Best Isaac Carlson Podcasts (2025)

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#235: A Singular Apple (Featuring Isaac Carlson) 4:11:23

3d ago4:11:23

4:11:23

Sometimes you just gotta buy one lone apple. Josh and Sarah are joined by Isaac Carlson to talk about DuckTales and media in general before reading Reddit stories about AI in DND, skipping a birthday party, and not letting people in front of you in the grocery store line. Thanks again to Isaac for coming on, here's where you can find him! YouTube: …

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#234: Pushing Over Old People (Featuring Reddit On Wiki) 3:25:09

11d ago3:25:09

3:25:09

You look like you got $20 bucks on you. Josh and Sarah discuss their collaboration experiences, their week off, and DND, before being joined by Josh and John from Reddit On Wiki to read Reddit stories about “hitting someone’s car,” alarms, and calling your coworker babe. Watch our collab with Reddit On Wiki! https://youtu.be/s3w67qkYvqw?si=3GOrxRwE…

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#233: Unsolicited Meat Pics 3:30:39

24d ago3:30:39

3:30:39

Gotta get gout to own the libs. Josh and Sarah discuss crochet and talk about Conclave and Tar before they read Reddit stories about getting gout, pranking your sister, and playing bass. Palestine Links: Best Ways to Support: https://www.pcrf.net/information-you-should-know/how-to-help-palestine.html#:~:text=This%20can%20include%20writing%20to,to%2…

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#232: It's A Setup 4:03:51

1M ago4:03:51

4:03:51

Please read the title in Tim Heidecker's voice. Josh and Sarah discuss Easter and Josh Mansplains Inferno before they read Reddit stories about investigating your BF, responding to a joke, and making too good of an Easter basket. Palestine Links: Best Ways to Support: https://www.pcrf.net/information-you-should-know/how-to-help-palestine.html#:~:te…

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Trump 2.0: Making America Progressive Again 57:43

1M ago57:43

57:43

The question of who President Donald Trump resembled in history is one that has become almost a cliche, mostly thanks to its ideological Rorschach quality, especially during his first term and in the years leading up to his second. This has become far less of a debate, thanks largely to the man himself actually citing his influences. This was what …

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#231: Explodes Instantly 3:27:42

1M ago3:27:42

3:27:42

Guys, was that bullying? Josh and Sarah discuss their week off and Josh Mansplains Angels and Demons before they read Reddit stories about backing out of a wedding, cursed Chick-Fil-A’s, and being bullied in DND. Palestine Links: Best Ways to Support: https://www.pcrf.net/information-you-should-know/how-to-help-palestine.html#:~:text=This%20can%20i…

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Donald Trump & Postman Pat... aka impressionist Lewis MacLeod 35:59

2M ago35:59

35:59

What do Donald Trump and Postman Pat have in common? Well Pat has grabbed Jess the cat a few times and Donald... well we won't finish that. What they REALLY have in common is they're both performed excellently by our guest - impressionist Lewis MacLeod. British listeners may know Lewis from his work on the BBC comedy Dead Ringers where he plays the…

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#230: Triangles For Men, Chalices For Women 3:35:29

2M ago3:35:29

3:35:29

Thanks Dan Brown! Josh and Sarah try to make each other laugh and Josh Mansplains The Da Vinci Code before they read Reddit stories about having an affair with your neighbor, “partially” ruining a relationship, and abandoning an alien baby. Palestine Links: Best Ways to Support: https://www.pcrf.net/information-you-should-know/how-to-help-palestine…

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#229: Ouroboros Of Mediocrity 3:55:04

2M ago3:55:04

3:55:04

All ouroboros come in threes. Josh and Sarah discuss the finale of Severance (filled with spoilers!) and the state of TV before they read Reddit stories about band members, Dr. Pepper at the gym, and taking an uber home instead of sitting on a man's lap. Palestine Links: Best Ways to Support: https://www.pcrf.net/information-you-should-know/how-to-…

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Diplomacy on the Eastern Border (w/ Kristaps Andrejsons, Jack Johannson, & Zack Twamley) 2:53:19

2M ago2:53:19

2:53:19

I was recently invited to join in a panel discussion with three podcasting greats and people I consider friends—that is, The Eastern Border’s Kristaps Andrejsons, the Secret Police podcast’s Jack Johannson, and When Diplomacy Fails podcast’s Zack Twamley. It originally went up on the Eastern Border feed, split into two parts, but Kristaps was kind …

