Kickass News
Hosted by Hollywood producer and political media strategist Ben Mathis, KickAss News is a twice weekly podcast that features the most interesting personalities and thought leaders in politics, entertainment, tech, business, science, and more. Enjoy the podcast? Then please support the show and help keep us on the air by making a donation to our GoFundMe campaign at www.gofundme.com/kickassnews. Another way you can support the show is to subscribe to the podcast and leave us a review on iTunes to help keep us ranking strong on the top podcasts charts. For more information visit www.kickassnews.com. Thanks for listening!
Introducing Everything Everywhere
Basketball Great Dwayne Wade
Master Magician David Copperfield
Brad Meltzer Returns
Bob Woodward and Robert Costa
Science Writer Mary Roach on Animal Law-Breakers
Ron and Clint Howard Recall Their TV Childhood
Masters of Scale Reid Hoffman & June Cohen
Alexander Vindman on Doing What's Right
When Things Go Wrong
Legends of the Old West Presents The Pleasant Valley War
The 1978 Lufthansa Heist
Ben Rhodes on Activism vs Authoritarianism
Brad Stone Takes Us Inside Amazon
Malcolm Gladwell on the Bomber Mafia
Jon Meacham on the Roots of the Capitol Riot
Alex Gibney on the Crime of the Century
Airwave Presents: Food with Mark Bittman
Ken Burns and Lynn Novick on Ernest Hemingway
Comedian Jo Koy
Melissa Bernstein of Melissa & Doug Toys
Admiral James Stavridis and Novelist Elliott Ackerman
A Huge Announcement from Kickass News
Walter Isaacson on the Next Scientific Revolution
Comedian Howie Mandel
The Egyptian Indiana Jones Dr. Zahi Hawass
Mark Bittman on Our Complicated History with Food
Director Lee Daniels on Jazz Icon Billie Holiday
Gayle Lemmon on the Women Who Beat ISIS
Jared Diamond Explores Nations in Crisis
Comedian Tom Papa
True Crime Documentary Filmmaker Joe Berlinger
David Mamet Talks Jazz, Gangsters, and Noir
Zackary Drucker and Jay Duplass
George C. Wolfe on Bringing a Blues Icon to the Screen
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Ocean Explorer Robert Ballard
Bulletproof Founder Dave Asprey on the Benefits of Fasting
Six Degrees of Mike Rowe
Ryan White on the Bizarre Murder of Kim Jong-Nam
Director Bryan Fogel Unravels the Jamal Khashoggi Assassination
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
Comedy Writer Bess Kalb Buries 2020
Joel McHale Rings in the New Year
Loudon Wainwright III and Vince Giordano Celebrate the Great American Songbook
Hilary Swank and Deon Taylor Revive Noir
Michael Eric Dyson on Reckoning with Race in America
Jon Hamm on Mad Men, SNL, and the Luck of the Irish
The Doors Drummer John Densmore
My Podcast with André
Chef Magnus Nilsson
Matthew McConaughey on Catching Life's Greenlights
Astronaut Scott Kelly
Preview of Get Wired Podcast
Joe Scarborough Discusses Harry Truman's Lasting Legacy
Oscar-winning Director Steve McQueen
The Mindhunter John Douglas
David Sedaris Returns
Michael Riedel on Broadway's Recent Past and Uncertain Future
Stacey Abrams on Counting Every Vote
Tim Heidecker Is on a Mission to the Moon
Legendary Newsman Dan Rather
Lenny Kravitz Reveals How He Found His Voice
Peter Frampton Comes Alive
John Cleese on Creativity
Google's Eric Schmidt
Tim Robbins on Defeating Tyranny with Satire
99% Invisible's Roman Mars on How People, Politics, and Pandemics Impact Design
H.R. McMaster Looks at America's Greatest Challenges to Come
John Lithgow Takes on Trump with Rhyme and Verse
Jeff Daniels and Billy Ray on Capturing the Real James Comey
Actor Richard Jenkins Discusses His Long Path to Hollywood Success
Actress Carrie Coon Is Riding a Hot Streak
Jack Black and Kyle Gass of Tenacious D
Former White House Photographer Pete Souza
Neuroscientist David Eagleman on Our Ever-Changing Brain
Jon Meacham Remembers Civil Rights Hero John Lewis
Erin Brockovich Is Still Fighting the Good Fight
Greg Gutfeld Is Your Reluctant Self-Help Guru
Adam Carolla Takes on Cancel Culture and Hashtag Heroes
Jim Belushi Wants to Heal the World
Jeffrey Toobin on the Investigation of Donald Trump
CNN's Jim Sciutto on How Trump Takes on the World
Ambassador Susan Rice
Paul Begala on How to "Fire" Donald Trump
The Today Show's Al Roker
Marketing Master Guy Kawasaki
Oliver Stone on Writing, Directing, and Surviving Platoon
Jennifer Palmieri Declares Independence from a Man's World
Max Brooks Talks Sasquatches and Survival
Ambassador John Bolton
Mythbusters' Adam Savage
Andrew Zimmern on Expanding Your Palate
Remembering Carl Reiner
Sir Michael Caine
Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
Director Peter Medak on the Mad Genius of Peter Sellers
Father's Day Special with Mike Birbiglia
Malcolm Gladwell Explores the Overlooked and Misunderstood
Fox News Sunday Host Chris Wallace
Michael Stuhlbarg Enters the Unsettling World of Shirley Jackson
Lisa Napoli Celebrates 40 Years of CNN
Former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy
Sian Clifford on the Million Dollar Quiz Show Heist
David Frum on Surviving the "Trumpocalypse"
The Who's Roger Daltrey
Patton Oswalt on Comedy, Classic Films, and Turning 50
Dr. Richard Haass Explains the World
General Stanley McChrystal on Leadership
Peter Bogdanovich and TCM's Ben Mankiewicz
Thomas Middleditch and Ben Schwartz
Comedy Writer Alan Zweibel
Wagner Moura on Diplomats and Drug Lords
Nathan Lane Finally Gets a Stunt Double!
