Big Time Dicks

By Jezebel

What's Big Time Dicks about?

A distinctly new Jezebel podcast hosted by Joanna Rothkopf and Prachi Gupta who give you a fresh perspective on politics through an examination of the big time dicks behind the policy affecting our lives. This podcast is an approachably humorous tour of serious issues.

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Big Time Dicks episodes:

12.05.2017
The Year in Dicks
From Sean Spicer to Sarah Huckabee Sanders to Anthony Scaramucci, 2017 has blessed us with an abundance of dicks--and some that haven’t worked as press secretary. We count them down in this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
11.28.2017
Rep. Jackie Speier on Marines United and Sexual Assault in the Military (RECAST)
This is a recast of the episode whereBig Time Dicks continues to examine the epidemic of sexual assault in the military, and speak with Rep. Jackie Speier about legislation she's pushing to combat it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
11.21.2017
Political Fashion’s Worst Offenders (RECAST)
This is a recast of the episode where Savile Row bespoke tailor Dominic Sebag Montifiore chats with us about what politicians are telling us with their fashion choices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
11.14.2017
A Roundtable Weenie Roast
Jezebel features editor Kelly Stout, staff writer Ellie Shechet, and Special Projects Desk senior reporter Anna Merlan talk Omarosa, Steve Bannon, and Roy Moore—and dig deep into the mystery of Rand Paul’s fight with his neighbor. Learn more about your ad...
11.07.2017
It Doesn’t Help If the Woman Has a Gun
Joanna Rothkopf, Kelly Stout, and Katie McDonough talk about the recent mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, and go over—yet again—the connection between gun and domestic violence. They also talk about how, at its best, the DNC should be the...
10.31.2017
A Cynic Goes to the Women’s Convention
We speak with Jezebel’s Megan Reynolds, freshly back from the Women’s Convention in Detroit, about her weekend in Social Justice City. Also: Paul Manafort is indicted and Prachi reads a spooky story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
10.24.2017
Pussy Riot’s Masha Alyokhina Is Warning Us
We speak with Alyokhina about music as protest, her new book “Riot Days," and what it’s like to have your country run by a repressive egomanicac. Also: Bill O’Reilly blows a gasket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
10.17.2017
Hollywood and Democrats' Twisted Best Friendship
Harvey Weinstein has been a major political donor for decades. Who knew his reputation? Who is at fault? Jezebel's Joanna Rothkopf, Kelly Stout, and Ellie Shechet chat about all of the above and tie themselves in an ethical knot. Learn more...
10.10.2017
How to Talk About Yet Another Friggin' Mass Shooting
The Guardian’s Lois Beckett joins us to talk about what the media and politicians miss in the gun violence debate, which focuses disproportionately on mass shooting, the rarest form of gun violence. Also: Donald Trump mispronounces “Puerto Rico.” Learn more about...
10.03.2017
People Are Profiting From Puerto Rico's Tragedy
We talk to Rutgers professor Dr. Yarimar Bonilla about the devastation in Puerto Rico and why the country's economic and political climate makes the recovery efforts particularly challenging. In Alabama, Republicans introduce us to a terrifying new weenie. Learn more about...
09.26.2017
Great, Another Stupid-Ass Healthcare Bill
We talk about Graham-Cassidy, the GOP’s newest attempt at stripping Americans of their health insurance, and how it’s different from other repeal attempts (spoiler: it isn’t!). We’re joined by the Center for Reproductive Rights’ Amy Friedrich-Karnik. Also: BUT JARED’S EMAILS! Learn...
09.19.2017
Edie Windsor, the Dynamo
We look back at the life and legacy of Edie Windsor, whose Supreme Court case struck down DOMA and paved the way for the legalization of same sex marriage across the country. We speak with one of her attorneys, the...
09.12.2017
What Happens When DACA Ends?
Advocate and DACA recipient Leezia Dhalla talks about what it was like to learn she was undocumented in college, get DACA, and lose it--and what it means for the 790,000 others like her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
09.08.2017
ICE Raids & Trump’s Immigration Crackdown (RECAST)
This is a recast of the episode where Joanna and Prachi discuss the Department of Homeland Security’s recent memos regarding “criminal aliens” and look into the fraught, racist history of immigration reform. We also speak with the New York Immigration...
09.01.2017
How to Help Hurricane Harvey Victims
What do you do when a dick is a hurricane? We speak with representatives from Portlight and Global Giving to learn how to help Houstonians affected by the devastating hurricane. Also: Ivanka reminds us she's no friend to women. Learn more...
08.25.2017
How to Cover White Supremacy Without Sucking
The Atlantic’s Vann Newkirk joins us to talk about how newsrooms can cover issues surrounding race and white supremacy responsibly. Also: Trump looks directly into the Sun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
08.18.2017
Confederate Statues and the Dicks Who Love Them
Jezebel’s Stassa Edwards joins us to talk about the history of confederate statues (spoiler alert: they are worthless pieces of crap!). Also, our first Weenie Golden Shower. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
08.11.2017
Trump’s Voter Fraud Crusade
Prachi and Ellie speak to ACLU voting rights attorney Julie Ebenstein about the Trump administration’s voter fraud commission and how Republican-led voter suppression efforts will impact future elections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
08.04.2017
How Disability Rights Protesters Helped Tank Trumpcare
We speak with Carrie Anne Lucas of disability rights organization ADAPT about their 6 weeks of protests against the healthcare repeal, and hear about her plans to run for office. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
07.28.2017
How Leah Griffin Turned Rage Into Reform for Assault Survivors
We talk to sexual assault survivor and activist Leah Griffin about how she got attention from politicians like Sen. Patty Murray, and what advice she has for other women who want to help draft reform bills at the local, state,...
07.21.2017
How to Run for Office
This week we speak with Erin Loos Cutraro, founder and CEO of She Should Run, an organization working to increase the number of women running for office in the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
07.14.2017
Angela Rye Does Not Suffer Fools
CNN commentator Angela Rye on her new podcast, how she deals with Trump surrogates on TV, and the badassery of Congresswoman Maxine Waters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
07.07.2017
Real-Life Villain or Fictional Villain?
On the most patriotic holiday week, we’re trying to figure out the difference between Steve Bannon and the Joker with guest co-host Ellie Shechet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
06.30.2017
6 Months Deep with Amy Goodman, Aparna Nancherla, and Erika Andiola
In our first ever live taping at the Bell House in Brooklyn, we speak with Amy, Aparna, and Erika about the first six months of Trump's presidency and what to do going forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
06.23.2017
