Latest Hankthompson Podcast Episodes
#195 - Stone Buildings Burn with Knowledge Fight's Dan Friesen
Winners and Losers Show - June 13, 2024 12:30 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsDan Friesen from the Alex Jones research, tracking and analysis podcast, Knowledge Fight, joins me. We talk our early days doing stand up comedy in Chicago, the origins of Knowledge Fight and numerous topics related to Alex Jones including the infamous spitting incident, how movies influence Alex...
#194 - Human Attention with Guest Ron Placone
Winners and Losers Show - June 08, 2024 20:06 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 18 ratings"What's so valuable about human attention?" I ask Ron Placone, comedian, filmmaker, political commentator, horizontal sleeper and lover of cats and cat love. We talk about the challenges of an artistic career in a world run by inhuman monsters, swap atheism origin stories, eco-socialism vs barbar...
#193 - Some Serious Labor Regulations
Winners and Losers Show - May 28, 2024 23:18 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsWatching & reacting to the premiere of the 2nd large installment of "Tell The Truth, Cenk." Also: Cenk Uygur's nephew, Hasan Piker, spoke about his working conditions at The Young Turks on the Chuckle Sandwich podcast, giving insight into why workers at TYT needed a union. Plus we visit my old sh...
#192 - Oven Mitt Of Doom
Winners and Losers Show - May 14, 2024 00:02 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsLots of TYT Documentary talk — a couple sneak peaks and examining the edit, including more from former union-buster Martin J Levitt, then making fun of Margaret Thatcher and Connecticut governor Ned Lamont's refusal to help striking workers. And more! Full Episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/2hcZ...
#191 - Risky Chips & Healthcare Villains
Winners and Losers Show - March 29, 2024 01:47 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsNot gonna lie: the opening is kind of a mess. After rambling about language barriers, mold, expired food and a plant, TYT project updates, a former Steven Crowder employee comes forward on free speech grounds and Joe Biden's latest healthcare lie brings up the 2016 reporting that Barack Obama had...
#190 - Ethical Dark Web Explained
Winners and Losers Show - March 20, 2024 17:52 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsMore Young Turks Documentary talk — After some project updates, we play a montage of union-buster Cenk Uygur telling a camera about unions, I explain how this project got started, expanded in scope and some of the challenges I've faced in working on it, then we explore in detail the mysteries of ...
#189 - Working For TYT & The Origins Of The Documentary
Winners and Losers Show - March 11, 2024 19:22 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsThe first half of this podcast is background info about myself and my history working for The Young Turks, Jimmy Dore and the origins of the documentary. The second half is reacting to comments from the previous podcast. I will answer comments and questions again in the next podcast. Bonus: Pete ...
#188 - Going Public With My TYT Documentary — Announcement!
Winners and Losers Show - March 07, 2024 19:54 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratings"Tell The Truth, Cenk" is my two-part documentary about The Young Turks' union-busting and ensuing cover-up. Because I was involved and had a very unique vantage point, plus as an aspiring filmmaker and professional video editor, I decided to correct the record and have spent the last two-and-a-h...
#187 - February Update — Beard Loss, Cat Gain & The Mummy President
Winners and Losers Show - February 27, 2024 17:48 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsOpening chatter about beard loss and cat gain, then working out the lefty position on voting for Biden and why it's upsetting no matter what, then Jon Stewart returns to the Daily Show and upsets the liberal cart by turning the haunted house lights on regarding Joe Biden desiccated sclerotic corp...
#186 - January Update — Cats And Politics
Winners and Losers Show - January 23, 2024 20:12 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsFirst podcast of the year! Some thoughts about online trends regarding autism, showing an overly-dramatic video about the cat I'm trying to rehome and then we go through a bunch of bookmarks from the last few weeks including a guy complimenting Vivek Ramaswamy's wife's backside, Nikki Haley blast...