Alicia Silverstone and Rob Corddry
Larry the Cable Guy
Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee on the Promise/Peril of Genetic Research
Dr. David Kessler Talks Processed Foods and Pandemics
Vincent Cassel on Westworld S3's Dystopian Future
Tom Pelphrey Joins Netflix's Ozark
Newt Gingrich Reports from Italy's COVID-19 Crisis
Vice's Jesse Angelo and Isobel Yeung
Neurotic Filmmaker Barry Sonnenfeld
Pod Save America's Dan Pfeiffer
The 1000 Voices of Hank Azaria
Tennis Great John McEnroe
Sports Reporter Ben Cohen on the Science of Streaks
Rob Riggle Goes on an Adventure
Bryan Cranston on Becoming Walter White and Life Before Acting
Ezra Klein on America's Polarization Problem
Adam Davidson on the Passion Economy
Whitmer Thomas Honors His Mom Through Comedy
Scoot McNairy on Narcos: Mexico
Doris Kearns Goodwin Reveals the Real George Washington
Philip Rucker on Trump's Testing of America
Tom Papa Says Hang in There, You're Doing Great!
Allan Lichtman on Impeachment, Gun Control, and the Election
Russell Peters: Citizen of the World
GOP Guru Rick Wilson on How Dems Can Beat Trump
Dr. Daniel Levitin Debunks the Myths of Aging
BBC's Seven Worlds, One Planet
Greta Gerwig on Art, Commerce, and Female Ambition
The Power of Showing Up for Your Kids
Ambassador Samantha Power on Idealism, Diplomacy, and Human Rights
The Blue Zones' Dan Buettner on Eating for Longevity
Dr. Phil
Tim Robbins
Bret Baier on 3 Days That Changed WW II
The Art of Being Mike Nichols
Craig Ferguson's Hobo Fabulous Life
Abby McEnany's Work in Progress
Andrew Marantz on Embedding with the "Deplorables"
Master of Suspense Dean Koontz
Mo Rocca Honors History's Forgotten Figures
Alex Gibney on Putin's Public Enemy #1
Senator Sherrod Brown Talks Senate History, Impeachment, and 2020
Malcolm Nance on Trump, Ukraine, and Russia
Lawrence Lessig on Solving "Unrepresentativeness" in America
Mitch Albom on the Little Girl Who Changed His Life
Jeff Garlin Finds Joy in Comedy
Joe Posnanski on Harry Houdini's Enduring Magic
Edward Norton Talks Noir, Jazz, and Lost New York
Stuart Russell on Artificial Intelligence
John Hodgman on Secret Societies and Marginal Celebrity
Chef David Chang
Susan Rice Dishes Some Tough Love
John Kasich on Empowering Everyday Americans
Blackstone's Stephen Schwarzman on What It Takes
Dave Asprey on Hacking Longevity
Neil deGrasse Tyson Answers Your Questions
Ryan Holiday on the Power of Stillness
Jeannie Gaffigan on Humor and Healing
America's Actress Meryl Streep
Brad Meltzer on History's Heroes
Scott Aukerman Talks Between Two Ferns
Randall Munroe on Hard Ways to Do Simple Things
Caitlin Doughty Answers Kids' Questions About Death
Salman Rushdie on the "Age of Anything Can Happen"
Comedian Anthony Jeselnik
Frank Abagnale Reveals Scams, Cons, and Rip-offs
Senator Jeff Merkley
Josh Gates Explores Legends and Lost Treasures
Former Secretary of State George Shultz
Philip Mudd on the CIA after 9/11
Down the Rabbit Hole w/ the Amazing Johnathan
George Takei Brings WWII Injustice to the Screen
Wyatt Russell on Embracing Everyday Magic
Governor Terry McAuliffe on the Lessons of Charlottesville
Goggins, Gaffigan, and Snakes!
