Red State Reboot

Red State Reboot

Red State Reboot is what happens when two friends read way too much news and realize that podcasts are way too easy to make. Every Monday, Ben & Abby take you on a guided tour through the headlines of the day. You’ll come for the digestible political analysis, stay for the cultural critique and unhinged group chat energy, and become a true Rebooty because of a shared empathy for real people trying to make sense of modern times. It’s political comedy for folks who are tired of feeling hopeless, are allergic to hypocrisy, and who still believe the group project known as “America” is worth saving.

Episodes

November 21, 2025 39 mins

We have updates on (most of) the things we said we’d come back to this year…

Time for a fridge cig.

Tune in on Monday for our S2 FINALE!

IG: @redstaterebootpod

Website: www.redstatereboot.com

Contact: rsr@friedgreentomatomedia.com

SOURCES:

Le, Judy. 2025. “UVA President Resigns Amid Pressure From Trump Administration on Diversity Practices." Virginia Magazine. https://uvamagazine.org/articles/uva_president_jim_ryan_resigns.

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In preparation for the MINISODATHON, we were going back over promises we haven’t kept - per usual. Well anyway, all the way back at the beginning of 2025, we promised a Trump Merch update and here it is! Say thank you!

Check back in tomorrow for the last day of our MINISODATHON!

IG: @redstaterebootpod

Website: www.redstatereboot.com

Contact: rsr@friedgreentomatomedia.com

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November 19, 2025 55 mins

Today, in commemoration of Bubba, Gmax, Great Jeans, and the 11th hour of RSR S2, we’re Rebooting our Season Premiere episode that we put out back in August. This one’s just a plain ol’ Reboot – you can find our most up-to-date takes on the Epstein of it all on our Instagram @redstaterebootpod, since it’s such an unfolding sitch, b*tch.

Tune in every day this week for our MINISODATHON!

IG: @redstaterebootpod

Website: www.redstatere...

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November 18, 2025 24 mins
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Today, we’re Rebooting the episode that started it all. Behold, a live react to end all live reacts; our first ever episode; THE RSR INAUGURATION SPECTACULAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tune in every day this week for our MINISODATHON!

IG: @redstaterebootpod

Website: www.redstatereboot.com

Contact: rsr@friedgreentomatomedia.com

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November 17, 2025 63 mins

YAHOO! We’re officially kicking off our week-long minisodathon leading up to our S2 Finale!!! That’s right. Starting today, we’ll be putting out a new episode every morning to wrap up the season. And how else would we begin but by Rebooting an ep we (and y’all) loved so much that it’s becoming an annual tradition!!! You heard it here first: our S2 Finale will be Scam Jam LIVE! 2025. And if you missed the 2024 edition? Don’t you eve...

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November 10, 2025 73 mins

Rebooties, what can we say? This precious little episode speaks for itself. It’s our 50th, our most unhinged, AND contains what may be our best nickname ever. However, you unfortunately need to wait until 2075 to listen, because this is a time capsule that shan’t be unearthed until then.

LONG LIVE RED STATE REBOOT!

New episodes of Red State Reboot drop every Monday.

IG: @redstaterebootpod

Website: www.redstatereboot.com

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November 3, 2025 53 mins

EEEEEP! We’ve been keeping a secret from you, Rebooties!!! We made the most RSR-coded holiday gift EVER: it’s called The Red State Reboot Activity Book, and it’s available NOW on www.FGTM.store !!! :)

Now that we got our gift/grift out of the way…. Today, we’re talking Argentina. We cover Trump’s bailout, Argentine President Milei’s (failed) rockstardom, and explore how patterns of colonization and extractive capitalism repeat them...

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October 31, 2025 44 mins

It’s Spooky. It’s Scary. It’s Satanic. It’s Chaotic. It’s a Bonus Ep of RSR! The key to happiness? Low expectations. The key to this episode? Brain dumping on moral panics. After all… what’s spookier than a scapegoat?

Be sure to tune back in on Monday for a special announcement!!

IG: @redstaterebootpod

Website: www.redstatereboot.com

Contact: rsr@friedgreentomatomedia.com

SOURCES:

Blakemore, Erin. 2017. “The Latchkey Generation: How Ba...

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October 27, 2025 62 mins

Listen, we’re really talking two things today: the fuckass ballroom, and the Venn diagram that is really just a circle between getting your NASTY texts exposed and alleged (you’re welcome, @Legal) white supremacists. Alternatively named “Oops…Wrong Group Chat: Take Three,” this episode covers the leaked Young Republicans group texts, as well as the withdrawal of Paul Ingrassia’s nomination to serve as Special Counsel following his ...

