Weinergate: The Rise And Fall Of Anthony's Weiner with Alana Levinson and Dan O'Sullivan | 101

The Big Flop

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Comedy, Business, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Anthony Weiner went from passionate congressional crusader to America's most infamous sexter faster than you can say ""Carlos Danger."" With a powerful wife, promising career, and path to the mayor's office, he had it all – until his compulsive need to share underwear pics cost him his marriage, freedom, and possibly the 2016 election.

Alana Levinson and Dan O'Sullivan join Misha to scrutinize one of our bigger flops (pun intended.)

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0:22.6	Trust me, it's an offer you can't refuse.
0:33.4	So some of y'all out there listening might be cursed with a last name that only a gym classful of 12-year-old boys could love.
0:42.0	To make fun of. Like the last name Weiner, as in disgraced Senator Anthony Weiner. You see, Weiner couldn't keep his weiner in his pants, which led to a fallout so horrendous. It not only
0:56.8	affected his career, but basically the fate of the United States. So yeah, let's get into it,
1:04.6	Besties. Please welcome former Congressman Anthony Weiner. Let's talk about the... Thank you very much.
1:11.6	New revelations in the Anthony Weiner of Carlos Danger sexting scandal.
1:15.6	Now getting the attention of federal prosecutors, a subpoena just issued for the former congressman's cell phone record.
1:22.6	Anthony Weiner has already lost so much his congressional seat the chance to be New York City Mayor and his wife.
1:29.4	We are on a sinking ship.
1:37.8	What if I told you that the crime of the century is happening right now?
1:42.3	From coast to coast, people are fleeing flames, wind, and water.
1:46.6	Nature is telling us, I can't take this anymore.
1:50.5	These are the stories we need to be telling about our changing planet.
1:53.8	Stories of scams, murders, and cover-ups, and the things we're doing to either protect
1:58.4	the Earth or destroy it.
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