We've taking a break from politics to talk about "Cosmologica," one of the greatest prog rock albums ever made, with musicians Circe Link and Christian Nesmith, the incredible recording duo responsible for it. Cosmologica is a spectacular volume of music whether you're a prog rock fan or not. It was recorded during the COVID quarantine and released back in the Fall of 2021. This episode of the podcast is a deep dive into the album, track by track with insights from Christian and Circe. Download ...
Nov 28, 2024•1 hr 24 min
The great Charlie Pierce from Esquire.com and the Stephanie Miller Show joins me to discuss the assassination of John F. Kennedy, 60 years on. Our theories, our red flags, the conspiracy theories we reject, and why the murder of the president was such a history-changing event. We also get into the Warren Report, the House Select Committee investigation, and new revelations from a former Secret Service agent on duty in Dallas that day. And we also recapped the big election this week. Music by Ren...
Nov 27, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Grab your tricorders and set your phasers to fun, it's another nerdy episode of the interview show. This time, Bob talks with the funny and talented Seán Ferrick, host of TrekCulture's Ups and Downs , a must-watch YouTube show in which Seán reviews episodes of Star Trek, both new and old. Seán is immensely entertaining and positive -- a total blast, even if you're only a casual Trek fan. Today we talked about the culture and politics of Star Trek, plus a little bit about pop culture criticism, o...
Nov 26, 2024•1 hr 20 min
David is determined to fight back. In time for today's show, Matt Gaetz has withdrawn his nomination for attorney general. Linda McMahon? Are you serious? Pete Hegseth will be next to withdraw. Donald is casting the Red Hat Love Boat. Comcast to sell MSNBC and CNBC. What's next for liberal cable news? Our new segment: Warnings Were Issued! Donald will roll back airline regulations, Muslim groups are shocked, grocery prices will rise, and Walmart will raise prices. Progressive voters targeted wit...
Nov 21, 2024•1 hr 12 min
The acclaimed Japanese anime series Star Blazers, or Space Battleship Yamato, celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, so today I welcomed my friend Tim Eldred to the show to talk about the series and its many spinoffs and reboots. Tim is a comic and animation artist who produced a Star Blazers comic book and is the premiere expert in and historian for the series. It's a welcome break from the existential dread of our politics. You can follow Tim's work at OurStarBlazers.com and The Art Vault ...
Nov 20, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Cliff Schecter joins the Tuesday show. Who is Cliff? Cliff versus Cleta Mitchell circa 2006. Does aggressive push-back work any more? Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski's meeting with Trump at Mar-a-lago. The clock is ticking on the bromance between Elon Musk and Donald Trump. Boris Epshteyn is already feuding with Elon. Bob is nuking his Twitter account. Donald Trump pledges to declare a national emergency to start his mass deportations. What will that look like? Donald versus the Generals. Mu...
Nov 19, 2024•1 hr 10 min
How are we holding up? We lost 30 Patreon subscribers and 220 Apple Podcast followers. Please support independent media! Bluesky is an excellent large scale support group. The Onion bought Alex Jones's Infowars. The ACLU's full page ad in the NYT. Donald Trump's cabinet nominees are a McDonaldland of Scooby Doo villains. Elon Musk's DOGE project. Pete Hegseth's disgusting lack of hygiene. Tom Homan looks like the guy who yells at Luke Skywalker in the Cantina. Republicans lining up to oppose Mat...
Nov 14, 2024•1 hr 9 min
JoJo doesn't have any effs left, so she's fighting back hard against the incoming gaggle of incompetent stupids. We talked about her approach to protecting democracy, what we can expect from the new Trump administration, John Thune's Senate leadership, and Fritos for your tomato soup. You can find her on Substack @JoJoFromJerz and all the various social media platforms including Bluesky . Meantime, make sure to support this podcast by subscribing at patreon.com/bobcescashow . Music by Prehab . S...
Nov 13, 2024•1 hr 2 min
We bid farewell to the great Buzz Burbank, who's been our Tuesday co-host since 2017. Our 31 year history together, starting with Bob's internship for Buzz at WJFK in Washington, DC. How we teamed up in the newsroom. Buzz's radio career. How we reunited around politics and the news. Supporting independent news media. What's next for social media. Cliff Schecter steps in as our Tuesday co-host starting next Tuesday, November 19. With Buzz Burbank , music by Elijah Bone , Bob Malone , Michael McDe...
Nov 12, 2024•1 hr 42 min
No Ultimate Edition or Shadow Docket today -- just one long, uninterrupted talk between Bob, Jody, and David about the incoming disaster. We all need to be the friend who jumps in the hole. We recap some highlights from Sexy Liberal LA. And most importantly we get our first big laughs since Election Night Nightmare. With Jody Hamilton , David Ferguson , music by C.C. Grace , and more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-no...