Diallo Riddle and Bashir Salahuddin Bring Back Musical Variety
Richard Clarke & Robert Knake on Cyber War
Daniel Silva's Spy Fiction Mirrors Geopolitics
MSNBC's Joy Reid Talks Trump and 2020
Guy Kawasaki on Marketing, Macintosh, and More
CNN's Jim Acosta on "Fake News" and Freedom of the Press
Adam Savage Builds, Blows Up, and Has a Blast
The Daily Show's Trevor Noah
George Will on the Conservative Sensibility
Ash Carter on Leadership in the Pentagon
Vince Houghton on America's Craziest Intelligence Schemes
Scott Pelley on Truth, Values, and Journalism
Senator Tom Cotton on the Old Guard of Arlington
Admiral William McRaven's Life in Special Operations
Michael Wolff on Trump Under Siege
Ron Howard on Luciano Pavarotti's Operatic Life
David Epstein on Dabbling vs. 10,000 Hours
Neil Gaiman Brings Good Omens to the Screen
Liam Cunningham Fights White Walkers, Ebola, and Snakes!
Jared Cohen on America's Accidental Presidents
David McCullough on the Pioneers Who Defined America
Bill Hader's Long Road to Directing
Jordan Klepper Goes on the Frontlines of Change
Sir Kenneth Branagh Becomes the Bard
Jared Diamond on Nations in Crisis
For Newt Gingrich, Collusion Makes Great Fiction
Rep. Seth Moulton Says the Presidency Is about Service not Ego
Janet Napolitano on Homeland Security Since 9/11
Google's Eric Schmidt on Silicon Valley's Trillion Dollar Coach
Valerie Jarrett Is the Ultimate Obama Insider
In Therapy w/ Lori Gottlieb
George Papadopoulos on Mueller Investigation Intrigue
Chelsea Handler's Crush on Robert Mueller
Wyatt Cenac Fixes America One Problem at a Time
Preet Bharara Says Justice Isn't Just for Lawyers
Stacey Abrams Talks Politics, Star Trek, and 2020
Jeff Bridges Gets Zen About Art, Acting, and the Environment (rerun)
Drs. Warren Farrell and John Gray Warn That Boys Are In Crisis
Alyssa Mastromonaco on Surviving Presidential Travel, IBS, and "Beaver Fever"
Bryan Callen Believes We're All Complicated Apes
Arthur Brooks Rejects the Politics of Outrage and Culture of Contempt
Into the Danger Zone w/ Captain Dan Pederson
Roger McNamee Says Facebook Undermines Democracy
The Man Who Caught El Chapo
The French Intellectual Who Loves America
Parag Khanna Says the Future Is Asian
The Dangerous World of Larry Charles
Governor Chris Christie Gets the Last Word
Madeleine Albright Warns That Fascism Is Making a Comeback
National Geographic Chair Jean Case on Being Fearless
Marc Freedman on Connecting the Generations
White House Aide Cliff Sims Tells All
Rock Star Scientist Professor Brian Cox
Filmmaker Joe Berlinger Goes in the Dark Mind of Ted Bundy
Dr. Phil Says People Never Stop Surprising Him
Dr. Steven Pinker Says Good News Is a Hard Sell
Howie Mandel's Audience Is His Muse
Broad City's Abbi Jacobson on the Road Trip as Therapy
Brad Meltzer on the Secret Plot to Kill George Washington
Bill Murray (Rerun)
Bob Woodward on Nixon, Impeachment, & How Power Corrupts (Rerun)
Remembering Anthony Bourdain (Rerun)
John C. Reilly and Steve Coogan on Becoming Laurel & Hardy
Leon Panetta on Governing by Leadership Instead of by Crisis
The Office's Paul Lieberstein Turns Back Pain into Laughs
Pete Holmes Talks Fatherhood, Comedy, and Making It Weird
Tha Fabulous Tina Brown Returns
Historian H.W. Brands on Washington in the Age of Compromise
The Daily Show's Trevor Noah
David Priess Reveals How to Get Rid of a President
Author Michael Connelly on Cops, Crime Reporting, and Classic Noir
Dan Rather on the Values That Unite America
General Stanley McChrystal on Myths and Realities of Great Leaders
Willem Dafoe on Art, Acting and "Embracing the Mystery"
Washington Post Reporter Greg Miller on Trump, Russia, and the Assault on the Free Press
Comedian Chris Gethard on the Art of Losing
Roger Daltrey on The Who, Woodstock, and his Rock 'n Roll Life
Sir Michael Caine on Old Movie Stars, Young Cockneys, and Life Lessons
Senator Ben Sasse on Political Division and America's Loneliness Epidemic
Anthony Atamanuik Opens Up the Trump Presidential Archives
Julian Castro Is Always Looking Ahead
Legendary Sports Announcer Verne Lundquist
Doris Kearns Goodwin on Presidential Leadership
Founder of "The Onion" Scott Dikkers
Mitch Albom on Life, Death, and Morrie
Jeff Bridges Gets Zen About Art, Acting, and the Environment
Cisco's John Chambers on Leadership in a Startup World
CBS White House Correspondent Major Garrett