#185 - Hot Yellow Moment
Winners and Losers Show - December 17, 2023 00:12 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsAn update about recent works, plans and some words about the passing of my friend Kenny DeForest, a glorious human gone far too early and a tremendous loss for comedy and anyone lucky enough to have known him. Then we listen to Vivek Ramaswamy urinate. SUPPORT! Recorded 12.15.23 FOLLOW! Instag...
#184 - Palestine & Markwayne
Winners and Losers Show - November 18, 2023 03:16 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsThe two big topics are in the title. Depressing stuff. Then we dive through a bunch of Markwayne Mullin stuff. He's the senator who tried to start a fight next to Bernie Sanders SUPPORT! Recorded 11.15.23 FOLLOW! Instagram: InstaHankThompson, BumRushIndustries TikTok: @WikLok, @BumRushIndustri...
The West Hurts
Winners and Losers Show - November 01, 2023 20:02 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsBeard talk. Santos & a baby. Most of the show is about Palestine and Western Capitalist reliance on violence and suffering to sustain its power. SUPPORT! Recorded 11.13.23 FOLLOW! Instagram: InstaHankThompson, BumRushIndustries TikTok: @WikLok, @BumRushIndustries Twitch: Bum Rush Industries: ...
#183 - The West Hurts
Winners and Losers Show - November 01, 2023 20:02 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsBeard talk. Santos & a baby. Most of the show is about Palestine and Western Capitalist reliance on violence and suffering to sustain its power. SUPPORT! Recorded 10.31.23 FOLLOW! Instagram: InstaHankThompson, BumRushIndustries TikTok: @WikLok, @BumRushIndustries Twitch: Bum Rush Industries: ...
#182 - Working Till Sunset
Winners and Losers Show - October 13, 2023 00:16 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsFeinstein works till the end, Gavin Newsom delivers for corruption and his future, Mike Pence lusts for blood, Taylor Swift criticized by Fox News dweeb, Jordan Peterson's testosterone, the tragic events in the Middle East and the usual anticapitalist insights that devastate the established order...
#181 - Striking Workers Struck Bosses
Winners and Losers Show - September 27, 2023 17:23 - 3 hours ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsUnited Auto Workers union, led by Shawn Fain were visited by Joe Biden. Rupert Murdoch retires. NASA's Osiris Rex returns with precious cargo. The WGA reaches what seems to be a great deal. Media misleads on Trump. Obama's comfortable shoes lie. Josh Hawley and Chuck Schumer pretend to care about...
#180 - Opening The Pluge Gates
Winners and Losers Show - September 09, 2023 19:34 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsMitch McConnell froze up again— did he pull a Nadler? Rob Schneider schneides on TV and Jordan Peterson borrows his Rat King story from the hit James Bond film Skyfall. SUPPORT! Recorded 9.8.23 FOLLOW! Instagram: InstaHankThompson, BumRushIndustries TikTok: @WikLok, @BumRushIndustries Twitch:...
#179 - Gum Guzzlers For The Status Quo
Winners and Losers Show - August 25, 2023 21:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsThe first GOP debate of the 2024 election season was yet another window into America's nightmarish past, present and future, but Doug Burgum persuaded me to join the Gum Guzzlers. Personal update: I hurt my back. I have a cat. Also: brilliant insights about the topic of gender and why it's an uph...
#178 - The Great American Grave Soaking
Winners and Losers Show - August 14, 2023 04:42 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsHank's a Yogi now, you'll see, but first we find out how Trump's ex-wife Ivana's grave is being cared for and why there's reasonable speculation someone's been peeing on it. Plus we revisit some infamous Melania audio, check in with Fox News and watch a clip of Joe Biden that's been making the ro...
#177 - Shilling For Big Cylindrical Meat
Winners and Losers Show - August 04, 2023 03:28 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsMitt Romney hawks hot dogs and yes, it's everything you hoped for. Rumors of UFOs spur speculation about aliens. Mitch McConnell and Diane Feinstein prove the Gerontocracy is alive-ish and unwell. Miami head of police shoots self during sheriff convention, sending us down a Miami local news rabbi...
