The Political Orphanage

By Andrew Heaton

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Subscribers: 602
Reviews: 13
Episodes: 100


 Oct 10, 2024
Consistently inconsistent and contradictory arguments from a "comedian" with poor interview/conversation skills. The thought that listeners may want to hear what the guest has to say has apparently never occurred to him.


 Jan 26, 2024
Inconsistent tyrannical douchebag.


 Oct 14, 2020

Random Unsolicited Opinion
 Nov 16, 2019
Could be a great podcast if the guests could get a word in edgewise.

Grestau
 Jun 13, 2019
Great podcast full to the brim with common decency

A Podcast Republic user
 May 8, 2019


 Mar 21, 2019

Jason
 Mar 14, 2019


 Jan 4, 2019

dry. humor. libertarian
 Dec 7, 2018
Come for the dry humor, stay for the libertarian and normal people who he asks to talk about deep topics with to get their opinion.

Ali
 Nov 29, 2018
Interesting and somewhat funny.

Todd Deitsch
 Nov 29, 2018
Very funny. Just what I need to wake up in the morning.

Blaze listener
 Nov 13, 2018
funny. very funny!

Description

Politics minus bile plus jokes. Comedian and avowed independent Andrew Heaton interviews authors and thought leaders about policy and big thinky stuff.

