Podcasts by The Skepticrat

96: Skepticrat096 - Wohl E Coyote Super Boy Genius Edition from 2019-05-13T11:00

On this week's episode: Jacob Wohl runs into a wall he painted a tunnel onto … Eli’s ‘gross, poor person’ character will become official school policy in Rhode Island … And Donald Trump tries we...

95: Skepticrat095 - Endgame Edition from 2019-04-29T11:00

On this week's episode: Twitter finds out the Nazis were calling from inside the government ... Eli will misunderstand the assignment and think “Avengers came out” is a news story ... And Sophoc...

94: Skepticrat094 - Political Pseudoscience Edition from 2019-04-15T11:00

Disclaimer: Anything that sounded like a suggestion of genociding anti-vaxxers was 100% sarcastic regardless of how offensive that target group might be.

On this week's episode: Preside...

93: Skepticrat093 - Redacted Edition from 2019-04-01T11:00

On this week's episode: Alex Jones calls Alex Jones psychotic ... The GOP points to an apple surplus as evidence we no longer need affordable healthcare ... And we learn that unlike Congressman ...

92: Skepticrat092 - Varsity Blue Lives Matter Edition from 2019-03-18T11:00

On this week's episode: Donald Trump had no idea someone was gonna follow that recipe he kept tweeting out ... Mario Cuomo’s kid opens his primetime CNN show by telling us nepotism might be a pr...

91: Skepticrat091 - Baby Cheesing Edition from 2019-03-04T12:00

On this week's episode: We replaced Noah with our other smart guy ... We manage to do half as many headlines but take twice as long now that I’m here ... And we learn that Spike Lee can't read, ...

90: Skepticrat090 - Art of the Green New Deal Edition from 2019-02-18T12:00

On this week's episode: The green new deal is both of those things ... Eli will lose an old friend ... And Virginia abolishes abolition during the intro. And now they're all doing soft shoe.

89: Skepticrat089 - Black Face the Nation Edition from 2019-02-04T12:00

On this week's episode: The governor of Virginia calls blacksies ... Survivalists will seem nominally less crazy ... And we learn that Donald Trump's skin tone isn't from tanning; it's actually ...

88: Skepticrat088 - Chuck a l'Orange Edition from 2019-01-21T12:00

On this week's episode: Eli will be deemed nonessential during the ongoing shutdown ... Donald Trump gets stuck with a truck full of watermelons after he's forced to change his catering plans la...

87: Skepticrat087 - AOCcupy the Dance Floor Edition from 2019-01-07T12:00

On this week's episode: The future is female ... The Kuiper belt will continue to be bafflingly cutsie ... And Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez teams up with Kevin Bacon to legalize dancing at the feder...

86: Skepticrat086 - Rod Bless Us Everyone Edition from 2018-12-24T12:00

On this week's episode: We give Donald Trump the dickens ... Cancer’s family will express concern over its bout of Ruth Bader Ginsburg ... And the CEO of Google explains to Congress that you hav...

85: Skepticrat085 - G-20.in Edition from 2018-12-10T12:00

On this week's episode: We visit some of the great losers of history ... Wisconsin Republicans have a go at just making democrats illegal ... And PETA can go fuck itself a dead horse.

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84: Skepticrat084 - Mueller's Crossing Edition from 2018-11-26T12:00

On this week's episode: Donald trump appoints a whipping boy just in case he gets convicted of treason ... We’ll examine a supply side solution to global warming ... And Heath tells California t...

83: Skepticrat083 - Midterminator Edition from 2018-11-12T12:00

On this week's episode: Eli serves as the midterm’s Eeyore ... Noah assure everyone that it’s because Eli’s knowledge of politics is primarily derived from jerking off to The West Wing ... And D...

82: Skepticrat082 - Stupid Bomb Edition from 2018-10-29T11:00

On this week's episode: We all collectively created the MAGA bomber with our imaginations ... A Florida man will put the “Aiyee!” back in IED ... And Megyn Kelly considers blackface affirmative ...

