Quentin vs. Paul Dano, Somali Fraud In Minnesota Rages On, & 2026 Chaos Check-In

Citizen McCain with Meghan McCain

Citizen Cain Productions

News Commentary, News, Society & Culture

3.9 • 692 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Meghan and Miranda soldier on — decorations half-up, vibes fully chaotic — as they round out a wild week in politics and pop culture. They kick off with Quentin Tarantino’s very weird (and very personal?) attack on Paul Dano, run through Tarantino’s surprise Top Films of the 21st Century list, and then hit the hard stuff: the explosive Somali fraud scandal in Minnesota, Governor Tim Walz’s growing problems, and why both hosts think this could reshape 2026. Ben Ferguson jumps in to break down Tennessee’s special election, what the numbers really mean for the midterms, and how Nashville voters are signaling a shift. Then political commentator Mo Kelly joins for a raw conversation on rising “woke-right” extremism, Kash Patel’s messy leadership at the FBI, and why 2026 is too chaotic too predict, but impossible to ignore. Plus: movie bombs of 2025, the kids-movie takeover at the box office, what everyone’s watching this weekend, why cozy sheets matter (seriously), and Meghan + Miranda’s weekly *Douchebag & Darling* segment featuring Tim Walz truthers and unsolicited tree-shamers. It’s politics, pop culture, holiday chaos, and absolutely zero tolerance for conspiracy weirdos... just another week on Citizen McCain. Ben Ferguson jumps in to break down Tennessee’s special election, what the numbers really mean for the midterms, and how Nashville voters are signaling a shift. Then political commentator Mo Kelly joins for a raw conversation on rising “woke-right” extremism, Kash Patel’s messy leadership at the FBI, and why 2026 is too chaotic to predict — but impossible to ignore. Plus: movie bombs of 2025, the kids-movie takeover at the box office, what everyone’s watching this weekend, why cozy sheets matter (seriously), and Meghan + Miranda’s weekly Douchebag & Darling segment featuring Tim Walz truthers and unsolicited tree-shamers. It’s politics, pop culture, holiday chaos, and absolutely zero tolerance for conspiracy weirdos — just another week on Citizen McCain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to Citizen McCain. I'm your host, Megan McCain. We want to remind you that if you have not subscribed to our YouTube channel, go to YouTube.com slash at Citizen McCain. And as usual, you can listen to us on a podcast where all podcasts are found, Spotify, Apple, all the places. Really quickly, we've got to...
0:18.0	I'd lovingly put that together after every show. So please.
0:21.6	Yes.
0:21.9	Make it worth my wild.
0:24.1	I know a lot of people that listen to the podcast, like they will listen instead of watching and do whatever, whatever is comfortable for your life and your lifestyle, whatever.
0:34.6	Really quickly, we have two great guests on today.
0:37.6	We're going to have our old friend Ben Ferguson and then Mo Kelly, our literal friends,
0:42.0	are coming on today.
0:44.1	Before we get into anything, there's a very strange feud happening that we and I want to get
0:50.6	into when we were talking about it right before we came on camera.
0:53.0	So Quentin Tarantino, who I think is one of the greatest living artists of our time. Like I love, yeah,
0:59.0	I've never seen a Quentin Tarantino film I didn't enjoy. There's not really an interview he's
1:04.4	ever given that I haven't been entertained by. I just think he's a genius and I'm very grateful for
1:08.6	his work in the world. He makes genuinely original content. So he released his top favorite films of the 21st century, which I'm
1:17.0	going to say to all of you. I don't know if you can even like guess this. Do you want me to go
1:22.2	from top to bottom or bottom to top? Surprise me because you told me not like I specifically
1:26.7	didn't put this in the notes because you told me not to read it. Don't research me because you told me not, like I specifically didn't put this in the notes
1:27.7	because you told me not to read it. Don't research it because you wanted me like fresh to give you
1:33.1	my like hot take immediate takes. So I have no idea. Number 10. Okay. Is West Side Story, but Steven Spielberg's
1:40.3	version, which is a hot take. Interesting. Okay.
1:46.7	Then Cabin fever, very scary horror movie. Love cabin fever.
1:47.8	It doesn't surprise me that he's an Eli Roth fan.
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