Winners and Losers Show

Audio only version (this and Patreon) has an extra 45 minutes at the top, recorded 10.5.24 but I recorded the rest on 9.26.24, posted it on YouTube a few days later and then I failed to get the audio version out until tonight. It's Saturday night. I'm leaving early for a trip. I had some thoughts to share. After the opening ramble, the YT version starts: cat talk, Pelosi, blackwater guy, Lletcher county, Eric Adams. Enjoy! Full Episode 202 on YouTube: (does not have the first 45 min this one has) Support links here:

I'm bald! Learn a great cooking tip, enjoy an oddly satisfying cat hair moment, closer to publishing article about Young Turks Working conditions (LOTS of talk about how the union started and exploring the version TYT told its audience), Matt Walsh gets schooled on Haiti by Ryan Grim on Breaking points and says you should work sick, can men do laundry or dishes, checking out Kamala Harris on Oprah and the many famous celebrities who turned up for it (Bryan Cranston, Chris Rock, Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, Ben Stiller). Plus a whole lot more. Full Episode 201 on YouTube: Support links here:

Comedian and mentor to failed comedians James Fritz, Hank's mentor, joins Hank on Winners and Losers for a fun conversation about politics, comedy, life in Los Angeles, progressive media, vinyl, pistachios, algorithms, mediocrity (Bill Maher), food delivery horror stories, follicle privilege, humanity's rightful purpose, being a cool nerd, Hank's bad attitude, human attention, covid & capitalist carnage, whether James wants a cat, how the internet ruined stand up and how the world will end. Follow James on Twitter: and Full Episode 200 on YouTube when available Support links here:

No video. I just turned the mic on and started talking. Talking plans for the future and some of the darkness my head's been generating lately, the frustrations of a creative career, a little TYT talk, kitty cat talk, what stand up means to me now that I know I'm autistic. And other stuff probably! This format will develop over time. I'm so sick of editing freakin' videos! Support links here:

I watched the DNC. I have thoughts. From rambling about delusions, hope and lefties, we do quick checks of various speakers, enjoy an Bernie Sanders's brother, talk about Phil Donahue dying and listen to him school Ayn Rand, watch Hasan Piker get booted from the DNC and see David Sirota agree with Cenk Uygur that paid family leave is the right thing to support. Full Episode XXX on YouTube: Support links here:

Kamala Harris chooses between Walz, Shapiro & a bald Astronaut, RFK Jr tells Roseanne Barr about a free bear and Donald Trump goes full narcissist at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) conference, plus the usual brilliant asides, insightful insights and above-average fever-rambling. Full Episode 198 on YouTube: Support links here:

The Young Turks job talk at beginning and end (2:25:17) — addressing requests for proof of my claims about having 3 different classifications and why I was motivated to unionize. Lots of videos of political news from the last couple weeks, from Joe Biden refusing to drop out, JD Vance's awkward Diet Mountain Dew Joke, RNC highlights to Biden stepping down to Kamala Harris taking over as the Democratic party nominee. Full Episode 197on YouTube: Support links here:

Joe Biden's obvious unfitness to run a country, let alone a microwave, is put to the test in a critical press conference. We watch and react live, plus new details about the working conditions that drove us to unionize at The Young Turks, previewing an article I wrote and will be posting on Substack soon. (recorded Thursday evening July 11, 2024) Full Episode XXX on YouTube: soon! Support links here:

Dan Friesen from the Alex Jones research, tracking and analysis podcast, Knowledge Fight, joins me. We talk our early days doing stand up comedy in Chicago, the origins of Knowledge Fight and numerous topics related to Alex Jones including the infamous spitting incident, how movies influence Alex's offerings and survival bunkers, among many others. And of course there's a little TYT talk and lots of me interjecting my nonsense. Follow & Support Dan! Full Episode 195 on YouTube: Support links here:

"What's so valuable about human attention?" I ask Ron Placone, comedian, filmmaker, political commentator, horizontal sleeper and lover of cats and cat love. We talk about the challenges of an artistic career in a world run by inhuman monsters, swap atheism origin stories, eco-socialism vs barbarism and have an honest manly discussion about our feelings and love for cats while I try to bully Ron into adopting mine. Full Episode 194 on YouTube: Follow & Support Ron! Podcast: Support links here: