Getting Hammered®

Getting Hammered®

A sharp, funny politics podcast for people who want the news without the freakout. Each week, Getting Hammered® takes a hammer to the headlines, breaking down politics, media spin, and cultural meltdowns with skepticism and fun. Overcaffeinated and Underprepared®, moderately right and moderately reliable, we never take ourselves too seriously. But keep you informed on serious topics with no panic and no partisan loyalty tests. Just laughs, well-earned side-eye, and occasional libations.

Episodes

The Fancy Dorm Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous

August 19, 2026 • 76 mins
Mary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus talk college drop-off as Vic's is impending, the ludicrously designed dorm rooms they are seeing, and a recap of MK's 1,000-mile roadtrip. They talk Woke 1.0, primary updates, news from long-deployed Navy ships, some good news on violence and prescription drug prices, the death of Jason Arday, and a lifeguard comes to the White House! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Get In, Loser, We're Freezing Eggs and Taxing Millionaires

August 12, 2026 • 74 mins
Mary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus discuss new revelations about Dr. Anthony Fauci's concerns about the COVID vaccine causing miscarriages in the first trimester, as MKH reminisces about the immense social pressure and shaming pregnant women faced for declining the shot, as she did in early 2021. They also talk about AOC's egg-freezing journey (recorded before news broke that she broke up with her fiance), and how it's a soft preside...
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The Proximity To Whiteness

August 5, 2026 • 85 mins
Vic Matus and Mary Katharine Ham discuss Mamdani's groceries, the non-prosecution of the non-vandalism of the Reflecting Pool, the Iran war or lack thereof, Michigan and Wisconsin socialism, Texas looking iffy, whether we should cancel Thanksgiving with Francesca Hong, and a rant about the Gen-Zers after we heard about their parents calling their bosses again. We have to stop this. Also, MK and Vic confess the life skills they didn...
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I Am Annoyed Anew: The Fauci Diaries

July 29, 2026 • 68 mins
Mary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus discuss Dr. Anthony Fauci's journal and what it reveals, the White House Correspondents Dinner and why it's destined to always be awkward, Mamdani and his big aspirations to arrest foreign leaders and start state grocery stores, and updates from Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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A News Odyssey

July 22, 2026 • 79 mins
Mary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus discuss the lay of the land for 2026 elections, give updates on Senate primaries in Maine, South Carolina, and Michigan, try to figure out Trump's recent speech, keep tabs on the bad lettuce, and offer thoughts on the Odyssey controversy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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A Bison Attacks and a Farewell to Sen. Lindsey Graham

July 15, 2026 • 80 mins
Mary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus talk about the untimely passing of Sen. Lindsey Graham, the viral bison attack at Yellowstone and the cool grandpa at the center of it, and Senate race updates in Michigan, Maine, and South Carolina. They also pick favorite Sam Neill movies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Graham Platner's Rape Allegations, Dem Reax, and Socialists Rise!

July 8, 2026 • 78 mins
Vic and Mary Katharine talk about Graham Platner's latest scandal (content warning), who wants him gone and who wants him to stay, along with the rise of socialists throughout the nation in deep-blue House Districts. They also cover America 250, Mamdani's and Trump's opposing views of America, and the FIFA controversy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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#Todayin1776 and Today: We're Celebrating the Improbable Birth of America!

July 1, 2026 • 5 mins
This week's episode of Getting Hammered comes in the form of a bunch of readings from our Founders throughout June of 1776. Check the feed through June as we learn about George Washington's travails, watch the Lee Resolution pass the Continental Congress, see delegations argue with their hometown politicians over how they should vote, and hear why Thomas Jefferson was chosen to write the Declaration! I'll add the the feed as we get...
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Which Is Shallower: Socialists or the Reflecting Pool?

June 24, 2026 • 72 mins
Mary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus discuss the ongoing-ish deal with Iran, and what all the actors are up to, the controversy at the Reflecting Pool, which is important to new one-issue fountain voters, Ro Khanna's wealth confiscation fantasies, the rise of the socialists in New York City, and the McD's apple pie, back on the menu! A sad goodbye to Georgia politico, tough lady, and damn good Dawg, radio host Martha Zoller. Learn more...
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And Iran, Iran So Far Away, From This Deal?

