Today on Top Hat: Ben and Marcus go in-depth with the man who arrested two of the five members of the infamous Central Park Five, Detective Eric Reynolds of the NYPD. While the prevailing narrative across the world is that these people are innocent of all wrongdoing, Reynolds definitely has a different story to tell.
May 11, 2015•47 min•Ep. 52
Today on Top Hat: Ben and Marcus discuss the journalists getting kicked out of the Gaza Strip and Vladimir Putin's soul.
May 11, 2015•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 51
Today on Top Hat: Ben and Marcus discuss the current border crisis and the many missteps of people on both sides of the debate.
May 11, 2015•39 min•Ep. 50
Today on Top Hat: Ben and Marcus discuss the new conservative documentary America and a lawsuit being filed against a gay bar in Illinois called Sidetracks on behalf of a conservative Christian former employee.
May 11, 2015•31 min•Ep. 49
Today on Top Hat: attorney Jim Polk and the Brighter Side's Amber Nelson join us to talk about Jim's experience with political asylum refugees, the possible implementation of a national language, and why the too smart and the too dumb will never communicate.
May 11, 2015•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 48
Today on Top Hat: Ed Larson joins us to talk about why he hates the World Cup, churches that give away assault rifles in raffles, and the controversy surrounding the terrible game Cards Against Humanity.
May 11, 2015•43 min•Ep. 47
Today on Top Hat: Ben and Marcus talk about horrific abuses against mentally ill inmates in Florida, Bowe Bergdahl's eventual realization that no one likes him, and what ISIS means to America the Middle East.
May 11, 2015•45 min•Ep. 46
Today on Top Hat: criminal defense attorney Jim Polk joins us to talk about the new drug money scandal facing former Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes, the inherent problems with Comp Stat, and his experiences in New York City's prison system.
May 11, 2015•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 45
Today on Top Hat: we discuss the reasons behind the Elliot Roger shooting, the Yes All Women hashtag, and what it all has to do with narcissism. Joining us today: Katherine Timpf and Travis Irvine!
May 11, 2015•54 min•Ep. 44
Today on Top Hat: Travis Irvine and Katherine Timpf join us to talk about ambush journalism, Travis' experiences working with James O'Keefe, and Katherine's problems with being a woman in TV journalism.
May 11, 2015•46 min•Ep. 43
Today on Top Hat: Ben and Marcus are joined by Katherine Timpf of Campus Reform to talk about political correctness run wild on college campuses, how movements like "Ban Bossy" are actually hurting the advancement of women, and why men won't hit on her in bars anymore.
May 11, 2015•51 min•Ep. 42
Today on Top Hat: Malachi Nimmons joins us to talk about the racial comments Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling and infamous Montana rancher Cliven Bundy, respectively.
May 11, 2015•53 min•Ep. 41
Today on Top Hat: Marcus and Ben discuss a Wisconsin senator's fight for raw milk, a new study showing how your opinion doesn't matter whatsoever, and how Walmart keeps its employees poor in order to keep its profits high.
May 11, 2015•28 min•Ep. 40
Today on Top Hat: criminal defense attorney and frequent Crime Report guest Jim Polk joins Marcus and Ben to talk about defending criminals in NYC, mandatory minimums, and some of the dumbest cases he's ever caught.
May 11, 2015•59 min•Ep. 39
Today on Top Hat: Ben and Marcus discuss some of the more offensive political ads throughout the years. From race baiting to homosexual panic, these ads have it all.
May 11, 2015•33 min•Ep. 38
Today on Top Hat: Ben and Marcus investigate great airline crash conspiracies of the past, including TWA 800 (which was definitely shot down by a missle) and American Airlines 587, the bafflingly underreported crash that dove straight into a Queens neighborhood almost two months to the day after 9/11.
May 11, 2015•42 min•Ep. 37
Today on Top Hat: fellow CCR broadcaster Molly Knefel joins Ben and Marcus to talk about why the recent Ban Bossy crusade doesn't make sense and what can be done in its stead that would help a helluva lot more.
May 11, 2015•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 36
Today on Top Hat: our conversation with Eric Kelly continues as we talk about Ritchie Incognito, the proposed ban of the n-word in NFL locker rooms, and the fight that ended Eric's career.
May 11, 2015•24 min•Ep. 35
Today on Top Hat: boxer, trainer, and Wall Street brow-beater Eric Kelly (@erickelly) joins Marcus and Ben to talk about what its like to train America's most powerful men, his boxing career from the streets of Bed Stuy to Golden Gloves champ and the gentrification of his hometown.
May 11, 2015•1 hr•Ep. 34
Today on Top Hat: political staffer Asher Novek comes in to talk about working John Liu's NYC mayoral campaign, his problems with Anthony Wiener, and the ins and outs of local NYC politics.
May 11, 2015•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 33
Today on Top Hat: Dennis Rodman manages to make Kim Jong-Un look bad, Putin finally gets some egg on his face, and the stray dogs of Sochi get a temporary reprieve.
May 11, 2015•33 min•Ep. 32
Today on Top Hat: Ben and Marcus mourn the death of Phillip Seymour Hoffman and take a look into heroin use in America.
May 11, 2015•25 min•Ep. 31
Today on Top Hat: Saman Arbabi joins us for discussion involving Iran's latest promises, the fall of Falujah, and a kid in Pakistan who foiled a suicide bombing attempt.
May 11, 2015•59 min•Ep. 30
Today on Top Hat: Ben and Marcus discuss the documentary The Act of Killing and Ben's recent cross-dressing victory in New Jersey.
May 11, 2015•46 min•Ep. 29
Today on Top Hat: Ben and Marcus talk about the documentary The Informant and discuss the many instances of the FBI being the force behind attempted terrorist attacks.
May 11, 2015•32 min•Ep. 28
The Catholic hate doth flow on today's episode as Ed Larson joins us to talk about the new Pope among other things.
May 11, 2015•36 min•Ep. 27
Today on Top Hat: Ben has an interview with Zach Heiden of the ACLU about dumb laws in this country, how they came to be, and why they hurt America.
May 11, 2015•18 min•Ep. 26
Today on Top Hat: Ed Larson and Jermaine Fowler join us to talk about the state of America's modern prison system, from the vast privatization and what that means for our economy to the horrors of solitary confinement.
May 11, 2015•47 min•Ep. 25
Today on Top Hat: Slade Sohmer returns to talk about being in Wall Street during and after 9/11 and America's possible overreaction to Amazon's drones.
May 11, 2015•36 min•Ep. 24
Today on Top Hat: Sirius Radio host Slade Sohmer joins us to talk about the execution of Kim Jong Un's uncle, Ben's undying devotion to the documentary Blackfish, and how to bring justice to the man who invented the Taco Bell Dorito Taco.
May 11, 2015•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 23