That's Debatable

Dave and Cali survey the last two months of creeping armageddon and butt heads over just how badly screwed we really are.

What day is it? How long as it been since I've showered? Who's in charge here, anyway? Cali and Dave check in from quarantine and fight encroaching madness, talking 80's movies, useless Democrats, and the banality and sublimity of living through history.

Cali and Dave emerge from their bunkers and talk about just what the hell is going on: the pandemic, the boundless incompetence of the Trump administration, the end of the Democratic primary, and much more on a special apocalypse edition of That's Debatable

Cali and Dave test the boundaries of civility as a Joe Biden nomination becomes all but inevitable, dissecting the Sanders campaign and thinking about what the next few months will look like. Find out why coronavirus is the one thing that makes Dave more pessimistic than Cali, and why Cali should probably log off of social media. This episode is brought to you by friend of the show and friend of the hosts Matt Gilman. Got some trouble with the law in north-central Massachusetts? Contact Matthew Gilman, attorney at law! https://matthewgilmanlaw.com/

Cali and Dave host an emergency podcast hashing out the Iowa Caucus meltdown, exploring why Cali will never vote for Bloomberg, and talking Oscars with friend of the show Jeff Sneider, senior film reporter at Collider. Follow Jeff on Twitter: @TheInSneider

Cali and Dave reunite after months in the political wilderness to talk about the Democratic primary, why Cali can't stand Mayor Pete, and why Dave is taking a ride on the Biden Train. Come for the sharp debate and witty rejoinders, stay for the technical glitches and Cali's inadvertent Buffalo Bill impression near the end.

In this two-part episode of That's Debatable, Cali and Dave are joined by friend of the show Jeff Sneider, senior film reporter at Collider, to talk about the Oscars, and find out which movie Jeff saw Al Sharpton cry at. But first, Cali and Dave talk Amazon in New York, AOC, and the Democratic primary carnival Read Jeff's work at: http://collider.com/author/jeff-sneider/

Cali and Dave are back for season three on the other side of the 2018 midterms to talk election results, Democratic control of the House, the endless feud between center and left in the Democratic Party, and a look ahead to the howling vortex of the 2020 elections.

Cali and Dave are back to talk about anything and everything, but especially our insane politics, what it's like living next door to Mike Pence, and why it's everyone's duty to be rude to fascists.

Cali and Dave talk the tax bill, Mueller, sex scandals, and are joined by friend of the show Jeff Sneider, editor-in-chief of The Tracking Board (www.tracking-board.com/) to talk about the end of a very bad year in Hollywood

Cali and Dave talk Russia indictments, shady deals, scandal in the age of Trump, , and the death of Tom Petty on an especially wide ranging episode of That's Debatable.

Cali and Dave talk palace intrigue in the Trump White House, midterm election forecasts, the rise of Silicon Valley Democrats, and more.

Cali and Dave are joined by friend of the show Jeff Sneider, editor-in-chief of The Tracking Board. Jeff explains this year's movies to two guys who haven't been to a theater in months, and Dave reveals some truly stunning gaps in his movie knowledge. Check out Jeff's work at: http://www.tracking-board.com/ On Twitter: @TheInSneider

Cali and Dave are back from summer vacation just in time to review the latest bad farce to come out of the Trump White House.

Cali and Dave discuss the controversial possibility that Casino is a better film than Goodfellas, then zoom out and discuss the often overwrought and always fascinating Martin Scorsese

Cali and Dave talk about the president's terrifying recent attempts to tomahawk his way to popularity before delving into a new book that reports on the carnival of incompetence that was the Clinton campaign.

Cali and Dave revisit their mostly accurate predictions about the collapse of Trumpcare and, after patting themselves on the back, talk foreign policy and turmoil in the West Wing.

Cali and Dave assess the perfect storm swirling around the beleaguered Trump administration and rate the likelihood of the Health Bill, the Gorsuch nomination, and possibly impeachable relations with Russia sinking our tiny-handed president

Cali and Dave pull some more threads from the rapidly unraveling Trump presidency then talk with That's Debatable Hollywood Correspondent Jeff Sneider of The Tracking Board about the greatest Oscars snafu since Crash won best picture.

