Getting Hammered®

By Laissez-Faire Media

Overcaffeinated and underprepared™

A sharp, funny politics podcast for people who want the news without the freakout.

Each week, Getting Hammered® takes a hammer to the headlines, breaking down... more

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November 17, 2021Drama Drama Drama
There's drama in the White House—Kamala drama, that is. Mary Katharine and Vic talk about tumultuous relationships in the White House, as well as the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, a football miracle, dating while living with your parents, and Taylor Swift making money off of a relationship that ended more than a decade ago.
Times
00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
05:03 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
06:20 - Closing arguments of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial
14:40 - Kamala Drama
18:58 - The Detroit Lions did not lose
21:33 - The Atlantic story on dating while living at home
27:00 - The New York Times is concerned that there's no Covid vaccine for pets
29:39 - Decoding the Swifty drama

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39min
November 12, 2021What's Le Plan
Kamala Harris fakes a French accent, Michigan's Attorney General has one too many Bloody Marys, and Morgan Ortagus rips Adam Schiff on the View
Times
00:13 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
06:06 -Segment: The News You Need to Know
06:45 - One too many Bloody Marys for Michigan's Democratic Attorney General
10:55 - Secretary of Education, teachers union head say no more masks outdoors for kids
17:08 - American campaign to vaccinate kids off to good start
20:37 - Updates on New Jersey State Senator Ed Durr
24:37 - Kyle Rittenhouse trial
34:57 - Car break-ins up in San Francisco
44:00 - Cotton Candy Lobster caught off the coast of Maine
46:14 - Bacon wrapped... presents? Feat. Coolio
51:11 - Segment: We Love to Hear It
51:49 - Morgan Ortagus rips Adam Schiff on the View

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56min
November 10, 2021Saving(s) and Spending
Is it Daylight Saving Time or Daylight Savings Time? Is inflation actually good for us? And will the BIF help with that? Mary Katharine and Vic answer these questions and talk T-Mac, breathalyzers, and mask mandates.
Times
00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
04:02 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
04:07 - 32nd anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall
07:40 - Our very own Vic Matus snaps a photo with Terry McAuliffe
12:47 - Daylight Saving(s) Time (and people complaining about it)
19:00 - MSNBC asks: Is inflation actually a good thing?
26:58 - Will the (very pricey) Infrastructure bill help with that?
33:00 - Mandates and masks
41:53 - An update on the diapered astronauts

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45min
November 05, 2021Upsets
Mary Katharine and Vic talk elections, and this week's biggest upsets, as well as the Supreme Court's latest concealed carry decisions and our hobby horse: vaccine mandates for kids.
Times
00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
06:15 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
06:33 - Results of the Virginia governor's election
11;15 - The Lincoln Project and the tiki torch stunt
24:50 - New Jersey democrat falls to unlikely challenger
29:50 - Winsome Sears wins the race for lieutenant governor in Virginia
31:13 - Supreme Court hands down decision on concealed carry
33:12 - San Francisco mandates vaccines for kids as young as five
39:37 - Space diapers
41:00 - Segment: Hosts in the Hot Seat

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48min
November 03, 2021A Numbers Game
Mary Katharine and Vic are back to chat numbers, from the Virginia governor's race to spending bills to plummeting poll numbers for the Biden administration to the original prices for McDonald's hamburgers.
Times
00:13 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
09:05 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
09:09 - The Virginia Governor's Race
14:06 - Tiki torch antics
16:47 - Updates on the Infrastructure and Reconciliation bills
22:03 - New Jersey governor's race
24:29 - Americans lose confidence in President Biden, Democrats, according to NBC Poll
28:40 - Let's Go Brandon
35:20 - Kanye West's Sunday Service featuring Justin Bieber and Marilyn Manson
37:50 - The original McDonald's menu

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45min
October 27, 2021 The Baby Episode
Mary Katharine Ham welcomed her third daughter into the world this weekend. So where else would she be four days after labor than the recording studio, with Vic, chatting about the experience?

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39min
October 22, 2021Uncancellable
A protests against Dave Chappelle's uncancellable (and very funny) Netflix comedy special, vaccine mandates for kids, an ad war in the Virginia governor's race, and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's wise words on race and education.
Times
00:11 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
06:02 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
07:04 - Protests against Dave Chappelle's Netflix comedy special
17:41 - The not-so-nefarious list at Coastal Carolina
24:08 - Coronavirus vaccine mandates for children
32:21 - Update on the Virginia governor's race (and an ad war!)
38:47 - Richmond Public Schools will close schools during election week for the "emotional health of teachers"
40:44 - Donald Trump starts a new social network, Truth
41:54 - Wise words from former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
45:12 - Segment: Hosts in the Hot Seat

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53min
October 20, 2021The B Word
The Virginia gubernatorial race is the b word. Bellwether, that is, for what's to come in 2022 and 2024. Mary Katharine and Vic pay tribute to the late Colin Powell, fact-check Fauci's football season fears, and talk about teens developing the TikTok tics.
Times
0:10 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
05:59 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
06:02 - Rest in peace, Colin Powell
10:00 - Virginia governor's race
17:05 - Vice President Harris releases video for black churches endorsing Virginia Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe
19:00 - Allison Williams quits ESPN over vaccine mandate
22:58 - NFL free agent Cam Newton gets vaccinated
24:11 - TSA vaccination rates post federal mandate
27:41 - Biden administration reverses Trump's shower head deregulation
30:55 - Football and a Fauci Fact-Check
37:00 - Thomas Jefferson statue to get the boot from New York City's city hall
40:37 - Teens develop tics from TikTok
45:32 - Segment: Hosts in the Hot Seat

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51min
October 15, 2021We're Going There
To McDonalds, to space, to Boston, to Barnes and Noble (to pick up a copy of Katie Couric's new book). Mary Katharine and Vic are "Going There."
Times
00:20 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
10:06 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
10:15 - The great inflation situation
17:27 - Energy prices spike
20:34 - William Shatner goes to space (and not just in a Hollywood studio!)
25:58 - Katie Couric reveals in her new book, Going There, that she edited out parts of an interview to "protect" the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg
33:04 - The Boston Marathon winner's time
35:44 - Senator Kirsten Sinema's foot injury curbs a climate activists' protest during the Boston Marathon
37:57 - Segment: Hosts in the Hot Seat

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43min
October 13, 2021Empty Shelves Full of Gender-Neutral Toys
Gender-neutral children's toys, empty shelves, and child actors working for the Vice President. The inaugural episode has arrived. Let's get hammered.

Times
00:07 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
03:28 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
03:30 - Southwest's massive flight cancellation
9:00 - Supply chains interrupted
13:13 - Vice President Kamala Harris's cringey NASA promotion video, featuring child actors
18:00 - Legos commits to ridding itself of "gender bias"
22:11 - Gov. Gavin Newsom to require stores to have "gender-neutral" toy sections
24:37 - Big loss for Alabama (and the family of Texas A&M kicker Seth Small goes wild!)
28:34 - Leftist activist ice cream makers Ben and Jerry answer (or not) why they still sell in Israel
32:37 - Segment: Hosts in the Hot Seat

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42min

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