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Gavin Esler 48:08

2M ago48:08

48:08

Are long-form news interviews dead? Not on my watch! Who better to feature on our first long interview than an esteemed journalist who has held world leaders to account and fronted the UK's premier investigative journalism programme (at the time!). He certainly knows a thing or two about an interview. In our chat we cover the state of news, what ne…

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The Slave Who Would Be a Spy (w/ Isaac Willour) 1:00:49

2M ago1:00:49

1:00:49

Slavery is often known as the United States’ original sin, and for good reason. Much of our perceptions of it are informed both by the Civil War’s cause and outcome, and the contradictions—and even moral hypocrisy—that it created with our Founding Fathers’ professed beliefs. Contradiction is the theme not just of the United States’ values and histo…

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#228: Hot Dog Style 3:11:55

2M ago3:11:55

3:11:55

Just start burying people vertically. Josh and Sarah talk about a creator event they went to and Josh Mansplains The Circle (2017) before they read Reddit stories about tombstones, thoughtless comments, and giving up your scholarship for a man. Palestine Links: Best Ways to Support: https://www.pcrf.net/information-you-should-know/how-to-help-pales…

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The Spirit of the American West (w/ David McGarry) 1:41:48

3M ago1:41:48

1:41:48

The American West (or the “Wild West” as it’s still sometimes known) is arguably one of the defining features of the United States’ history and culture, if not the most defining feature. After all, much of the world has the image of the American cowboy (or less often, the American settler) planted firmly in their heads when they think of “Americans…

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#227: Losers Never Prosper 3:53:55

3M ago3:53:55

3:53:55

So stop losing. Josh and Sarah discuss the most recent season and Oscar special from On Cinema at the Cinema, lightly talk about Severance (with spoilers!), and they read Reddit stories about cleaning your bathroom, charging your stepdad rent, and fake languages. Palestine Links: Best Ways to Support: https://www.pcrf.net/information-you-should-kno…

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Charles Nove 35:36

3M ago35:36

35:36

Count's Log Stardate 78630.8 Wednesday morning - infiltrate Parliament. Find way into PMQs and discover something shocking the gentlemen's toilets. Thursday morning - Record cracking interview with broadcasting legend Charles Nove. Decide to wait until after Kier meets Donald in case there's anything noteworthy. Friday morning - Record the opening …

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A Bug in the Software 56:05

3M ago56:05

56:05

Hey everyone, happy to present to all of you fine people with a brief bonus, this time adapting my recent historiographical essay that I had written my first semester in graduate school on the study of infectious disease’s effects throughout history and how it was written about from around the 1970s until the 2010s. This should serve as a nice pair…

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#226: Knowledge Shared Is Knowledge Lost 4:15:51

3M ago4:15:51

4:15:51

That's why we can't be reading all the time! Josh and Sarah discuss the Fair Housing Act of 1968, discuss the most recent episodes of Severance (with heavy spoilers!), and they read Reddit stories about cheating at guitar, not clapping for men, and making non-alcoholic punch. Palestine Links: Best Ways to Support: https://www.pcrf.net/information-y…

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#225: Schrodinger's Reddit 3:23:23

3M ago3:23:23

3:23:23

We won't have a verdict until we know the state of the cat. Josh and Sarah discuss their week off, Sarah discusses the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in the newspaper segment, and they both read Reddit stories about being shushed, Drake's "strong mental fortitude," and hair massages. Palestine Links: Best Ways to Support: https://www.pcrf.net/information…

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Jemma Forte 34:14

3M ago34:14

34:14

On this week's podcast is political commentator and co-host of The Trawl podcast Jemma Forte. Jemma recently worked with the political campaigners Led By Donkeys to take down Elon Musk on the side of one of his Tesla factories... that kind of heroism will definitely get you a spot on Trash Talk! Mind you Jemma's also been the captain of her own spa…

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Mother's Wrath, Mankind's Bargain (The Los Angeles Fires of 2025) 1:50:57

3M ago1:50:57

1:50:57

In this episode of History Impossible inaugurating 2025 and the sixth anniversary of the show, we will be looking at the Los Angeles Fires of 2025 but from an extended, historical, and probably overly philosophical lens. Because as it turns out, natural disasters are a constant of the human experience and create some of the greatest extremes, and r…