Nov 07, 2024•1 hr 35 min
Buzz and Bob react to the catastrophic election results. How do we move forward? How do we hold fast to our American values? How do we cope with the nightmare scenario? The suspicious turnout numbers. Our friends in Ukraine and in the LGBTQ community. The exit polls and the Gen Z vote. And more. With Buzz Burbank . Music by Kyiv, Ukraine's Pasha Black . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Nov 06, 2024•1 hr 22 min
Our Election Day podcast is in the eye of the hurricane -- or water dump. Bob's Sexy Liberal weekend in Los Angeles and his encounters with many celebrities like Mark Hamill and Robert Englund. The stakes of the election and where we go from here. Bob opens up about Joe Rogan's endorsement of Donald Trump. Donald's friends in Russia up the ante with anti-American terrorism. Hello, people of the future! With Buzz Burbank , music by The Wildwoods , Circe Link and Christian Nesmith , and more! See ...
Nov 05, 2024•1 hr 20 min
This election will decide the character of the United States for the next 100 years. More horrendous fallout from red state abortion bans. Christopher Bouzy's new map. The voter enthusiasm gap. The New York Times article about the gaming of the polls by Republicans. Fortune report on the Polymarket scam. The new Harris-Walz ad narrated by Julia Roberts. MAGA trying to control women. WSJ report on the economy. Donald will protect women whether they like it or not. Donald's garbage truck stunt. Mi...
Oct 31, 2024•1 hr 21 min
Tom Ortenberg is the founder of Briarcliff Entertainment, which is distributing the new movie about Donald Trump and Roy Cohn called "The Apprentice." It premieres this Friday November 1 wherever you rent your streaming movies – Prime, Apple, etc. As I've discussed on the show, it's not necessarily a political indictment of Donald, but it gives us a feel for how he became the monster we all know – a toxic mix of his own sociopathy, plus some Fred Trump toxicity, and a lot of Roy Cohn in there, t...
Oct 30, 2024•41 min
One week to go! Donald's fascist rally at Madison Square Garden. Imagine if Donald Trump loses this election because of one racist hack comic. Jon Stewart praises Hinchcliffe. Marc Maron's response to anti-woke comics and Joe Rogan. Donald's secret plan with Mike Johnson. The polls are completely unreliable. How to navigate the numbers in the final week. Jeff Bezos kills The Washington Post's endorsement of Kamala Harris. Arson attacks on ballot dropboxes. Elon Musk has been colluding with Russi...
Oct 29, 2024•1 hr 17 min
Why voting today made Bob verklempt. The bogus polls leave us with a sense of uncertainty. The CNN town hall with Kamala Harris and the self-satirical CNN panel after the fact. Jake Tapper's monologue about the false equivalence between coverage of Harris and coverage of Donald. Donald's former top generals all agree: he's a fascist and the most dangerous person ever. "Hitler did some good things." The most important two and a half minutes you'll hear all week. Model Stacey Williams accuses Dona...
Oct 24, 2024•1 hr 2 min
It's less than two weeks from the election, so it's time for some professional analysis from political scientist Rachel Bitecofer. You might know her from her Substack called The Cycle , and from such podcasts as this one. We talked about the stakes and the odds of the election, plus we geeked out over some numbers – and Rachel even gave us a bit of a prediction. Plus, we somehow worked Phil Collins into the conversation. o stick around. Meantime, make sure to support this podcast by subscribing...
Oct 23, 2024•53 min
Donald Trump is using the McDonald's stunt and the 60 Minute attacks to make sure the news media isn't focused on his enemy within threat and his refusal to show up on 60 Minutes. MAGA is so proud of the McDonald's photo op. Former Trump official Dan Coats says Putin is blackmailing Donald. Jim Mattis agrees with Mark Milley. Where are Donald's medical records? The Arnold Palmer story is silly season politics. Democrats are looking strong in the early vote and Kamala leads in most polls. The fuc...
Oct 22, 2024•1 hr 18 min
Kamala Harris Godzilla-stomped Monchhichi Bret Baier on Fox News. Donald on the enemy from within. Donald bungled his way through his Univision town hall. Bob Woodward reports that Joe Biden stopped Putin from using tactical nukes in Ukraine. Donald tried to silence Stormy Daniels again. Anand Giridharadas on the threat of another Donald Trump presidency and how we take democracy for granted. Great news for democracy in Georgia. Dave Bautista's anti-Trump video for Jimmy Kimmel. With Jody Hamilt...
Oct 17, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Cliff Schecter returns to the show today while tanked up on cold medications, but that didn't stop him from relentlessly destroying Republicans, the news media, the pollsters, and Donald Trump himself. Our original guest had to drop out, also due to a cold. We've rescheduled Tom Ortenberg, the distributor of The Apprentice movie about Donald Trump, next week. Don't forget to subscribe to Cliff's YouTube channel Cliff's Edge . Meantime, don't forget to support this podcast at patreon.com/bobcesca...