Texas’s Discriminatory HB 2859 and Its Effects on the LGBTQ Community
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott just signed a law that would allow religious foster care and adoption agencies to turn away prospective LGBTQ adoptive parents, and to discriminate against LGBTQ youth in their care. We speak with Currey Cook, Director of...
06.16.2017
Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, 1 Year Later
We speak with Whole Woman’s Health founder and CEO Amy Hagstrom Miller on the 1 year anniversary of Whole Woman’s Health vs. Hellerstedt about going to the Supreme Court and the state of abortion rights in the US. Learn more about...
06.09.2017
New York’s Draconian Abortion Law
We speak with Erika Christensen, of Jezebel’s “Interview with a Woman Who Recently Had an Abortion at 32 Weeks,” and NY State Sen. Liz Krueger about their efforts to change a law that forces women to carry nonviable pregnancies to...
06.02.2017
Trump Pulls Out of Paris Agreement
Joanna and guest co-host Ellie Shechet debate the future of the world after Trump pulls out of the Paris Climate Agreement, and speak with Environmental Defense Fund’s International Counsel Annie Petsonk. Also: How Jared Kushner’s voice sounds. Learn more about your...
05.19.2017
Elizabeth Warren on Trump & the Middle Class
We speak with Sen. Elizabeth Warren about her new book, “This Fight Is Our Fight” and about whether or not she’d support Trump’s impeachment. Also: Fox News, H.R. McMaster, and Who Did the Tweet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
05.12.2017
The Very Old, Very Dumb Electoral College
We talk with Cynthia Terrell of Representation 2020 about our screwed up electoral process and how to achieve gender parity in government in our lifetimes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
05.05.2017
Political Fashion’s Worst Offenders
Savile Row bespoke tailor Dominic Sebag Montifiore chats with us about what politicians are telling us with their fashion choices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
04.28.2017
Rep. Jackie Speier on Marines United and Sexual Assault in the Military
Big Time Dicks continues to examine the epidemic of sexual assault in the military, and speak with Rep. Jackie Speier about legislation she's pushing to combat it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
04.21.2017
Gloria Allred on Marines United & Sexual Assault in the Military
Iconic civil rights attorney Gloria Allred joins Joanna and Prachi to discuss the shocking Marines United nude photo scandal, in which male military members shared nonconsensual photos of current and former female colleagues online. The initial incident, tied with the...
04.14.2017
Is This the Death of the EPA?
At the end of March, Trump signed an executive order essentially repealing Obama’s Clean Power Plan, and introduced an EPA budget that would decimate the bureau. We speak with the Environmental Defense Fund’s Lindi von Mutius and Jezebel’s Ellie Shechet...
04.07.2017
The Death of Internet Privacy
We discuss the impact of the repeal of internet privacy and talk to Steven Renderos, organizing director at the Center for Media Justice, about how companies might use your personal data. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
03.31.2017
Arkansas’ Rushed Executions
We examine the history of the death penalty and talk to Diann Rust-Tierney, executive director of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, about Arkansas's unprecedented decision to execute 8 people in 10 days. Learn more about your ad choices....
03.24.2017
Neil Gorsuch & How to Confirm a Supreme Court Justice
We speak with American University's Karen O'Connor about what could happen to women's rights if Neil Gorsuch gets on the Supreme Court and why nominated judges say so little during confirmation hearings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
03.17.2017
What’s Happening to Our Health Insurance?
We take a look at how the GOP health care replacement bill stacks up against the Affordable Care Act. Healthcare policy expert and primary care physician Dr. Kavita Patel discusses the setbacks of the bill and the US healthcare system...
03.10.2017
A Day Without a Woman
In honor of International Women’s Day, Joanna and Prachi discuss the history of women striking, and speak with Ai-Jen Poo, Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
03.10.2017
Episode 7: A Day Without a Woman
In honor of International Women’s Day, Joanna and Prachi discuss the history of women striking, and speak with Ai-Jen Poo, Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance.
03.03.2017
Texas SB25 & The Republican War on Reproductive Rights
Joanna and Prachi discuss CPAC and the onslaught of anti-choice legislation introduced since 2010, including a new Texas bill which would allow doctors to withhold information from expectant parents. They also speak with Dr. Diane Horvath-Cosper of Physicans for Reproductive...
03.03.2017
Episode 6: Texas SB25 & The Republican War on Reproductive Rights
Joanna and Prachi discuss CPAC and the onslaught of anti-choice legislation introduced since 2010, including a new Texas bill which would allow doctors to withhold information from expectant parents. They also speak with Dr. Diane Horvath-Cosper of Physicans for...
02.24.2017
ICE Raids & Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
Joanna and Prachi discuss the Department of Homeland Security’s recent memos regarding “criminal aliens” and look into the fraught, racist history of immigration reform. We also speak with the New York Immigration Coalition’s Thanu Yakupitiyage about what the new rules...
02.24.2017
Episode 5: ICE Raids & Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
Joanna and Prachi discuss the Department of Homeland Security’s recent memos regarding “criminal aliens” and look into the fraught, racist history of immigration reform. We also speak with the New York Immigration Coalition’s Thanu Yakupitiyage about what the new rules...
02.17.2017
Gavin Grimm & Bathroom Bills
We examine why white men love to use the bathroom as a battleground, and Gavin Grimm, a transgender teen who has fought in court to use the boys’ bathroom at his high school for over two years. We also speak...
02.10.2017
Are We Heading for a ‘Constitutional Crisis’?
We examine what the Justice Department under Sen. Jeff Sessions might look like (hint: more racist) and interview Columbia Law professor Katherine Franke about what power the Attorney General actually has. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
02.03.2017
#MuslimBan
We take a closer look at the hell Steve Bannon, the white supremacist brain behind Trump, has wrought, and interview JFK No Ban organizer and immigration attorney Tahanie Aboushi about the Muslim Ban. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
01.27.2017
Welcoming Our New Dicktator
It's official—Trump is our new Dick in Chief. Joanna and Prachi discuss their experience reporting at Inauguration and the historic Women's March, and interview NARAL president Ilyse Hogue about how to fight back against the new administration. Learn more about your...
01.14.2017
Introduction to Big Time Dicks
A brand new Jezebel podcast with a unique perspective on politics through the examination of the big time dicks behind the policy affecting our lives. This podcast is an approachably humorous tour of series issues. Learn more about your ad choices....

