Abe Lincoln's Top Hat

Today on Top Hat: Ben and Marcus discuss the secret ban that the government recently put on four Middle East nations, Supreme Court Justice Scalia's recent affirmative action comments, and the rare good news that is the repeal of No Child Left Behind.

Today on Top Hat: Seena Jon of the Brighter Side joins Marcus and Ben for a heated debate on gun control.

Today on Top Hat: Ben and Marcus are joined by Tru TV's Greg Burmeister to talk about Greg's time working on the Apprentice, Trump's Muslim database comment, and Obama's whistleblower incarceration track record.

Today on Top Hat: Marcus and Ben talk about the protest at Princeton against Woodrow Wilson, the real danger of Trump's campaign that's starting to manifest, and the lizard brain that's getting poked by both.

Today on Top Hat: Saman Arbabi joins Ben and Marcus to talk about where we've been and what's next in the ongoing battle against the nefarious organization known as ISIS.

Today on Top Hat: Marcus and Ben are joined by CCR volunteer Sonia Sells to talk about the intense free speech battles going on in America's college campuses and why they are, for the most part, huge distractions from the real issues at hand in this country right now.

Ben is joined by John F O'Donnell to discuss the differences between Russian and American media as it pertains to elections, war, and politics in general.

Travis Irvine joins us to talk about why nobody talks about Hillary's record with women, the odd new offense Melissa Harris-Perry has taken against the phrase 'hard work', and Trump's upcoming SNL hosting gig.

Ben and Marcus are joined by Katherine Timpf to discuss the recent Democratic debate, the ramifications of promises made by the candidates, and the involvement of social media in the presidential race.

It's a twofer today on Top Hat as our first guest, Naomi West, gives us the inside scoop on Ron Paul's New Hampshire campaign and our second, Jeffrey Joseph, talks about Ben Carson and the recent use of a certain slur in conjunction with the presidential candidate.

Today on Top Hat: Ben and Marcus are joined by Jimmy Faila to discuss the Oregon shootings and the Internet connection that for some reason no one is talking about.

Today on Top Hat: Ben and Marcus discuss the hypocrisy of the Global Citizens Festival, how Bernie Sanders is destroying Hillary Clinton on social media, and cheese-like products.

Today on Top Hat: Ben and Marcus discuss the Pope's visit to NYC and friend and Icelander Ragnar Egilsson joins us to give a European perspective on the Republican primaries.

Today on Top Hat: Ben blows up the Trump phenomenon with an interesting new theory about his relation to hip-hop and the possibility of a Biden run gets the full treatment.

Today on Top Hat: Ben and Marcus discuss Dear Fat People, Hillary Clinton's terrible attempt at rebranding, and the terror that is Huckabee.

In this companion piece to the Last Podcast 9/11 series, Ben and Marcus expand on the wars in the Middle East and why whoever we elect in the next election is going to continue on the same pattern as all the presidencies of the last 20 years.

Mark Normand joins us to talk about the Bill Burr controversy, the Fat Jew controversy, and the Trump controversy. Which one, you ask? Tune in to find out.

Travis Irvine joins us to talk about the Iowa State Fair, Trump's Batman-like qualities, and what it's been like for Travis to hang out with Roger Stone, one of Trump's up-until-recently top advisers.

Today on Top Hat: Katherine Timpf joins us as we cover the aftermath of the Republican debates, the Bernie Sanders/Black Lives Matter controversies, and the eventual entering of Joe Biden.

It's time for Ben to triple down on Team Trump as we approach the first official debate of the 2016 Republican primaries.

Today on Top Hat: Ben and Marcus talk about the insanity that is the left turning on Jon Stewart, the recent gotcha journalism involving out of context quotes from Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush, and of course Ben’s favorite candidate, Trump.

Today on Top Hat: Katherine Timpf joins us to talk about the supposed race problem of Bernie Sanders, Trump's continuing appeal, and Hillary's unlikeability.

Today on Top Hat: Saman Arbabi joins us to talk about the Iran nuclear deal and why it's actually a pretty solid deal.

Travis Irvine of The Guardian joins Ben and Marcus to talk about the gun control record of Bernie Sanders, why Donald Trump is running for President, and the extreme challenge that making climate change funny is.

Travis Irvine of The Guardian joins Ben and Marcus to talk about the gun control record of Bernie Sanders, why Donald Trump is running for President, and the extreme challenge that making climate change funny is.

Ben and Marcus talk about the different perspectives the two got on the gay marriage Supreme Court ruling from two different areas of the country and how one week changed everything for a significantly large group of Americans.

Kevin Barnett joins us this week to talk about the Charleston shootings, the Confederate Flag, and how the brain poison of the Internet helps fuel it all.