Ken Burns on the Mayo Clinic Miracle
Sir Richard Branson on his Adventures in Business, Space, and Beyond
Chris Stirewalt Gives a Colorful History of American Populism
Comedian Sam Morrill's Therapist Misses Him
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson on the Military Astrophysics Alliance and Trump's Space Force
Mark Leibovich Exposes the NFL's Excess and Anxiety
Amb. Wendy Sherman on Negotiating Nukes w/ Iran & North Korea
Rick Wilson on Trump, Giuliani, and "Vichy Republicans"
Arthur Brooks on the Art of Disagreement
Rob Riggle Talks Improv, Jet Skis, and the Marines
Dan Buettner Shares Longevity Secrets from the World's "Blue Zones"
Greg Gutfeld: Fox News's Political Unicorn
Topher Grace on How David Duke Got Duped
Jenna Elfman Talks Zombie Preparedness and Dharma & Greg in the Trump Era
977 Days Captive By Somali Pirates
"Elder Millennial" Iliza Shlesinger Gives Wedding Advice
Bo Burnham Returns to Middle School
Alan Dershowitz on Impeachment and the Criminalization of Politics
Jim Gaffigan Talks Tumor Humor and Opening for the Pope
Malcolm Nance Says Trump Is a "Willing Asset" for Putin
Ben Rhodes on Hope, Change, and Pragmatism in World Affairs
Rob Reiner Brings the "Shock and Awe"
David Sedaris on the Lighter Side of Death, Aging, and Travel
Astrophysicist Adam Frank on Alien Worlds and Saving Our Own
Mike Reiss Celebrates The Simpsons' 30th!
James Clapper on Trump, Russia, & a Life in Intelligence
Dave Itzkoff on Robin Williams' Comedy and Tragedy
Eugene Jarecki Goes Road Tripping with Elvis
An American Ambassador in Putin's Russia
Billy Bob Thornton & Mark Duplass on Indie Film, Amazon's Goliath, and TV's Renaissance
Bonus Episode - Akimbo
Bob Balaban Puts the "Character" in Character Actor
Todd Purdum on Rodgers & Hammerstein's Musical Magic
Max Brooks on Star Wars, Real Wars and Ewok Insurgency
CNN's Jake Tapper on Political Fiction, the Swamp, and Secret Societies
Sebastian Junger Talks War, Tribalism and Honoring Our Vets
Al Roker on the Johnstown Flood, America's Gilded Age Disaster
Ethan Hawke's Spiritual Approach to Acting, Life, and Social Change
Ehud Barak on Fighting for Israel & Searching for Peace
Former CIA Director Michael Hayden on Trump's Attack on the Intelligence Community
CNN's Sally Kohn on Hate, Humanity, and Twitter Trolls
Jon Meacham on the Soul of America and Donald Trump
The Dark Heart of White Nationalism w/ Journalist Vegas Tenold
Cinco de Funny w/ Comedian Paul Rodriguez
Michael Isikoff & David Corn on Trump's Russian Roulette
Bryan Cranston on Life Before Acting & Becoming Walter White
Steven Pinker Makes the Case for Science, Reason, Humanism, and Progress
Louie Anderson Says Be Nicer to Your Mom
Jennifer Palmieri Empowers Women w/ Lessons from the Clinton Campaign
Director Barry Levinson on Paterno, Pacino, & Our "Wag the Dog" Reality
Ed Helms on Re-examining Ted Kennedy and Embracing Your Inner-Fool
Andie MacDowell on Acting Over 40, Time's Up, & Her Film "Love After Love"
Tim Robbins Humanizes Immigration & Heals Prisoners w/ Theatre
David Mamet on Jazz, Noir, and Whorehouse Piano Players
Futurist Michio Kaku on Mars, Immortality, and Interstellar Travel
Bizarre Foods Host Andrew Zimmern
Robert Malley Lists 10 Conflicts to Watch in 2018
Comedian Nikki Glaser Is Up and On the Radio
Steve Buscemi, Armando Ianucci, & Andrea Riseborough on The Death of Stalin
Cass Sunstein on Authoritarianism in America
Matt Ingebretson & Jake Weisman Go Corporate
Gloria Allred Was Saying Time's Up Long Ago
Comedian Ali Siddiq Goes from Jail to Jokes
Malcolm McDowell on Mozart, Movies & Never Looking Back
Twice the Funny w/ the Sklar Brothers
An Unspirational Conversation w/ Elan Gale
Whitney Cummings Hacks the Female Brain
David Frum on How Trump Corrupts the American Republic
David Cay Johnston Tried to Warn You About Trump
A Skeptic's Guide to the Afterlife, Immortality, and Utopia w/ Dr. Michael Shermer
Phil Rosenthal Eats His Way Around The World
Secretary of State George Shultz on Reagan, Gorbachev, and Winning the Cold War
Greg Barker Captures Obama's Final Year
General David Petraeus on the Counterinsurgency, the Paradox of Nation Building & a Military Commander's Worst Enemy...Yes Men
Nightline's Dan Harris Becomes My Meditation Guru
Daniel Ellsberg Reveals America's Secret Nuclear War Plan
Mike Duncan Answers "Is America Rome?"
