Hanta-Claus Is Coming To Town

The Muckrake Political Podcast

CLNS Media Network

News, Politics

4.6 • 530 Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

This is a free preview of our Weekender episode. Unlock the whole podcast and get access to our Discord and Live Show by visiting: http://patreon.com/muckrakepodcast The Boys are back in town and the world is moving faster than ever. This week, we dive into the "Groundhog Day" nightmare of U.S. foreign policy as the administration begs China to help broker a deal with Iran. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia is pushing back against U.S. hegemony, and economic "zero hour" is fast approaching with a potential June 1st deadline for total fiscal meltdown. We also discuss: The Next Pandemic?: A cruise ship quarantine involving human-to-human hantavirus transmission and why firing CDC inspectors was a catastrophic mistake. Betting on Democracy: New reports of campaign staffers using insider information to place bets on elections and the dangerous rise of predictive markets. The Unserious Empire: From Kash Patel’s personal bourbon transport to the "Uno card" strategy of modern diplomacy. Culture Watch: Nick’s Broadway trip, the decline of There’s Something About Mary, and why The Greatest American Hero is a time capsule for special education in the 80s.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Oh, yeah.
0:03.4	Hey, everybody.
0:04.0	Welcome to the Weekender edition of the McCrack podcast.
0:06.8	You know, here's the thing.
0:08.0	You can let all the doom and gloom roll off your back like so much rain.
0:13.6	The rumors are true.
0:15.2	The boys.
0:16.4	The boys are back in town.
0:17.8	Nick Oswald's here with me.
0:18.8	How you doing, bud?
0:19.9	You know, what is time? Because it didn't even feel like we were gone. We were a partner.
0:25.1	I know this. I got to say, I don't know how it's going for you. This year is speeding,
0:31.6	but the last month has like broken sonic barriers with how fast it's gone.
0:37.8	This week itself has moved just, it's uncomfortable how fast it's better.
0:43.6	Jared, I will be gone this weekend after we record this to my daughter's college graduation ceremony.
0:50.0	Your college graduating daughter.
0:53.3	Yeah.
0:54.1	Going out into the world as an adult. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I mean, it's exciting. Listen, I was talking to one of our friends who graduated last year who has got a nice job at one of the Nike advertising firm in Portland. I might sound amazing. Grad to hear you got a job. Yeah, he goes, yeah, I'm, you know, one of the only 13 of my friends who actually
1:12.1	have a job right now.
1:13.3	I was actually talking.
1:14.9	It's funny you bring this up.
1:16.3	I was actually talking about your daughter graduating from college today.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 1 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from CLNS Media Network, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of CLNS Media Network and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.