Ballot with Patrick Gutfield -from Trump to Taylor Swift
Current events and news, but sassy.
In the spirit of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart, John Oliver, Trevor Noah and even those Pod Save America guys, we’ll strip away the political jargon and dive into the heart of the action, offering a fresh, sassy take on the biggest stories and controversies. Come by for a laugh, and get just enough information to keep you conversational at the water cooler. Portions of this podcast were created with the assistance of AI, Like with any good show, we mix the news with parody and talk abput politics without getting into the poltiics part.
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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 7 minutes
- Episodes
- 432
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
RFK Jr. Faces the Senate, the Clippers Plant $28M Trees, and Epstein Files Heat Up
Patrick Gutfield dives into the Senate Finance Committee showdown where Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tried to defend firing the CDC director and gutting vaccine funding — and somehow ended up nominating Tru…
00:06:35 |
Fri 05 Sep 2025
World Leaders Mock Trump While His Own Guy Spills Epstein Tea
Gavin Newsom claims foreign leaders are laughing behind Trump's back, and we've got the UN footage to prove it. Trump responded by staying up until 2 AM frantically Googling dirt on Governor Wes Moor…
00:06:12 |
Thu 04 Sep 2025
Trump's Wild Tuesday: He's Not Dead, Not Resigning, Moves Space Command, Drug Boats, and Mystery Garbage
Patrick Gutfield breaks down Trump's chaotic return to public life - from moving Space Command to Alabama because Colorado uses mail-in ballots, to casually mentioning shooting at Venezuelan drug boa…
00:06:52 |
Wed 03 Sep 2025
Reading and Willing: JD Vance ready if, you know....PLUS Vance warns NFL about Taylor Swift
JD Vance says he's ready to be President after seven months of watching Trump work - that's less time than most people need to figure out their new job's healthcare benefits. Meanwhile, a TikTok phys…
00:07:44 |
Tue 02 Sep 2025
Pam Bondi’s Superhero Worship, Blue Laws vs. Jeans, and Silent Whales
Patrick Gutfield skips the Labor Day chaos and dives into a different kind of American madness: Attorney General Pam Bondi calling Trump “President” like it’s his first name, New Jersey towns suing a…
00:05:25 |
Mon 01 Sep 2025
CDC Chaos: RFK Jr. Purges Vaccine Panel & Trump Plots Pre-Midterm Conventions
From mass resignations at the CDC to Trump’s bizarre idea of holding national party conventions before the midterms, things in D.C. are getting weird. Patrick Gutfield breaks down RFK Jr.’s attempt t…
00:05:01 |
Fri 29 Aug 2025
Trump Posts 2AM Seth Meyers Rant, Takes Victory Lap Over Cracker Barrel Logo
Trump rage-posts about Seth Meyers at two AM like your weird uncle arguing about traffic lights on Facebook. Former SNL cast member Beck Bennett reveals Elon Musk was somehow worse to work with than …
00:05:32 |
Thu 28 Aug 2025
Swift Justice: Taylor's Engagement, Detention Center Branding, and Flesh-Eating Parasites
Patrick Gutfield breaks down Trump's surprising blessing of the Swift-Kelce engagement, the administration's catchy new names for detention centers (from "Alligator Alcatraz" to "Cornhusker Clink"), …
00:05:32 |
Wed 27 Aug 2025
Marc Maron Torches Bill Maher on Pod Save America as Hot ICE 'Agent Dumptruck' Goes Viral and Trump Threatens ABC & NBC
Marc Maron took aim at Bill Maher on Pod Save America, calling him “desperate” and accusing him of chasing relevance at any cost. Meanwhile, ICE accidentally turned a routine arrest photo into the in…
00:06:17 |
Tue 26 Aug 2025
Cracker Barrel Rebrands, Trump Hates Fresh Sheets, and Ducks Defeat Detention
Cracker Barrel ditches grandma’s kitchen vibes for a sleek new logo, and the internet unleashes its full fury. Trump reportedly freaked out over clean sheets, locked his own bedroom door against the …
00:06:33 |
Mon 25 Aug 2025
Trump Rides with the Troops, Kamala Hits the Road, and Solar Power Gets Fired
Trump patrols the streets of D.C. with the military and celebrates “law and order” with a Shake Shack run. Meanwhile, the Vice President launches a crackdown on sunlight, banning “Solar” in all-caps,…
00:05:42 |
Fri 22 Aug 2025
Black Walls, Gold Offices, and Fake Windows: America, You’re Doing Great
Trump wants to paint the border wall black because it gets hot—just like science says—and Jack White has thoughts about the new Oval Office, which now resembles a pro wrestler’s dressing room designe…
00:06:28 |
Thu 21 Aug 2025
Trump Fights Museums, and Oklahoma Flunks the Constitution
Donald Trump is furious that museums dare to talk about slavery, calling the Smithsonian “OUT OF CONTROL” and demanding more exhibits about “Success” and “Brightness.” Meanwhile, Oklahoma unveils a f…
00:05:59 |
Wed 20 Aug 2025
Trump Hosts Zelensky and the European All-Stars: Peace Talks, Nobel Calls, and MS NOW
President Trump welcomes Ukrainian President Zelensky and top European leaders to the White House in a flashy attempt at diplomacy—no yelling this time! Trump pitches a Putin-Zelensky-Trump summit wh…
00:06:15 |
Tue 19 Aug 2025
JD Vance’s Fishing Fiasco, Pub Mutiny & Trump wants Pocahontas drug tested
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy and U.S. Vice President JD Vance got busted for fishing without licenses, sparking fines and a very “chummy” press conference. Vance’s trip got worse: he was rej…
00:05:08 |
Mon 18 Aug 2025
Trump Meets Putin in Alaska While Taylor Swift Breaks the Internet
Donald Trump is heading to Alaska for his first sit-down with Vladimir Putin since 2018, pitching himself as a diplomatic wedding planner while promising peace talks with Zelensky. Meanwhile, Trump m…
00:05:02 |
Fri 15 Aug 2025
Trump’s $200 Million Party Palace, RFK Jr. Shreds Vaccine Research, and Hollywood Declares War
Trump wants a ballroom that would make Gatsby jealous, RFK Jr. torches half a billion in pandemic preparedness, and 2,300 Hollywood writers—from Spike Lee to John Waters—sign an open letter taking di…
00:06:44 |
Thu 14 Aug 2025
Sydney Sweeney vs. The Epstein Cover-Up, Maxwell’s Mystery Prison Move, and Obama Gets Portrait-Shamed
The White House tries to bury Epstein questions with denim ads starring Sydney Sweeney. Ghislaine Maxwell scores a cushy prison transfer, and Trump banishes Obama’s portrait to the political attic.
00:06:15 |
Wed 13 Aug 2025
Trump Sends National Guard to DC, Newsom Trolls With Taco Meme, and the Epstein Files Stay Buried
When the President takes over a city’s police force, feuds with California’s governor over tacos, and still won’t release the Epstein files, you know it’s going to be a weird week. Plus, Harvard scie…
00:06:24 |
Tue 12 Aug 2025
Trump & Putin’s Alaska Summit, Truth Social’s AI Backfires, and the Epstein Files Distraction
President Trump and Vladimir Putin plan an Alaska meeting to “end” the Ukraine war—without inviting Ukraine. Plus, Trump’s new AI chatbot calls January 6 an “insurrection” and fact-checks its own bos…
00:07:04 |
Mon 11 Aug 2025
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