The Winners and Losers Show with Hank Thompson features the honest, unique and hilarious perspective of a lifelong human — from the news of the week, the horrors of politics, a science story or two and the overlapping systems tying it all together, plus books, shows, movies, games and anticapitalist rants! Hank's trademark bluntness and creativity sources from his experience as a stand up comedian, an injured woodworker, a professional video editor who's worked in "progressive" media (The Young Turks, The Jimmy Dore Show) and as a late-identified autistic.
Update on the new documentary (preview at end), President Trump campaigns on how much he loves ass, then we weave through election stories in the closing days of the midterms (relevant topics to the doc I'm making): Mehdi Hasan interviews The Bulwark's Sarah Longwell about Kamala Harris's losing strategy of uniting with Liz and Dick Cheney (using the slogan "Country Over Party") and the overall fight within the Big Tent for control of the Democratic Party; Tim Miller et al take issue with Cenk Uygur's Rebellion PAC ad, Michigan Congresswoman and Senate primary loser Haley Stevens and her husband attack Abdul El-Sayed, spurring Mallory McMorrow to speak up and we end with a look at the new documentary. Hasan Piker explains why he's a threat to the establishment power structures and we watch a montage of Fox News hosts talking about Hasan Piker. Also, I'm obsessed with salmon.
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15 Oct 2026
#228 - Jump Scares Of Evil Monsters
Hillary Clinton and Kara Swisher talk tattoos, public executions; White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia can't read; I've lost my mind again and have been working 15-hour days making a documentary about The Bulwark, The Majority Report, Hasan Piker and recent online drama, centering on the infamous 2024 Liz and Dick Cheney endorsement of Kamala Harris, from which we explore the broader topic of Republicans being welcomed into the Democrats' Big Tent in order to continue their project of corporate pillaging and preventing progress. It's a battle between Never Trumpers and Progressives/DSA over who drives the bus and the risks of returning to the conditions that brought us Trump. It's a bit of sprint-edit and I hope to finish within a week or two.
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26 Sept 2026
#227 - Comics, Furries & Evil Empires
I found 3 old comic books on a walk; is this a magic quest? Then human senator Tommy Tuberville warns of furry-filled skies, a trailer for Alex Gibney's new documentary, Musk, drops and a recent Joe Rogan clip went viral in which he surmises ending all poverty. We look at the original source and the context of the viral clip, spurring many trademark poorly thought out brilliant insights.
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