Oct 16, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Buzz survived Milton. Good news from Judge Merchan and Judge Chutkan. Kamala going on Fox News and possibly Joe Rogan's podcast. Odds versus Stakes. Competence and stability. Donald pledges to use the military against his political opponents. New revelations from Bob Woodward's book. The competence of the Biden administration. How Biden talked Putin out of using battlefield nukes. The Cuban Missile Crisis test. Gen. Mark Milley told Woodward Donald is the most dangerous person ever, and that he'...
Oct 15, 2024•1 hr 22 min
Update on Hurricane Milton. Buzz is safe and sound. Elon is gouging hurricane victims with Starlink. Elon and Tucker laughing about how no one's tried to assassinate the president or the vice president. Early voting numbers continue to roll in. This election is looking more and more like 2022. Donald is losing Nikki Haley Republican voters. Suburban voters now support Harris by a significant margin. Polls are missing the huge enthusiasm gap. Donald put Putin first. Russian bots swarm Twitter. Th...
Oct 10, 2024•1 hr 15 min
Aaron Bos-Lun is the deputy executive director of Men4Choice, an activist group that works to activate, educate, and mobilize male-identifying allies into the fight for reproductive freedom. No matter where you live – red state, blue state, or purple state – you can volunteer to help get the word out about the stakes of this election, which couldn't be more dire. Men4Choice.org . Meantime, make sure to support this podcast by subscribing at patreon.com/bobcescashow . Music by Feed Your Wolves . ...
Oct 09, 2024•53 min
Buzz is preparing for Hurricane Milton. The climate crisis will make monster hurricanes more frequent and deadly. For the thousandth time, it was Donald Trump who raided FEMA funds to spend on building cages for children. Donald went full fascist, accusing immigrants of having bad genes. Revelations from Bob Woodward's new book. Donald donated scarce COVID tests to Putin -- for his personal use. Some good news about the polls and the outcome of the election. Simon Rosenberg's list of red wave po...
Oct 08, 2024•1 hr 21 min
David and the BioLab chemical fire in Georgia. David and Jody react to the VP debate. JD Vance is Clint Webb. The bombshell Jack Smith immunity filing. The timing and existence of this filing is entirely Donald's fault -- blowback for his obvious attempts to obstruct and delay the prosecution. Donald Trump is the most unpatriotic American leader in history. The NY Times is betraying democracy. Donald says veterans with traumatic brain injuries just had headaches. Sleepy Donald will deport legal ...
Oct 03, 2024•1 hr 18 min
The vice presidential debate between Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance is in the can, so Buzz and Bob reconvened to discuss what happened -- the latest post-debate polling, all the lies, what qualifies as “style” in these things, and so much more. And of course, we talked about the historic moment when Vance refused to say whether Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. tick around for this one. Meantime, make sure to support this podcast by subscribing at patreon.com/bobcescashow . Music by Matt Spr...
Oct 02, 2024•57 min
The aftermath of Hurricane Helene and how Donald Trump will make the worst parts of the climate crisis happen. Jessica Tarlov on President Biden's response. CNN's Kristen Holmes sanewashed Donald's disruptive visit to NC. Taking the temperature of the election, the polls, and swing voters. Rasmussen caught colluding with the Trump campaign. Tonight's VP debate and fact-checking. Donald Trump called for "one really violent day" and most of the news media ignored it. CNN platformed Byron Donalds t...
Oct 01, 2024•1 hr 22 min
David prepares for Hurricane Helene. Check your sump pump! NYC Mayor Eric Adams indicted on massive bribery scheme involving straw donors and the Turkish government. Bret Stephens, Nate Silver, and the WSJ thought Eric Adams was a rising star in Democratic politics. Haitian activist group in Springfield, Ohio file criminal charges against Donald Trump and JD Vance. Donald's latest grift. Donald's creepy pledge to women voters. New study confirms Donald's tariffs and deportations will cause 20% i...
Sep 26, 2024•1 hr 25 min
My partner on Trek Politics has a new book out titled Who Could Ever Love You: A Family Memoir . And in case you're just joining us, Mary L. Trump is Donald Trump's niece, she's also a psychologist, an accomplished author, a Mom, and I'm so proud to call her my friend. In her latest book Mary wrote about how Fred Trump Sr. and his son Donald impacted both the life of Mary's Dad, Fred Jr. aka Freddy Trump, as well as her own life. It's a fascinating and deeply insightful look at the impact of fam...
Sep 25, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Hurricane Helene is heading for Florida...slowly. How is Buzz preparing? Mark Robinson's campaign staff quit after CNN reported he identified as a Nazi, supported slavery, peeped in women's locker rooms, and more. Donald and his campaign hasn't disavowed Robinson. Donald is in trouble in NC. What's wrong with the New York Times poll? A word about Bret Stephens on Real Time. All the latest poll numbers. Early voting is underway, with new record for turnout in Fairfax County, VA. Where's Donald's ...
Sep 24, 2024•1 hr 12 min