On a special kinda two-parter recorded on two separate days, Marcus and Ben start the show talking about Rachel Dolezal's antics up to Wednesday and why the story is the definition of a distraction and end it with the discussion up to Monday and why people like to co-opt other cultures.

It's another Republican gay pedophile sex scandal this week as we discuss the allegations levied against former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert concerning his time as a wrestling coach in the seventies.

Ben and Marcus talk about the implosion of Josh Duggar and all of the Republicans that are forever linked to the now admitted family values advocate turned molester.

On this week's Top Hat we discuss the latest in authority figures killing citizens, this time in the form of corrections officers killing a veteran with PTSD and the Garland, TX Mohammed drawings shooting and how it just might have been allowed to happen by the FBI for their own purposes.

It's another special live debate as Ben plays both moderator and debater with the president and founder of Viridian Captial and Research, Scott Greiper, about the business practices and economics involving the legalization and legitimizing of the weed business.

Today on Top Hat we discuss Hillary Clinton's involvement in the prison industrial complex, the candidacy of Bernie Sanders, and Ralph Nader's new book, Return to Sender.

It's the return of the super panel as Ben and Marcus are joined by Travis Irvine, Katherine Timpf, and Roommate Mike to talk about the Saudi connection to 9/11, why the Republicans have no hope of taking the White House, and the presumptions of Hillary.

On this special Sweaty Nixon edition of Top Hat, Ben welcomes Mel Feit, Founder of the National Center for Men and a staunch advocate for Men's Rights and Jason Stanford, Democratic strategist, formerly of Planned Parenthood and founder of Stanford Campaigns to debate the Men's Rights Movements and whether any of their arguments hold water in 21st century America.

Loyiso Gola, host of South Africa's number one satirical news show, Late Night News, sits down with Ben and Marcus to talk about the joys of using puppets, modern day South Africa, and hard times growing up in Cape Town.

Today on Top Hat: Ed Larson is back in town and he's joined us to talk about his experiences while producing Jeff Ross's upcoming jail special, including how he got to know the lives of the people inside, what exactly is wrong with the incarceration system in America, and what the Brazos County Jail does right.

Today on Top Hat: Rae Sanni joins us to talk about Ted Cruz, his speech at Liberty University, and the reprimand policy surrounding the school. Abortion? 80 reprimands.

Ted Cruz has thrown his hat into the Presidential ring, Netanyahu immediately causes problems for Obama after the Israeli elections, and fairly new congressman Aaron Schock resigns amidst a Downton Abbey themed scandal.

Today on Top Hat: New York Daily News writer Adam Edelman joins us to talk about Israel's elections, Clinton fatigue, and the frontrunners for the Republican Presidential nomination.

Today on Top Hat: Ben and Marcus discuss a recent subway shooting here in NYC, Putin's disappearance, and the Bibi Netanyahu.

Today on Top Hat: it's an email kerfluffle this week as Lindsey Graham admits to never sending an email while Hillary Clinton is discovered to have sent all of hers kinda sorta maybe illegally.

Today on Top Hat: it's time for a cake cutting ceremony as Texas celebrates ten years of banning gay marriage, Scott Walker continues to embarrass himself on the national stage, and the nation's foremost climate change denier brin

Today on Top Hat: Molly Knefel joins us to talk about the politics of the Oscars!

Today on Top Hat: Roommate Mike joins us to talk about Tom Tillis' no wash bathroom remarks and how Michael Jordan's beating of Bill Paxton fits in to the general mood of American politics.

Today on Top Hat: it's a live Sweaty Nixon Top Hat as Ben is joined by former NYPD officer Eric Reynolds and stand-up comedian/activist Ted Alexandro on stage at the Creek and the Cave to talk about the recent NYPD work slow down and systemic racism in America today.

Today on Top Hat: former Onion writer and editor Joe Garden joins Ben and Marcus to talk about the Charlie Hebdo attacks, the place of satire in society, and the Onion's 9/11 issue.

Today on Top Hat: Rae Sanni joins us to talk about the NYPD work stoppage and if its actually a good thing and the latest revelations about GOP Representative Steve Scalise giving a speech to a white supremacist group in 2002.

Today on Top Hat: Ben and Marcus talk the 2015 spending bill which has once again handed the country over to the rich and the CIA torture memo which reported the forced feeding pureed of pasta into the rectums of POWS.

Today on Top Hat: Curtis Sliwa of WABC's top rated show Curtis and Kuby, and Eric Reynolds, the NYPD officer who made the first arrest in the Central Park Five case, join Marcus and Ben to talk about the Eric Garner grand jury, what makes a racist cop, and Curtis' early days as the founder of the Guardian Angels here in the New York City.