Pat Whalen—It’s Just A Ride

About this episode

Ben Joravsky discusses the Indiana primary results with guest Pat Whalen, touching on various political topics and introducing a new game show.

In the aftermath of Tuesday’s primary in Indiana, Hoosier Republicans win the award for lame-voters-of-the-year. Ben riffs. Pat Whalen talks MAGA, Hoosiers, Mayor Rahm, the perils of short-form content and more. Also, he introduced his new political game show—That Being Said. You can play along at home. Pat is a comedian in Chicago. By the way, the name of the comedian Pat quoted? Bill Hicks. It’s just a ride, indeed. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Ben Joravsky

Guest: Pat Whalen

Topics covered

• Indiana primary
• Republican voters
• political commentary
• MAGA
• comedy
• short-form content
• political game show

Keywords

• Indiana primary
• Republicans
• MAGA
• Pat Whalen
• Bill Hicks
• political game show
• comedy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MAGA

Places: Indiana, Chicago

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