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Winners and Losers Show
by Hank Thompson
The Winners and Losers Show with Hank Thompson features the honest, unique and hilarious perspective of a lifelong human — from the news of the week, the horrors of politics, a science story or two and the overlapping systems tying it all together, plus books, shows, movies, games and anticapitalist rants! Hank's trademark bluntness and creativity sources from his experience as a stand up comedian, an injured woodworker, a professional video editor who's worked in "progressive" media (The Young Turks, The Jimmy Dore Show) and as a late-identified autistic.
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#228 - Jump Scares Of Evil Monsters
Hillary Clinton and Kara Swisher talk tattoos, public executions; White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia can't read; I've lost my mind again and have been working 15-hour days making a documentary about The Bulwark, The Majority Report, Hasan Piker and recent online drama, centering on the...
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#227 - Comics, Furries & Evil Empires
I found 3 old comic books on a walk; is this a magic quest? Then human senator Tommy Tuberville warns of furry-filled skies, a trailer for Alex Gibney's new documentary, Musk, drops and a recent Joe Rogan clip went viral in which he surmises ending all poverty. We look at the original source and...
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#226 - Gravity, Grudges & Groceries
Hank joins the poogeoisie, Owen Shroyer welcomes queen of the dissident right, Ana Kasparian; Cenk Uygur's chair breaks on Piers Morgan as he faces a deceptive montage of Hasan Piker; details about Ana's grudge w/ her Piker, Kyle Kulinsky describes The Young Turks as an 'enlightened centrist...
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#225 - Spirals of Cynicism (Dan Friesen, Knowledge Fight)
Dan Friesen returns (Alex Jones talks starts ~ the hour mark). It's been a few months since the abrupt end of his long-running podcast, Knowledge Fight, co-hosted with Jordan Holmes. We talk the impact of Knowledge Fight, detoxing from Alex Jones, Dan's new travel show, Show Me State Of Mind…
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#224 - Reacher Rounds
After positive leg wound news, a case for imprisoning politicians who use AI, Bernie Sanders, AOC and Abdul El-Sayed rally, Alan Ritchson (Reacher) goes viral for anti-pedo stance, Alan also talks ADHD struggles and Lindsey Graham roasted at his own funeral by Trump. Full Episode 224 on YouTube:...
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#223 - Diarrhea Summer
After updates, Chuck Schumer's butt gas, the diarrhea epidemic spraying all over America, TYT guest host Marjorie Taylor Greene get called a quitter, Joe Rogan interviews JD Vance about Epstein, the politics of corn dogs and politicians eating in public, Trump is a water weirdo, Tennessee's…
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#222 - Worst, Worse & Worser
Back on the mic with tales of adventure, then Francesca Fiorentini's shout out on Leftist Mafia hits home, she spills tea about Ana Kasparian's debate with Pearl on Word War 1 and we revisit Glenn Beck's interview w/ Ana Kasparian as well as AI George Washington. We check in on the No Kings Rally...
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#221 - The Sunlight Bringer (Cam James)
After introducing myself to new listeners/viewers, we watch an enraging Trump clip, dig into The Bitchuation Room's viral takedown of Ana Kasparian's admission she was wrong about Trump's fascism and for dinner we watch and react to Cam James's incredible Young Turks exposé focusing on it's...
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#220 - Degrees of Dystopia
Updates, new mic, insightful rambling, plus a look at Zohran's nice moment, some dystopian horror and Young Turks host Dr Richey exposed by Cam James for his evidently fake advanced degrees, the diploma mill industry, Richey's response and his deleted video, and how it relates to the themes of...
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#219 - Graham Platner's Capitalism Tattoo
I worked on Abby Martin's documentary Earth's Greatest Enemy; Yanis talked to Grace; Senators flapping gums; Piers talks Trump's AI poo video w/ Harry Sisson; Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner's chest tattoo engulfs him in controversy and nuance. Full Episode 219 on YouTube: soon Support…
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#218 - Escalator Pitches w/ Matt Strackbein
Matt Strackbein of The Letterhack and This Space joins to share about his journey from graphic design wizkid to the pages of Hellboy to contributing art, commentary and organizing to the online left. We talk creative process, a bit of TYT and how the media cooperative This Space came about. Full...
