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Red State Reboot

Fried Green Tomato Media

Red State Reboot is what happens when two friends read way too much news and realize that podcasts are way too easy to make. Every Monday, Ben & Abby take you on a guided tour through the headlines of the day. You’ll come for the digestible political analysis, stay for the cultural critique and unhinged group chat energy, and become a true Rebooty because of a shared empathy for real people trying to make sense of modern times. It’s political comedy for folks who are tired of feeling hopeless,

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46:26

#65 Our Valentine's TrumpStore™ Haul

Red State Reboot ·

2026/02/09

This is… this! Back by popular demand, we once again pop over to Trump Store dot com and give our live and unedited commentary on… that. Acacia cheese boards and multi-charging keychains, and chemises, oh my!—New eps every Monday!—IG: @redstaterebootpodWebsite: www.redstatereboot.comContact: rsr@friedgreentomatomedia.com

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64:09

#64 None of This Sh*t Is Normal

Red State Reboot ·

2026/02/02

None. Of. This. Sh*t. Is. Normal. And neither is this ep! We pop off for a second on our Grammys/Groundhog Day projections followed by a Wheel of Doom headlines round-up from this past week. We chat some usual suspects, including Greg Bovino, Nicki Minaj, Luigi, White House dot gov, SBA, Josh Stein, the All-American Halftime Show, and of course Teflon Don. RIPAP (Rest in Peaceful Actress Power) Catherine O’Hara :( Oh, BTW! The new RSR Substack is live here: —IG: @redstaterebootpodWebsite:

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79:48

#63 Dogwhistles, Davos, & Doom

Red State Reboot ·

2026/01/26

If you liked last week’s ep, you’re gonna love this one! If you hated last week’s ep, you’re gonna love this one! If you have never listened to Red State Reboot before, you’re gonna love this one! We’re starting off with a painful but necessary DEEP dive on two speeches (loose term) Trump gave last week: one from Washington to celebrate (HELL YEAH!) his first year in office, and then one on stage at Davos. In short… shit’s fucked. But… we also grant you permission to laugh your ass off, because what

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68:34

#62 Minnesota & Mini Wheel of Doom

Red State Reboot ·

2026/01/19

Can we just say? We’re in our flow state. This episode has it all: deep dive analysis on the Minnesota fraud case, followed by a Wheel of Doom that includes the Clintons’ contempt of Congress, Trump’s Jerome Powell probe, NC slaying on AI policy, Justice Department leaders resigning, Greenland, Iran, shade on NC Gov Josh Stein, Kristi Noem’s possible impeachment, and dogwhistles galore!And because it always bears repeating… RIPPP (Rest in Peaceful Puppy Power) Cricket!—Subscribe to Ben’s new project

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70:26

#61 S3 PREMIERE: Minnesota

Red State Reboot ·

2026/01/12

1, 2, 3, release ‘em (new eps of RSR)! WELCOME BACK TO RED STATE REBOOT!!! In this week’s ep, we’re talking about ICE in Minnesota. We also cover Steven Miller in high school and reiterate that, when people show you who they are… believe them. Y’all, shit is really bad right now, but we do get a few laughs in on StingRays, stingrays, new nicknames for Kristi Noem, and 2020 Democratic primary core ( Liz Warren fucking destroying everyone she debates).Subscribe to Ben’s new project KLANLAND:

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77:10

#60 REBOOT: America Prays/Preys

Red State Reboot ·

2026/01/06

This week we're rebooting an episode to celebrate the week countdown until the beginning of Season 3! Also, HAPPY JAN 6th!!!!There's a new intro so make sure to listen ;)We’ll see you when we get drafted to fight Venezuela (and at the mandated 10-person prayer meet-up!)SUBSTACK LINKS:KLANLAND --> www.klanland.substack.comLACarolina --> www.lacmonthly.substack.com

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44:02

#59 EMERGENCY: Venezuela

Red State Reboot ·

2026/01/04

In this EMERGENCY BROADCAST: we're talking Trump, Venezuela, and how much Dick Cheney would have loved lying to invade Venezuela (R.I.Piss.).See y'all for Season 3 soon!!!BTW - Don’t let anyone ever tell you you won’t use a Master’s Degree in Latin American Studies. We used 2 of ‘em in this ep ;)Released 8:00PM 03 Jan 2026.

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79:44

#58 BONUS: An RSR Christmas Miracle!

Red State Reboot ·

2025/12/24

Consider yourselves bonused!!! We just had to get one more Wheel of Doom in before the end of 2025… ET VOILA! In this ep, we laugh, we analyze, and we hawk our goods like all good grifters do. You can trust we cover ALL the headlines from the last couple of weeks. HAPPY HOLIDAYS, FELIZ NEW YEARS, AND THANK YOU FOR A BIG, BEAUTIFUL, FIRST YEAR OF RSR!!!!!BTW, NC Rebooties! Please check the NC registration repair database. If you are on this list, you need to verify your voter registration with the

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#57 S2 FINALE: 2025 SCAM JAM LIVE!

Red State Reboot ·

2025/12/08

And ANOTHER thing… We know we ghosted y’all. F*ck our f*cking chungus lives. But it was all worth it, Rebooties, because this episode is a RICHHHHH text. Yep… SCAM JAM LIVE! 2025 IS HERE. Let’s just say we were NOT want for scams this year. Our list of the top 10 scams cover a range that are mostly political, occasionally personal, and all at least moderately funny. So many of the classic characters from the whole year make it into this one, and - just like in Scam Jam Live! 2024 - the scamception

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39:02

#56 UPDATE: Everything

Red State Reboot ·

2025/11/21

We have updates on (most of) the things we said we’d come back to this year… Time for a fridge cig.—Tune in on Monday for our S2 FINALE!—IG: @redstaterebootpodWebsite: www.redstatereboot.comContact: rsr@friedgreentomatomedia.com—SOURCES:Le, Judy. 2025. “UVA President Resigns Amid Pressure From Trump Administration on Diversity Practices." Virginia Magazine. https://uvamagazine.org/articles/uva_president_jim_ryan_resigns.Montgomery, Mimi. 2025. “D.C. Plastic Surgeons See Surge in ‘Mar‑A‑Lago Face’

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40:16

#55 Our TrumpStore Haul

Red State Reboot ·

2025/11/20

In preparation for the MINISODATHON, we were going back over promises we haven’t kept - per usual. Well anyway, all the way back at the beginning of 2025, we promised a Trump Merch update and here it is! Say thank you!—Check back in tomorrow for the last day of our MINISODATHON!—IG: @redstaterebootpodWebsite: www.redstatereboot.comContact: rsr@friedgreentomatomedia.com

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55:55

#54 REBOOT: Epstein Has Great Jeans

Red State Reboot ·

2025/11/19

Today, in commemoration of Bubba, Gmax, Great Jeans, and the 11th hour of RSR S2, we’re Rebooting our Season Premiere episode that we put out back in August. This one’s just a plain ol’ Reboot – you can find our most up-to-date takes on the Epstein of it all on our Instagram @redstaterebootpod, since it’s such an unfolding sitch, b*tch.—Tune in every day this week for our MINISODATHON!—IG: @redstaterebootpodWebsite: www.redstatereboot.comContact: rsr@friedgreentomatomedia.com

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24:26

#53 ICE IN NC - RESOURCES

Red State Reboot ·

2025/11/18

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS / OTHER NC INFO FROM SOMOS DURHAM (https://www.instagram.com/p/DRL7tSADc5i/?img_index=4&igsh=MXI0dmoxNjZ6d2piMA==) SALUTE INFO (https://www.instagram.com/p/DRLYkm6jCRh/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==)RESOURCES PACKET INCLUDING WORK/SCHOOL RIGHTS (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eANHMLMRDj02COhdJahQ9Kl7mFvuF8dlqyvhqCW0wJY/edit?usp=drivesdk)OJO NC COMMUNITY INFO SHARING MAP (https://ojonc.org) SIEMBRA NC PHONE NUMBER - 336-543-0353

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75:14

#52 REBOOT: Inauguration Spectacular: Jesus, Take the...

