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It's a special post-election episode of HWX, with Brian Ward of Fraters Libertas and Paul Happe, the Nihilist in Golf Pants reconvening to assess the state of political punditry in the USA in the new era of Trump. Topics addressed include:

* The case study of Van Jones, from his "white lash" polemics on CNN election night to his stuttering defense on ABC News this week. What is the Van Jones problem and how can he do better?

* News and political opinion shows in general are in bad shape, stale, boring, clichéd. How can they be made better, we offer 10 exciting new ideas.

* We go "In the Bubble" with Bill Maher and his comments on HBO about his crying wolf in the past, but this time you can take his cries of fascism seriously. Can we???!

* Plus a personal anecdote about meeting Steve Bannon, and exclusive audio of Michael Medved's new endorsement to remedy his butt hurt, Alleviation Dose. 

* What were they drinking during the show? A Taj Majal Premium Lager and a Summit Extra Pale Ale.

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It's a special post-election episode of HWX, with Brian Ward of Fraters Libertas and Paul Happe of the Nihilist in Golf Pants reconvening to bind the up the nation's wounds and bring us all together in preparation for the challenges ahead. . Topics discussed include:

From election night - election night parties, what are they good for? Polls, what went wrong and what went right? The end of the pundit era as we know it? A review of election night celebrity Tweets. Plus an exclusive musical tribute to the media reporting of the night, with accompaniment by Maxine Nightingale.

Concession speeches - exclusive audio of what Hillary really might have said. Also some ideas for making concession speeches more productive and more entertaining in the future.

What were we drinking during this episode? Surly Over Rated an PsuedoSue from Toppling Goliath.

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It's a special pre-election edition of HWX, with Brian Ward of Fraters Libertas and Paul Happe, the Nihilist in Golf Pants. Issues discussed include:

* A review of this past week's focus on Ricochet from NPR's "This American Life". Also, the return of This Week in Gate Keeping featuring, coincidentally, NPR and This American Life and their observations of James Lileks's voting preferences.

* A (quick) analysis of Evan McMullin's chances of eking this one out. Plus exclusive audio of the new Evan McMullin-Mindy Finn campaign ad soon to be blanketing the airwaves.

* "In the Bubble" with Marc Maron. On a recent episode of his WTF podcast he gave his opinion of those who might be considering voting for Donald Trump. We straighten him out on exactly why perfectly rational and sophisticated voters would do just that.

* What were we drinking during the show? Surly Furious and 300 Mosaic IPA by Fulton Beer.

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HWX returns with Brian Ward of Fraters Libertas and Paul Happe, the Nihilst in Golf Pants discussing the critical issues of the week:

* The new “Schoolyard” PSA about the importance of voting and some underappreciated aspects of this searing indictment on voter apathy. Also a broader discussion of the alleged sanctity of the franchise.

* The new feature “In the Bubble” featuring Ira Glass of This American Life and Jake Tapper of CNN. They put on the mantle of fact checkers and truth tellers regarding the ignorance of Donald Trump and his birther related speech earlier this month. We fact check the fact checkers and speak truth to the truth tellers and end up covered in soapy residue.

* What were they drinking this episode? A Deschutes Inversion IPA and a Summit Great Northern Porter.

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It’s a special Halloween episode of HWX with Brian Ward and Paul Happe. Featured in this episode are discussions of the horrors of the election season:

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HWX returns with a special, breaking news episode to analyze the history changing nature of Donald Trump's 11-year-old interview with Access Hollywood.

Also addressed are the gales of hot air emanating from Hurricane Matthew and Shepard Smith.

The latest in attack political ads, digging up Sen. Ron Johnson shadowy past as as a mall stereo salesman and pizza parlor lothario. 

 And the presidential candidate rock continues with Campaign Gold 3.

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It's a very special episode of HWX featuring an interview with Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY). The Senator looks back on his Presidential campaign and analyzes why the libertarian message may not have resonated as well as it could have this cycle and why Donald Trump prevailed. He also looks ahead and discusses why there is still substantial life in the libertarian movement, which will be aided by winning campaigns such as his own for US Senate, and that of Jason Lewis, running for Congress in Minnesota. Sen. Paul also discusses his continuing efforts to audit the Federal Reserve, what that would mean and why it's important.

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Also discussed the episode - dumb political ads of the season, including classic out of context clips and grossly misleading smear tactics. Are Americans smart and sophisticated enough to not be fooled by these tactics this time? We shall see.

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It's a special pre-Presidential debate episode of HWX with Brian Ward and Paul Happe. They set the stage with some in-depth analysis of Hillary's vital signs and Trump's surging poll numbers. Also coverage of Hillary's latest attempt to humanize herself, and we have exclusive audio, of Comedy Central's upcoming Roast of Hillary Clinton.

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It's a political convention special episode of HWX, with Brian Ward and Paul Happe discussing the critical issues of the day. Topics addressed include:

* The effectiveness of unconventional speakers at the GOP convention, including Scott Baio, Fran Tarkenton, Don King, and the Trump children

* Melania Trump's speech - amid the plagiarism controversy, was it truly understood? We provide exclusive audio analysis.

* A preview of the Democrat National Convention, including exclusive audio of the difficult planning associated with seating so many special interest groups and a preview of Mrs. Clinton's acceptance speech.

* An analysis of another metric on which Trump and Hillary are breaking new records - their advanced ages.

* The new album release from HWX productions Campaign Gold 2: The Duets, with a new contribution from the presidential candidate spouses.

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It's a special weekend edition of HWX, with Brian Ward of Fraters Libertas and Paul Happe of the Nihilist in Golf Pants bringing you all the hot issues of the day.

Topics addressed include:

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