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October 20, 2025 67 mins

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING: WE PREDICTED GEORGE SANTOS’ RELEASE!!!!

This episode of Red State Reboot is brought to you by… A Bad Night’s Sleep - “Nature’s Beta Blocker!” JK, it’s brought to you by us after Freaky Friday-ing our bad moods. This week, we’re talking the MAGA-made crisis of a government shutdown and the :) dissolution of a free press in the U.S. :) as evidenced by the new Pentagon media rules. Also, we discuss the Hatch A...

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This week … we have another Statement on the Matter:

Red State Reboot is just two people cracking jokes on wheelofnames.com and we’re sorry we called it the Gulf of M*****.

But truly, we’re so back. Abby’s in the clear after moving/being depressed, Ben’s slurping soup, and there’s a new nickname for Pete Hegseth. Other highlights:

Abby updates about the Ap*le sitch.

Ben ranks his top albums of the year.

Abby and Ben (regretfully) shout ...

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Hey Rebooties! Life gets in the way of making new & good art sometimes, but thank god we're not a sh*wgirl at least. Enjoy these rebooted clips on Greta Thunberg, Palestine, & Trump Reheating South Africa's Nachos (yes, they're dry af by this point).

BTW / ICYMI: We're now streaming only on Spotify, iHeartRadio, Audible, & Pandora!

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September 29, 2025 63 mins

IT’S RAPTURE-OUS! Indeed, on this episode we celebrate our making it through the rapture, but we mainly dial in on the life of THE showboy (Donald Trump). Our heads are still pounding from the decade-long Jello shot hangover that started in 2015 when we originally questioned why this man couldn’t have just stayed on TV. And unfortunately, Rebooties, we’ll never truly be able to get into Trump’s mind to know for sure (and thank God ...

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September 22, 2025 72 mins

TW: In this episode, we discuss conversion therapy, including specific details that may be upsetting for some listeners.

Anyone else feel like it’s the beginning of the end?? Man, it’s been a rough few weeks both for the country, and for Ben’s and Abby’s immune systems. But don’t even worry, Rebooties, because we’re back here with a long one for ya. We start off with a range of topics that somehow connect, including an update on Ma...

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September 16, 2025 31 mins

Literally if you’re listening to this without listening to #40…don’t even go there with us. We’ve been through enough. Closing details and analysis on Pizzagate, Alex Jones and the language of conspiracy theories in general, Ben’s new proposed term for rabbit holes, and quick thoughts on Trump’s expanded National Guard deployment.

New episodes of Red State Reboot drop every Monday.

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September 15, 2025 67 mins

Get out your red string and notebook paper. Abby turned 28 over the weekend, and Ben has gifted her (and y’all!) a wild ride of a podcast/game show/full term paper on Q-Anon/performance art spectacular. This episode veers from our standard format, and honestly, tgod! Behold, an hour (plus ;)) distillation of THE conspiracy theory spider web to end them all: you’ll come for Pizzagate (feel old yet?), John Podesta, and adrenochrome, ...

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EMERGENCY EPISODE (LIVE & UNEDITED)

Well, here’s the RSR take on the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and the resulting national discourse. Recorded in the morning on 9/11/25.

Thanks for tuning in to this emergency ep. New episodes of Red State Reboot drop every Monday.

IG: @redstaterebootpod

Website: www.redstatereboot.com

Contact: rsr@friedgreentomatomedia.com

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September 11, 2025 63 mins

There simply wasn’t any way Trump was going to announce the “America Prays” initiative and we weren’t going to cover it on Red State Reboot. In this mid-week bonus ep, we dive into this new passion project of the Administration and its implications for everyday people, and in classic RSR fashion, also draw comparisons between America Prays with MLMs and YoungLife. Still want more? You got it. Ben gives a biblical lesson involving t...

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September 8, 2025 55 mins

What do Owen Shroyer, the Epstein files, Trump’s health rumors, Kamala’s secret service detail, the Smithsonians(sp?) and Evangelical cafes all have in common? They’re all traps that we fall in this week before getting to our actual topic: the Panama Playlists!

It’s a chaotic and wild episode….but hey, that’s showbiz baby ;)

Ben's Panama Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/46L233t4ljSDrUXztDIxcL?si=HTeVCq61QQ-NhSO2OBZ2dw

Abby...

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