81: Skepticrat081 - Kavanausea Edition from 2018-10-01T11:00

On this week's episode: White House staff put Rod Rosenstein in a box with a geiger counter, a radioactive substance, and a flask of hydrocyanic acid … The US Senate is all about the advice, but...

80: Skepticrat080 - Lodestar Wars Edition from 2018-09-17T11:00

On this week's episode: President Trump fills about 3000 graves with fake dudes ... We get to make fun of people who live in Eastern North Carolina with impunity ... And the American political s...

79: Skepticrat 079: Laborious Editon from 2018-09-03T11:00

In this week’s episode, we learn that life without Heath is a lot less “pun”, Missouri puts the term ‘beat your meat’ in legal limbo if you don’t plan on eating your penis, the Mayor of London w...

78: Skepticrat078 - Tiny Cancer Edition from 2018-08-20T11:00

On this week's episode: The President yelling the N-word doesn't even make the back page ... The EPA will put the 'best' back in asbestos ... And that means Crayola can finally release their new...

77: Skepticrat077 - Jim Kroeger Edition from 2018-08-06T11:00

On this week's episode: We win millions by asking Donald Trump what the lottery numbers WON'T be … Winnie the Pooh will be detained by communists … And we LOSE millions by asking ELI what the be...

76: Skepticrat076 - Knock on Wouldn't Edition from 2018-07-23T11:00

On this week's episode: Trump wouldn't even commit treason ... We lament all the Disney movies we'll never direct ... And Russia has to wean the US off its breast milk tariff idea.

To s...

75: Skepticrat075 - Torrez a New One Editon from 2018-07-09T11:00

In this week's episode, Andrew Torrez of the Opening Arguments Podcast joins Noah to tell you about all the stuff you wish you didn't need to know about the future of the Supreme Court.

74: Skepticrat074 - Caged Wisdom Edition from 2018-06-25T11:00

On this week's episode: Despite all our rage they still put a kid in a cage ... Sarah Huckabee Sanders is forced to forage for bones as she did on her home world ... And Donald Trump tells the P...

73: Skepticrat073 - OMG7 Edition from 2018-06-11T11:00

On this week's episode, Eli gets a chance to do the opening "It's Monday" (and totally nails it), Trump will pout when he learns that the G7 isn't a bingo night, and your mom should've thought a...

72: Skepticrat072 - Un Again Off Again Edition from 2018-05-28T11:00

On this week's episode: Donald Trump will be off again Un again ... Atheist cuisine in Ireland gets a lot more savory ... And we learn how a lack of fish condoms is destroying the environment. Listen

71: Skepticrat071 - Cohen of Silence Edition from 2018-05-14T11:00

On this week's episode: All evil acts are seven degrees or less away from Michael Cohen ... We'll learn that real estate boom has a totally different meaning in Hawaii ... And American democracy...

70: Skepticrat070 - Pee Tape Delayed Edition from 2018-04-30T11:00

On this week's episode: We're Kim Jong-UN step closer to world peace ... Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee say "nu-uh" verbosely ... And Kanye West shows us exactly where the white...

69: Skeptricrat069 - Nice and New and Smart Edition from 2018-04-16T11:00

On this week's episode: WAR! Are we sure it's good for anything? Because it feels like we're gonna have a lot ... John Bolton and a carpenter trick a bunch of clams ... And Mark Zuckerberg expla...

68: Skepticrat068 - Dodd-Frankenstein Edition from 2018-03-19T11:00

On this week's episode: High schoolers practice leaving school ALIVE for a change ... Noah will be sick of the term "Blue-nami" even before he hears anyone say it ... And the Senate decides to d...

67: Skepticrat067 - Trade Warrior Poet Edition from 2018-03-05T12:00

On this week's episode: Vladimir is Putin on the Ritz ... It turns out that Chinese guy's name is NOT Eleven Jinping ... And we're pretty sure Smith & Wesson is about to end their relationsh...

66: Skepticrat066 - After Nunes Delight Edition from 2018-02-19T12:00

On this week's episode: Carl the Pugapegacorn starts shilling for the US government ... Fox News pines for the good old Olympic days of 1936 ... And Donald Trump calls "Memo tag, no backsies, no...