Dilbert Creator Scott Adams on Persuasion in the Age of Trump
Ridley Scott & Charlie Plummer Talk About Saving Their Film on the Getty Kidnapping
Father Greg Boyle with a Holiday Message of Hope & Compassion
David Hallberg, the First American in the Bolshoi Ballet
Brian Kilmeade on Andrew Jackson & America's Second Revolutionary War
Corey Lewandowski & David Bossie Say "Let Trump Be Trump"
Judd Apatow Returns to Stand-up Comedy
Dan Rather on Patriotism, the Press, and the Values that Unite Us
Lawrence O'Donnell on the Lasting Impact of the 1968 Election
A.J. Jacobs Explores the World's Family Tree
Magazine Queen Tina Brown
Eric Ries on Applying Startup Thinking to Big Companies, Governments & More
Comedian Brian Regan on Working Clean, Tennis Scores & Middle East Peace
Paul Reiser & Jeff Sotzing on Bringing Johnny Carson Back to Television
Jenna & Barbara Bush on their Unbreakable Bond & Life in a Political Dynasty
Alec Baldwin & Kurt Andersen Talk Presidential Parody
A Lesson in Girl Logic w/ Comedian Iliza Shlesinger
Gilbert Gottfried Gets Real About Comedy, Family Life & His New Documentary
LORE's Aaron Mahnke on Monstrous Creatures & Dark History
Ron Chernow on Redeeming Ulysses S. Grant
Sir Richard Branson on his Adventures in Business, Space & Beyond
King of Cards Richard Turner
Astronaut Scott Kelly's Year in Space
Anthony Bourdain Wants to End Food Waste
Grouchy Historians Ed Asner & Ed. Weinberger
Merry Mortician Caitlin Doughty on Changing Americans' Attitudes Toward Death & Dying
Bill Murray & Jan Vogler Explore New Worlds of Music, Poetry & Humor
Obama's Funny Man David Litt
The Improv's Budd Friedman & Entertainment Writer Tripp Whetsell
Lesley Stahl Celebrates 50 Years of 60 Minutes
Tennis Player Maria Sharapova on Serena, That 2016 Drug Test, and Her American Dream
Ken Burns & Lynn Novick Re-examine the Vietnam War
Astronaut Dr. Mae Jemison's Plan for a 100 Year Starship
Danny Strong Brings Author J.D. Salinger to the Big Screen
Bryan Cranston on Life Before Acting and Becoming Walter White
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson (Rerun)
Carol Burnett (Rerun)
Richard Dawkins Has a Soul for Science
Al Madrigal on Comedy, Trump, and Avoiding Cilantro
Dennis Prager on Politics, Religion, & Happiness
Rob Reiner Talks Movies, Politics, & Presidents LBJ to Trump
200th Episode w/ Anthony Atamanuik, Host of The President Show
Snopes Founder David Mikkelson on Fighting Fake News
The Creators of Amazon's COMRADE DETECTIVE
The Other Russia Scandal w/ Filmmaker Bryan Fogel
Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn on the Science of Aging
Cyberwar Expert Alexander Klimburg
99% Invisible's Roman Mars Talks Trump, the Constitution, & Ugly Flags
Sea Power w/ Admiral James Stavridis
Coral Bleaching: The Next Ecological Catastrophe w/ Filmmaker Jeff Orlowski
Senator Al Franken Is Allowed To Be Funny Again!
