We're tired. The country is tired. And apparently even our voter rolls aren't safe from getting dragged into the chaos.

So naturally, we spent an episode ranting about elections, presidential ego, the Electoral College, Dolly Parton, AI presidents and whether living on a cruise ship might actually be a better retirement plan than assisted living.

Because when reality gets this ridiculous, sometimes all you can do is laugh, rant, and yell:

HANDS OFF MY VOTER ROLLS!

The FBI is lowering hiring standards to allow anyone who's engaged in bestiality. Yep. You heard that right. But that's not the worst thing that's happened. The Kennedy Center can't have you-know-who's name on it so it must be torn down apparently. Speaking of petulance, an Epstein alumnus and pro football team owner has a hissy fit over comments so we're all forced to discuss Ed Sheeran vs. Macklemore vs. the world of "both sides"-ism. Psst: CHECK YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION REGULARLY because the biggest clowns in the biggest circus could whip up some dirty tricks for November!

It's one of those episodes where you start out remembering, reflecting and trying to make sense of the world and somehow end up wondering whether Fort Knox became Fort Knocked Off when we weren't looking.

There's nostalgia, Halloween outrage, convention absurdity, a little existential dread, and the growing realization that maybe the biggest problem isn't that reality has gone off the rails but that nobody seems to know where the rails are anymore.

Come have a Rant with us.

What happens when you look back at COVID and think, "Honestly, not that bad?" Remember when a president wearing a tan suit was considered a scandal? Yeah. We'd like those problems back, please.

Meanwhile, Dallas is preparing for a presidential visit with enough security to guarantee it won't be reimbursed by the RNC for the cost. There's also a giant monument-sized ego project looming over the landscape in D.C., surveillance cameras watching more than anybody asked them to, and a growing concern that some of the progress we thought was permanent really isn't.

So, basically: everything is fine.
Except it really, really isn't.

After a week away, Chadrick, Lee and Producer Mike catch up on the latest political chaos, Texas shenanigans, Trump's upcoming Dallas convention, and the increasingly bizarre things happening when politicians realize their time in the spotlight might be running out.

But then there's Dolly.

As politicians scramble to claim Dolly Parton's legacy for themselves, the gang takes a closer look at the woman behind the legend and why Dolly's actual record of kindness, generosity, literacy, and letting people live their lives makes her a pretty terrible mascot for anyone trying to tell other people how to live.

Plus Lake America, political grifting, Nashville airport naming rights, the future of the Democratic Party, and the question nobody seems willing to ask: Would Dolly approve? Probably not.

Chadrick, Lee and Producer Mike take a ride into the future of self-driving cars and immediately start wondering whether we're really ready to let the robot drive.

Will self-driving cars make life safer for older people who don't want to give up their independence? Probably. Will they replace truck drivers, taxi drivers and Uber drivers? Almost certainly. Will someone eventually slur their destination, wake up 12 hours later and ask, "Why are we in Pennsylvania?" Absolutely.

The gang gets into AI, disappearing jobs, liability, insurance, Elon Musk, drunk passengers, and the inevitable question of what people will call the Mile High Club when there's no driver to kick you out.

Plus we play audio from live-TV bloopers that send everyone into hysterics.

Lesson: Go find something that makes you laugh. Because we could all use more of that right now.

Trump has a new wig, and honestly... OH, HAIR NO!

This week on Ranting Out Loud, Chadrick, Lee and Producer Mike start with the political distraction sitting on Trump's head before getting into Fauci pleading the Fifth, political retribution, the economy that's supposedly "the greatest ever," and why there always seems to be something shiny to distract us from the actual problems.

Then we ask the question Republicans really don't want to hear: What happened to the Republican Party we used to argue with?

From FDR and LBJ to today's Democratic socialists, Texas politics, and a new generation of politicians who aren't afraid of the S-word, the gang looks at whether today's supposedly radical ideas are actually... pretty damn familiar.

Plus media outlets manufacturing political brawls, billionaires building bunkers, and the continuing realization that reality has apparently stopped trying to make sense.

Broadway meets Beltway in this week's Ranting Out Loud.

Chadrick, Lee, and Producer Mike turn Washington into one big casting call, deciding which politicians belong in Wicked, Kinky Boots, The Sound of Music, Phantom of the Opera, and, of course... My Fair Lady G.

Along the way, they tackle the latest political closet gossip, speculate about Mitch McConnell's future, and ask an important question: if Ohio's Bernie Moreno ever starred in a movie, would it be Weekend at Bernie's? And if Kentucky's senior senator landed the role... well... that title suddenly makes even more sense.

Throw in Lee's mysteriously disappearing microphone, Producer Mike trying to keep the train on the tracks, and enough political absurdity to fill a Broadway season, and you've got another episode where reality still outperforms satire.

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