Getting Hammered®
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Don't Poop In Your Tesla, and Other Lessons From Midterm Reax
Don't Poop In Your Tesla, and Other Lessons From Midterm Reax
About this podcast
A sharp, funny politics podcast for people who want the news without the crashout.
Each week, Getting Hammered® takes a hammer to the headlines, breaking down politics, media spin, and cultural meltdowns with skepticism and fun. Overcaffeinated and Underprepared®, moderately right and moderately reliable, we never take ourselves too seriously. But keep you informed on serious topics with no panic and no partisan loyalty tests. Just laughs, well-earned side-eye, and occasional libations.
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Episodes
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- Don't Poop In Your Tesla, and Other Lessons From Midterm Reax · 1 h 17 minElection fallout, a brewery tour, and a five-year-old’s theological take on mortality: Mary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus cover a lot of ground in this episode. They unpack the…
- The Red Wedding Election · 1 h 6 minElection night ran late, the coffee is doing its best, and Mary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus are here to make sense of the results. They look at the races that surprised them…
- Pro-Foie Gras, Anti-Stinkbug · 1 h 24 minThe news without the crash out, in election week. Mary Katharine Ham and co-host Vic Matus of the Washington Free Beacon discuss: The Michigan Senate race: Mike Rogers vs. Abdul…
- Three Beers and Some Rioting · 1 h 29 minMary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus talk the unrest in France, the gentle parenting of rioters, demoralizing updates on Russia and Ukraine, and how D.C. plans to solve all its…
- Drunk Debating · 1 h 15 minMary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus talk about Halloween, novice drivers, and cover debate clips, good, bad, and drunk! They talk about the debut of the new White House Press…
- The Plague Year and The Wave Year? · 1 h 17 minMary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus talk about the plague in Russia, the rioting in France, the spying in Germany, and the IRGC's midterm election message for Americans. They also…
- Midterm Mediocrities Walk Into a Lesbian Bar · 1 h 17 minVic Matus and Mary Katharine Ham talk about the many possible scenarios for the midterms, the freak-outs, the polls and panic, the money and the maps. They cover a foiled terror…
- Bonus: Maud Maron on NYC Schools and the Damage Nikole Hannah-Jones Did · 30 minBecause she can't stop thinking about Nikole Hannah-Jones, Mary Katharine Ham interviews Maud Maron, NYC public-school parent and former head of the Manhattan School Board. She…
- Nikole Hannah-Jones Mugged By Reality, But Still Can't ID the Suspect · 1 h 14 minMary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus talk about the sad story of Nikole Hannah-Jones' daughter's education and all the lessons it did not teach her mother. They discuss the UN…
- The Street Preachers of the AI Apocalypse · 1 h 14 minMary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus talk about the very coordinated, sudden turn of Very Serious concern about AI progress, cover Sen. Ossoff's dumb ideas for dealing with it. They…
- Socialists Say the Darnedest Things · 1 h 8 minMary Katharine Ham and Victorino Matus talk about the socialist gathering over the weekend and all the loony things they said while wearing their masks, and whether the loony…
- El-Sayed Steps on Rakes and Michelle O Has Hot Takes · 1 h 14 minMary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus talk about Vic's college drop-off adventure with his oldest, Abdul El-Sayed's many foibles as a symbol for the fight inside the Democratic Party…
- Saying Goodbye and Thank You To Dolly · 59 minJenna Lee of SmartHERNews joins Mary Katharine Ham this week and the two talk about Dolly Parton, who died Tuesday at the age of 80 after a brief battle with cancer. Fresh out of…
- The Fancy Dorm Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous · 1 h 16 minMary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus talk college drop-off as Vic's is impending, the ludicrously designed dorm rooms they are seeing, and a recap of MK's 1,000-mile roadtrip. They…