Science Writer Mary Roach on the Curious Science of Humans at War
John McEnroe on Tennis, Temper, and a Few Life Lessons
Nuns! Nuns! Nuns! w/ Kate Micucci
Senator Mike Lee on the Forgotten Founding Fathers
GMOs: Fact v. Fiction w/ Filmmaker Scott Hamilton Kennedy
The Great Communicator Alan Alda Returns!!
The Art of Manliness w/ Brett McKay
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Remembers Coach John Wooden
The Daily Show's Jordan Klepper Solves Guns
Comedy Legend Carl Reiner Returns!
Comedian Demetri Martin on Directing, Drawing & Death
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson Gives a Lesson in Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
WAR MACHINE Director David Michod
Ocean Explorer Dr. Robert Ballard on Finding Titanic, What Sank the Lusitania, & Searching for the Earliest North Americans
Dave Anthony & Gareth Reynolds of "The Dollop" Tell Weird Tales From America's Forgotten History
Governor John Kasich/Dr. Richard Haass
Anne-Marie Slaughter on Strategies of Connection in Networked World
Bad Taste & Making Trouble w/ Director John Waters
Prof. Allan Lichtman Predicts Impeachment for President Trump
Inside Hillary Clinton's Shattered Campaign w/ Jonathan Allen
Comedian W. Kamau Bell on Denzel, the KKK & Black James Bond
Adam Campbell of NBC's "Great News"
Chris Whipple on the President's Gatekeeper
Letterman: The Last Giant of Late Night w/ NYT Comedy Critic Jason Zinoman
Daniel Franklin of "The Economist" Envisions Technology in 2050
Laughing Through the Arab Spring w/ Bassem Youssef
Philipp Meyer & Kevin Murphy Talk Texas Oil & Buffalo Blood
Exploring the Dark Net w/ Mati Kochavi
Theoretical Physicist Lawrence Krauss Answers "Why Are We Here?"
P.J. O'Rourke on Election 2016: How the Hell Did This Happen?
Professor Tom Nichols on the Death of Expertise & the Rise of American Ignorance
Henry Winkler on the Fonz, Fonts & Helping Dyslexic Kids
Making a Murderer: Jerome Buting vs. Ken Kratz
Evgeny Afineevsky Discusses His Documentary "Cries from Syria"
Man of 1000 Voices Rich Little
Author Patricia Cornwell Solves Jack the Ripper Case
The Most Famous Hacker Gives Tips For Personal Cyber-Security
Legendary Mathematician Edward Thorp on Card Counting, Quantitative Investing, & Catching Bernie Madoff
VICE Correspondents Gianna Toboni & Isobel Yeung
Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on T.P.P., Pacific Rim Security, China, & The Infamous Trump-Turnbull Phone Call,
Bloomberg Tech Editor Brad Stone on Uber, AirBnB, & the New Silicon Valley
The Cast & Creators of AMC's HUMANS Imagine a Future w/ Artificial Intelligence, Robots & More
Political Dirty Trickster Roger Stone on The Making of the President 2016
Hugh Hewitt's "Fourth Way" for President Trump & the GOP
Amazon's Fresh Take on Zelda & Scott Fitzgerald
John Avlon, Editor of The Daily Beast on Washington's Farewell Address
In Praise of Free Trade w/ Austan Goolsbee, Martin Feldstein & Amb. Michael Froman
The Interrogation of Saddam Hussein w/ CIA Analyst John Nixon
Louie Anderson, Martha Kelly & Jonathan Krisel of FX's BASKETS
The Cast & Creators of History Channel's SIX
Globalist Parag Khanna Calls for Technocracy in America
Stephen Dubner of Freakonomics Wants To Tell You Something You Don't Know
Brain Warriors Dr. Daniel & Tana Amen Share Tips for Better Brain Health
Bradley Birkenfeld, The Swiss Banker Turned Whistleblower Who Exposed UBS Switzerland
Olympic Gold Medalist Greg Louganis
AOL Founder Steve Case on the Third Wave of Tech (Rerun)
Comedian David Steinberg Talks Carson, Comedy, and Curb (Rerun)
Are You a Risky Drinker? w/ Dr. George Koob & filmmaker Perri Peltz
Former CIA Analyst Nada Bakos Is NOT "Maya" from Zero Dark Thirty (Or So She Says!)
Middle East Peace w/ Senator George Mitchell & Alon Sachar
The Daily Show: An Oral History as Told by Jon Stewart, the Correspondents, Staff and Guests
Michael Medved on The American Miracle
Award-winning Author Deirdre Bair on Al Capone's Life, Legacy & Legend
Dana Perino Says "If You Want a Friend in Washington, Get a Dog!"