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#217 - Rebellion Headquarters w Sandee Lovas
Left of the Box's Sandee Lovas — author, political commentator, Canadian, artist — joins me to talk about their journey into contributing to The Young Turks' Rebel HQ to leaving Rebel HQ and now producing an upcoming video about TYT's role in the world of online politics, which of course I can…
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#216 - Cenk Jubilee Teaser & Other Stuff
Watching and reacting to the jubilee teaser of Cenk Uygur confronted about the union busting is the main portion of this podcast but first we ramble, announce Torch Lighter, talk Trump's New Palace, Buttigieg's hidden mustache, Pod Save America & Chapo on accountability for war criminals. Full...
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#215 - Short Cape Confidence w/ Jordan Brady of Respect The Process
Commercial director, filmmaker, podcaster, comedian, teacher and short cape enthusiast Jordan Brady joins me to discuss creative career struggles, documentary advice, his origins in comedy, autistic awareness and experience, passion projects and productivity. His podcast, Respect The Process, is…
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#214 - Wealth Concentrating Machines w/ Scott Bennett of Let's Make Them Pay
Scott Bennett Of Let's Make Them Pay joins me for a conversation about capitalism, labor, economics, birds, hierarchy, marx, bosses, ownership and the other ways society is run by wealth concentrating machines while I try to impress him with my poorly thought-through brilliant insights. First...
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#213 - Preference vs Principle w/ Knowledge Fight's Dan Friesen
Dan Friesen of Knowledge Fight returns to talk bright spots, fixing the world and Alex Jones — starting with KF's recent episode on the story of InfoWars caller Kelly Rushing (#1041: listen on KnowledgeFight.com or your podcast app!) and how it illustrates so much about Alex Jones and the media...
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#211* - Autism Poem, Musk's Mars-Sun Scam & More
*out of order; sorry! Thoughts about gorillas, my appearance on Punch Up Pod, RFKjr's autism madness and my poetic response, Her Take clips and lolz, and Elon Musk bamboozles with the Sun's expanion, what the real risks are and why the wealthy are the main one and Naomi Klein rings a bell. Full...
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-3- HPAL: Shut Down The A**hole Factory (Thoughts About Dignity)
Hank Podcasts, America Listens — ICE agents targeting United Farm Workers union organizers got me thinking about the connection between fascists, union-busters, dignity, cooperation, how stress is the source of wealth, what the purpose of society should be, competing models of power and how it…
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#212 - Blue Origin & TYT's Populist Takeover Launches
I think this is supposed to be Ep 211. Highlights from my appearance on The Letterhack, Blue Origin's recent flight spurs hoax speculation, Cenk Uygur launches his populist takeover of the Democratic Party using RebellionPAC and has an encounter with Geraldo Rivera. Full Episode 212 on YouTube:...
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-2- HPAL: The Purpose Of Billionaire Wealth & New Substack
Hank Podcast, America Listens — My latest substack supporting "Tell The Truth, Cenk" is now up. It's a comprehensive listing of evidence of TYT's union-busting. Francesca Fiorentini fired by Cenk Uygur, Bernie Sanders and AOC hold a rally, Ro Khanna takes questions, Emma Vigeland schools Pod Save...
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-1- HPAL: Evacuated Vowels & Real-Time Successful Lying
Hank Podcasts, America Listens (HPAL-Audio Only) — Skip 30 minutes to bypass the very messy opening ramble. Self-sabotaging, metric system, gratitude, Star wars assassin lizard, Adobe, money, then updates on upcoming substacks and then settling into thoughts about watching the lie about TYT's...
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#210 - Website Launched, Majority Report vs TYT & More
Website for TYT documentary "Tell The Truth, Cenk" launched in support of the fundraiser. Also: Elon ditches boy, Hakeem Jeffries battles the extreme left, America bullies world over Cuban doctors, Town Halls erupt w/ upset voters and the main course: reacting to my phone call to Majority Report...
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#209 - Dems Wow, Musk's Hero & Full Reaction To Cenk Doubling Down
Democrats weakness wows, Musk salutes his hero, Markwayne Mullin defends drunken voting and my first time watching & live-reacting to Cenk Uygur's interview (1:01:54) on the Jenerational Change podcast in which he doubles down on the core deception my upcoming documentary "Tell The Truth, Cenk."...
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#208 - 2 of 2 - Francesca Says My Name, Cenk Reacts w/ Disgust
Francesca Fiorientini brought up my name and role in unionizing TYT to Cenk Uygur in a contention interview on The Bitchuation Room Podcast, provoking a hateful eruption and disdainful cackle, showing a side of his character you normally have to work for him to experience. It's one of many wacky...
