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January 12, 2026
January 12, 2026

•Episode length: 1h 21m

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Funny Bad

Episode length: 1h 21m

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What starts as a polite podcast immediately face-plants into profanity, pop-culture archaeology, and three grown men asking the most important question of our time: What would TJ Hooker do? From ventriloquists on the radio to Emmy-night humiliation rituals, from ICE raids and clerical angst to Scooby-Doo’s latent homicidal potential. Along the way, our hosts lovingly argue about bad uniforms, worse TV, feral cats, frozen smiles, Hollywood’s slow collapse, and why every great American moral crisis can (and should) be resolved by referencing Columbo, All in the Family, or a half-remembered episode of Different Strokes.

Hosts:
•John Podhoretz•Jonah Goldberg•Rob Long

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    Stad@Stad·39w

    Have you three watched Fallout yet? Awesome TV . . .

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    FredGoodhue@FredGoodhue·39w

    At my age, I prefer Mrs. Thurston Howell III.

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    Eustace C. Scrubb@EustaceCScrubb·39w

    Gee, why ICE agents wearing combat gear rather than stylish, casual uniforms. Might have something to do with being doxed and shot at.

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    WilliamWarford@WilliamWarford·39w

    I think the bigger factor in the sudden news coverage on the synagogue burning was not John's tweet but the fact that they caught the suspect, who appears to be a far-right, Candace Owens-following antisemite. They were waiting to make sure it wasn't an Islamist or a pro-Palestinian college student before going with the story.

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    Taras@Taras·39w

    Funny that the guys didn’t think of the Broadway hit, Little Orphan Annie (1977-1983) and its movie adaptation, when they tried to account for the spate of orphan-plus-oldster TV sitcoms.

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