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Krystal Kyle & Friends

Krystal Kyle & Friends

Krystal Ball and Kyle Kulinski dive into politics, philosophy and random BS with people they like. krystalkyleandfriends.substack.com

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80:07

Episode 274 Audio: Toure

Krystal Kyle & Friends ·

2026/04/18

Welcome to Episode 274 of KK&F, featuring special guest Toure as we talk about the new war crimes the U.S. is threatening Iran with. Pete Hegseth just reminded Iran, amidst a ceasefire to the conflict that has wrought devastation in Iran and killed hundreds, that the U.S. is ready to pursue an endless path of bloodshed and destruction, down to the last bomb in its arsenal. It’s a glaring violation of the basic principles of the ceasefire to which our country committed. And it might be a war crime

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65:47

Episode 273 Audio: Murtaza Hussain

Krystal Kyle & Friends ·

2026/04/11

For Episode 273 of KK&F we’re talking to reporter Murtaza Hussain from Drop Site News to talk about the latest juncture of America’s war in Iran. Today, Iran officials join the U.S. for peace talks in Islamabad. Iran has submitted a ten-point plan to establish peace in the region, and it remains to be seen what Trump is willing to accept. He’s pretending that working to prevent future Israeli bombings in Lebanon was never part of the deal, part of his erratic and profoundly untrustworthy strategy

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63:11

Episode 272 Audio: Angie Nixon

Krystal Kyle & Friends ·

2026/04/05

She proudly owns the title of “the biggest pain in Ron DeSantis’s ass” — so you know Angie Nixon, candidate for Senate in Florida, is doing something right! Angie’s status as probably the most vocal and involved state legislator comes from her background as a union organizer, as well as an organizer for other grassroots causes. Angie is fighting for these causes in a state run by some of MAGA’s biggest names, whose victories have been supported by massive, craven rollbacks of voting rights.As Angie

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88:11

Episode 271 Audio: Luke Thomas

Krystal Kyle & Friends ·

2026/03/28

Episode 271 with Luke Thomas lets us talk to a wide-ranging political commentator, someone who’s covered everything from the MMA world to (most recently on Luke Thomas Gets Political) lefty politics and current events. We really enjoyed getting political with Luke to talk about the war in Iran, Trump’s larger litany of blunders and if/how/when it’s going to catch up with him.America is making worse than a fool of itself in Iran, as weeks of casualties and destruction have piled up and Trump’s war

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81:05

Episode 270 Audio: Josh Citarella

Krystal Kyle & Friends ·

2026/03/22

In Episode 270 of KK&F, we sit down with Josh Citarella to talk about our blackmailing president, his Epstein links, and his inane, catastrophic World War III in the works. There should be absolutely no getting around it, but Trump and his people, while they continue to wage an absolutely senseless war in Iran, have done everything they can to distract from this low point in American politics. AOC has called out what seems so obvious to the part of the American public that refuses to be deceived: it

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93:43

Episode 269 Audio: Vaush and Guy Christensen

Krystal Kyle & Friends ·

2026/03/15

On Episode 269 of KK&F, featuring Vaush and Guy Christensen, we’re having a necessary conversation about the dead-end politics of the Democratic Party and what’s holding us back from organizing collectively at the grassroots level as the American public. The major setback, perhaps, is that the center-left and left lack a cohesive vision to move forward. Bernie ‘16 and ‘20 gave people something to rally behind, acknowledging what makes life in America so unbearable and unsustainable for working- and

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77:54

Episode 267 Audio: Griffin Davis

Krystal Kyle & Friends ·

2026/03/01

We have the fabulous Breaking Points producer Griffin Davis joining us on the show this week, Besides the possibility of a successful left-wing Tea Party, the continuing urgency of abolishing ICE, we also on the absolutely essential historical context missing from Camila Cabelo’s recent comments on the suffering in Cuba. In fact, hearing that someone had made such a comment, you might be inclined to assume that they had the decades-long US embargo of Cuba front of mind. It’s isolated Cuba and

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87:29

Episode 266 Audio: Krystal & Kyle

Krystal Kyle & Friends ·

2026/02/22

We’re keeping it Krystal & Kyle this week to discuss the beginning of arrests related to the revelations of the Epstein files (with the high-profile arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor). Plus, more on Zohran Mamdani’s political bind and strategic compromises, the life sentence given to former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol, and more.A lot has been made on the American left about Zohran Mamdani’s endorsement of Kathy Hochul for re-election as New York governor. The move struck some as a

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87:37

Episode 265 Audio: Pretty Bad Lefty

Krystal Kyle & Friends ·

2026/02/15

Even Tim Pool is distancing himself from Trump, and that’s how you know it’s REALLY not good. PrettyBadLefty, or Brandon, is the host of The Discourse with Brandon and a regular Majority Report contributor. We talked to Brandon about how revelations of the Epstein files, the ICE raids, and more are wreaking havoc within Trump’s base. Trump’s approval ratings are catastrophically bad, and it’s connected to what was clearly his significant presence in Epstein’s circles. Right-wingers like Alex Jones

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84:35

Episode 264 Audio: Good Politic Guy

Krystal Kyle & Friends ·

2026/02/07

Good Politic Guy AKA Mac joins us to break down the biggest news of the week — which contains some major bombshells and revelations about the future of this country, including the increasing precarity of the economy as we know it. Layoff and unemployment rates are skyrocketing, and the cost of living in the U.S. is higher than ever; AI is playing a significant role in eliminating jobs and prompting layoffs, and that role is only going to increase. We foresee that the rise of AI companies will be

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61:39

Episode 263 Audio: Ken Klippenstein

Krystal Kyle & Friends ·

2026/02/01

On this special episode of KK&F, investigative reporter Ken Klippenstein shares info from insiders about the Trump admin’s growing surveillance machine. From those leaks, he’s learned that Border Patrol and ICE have been gathering sensitive personal data on anyone even suspected of having a connection to anti-ICE activity or resisting the immigration raids on their cities. That info, according to info Ken got from a Border Patrol agent, includes license plates, biometrics, and names of civilians

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68:23

Episode 262 Audio: Matt Bernstein

Krystal Kyle & Friends ·

2026/01/24

Andrew Tate and Clavicular at the club, singing Kanye’s “Heil Hitler” on the way… we’re calling it the right-wing freakosphere, and its gross, mask-off embrace of fascist culture needs to be studied so it can be eradicated. As we discuss with A Bit Fruity host Matt Bernstein, that space is fracturing right now in a fascinating way. Clavicular is, for example, different from the Candace Owens type of antisemitic conspiracy theorist. Then there’s the whole TPUSA Charlie Kirk brand of more traditional

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71:58

Episode 261 Audio: Pisco

Krystal Kyle & Friends ·

2026/01/17

Youtuber and legal expert Pisco joins us this week to lay out the case for why ICE is guilty of murder. As ICE continues to terrorize Minneapolis, kidnap residents, and perpetuate violence after the murder of Renee Good, Trump is throwing around a ton of horrifying comments showing his awareness of different legal and electoral ways to officially shut down this country’s accountability to the people. To think that the Army and National Guard could be in the conversation when it comes to shutting

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66:36

Episode 260 Audio: Graham Platner

Krystal Kyle & Friends ·

2026/01/11

Senate candidate Graham Platner joins us to discuss the murder of Renee Good by ICE agents mere blocks from where George Floyd was murdered only a few years ago. Now, residents of Minneapolis have seen truly how far Trump’s government is willing to go to create a reign of terror over working class people and peaceful dissidents. Good’s wife was forced to witness her killing, covered in her blood. It’s an unthinkable image of cruelty that has ignited communal resistance against ICE’s violent rule,

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58:47

Episode 259 Audio: Taylor Lorenz

Krystal Kyle & Friends ·

2026/01/04

Taylor Lorenz, a leading journalist tackling contemporary issues in internet culture, rejoins us to go off on current trends pushing young men to embrace conservative expectations of their physiques. Clavicular is a streamer who’s used his platform to advance aesthetic standards for men based on reactionary, profoundly superficial and often dangerous ideals of masculinity. Many such cases. Clavicular is getting a lot of notice lately because of some comments he’s made about supporting Gavin Newsom

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74:24

Episode 257 Audio: Keith Edwards

Krystal Kyle & Friends ·

2025/12/21

Lefty commentator Keith Edwards joins the show this week for a discussion on the reign of terror and violence Trump has brought to America in under a year of his second term. As a prominent independent news host, Keith is also a great source of insight into the challenges presented to lefty independent media during the Trump years, and we get him to talk through all of it with us.Is it time for accelerationism? We talk about how everything just seems to be getting worse, and how Trump is hitting the

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83:51

Episode 256: Cameron Kasky

Krystal Kyle & Friends ·

2025/12/14

It’s relatively normal these days to see candidates expect to ride into office based on buzzy, attention-grabbing social media campaigns, but as we saw with Zohran, that’s only a small piece of the bigger puzzle New Yorkers are thinking about when they cast their vote. Name recognition can play a big role, too. But Cameron Kasky, Parkland survivor and anti gun violence organizer, has what members of political dynasties and incumbent leaders don’t have: a new vision that responds to the kinds of

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94:19

Episode 255 Audio: Aftyn Behn

Krystal Kyle & Friends ·

2025/12/07

Aftyn Behn joins KK&F to discuss her juggernaut campaign to unseat Republican Van Epps as a progressive in Tennessee. Aftyn thinks of herself as a unifier, closing the gap between Democrat and Republican voter turnout and building a broad coalition that brought in former Trump supporters and rallied them behind a program supporting affordability of housing and healthcare. She was also able to highlight everything that the Republican Party has failed to do in Tennessee, despite how powerful Trump’s

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52:09

How to Trigger MAGA and Alienate White Nationalists...

Krystal Kyle & Friends ·

2025/12/05

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Episode 254 Audio: Gianmarco Soresi

Krystal Kyle & Friends ·

2025/11/29

Gianmarco shares some of the major influences that have shaped his approach to comedy, with many immediately recognizable names: Maria Bamford, Jeff Asmus, Chris Fleming, John Mulaney. He’s taken cues from the greats in modern stand-up comedy and has become, in his own right, an extremely successful comedian beloved for his unique style. So it’s a treat to get to talk to him about the state of American political comedy during a moment in our country’s history that feels like it couldn’t get any

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