owens being pro-discrimination, Roger Stone versus the demonic portal over the Biden White House, Trump failing the US Constitution (again), MTG thinking Jan 6th needed more guns, and our hosts ponder the question: are we on the brink of nuclear apocalypse? All this and More in this jam ...
Episode 675: Trading Places
December 10, 2022 16:57 - 48 minutes - 44 MBThe Top Hat boys close out this week's news in politics breaking down the exchange of Brittney Griner and Viktor Bout (with reactions from Republicans going as far as calling for Impeachment), DeSantis charging up to $1 Million for a candlelight dinner next to him and his wife, Kanye giving Gavin McInnes his plan for the White House, Democrats shaking the presidential nomination process, Sen. Sinema registering as independent, and more!
Episode 674: GOP Drama
December 08, 2022 06:55 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBBen, Travis, and Fernando break down this week's news in American politics including the government busting the railway workers strike without giving them paid sick days, Ted Cruz's anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and how its affecting his family as attacks on drag performers increase, Candace Owens on Ye's campaign, Georgia US Senate runoff elections results, and MORE!
Episode 673: POOMBA
December 04, 2022 15:26 - 41 minutes - 38 MBBen and Fernando break down this week's news in politics including the recent Ye statements and what all the attention it is being given could be distracting us from, San Francisco going full Terminator by allowing police robots to kill, Diplomatic Immunity for a Saudi Crown Prince, the web of Taibi's twitter and Biden's laptop, Jack Daniel's vs. a dog chew toy, and the railway worker's plight ahead of possible strike busting by the Democrats.
Episode 672: The Announcement
November 17, 2022 07:10 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBBen, Travis, and Fernando react to Trump's 2024 campaign announcement and what this push could mean for his campaign coffers... ALSO the boys discuss what they're thankful for, both politically and personally, this Thanksgiving season.
Episode 671: De-Sanitized
November 16, 2022 09:54 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBBen, Travis, and Fernando mentally prepare for the Trump announcement while discussing the 12 women governors elected this midterm, Sen. Portman signing an amendment to protect marriage for everyone, Pence revealing he was angry at Trump after the insurrection, Rupert Murdoch says he will support a democrat if Trump decides to run in 2024, and what the future for Republicans could look like.
Episode 670: Swimmin' with Sharks
November 12, 2022 16:59 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBThe Top Hat boys round out your week with this week's headlines including an update on the Midterm elections, Trump endorsements not automatically spelling a winner and what that means for his upcoming announcement, META cutting 13% of its workforce, Amazon premiering a new robot that will take more peoples jobs, how inflation is affecting everyone, and MORE!
Episode 669: The Midterm Election Hangover
November 10, 2022 15:55 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBBen, Travis, and Fernando react to the midterm elections and ballot initiatives results throughout the country, the impact Obama still has on voters, Georgia runoff elections, Arizona pushing against "dark money" in their elections, and MORE!
Episode 668: Fear Sells
November 03, 2022 18:40 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBThe Top Hat Boys are all back together to break down this week's news in politics including Newsom's comments on Democrats and how they are losing ground, Republican candidates claim Democrats are soft on crime while making jokes about violent attacks on Pelosi's husband, Death threats to Republican candidates punished while death threats to Democrats are mocked, Tim Ryan doesn't back down from the truth in front of a Fox audience, MTG proving she isn't a fit for leadership yet again, Liz C...
Episode 667: Violence All Around
October 29, 2022 15:49 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MBBen, Travis, and Fernando help round out your week with the rest of this week's news in American Politics including armed "poll watchers" guarding mail-in ballet boxes with guns and kevlar vests as Micheal Flynn's "One More Mission" encourages people to fight voter fraud, Paul Pelosi attacked by an invader looking for Nancy, Liz Cheney endorsing a Democrat, a Jan 6 rioter gets 90 months in jail, Biden calls out Shell for price gouging and MORE!
Episode 666: Take Me Out to the Ball Game
October 27, 2022 23:01 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBBen is back in the studio with Travis and Fernando to break down this week's news in American politics including Ted Cruz getting boo'd at the Yankees game, the Fetterman vs. Oz debate in PA, strong words from Charlie Crist and Val Demings out of FL, Lauren Boebert misspeaking for women everywhere, White Nationalists get bolder, and more!
Episode 665: Georgia on my Mind w/ Corey R. Forrester
October 20, 2022 03:57 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBOn this episode Travis and Fernando are joined by comedian Corey R. Forrrester to talk about growing up under Georgia politics, his emergence as a political comedian in the south, as well as District 14 and Marcus Flowers running against MTG. Support Corey R Forrester www.PartTimeFunnyMan.com Support Marcus Flowers https://marcusforgeorgia.com/
Episode 664: Woman, Life, Freedom w/ Seena Ghaznavi
October 15, 2022 15:40 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBOn this very special episode of Top Hat, Ben is on the road so Travis and Fernando are joined by Seena Ghaznavi to talk about current events in Iran, how it relates to Democratic progressives here in America, and what we can do to help the people of Iran here at home.
Episode 663: The Lesser of Two Evils
October 13, 2022 22:58 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBBen brings you a solo edition of Top Hat recorded live from Dublin, Ireland - breaking down the key senate races, swing states, Tommy Tuberville's racist rant, Dr. Oz's speech in front of Hitler's limo, JD Vance vs. Tim Ryan, and much MORE!
Episode 662: Call a Crackhead
October 04, 2022 18:28 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MBBen, Travis, and Fernando serve up this week's news in politics including Gavin Newsome protecting artistic freedom, New York in the spotlight with its "Bike-Lane-Bounty Law", a man's clever use of a gun buy-back program, Susan Collins saying threats could become more real as election workers train for the battle at the polls... and much, much, MORE!
Episode 661: Give It a Mulligan
October 02, 2022 16:46 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MBIt's Sunday Top Hat time and the boys are breaking down the new John Fetterman attack ad as well as his upcoming debate with Dr. Oz, Manchin and Mastriano using the power of faith and fasting, Ginni Thomas and her Jan 6th beliefs, how inflation is hurting more Americans and how some billionaires feel about it, and Alex Jones doubling down.
Episode 660: Meme Mania
October 01, 2022 01:50 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBThis week on Top Hat, the Florida CEO that wanted her Greeting Card company employees to work through Hurricane Ian, Marjorie Taylor Greene's personal life and how it reflects on her political beliefs, Cuomo's new podcast, the scam that is "The Lincoln Project", Florida's Governor vs. California's governor, armed protestors showing up at a Texas church's drag bingo event, and MORE!
Episode 659: Tamie vs. Goliath w/ Tamie Wilson
September 24, 2022 19:18 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBOn this episode the Top Hat Boys are joined Congressional Candidate Tamie Wilson to talk about her campaign, being a single mom, a small business owner, and her motivation to take on serial sexual predator enabler's like Jim Jordan in congress. Website: https://www.tamiewilson.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TamieUSCongress Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tamieuscongress/
Episode 658: Take a Seat
September 21, 2022 13:25 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBBen, Travis, and Fernando bring you this week's political stories including 80 year old Linda Paulson's hot new campaign ad for political office in Utah, age limits on politicians, Conservatives banning more books in the name of free speech, The Standing is Tiring (SIT) act, DeSantis' skewed handling of immigration and much more!
Episode 657: The Rising Tide
September 17, 2022 13:17 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBOn this week's second Top Hat, Ben, Travis, and Fernando talk about the tentative Freight-Rail strike and the importance of worker's unions in our current America, Ron DeSantis's political stunt with immigrants and how Martha's Vineyard reacted, Trump saying an indictment would bring big problems, and more!
