DMZ America with Ted Rall & Scott Stantis
Left-wing political cartoonist Ted Rall and right-wing political cartoonist Scott Stantis cut the BS out of today's news, politics and pop culture.
Episodes
190 episodes
Darrin Bell Arrested for Child Porn
Editorial cartoonists Ted Rall (on the Left) and Scott Stantis (on the Right) react to the arrest of Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist and comic-strip artist Darrin Bell for possessing and distributing child pornography.
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Season 4
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Episode 189
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35:32
DMZ America Podcast Ep 188: Ann Telnaes Quits Washington Post
Free speech is in the news! Editorial cartoonists Ted Rall (on the Left) and Scott Stantis (on the Right) discuss the high-profile departure of their colleague, Pulitzer-winning political cartoonist Ann Telnaes, from The Washington Post. Meta a...
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Season 4
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Episode 33
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57:21
DMZ America Podcast Ep 187: Interview with Cartoonist David Fitzsimmons
The DMZ America Podcast’s Ted Rall (on the Left) and Scott Stantis (on the Right) are joined by David Fitzsimmons, Cartoonist and Columnist for the Arizona Daily Star, to discuss David’s role as a Democratic activist and the future of the Democ...
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Season 4
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Episode 32
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1:06:24
DMZ America Podcast Ep 186: Happy Festivus!
The DMZ America Podcast’s Ted Rall (on the Left) and Scott Stantis (on the Right) celebrate the December 23rd holiday of Festivus with the traditional Airing of Grievances. As “Seinfeld”’s Frank Costanza said it in the show’s Festivus episode: ...
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Season 4
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Episode 31
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58:33
DMZ America Podcast Ep 185: Political Potpourri
As the Biden era yields to the second rise of Trumpism, the transition to What Happens Next is continuing with a sense of purpose as well as foreboding. Editorial cartoonist Ted Rall (from the Left) and Scott Stantis (from the Right) analyze th...
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Season 4
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Episode 30
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58:09
DMZ America Podcast Ep 184: It’s Vigilante Time!
The DMZ America Podcast’s Ted Rall (on the Left) and Scott Stantis (on the Right) discuss a pair of stories that reflect a disturbing trend: as the government turns more lawless and fails to enforce the law, Americans are taking the law into th...
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Season 4
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Episode 29
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49:02
DMZ America Podcast Ep 183: The Censorship War Against Political Cartoonists
The DMZ America Podcast’s Ted Rall (on the Left) and Scott Stantis (on the Right) are joined by Terry Anderson of the Cartoonist Rights Network International to discuss the state of political cartooning in the United States and around the world...
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Season 4
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Episode 28
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1:01:59
DMZ America Podcast Ep 182: United Healthcare CEO Killed: Vigilantism or Justifiable Homicide?
The DMZ America Podcast’s Ted Rall (on the Left) and Scott Stantis (on the Right) dig into the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Does the misery intrinsic to the profit model of companies like United Healthcare justify vio...
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Season 4
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Episode 27
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44:37
DMZ America Podcast Ep 181: Special Guest Clarence Page—Democrats Take Stock, Hunter Biden Pardoned
The DMZ America Podcast’s Ted Rall (on the Left) and Scott Stantis (on the Right) are joined by syndicated columnist Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune to discuss the despondent state of the Democratic Party in the wake of their defeat. Progr...
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Season 4
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Episode 26
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1:07:04
DMZ America Podcast Ep 180: Trump’s Concentration Camps
Trump recently reconfirmed that he plans to carry out his campaign pledge to enforce mass deportations of many of the 10 million migrants with varying statuses who have entered the United States in recent years. Some overstayed their tourist vi...
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Season 4
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Episode 26
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49:53
DMZ America Podcast Ep 179: The Ukraine War: Why It Began, How It Ends
During the campaign, President-Elect Donald Trump promised to bring a rapid conclusion to the Russo-Ukrainian conflict that began in 2022. But most Americans aren't aware of how or why the war began in the first place. Now the waters are gettin...
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Season 4
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Episode 25
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50:54
DMZ America Podcast Ep 177: Interview with Ben Sargent
As President-Elect Donald Trump fills out his cabinet and key White House positions, including creating a new government-efficiency office for Elon Musk, the DMZ America podcast’s Ted Rall (from the Left) and Scott Stantis (from the Right) are ...