June 17, 2026 • 65 mins
Mary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus discuss the Iran deal, what might be in it and what's not, and whether we are better off than before the war started. They talk UFC night at the White House, the charming Euros of the World Cup, Wemby, Brunson, and a touching tribute to Gene Shalit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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#Todayin1776: John Adams Explains Why Jefferson Was Chosen To Write the Declaration

June 12, 2026 • 8 mins
This is from John Adams' later autobiography, but is based on contemporaneous notes, so we'll count it. It gives a great, and frank, assessment of his and Jefferson's strengths and weaknesses, plus a digression on the power of oratory and the power of shutting up, which many public figures could learn from today. The gist is "talk less, write more," if I may borrow from "Hamilton." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...
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#Todayin1776: Maryland Delegates Write Home For Opinions on Independence

June 10, 2026 • 5 mins
This bit of the journals of the Continental Congress from June 10, 1776 illustrates how some delegations were confused as to how to proceed on behalf of their colonies on the question of independence. They're trying to collect advice in time for the June 28 postponed decision on the Lee Resolution after the Declaration has been written. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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MK's Friend Had a Terrible Ex Named Graham and Scott Pelley Has No Perspective

June 10, 2026 • 73 mins
Mary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus talk about accusations against Graham Platner, whose name it turns out MK has known for a long time before he ran for Senate. Updates on the L.A. Mayor's race , disappointment for Spencer Pratt, and the wacky ways they count votes, plus good news for Steve Hilton in California governor race. U.S. pilots are rescued by a U.S. drone after being shot down by a Iranian drone. Scott Pelley's pathos is to...
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#Todayin1776: George Washington Would Like to Get His Troops Paid, Please

June 8, 2026 • 7 mins
Today in 1776, Gen. George Washington writes to John Hancock about perennial concerns— lack of pay, too-short enlistments of troops, and the lack of reliable battlefield information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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#Todayin1776: The Lee Resolution for "Free and Independent States"

June 7, 2026 • 5 mins
On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia offers the resolution that eventually leads to the Declaration of Independence. Congress adopts the resolution with a plan to form committees to a) make foreign alliances as needed b) draft a declaration and c) wait three weeks to affirm the independence part of the resolution. The resolution, written in Lee's hand is short: Resolved, That these United Colonies are, and of right ou...
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#Todayin1776: "Necessity Calls for Independence"

June 5, 2026 • 7 mins
Richard Henry Lee of Virginia writes from the Continental Congress to his friend, Landon Carter, a letter previewing the resolution he will eventually bring in Congress on June 7, which will then lead to the Declaration of Independence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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#Todayin1776: Abigail Adams Deals with Politics and the Price of Tea

June 4, 2026 • 6 mins
"I received by Mr. Church a few lines from you; I wish to hear from you every opportunity tho you say no more than that you are well. I feel concerndleast your cloaths should go to rags having nobody to take any care of you in your long absence, and then you have not with you a proper change for the Seasons. However you must do the best you can. I have a suit of homespun for you whenever you return. I canno...
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Dr. Jill and the Oysterman Are Here to Gaslight You

June 3, 2026 • 75 mins
Mary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus discuss Jill Biden's book rollout, Graham Platner's many, many scandals, and the A250 concert that wasn't. There is some singing. You're welcome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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#Todayin1776: John Adams Starts Recording His Letters So Abigail Doesn't Get Mad At Him

June 2, 2026 • 6 mins
John Adams buys an expensive folio on this day and enters his first letter, to his wife. He also buys one for his professional correspondence, and I think we can thank Abigail for her annoyances with John's correspondence for the fact we have as many of Adams' letters as we do! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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#Todayin1776: John Adams Writes to a Boston Merchant About Independence Momentum

June 1, 2026 • 7 mins
Dear sir Philadelphia June 1. 1776 Your favours of May 14. and 22d. are now before me. The first I shewed to Mr. Morris, as soon as I received it. The last contains Intelligence, from Hallifax of the Streights to which our Enemies are reduced, which I was very glad to learn. I am very happy to learn from you and some other of my Friends that Boston is securely fortified; but still I cannot be fully satisfied untill I hear t...
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