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SUPER BOWL SPECIAL with Iron Mike Carlson 34:38

4M ago34:38

34:38

Happy Super Bowl weekend to those who celebrate (which is a LOT of you). Super Bowl LIX is expected to be watched by almost 200m humans (plus a visiting space warrior and Elon Musk). What makes it so popular? Is there anything to learn from its impressive marketing? Politics isn't afraid to borrow a bit of popular culture from time to time... so ca…

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#224: Know Your Enemy (Greg) 5:27:03

4M ago5:27:03

5:27:03

Take The Power (Cat) Back. Josh and Sarah discuss the Grammy's, Sarah discusses Brown v. Board of Education in the newspaper segment, Josh Mansplains Lucy (2014), and they both read Reddit stories about cats being stolen, singing happy birthday, and getting divorced on your honeymoon. Palestine Links: Best Ways to Support: https://www.pcrf.net/info…

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Dr Joelle Grogan 25:27

4M ago25:27

25:27

Dr Joelle Grogan is a legal academic, and an expert in the rule of law, working in the fields of EU and UK public law. She's also the presenter of BBC Radio 4's The Law Show. At a time when the Rule of Law seems to have become more of a Gentle Suggestion of Law, when the leader of the free world is a convicted felon, we thought it was a good idea t…

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#223: The Ballad Of The Doggler 3:46:04

4M ago3:46:04

3:46:04

AKA The Glizzied Rizzler. Josh and Sarah discuss their week off, cut the entirety of their political segment, and discuss the first two episodes on Severance season two before they read Reddit stories about disowning your son, hot dog contests, and hot sauce. Palestine Links: Best Ways to Support: https://www.pcrf.net/information-you-should-know/ho…

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'Trump: The Sequel' with Isaac Davy-Aronson 31:30

4M ago31:30

31:30

Well... here we go again. President Trump - we salute you (not like Elon does) - you're President again. So to discuss what 'Trump: The Sequel' will look like we've invited Isaac Davy-Aaronson back to the podcast. As a supervising producer at US news network MSNBC and co-presenter of the excellent Déjà News pod he's seeing the political fallout of …

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Author & Journalist Sathnam Sanghera 35:00

4M ago35:00

35:00

Welcome to the first episode of 2025... and our final episode before President Trump: The Sequel is released. Guest: Sathnam Sanghera - author of Empireworld and Empireland - who started his career dressed as the Newsbunny on Live TV (If you know, you know) but has since worked for the Financial Times and is now an acclaimed author of the aforement…

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#222: We Grew Thumbs For This 4:43:10

4M ago4:43:10

4:43:10

It’s just evolution. Josh and Sarah discuss the TikTok Ban before and after Josh Mansplains Limitless (2011) before they read Reddit stories about reselling food to customers, being called grandma, and a husband’s secret. Palestine Links: Best Ways to Support: https://www.pcrf.net/information-you-should-know/how-to-help-palestine.html#:~:text=This%…

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#221: Squid Game 2: Squid Harder 4:28:39

5M ago4:28:39

4:28:39

But why were there less games??? Josh and Sarah bring in the new year by talking about their goals and reflect on 2024 before discussing an Orlando Sentinel paper from 1925 and Squid Game Season 2 (with heavy spoilers!) before they read Reddit stories about saving your goldfish but not your family, British people not existing, and dragging DND play…

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#220: Big Friggin' Robot Guy 2 4:05:58

5M ago4:05:58

4:05:58

Part contractor, part cop, all human, no robot. Josh finally finishes mansplaining Transcendence (2014) to Sarah before they read Reddit stories about dance recitals, leaving your wife during labor, and public proposals. Palestine Links: Best Ways to Support: https://www.pcrf.net/information-you-should-know/how-to-help-palestine.html#:~:text=This%2…

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A Revulsion of Feeling: The Arab Revolt and Collective Identity 1:31:15

5M ago1:31:15

1:31:15

This is the first installment of something that doesn’t really have a name; the Grad School Files? That sounds a little like a bad Netflix show. I’ll take suggestions, but in the meantime, we can simply define this as it is: the first adaptation of one of my academic papers from graduate school into an honest-to-goodness episode of History Impossib…

