About this episode

The episode discusses political figures and online fandom with guests Sam Heughan and Caitlin Reilly.

China blows smoke up Trump’s skirt, Rand Paul’s son gets hot under the collar, and Marco Rubio slips into something a little more comfortable. This week, Outlander star Sam Heughan and Lovett explore online fandom and only one survives. Hacks’ Caitlin Reilly sweeps us off our feet and into the distant past, and we all journey to cloud nine for a hilarious round of Second Thoughts. For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here . For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast, episode title, and episode date.

People in this episode

Host: Lovett

Guests: Sam Heughan, Caitlin Reilly

Topics covered

• China
• Trump
• online fandom
• politics
• comedy
• entertainment

Keywords

• China
• Trump
• Rand Paul
• Marco Rubio
• online fandom
• comedy
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Trump

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