65: Skepticrat065 - State of the Union Special Edition from 2018-02-05T12:00

On this week's episode: We watched the State of the Union and it was none of those words ... Trump made it super clear that he wants to fuck a hydrocarbon ... And if you order your copy of the N...

64: Skepticrat064 - Eyes Wide Shutdown Edition from 2018-01-22T12:00

On this week's episode: Donald Trump is long, strong, and can’t keep the government on … The Patriots all die in a fiery plane crash over and over again forever … And everyone's being super judg...

63: Skepticrat063 - Fire and Furry Edition from 2018-01-08T12:00

On this week's episode: The Trump administration crumbles under the pressure of "a guy listening to what they said" ... The President double dog dares a hostile nation to nuke us AGAIN ... And h...

62: Skepticrat062 - Moore Than Meets the Eye Edition from 2017-12-18T12:00

On this week's episode: The Senate unveils the tax plan equivalent of welshing on a hooker … Roy Moore will start his very own senate across the street from theirs and his will be way better … A...

61: Skepticrat061 - Rapid Detax Edition from 2017-12-04T12:00

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On this week's episode: We mourn a tremendous cut to o...

60: Skepticrat060 - Collusion Course Edition from 2017-11-06T12:00

On this week's episode: We deal with collusion confusion ... Sean Hannity is pretty sure he's awesome ... And Sarah Huckabee Sanders forgets that the highest tax payers also get to be billionair...

59: Skepticrat059 - Gold Star Edition from 2017-10-23T11:00

On this week's episode: Florida snowflakes are unable to refute Richard Spencer's ideas ... Millions of Americans learn where Catalonia is ... And the President of the United States spends two w...

58: Skepticrat058 - Birther Control Mandate Edition from 2017-10-09T11:00

On this week's episode: The Nazis return to the scene of the hate crime ... Trump will take away free birth control but offer his tiny little hand as an IUD if need be ... And we learn that the ...

57: Skepticrat057 - Arpaio Pardon Edition from 2017-09-04T11:00

On this week’s episode: Eli guesses it rained or something somewhere ... The future of humanity lies in the balance of a dick measuring contest between psychopaths ... And lots of stupid Irish p...

56: Skepticrat056 - Charlottesvillain Edition from 2017-08-21T11:00

On this week’s episode: Trump and Tall Tyler get this whole North Korea thing settled ... "Impending nuclear war" will manage to basically fall out of the news cycle ... And we break down how ac...

55: Skepticrat055 - Wheel of Hate Edition from 2017-08-07T11:00

In this week’s episode, the Trump administration finally tackles that ‘positional stability’ problem they were having, we’ll join the nation in mourning the loss of the Mooch, Eli will try to do...

54: Skepticrat054 Trumpster Fire Edition from 2017-07-24T11:00

On this week's episode: Letting everyone vote continues to work out the way we thought it would ... Eli's cynical intellectual elitism grows ever more calcified ... And Donald Trump keeps tweeti...

53: Skepticrat053 Senate Bill Cosby Edition from 2017-06-26T11:00

On this week's episode: We check back in with Trump and Tall Tyler ... The White House held a press briefing and we have as much evidence of it as CNN ... And it's totally cool to watch The Cosb...

52: Skepticrat052 Oh Snap Edition from 2017-06-12T11:00

On this week's show, we release the Trump tapes before Trump does; we stare, jaw agape, at the smoldering, dystopian comic tragedy that is the global political landscape, and Michael Marshall wi...

51: Skepticrat051 Andre the Gianforte Edition from 2017-05-29T11:00

On this week's episode: Jared Kushner offers Russia a tin can and a really long string ... Trump returns from his first foreign trip despite the numerous trails of Reese's Pieces we put out ... ...

50: Skepticrat050 Comey Don't Play That Edition from 2017-05-15T11:00

On this week's episode: We [...] ... Eli asks Rod Rosenstein his opinion on the cops who are looking for Phyllis Schlafly's corpse ... And for the first time in history, France is doing better t...

