Pod Damn America
Pod Damn America
Gothic socialist comedy podcast by two idiot comedians: Jake Flores and Anders J. Lee. @poddamnamerica
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Aug 25, 2025 • 1h 30min
Karl Marx: Texas Ranger w/Andrew Hartman
Historian Andrew Hartman tells us about his fascinating new book "Marx in America" but first we talk about the Minneapolis DFL Party reneging its endorsement of Omar Fateh and Jake's ass getting frozen and continentally drifted over on "Ice Age 4" Twitter.
Andrew's book: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/K/bo245100866.html
Come to Laff Bloc: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/laff-bloc-comedy-against-ice-tickets-1583014321449?aff=oddtdtcreator
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Aug 21, 2025 • 54sec
(preview) John Jacob Gavin Andrew Smith
We discuss what Gavin Newsom, Andrew Cuomo, and to a lesser extent, Eric Adams are up to on the internet.
FULL EP AT
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Aug 19, 2025 • 1h 30min
The Weapon is the Message
BIG ASS SPOILER ALERT: Second half of this podcast is about the movie Weapons (2025), but first, a millennial saint? a zoomer's take on AI? Holy Moly
ANDERS' MOVIE
https://partiful.com/e/i1akP15eUFHnZZN9yTBY
PAID PROTEST
https://qedastoria.com/products/paid-protest?event=2025-08-21T19:30:00
LAFF BLOC
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/laff-bloc-comedy-against-ice-tickets-1583014321449?aff=oddtdtcreator
MERCH
patreon.com/poddamnamerica
PATREON + DISCORD
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Aug 15, 2025 • 3min
(preview) For Whom The Wheel Rolls
We discuss Trump's authoritarian clamp down on Washington DC as well as Marc Maron, and wheelies.f
FULL EP AT
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Aug 12, 2025 • 1h 31min
The Organization w/Jake Ephros and Joel Brooks
We talk with Jake Ephros and Joel Brooks who are both DSA backed candidates for Jersey City City Council. They tell us about their campaigns and give us an overview of NJ's fascinating political scene, a sometimes mobbed up, always motley band of characters including Jersey's own disgraced former Governor turned Mayoral candidate, Jim McGreevy.
DONATE TO JAKE AND JOEL
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SUBSCRIBE TO OUR BONUS FEED
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Aug 9, 2025 • 2min
(PREVIEW) Reading Rainblow: Blackshirts and Reds
Let's talk about Michael Parenti's 1997 book Blackshirts and Reds
FULL EP AT
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Aug 4, 2025 • 1h 20min
Trash Podcast w/ Ross Benes
We are joined by Ros Benes to talk about his new book, 1999:The Year Low Culture Conquered America and Kickstarted Our Bizarre Times. But first, we talk about bald culture and whether you should do Jubilee shit.
ROSS BENES
Ross Benes is the award-winning author of three books. He has written for Entertainment Weekly, Esquire, Lincoln Journal Star, Nation, Omaha World-Herald, Rolling Stone, Wall Street Journal, and more. A native of Brainard, Nebraska, he now cheers on the Huskers from New York.
@rossbenes
BOOK
https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700638574/
MERCH
poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com
PATREON
patreon.com/poddamnamerica

Aug 1, 2025 • 5min
(preview) A Decade Since Syriza
It's been 10 years since Greece elected a radical left government that shook its fist at the EU and IMF in January only to fold in July. We talk about Syriza's moment, the mystique of Yanis Varoufakis and, of course, some armchair socialist counterfactuals.
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Jul 29, 2025 • 1h 29min
Dark Woke
We talk Jasmine Crockett, aliens, Tom Lehrer, Blackstone, Cats, Italy, tariffs, trees, and more. Dark woke.
PAID PROTEST
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/paidprotestjoeljake
MERCH
poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com
PATREON + DISCORD
patreon.com/poddamnamerica

Jul 24, 2025 • 2min
(preview) Q's 'n A's w/ Jake
I answer some questions from the discord but first we must discuss the Tesla Diner.
FULL EP AT
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