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Barstool Politics
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A podcast devoted to helping you make sense of the world around you several craft beers at a time.
Barstool regulars include Nick McGuire, Bill Muck and Phil Barker but we are often joined by smarter and more well informed special guests. If you like discussions of good beer and bad politics, this is the podcast for you.
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Episodes
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Episode 174 - Law and Order
Jun 3, 202001:37:08Tap to summarizeThe boys are joined by Professor of Theology, Dr. Justin Klassen, to discuss the nation's response to the murder of George Floyd, differing views on the protests and looking at Trump's recent walk to St. John's Church through a religious lens.
Transcribe →Episode 173 - Stay In the Basement
May 27, 202001:23:29Tap to summarizeThe boys are joined by original super guest, Dr. Suzanne Chod, to discuss how the presidential race is shaping up, whether national conventions are necessary anymore, Trump being an unmanly president, Senate races up for grabs and calls for Twitter to ban the president.
Transcribe →Episode 172 - Put the Seat Down
May 20, 202001:38:25Tap to summarizeSenior Legal Analyst Professor Tom Cavenagh joins the boys to discuss recent Supreme Court updates, a deep dive on the Michael Flynn decision, Wisconsin liberating their bars and everything else, Congress potentially providing liability immunity for businesses dealing with coronavirus lawsuits, Trump taking hydroxychloroquine, and the infamous SCOTUS toilet flush.
Transcribe →Episode 171 - Transition to Greatness
May 13, 202001:12:20Tap to summarizeFormer Assistant Director of Biotechnology at the DoD, Dr. Alexander Titus, joins the boys to discuss advances in synthetic biology, thoughts on the domestic response to Covid-19, whether our global lifestyle choices contribute to global pandemics, the scary things that keep an expert in biotechnology up at night, and what globalization could look like post-Covid.
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Episode 170 - Swedish Meatballs
May 6, 202001:18:31Tap to summarizeThe boys discuss the growing tensions between the US and China, how the global order will look post-COVID, how Americans view freedom during the pandemic, the return of Michael Flynn, Sweden's unique approach to the coronavirus, and whether it matters that Trump refers to it as the "1917 flu".
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Episode 169 - The Noble Prize Committee
Apr 29, 202001:15:13Tap to summarizeThe boys look into Trump's light and disinfectant comments during the coronavirus briefings, the role of the media during the pandemic, the US trying to get back into the Iran nuclear deal (kind of), bipartisan efforts to combat the coronavirus, the Biden sexual assault allegations, political deepfakes, and what authoritarian governments have been up to in the age of COVID.
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Episode 168 - Sacrifice the Weak
Apr 22, 202001:18:41Tap to summarizeThe boys look at the lockdown protests popping up in several states, the president temporarily halting all immigration, figuring our whether Kim Jong Un is dead or alive, U.S. warships challenging China in the South China Sea, whether "war" is the right metaphor when dealing with a pandemic, and the UK moving to remote debate and voting.
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Episode 167 - Live Free or Die Hard
Apr 16, 202001:40:21Tap to summarizeThe boys are joined by Senior Legal Analyst Professor Tom Cavenagh to discuss the state of the constitution and individual rights during the coronavirus pandemic, Trump's unconventional pandemic press conference approach, a deeper dive on the Wisconsin election decision, Google and Apple collecting coronavirus data, an interesting fourth amendment case and who should be part of the council to re-open America (wrong answers only).
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Episode 166 - Cougars
Apr 8, 202001:11:04Tap to summarizeThe boys look at the tense Wisconsin election standoff, Trump firing Inspectors General left and right, Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigning after his coronavirus-related snafu, a temporary end to the imperial presidency, and whether a potentially coronavirus infested Wrestlemania or a cougar-filled Santiago, Chile is more dangerous.
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Episode 165 - Berdee-moo-hama-dawv
Apr 1, 202001:11:31Tap to summarizeThe boys look at the confusing nature of the White House coronavirus briefings, what the pandemic means for U.S.-China relations, Hungary's prime minister gaining absolute power, dictatorial leadership in Brazil and Turkmenistan, and a game of "What's more stupid" feature stimulus check signatures and a $400,000 toilet flush.
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