- Get In, Loser, We're Freezing Eggs and Taxing Millionaires · 1 h 14 minMary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus discuss new revelations about Dr. Anthony Fauci's concerns about the COVID vaccine causing miscarriages in the first trimester, as MKH reminisces…
- The Proximity To Whiteness · 1 h 25 minVic Matus and Mary Katharine Ham discuss Mamdani's groceries, the non-prosecution of the non-vandalism of the Reflecting Pool, the Iran war or lack thereof, Michigan and…
- I Am Annoyed Anew: The Fauci Diaries · 1 h 8 minMary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus discuss Dr. Anthony Fauci's journal and what it reveals, the White House Correspondents Dinner and why it's destined to always be awkward…
- A News Odyssey · 1 h 19 minMary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus discuss the lay of the land for 2026 elections, give updates on Senate primaries in Maine, South Carolina, and Michigan, try to figure out…
- A Bison Attacks and a Farewell to Sen. Lindsey Graham · 1 h 20 minMary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus talk about the untimely passing of Sen. Lindsey Graham, the viral bison attack at Yellowstone and the cool grandpa at the center of it, and…
- Graham Platner's Rape Allegations, Dem Reax, and Socialists Rise! · 1 h 18 minVic and Mary Katharine talk about Graham Platner's latest scandal (content warning), who wants him gone and who wants him to stay, along with the rise of socialists throughout…
- #Todayin1776 and Today: We're Celebrating the Improbable Birth of America! · 6 minThis week's episode of Getting Hammered comes in the form of a bunch of readings from our Founders throughout June of 1776. Check the feed through June as we learn about George…
- Which Is Shallower: Socialists or the Reflecting Pool? · 1 h 12 minMary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus discuss the ongoing-ish deal with Iran, and what all the actors are up to, the controversy at the Reflecting Pool, which is important to new…
- And Iran, Iran So Far Away, From This Deal? · 1 h 5 minMary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus discuss the Iran deal, what might be in it and what's not, and whether we are better off than before the war started. They talk UFC night at the…
- #Todayin1776: John Adams Explains Why Jefferson Was Chosen To Write the Declaration · 9 minThis is from John Adams' later autobiography, but is based on contemporaneous notes, so we'll count it. It gives a great, and frank, assessment of his and Jefferson's strengths…
- MK's Friend Had a Terrible Ex Named Graham and Scott Pelley Has No Perspective · 1 h 13 minMary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus talk about accusations against Graham Platner, whose name it turns out MK has known for a long time before he ran for Senate. Updates on the L.A…
- #Todayin1776: Maryland Delegates Write Home For Opinions on Independence · 6 minThis bit of the journals of the Continental Congress from June 10, 1776 illustrates how some delegations were confused as to how to proceed on behalf of their colonies on the…
- #Todayin1776: George Washington Would Like to Get His Troops Paid, Please · 8 minToday in 1776, Gen. George Washington writes to John Hancock about perennial concerns— lack of pay, too-short enlistments of troops, and the lack of reliable battlefield…
- #Todayin1776: The Lee Resolution for "Free and Independent States" · 6 minOn June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia offers the resolution that eventually leads to the Declaration of Independence. Congress adopts the resolution with a plan to form…
- #Todayin1776: "Necessity Calls for Independence" · 8 minRichard Henry Lee of Virginia writes from the Continental Congress to his friend, Landon Carter, a letter previewing the resolution he will eventually bring in Congress on June…
- #Todayin1776: Abigail Adams Deals with Politics and the Price of Tea · 7 min"I received by Mr. Church a few lines from you; I wish to hear from you every opportunity tho you say no more than that you are well. I feel concerndleast your cloaths should go…
- Dr. Jill and the Oysterman Are Here to Gaslight You · 1 h 15 minMary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus discuss Jill Biden's book rollout, Graham Platner's many, many scandals, and the A250 concert that wasn't. There is some singing. You're welcome…
- #Todayin1776: John Adams Starts Recording His Letters So Abigail Doesn't Get Mad At Him · 6 minJohn Adams buys an expensive folio on this day and enters his first letter, to his wife. He also buys one for his professional correspondence, and I think we can thank Abigail…
