Winners and Losers Show
The Winners and Losers Show with Hank Thompson features the honest, unique and hilarious perspective of a lifelong human — from the news of the week, the horrors of politics, a science story or two and the overlapping systems tying it all together, plus books, shows, movies, games and anticapitalist rants! Hank's trademark bluntness and creativity sources from his experience as a stand up comedian, an injured woodworker, a professional video editor who's worked in "progressive" media (The Young Turks, The Jimmy Dore Show) and as a late-identified autistic.
Episodes
June 30, 2025 • 86 mins
Scott Bennett Of Let's Make Them Pay joins me for a conversation about capitalism, labor, economics, birds, hierarchy, marx, bosses, ownership and the other ways society is run by wealth concentrating machines while I try to impress him with my poorly thought-through brilliant insights. First introduced via his excellent explainer videos on TikTok, Scott is a must-follow / must-read. Full Episode on YT: soon! Follow & Support Scott...
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June 1, 2025 • 137 mins
Dan Friesen of Knowledge Fight returns to talk bright spots, fixing the world and Alex Jones — starting with KF's recent episode on the story of InfoWars caller Kelly Rushing (#1041: listen on or your podcast app!) and how it illustrates so much about Alex Jones and the media ecosystem he inhabits, plus what Alex and Cenk Uygur have in common, an update on the state of the Sandy Hook settlements, The Onion's brief involvement and ...
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May 12, 2025 • 194 mins
*out of order; sorry! Thoughts about gorillas, my appearance on Punch Up Pod, RFKjr's autism madness and my poetic response, Her Take clips and lolz, and Elon Musk bamboozles with the Sun's expanion, what the real risks are and why the wealthy are the main one and Naomi Klein rings a bell. Full Episode 211 on YouTube: Please support the documentary, find links here >
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May 12, 2025 • 63 mins
Hank Podcasts, America Listens — ICE agents targeting United Farm Workers union organizers got me thinking about the connection between fascists, union-busters, dignity, cooperation, how stress is the source of wealth, what the purpose of society should be, competing models of power and how it all connects to the themes I'm developing for "Tell The Truth, Cenk." Full Episode HPAL-3 on YouTube: Support links here:
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April 26, 2025 • 127 mins
I think this is supposed to be Ep 211. Highlights from my appearance on The Letterhack, Blue Origin's recent flight spurs hoax speculation, Cenk Uygur launches his populist takeover of the Democratic Party using RebellionPAC and has an encounter with Geraldo Rivera. Full Episode 212 on YouTube: Support links here:
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April 9, 2025 • 146 mins
Hank Podcast, America Listens — My latest substack supporting "Tell The Truth, Cenk" is now up. It's a comprehensive listing of evidence of TYT's union-busting. Francesca Fiorentini fired by Cenk Uygur, Bernie Sanders and AOC hold a rally, Ro Khanna takes questions, Emma Vigeland schools Pod Save America From Long Overdue Worker Revolution, Harriet Fraad on Democracy at Work nails capitalism and plenty of above-average rambling! H...
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March 22, 2025 • 110 mins
Hank Podcasts, America Listens (HPAL-Audio Only) — Skip 30 minutes to bypass the very messy opening ramble. Self-sabotaging, metric system, gratitude, Star wars assassin lizard, Adobe, money, then updates on upcoming substacks and then settling into thoughts about watching the lie about TYT's unionizing workers work in real time and where it might fit into the overall film, plus Francesca Fiorentini has strong words for Cenk and Dr...
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March 1, 2025 • 242 mins
Website for TYT documentary "Tell The Truth, Cenk" launched in support of the fundraiser. Also: Elon ditches boy, Hakeem Jeffries battles the extreme left, America bullies world over Cuban doctors, Town Halls erupt w/ upset voters and the main course: reacting to my phone call to Majority Report and a thorough debrief of their escalating spat with TYT. Full Episode 210on YouTube: Please visit the Support links here:
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February 11, 2025 • 203 mins
Democrats weakness wows, Musk salutes his hero, Markwayne Mullin defends drunken voting and my first time watching & live-reacting to Cenk Uygur's interview (1:01:54) on the Jenerational Change podcast in which he doubles down on the core deception my upcoming documentary "Tell The Truth, Cenk." Check out the GoFundme for "Tell The Truth, Cenk!" Full Episode 209 on YouTube: Support links here:
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February 5, 2025 • 200 mins
Francesca Fiorientini brought up my name and role in unionizing TYT to Cenk Uygur in a contention interview on The Bitchuation Room Podcast, provoking a hateful eruption and disdainful cackle, showing a side of his character you normally have to work for him to experience. It's one of many wacky moments. Watch Full 3-Hours On YouTube: 6 Minute Highlight Sizzle: Support links here:
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February 4, 2025 • 123 mins
LA Fires, David Lynch Exits, Majority Report covers TYT misinformation and Hasan Piker talks his working conditions with Teamster President Sean O'Brien, including an unfortunate falsehood about the union situation at TYT. This is from a 5-hr show recorded in January. Available on YouTube. Will post a 3-hr part 2 which is my reaction Cenk Uygur's interview with Francesca Fiorentini on The Bitchuation Room podcast Full 5-hour Episod...