49: Skepticrat049 Hundred Daze Edition from 2017-05-01T11:00

On this week's episode: We review Trump's first hundred days because we're used to reviewing terrible things ... Noah spends nine hours writing a ninety second bit ... And the Bobs as Donald Tru...

48: Skepticrat048 Friendly Skies Edition from 2017-04-17T11:00

On this week's episode: Eli isn't here because United Airlines needed the seat and they don't fuck around ... The dictionary people consider Post-Minitrue as the new word for White House ... And...

47: Skepticrat047 Brexit Wounds Edition from 2017-04-03T11:00

On this week's episode: Brazil makes Michael Vick look good ... The E gets a little less U ... And Heath had too much scotch last night, so his face feels like sand and regret.

To suppo...

46: Skepticrat046 Self-Made Million Heir Edition from 2017-03-20T11:00

In this week's episode: We recount Trump's life story to try to figure out where it all went wrong, we help you out on your office's "first presidential dementia diagnosis" pool, and we help the...

45: Skepticrat045 Presidential Edition from 2017-03-06T12:00

In this week’s episode, the White House stocks up on tinfoil, we wonder why the mainstream media isn’t reporting on the increase in Manufacturer’s new orders for nondefense capital goods since t...

44: Skepticrat044: Russian to Conclusions Edition from 2017-02-20T12:00

On this week's episode, we break down Donald Trump's first solo press conference while taking turns digging the bomb shelter.

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43: Skepticrat043 - The Fascist and the Furious Edition from 2017-02-06T12:00

In this week's long overdue episode, we count down the top twenty things to be terrified about this week; knowing that by the time we're done there will be new stuff to be terrified about.

42: Skepticrat042 - Diddle Caesars Edition from 2016-12-12T12:00

In this week's episode, we go against Eli's better judgement and talk about the Dakota access pipeline, we find out that Trump totally meant to do that thing with Taiwan, and we'll find out once...

41: Skepticrat 041 - Dr. Caligari's Cabinet Edition from 2016-11-28T12:00

On episode 41: The sky’s downward trajectory will continue ... Ginsburg and Breyer get fitted for a Weekend at Bernie's rig just in case ... We’ll begrudgingly acknowledge that newsworthy shit i...

40: Skepticrat 040 - Postmortem Edition from 2016-11-14T12:00

On this week's episode, we just kind of stare at our hands and wish we lived in one of those different universes.

39: Skepticrat 039 - Presidential Debate #1 Special Edition from 2016-10-03T12:00

In our long awaited return episode, Heath, Eli, and Noah join forces to break down the most bizarre meltdown in the history of presidential debate.  With a run time of an hour and twenty minutes...

38: Skepticrat 038 - Gently Used Firearm Edition from 2016-05-23T12:00

On episode 38: People who get punched in the head for a living turn out NOT to be on top of social progress ... Tom Cotton grows a beard so that they’ll stop carding him on the way into R-rated ...

37: Skepticrat 037 - Taco Bellionaire Edition from 2016-05-09T12:00

On episode 37: We tell the GOP that, while we appreciate the effort, we were perfectly willing to make fun of a sane candidate if they had one ... You'll hear Eli Bosnick do a brief rendition of...

36: Skepticrat 036 - All About the Tubmans Edition from 2016-04-25T12:00

On episode 36: Utah will finally tackle foreign dependence on hand-lotion ... Black people finally call it even after getting slightly included in the new currency ... We’ll talk about what’s pe...

35: Skepticrat 035 - Panama's Labyrinth Edition from 2016-04-11T12:00

On episode 35: The Panama papers make doing a political comedy show unnecessarily complicated and researchy ... Indiana women seeking an abortion will have to answer these questions three ... Nu...

34: Skepticrat 034 - Illuminati Helpline Edition from 2016-03-28T12:00

On episode 34: GOP lawmakers in North Carolina remind us that they’re obsessed with the genitals of school children ... The KKK is totally on board with making America great again ... The Nation...

