Fake the Nation
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Fake the Nation is a comedy podcast hosted by Headgum & Negin Farsad. It has 401 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.
Hosted by Negin Farsad, everyone's favorite Iranian American Muslim Comedian Podcast Host with Black Hair and Red Glasses, Fake the Nation is a comedy show that isn't afraid to talk about news, culture, and humanity’s weirdness. Every week Negin is joined by her funniest, smartest, and most politically astute friends. People like Samantha Bee, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Paula Poundstone, Margaret Cho, Larry Wilmore and others. They’ll make you laugh, think, and deliver a gut punch to the country we all love, America. It's like a really fun dinner party where nothing is off limits but you don’t have to pretend to like salad.
comedy ·en ·401 episodes
512. Watching the MJ Biopic with Mom (w/Shane O'Neill and Matt Koff)
511. Always a Human (w/Justin Krebs and Jordan Carlos + John Hodgman and Emily Flake)
510. Hegseth's Wet Hair (w/Jeremy Pinsly and Mary Houlihan)
509. Small Shoe Psychological Warfare (w/Jody Avirgan and Caleb Zeringue)
508. Hurting People and Doing Ballrooms Since 2025 (w/Helen Hong and Meagan Hatcher Mays)
507. Just Don't Take It To The Bathroom (w/DD Guttenplan and Katie Compa)
506. Wishing For More STDs In Silicon Valley (w/Milly Tamarez and Traci Thomas)
505. Looksmaxxing Smut in the Hardware Aisle (w/PepperMint and Rachel Sklar)
504. The Battle for Supermarket Supremacy (w/Menelek Lumumba and Chenjerai Kumanyika)
503. Dividing Up the Chores Bonus (w/Jordan Carlos)
503. The Germans Have a Word For That (w/Jena Friedman and Star Stone)
502. Release the Cringe! (w/Ramzi Fawaz and Jenny Zigrino)
501. AI & The Right to be Awkward (w/JR Havlan and Chandler Dean)
500. Are the Stay-at-home Sons Okay? (w/Justin Krebs and Jordan Carlos)
499. Armchair Analyzing ChatGPT Analysis Bonus (w/Nayeema Raza and Pete Dominick)
499. Improv Classes for MAGA? (w/Sean Malin and Sydney Kane)
498. John Fugelsang's Separation of Church & Hate Bonus (with John Fugelsang and Maryam Banikarim)
498. Endless Sushi and Boundless Suppression (w/Maryam Banikarim and John Fugelsang)
497. The Predictions Bonus! (w/John Hodgman and Emily Flake)
497. Cold, Hard Armrests for 2026 (w/John Hodgman and Emily Flake)
496. A New Years Episode with No Consequences (w/Ophira Eisenberg, Mary Houlihan then Nayeema Raza and Pete Dominick)
495. Year of Slop (w/Sally Ann Hall and Vicky Ferentinos)
494. Beefing Waymos Better than Human Drivers? (w/Brian Babylon and Andrew Ti)
493. Giftcard Wishlist Fever (w/Cody Linquist and Charlie Linquist)
492. Fast Food and Cold Caffeine (w/Cody Linquist and Charlie Linquist)
491. Costco is a Dating App? (w/Nayeema Raza and Pete Dominick)
490. A Thanksgiving Episode (w/Meghna Chakrabarti, Benari Lee Poulton, Mark Oppenheimer and D.D. Guttenplan)
489. Bubba, Billionaires and Bodega Coffee (w/Meghna Chakrabarti and Benari Lee Poulton)
488. So Gosh Darn Special (w/Shanna Christmas and Myq Kaplan)
487. Election 2025 Bonus! (w/Benari Lee Poulton)
486. Famous Green Room Hangs (w/Olivia Levine and Andrew Heaton)
485. A Steamy Spinoff of Something That Was Wholesome (w/Christian Finnegan and Tim Manley)
484. There Is No App For Democracy (w/Ophira Eisenberg and Mary Houlihan)
483. Don’t Cave! (with Ben Katzner and Andrew Ti)
482. Racism; Don't (w/Jon Schnitzer and George Civeris)
481. Do We F$%&ing Curse Too Much? (w/Jolenta Greenberg and Peter Grosz)
480. We Need More Semicolons (w/Bob Crawford)
479. A Lot of Bad But Also Some Good News (w/Lizz Winstead and Adam Green)
478. The Politics of Tote Bags (w/Mark Oppenheimer and D.D. Guttenplan)
477. Logos, Virgins & Windmills (w/Elise Loehnen and Dani Faith Leonard)
476. A Happy Labor Day Episode (w/Emily Flake, Jim Tews, John Nichols and Gianmarco Soresi)
475. “Yes We Can” Forever (w/Danielle Durchslag and Andrea Jones-Rooy)
474. Summer Of Death (w/Eddie Pepitone and Josh Gondelman)
473. Baguette Markets (w/Corey Forrester+Harry Terjanian)
472. We Are All MerPeople (w/Gianmarco Soresi+John Nichols)
471. Kiss Cams And Other "Wonderful Secrets" (w/Rachel Sklar+Ariel Elias)
470. Your Morning Ayahuasca (w/Leah Bonnema+Fabrezio Copano)
469. Algatraz And Other Insufficient Punnery (w/Emily Flake+Jim Tews)
468. An Episode That Pairs With Hot Dogs (w/Dasha Burns & Zach Sherwin and Pete Dominick & Faiz Siddiqui)
467. Tight 10 at a Funeral (w/Nato Green+Benari Lee Poulton)
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