Hard Factor
1,523 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 4.4K ratingsCheat on the news with Hard Factor. Satirical daily news podcast, not hyper-polarizing and depressing like all the others. Drops at Midnight Eastern, 5 Days a Week, 24/7/365. Follow the pod on social @HardFactorNews. Hosts: @hardfactorMark @hardfactorPat @hardfactorWes @hardfactorWill.
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Episodes
Hard Factor 7/25: Farmers Getting Paid in the US and Tear Gassed in France, Teen Mom Handgun Incident, and the Mayweather/50 Cent Beef
July 25, 2018 08:30The US Department of Agriculture announces $12 Billion in relief for farmers who have been negatively impacted by tariffs, farmers in France hold a protest at the Tour de France and end up getting everyone tear gassed, a star of the MTV show “Teen Mom 2″ gets into an altercation involving a handgun with her son in the car over a road rage incident, and 50 Cent brings out the bodybag for Floyd Mayweather with his latest addition to their online beef.
Hard Factor 7/24: Trump's Twitter Game is BACK, Sacha Baron Cohen Strikes Again, and Breastfeeders are Protesting in Minnesota
July 24, 2018 09:30President Trump shoots an all caps tweet to Iran's President warning them to be cautious (and Iran tweets back), a wiretap on American hero/possible traitor Carter Page, Ph.D. sparks a debate about the Mueller probe, GA State Rep Jason Spencer is fooled by Sacha Baron Cohen into humiliating himself on national television, and angry mothers in Minnesota are protesting their right to openly breastfeed in public.
Hard Factor 7/23: Trader Joe's Standoff, Tekashi 6ix9ine Gets Robbed, and James Gunn Pedo Jokes
July 23, 2018 07:30A wild police chase in California ends in a deadly stand-off at a Trader Joe's, unbearably annoying rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine got robbed for his jewelry, and a we have a roundtable discussion grading the pedophilia-related tweets that got James Gunn fired from Disney.
Hard Factor 7/19: Google Sued by EU, Record Breaking DUIs, and a Very Bad First Date
July 19, 2018 07:00Kurt Warner's wife (or a very strong look alike who works for the EU) announced that the European Union is suing Google for $5 Billion, a man in Idaho gets 30 years for his 6th DUI, and a man in Tennessee steals his date's car to go on a date with another woman that same night.
Hard Factor 7/18: Would/Wouldn't-Gate, New Australian Snakes, Mandalay Bay Sues Shooting Victims, and Pick-up BBall Guy in the Soft Corner
July 18, 2018 09:00Trump clarifies that he meant he wouldn't see why Russia wouldn't have meddled in the 2016 election, a new species of poisonous snake was discovered in the giant Fear Factor episode that is Australia, the Mandalay Bay is pre-suing the victims of the Las Vegas shooting massacre, and the guy who called the cops for a hard foul in a pick-up basketball game takes a trip to the soft corner.
Hard Factor 7/17: Helsinki Reactions, Papa John's PR Tour, Crocodile Massacre, and Elon's World
July 17, 2018 09:00America erupts with emotional reactions after President Trump got big-timed by Putin in Helsinki, Papa John get's “officially” kicked out of the Papa John's offices, a village in Indonesia goes on a revenge killing spree at a crocodile sanctuary, and we take another trip to Elon's world where he's making calculated attacks on a hero from the Thailand cave rescue.
Hard Factor 7/16: Meetings in Helsinki, Protests at the World Cup Final, Pot Farmer Killed by Bulldozer, and a Jaguar on the Loose
July 16, 2018 09:00Trump continues his European tour all the way to his meeting with Putin in Helsinki, France wins the World Cup Final that was spiced up by a protest from the band Pussy Riot, Pennsylvania state police accidentally killed a small time pot farmer with a bulldozer, and a bloodthirsty jaguar goes on an animal killing spree at the Audubon Zoo.
Hard Factor 7/12: NATO Summit, Police Lip Sync Battles, Elon's World, and an Own Goal
July 12, 2018 04:30A giant argument about how to split the defense spending bill erupts at the NATO Summit, police across the USA are breaking out their choreography skills for #LipSyncBattle, Elon Musk is getting embarrassed left and right, and Wes scored an own goal on himself leaving the Orioles game early before a walk-off win over the Yankees.
Hard Factor 7/11: Trump's Big Dick Day, Spider Infestations, #Resist, and the Thai Kids are Safe
July 11, 2018 04:30Cave Watch is finally over and the Thai kids are safely out of the cave, President Trump goes apeshit on his to-do list (tariffs, pardons, NATO, etc.), a woman in Tennessee lives in the 7th circle of hell with spiders all around her, and we rate some of the best #Resist tweets we can find.
Hard Factor 7/10: Cave Watch, SCOTUS Nomination, Reenactment Wakes, and UK in the Soft Corner
July 10, 2018 09:30Taking another look at cave situation in Thailand and hoping for good news, Brett Kavanaugh is nominated as the next Supreme Court Justice, a wild wake in New Orleans is done Weekend at Bernie's style, and the entire UK (whichever countries are in there anyway) is tossed in the soft corner!