Cali and Dave are joined by Jeff Sneider, editor-in-chief of The Tracking Board (http://www.tracking-board.com/) to make Oscar predictions, talk about Hollywood, and watch as Cali inserts his entire foot into his mouth

Cali and Dave get back to basics and discuss the real-time implosion of the Trump administration

Cali, Dave, and friend of the show Mike Stiriti discuss the first fortnight of the Trump era, the Manchurian Candidate, and Super Bowl crooner Luke Bryan

In this mini-episode, Cali and Dave talk about the legacy of the 44th President and thank him -- sincerely and sarcastically -- at the end of the era of Obama.

Cali and Dave talk spies, dossiers and the latest disasters to engulf the Trump transition, just what's wrong with Cory Booker, and what else we can expect from life on the other side of the political looking glass

In their farewell to 2016, Cali and Dave talk with guests Mike Stiriti and Central Track founder, Pete Freedman. A symposium on celebrity death, social media, more football, and counterfactual deaths that might have redeemed the year. WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE!

Cali and Dave welcome friend of the show Mike Stiriti to figure out why Cali doesn't like football, a failing that brings shame on him, his family, and his country. Read Mike's football season power rankings on The Prompt: http://www.thepromptmag.com/the-prompt-nfl-power-rankings-week-12/

Cali and Dave talk with Prompt contributor Jared Hutchinson about his piece on Glenn Beck's transformation from right wing performance artist to humbled moderate. You can read's Jared's piece -- "My Celebrity Crush is Dangerously Unhinged" -- here: http://www.thepromptmag.com/my-celebrity-crush-is-dangerously-unhinged

Cali and Dave review the horror show of the Trump transition, the legacy of Fidel Castro, and wonder what Bob Dole is up to these days

Cali and Dave take stock of the election of Donald Trump and the nihilism of our political moment

Dave and Cali talk with good friend and poll interpreter extraordinare David DeAngelo about tomorrow's hopefully not horrific election. If you like what you hear from Dave (and believe us you will) follow him and his PAC on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NYProgressiv

On today's episode of That's Debatable, Cali and Dave dissect the final debate and talk Trump, Putin, Wikileaks, and the new Cold War.

Dave and Cali do some immediate post-debate talk therapy and offer hot takes on the latest Clinton/Trump slugfest

Cali and Dave interview Kelaine Conochan, the editor of the Prompt Magazine, talking about the publication's launch, digital media, and the greatness of Bruce Springsteen

Cali and Dave handicap the Vice Presidential debate and wonder just how America's two most boring uncles will attack each other, along with sundry lines of thought into the ongoing train wreck of the Trump campaign and just what that says about the state of American democracy in 2016

Cali and Dave talk about the first Clinton-Trump debate and marvel at Trump's pathological inability to keep his shit totgether

Cali, Dave, and guest Mike Stiriti go deep into two of the greatest movies of all time, and one movie that did not quite live up to the first two.

Cali and Dave watch a trainwreck and offer comments

Cali and Dave reveal possibly too much about themselves by discussing their abiding love for Sideways, along with several other cinematic gems.

Cali and Dave discuss billionaire tyrant Peter Thiel's secret jihad against jumped-up tabloid Gawker and the 1st Amendment implications of Gawker's demise before tackling the really important question of whether or not Thiel is a blood-sucking vampire or just a libertarian

In this episode, Cali and Dave talk about the slow motion catastrophe that is the Trump campaign, what to make of Steve Bannon, the meaning of "cuckservative," and muse on some fond memories of their middle-class youth.

This week Cali and Dave discuss the DNC, whether or not Vladimir Putin is a supervillain, and the monumental blandness of Tim Kaine

In this episode, Cali and Dave talk political conventions, the purpose of party dissenters, Bernie, Trump, and the bath salt high that is American democracy in 2016. Part I gets into Sanders/Clinton fight riling up the DNC. Part II (beginning at 26:10) reviews last week's carnival of horros at the RNC