Rebroadcast: Arianna Huffington Is Starting A Sleep Revolution
The Boston Marathon Bombings w/ Documentary Filmmakers Ricki Stern & Annie Sundberg
Space Journalist Leonard David on NatGeo's MARS
Carol Burnett Reminisces About 11 Hilarious Years of "The Carol Burnett Show"
Supermensch Shep Gordon on Film, Food, & Rock 'n Roll
An Anti-Endorsement and Final Thoughts on the 2016 Election
Historian H.W. Brands on the Epic Rivalry Between Truman & MacArthur
Chef Mario Batali Celebrates America's Favorite Regional Comfort Foods
Author James Patterson on the Shocking True Crimes of Billionaire Pedophile Jeffrey Epstein
Critical Thinking in the Information Age w/ Dr. Daniel Levitin
Kevin Kelly, Senior Maverick At Wired, On 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
Director Rod Lurie on "Killing Reagan" for National Geographic Channel
Dylan Thuras of Atlas Obscura on the World's Hidden Wonders
Artificial Intelligence (Pt. 2) w/ Prof. Nick Bostrom, Dr. Seth Baum, & the Creators of AMC's HUMANS
Artificial Intelligence (Pt. 1) w/ Michio Kaku, IBM's Guru Banavar, Wired's Kevin Kelly, & Martin Ford
Phoebe Judge and Lauren Spohrer of CRIMINAL Podcast
CNBC'S Larry Kudlow & Historian Brian Domitrovic on JFK the Tax-Cutter
Al Jean, Head Writer/Exec Producer of "The Simpsons" Is Doing What He Loves
HBO's "Three Days of Terror: The Charlie Hebdo Attacks" w/ filmmaker Dan Reed
James Carville Makes the Democrats' Case for 2016
Discovery Network's "Taking Fire" w/ Kyle Boucher & J.J. McCool
David Cay Johnston On The Making of Donald Trump
Ann Coulter on Trump, Immigration, The Roast & More
David Priess Reveals All About "The President's Book of Secrets"
CNN Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin on the Patty Hearst Kidnapping
Mary Matalin Says the GOP Needs to Change, not Donald Trump
Creators of AMC's Halt & Catch Fire, Chris Cantwell and Chris Rogers
Can a Robot Take YOUR Job? w/ guest Martin Ford
Alexandra Pelosi Exposes the World of Political Mega-Donors
100th Episode! Special Guest Dick Cavett
Ben Shapiro on Political Correctness & Journalistic Integrity in the Age of Trump
The Holdouts - Prominent Republicans Against Trump
The Dawn of Driverless Cars
Alan Alda on Making Scientists & Doctors Better Communicators
Dana Loesch Stands Up for Flyover Country
Glenn Beck Talks Trump, Libertarianism, & Orson Wells
The Hilarious Gilbert Gottfried
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Trump, the GOP, & Playing the Political 'Long Game'
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper Talks Beer, Politics & More
Comedian David Steinberg Talks Comedy, Carson & "Curb"
Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Suing the President, Restoring the Constitution, & Rising to the Top from a Wheelchair
General Wesley Clark on Vietnam, the Wars in Bosnia & Kosovo, and the Future of U.S. Military
Parag Khanna Explains Why Globalism Is Great for America and the World
Dr. Francis Collins, Director of NIH & Head of the Human Genome Project
Director Jay Roach Goes ALL THE WAY with LBJ
Paul Wolfowitz on Fighting Dictators, Encouraging Freedom, & His Problem with the Term "Neoconservative"
Campaign Advance Man Josh King On White House Stagecraft, Photo-Ops Gone Wrong & The "Hat Rule"
Vicente Fox Unloads on Trump, Trade, & The Wall
Disaster Response w/ Steven McAndrew, Head of Emergency Operations at Red Cross
AOL Co-founder Steve Case on the Third Wave of Tech
Juan Williams of Fox News on the Modern-Day Founding Fathers
Nominate KICKASS POLITICS for the 2016 Podcast Awards
Arianna Huffington Says Go To Bed!