Red State Reboot ·

2025/11/18

Today, we’re Rebooting the episode that started it all. Behold, a live react to end all live reacts; our first ever episode; THE RSR INAUGURATION SPECTACULAR!!!!!!!!!!!!! —Tune in every day this week for our MINISODATHON!—IG: @redstaterebootpodWebsite: www.redstatereboot.comContact: rsr@friedgreentomatomedia.com

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63:46

#51 REBOOT: 2024 SCAM JAM LIVE!

Red State Reboot ·

2025/11/17

YAHOO! We’re officially kicking off our week-long minisodathon leading up to our S2 Finale!!! That’s right. Starting today, we’ll be putting out a new episode every morning to wrap up the season. And how else would we begin but by Rebooting an ep we (and y’all) loved so much that it’s becoming an annual tradition!!! You heard it here first: our S2 Finale will be Scam Jam LIVE! 2025. And if you missed the 2024 edition? Don’t you even worry – that’s what we have for ya today!In a word

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73:29

#50 To Be Opened 11/10/2075

Red State Reboot ·

2025/11/10

Rebooties, what can we say? This precious little episode speaks for itself. It’s our 50th, our most unhinged, AND contains what may be our best nickname ever. However, you unfortunately need to wait until 2075 to listen, because this is a time capsule that shan’t be unearthed until then. LONG LIVE RED STATE REBOOT!—New episodes of Red State Reboot drop every Monday.—IG: @redstaterebootpodWebsite: www.redstatereboot.comContact: rsr@friedgreentomatomedia.com—SOURCES:WRAL. 2025. “Supreme Court Issues

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53:40

#49 Argentina & ACTIVITY BOOK

Red State Reboot ·

2025/11/03

EEEEEP! We’ve been keeping a secret from you, Rebooties!!! We made the most RSR-coded holiday gift EVER: it’s called The Red State Reboot Activity Book, and it’s available NOW on www.FGTM.store !!! :) Now that we got our gift/grift out of the way…. Today, we’re talking Argentina. We cover Trump’s bailout, Argentine President Milei’s (failed) rockstardom, and explore how patterns of colonization and extractive capitalism repeat themselves over and over again in the region, and how the Don-roe

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44:18

#48 BONUS: Spooky Scary Satanic Panic

Red State Reboot ·

2025/10/31

It’s Spooky. It’s Scary. It’s Satanic. It’s Chaotic. It’s a Bonus Ep of RSR! The key to happiness? Low expectations. The key to this episode? Brain dumping on moral panics. After all… what’s spookier than a scapegoat?Be sure to tune back in on Monday for a special announcement!!—IG: @redstaterebootpodWebsite: www.redstatereboot.comContact: rsr@friedgreentomatomedia.com—SOURCES:Blakemore, Erin. 2017. “The Latchkey Generation: How Bad Was It?” JSTOR Daily, July.

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62:42

#47 The Group Chat Strikes Again

Red State Reboot ·

2025/10/27

Listen, we’re really talking two things today: the fuckass ballroom, and the Venn diagram that is really just a circle between getting your NASTY texts exposed and alleged (you’re welcome, @Legal) white supremacists. Alternatively named “Oops…Wrong Group Chat: Take Three,” this episode covers the leaked Young Republicans group texts, as well as the withdrawal of Paul Ingrassia’s nomination to serve as Special Counsel following his alleged ‘N*zi streak’ texts being released. Like, actually… WTF

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67:54

#46 TSA & Tylenol

Red State Reboot ·

2025/10/21

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING: WE PREDICTED GEORGE SANTOS’ RELEASE!!!!This episode of Red State Reboot is brought to you by… A Bad Night’s Sleep - “Nature’s Beta Blocker!” JK, it’s brought to you by us after Freaky Friday-ing our bad moods. This week, we’re talking the MAGA-made crisis of a government shutdown and the :) dissolution of a free press in the U.S. :) as evidenced by the new Pentagon media rules. Also, we discuss the Hatch Act and its repeated violations by this Admin - including but not

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