Weekly Skews

The White House has horny pun fun with sex-working farmers. Marco Rubio wants you to know he listens to rap music while various prediction market fiascos continue to surround the non-war with Iran. Also, Iran hacked the FBI director’s emails and we learned that he pays for porn? Yeah, Kash Patel pays for porn. Then we get into the overlords’ obsession with replacing teachers with A.I. ,which somehow led to the first lady having to hang out with a Roomba with feet.

Congressional retirements are hitting a modern record heading into the 2026 midterms, and author, political scientist, and professor Dr. Tom Schaller joins Matt to break down what it all means. More Republicans are fleeing the House than at any point in the last century — tied with Trump's own first midterm in 2018 — and historically, that's a very bad sign for the party in power. Tom and Matt dig into what the retirement wave means for Speaker Johnson's razor-thin majority, which races to watch, and why the fundamentals of 2026 look increasingly like a Democratic wave election. Plus, they get into the cracks forming inside the MAGA coalition, Trump's cratering approval numbers, and whether the dam with Trump voters is finally starting to break.This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. BetterHelp makes it easy to get matched online with a qualified therapist. Sign up and get 10% https://www.betterhelp.com/skews This episode is sponsored by ZBiotics. Go to https://www.zbiotics.com/SKEW now. You'll get 15% off your first order when you use SKEW at checkout

We’ve got a new FEMA chief who believes he has telekinetic powers. In other DHS news, the likely new secretary has been stealing Delta Force valor but you can’t catch him on it because the truth is too classified, and Trump is sending ICE to be the new TSA. Then we get into the latest stupid war news. An aircraft carrier is out of commission because of a laundry fire and overflowing toilets and it’s not nearly the biggest waste going on.This episode is sponsored by ZBiotics. Go to https://www.zbiotics.com/SKEW now. You'll get 15% off your first order when you use SKEW at checkoutThis episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. BetterHelp makes it easy to get matched online with a qualified therapist. Sign up and get 10% https://www.betterhelp.com/skews

The White House July 4th UFC bash is coming together great, provided someone remembers to start building a stadium back in 2022. Cops in Ohio are suing the rapper Afroman (remember Afroman?) for negatively impacting their self-esteem. Then we get into the ridiculous verdict in an “antifa” case where part of the evidence for a terrorist conspiracy was possession of a feminist movie review. Trae’s on Spring Break so Corey and Drew are filling in for a WellRed crossover ep. This episode is sponsored by ZBiotics. Go to https://www.zbiotics.com/SKEW now. You'll get 15% off your first order when you use SKEW at checkout

Our solution to the Hormuz crisis is for some guys in boat captain hats to do Pickett’s Charge. All of this is very necessary, according to an A.I. George Washington, I told to say that. We did the Vietnam Airlift to with one private jet to rescue a TikTok dogwalker. Then we get into all the unforeseeable (very foreseeable) impacts the war is having, including that we’re kinda paying Russia to help Iran.This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. BetterHelp makes it easy to get matched online with a qualified therapist. Sign up and get 10% https://www.betterhelp.com/skews This episode is sponsored by ZBiotics. Go to https://www.zbiotics.com/SKEW now. You'll get 15% off your first order when you use SKEW at checkout

This week, we begin with the number one political issues facing Texas: Sharia Law and lies about porn addiction and organic honey. Then we get into the beginning of our most recent non-war with Iran, news of which was broken by a couple drunk guys overhead at a seafood restaurant by TMZ, and things have only gotten dumber since then. Why’d we attack? The White House will have to get back to you on that.This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. BetterHelp makes it easy to get matched online with a qualified therapist. Sign up and get 10% https://www.betterhelp.com/skews This episode is sponsored by ZBiotics. Go to https://www.zbiotics.com/SKEW now. You'll get 15% off your first order when you use SKEW at checkout

The Olympics turned into the hockey team having a Take Your FBI Director to Work Day. Then we talk about the MAHA backlash against Trump trying to make all the children’s water fountains spray Roundup. Finally, A..I. CEOs keep saying insane things that reveal they want us all dead, then cry when we don’t just lay down in our graves. Weird. Join us.This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. BetterHelp makes it easy to get matched online with a qualified therapist. Sign up and get 10% https://www.betterhelp.com/skews This episode is sponsored by ZBiotics. Go to https://www.zbiotics.com/SKEW now. You'll get 15% off your first order when you use SKEW at checkout

Portugal has MAGA now, down to even A.I.-generated xenophobic rap videos, and we’re sorry. Then we discuss the nationwide widespread pushback against new ICE detention facilities due to an alliance of wokes and the most undefeatable of American political forces, NIMBYs. After that we bring on Corey Ryan Forrester to walk us through a hilarious mayoral scandal that’s rocked his small town.This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. BetterHelp makes it easy to get matched online with a qualified therapist. Sign up and get 10% https://www.betterhelp.com/skews This episode is sponsored by ZBiotics. Go to https://zbiotics.com/SKEW now. You'll get 15% off your first order when you use SKEW at checkout

Small towns across America are being flooded by plans for massive ICE detention centers, which Andrea Pitzer, in One Long Night, describes as concentration camps. In this episode of Good Skews, Producer Matt talks with rural organizer and former state House candidate Megan Kocher about what’s unfolding in Northeastern Pennsylvania and across the country, why warehouse sites are spreading into small towns with little local input, and how recent reporting on ICE misconduct raises urgent oversight concerns. We also discuss what real organizing looks like beyond protests — from building ICEwatch networks and mutual aid systems to leveraging zoning boards, local officials, and elections to slow or stop detention projects before they take root. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. BetterHelp makes it easy to get matched online with a qualified therapist. Sign up and get 10% https://www.betterhelp.com/skews

We talk about the various freakouts surrounding the Super Bowl, then the various freakouts surrounding the Olympics. Then we get into the continuing fallout around the Epstein documents and how officials in other countries are facing consequences. Not in America though, because no one here did anything they could be ashamed of, because no one has shame.This episode is sponsored by ZBiotics. Go to https://www.zbiotics.com/SKEW now. You'll get 15% off your first order when you use SKEW at checkout.This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. BetterHelp makes it easy to get matched online with a qualified therapist. Sign up and get 10% https://www.betterhelp.com/skews

The White House seems to be considering arming the Brave Mujahadeen of Alberta, Canada. Then we get into the latest Epstein document dump, the hilarious conspiracy theorists’ reaction to them, and also how Ol’ Jeff’s schemes seem to have been carried on after he was dead. Probably a coincidence. And yeah, the thing that’s in the episode title: Epstein tried to fund a biological weapon that would make women horny. Join us.This episode is sponsored by Ridge Wallet. For a limited time, our listeners get 10% off at Ridge by using code SKEW at checkout.https://www.Ridge.com/SKEW Code: SKEW

Unfortunately, we had very little time to discuss the latest rapper to try to become a LinkedIn Mar-a-Lago guy because of the weekend’s events in Minneapolis. It seems perhaps we’ve reached the limits of lying about: things we can all see, the sequence of events in linear time, and the plain meaning of third-grade vocabulary words. Also, the people who defrauded Kyle Rittenhouse’s GoFundMes think guns are bad now. Confusing times.This episode is sponsored by Ridge Wallet. For a limited time, our listeners get 10% off at Ridge by using code SKEW at checkout.https://www.Ridge.com/SKEW Code: SKEWThis episode is sponsored by ZBiotics. Go to https://www.zbiotics.com/SKEW now. You'll get 15% off your first order when you use SKEW at checkout.This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. BetterHelp makes it easy to get matched online with a qualified therapist. Sign up and get 10%

In this episode of Good Skews, Matt Hildreth sits down with comedians Drew Morgan and DJ Lewis to talk about what it means to help people when everything feels like it’s on fire, and why “mutual aid” is about showing up, plugging in, and supporting the helpers who are already doing the work.The conversation moves from ICE raids and neighbors doing laundry in solidarity, to local fights over land, water, and data centers, to the left’s tendency to over-academicize politics.This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. BetterHelp makes it easy to get matched online with a qualified therapist. Sign up and get 10% off at BetterHelp.com/skews.

Former most-annoying-Senator Kyrsten Sinema faces a lawsuit for being an irresistible seductress. Then, as the federal siege of Minneapolis drags on it gets dumber, more dangerous, and did we say dumber? Everyone’s falling for AI videos, ICE agents have been told citizens count toward the quotas they can’t meet, and suburban dads are making homemade teargas countermeasures. Plus some interesting leaked documents reveal ICE is trying to infiltrate resistance organizations they made up.This episode is sponsored by ZBiotics. Go to zbiotics.com/SKEW now. You'll get 15% off your first order when you use SKEW at checkout

In the continuing fallout from last week’s ICE shooting, Feds are being terrorized by “organized gangs of wine moms.” ICE recruitment ads have made us aware of a new genre of music, Nazi folk ballads. Plus, more Dr. Phil cameos in the rising dystopia. Lots going on.

Happy New Year! We’re back, and talking about how you can’t run a pawn shop while investing in horny cowboys anymore, because of woke. Then, the U.S. finally pulls the trigger on Venezuela, after Maduro did TikTok dances and apparently that was the last straw. Trump screwed the opposition, announcing it was purely a war for oil. Plot twist: U.S. companies don’t want the oil, but no one asked them.

The FBI cracks a mostly imaginary terror case. Indiana Republicans bravely face death threats to do nothing. Trump finally signs his executive order banning AI regulation, so you’re free to buy Christmas toys that sell your kids on the brilliance of Chairman Mao. How will we power all these toys? We’re getting rid of Christmas trees, folks. All a part of a very sensible plan.Support the show

It seems what we all knew is true, Elon stole your information from the government and gave it to his robot girlfriend. The right wing internet is mad at a preacher for having read the Bible. ICE tries to hire a 500 lb. agent until his doctor says no. That’s true, and just one example of ICE’s hiring spree finding some truly exceptional candidates, which we have a lot of fun getting into.Support the show

The Shamwow Guy is running for Congress, where a Congressman with a twin brother is trying a “Parent Trap” kind of life swap. Then we get into everyone finally acknowledging Pete Hegseth is a war criminal, and Trump’s pardon of the cocaine cowboy former President of Honduras and the real extremely dumb reason he seems to have done it, which involves an already failing Bitcoin utopia.Support the show

Marjorie Taylor Green quits Congress like she works at Pizza Hut. The AI nerds are angling for a government bailout for a crash that hasn’t happened yet, so your Social Security can fund chatpots that give you recipes with rocks in them. Then we talk with Tennessee State Rep. Aftyn Behn about her run for Congress in next week’s special election, and what it’s like becoming a national target for attacks just because the race is closer than anyone thought it would be.Support the show

What do Steve Bannon, Deepak Chopra, Noam Chomsky, Obama’s former White House lawyer, Bill Clinton’s treasury secretary, several Trump ambassadors, and one of the kids from Mighty Ducks have in common? Besides ‘Being mammals,’ it’s basically just being big fans of Jeffrey Epstein. We talk about how a lot of powerful people are huge losers who needed his travel tips and advice on how to talk to girls, then we get into the emails everyone’s ignoring which also depict Epstein as a kind of aspiring Bond-villain and warlord. Join us.Support the show

After a pretty resounding message from the voters that they should stand strong for healthcare, Senate Democrats make the heroic decision to let Donald Trump have everything he wants and rub their bellies. Then we get into the now possibly moot fight over SNAP and all the silliness around last week’s elections, which included Kentuckyans who were shocked and upset they couldn’t vote against the mayor of New York, and an enthusiast for Nazi-adjacent porn who lost a Lt. Gov race despite debating an AI of his opponent that he made say dumb stuff.Support the show

We’ve found a new family who fled to Russia to escape Woke, only to endure a Biblical level of suffering, which includes having to snuggle goats to not freeze to death. The lady we’re gonna install as the dictator of Venezuela says they have Hamas now, so please act quickly. And the FBI director joins the mile high club on your dime, patriotically.Support the show

First we talk about a fun development in China, that our overlords are certainly jealous of, where the government is forcing people to stop being sad on the internet. Then, we talk about a pretty big special interest group in America called ‘People Who Eat Food,’ and the Trump administration’s plan for everyone to live on Hamburger Helper while he cosplays as Jay Gatsby in a ballroom apparently designed by ChatGPT.Support the show

This week BJ Barham, the lead singer of American Aquarium, stops by to talk about his run for town board. What’s it like to be in The Rolling Stone the same week you’re being called a Communist for pointing out that local officials are giving sweetheart land deals to their relatives? We get into it. Before that: Jelly Roll-based psyops, the No Kings protests vs. Operation A.I. Sky Diarrhea, and the cartels’ (fake? fake.) bounties on CPB.Support the show

Did Marjorie Taylor Greene get woke Freaky Friday’d? (No.) We discuss the plan to give your electricity to AI by giving Big Sweaty Brother control over your thermostat. And other AI hijinks, including a peek into our future in Albania, where they made an AI a cabinet minister with hurt feelings. The NY Post has a shocking revelation about the Portland frog, and it’s that he once made a joke they didn’t get. Also, a fun update from the Q Shaman, who filed a lawsuit claiming he is the rightful president, and we are convinced.Support the show

Can you end a government shutdown if no one even understands why it’s happening? Let’s find out. In the meantime, the chemtrails guys and the park rangers who take down makeshift Epstein statues apparently got furloughed. Then, we get into the continuing invasions of random cities and the mysterious case of a CPB helicopter raid involving American children in zip ties that looks like they were used as shock troops to save the investment of a slumlord.Support the show

We’ve got to invade Portland because the president was confused by footage from 2020 and a lady named Cloud is mad about noise ordinances. RFK Jr. is pretending Tylenol causes autism which, you’ll be shocked, made his fellow anti-vaxxers even madder. No worry, we don’t need medicine anymore because we’re rolling out fake alien technology beds that will regrow our limbs and make us all live forever. Another normal week.Support the show

It was a perfectly innocent $50k in a fast food bag from an unnamed foreign government, don’t worry about it. The feds continue to focus mostly on running down conspiracy theories around the Kirk killing, while one congressman solved it: It was leather daddy furries. Then Ted Cruz makes a good point about Jimmy Kimmel in the worst possible way.Support the show

In times of struggle, people have always turned to folk music. From labor anthems to civil rights ballads, these songs remind us who we are and what we’re fighting for. Today, as the world feels increasingly chaotic, folk music is once again rising up to meet the moment.On this episode of Good Skews, Matt Hildreth sits down with singer, songwriter, and podcaster Lizzie No to talk about the folk revival happening right now. Lizzie shares her journey from New Jersey to Nashville, her vision of folk as a living practice rather than a museum piece, and why contemporary voices matter if the genre is going to stay politically sharp. You can listen to a playlist of all of the music mentioned in this episode here: https://weeklyskews.substack.com/p/good-skews-folk-music-during-timesSupport the show

Today we talk about the trial of the guy who tried to kill then-candidate Trump last summer. No not that guy, the other one. He’s decided to represent himself, and started off his case by challenging Trump to trial by combat. Then we get into the latest on the killing of Charlie Kirk and the revelation, after a week of FBI flopsweat, that the killer seemingly knew a trans person.Support the show

We discuss Donald Trump’s career as a non-exist federal undercover agent and the new Epstein scandal strategy: Steal QAnon talking points from 2019. Then, America blew up a fishing boat with 11 civilians on it to stop less cocaine than is in your average single SEC frat house. Can the war crimes get more wanton? We check in on what’s going on in South America’s and the Caribbean’s politics and economies to learn: Probably.Support the show

A Pentagon higher-up is suing his psychic side-piece for threatening to beat up his wife. An affair that started as innocent research for a book that we’re guessing is like “What if Jack Ryan was into healing crystals?” Keeping with the theme of mysticism, we get into RFK’s ongoing destruction of the HHS and CDC, him finally admitting he doesn’t believe in germs, and our new CDC director who thinks he should be able to sell your kidneys.Support the show

In 2025, Virginia is one of only two states with major elections—and the results will shape the midterms and even the 2028 presidential race. Producer Matt talks with Lynlee Thorne of Rural Ground Game about why it matters to compete in every district, the surge of new candidates, and how rural local leaders are fueling Democratic momentum statewide.Support the show

Today, we talk about the Cracker Barrel logo change due to infiltration by the Woke Stasi. ICE’s low recruiting standards have somehow led to Dean Cain almost getting stuck in a pipe. Then we get into America’s plan to invade everything everywhere all at once, including seizing Venezuela’s army I guess so we have enough troops to occupy Chicago.Support the show

The U.S. has ended medical visas for child amputees because it raised the ire of a woman currently being deposed about genital sandwich jokes. The newest moral panic involves taking flamethrowers to dolls to defeat an ancient Mesopotamian demon. Finally there’s a Congressman who’s trying to set himself up as an international weapons trafficker, kind of like the Floridian Merchant of Death, except of course stupidly and failing at it.Support the show

We talk about ICE’s staffing woes even after $50,000 signing bonuses and hiring Dean Cain, and whether it’s a good idea to have an entire agency made up of unhirable lunkheads. Before that, WNBA sex toy-gate has the dumbest possible conclusion, and the Army will occupy DC because Big Balls can’t fight.Support the show

Courts have witnesses accidentally pleading internet insanity now. We check on the state of athletes and gambling and whether we’re at the beginning of a legislative backlash. That story starts with an icon of pooping in shoes. Then we talk about the firing of the Head of Bureau Statistics and how successful we can be trying to deny our way out of problems.Support the show

Silly week. The Thai army wants us to think elephants wear pants. Only one way out of this Epstein mess: Deploy the Jellicle cats. The guy who wants to close schools in Oklahoma to keep porn out of them plays porn at a school board meeting. And finally, a Texas sex scandal where you’ll never guess a huge pro-lifer’s longtime mistress accuses him of paying for abortions and dreaming of the world’s sickest bake sale.Support the show

In this episode of Good Skews, Producer Matt sits down with researcher Zachary Mueller to unpack the roots, rise, and current unraveling of Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda. They explore how white nationalist ideology, spearheaded by figures like Stephen Miller and Steve Bannon, has shaped U.S. immigration policy—from the Tea Party era to today’s alarming use of military force and detention infrastructure. With recent CBS polling showing a sharp decline in public support for mass deportations, Mueller highlights the disconnect between campaign rhetoric and policy reality, the strategic manipulation of Republican primaries, and the growing backlash among independents and immigrant communities. The conversation also underscores how labor unions and everyday Americans are stepping up in defense of immigrant rights, offering a hopeful counter-narrative to an increasingly authoritarian agenda.Ask ChatGPTSupport the show