33: Skepticrat 033 - Billion Dollar Baby Edition from 2016-03-14T12:00

On episode 33 ... The 2016 presidential election will ramp up its efforts to ensure that no matter what happens in 2020, it’s gonna bore the shit out of us; It's been 4 days since the GOP debate...

32: Skepticrat 032 - GOP Debate #10 Special Edition from 2016-02-29T13:00

On this week's episode: Eli Bosnick will be here to help us wish it was harder to make fun of these debates, the GOP starts to realize they got made into season 15 of Celebrity Apprentice, we'll...

31: Skepticrat 031 - Scalia Later Edition from 2016-02-15T13:00

On this week's episode, Antonin Scalia puts the “bitch” back in obituary, we learn that New Hampshire wants a presidential candidate who possesses the virtue of unelectability, LIGO d...

30: Skepticrat 030 - Throbbing Caucus Edition from 2016-02-01T13:00

On this week's episode, the presidential election you can't believe isn't over yet gets started, Donald Trump is scared of a girl, the feds divert some of those Jade Helm troops to Oregon for a ...

29: Skepticrat 029 GOP Debate Special Number Six from 2016-01-18T13:00

This week, Eli Bosnick joins us to break down the latest GOP primary debate, where we learn that the circus might be losing the elephants, but the elephants certainly aren't losing the circus.

28: Skepticrat 028 - Democratic Primary Debate Special Edition from 2015-10-19T12:00

In this hour long special, Eli Bosnick joins us to prove that we can make inappropriate jokes in a bipartisan manner, Bernie Sanders delivers some words of wisdom from his founding father, Linco...

27: Skepticrat 027: Losing My Boehner Edition from 2015-10-05T12:00

In this week's episode, Mormon god hits the snooze button on the apocalypse one more time; the average skin color in GOP leadership gets eight shades less orange; we'll learn that the Pope did m...

26: Skepticrat 026 - GOP Primary Debate Special Part Two from 2015-09-21T12:00

In this week's hour long special edition, Eli Bosnick joins us to break down the second of what they're swearing are the GOP Primary debates.  Listen in as CNN realizes they should have gone wit...

25: Skepticrat 025 - Eli 4 Prez Edition from 2015-09-07T12:00

In this week's episode; we'll learn that either five randomly plotted points in a plane can form an irregular pentagon, or Christianity is true; New Jersey dabbles in baby fighting; we'll make j...

24: Skepticrat 024: Extramarital Edition from 2015-08-24T12:00

In this week's episode; we'll urge people to let the Ashley Madison story die out before they reach the Ls; New York City lawmakers deliberate over the optimal level of nipplage in Time Square; ...

23: Skepticrat 23 - Primary Debate Kickoff Special Edition from 2015-08-10T12:00

In this fortnight's episode, Eli Bosnick joins us for a special one hour kickoff to the primary debate season.

22: Skepticrat 022: Pluther Edition from 2015-07-27T12:00

In this week's episode, we'll get a biology lesson from a guy who thinks demons live in your man-batter, "Pluthers" warn that so-called images of Pluto may contain mind-controlling levels of flu...

21: Skepticrat 021: Trump Up The Volume Edition from 2015-07-20T12:00

In this week's episode, God will forget to destroy America over legalized same sex marriage for another week; Jade Helm 15 operatives won't herd citizens into prison camps right away, as a decoy...

20: Skepticrat 020 - Immoral Kombat Edition from 2015-06-15T12:00

In this week's episode; Iowa will surprise the world by finding a way to become even less relevant; computer security experts confirm that the jews also control the digital media, Franklin Graha...

19: Skepticrat 019: Abuse Your Words Edition from 2015-06-08T12:00

In this week's episode, we'll reference a bit about correcting errors in the intro, then we'll cut the error correction part of the show in post production, thus creating a brand new error in ne...

18: Skepticrat 018 - Coultergeist Edition from 2015-06-01T12:00

In this week's episode we'll learn that they cheat at the other kind of football, too; we'll discover that when it's 120 degrees fahrenheit, people in India don't care which genocidal dictator i...