Comedy Legend Carl Reiner
China's One Child Policy w/ Mei Fong, Pulitzer-winning Reporter for Wall Street Journal
Documentary Filmmaker Ken Burns
Cyber War w/ National Security Journalist Fred Kaplan
Jacob Weisberg, Editor-in-Chief of Slate Magazine, On All Things Donald Trump
Innovation Expert Alec Ross on The Industries of the Future
War Correspondent Michael Ware On The War In Iraq & The Birth of ISIS
Part 2: Futurist Dr. Michio Kaku On Amazing Inventions Coming In Our Lifetime
Part 1: Dr. Michio Kaku, Theoretical Physicist & Futurist Talks About Einstein, Gravity Waves, & The Future
Steve Forbes, Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Magazine on Reviving America
Bill Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard On the GOP Primary
Debunking Conspiracy Theories w/ Dr. Michael Shermer, Founder of Skeptic Magazine
General Michael Hayden, Former Head of CIA & NSA
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Political Cartoonist Michael Ramirez
Donald Rumsfeld On Modernizing The Military, Saddam Hussein, Snowflakes, & Churchill Solitaire
Oscar-Nominee Evgeny Afineevsky On His Documentary WINTER ON FIRE
Doug Schoen, Pollster & Fox News Political Analyst, Talks About "The Nixon Effect"
Iconic Photographer Platon On Shooting World Leaders & Human Rights
Mark McKinnon, Co-Host of Showtime's Political Docuseries "The Circus"
Greg Barker, Director of HBO's "Homegrown: The Counter-Terrorism Dilemma"
What's an Iowa Caucus? w/ Congressman Steve King, radio host Steve Deace, & Cody Hoefert, Co-Chair of the Iowa GOP
Senators Trent Lott & Tom Daschle on Fixing the Partisan Divide in Washington
Rich Lowry, Editor of National Review, on Donald Trump, Buckley, & More (Re-broadcast)
Congressman Michael McCaul, Chair of the House Homeland Security Committee
Criminal Justice Reform w/ Sen. Rob Portman, Julie Stewart & Jeff Smith
(Rebroadcast) Part 2: The Political Genius of George Washington
(Rebroadcast) Part 1: The Political Genius of George Washington
(Rebroadcast) Pt. 2: E.M.P. - The Day the Earth Stood Still w/ guest Dr. Peter Vincent Pry
(Rebroadcast) Pt. 1: E.M.P. - The Day the Earth Stood Still w/ guest Dr. Peter Vincent Pry
Daniel Pipes, President of the Middle East Forum on Radical Islam
Rich Lowry, Editor of National Review on William F. Buckley, Trump as Jacksonian, Hashtag Heroics, & More
Garry Kasparov Warns That Vladimir Putin Is The Enemy of the Free World
Karl Rove on William McKinley & Why the Election of 1896 Still Matters
Brian Kilmeade, Co-Host of "Fox & Friends" on Thomas Jefferson & America's First War w/ Radical Islam
The Young Turks - Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, & John Iadarola
The Rise & Reign of Vladimir Putin w/ guest Steven Lee Myers
Rebroadcast: Reagan's "A TIME FOR CHOOSING" speech w/ guest Dr. Steven F. Hayward
Bob Woodward on Nixon & The Last of the President's Men
Fred Barnes & Mort Kondracke from Fox News' "The Beltway Boys" on Jack Kemp, 2016 & Tonight's GOP Debate
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann on Tax Reform, the Tea Party, & America's Role in the World
Mike Pesca, Host of Slate's The Gist
Curator of the International Spy Museum Dr. Vincent Houghton on the story behind BRIDGE OF SPIES and more
David Axelrod On The President, Hillary Clinton, & Why He's Still A Believer After 40 Years in Politics
Michael Reagan On Why Conservatives Need To Stop Looking For The Next Ronald Reagan
ISIS's War on Cultural Heritage & the Modern Day Monuments Men Fighting to Stop Them
Cuba Under Castro w/ guests Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado & author Carlos Eire
Senator Lindsey Graham on the Iran Nuclear Deal, Running for President, & Trump
Millennials & the 2016 Election w/ Pollster Kristin Soltis Anderson
The End of Doom with Ronald Bailey, Science Writer for REASON Magazine
THE CONSERVATIVE HEART w/ Author Arthur C. Brooks, President of the American Enterprise Institute
A Governor, a Speechwriter & the Scandal That Became a Trainwreck w/ guest Barton Swaim
Former Israeli Ambassador Danny Ayalon On The Iran Nuke Deal & Israel
The Iran Nuke Deal w/ guest Michael Rubin, Middle East Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute
Bruce Carlson, Host of MY HISTORY CAN BEAT UP YOUR POLITICS
John Tamny, Editor of RealClearMarkets.com & Author of Popular Economics
Dr. Ben Carson On The Debate, His Vision For America & His Journey From Surgeon To Candidate
Senator Mike Lee on Our Lost Constitution
Grover Norquist Says It's Time to END the IRS
Policing for Profit - The Civil Asset Forfeiture Nightmare (Part 2)
Policing For Profit - The Nightmare Of Civil Asset Forfeiture (Part 1)
George Washington Deserves His Own Day
Bonus Episode - The Wit And Wisdom Of Winston Churchill
Churchill on Leadership with guest Dr. Steven F. Hayward
Stephen Hadley, Former National Security Advisor To The President
African-Americans Deserve A Leader Like Nelson Mandela, Not Al Sharpton
Fox News National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin On ISIS, Middle East Peace, & The Concerns That Keep Her Up At Night.