#176 - Stress Response
Winners and Losers Show - August 01, 2023 00:36 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsHow stress has affected me in recent years, how learning I'm autistic gave me new hope and why it's finally time to make changes I've avoided to get my stress levels down in hopes my beard will grow back. No news stories in this one. Hope you enjoy. SUPPORT! Recorded 7.31.23 FOLLOW! Instagram:...
#175 - Hollywood vs Worse Future
Winners and Losers Show - July 14, 2023 20:50 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsActors unite with writers in Hollywood to protect themselves and us from the awful future Hollywood's CEO class are determined to impose. For some context, we look back on the 2008 WGA strike, plus a Mad Men correction, a fireworks disaster and classic fun asides. SUPPORT! Recorded 7.14.23 FOLL...
#174 - Beyond The Balrog
Winners and Losers Show - July 03, 2023 16:55 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsIndiana Jones supports unions, astronomy's big pulsar news, the Supreme Court is corrupt and Hank explains pressure in the context of the Titan submersible wreck. SUPPORT! Recorded 7.2.23 FOLLOW! Instagram: InstaHankThompson, BumRushIndustries TikTok: @WikLok, @BumRushIndustries Twitch: Bum R...
#173 - Titanic Tourism Takes Titanic Turn
Winners and Losers Show - June 21, 2023 16:39 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsAfter enjoying some Chris Christie classics, we plunge into the OceanGate submersible "Titan," which has been missing for days following an attempt to visit the set of The Titanic movie on the bottom of the ocean. Stockton Rush, the CEO, was on board and has a record of deprioritizing safety. Saf...
#172 -Trump Pinched
Winners and Losers Show - June 10, 2023 20:46 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsDonald Trump Nabbed Again. Feds Snare Famous Boy from Bamboozle! Elites on Alert! A Nervous Nation! Fate of Doom? Plus Jon Hamm's sexy masculine voice makes an appearance and Chicago's Mayor Brandon Johnson delivers more parental leave. Hank's woke take, too. Also, lots more! SUPPORT! Recorded 6...
#171 - The Buttigieg Files
Winners and Losers Show - June 01, 2023 19:19 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsAscended being Pete Buttigieg, who is better than your son, received a glowing profile in Wired magazine. From there we explore his journey from Mayor to Mayor of Transportation and eventually to Mayor of The Universe (because he's so special). Plus, India ditches science education and a chatbot ...
Movies! Games! | Zelda, Evil Dead, D&D & Guardians 3 (w/ James From SuckProfessor)
Winners and Losers Show - May 30, 2023 21:42 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsI'm joined by SuckProfessor's own James to discuss Zelda, Evil Dead Rise, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and Guardians of the Galaxy 3. SUPPORT! Recorded 5.29.30 FOLLOW! Instagram: InstaHankThompson, BumRushIndustries TikTok: @WikLok, @BumRushIndustries Twitch: Bum Rush Industries: ...
#170 - Feinstein's Fantastic Journey
Winners and Losers Show - May 23, 2023 17:33 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsCorruption pioneer Diane Feinstein crosses America to continue the important work of guaranteeing a worse future. plus we examine her past defending the Confederate flag. Then Elon Musk pulls a Princess Bride quote from his voluminous ego. Opens with an anticapitalist prescription for fixing ever...
#169 - Linking Together In A Mad Mad World
Winners and Losers Show - May 16, 2023 18:41 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsA Donnie Darko Zelda Commercial delights thousands, George RR Martin lights the warning fires on "mini-rooms" and throws down for his fellow writers, CNN explains itself and Hank says all sorts of hilarious, insightful nonsense. Video version on YouTube: SUPPORT! Recorded 5.15.23 FOLLOW! Inst...
#168 - Equipping The King
Winners and Losers Show - May 08, 2023 18:16 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsThe crown wasn't the only item added to King Charles the Third's inventory during his coronation. No, his loadout also included swords, orbs, sashes, spurs, a ring, a glove, enchanted sceptres and golden carriages, plus a lot of talking and singing. REJOICE! SUPPORT! Recorded 5.7.23 FOLLOW! In...
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