Abe Lincoln's Top Hat

Today on Top Hat: Ben and Marcus talk about the insanity that is the left turning on Jon Stewart, the recent gotcha journalism involving out of context quotes from Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush, and of course Ben’s favorite candidate, Trump.

Today on Top Hat: Katherine Timpf joins us to talk about the supposed race problem of Bernie Sanders, Trump's continuing appeal, and Hillary's unlikeability.

Today on Top Hat: Saman Arbabi joins us to talk about the Iran nuclear deal and why it's actually a pretty solid deal.

Travis Irvine of The Guardian joins Ben and Marcus to talk about the gun control record of Bernie Sanders, why Donald Trump is running for President, and the extreme challenge that making climate change funny is.

Travis Irvine of The Guardian joins Ben and Marcus to talk about the gun control record of Bernie Sanders, why Donald Trump is running for President, and the extreme challenge that making climate change funny is.

Ben and Marcus talk about the different perspectives the two got on the gay marriage Supreme Court ruling from two different areas of the country and how one week changed everything for a significantly large group of Americans.

Kevin Barnett joins us this week to talk about the Charleston shootings, the Confederate Flag, and how the brain poison of the Internet helps fuel it all.

On a special kinda two-parter recorded on two separate days, Marcus and Ben start the show talking about Rachel Dolezal's antics up to Wednesday and why the story is the definition of a distraction and end it with the discussion up to Monday and why people like to co-opt other cultures.

It's another Republican gay pedophile sex scandal this week as we discuss the allegations levied against former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert concerning his time as a wrestling coach in the seventies.

Ben and Marcus talk about the implosion of Josh Duggar and all of the Republicans that are forever linked to the now admitted family values advocate turned molester.

On this week's Top Hat we discuss the latest in authority figures killing citizens, this time in the form of corrections officers killing a veteran with PTSD and the Garland, TX Mohammed drawings shooting and how it just might have been allowed to happen by the FBI for their own purposes.

It's another special live debate as Ben plays both moderator and debater with the president and founder of Viridian Captial and Research, Scott Greiper, about the business practices and economics involving the legalization and legitimizing of the weed business.

Today on Top Hat we discuss Hillary Clinton's involvement in the prison industrial complex, the candidacy of Bernie Sanders, and Ralph Nader's new book, Return to Sender.

It's the return of the super panel as Ben and Marcus are joined by Travis Irvine, Katherine Timpf, and Roommate Mike to talk about the Saudi connection to 9/11, why the Republicans have no hope of taking the White House, and the presumptions of Hillary.

On this special Sweaty Nixon edition of Top Hat, Ben welcomes Mel Feit, Founder of the National Center for Men and a staunch advocate for Men's Rights and Jason Stanford, Democratic strategist, formerly of Planned Parenthood and founder of Stanford Campaigns to debate the Men's Rights Movements and whether any of their arguments hold water in 21st century America.

Loyiso Gola, host of South Africa's number one satirical news show, Late Night News, sits down with Ben and Marcus to talk about the joys of using puppets, modern day South Africa, and hard times growing up in Cape Town.

Today on Top Hat: Ed Larson is back in town and he's joined us to talk about his experiences while producing Jeff Ross's upcoming jail special, including how he got to know the lives of the people inside, what exactly is wrong with the incarceration system in America, and what the Brazos County Jail does right.

Today on Top Hat: Rae Sanni joins us to talk about Ted Cruz, his speech at Liberty University, and the reprimand policy surrounding the school. Abortion? 80 reprimands.

Ted Cruz has thrown his hat into the Presidential ring, Netanyahu immediately causes problems for Obama after the Israeli elections, and fairly new congressman Aaron Schock resigns amidst a Downton Abbey themed scandal.

Today on Top Hat: New York Daily News writer Adam Edelman joins us to talk about Israel's elections, Clinton fatigue, and the frontrunners for the Republican Presidential nomination.