Stephanie Miller's Happy Hour Podcast

This week we talk to Mia Bloom, author of 'Pastels and Pedophiles: Inside the Mind of Qanon' about how people, and women specifically, get pulled into the conspiracy movement. Then Hal Sparks joins us as we announce our return to the stage (and your computer) with the Sexy Liberal Survivors Tour, October 23rd in Madison, WI! Tickets for the live event and the live stream can be found at SexyLiberal.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we talk to the 82nd Attorney General of the United States, Eric Holder about the important work he's doing to fight the attacks by Republicans against the right to vote in this country. Then Dr. Wendy Walsh joins us and details her accusations against former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly, and how her romantic snubbing of him cost her a paid position on the network.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hal Sparks joins us in studio (with his Jesus hair) for the first time since the pandemic. We wind him up and set him loose on topics like idiot insurrectionists, covid deniers, and the Trump-O'Reilly sexual harassers tour.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Malcolm Nance is here to scare the pants off us about the imminent threat the radical Republican Party poses to democracy (hint: we've said, it before, but this next election will be the most important of our lives). Then we follow up with Glenn Kirschner who's fired up and ready to prosecute after Gen. Mark Milley's comments about Trump's "Reichstag moment" in the upcoming book "I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump’s Catastrophic Final Year".See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week vent a little bit with Dr. Redlener about the maskholes and covidiots in red states who still will not get a vaccaine shot. Then we get Glenn Kirschner on to discuss Donald Trump's ridiculous lawsuit/fundraising tool against Twitter and Facebook. Great chats with two of our beloveds!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

With Mama on vacation we're looking back to the time we had Carol Burnett in the studio! We get some great stories from Carol's career, as well as tales from Jody Hamilton's upbringing. And Steph tries not to creep Carol out too much with the giant pictures of her and her family on the walls.Privacy Policy and California Privacy Notice.

Old friends are returning to the studio again! This week it's Jen Kirkman! We catch up and get her story about lying right to the face of a comedy legend. Then former FBI agent Frank Figliuzzi joins us to discuss why members of the GOP now pointing fingers at the FBI for January 6th.Check out Jen's podcast "No Fun with Jen Kirkman"And look for "The Bureau with Frank Figliuzzi" wherever you get your podcasts.Privacy Policy and California Privacy Notice.

This week we catch up with Rob Reiner to talk voter suppression, Trump crimes, and Joe Manchin. Then we welcome Jill Sobule back to the studio to help us forget our troubles as she shares some songs, new and old.Support Jill! Go to https://www.patreon.com/jillsobule

This week we're clinging to comedy legends Paula Poundstone, Louie Anderson, and Lewis Black to help us through this dark time for democracy. They all bring the funny as we discuss things like vaccine deniers, Trump's delusions of grandeur, and West Virginia.

We talk to Glenn Kirschner on a big week as the Manhattan DA office prepares to present evidence against the Trump Organization to a special grand jury. We discuss this some more with Ted Lieu, as well as the January 6th commission and his inherent contempt legislation proposed to more strongly enforce congressional subpoena power.

This we welcome back our friend Dean Obeidallah to give us his perspective as a half-Palestinian on the Israel-Palestine conflict, and as a lawyer on the Trump-Giulianni legal troubles. Then we welcome our new best friend Olivia Troye, who served in the Bush and Trump White Houses to discuss her time in the Trump White House (serving under VP Mike Pence) and why she's speaking out against the MAGA takeover of the Republican party.

We have fun discussing the miserable state of the Republican party with Steve Marmel. Then Dr. Irwin Redlener joins us to discuss the new mask mandate and explain why he feels we should have some sort of vaccine passport or verification system in place nationwide.

Rep. Maxine Waters joins us to discuss her history as a civil rights advocate, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, and what we're up against with this current Republican Party. And Malcolm Nance is on to revel in the schadenfreudeliciousness of Rudy Giuliani getting a search warrant from the FBI and the order from federal judge Amy Berman Jackson to release the Nov. 2019 William Barr memo clearing then-president Trump of obstruction of justice charges following the Mueller investigation.

We're talking law this week with former FBI Frank Figliuzzi and former U.S. Army prosecutor Glenn Kirschner. Frank gives us a hint of what to expect as more charges come through for the January 6th Capitol rioters. And Glenn breaks down the investigation into Rudy Giuliani - what it means for the FBI to raid his office and where that goes next.Check out Frank Figliuzzi's brand new podcast, "The Bureau with Frank Figliuzzi", the first time the FBI has granted permission for active duty FBI agents and specialists to be interviewed.And check out Glenn Kirschner's podcast, "Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner" where he offers his legal analysis on some of the biggest issues of the day.Both available wherever you get your podcasts.

In the week of the Derek Chauvin conviction, Elie Mystal breaks down some of the legal history behind why cops have been getting away with murdering so many people of color. And rock star Representative Mondaire Jones (D-NY) discusses some of the history of the white supremacist minority bending the system to hold onto power, be it through the Supreme Court, racist voting rights violations, or unfair statehood appointments.

We've got two badass powerhouse women this week. First we talk to former Representative Katie Hill about her brief friendship with Matt Gaetz in Congress - and how skeezy his defense of her now seems in hindsight. And Rosie O'Donnell discusses her long-running feud with Donald Trump and recounts how she went to visit Michael Cohen in prison. Two great chats!

As we lead up to the big 10th Anniversary Sexy Liberal show we look back at some of our favorite memories from the past with Hal, John and Frangela. Watch the virtual show with us LIVE this Saturday, April 10th, or on demand whenever you like. Go to https://sexyliberal.com/tour/ To relive all our previous Virtual shows on demand, visit https://www.meethook.live/ondemand

We get optimistic about vaccines with Dr. Irwin Redlener while he cautions a fourth wave may be imminent if too many people let their guard down too early. Then Barbara McQuade offers her legal analysis on the trial of Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin and the Justice Department inquiry into Rep. Matt Gaetz.

Mama's on vacation this week, so join us as we transport back to 2018 when we were in the midst of the Trump presidency throwing back Negroni's with Aisha Tyler.

This week we talk to Ben, Brett, and Jordan Meiselas from MeidaTouch about the great work they're doing taking Republicans to task for their lies and anti-democratic rhetoric. And we reach a truce over who coined the term "Psaki Bomb" first. When the pandemic is over, we're all going out for sushi and sake with Jen Psaki!