Cold Hard Kash: Patel To The Metal

The Muckrake Political Podcast

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News, Politics

4.6 • 530 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman dive into the "psychosexual disaster" of the current administration, starting with the total meltdown at the FBI. They break down the bombshell reports regarding Director Kash Patel, whose alleged bouts of excessive drinking have left his security detail unable to wake him—once even prompting a request for "breaching equipment" to reach the director. The guys discuss if Patel’s incompetence is actually a weird form of luck, keeping him from making even more disastrous decisions while the "train really starts to wobble on the tracks." The conversation shifts to the crumbling global order as the war in the Middle East intensifies. With the Strait of Hormuz closed and cruise ships "speed running" through the chaos, Jared and Nick analyze the "Humpty Dumpty" state of the petrodollar. As the UAE and Saudi Arabia look for currency bailouts and reconsider their cultural investments, it’s clear that the material conditions are rapidly lining up against American interests. Finally, the show examines the leaked Supreme Court memos from 2016 that pull back the curtain on Chief Justice John Roberts. While he cultivates a public image of "care and caution," the papers reveal him acting as a "bulldozer" to protect corporate property rights over climate action. These documents expose how the Court functions as a check on democracy to ensure the economic project of the moneyed class remains untouched. To support the show and keep us editorially independent and ad-free, head over to Patreon.com/muckrakepodcast.

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0:00.0	Hey, hey, everybody. Welcome to the Muckrake podcast from J.J. I'm in front of a professional microphone, Nick.
0:08.0	Yeah, you are. I thought we were like almost the beginning of the monkeys episode with, uh, hey, hey, everybody.
0:14.8	Hey, everybody. It's the Muckrake. That's, that's the new, new song, all the kids, I can't even say it.
0:37.9	They're not singing that. Anyway, we are back in studio. The boys are still back in town. Reunited and it feels so good. I'm here with my friend Nick Hausman. Nick, how you doing, bud? I'm just a little frazzled. It's been a couple days of a lot of playoff basketball and never-ending games back to back.
0:38.9	I can't wait.
0:43.8	So for those who have been longtime listeners of the show, when the NBA playoffs start up,
0:46.1	the demand on your time is crazy.
0:51.2	And I, for one, I can't wait to see what happens with NBA playoffs, Nick,
0:55.3	and live war in the Middle East, Nick, at the exact same time.
0:57.3	Like, how's that going to shake out?
0:59.9	Multi-screen, what's the call?
1:02.3	Picture in picture.
1:04.7	Yeah, I think that's the solution right there.
1:30.0	Like, I'm watching, you know, Wembe Nama, like hitting threes over people and then bombs exploding, you know, across Tehran. Like, it's going to be, it's like clockwork orange or something like that. It's going to be wild. And luckily, everyone is long for the right. Reminder, everybody, we need your support more than ever. Head over to patreon.com slash monkreg podcast. Keeps us editorially independent, keeps us ad-free.
1:35.9	And it also allows you access to the weekenders shows on Friday, which you're listening to the previews.
1:38.7	You could be spending an hour with me and Nick. And also on the weekenders, reminder, we go way off record.
1:43.3	We go all over the place. Patreon.com slash Patreon.com slash
1:48.2	MacRick podcast. Nick, we start today with one of our favorite members, one of our favorite characters in the ongoing saga of the Trump fascist collapse.
1:58.7	The Atlantic has published a story by Sarah Fitzpatrick.
2:02.2	And you know, there's a lot of these stories that get published, Nick, but this one is
2:05.5	special.
2:07.0	There are tons of leaks.
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