What's Big Time Dicks about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Big Time Dicks episodes:

The Year in Dicks

Rep. Jackie Speier on Marines United and Sexual Assault in the Military (RECAST)

Political Fashion’s Worst Offenders (RECAST)

A Roundtable Weenie Roast

It Doesn’t Help If the Woman Has a Gun

A Cynic Goes to the Women’s Convention

Pussy Riot’s Masha Alyokhina Is Warning Us

Hollywood and Democrats' Twisted Best Friendship

How to Talk About Yet Another Friggin' Mass Shooting

People Are Profiting From Puerto Rico's Tragedy

Great, Another Stupid-Ass Healthcare Bill

Edie Windsor, the Dynamo

What Happens When DACA Ends?

ICE Raids & Trump’s Immigration Crackdown (RECAST)

How to Help Hurricane Harvey Victims

How to Cover White Supremacy Without Sucking

Confederate Statues and the Dicks Who Love Them

Trump’s Voter Fraud Crusade

How Disability Rights Protesters Helped Tank Trumpcare

How Leah Griffin Turned Rage Into Reform for Assault Survivors

How to Run for Office

Angela Rye Does Not Suffer Fools

Real-Life Villain or Fictional Villain?

6 Months Deep with Amy Goodman, Aparna Nancherla, and Erika Andiola

Texas’s Discriminatory HB 2859 and Its Effects on the LGBTQ Community

Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, 1 Year Later

New York’s Draconian Abortion Law

Trump Pulls Out of Paris Agreement

Elizabeth Warren on Trump & the Middle Class

The Very Old, Very Dumb Electoral College

Political Fashion’s Worst Offenders

Rep. Jackie Speier on Marines United and Sexual Assault in the Military

Gloria Allred on Marines United & Sexual Assault in the Military

Is This the Death of the EPA?

The Death of Internet Privacy

Arkansas’ Rushed Executions

Neil Gorsuch & How to Confirm a Supreme Court Justice

What’s Happening to Our Health Insurance?

A Day Without a Woman

Episode 7: A Day Without a Woman

Texas SB25 & The Republican War on Reproductive Rights

Episode 6: Texas SB25 & The Republican War on Reproductive Rights

ICE Raids & Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

Episode 5: ICE Raids & Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

Gavin Grimm & Bathroom Bills

Are We Heading for a ‘Constitutional Crisis’?

#MuslimBan

Welcoming Our New Dicktator

Introduction to Big Time Dicks