Getting Hammered®
News, cocktails, and conversation
Laissez-Faire Media
Show overview
Getting Hammered® has been publishing since 2021, and across the 5 years since has built a catalogue of 436 episodes, alongside 7 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 400 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 49 min and 1h 4m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language News show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 47 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2024, with 109 episodes published. Published by Laissez-Faire Media.
From the publisher
Overcaffeinated and underprepared™ A sharp, funny politics podcast for people who want the news without the freakout. Each week, Getting Hammered® takes a hammer to the headlines, breaking down politics, media spin, and cultural meltdowns with skepticism and fun. Overcaffeinated and underprepared™, moderately right and moderately reliable, we never take ourselves too seriously. But keep you informed on serious topics with no panic and no partisan loyalty tests. Just laughs, well-earned side-eye, and occasional libations.
Latest Episodes
View all 436 episodesTechnical Difficulties of Redistricting
Of Nazi Tattoos and Senate Races
#Todayin1776: Joseph Ward Writes to John Adams Threats to Boston and Also A New Job
Assassination Attempt at the WH Correspondents' Dinner
#Todayin1776: George Washington Wants His Aides-de-Camp PAID
Dems Get Their W in Virginia Redistricting
It Wasn't Fartgate That Brought Down Swalwell
Bonus: Sarah Isgur on SCOTUS, the "Last Branch Standing"
John Adams Responds to "Saucy" Abigail's Remember the Ladies Letter
American Feats of Strength and a Pox on the Parties
Abigail Adams Becomes a Farmeress and Misses Her Husband
Big Arch and Medium News Coverage
On this Spring Break edition of Getting Hammered, Vic and MK finally try the Big Arch, and because they didn't want it to get cold, they do that first and talk about burgers for half the show! After that, Iran, #NoKings, and polyamory. Mixed bag today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Abigail Adams Asks John to Remember the Ladies
I'm Goin' Once, Goin' Twice, Sold! MK & Kelly Celebrate Capitalism
Kelly Maher guest-hosts with Mary Katharine Ham today, tells us about her new adventure in auctioneering, and we talk about all the people who don't understand capitalism— Kathy Hochul, Hasan Piker, Abigail Spanberger, D.C. government. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#Todayin1776: John Adams Clowns on Brits Abandoning Boston Tories
In this letter to his friend, Horatio Gates, Adams touches on Boston and whether the Brits are really gone, talks about a recent resolution allowing privateers to take British boats, and then the challenges of forming a Republic of 13 colonies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#Todayin1776: Washington's Official Proclamation on the Occupation of Boston
Enjoy the details as Washington realizes he has to impress upon his soldiers how to act once they're in Boston. This is a very explicit effort to make sure the uncomfortable lines between Boston inhabitants who are leftover royalists, patriot residents, possible spies, and Continental soldiers are observed with as little drama as possible, and all conflict dealt with in legal avenues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#Todayin1776: Washington Tells Hancock He Chased Off the Brits
Gen. George Washington seems to let himself be happy in this letter to Hancock about having cleared the British army out of Boston, which they find in fairly good condition after 11 months of siege and occupation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oscars, Iran, and Ordering the Surf & Turf
In this episode , Mary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus cover the Oscars, the bright spots and the political commentary, Iran strikes and "taking Cuba", jihadist attacks in the U.S., one of which exemplifies the uselessness of gun control laws, and the continuing leftward lurch of the state of Virginia under alleged moderate Abigail Spanberger. Plus, Paul Ehrlich critique! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#Todayin1776: The British Leave Boston! A Report From Inside the City
Today we meet Timothy Newell, a Boston selectman who has been in Boston the entirety of the siege. As one of just a few members of civilian government left in the city, he has negotiated with Gen. Howe and British troops over treatment of citizens in the city. He is a patriot, but was likely too old to fight, so served the cause in a different way. While there, he wrote a colorful and thorough account of his time in the city with the British troops, whom he called "a set of men, whose unparralled wickedness, profanity, debauchery and cruelty is inexpressible." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#Todayin1776: John Adams Worries About Guns & Washington Worries About Smallpox
Two views on the Revolution today, one from John Adams' diary, discussing a resolution to remove arms from disaffected colonists, who did not want to fight for America. Adams wanted the resolution to go further, urging colonists to take up all powers of government, repudiating the Crown's authority, but he settled for the one presented. It was a big escalation, and enforced spottily across the 13 colonies, but the Army also really needed the muskets. Meanwhile, Washington occupies the high ground around Boston, but that tactical advantage doesn't erase his concerns about smallpox. Are the British troops spreading it on purpose to his ragtag Army? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices