Best Matt Trusty Podcasts (2024)

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Searching For A Backyard w/ Joe Nunnik 1:02:03

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On this very special episode of Tough Questions we have guest comedian Joe Nunnik. Joe gets grilled by Jeff's TQs and has some hot As in response. We talk what he wants to retire in, what he wanted to hear his dad say and much more! GO TO THE LIVE SHOW!!! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/take-radvice-a-live-reddit-advice-show-tickets-885227297677?aff=e…

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Ep. 164 Carolyn Eisenberg, "Fire and Rain" 1:12:00

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The book "Fire and Rain" is a narrative, according to author Carolyn Woods Eisenberg, about the way national security decisions, formed at the highest level of government, affect the lives of individuals at home and abroad. Her primary focus is on the way the Nixon administration fought and ended the Vietnam War. Early in the book, Hofstra Universi…

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The Moore You Know w/ Anthony Moore 53:30

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On this very special episode of The Tough Questions Podcast the boys have on Comedian Anthony Moore. This is a very chill departure from last week with Nathan MacIntosh. Anthony does well withstanding the head of Jeff's TQs. This is a fun episode thank you all for watching we hope you enjoy. Ask Your Own Question Sign Up for The Patreon HERE! www.p…

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Ep. 163 Joseph Epstein, "Never Say You've Had a Lucky Life" 1:05:08

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Early in his newest of over 30 books, Joseph Epstein, our guest this week, writes: "I feel extremely lucky in all these realms in which I had no real choice: parents, epoch, country, and throw in religion, city, and social class." The 87-year-old Epstein, a longtime essayist for the Wall Street Journal, has written his autobiography called "Never S…

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Being Little Sweet Boys w/ Nathan MacIntosh 1:00:34

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On this very special episode of the Tough Questions Podcast the boys have on comedian Nathan Macintosh (The Tonight Show). We get do to the nitty gritty of what makes comedians different. What would Nathan rather be Taller or Smarter and all other kinds of amazing TQs Ask Your Own Question Sign Up for The Patreon HERE! www.patreon.com/ToughQuestion…

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Ep. 162 Chris Moody, "Finding Matt Drudge" Podcast Series 1:06:52

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Matt Drudge started his website called "The Drudge Report" in 1995. In those early days, he had just 1,000 e-mail subscribers. Within a short time, that number jumped to hundreds of thousands. Until the mid-2000s, Mr. Drudge was very visible, appearing on television and hosting his own radio show. After that, without notice, he disappeared from pub…

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Having Fun with Irish Emotions w/ Ali O'Neil 1:06:24

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On this very special episode of Tough Questions we have comedian Ali O'Neil on. She talks about growing up Boston trash. What it was like to have a very kind but alcoholic mom. Jeff doesn't do ENOUGH research on this one. And Tim annoys everyone.By toughquestionspod

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Ep. 161 Jack McCallum, "The Real Hoosiers" 1:17:02

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The book is called "The Real Hoosiers". The author is Pennsylvania-based Jack McCallum. He was a senior writer at Sports Illustrated for 30 years. "The Real Hoosiers" is a book about parts of Indiana, race, and basketball. To tell the story, McCallum focuses on the life of "The Big O," well-known basketball success Oscar Robertson, who is now 85 ye…

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Climbing To Happiness w/ Matt Bachus 1:08:07

28d ago1:08:07

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On this very special episode of The Tough Questions Podcast we have friend, comedian, and super fan Matt Bachus on the show. Matt opens up about childhood trauma and mending his relationship with his dad. Tim has to apologize to Matt's mom for being a jerk. And Jeff lays down some very good TQs for Matt's As. Ask Your Own Question Sign Up for The P…

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Ep. 160 Stephen Puleo, "The Great Abolitionist" 2:06:23

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Charles Sumner of Massachusetts was a United States Senator for 23 years. He lived to be 63, from January of 1811 to March of 1874. Stephen Puleo has written the first major, full biography of Sumner since 1960. It's titled "The Great Abolitionist: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union." Mr. Puleo writes: "His positions cost him dea…

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Having a Sandwich in Sandwich w/ Mae Planert 52:56

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On this very special episode of The Tough Questions Podcast. The boys sit down with comedian Mae Planert. They talk about Mae recording her new special. What the plan is down the line. Having children and what is Mae's retirement goal. Ask Your Own Question Sign Up for The Patreon HERE! www.patreon.com/ToughQuestions Follow Jeff https://www.instagr…

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Ep. 159 Andrew Pettegree, "The Book at War" 1:06:07

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Andrew Pettegree is a British historian at St. Andrews University in Scotland. His specialty is the history of the book and media transformations. He has written a great deal about the written word with an emphasis on libraries. His latest book is titled "The Book at War: How Reading Shaped Conflict and Conflict Shaped Reading." In his introduction…

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Just a Boy From Queens w/ Chris Scopo 57:20

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On this week's episode of Tough Questions we have comedian Chris Scopo. We talk about growing up in New York, worst childhood memories and wild accusations about the state of Indiana fly around the studio. We hope you all really enjoy this one. Ask Your Own Question Sign Up for The Patreon HERE! www.patreon.com/ToughQuestions Follow Jeff https://ww…

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Ep. 158 Dorothy & Thomas Hoobler, "Are You Prepared for the Storm of Love Making?" 1:10:09

2M ago1:10:09

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In Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler's latest book, they open with this introduction: "This is a book of love stories. Every one of them involved a president of the United States, and we will tell their stories through letters they wrote. Through this collection of carefully chosen letters, we reveal the writers at their most vulnerable, providing a surpr…

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Moving to Denver w/ Joe Bates 1:01:16

2M ago1:01:16

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On this very special episode of The Tough Questions Podcast. We have Comedian and long time friend of the boys Joe bates on the show. He gives some great As to his TQs and tells the boys he is moving to Denver. Ask Your Own Question Sign Up for The Patreon HERE! www.patreon.com/ToughQuestions Follow Jeff https://www.instagram.com/newyorkjeffrey/ Fo…

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Ep. 157 James Traub, "True Believer" 1:06:41

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James Traub's latest book is titled "True Believer: Hubert Humphrey's Quest for a More Just America." In the introduction, Mr. Traub writes: "I return to Humphrey in order to explain what liberalism was at its ascendant moment, why it mattered so much to so may people, why it abruptly lost its appeal to the majority of Americans – and, perhaps, how…

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Giving Advice to Younger Women w/ Casey Balsham 51:40

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On this very special episode of Tough Questions Podcast the boys talk to Casey Balsham. She gives her honest As to some pretty serious TQs. We talk motherhood, advice for young women and do some overall comedy talk. Ask Your Own Question Sign Up for The Patreon HERE! www.patreon.com/ToughQuestions Follow Jeff https://www.instagram.com/newyorkjeffre…

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Ep. 156 Peter Englund, "November 1942" 1:09:23

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The year is 1942, the month is November. The subject of Peter Englund's book is "An Intimate History of the Turning Point of World War II." Mr. Englund, who is based in his native Sweden, features close to 40 people from around the world and what they were doing during that month and year of the war. He writes that: "At the start of that [November]…

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Who's the Family's Favorite w/ Molly Brenner 1:09:03

2M ago1:09:03

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On this week's episode of Tough Questions the boys have on Molly Brenner. Molly does her best to gives As to Jeff's TQs but struggles on some. This is a really fun episode. We hope you really enjoy it. Ask Your Own Question Sign Up for The Patreon HERE! www.patreon.com/ToughQuestions Follow Jeff https://www.instagram.com/newyorkjeffrey/ Follow Tim …

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Ep. 155 Jim Trusty, Defense Attorney 1:03:47

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Jim Trusty, our guest this week, is an attorney with 28 years of experience as a prosecutor, first in the state of Maryland and later with the U.S. Justice Department in Washington, DC. He has worked as an attorney for Donald Trump on several pending cases. In June last year, Mr. Trusty withdrew from representing former President Trump, citing irre…

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The Asian Sensation w/ Garri Madera 59:08

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On the pod this week the boys have The Asian Sensation himself Garri Madera. This is a great episode. Garri is very open and honest with Jeff's TQs. I hope you all enjoy. Ask Your Own Question Sign Up for The Patreon HERE! www.patreon.com/ToughQuestionsBy toughquestionspod

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Ep. 154 Glenn Kirschner, Former Federal Prosecutor & "Justice Matters" Host 1:08:27

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Glenn Kirschner, our guest this week, is an attorney with 30 years of trial experience. For 24 of those years, he prosecuted 50 murder trials for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington, DC. Three years ago, he created for YouTube viewers a daily video analysis of Donald Trump's legal issues and indictments. He calls his show "Justice Matters" and…

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Orthodox Home Schooling w/ Matisyahu Nissim 1:00:08

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This week on the show the boys welcome Matisyahu Nissim. Matisyahu tells us who he would beat up. What it was like growing up with older brothers. And how he dealt with being hime schooled as an Orthodox Jew. This is a super fun episode. We hope you all really enjoy it. Ask Your Own Question Sign Up for The Patreon HERE! www.patreon.com/ToughQuesti…

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Ep. 153 Steven Ujifusa, "The Last Ships from Hamburg" 1:09:24

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"Between 1881 and 1914, over ten million people crossed the Atlantic from Europe to America, the largest mass migration of people from one continent to another in human history." Those are the words of our guest, Steven Ujifusa, from his introduction to his book "The Last Ships from Hamburg". Over 2.5 million of these immigrants to America were Jew…

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Ending an Engagement w/ Bobby Condon 53:38

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On the tough Questions Podcast this week we have hilarious comedian Bobby Condon. He sits down with the boys to give his As to Jeff's TQs. We get deep into what makes Bobby tick on this episode. We also go through his past loves and what love will come. We hope you all enjoy this one. Ask Your Own Question Sign Up for The Patreon HERE! www.patreon.…

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Ep. 152 Benn Steil, "The World That Wasn't" 1:08:25

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Henry Wallace was President Franklin Roosevelt's vice president during his third term, 1941-1945. FDR then chose Harry Truman as vice president in his fourth and last term. In author Benn Steil's book "The World That Wasn't: Henry Wallace and the Fate of the American Century," he writes, "Wallace loved humankind but was mostly vexed or bored by hum…

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Redoing Reconstruction w/ Bret Raybould 1:00:21

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On this week's episode of The Tough Questions Podcast we have Bret Raybould (Race the Movie: The Play) Comedian, Filmmaker, Playwrite, and co-host of Better Halves with Lisa Ann. We get into it all on this one. Bret schools the boys on Reconstruction. He talks about what its like to have siblings that are all succeeding wildly. And how having a bac…

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Ep. 151 H.W. Brands, "Founding Partisans" 1:08:09

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Henry William Brands Jr. has written close to 40 books in the past 36 years. The Portland, Oregon, native is a professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin, the same school where he earned his PhD in 1985. His first American history book, written in 1988, was titled "Cold Warriors: Eisenhower's Generation and American Foreign Policy." …

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Daddy's Best Friend w/ Jack Comstock 1:03:36

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On this latest episode of the Tough Questions Podcast we have comedian Jack Comstock on. Jack's feet are held to the fire of Jeff's TQs. This is a super silly and fun episode. We hope you all enjoy it. Ask Your Own Question Sign Up for The Patreon HERE! www.patreon.com/ToughQuestions Follow Jeff https://www.instagram.com/newyorkjeffrey/ Follow Tim …

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Ep. 150 Nigel Hamilton, "FDR at War" Trilogy 1:17:36

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When Nigel Hamilton was a student at Cambridge University in Great Britain, he stayed for a brief time with Winston and Lady Churchill at their home at Chartwell in Kent. He also spent hours talking about World War II with Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. These experiences led to a life as an author about history. Nigel Hamilton first moved to the…

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There's Always Soap w/ Collin Chamberlin 1:05:22

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On this episode of Tough Questions the boys have on comedian Collin Chamberlin. This is a very fun episode. Collin does try to be funny a couple times but is swiftly shamed by the boys. Also a new fun twist to this one. Collin gets mad at Tim and not Jeff today. Hope you all enjoy. Ask Your Own Question Sign Up for The Patreon HERE! www.patreon.com…

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Ep. 149 Kira Anne West, Defense Attorney 1:05:49

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It has been 3 years since the January 6th events at the U.S. Capitol occurred. Since that time close to 300 individuals have been charged with a crime by the U.S. Justice Department. Because of the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and subsequent Supreme Court decisions, defendants have a right to an attorney, paid for by the taxpayers if n…

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Needing More Belief In Yourself w/ Myka Fox 1:05:10

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On this episode og Tough Questiosn Podcast. The boys have Myka Fox from The Great Hang Podcast and being in love with Tim. Jeff gets in deep with these TQs. Tim gets legit mad at Myka during the show. And all in all its a very fun show this week. Ask Your Own Question Sign Up for The Patreon HERE! www.patreon.com/ToughQuestions Follow Jeff https://…

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Ep. 148 Amrita Chakrabarti Myers, "The Vice President's Black Wife" 1:05:13

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The name of the book is "The Vice President's Black Wife." The author is Amrita Chakrabarti Myers. Prof. Myers teaches history at Indiana University. She explains best what is between the covers of her book in the first paragraph of the introduction: "This is the story of an American family. Set in Great Crossing, Kentucky, in the early nineteenth …

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Pulling Answers Like Teeth w/ Tito Garza 1:01:20

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The boys have one of their good friends and comedians Tito Garza on the podcast. Tito is reluctant to answer some of Jeff's questions. Jeff does his best to pull the answers he wants from the guest. Tim is hanging having a great time being pretty on this episode. Ask Your Own Question Sign Up for The Patreon HERE! www.patreon.com/ToughQuestions Fol…

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Ep. 147 Ross Perot on His Life & Career 1:05:11

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With less than a year to go before the 2024 presidential election, there continues to be a lot of chatter about the possible impact of a candidate on the ballot who is not a Republican or a Democrat. Over the years, third party candidates have made a difference in several elections. The third party candidate to get the largest percentage of votes w…

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The Debrief UNLOCKED w/ Peter Wong 46:59

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Everyone loved Peter Wong so here is a little bit more for you. From deep behing the paywall of our patreon page we bring you more Peter Wong. See you all in the new year. And we hope you have a great day! Ask Your Own Question Sign Up for The Patreon HERE! www.patreon.com/ToughQuestions Follow Jeff https://www.instagram.com/newyorkjeffrey/ Follow …

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FEED DROP: Convo w/ New Q&A Host Peter Slen 11:05

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This week a conversation with the new host of Q&A, Peter Slen. We discuss the mission of the program, what to expect, and the best parts of hosting a one-hour conversation with interesting individuals. Make your donation at: c-span.org/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Ep. 146 R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., "How Do We Get Out of Here?" 42:58

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On the cover of R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.'s memoir is a photo of him holding a 3-olive martini. It was obviously his choice and part of a message he chooses to send his readers about his life after 79 years. Mr. Tyrrell founded the American Spectator magazine in 1967. In the author's bio in the back of the book it says: "He has never had another job, …

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The Tough Questions Christmas Extravaganza w/ The Christmas Boy Tommy Mcnamara 1:00:01

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On this week's episode we have the Christmas Boy himself Tommy McNamara. We have had Tommy on the patreon before and that was an incredible episode. This episode is filled with holiday cheer and fun. I hope you all enjoy this one and have a wonderful new year. Ask Your Own Question Sign Up for The Patreon HERE! www.patreon.com/ToughQuestions Follow…

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Ep. 145 Nick Bunker, "In the Shadow of Fear" 1:15:23

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British-born author Nick Bunker, our guest this week, has written books on the Mayflower Pilgrims, the Revolutionary War, and a biography of Benjamin Franklin. Lately he has turned his attention to America and the world in 1950. His book is titled "In the Shadow of Fear." Nick Bunker, a graduate of King's College, Cambridge, and Columbia University…

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Dating After A Divorce w/ Adam Mamawala 1:13:30

5M ago1:13:30

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On this episode of the podcast we have another one of Tim's co-workers and comedian Adam Mamawala on the show. This is a fun one. We dive into life after a divorce and the circumstances on why it happened in the first place. Ask Your Own Question Sign Up for The Patreon HERE! www.patreon.com/ToughQuestions Follow Jeff https://www.instagram.com/newy…

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Ep. 144 Michael Bryant (Co-Editor), "Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' and the Holocaust" 1:06:32

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Michael S. Bryant, our guest this week, is a professor of history and legal studies specializing in the impact of the Holocaust. He's based at Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island. Among his many writings he co-edited and contributed an essay to a book titled "Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' and the Holocaust." In the introduction, the editors point…

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From Emo Band To Comedy Man w/ Jason Choi 1:06:02

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On this week's episode of Tough Questions we have comedian Jason Choi (Very Tall). Jeff opens the show with the most annoying question you can ask a tall person. Tim does his best to not be too much of an edge lord. We talk about Jason's days in an emo band and his struggles with alcohol. This is a great episode and I hope you all enjoy. Ask Your O…

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Ep. 143 McKay Coppins, "Romney" 1:01:57

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It's not normal to hear what a politician really thinks about his or her colleagues in the United States House and Senate while they are still in office. McKay Coppins of the Atlantic magazine, our guest this week, tried to change that with his bestselling book about Senator Mitt Romney of Utah. The book, called "Romney: A Reckoning," is, according…

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Dating an Older Man w/ Jill Weiner 58:35

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On this episode of Tough Questions we have comedian Jill Weiner on to discuss growing up in the south. Dating an older man in high school. And the perks of having a friends giving. There is a nice part in this episode where Tim realizes he was the only one not invited to Jill's Friends Giving. Ask Your Own Question Sign Up for The Patreon HERE! www…

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Ep. 142 Historians Douglas Brinkley, Joanne Freeman, Edna Medford and H.W. Brands on the Experiment of Democracy in America 1:32:32

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At the beginning of November, the George Washington Presidential Library in Mount Vernon celebrated its 10th anniversary with a symposium titled, "The Great Experiment – Democracy from the Founding to the Future." Guests on this panel included: Historians H.W. Brands of the University of Texas, Douglas Brinkley of Rice, Joanne Freeman of Yale, and …

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Daddy’s Best Friend w/ Ahri Findling 1:02:53

5M ago1:02:53

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On this episode of The Tough Questions Podcast we have guest Ahri Findling (Nickelodeon) on the show today. Ahri is Tim's boss and a hilarious comedian. This is a very fun episode. Ahri gets all kinds of mad at Jeff and Tim. If you like episodes where the guest struggles to have a good time this is the episode for you. Ask Your Own Question Sign Up…

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Ep. 141 Sarah Ogilvie, "The Dictionary People" 1:04:58

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Sarah Ogilvie spent 8 years studying the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary. Her book is called "The Dictionary People." Ogilvie, who has a PhD in linguistics from Oxford University, studied over 3,000 original contributors to the dictionary. In her introduction to the book, she writes: "I was thrilled to discover not one but three murderers…

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Living in Fear w/ Max Fine 1:05:40

6M ago1:05:40

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On this episode of Tough Questions we have hilarious comedian Max Fine (In The Mini Van Pod). We talk about fears, growing up and everything that make us tick as people. This is a really fun episode. Max and Tim are on the same page a lot and it really annoys Jeff. Ask Your Own Question Sign Up for The Patreon HERE! www.patreon.com/ToughQuestions F…

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