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Season 4
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Episode 23
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49:41
DMZ America Podcast Ep 178: Are Trump’s Cabinet Picks the Worst Ever?
President-Elect Donald Trump has made headlines with an extraordinarily esoteric group of appointments to his cabinet and other top jobs in his incoming second administration. Controversial alleged sex criminal Matt Gaetz has been named Attorne...
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Season 4
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Episode 24
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1:00:52
DMZ America Podcast Ep 176: Can the Democrats Be Fixed?
The Democratic Party finds itself in nearly as much disarray as the GOP did following Barry Goldwater’s 1964 defeat to LBJ. DMZ America co-hosts Ted Rall (from the Left) and Scott Stantis (from the Right) turn to American political scientist Ch...
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Season 4
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Episode 21
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1:01:45
DMZ America Podcast Ep 175: Interview with Animated Political Cartoonist Mark Fiore
DMZ America co-hosts Ted Rall (from the Left) and Scott Stantis (from the Right) turn to their colleague, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Mark Fiore, known for his hard-hitting animated shorts about U.S....
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Season 4
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Episode 20
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45:29
DMZ America Podcast Ep 174: Before Trump, There Was Grover Cleveland
DMZ America co-hosts Ted Rall (from the Left) and Scott Stantis (from the Right) look back at the only other president in history who returned to the White House after having served and then been defeated: Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th Pr...
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Season 4
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Episode 19
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46:53
DMZ America Podcast Ep 173: Trump Reelected!
DMZ America co-hosts Ted Rall (from the Left) and Manila Chan (from the Right) analyze Donald Trump’s shocking reelection victory and the Republican sweep of Congress. What should we expect from a second Trump term: A federal ban on abortion ri...
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Season 4
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Episode 18
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56:52
DMZ America Podcast Ep 172: Interview with Cartoonist David Horsey on Campaign 2024
It may feel surreal, but tens of millions of Americans have already voted and the wild 2024 presidential campaign comes to an end in days. The DMZ America podcast, which began at the beginning of the Biden Administration, reviews how we've arri...
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Season 4
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Episode 17
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57:32
DMZ America Podcast Ep 171: Why Americans Distrust the Media
Two major newspapers owned by billionaires with business interests tied to the government, The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times, prompted reader anger when they nullified their intention to endorse Kamala shortly before the election. M...
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Season 4
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Episode 16
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1:05:03
DMZ America Podcast Ep 170: Canadian Cartoonist Michael deAdder on Our Crazy Election
With one week left before Election Day 2024, editorial cartoonists with opposing politics and a great friendship, Ted Rall (Left) and Scott Stantis (Right) ask: why is Kamala Harris dead-even in the polls, and seemingly losing ground, against a...
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Season 4
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Episode 15
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54:10
DMZ America Podcast Ep 169: Kamala Flagging as Trump Gains
Political cartoonists Ted Rall (from the Left) and Scott Stantis (Right) discuss news, politics, current events and culture without the screaming or the shouting...because they're best friends. Less than two weeks before Election Day, polls and...
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Season 4
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Episode 14
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41:33
Episode 168 | October 14, 2024: Interview with Chase Oliver, 2024 Libertarian Candidate for President
2024 Libertarian Party Presidential Candidate Chase Oliver sits down for a wide-ranging interview on domestic and foreign policy as well as the role and challenges of running as a non-duopoly candidate, with DMZ America podcast co-hosts, the po...
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Season 4
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Episode 13
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55:46
Episode 167 | October 11, 2024: Megahurricanes and the Climate Crisis
In just two weeks, two huge Category 5 hurricanes slammed into Florida and North Carolina, killing hundreds of people and causing tens of billions of dollars in property damage. The new reality of climate change is that global warming is no lon...
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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40:47
Episode 166 | September 28, 2024: Israel Kills Hezbollah Leader, State of Campaign 2024
Join political cartoonists Ted Rall (from the left) and Scott Stantis (from the right) in a wide-ranging conversation about today's pressing issues.First up, Ted and Scott connect the dots on the assassination of long-time Hezboll...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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1:46:59
Episode 165 | September 18, 2024: Pager Rager, Dogging Cats, Half the Point
Political cartoonists and analysts Ted Rall (on the Left) and Scott Stantis (on the Right) take on the week in politics.First up, Israel's Mossad launches a fearsome attack against Hezbollah by blowing up their pagers and walkie-talkies...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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1:25:13