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#208 - 1 of 2 - Fires, Lynch, Majority Report Covers TYT & Hasan Piker Needs Better Info
LA Fires, David Lynch Exits, Majority Report covers TYT misinformation and Hasan Piker talks his working conditions with Teamster President Sean O'Brien, including an unfortunate falsehood about the union situation at TYT. This is from a 5-hr show recorded in January. Available on YouTube. Will...
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#207 - Eva Goes Home & A Leftist Thrillride
My cat story concludes during a huge week for The Project, which gained a ton of attention due to the whirlwind surrounding The Young Turks' pivot, particularly The Majority Report's Emma Vigeland pointing out TYT's use of union-busting law firms and how Ana Kasparian reacted to her former...
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#206 - Happy Convo & Upbeat Discour
First hour topics: new Hank content!, Jay Leno's hit points, Ben Affleck's AI words, Trump's cabinet ghouls, voter perspectives, Bernie's letter & in the second half reacting to a mix of TYT clips related to the documentary and The Young Turks re-positioning in the political landscape. Full…
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#205 - Election Reaction, Processing & Rambling
Election 2024 was a terrible day that will destroy us all so listen to me talk about it at length and go through some videos from a few shows as they aired results the day of. Full Episode 205 on YouTube: https://youtu.be/FLI_ulkTj-A Support links here: https://linktr.ee/winnersandlosers
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#204 - My The Vanguard Appearance & More
I went on The Vanguard podcast to discuss "Tell The Truth, Cenk." I break down some clips and react to comments, plus I found a clip of Cenk Uygur referring to his union-busting I mentioned on a previous show, and Ana Kasparian went viral for remarks to her boss about fascism. Full Episode 204 on...
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#203 - Evidence? Here's Your Evidence!
Back from trip, my new TYT article full of receipts (25:39) and Cenk Uygur confronted about his union-busting (1:45:19). "No, I am definitely not a union-buster," he says. Then asked about evidence: "Pfft! What evidence!?" We go through the reams of evidence that detail the extent of Cenk's...
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#202 - The One She Barfs The Least
Audio only version (this and Patreon) has an extra 45 minutes at the top, recorded 10.5.24 but I recorded the rest on 9.26.24, posted it on YouTube a few days later and then I failed to get the audio version out until tonight. It's Saturday night. I'm leaving early for a trip. I had some thoughts...
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#201 - Burdened By What Will Be
I'm bald! Learn a great cooking tip, enjoy an oddly satisfying cat hair moment, closer to publishing article about Young Turks Working conditions (LOTS of talk about how the union started and exploring the version TYT told its audience), Matt Walsh gets schooled on Haiti by Ryan Grim on Breaking...
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#200 - Certain Dooms w/ James Fritz
Comedian and mentor to failed comedians James Fritz, Hank's mentor, joins Hank on Winners and Losers for a fun conversation about politics, comedy, life in Los Angeles, progressive media, vinyl, pistachios, algorithms, mediocrity (Bill Maher), food delivery horror stories, follicle privilege,...
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Just Talking #001 - Monday Sep 16 2024 — Caging Tigers
No video. I just turned the mic on and started talking. Talking plans for the future and some of the darkness my head's been generating lately, the frustrations of a creative career, a little TYT talk, kitty cat talk, what stand up means to me now that I know I'm autistic. And other stuff…
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#199 - DNC — Epic Commentary, Epicer Thoughts
I watched the DNC. I have thoughts. From rambling about delusions, hope and lefties, we do quick checks of various speakers, enjoy an Bernie Sanders's brother, talk about Phil Donahue dying and listen to him school Ayn Rand, watch Hasan Piker get booted from the DNC and see David Sirota agree…
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#198 - RFK Jr's Free Bear
Kamala Harris chooses between Walz, Shapiro & a bald Astronaut, RFK Jr tells Roseanne Barr about a free bear and Donald Trump goes full narcissist at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) conference, plus the usual brilliant asides, insightful insights and above-average...
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#197 - Biden Bounced For Kamala & TYT Job Talk
The Young Turks job talk at beginning and end (2:25:17) — addressing requests for proof of my claims about having 3 different classifications and why I was motivated to unionize. Lots of videos of political news from the last couple weeks, from Joe Biden refusing to drop out, JD Vance's awkward...