Hard Factor 7/9: Cave Watch, Trump Baby Balloon, Scott Pruitt and Flying Spiders
July 08, 2018 04:00CAVE WATCH – Day 7: four boys are out but the rest may not be so easy, there's a Trump baby balloon of questionable size that will be floating in London and other cities as a protest, Scott Pruitt is an all time political heel, and spiders can fly using electricity.
Hard Factor 7/5: CAVE WATCH - Day 3, Killer Grandma, Jim Paterno, and #AmericaIsForLegends
July 05, 2018 04:00CAVE WATCH - DAY 3, the soccer team is still in the cave, 92 year-olds are fighting back against the nursing home by forcing their way into prison, Congressman Jim Jordan is accused of being the next JoePa, and #AmericaIsForLegends - Caresse Crosby invented the brassiere.
Hard Factor 7/3: America Invented Yoga Pants, and the Rest of the World's Got Problems
July 03, 2018 08:30The kids soccer team in Thailand has been located alive deep inside some flooded caverns, Mexico has a new President with an acronym name and a fresh agenda, the world's best criminal busted out of prison in a helicopter and then torched it like a boss, and we celebrate #AmericaIsForLegends with Joe Shivers – the inventor of SPANDEX.
Hard Factor 7/2: Welcome to America Week - Fake Tits and Freshly Mowed Lawns
July 02, 2018 08:00Canadians are chugging Molson and maple syrup while setting new tariffs on the US on Canada Day, kids in Cleveland are making the most out of having the cops called on them for mowing the wrong lawn, a giant grow operation in GA was accidentally discovered by the cops, and we kick-off America week with our #AmericaIsForLegends campaign and the guys who created silicon breast implants.
Hard Factor 6/28: The Great Republican Heater, and some Foreign Stuff
June 28, 2018 12:00A Supreme Court retirement announcement adds fuel to the fire of an all-time heater for Republicans, a guy in Germany probably killed over 20 of his co-workers with their own lunches, two Mormons in Canada who have over 160 kids combined got in trouble with the law, and we take a peek at some of the best #MAGA moments of the week.
Hard Factor 06/27: The Supreme Court Shuts Down Travel While Spirit Airlines Shuts Down Pleasantry and Maradona Shuts Down Potential Death Pool Winners Yet Again
June 27, 2018 12:32A score of 5 to 4 makes for a killer soccer game, not so much for hopeful Somolians and the citizens of the six other travel-banned countries. Everyone flying Spirit Airlines wishes they weren't, one woman finally had the guts to say what all of us sad bastards flying economy are thinking, also the World Cup is still happening and perennial fútbol bad boy Maradona has a cocaine death-wish.
Hard Factor 06/26: Keep Your Tariffs Off My America, a Racist and her Rabbi, and Heather Locklear Needs Our Help
June 26, 2018 10:14On today's episode of Hard Factor we discuss the tariffs imposed on the glue that holds America together (motorcycles and bourbon), Roseanne Barr goes on her Rabbi's podcast to make absolutely no sense about why she made the racist tweet that ended her show, Heather Locklear has selflessly given us her hotness for years and she needs us now more than ever - do it for Heather, and more news from the legal weed front.
Hard Factor 6/25: Tired People are Invading the States, Saudi Arabia Allows Women To Drive, and can the Cops stop Water?
June 25, 2018 09:00On today's episode of Hard Factor we discuss how even tired invaders can be considered dangerous, Saudi women can get behind the wheel for the first time in history, a woman who sells drugs to dogs called the cops on a child who was selling water to thirsty humans, and lastly, a person whose job it is to stand up for herself finds her way directly into the "Soft Corner" for not standing up for herself.
Hard Factor 6/21: PFT Commenter Joins Us, and Donald Trump Is Separating Congresspeople's Families From Their Picnics
June 21, 2018 08:20In today's episode we examine the new executive order ending the separation of illegally immigrating children from their parents, Trump's decision to cancel the White House Congressional Picnic, a restaurant in China that sold monthly buffet subscriptions, and an Amazon update.
Hard Factor 6/20: Diaper Don Says, "Smoke a Spliff, Piss Your Pants, and Film a Porno"
June 20, 2018 10:00There's a new book coming out about how hard Don Jr. partied in college, Canada votes to legalize weed, two firefighters in Akron get caught filming a porno, and Jeff Bezos is officially the richest man in the world.
Hard Factor 6/19: How To Gerrymander Outer Space
June 19, 2018 11:00On today's Hard Factor we discuss Donald Trump's conscription of definitely the coolest sounding military branch: The Space Force. The World Health Organization officially recognizes being a nerd as a mental condition, and the Supreme Court swills their brandy vaguely in the direction of two Gerrymandering complaints. Plus the debut of Elonsworld
Hard Factor 6/18: How To Kill A Bobcat With Your Bare Hands And A Budding Immigration Controversy
June 18, 2018 08:20Here's the debut episode of Hard Factor- your daily 15 minute news show examining current events through the eyes of the Hard Factor team and our pundits- random internet commenters. On today's show we have an immigration update, Mexico caused an earthquake, a bobcat attack that should have been prevented with our tax dollars, and Jimmy Kimmel goes into the soft corner