- #Todayin1776: John Adams Writes to a Boston Merchant About Independence Momentum · 8 minDear sir Philadelphia June 1. 1776 Your favours of May 14. and 22d. are now before me. The first I shewed to Mr. Morris, as soon as I received it. The last contains…
- Autopsy? More Like Au-sloppy, Amirite? · 1 h 15 minVic and Mary Katharine talk primary predictions (Cornyn vs. Paxton), a farewell to Thomas Massie and Stephen Colbert, the DNC's embarrassing autopsy, Memorial Day thoughts, along…
- A Full Diaper Episode · 1 h 3 minVic and Mary Katharine talk about big victories on the parenting front at MK's home, foreign policy updates on Iran, China, Venezuela and Cuba, fully funtioning fountains, the…
- Technical Difficulties of Redistricting · 1 h 10 minVic and Mary Katharine valiantly fight technical difficulties (successfully!) of their own to tell you about the technical difficulties Virginia Democrats are facing on…
- Of Nazi Tattoos and Senate Races · 1 h 13 minVic and MK dive into the news that Graham Platner is the presumptive Dem nominee for Senate in Maine, which means everyone who is left of center has to pretend Nazi tattoos mean…
- #Todayin1776: Joseph Ward Writes to John Adams Threats to Boston and Also A New Job · 9 minJoseph Ward is a cousin and aide-de-camp to Gen. Artemas Ward. He is a frequent correspondent of Adams, reporting what he's seeing on the military front in Boston. Adams is…
- Assassination Attempt at the WH Correspondents' Dinner · 1 h 15 minMK and Vic talk Mary Katharine's live experience of an attack on democracy and free speech and the subsequent press coverage, which veered very quickly away from another attempt…
- #Todayin1776: George Washington Wants His Aides-de-Camp PAID · 7 minThe Continental Army deals with all kinds of personnel problems and shortages. In this case, Washington is taking the step of explicitly requesting better pay for his aides, as…
- Dems Get Their W in Virginia Redistricting · 59 minA salty episode of Getting Hammered as Vic and Mary Katharine contemplate exporting the governance of Fairfax and Arlington to the rest of Virginia and what that means for the…
- It Wasn't Fartgate That Brought Down Swalwell · 1 h 12 minVic Matus and Mary Katharine Ham talk about Iran, the blockade, the strategy, and the negotiation-athon. They also talk about Trump's AI post, backlash to it, and his fight with…
- Bonus: Sarah Isgur on SCOTUS, the "Last Branch Standing" · 47 minMy friend Sarah Isgur joins the podcast to talk about her new book, "Last Branch Standing," which is a very fun read about the Supreme Court, its history, the data on the current…
- John Adams Responds to "Saucy" Abigail's Remember the Ladies Letter · 8 minIn this letter, Adams addresses all of the concerns and questions of Abigail's March 31 letter. He is glad to hear of her joy at the relative non-destruction of Boston and the…
- American Feats of Strength and a Pox on the Parties · 1 h 9 minVic is on Spring Break this week, so Kelly and MK discuss the daring Iran rescue, how in the world it's possible for people to be mad at it, growing polarization over even the…
- Abigail Adams Becomes a Farmeress and Misses Her Husband · 8 minIn this letter from Abigail to John, you can tell his absence is taking a toll on her. She tells of all the work she has to do on the farm, hoping to prove herself as a…
- Big Arch and Medium News Coverage · 1 h 9 minOn this Spring Break edition of Getting Hammered, Vic and MK finally try the Big Arch, and because they didn't want it to get cold, they do that first and talk about burgers for…
- Abigail Adams Asks John to Remember the Ladies · 9 minIn this famous letter, Abigail is still annoyed that John doesn't write often enough or come home. She is still a passionate advocate for liberty and impatient for a declaration…
- I'm Goin' Once, Goin' Twice, Sold! MK & Kelly Celebrate Capitalism · 57 minKelly Maher guest-hosts with Mary Katharine Ham today, tells us about her new adventure in auctioneering, and we talk about all the people who don't understand capitalism— Kathy…
- #Todayin1776: John Adams Clowns on Brits Abandoning Boston Tories · 8 minIn this letter to his friend, Horatio Gates, Adams touches on Boston and whether the Brits are really gone, talks about a recent resolution allowing privateers to take British…