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#196 - Biden's Big Presser & TYT Working Conditions Preview
Joe Biden's obvious unfitness to run a country, let alone a microwave, is put to the test in a critical press conference. We watch and react live, plus new details about the working conditions that drove us to unionize at The Young Turks, previewing an article I wrote and will be posting on...
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#195 - Stone Buildings Burn with Knowledge Fight's Dan Friesen
Dan Friesen from the Alex Jones research, tracking and analysis podcast, Knowledge Fight, joins me. We talk our early days doing stand up comedy in Chicago, the origins of Knowledge Fight and numerous topics related to Alex Jones including the infamous spitting incident, how movies influence…
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#194 - Human Attention with Guest Ron Placone
"What's so valuable about human attention?" I ask Ron Placone, comedian, filmmaker, political commentator, horizontal sleeper and lover of cats and cat love. We talk about the challenges of an artistic career in a world run by inhuman monsters, swap atheism origin stories, eco-socialism vs...
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#193 - Some Serious Labor Regulations
Watching & reacting to the premiere of the 2nd large installment of "Tell The Truth, Cenk." Also: Cenk Uygur's nephew, Hasan Piker, spoke about his working conditions at The Young Turks on the Chuckle Sandwich podcast, giving insight into why workers at TYT needed a union. Plus we visit my old...
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#192 - Oven Mitt Of Doom
Lots of TYT Documentary talk — a couple sneak peaks and examining the edit, including more from former union-buster Martin J Levitt, then making fun of Margaret Thatcher and Connecticut governor Ned Lamont's refusal to help striking workers. And more! Full Episode on YouTube...
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#191 - Risky Chips & Healthcare Villains
Not gonna lie: the opening is kind of a mess. After rambling about language barriers, mold, expired food and a plant, TYT project updates, a former Steven Crowder employee comes forward on free speech grounds and Joe Biden's latest healthcare lie brings up the 2016 reporting that Barack Obama had...
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#190 - Ethical Dark Web Explained
More Young Turks Documentary talk — After some project updates, we play a montage of union-buster Cenk Uygur telling a camera about unions, I explain how this project got started, expanded in scope and some of the challenges I've faced in working on it, then we explore in detail the mysteries of...
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#189 - Working For TYT & The Origins Of The Documentary
The first half of this podcast is background info about myself and my history working for The Young Turks, Jimmy Dore and the origins of the documentary. The second half is reacting to comments from the previous podcast. I will answer comments and questions again in the next podcast. Bonus: Pete...
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#188 - Going Public With My TYT Documentary — Announcement!
"Tell The Truth, Cenk" is my two-part documentary about The Young Turks' union-busting and ensuing cover-up. Because I was involved and had a very unique vantage point, plus as an aspiring filmmaker and professional video editor, I decided to correct the record and have spent the last...
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#187 - February Update — Beard Loss, Cat Gain & The Mummy President
Opening chatter about beard loss and cat gain, then working out the lefty position on voting for Biden and why it's upsetting no matter what, then Jon Stewart returns to the Daily Show and upsets the liberal cart by turning the haunted house lights on regarding Joe Biden desiccated sclerotic...
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#186 - January Update — Cats And Politics
First podcast of the year! Some thoughts about online trends regarding autism, showing an overly-dramatic video about the cat I'm trying to rehome and then we go through a bunch of bookmarks from the last few weeks including a guy complimenting Vivek Ramaswamy's wife's backside, Nikki Haley...
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#185 - Hot Yellow Moment
An update about recent works, plans and some words about the passing of my friend Kenny DeForest, a glorious human gone far too early and a tremendous loss for comedy and anyone lucky enough to have known him. Then we listen to Vivek Ramaswamy urinate. SUPPORT! Patreon.com/WinnersAndLosers…
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#184 - Palestine & Markwayne
The two big topics are in the title. Depressing stuff. Then we dive through a bunch of Markwayne Mullin stuff. He's the senator who tried to start a fight next to Bernie Sanders SUPPORT! Patreon.com/WinnersAndLosers Recorded 11.15.23 FOLLOW! YouTube.com/@WinnersAndLosers Instagram:...
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The Winners and Losers Show with Hank Thompson features the honest, unique and hilarious perspective of a lifelong human — from the news of the week, the horrors of politics, a science story or two and the overlapping systems tying it all together, plus books, shows, movies, games and anticapitalist rants! Hank's trademark bluntness and creativity sources from his experience as a stand up comedian, an injured woodworker, a professional video editor who's worked in "progressive" media (The Young Turks, The Jimmy Dore Show) and as a late-identified autistic.
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