17: Skepticrat 017: Decriminalized Edition from 2015-05-25T12:00

In this week's episode, we'll parrot leftwing talking points while disingenuously presenting ourselves as centirsts, apparently; Bill Belichick is relieved to hear about a Patriot Act spying sca...

16: Skepticrat 016 - Blissfully Ignorant Edition from 2015-05-18T12:00

In this week's episode, Nestle bottled water considers Baron Vladimir Harkonnen of the Dune Universe for CEO, Heath and Noah spend a few minutes complaining about their impotence, and activists ...

15: Skepticrat 015 - Frack Off Edition from 2015-05-11T12:00

On this week's episode, we'll open up with a joke that'll prune the prudes early, we'll follow it with a bunch of jokes that will make them happy they left when they did, and then we'll cap it o...

14: Skepticrat 014: Genetically Modified Edition from 2015-05-04T12:00

In this week's episode; a Dutch designer will bring necrophilia into the twenty-first century; the Illuminati world takeover gets foiled again when they underestimate Bastrop, Texas; Budweiser w...

13: Skepticrat 013 - SuperPac vs BatPAC Edition from 2015-04-20T12:00

A Tennessee swinger's club will find out how many times you have to scream "oh god!" before you're a church, everyone who feels their estate was unfairly taxed raises their hand, we'll examine t...

12: Skepticrat 012: Cold Dead Hand Edition from 2015-04-13T12:00

In this week's episode, Obama will put the kibosh on our straight-to-gay conversion clinics before we can even get them off the ground, we'll learn that seven out of seven kids with rickets reco...

11: Skepticrat 011 - Sans Specific Edition from 2015-04-06T12:00

In this week's episode, we'll learn that the TPP, the TPIP, and TP are equally deserving of having feces wiped on them; Senator Bob Menendez will learn that pimpin' ain't easy; the Raelians will...

10: Skepticrat 010 - Yemen Aid Stand Edition from 2015-03-30T12:00

In this week's episode, we'll deal with a rare outbreak of unrest in the Middle East, the US Geological Survey will dabble in fecalchemy, we'll question the effectiveness of going after Indiana'...

9: Skepticrat 009 - Carnival Cruz Edition from 2015-03-23T12:00

In this week's episode, Benjamin Netanyahu will teach us that things with "Yahoo" in the name stick around long after they stop being useful, Marco Rubio learns that the internet isn't an actual...

8: Skepticrat 008 - Caliphate of the Union Edition from 2015-03-16T12:00

In this week's episode, Rick Scott will force Florida environmental scientists to present their findings in mime, America goes from Kennedy Camelot to Clinton Spam-alot, we'll learn that those g...

7: Skepticrat 007 - Pop and Loch Edition from 2015-03-09T12:00

In this week's episode, Ferguson, Missouri defends itself against charges of institutional racism by asking if you can really trust a Justice Department run by a black guy; a NJ town takes actio...

6: Skepticrat 006 - Nothin' But Netanyahu Edition from 2015-03-02T13:00

In this week's episode, a Massachusetts museum will open up a fully interactive UFO abduction display where you can probe your own anus, invisible crop duster cure America of erectile dysfunctio...

5: Skepticrat 005 - White Men Can't Trump Edition from 2015-02-23T13:00

In this week's episode, we'll learn about bleaching the assholes of autistic kids for fun and profit, a Mississippi state representative has trouble adjusting to the new post-bellum society, Gle...

4: Skepticrat 004 - Crimea River Edition from 2015-02-16T13:00

In this week's episode, we'll learn all about setting babies on fire for fun and profit, Scott Walker gets sacked on 3rd and long by a British journalist, we'll reveal ourselves to be pro-nipple...

3: Skepticrat 003 - Strife of Brian Edition from 2015-02-09T13:00

In this week's episode, we'll wash our hands before eating and thereby become the unwitting progenitors of a socialist plot, delivering a non-ironic message with a twist of irony, Jew God resurf...

2: Skepticrat 002 - Steamed Vagina Edition from 2015-02-02T13:00

In this week's episode we learn what misinformed, science denying, ideologically motivated soccer moms have in common with room temperature mayonnaise; Sarah Palin's teleprompter malfunction is ...