Episode Date
Katie Herzog Gives Me Advice On My Drinking Problem
Oct 01, 2025
Daryl Davis Attends Klan Rallies (Rebroadcast)
Sep 29, 2025
Why Europe is Poorer than America
Sep 24, 2025
Does Liberalism Eat Itself?
Sep 17, 2025
Charlie Kirk and the Heinous "Other"
Sep 12, 2025
What Happens When the Ayatollah Falls?
Sep 03, 2025
Sweden Tried Socialism So You Don’t Have To
Aug 28, 2025
What the Hell Is Finland Smiling About?
Aug 20, 2025
To Make a Terrifying Spoiler Candidate
Aug 13, 2025
Greg Lukianoff is Worried About Free Speech
Aug 06, 2025
But Gene Epstein Hates the Fed
Jul 31, 2025
What the Hell Does the Federal Reserve Do?
Jul 30, 2025
How to Become Rich Serving in Congress
Jul 23, 2025
China Hates These Two People
Jul 17, 2025
The Two Times We Invaded Canada
Jul 10, 2025
Populist Hillbillies vs. Fake Lordlings: The Almost-States of Franklin, Nickajack, and Transylvania
Jul 02, 2025
Government Grocery Stores and Free Bussing! (WSPN)
Jun 27, 2025
Churchill, Non-Proliferation, and Iranian Nuclear Ambitions
Jun 19, 2025
Assassins Part III: An Anarchist Murders McKinley
Jun 12, 2025
Assassins Part I: Shooting Andrew Jackson
Jun 04, 2025
How Godzilla Beat the Housing Crisis
May 28, 2025
This Book Will Upset Your Textbook
May 22, 2025
Make Hollywood Great Again?
May 15, 2025
Why You Need a License for Everything
May 07, 2025
A.I. Will Be Even More Awesome Than You Thought
May 01, 2025
Is it Racist? Is it Sexist?
Apr 24, 2025
Faster, Cheaper, Better Government: Derek Thompson on “Abundance”
Apr 16, 2025
Trump, Napoleon III, and the Global Economic Order
Apr 10, 2025
Cory Doctorow on the Evils of Copyright Law
Apr 02, 2025
Near Death Experiences, with Sebastian Junger
Mar 26, 2025
Deporting Khalil
Mar 21, 2025
I Talk to a DEI Consultant about DEI
Mar 12, 2025
Your Kids and The Department of Education
Mar 06, 2025
Jeff Maurer: Revenge of the Low-Flow Toilets
Feb 27, 2025
Jonathan Rauch: Christianity Dropped the Ball on Democracy
Feb 19, 2025
Sex by the Numbers
Feb 12, 2025
TRADE WAR! (Probably)
Feb 06, 2025
Trump's Whack-A-Mole with Federal Employees
Jan 30, 2025
Death Row Pen Pals
Jan 24, 2025
How Billionaires Think About Philanthropy
Jan 23, 2025
We’ll Watch Your Dog While You’re in Rehab
Jan 22, 2025
A Theme Park for Kids with Disabilities (And Everyone)
Jan 21, 2025
The Alzheimer's Choir
Jan 20, 2025
The Pragmatist's Guide to Politics
Jan 15, 2025
The Library of Mistakes
Jan 08, 2025
Black People and White People Advice
Dec 31, 2024
Heaton and Monkey: Yuletide Crimesolvers (1987)
Dec 24, 2024
The Original War on Christmas
Dec 17, 2024
Crime or Punishment in “A Clockwork Orange” (ATA)
Dec 13, 2024
Life After Prison
Dec 12, 2024
Chimp Politics
Dec 05, 2024
What Sparked the Great Awokening
Nov 27, 2024
What Can the President Actually Do on Trade?
Nov 20, 2024
A Trump Voter and a Kamala Voter Walk Into a Bar…
Nov 14, 2024
Our Dumb Election: The Musical
Nov 05, 2024
Flee Not To Canada, My Countrymen (Live Show)
Nov 01, 2024
Pitch me on Trump: Austin Petersen
Oct 23, 2024
Pitch me on Kamala Harris: Jeremiah Johnson & Jeff Maurer
Oct 23, 2024
The Green Party, War, and Ecosocialism
Oct 17, 2024
Cornel West: The People’s Party
Oct 16, 2024
Chase Oliver: The Libertarian
Oct 15, 2024
How Tribalism Ruined Politics (NEW HEATON BOOK!)
Oct 10, 2024
Paternalism as Class Warfare
Oct 03, 2024
Kevin Williamson on Political Anxiety, The Future, Eating Cats
Sep 27, 2024
Fetishizing Jobs
Sep 19, 2024
Maybe I'm Wrong About Woke?
Sep 13, 2024
Stupid Taxes vs. Smart Taxes
Sep 04, 2024
Why Nations Fail
Aug 28, 2024
What the DNC Means by "Freedom"
Aug 23, 2024
The Good and Bad on Tim Walz
Aug 21, 2024
How to Stop A Drug Cartel
Aug 14, 2024
Collapse of the Middle: Scott Klug
Aug 07, 2024
The College Cartel
Jul 31, 2024
Matt Taibbi Against the Gatekeepers
Jul 24, 2024
Hulk Hogan Formally Endorses Donald Trump
Jul 19, 2024
So Who's this Vance, Then?
Jul 16, 2024
Bad Takes on a Near Miss
Jul 15, 2024
The Tory Downfall and What it Means
Jul 10, 2024
Homeless Thought Experiments
Jul 04, 2024
Presidential Immunity & Death Squads
Jul 03, 2024
Bump Stocks, Guns, and Psycho Ex-Boyfriends
Jul 02, 2024
Chevron is Dead
Jul 01, 2024
Debate!: The Musical
Jun 28, 2024
The War On Prices
Jun 26, 2024
RFK, Jr. in Terms of Vaccines, Peace, Inflation & Spoilers
Jun 19, 2024
The Economics of Midlife Crises
Jun 12, 2024
Presenting LPS: America's Most Colorful Quack
Jun 07, 2024
Trump Conviction: Kangaroo Court or Al Capone?
Jun 03, 2024
Batya Ungar-Sargan on the Working Class
May 29, 2024
The Difference Between Psychopaths and Sociopaths
May 22, 2024
How Nations Escape Poverty
May 16, 2024
Cicero and the Founding Fathers
May 08, 2024
College Campuses Are So Very Very Passionate (WSPN)
May 01, 2024
Understanding Immigration Through Circus Folk
Apr 24, 2024
Was Life Easier in the Fifties?
Apr 19, 2024
What People Get Wrong About A. I.
Apr 10, 2024
Why Violent Crime is Up
Apr 03, 2024
Just How Much Fraud is in Government?
Mar 27, 2024
Totalitarianism and the Gays
Mar 20, 2024
Trump, RICO Law, and Lawyer Sex
Mar 13, 2024