326: ERIC SWALWELL, YOU MESSY B!TCH!
Without A Country
Corinne Fisher
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 186 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to Without a Country, where we break down the biggest stories in politics, culture, and the internet without the usual filter.
This episode covers a wide range of topics, starting with the LA mayor race and why Spencer Pratt is being taken more seriously than people expected. There’s also a surprising shift from Perez Hilton after a near-death experience that completely changed his perspective.
We get into the situation between Alex Cooper and Alex IRL and what it says about the podcast and influencer space right now. From there, the conversation moves into a New York Times op-ed, the idea of a “liberal Joe Rogan,” and why figures like Hasan Piker keep coming up in media discussions.
There’s also a longer breakdown of Zionism, anti-Zionism, and how the meaning of those terms has evolved, along with how younger generations are viewing Israel and Palestine differently.
Later in the episode, we talk about the SantaCon fraud story and how something that’s supposed to be charitable turned into a major scandal. Then we spend time unpacking the allegations against Eric Swalwell and the larger conversation around power, politics, and sexual misconduct.
The episode wraps up with a deeper look at global conflict, including the situation in the West Bank and what it could mean going forward.
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:30 Show Overview News, Politics, Culture
00:02:50 LA Mayor Race Spencer Pratt vs Karen Bass
00:05:00 Perez Hilton Near-Death and Religious Shift
00:09:50 Alex Cooper vs Alex IRL Drama
00:12:30 Call Her Daddy Industry Tension
00:15:10 NYT Op-Ed Breakdown Ezra Klein
00:17:00 Liberal Joe Rogan Debate
00:21:00 Hasan Piker and Media Hypocrisy
00:26:00 Zionism vs Anti-Zionism Deep Dive
00:32:00 Language, Politics and Online Narratives
00:36:00 Israel, Gaza and Lebanon Discussion
00:39:00 Democrats, Media Strategy and Cancel Culture
00:41:20 Why Conversation Matters More Than Agreement
00:45:00 Cancel Culture Backfiring
00:49:30 Algorithm Clips and Misrepresentation
00:51:00 SantaCon Fraud Scandal NYC
00:54:30 Money Laundering and Arrest Breakdown
00:55:50 Patreon and Show Support
01:00:00 Eric Swalwell Allegations Begin
01:02:00 Power, Politics and Timing of Accusations
01:08:00 Additional Accusers and Misconduct Claims
01:12:00 Workplace Dynamics and Power Imbalance
01:18:00 Believability vs Political Strategy
01:25:00 Sexual Misconduct in Politics
01:35:00 Cultural Patterns and Repeated Behavior
01:45:00 Global Abuse Cases and Survivor Stories
01:48:30 Case Studies and Trauma Impact
02:00:00 Trust, Trauma and Psychological Fallout
02:10:00 Justice System Failures
02:20:00 Gender, Power and Media Commentary
02:35:00 Audience Reflection and Societal Patterns
02:50:00 Political Media and Messaging Frustrations
02:55:00 NYC Politics and Content Strategy
03:00:00 Final Israel and West Bank Discussion
03:01:00 Settler Violence and Long-Term Consequences
03:05:00 Outro and Credits
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MAIN STORY
Eric Swalwell (and Tony Gonzalez)
https://www.thecut.com/article/all-the-allegations-against-eric-swalwell.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/15/swalwell-allegations-democrats-california-rise/
Tony Gonzalez'
Cutie Corner
GUUUURL
Ticketmaster
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/15/nx-s1-5786715/live-nation-ticketmaster-antitrust-verdict-monopoly
Trump As Jesus
Surveillance in America
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/14/nx-s1-5768270/what-to-know-about-section-702-surveillance
Sam Altman
Hungarian election
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/world/europe/viktor-orban-peter-magyar-election.html
Israel/Lebanon
FP article actually critical of Israel
Sexual Violence by IDF
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| 0:07.0 | The Running from the man, yeah, the madman's coming, yeah, the man's cutting for me tonight. |
| 0:32.0 | I spent the last week running from the heat, but the beep beats coming alive. |
| 0:41.3 | Let's get lost tonight there i am welcome to without a country i don't know why that song sounded weird we're producing |
| 0:46.9 | the whole show from my apartment today and mics in nashville doing god knows what well no i mean he's |
| 0:51.9 | that he's there with um you know my my arch nemesis. And so I don't, |
| 0:58.3 | I don't know what's going on. But hopefully, if there's any problems, just talk to our producer for |
| 1:04.3 | today, AJ, and the chat. Be nice, though. This is his first time doing Stream Yard. And we have a whole setup in the house. Again, |
| 1:13.5 | this is all good. We want to be independently broadcasting. We don't have to be associated with any |
| 1:20.0 | type of a network. We don't want, we don't want billionaires, millionaires, or a thousandaires |
| 1:27.3 | affecting our POV on this show. So it's |
| 1:31.4 | just me and you guys. And that is ideally what is happening. All right. I like this little |
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| 2:03.6 | Anyway, we're just doing, we're just doing tech talk. |
| 2:07.6 | All right, guys, this doesn't, what? |
| 2:10.6 | Okay, well, this doesn't concern you guys. |
| 2:16.6 | Welcome to the show. Thank you so much. I'll just look at a frozen picture of myself for two and a half hours. It'll be exciting. We'll love it. All right. So welcome to the show. This is without a country. If you are just joining us, we go over the biggest news stories of the week nationally and internationally. We also talk a lot about |
| 2:36.8 | municipal news, animal rights, women's welfare. And then we try to look into things that might |
| 2:45.3 | have fallen under the radar. So real quick, I do want to talk to Los Angeles because it was kind of a big joke when |
| 2:55.2 | Sprinter Pratt announced that he was running for mayor, but now you guys are only a couple |
| 3:00.2 | months away. And, you know, from first vote, and he's the only other candidate besides your current mayor, |
| 3:10.5 | Karen Bass, who is in double digits. And I know, like, you know, I think it's like 10, |
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