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December 23, 2024 • 247 mins
My cat story concludes during a huge week for The Project, which gained a ton of attention due to the whirlwind surrounding The Young Turks' pivot, particularly The Majority Report's Emma Vigeland pointing out TYT's use of union-busting law firms and how Ana Kasparian reacted to her former co-worker. Dave Rubin reunites w/ his boss Cenk Uygur on Piers Uncensored. Sparks fly. Matt Binder on Leftist Mafia bores right to a core truth ...
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November 25, 2024 • 150 mins
First hour topics: new Hank content!, Jay Leno's hit points, Ben Affleck's AI words, Trump's cabinet ghouls, voter perspectives, Bernie's letter & in the second half reacting to a mix of TYT clips related to the documentary and The Young Turks re-positioning in the political landscape. Full Episode 206 on YouTube: Support links here:
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November 11, 2024 • 148 mins
Election 2024 was a terrible day that will destroy us all so listen to me talk about it at length and go through some videos from a few shows as they aired results the day of. Full Episode 205 on YouTube: Support links here:
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November 1, 2024 • 122 mins
I went on The Vanguard podcast to discuss "Tell The Truth, Cenk." I break down some clips and react to comments, plus I found a clip of Cenk Uygur referring to his union-busting I mentioned on a previous show, and Ana Kasparian went viral for remarks to her boss about fascism. Full Episode 204 on YouTube: Vanguard Interview On YouTube: Support links here:
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October 19, 2024 • 226 mins
Back from trip, my new TYT article full of receipts (25:39) and Cenk Uygur confronted about his union-busting (1:45:19). "No, I am definitely not a union-buster," he says. Then asked about evidence: "Pfft! What evidence!?" We go through the reams of evidence that detail the extent of Cenk's union-busting and discuss why he's motivated to continue gaslighting his audience. Long one! Full Episode 203 on YouTube: when available Suppor...
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October 6, 2024 • 153 mins
Audio only version (this and Patreon) has an extra 45 minutes at the top, recorded 10.5.24 but I recorded the rest on 9.26.24, posted it on YouTube a few days later and then I failed to get the audio version out until tonight. It's Saturday night. I'm leaving early for a trip. I had some thoughts to share. After the opening ramble, the YT version starts: cat talk, Pelosi, blackwater guy, Lletcher county, Eric Adams. Enjoy! Full Epi...
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September 23, 2024 • 210 mins
I'm bald! Learn a great cooking tip, enjoy an oddly satisfying cat hair moment, closer to publishing article about Young Turks Working conditions (LOTS of talk about how the union started and exploring the version TYT told its audience), Matt Walsh gets schooled on Haiti by Ryan Grim on Breaking points and says you should work sick, can men do laundry or dishes, checking out Kamala Harris on Oprah and the many famous celebrities wh...
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September 17, 2024 • 108 mins
Comedian and mentor to failed comedians James Fritz, Hank's mentor, joins Hank on Winners and Losers for a fun conversation about politics, comedy, life in Los Angeles, progressive media, vinyl, pistachios, algorithms, mediocrity (Bill Maher), food delivery horror stories, follicle privilege, humanity's rightful purpose, being a cool nerd, Hank's bad attitude, human attention, covid & capitalist carnage, whether James wants a cat, ...
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September 16, 2024 • 63 mins
No video. I just turned the mic on and started talking. Talking plans for the future and some of the darkness my head's been generating lately, the frustrations of a creative career, a little TYT talk, kitty cat talk, what stand up means to me now that I know I'm autistic. And other stuff probably! This format will develop over time. I'm so sick of editing freakin' videos! Support links here:
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