In honor of our independence and courtesy of our beloved Friends of the Pod, we present some of the best rants from guests who went off louder than a firework ever could. Lettuce between cheese and meat. Turning 40 with drunken grace. Edging superheroes. It’s all here, so sit back, crack open a cold one, and drink in the sweet, unhinged musings of Luenell, Vanessa Bayer, TS Madison, Ms. Pat, Mitra Jouhari, and the golden boy himself. And while you’re sitting there reminiscing with rants of yore, remember… this is why our forefathers fought. This… is America.

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Trump gives Iran and Israel a stern talking to, Pete Hegseth calls for a journalistic 23AndMe, and Zohran Mamdani ushers in the Great Libbing Out of 2025. On the show, John Leguizamo gets fired up, Anthony Carrigan and Aristotle Athari offer some good guesses about some very bad boys, and we all let freedom ring in honor of Independence Day, which required Lovett to explain Jar Jar Binks’ whole deal? Anyway, Happy Fourth of July, and see you in a few weeks!

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This week, Mike Lee can't look Amy Klobuchar in the eyes, Tucker Carlson plays cat and mouse with Ted Cruz, Theo Von gets a political wake up call, and tensions rise in the Middle East despite the U.S., Israel, and Iran having such fantastic leaders. Plus comedy legend Larry Charles of Seinfeld, Borat, and Curb joins to tell million dollar stories and 10 dollar jokes. And Chinedu Unaka and Adam Lustick fall in love with ChatGPT, the NBA finals and Trump’s gigantic flag poles.

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This week, Donald Trump sends National Guard troops to Los Angeles to chase their dreams, JD Vance bros out about musicals, and Kristi Noem tells us to reject the evidence of our eyes and ears. Parvati Shallow and Courtney Act dive into the deep end and also the less-deep end, before we spin the wheel of villains who were actually really cool in a scene that got cut, probably.

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The girls are fighting! Happy Pride. This week, Donald Trump and Elon Musk catfight over who’s keeping the edgelords in the divorce. Joni Ernst death-drops into the Big Beautiful Bill drama, and Pete Hegseth does his level best to de-gay the Navy. Darby Lynn Cartwright and Alexis Bevels judge Lovett as he’s never been judged before, while Adam Rippon, Joel Kim Booster and Brendan Scannell face off against Clea Duvall and Sabrina Wu in battle over The Culture. Then it’s time to give the Pride Wheel a gay little spin, before we flounce off into the night.

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It’s another 10/10 week in America, as Donald Trump plans a taxpayer-funded birthday spectacle, RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz team up for an ostrich heist, and we all reluctantly continue to stand with Harvard University. Senator Adam Schiff stops by to break down Trump’s corruption spree. The hilarious Jo Firestone, Josh Sharp, and Devon Walker help us solve the week’s stickiest mysteries, then it’s time to unleash the dais and roast the audience’s enemies to a crisp.

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Trump trades the Golden Arches for the Golden Dome, America wakes up to a big, new beautiful bill, and Kristi Noem puts habeas corpus on the slab. This week, Aisha Tyler and Paul Feig leave us shaken and stirred when they stop by to talk cocktails, cinema, and car accidents, and the audience takes us off the beaten path, and straight down the sociopath.

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Donald Trump joins the Mile High Bribe Club, and McDoubles down on Middle East dictators. James Comey finds out life’s a beach. RFK Jr. is up Shit’s Creek and he brought a to-go cup. Sarah Silverman, Esther Povitsky and Lamorne Morris join to talk about life and death, and to break out our teeniest, tiniest violins for our audience’s most minuscule problems. Why are tiny violins worse? They’re just higher pitched probably.

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