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BONUS XMAS EPISODE 18:18

5M ago18:18

18:18

Merry Christmas Earthlings! To celebrate your special day here's our gift to you - a bonus edition of Trash Talk. And in keeping (inn-keeping?) with British Christmas TV tradition it's coverage of a sporting event that took place weeks ago someone much sunnier. Enjoy this episode, have a great Christmas, and we'll be back with more Trash Talk in th…

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Cars Theory: Are Cars Born Or Made?! 12:06

5M ago12:06

12:06

Are cars born or built? I mean does every car have parents who created them or are vehicles being produced in major factories all across the world? Can we say definitively that these cars are just hyper intelligent robots or do they actually have a biological component to them that proves that they’re alive? Does someone make the cars or are there …

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Climate Comedian Matt Winning 27:50

5M ago27:50

27:50

Please note that this episode will self-destruct some time around 2090... along with the rest of humanity. As COP moves on having once again failed to reverse the climate catastrophe playing out in front of us we speak to Matt Winning a climate scientist who delivers his environmental message through comedy. The perfect guest for this podcast. Is t…

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Shrek's Complete Family Tree! 6:41

5M ago6:41

6:41

Shrek’s family tree has expanded quite a bit since Shrek originally married Fiona! Shrek’s met some new friends, he’s had a few children, and he’s gotten to know some of his in-laws, and today I’m going to go through who everyone is, how everyone’s related, and answer what this all means for the future of Far Far Away. After 20 years of Shrek, we’r…

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WILD ROBOT: What Happened To Earth?! 8:50

5M ago8:50

8:50

What happened to Earth in The Wild Robot? I mean when I saw the Golden Gate Bridge underwater, I immediately assumed something bad must have happened here! I knew we were in the not so distant future since we were shown that Roz was a hyper intelligent robot, but I wasn’t expecting there to be monuments in ruin, satellite dishes deteriorating in th…

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#219: Big Friggin' Robot Guy 4:19:59

5M ago4:19:59

4:19:59

We are so, so sorry that we couldn't do it in one. In a first for Josh Mansplains, Josh spends two hours recounting only half of the movie Transcendence (2014) to Sarah before they read Reddit stories about watering plants, leaving your wife over her comments, and dumb DND rules. Palestine Links: Best Ways to Support: https://www.pcrf.net/informati…

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#218: BADA-DADA-DADA-DADUP 2 4:43:44

5M ago4:43:44

4:43:44

I know the viscosity. Josh and Sarah discuss Spotify Wrapped and how AI is bad before Josh Mansplains Now You See Me 2 (2016) and they read Reddit stories about wanting time for yourself, sabotaging mayo, and turning your baby into a human. Palestine Links: Best Ways to Support: https://www.pcrf.net/information-you-should-know/how-to-help-palestine…

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The Question of Genocide 1:04:57

6M ago1:04:57

1:04:57

This episode of History Impossible is an adaptation of the historical polemic I wrote on the one-year anniversary of October 7th, 2023, examining the interpretation of genocide, as applied to the current war between Hamas and Israel, and to the devastation wrought against the Bosnian Muslims by their Serb counterparts in the early 1990s. This episo…

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Moana 2’s Ending Explained: Everything’s Changed! 9:12

6M ago9:12

9:12

Moana 2 has changed Moana’s life forever! She has transformed into something completely new, we learned there are powerful enemies rising against her, and it’s been made very clear that her journey is just beginning. But what exactly happened to Moana? Will Matangi and Nalo, the God of Storms, be coming after Moana and her people? And what does it …

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Will How To Train Your Dragon’s Remake Be Good? 12:20

6M ago12:20

12:20

Will How To Train Your Dragon’s live action remake be good? After years of experiencing animated films being turned into live action films from company's like Disney, is How To Train Your Dragon doomed or can DreamWorks and Universal pull it off? Well I think there may be hope for this version of How To Train Your Dragon. Dean Deblois, the creative…

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Starting A New Show! 1:22:54

6M ago1:22:54

1:22:54

I'm working on a new podcast show! I also chat about Wicked, Gladiator II, and the new live-action trailer for How To Train Your Dragon! 🎈 SUPPORT THE SHOW 🎈 Want to support me directly as I celebrate Disney, movies & animation? Join the community over on Patreon today! You’ll get videos early, exclusive live streams, behind-the-scenes videos, acce…

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