Episode 656: Double Jeopardy
September 15, 2022 05:59 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBIt's Top Hat time! Ben, Travis, and Fernando discuss Steve Bannon's indictment and his many, many shirts, the FBI busting Mike Lindell at a Hardee's, a SF woman's sexual assault kit used to arrest her in an unrelated crime, credit card companies tracking your gun purchases, Republicans trying to put gay marriage back in the closet while Lindsay Graham comes out of his closet to announce a plot to ban abortion on a Federal level.
Episode 655: Grifters Grifting Grifters
September 08, 2022 14:05 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBTop Hat returns! This week Ben, Travis, and Fernando break down the water crisis in Mississippi, Ted Cruz and student loan forgiveness, prisoners in debt for going to state prisons, conservative publishers and their bad takes on children's books, Gavin McIness stages his own arrest, Youtube algorithms pushing the election fraud narrative, American's are "Too Fat to Fight" and much more!
Episode 654: The Liberal Redneck w/ Trae Crowder
September 01, 2022 11:00 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MBOn this episode, we are joined by comedian, podcaster, and proud southerner Trae Crowder to talk dive deep on his dinner with JD Vance, doing Progressive comedy in a conservative country, and how he lives up to his brand as a Liberal Redneck. linktr.ee/traecrowder
Episode 653: Just Add Pepper w/ David Pepper
August 30, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBOn this episode we are joined by author David Pepper to dive deep into the extremist attacks on democracy happening in US State Houses, the importance of just being present in elections, changing the campaign game with BlueOhio.org, and confronting Bill Seitz to his face. http://davidpepper.com/ Book: Laboratories of Democracy, Simple Choice Blueohio.org
Episode 652: Late Night Politics w/ Nick Vatterott
August 25, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBBen, Travis, and Fernando are joined by Nick Vatterott to talk about his work as a primetime political comedy writer, bipartisanship, and the boon/bane of social media. https://twitter.com/nickvatterott http://www.nickvatterott.com/
Episode 651: Dark Brandon w/ Joe Biden (James Adomian)
August 23, 2022 13:00 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBJames Adomian joins us as President Joe Biden to breakdown the breakdown of Democracy. https://twitter.com/JAdomian
Episode 650: Beyond the Pale
August 20, 2022 14:02 - 48 minutes - 44 MBThe Top Hat Boys are back with more of this week's political stories including genital checks in Utah, pushback on Gov. DeSantis and his Anti-Woke agenda, Texas schools banning Anne Frank and the Bible, Ben Stein is not on the money with his opinion, Steve Bannon feeds the satanic panic, Don Junior flips out for two minutes, both Giuliani and Graham going to court for their trying to affect the Georgia elections and MORE!
Episode 649: A Special Kind of Grifter
August 18, 2022 14:34 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBBen, Travis, and Fernando bring you this week's news in American Politics including Dr. Oz trying to find a Veggie Tray, Sarah Palin in Alaska, Mandela Barnes vs Ron Jonhson in Wisconsin, Tim Ryan's campaign manager gives JD Vance some advice, Andrew Yang cant give a clear answer, Lauren Boebert's drunken neighborhood antics, The Right can't decide exactly how to feel about the FBI raid, and we pontificate more on who the informant could be.
Episode 648: The Rat
August 13, 2022 13:52 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBThe Top Hat Boys are back with more of this week's news in American Politics including Pro Trump Republican's snatching up wins across the states, Liz Cheney bringing Dick Cheney in for a campaign ad against Trump, Merrick Garland detailing the DOJ reasoning for the Mar-a-Lago raid, speculation on the identity of Trump informant heats up, Mick Mulvaney and the secret safe, Facebook/Meta proving it doesn't care about its users well being, and much, much, MORE!
Episode 647: The Raid
August 11, 2022 01:56 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBBen, Travis, and Fernando bring you this week's news in American Politics including Alex Jones caught sending nudies to Roger Stone, what the historic climate bill means for the country and for Democrats, and of course, the reaction on both sides of the aisle to Monday's FBI raiding of Trumps Mar-a-Lago home.