No time for leftists

Can you please have paul and sasha from Community news podcast on. They will have great stories from being TV producers snd things going wrong. Thanks

Kickass News is absolutely one of my favorite podcasts. Ben has on the most interesting guests, and he’s always well prepared with appropriate questions. Keep up the great work! I’m always looking forward to the next episode.

Ben has access to relevant and interesting guests, he asks smart questions, and he's hilarious.

Love this podcast ben. I enjoy when you get great guests on here. Only thing is you say something wrong in the intro with a role. Like your episode with I believe it was scoot McNairy or carrie coon where you said they were on a season of a show they were on but were actually on a different season. I believe either you said carrie coon was on a certain episode of Fargo even though she wasn’t. It was season 3 or you said scoot mcnairy was on true detective season 4 or 2 when in fact he was on season 3. You didn’t it again with the latest episode with Matthew McConaughy where you said he was in season 2 of true detective is not in season 2. He’s in the first season of true detective with Woody Harrelson. That is my only complaint and the only thing that I don’t like. Get your info right.

This is one of my favorite podcasts. There are many great guests, and Ben always has informed, thoughtful questions. My only suggestion is a simple one: Less intro and more interview.

This is fantastic podcast! The host is always very well-informed and asks the questions I would want to know of his fascinating guests.

Just kidding. Mathis is a pretty good interviewer. It's a good show--nothing groundbreaking or unmissable. But man, could it possibly have a more inapt name? It's anything but kickass--so sleepy it makes Teri Gross sound like Jim Cramer. And it's not news! There's very little timely or news-worthy--good interviews with interesting people, which is something I like, but it ain't news.

And I found this podcast through Community News with Paul and Sasha podcast. I wish you would have them on your show and think you’re the interviewer who could get to the bottom of who they really are. Would be funny and interesting at least. I like the variety of guests you have.

I never miss an episode.

As above 👍👏

This was by far my favorite!

Lacking in facts, unsubstantiated leftist propaganda. Research everything this show says for yourself before believing it.

Great people, topics and interviews. Informative, educational and surprising personality reveals of many prominent people. And the little jingle gets stuck in my head :) thank you!!!

This podcast escapes the 1 star review because it's done well. The production and I review quality is good, and it's hard to argue that. The awful part is that it gives blatant, proud racists like Steve King a platform. I'm all for listening to conservatives on occasion to mix it up and break the echo chamber. But I have ZERO interest in listening to lies about how Islam has always been radicalized and segregation isn't actually inherently racist etc. etc.

This is supposed to be kickass news, not Kickass fake news. Michael Wolfe made up everything in his book and had Mueller come out and refute everything. Even the most unreputable networks wouldn’t touch Wolfe after his last book, but not Kickass. Pathetic.

I've been a subscriber for a few months. I just listened to the interviews with Bill Hader and David McCullough and felt compelled to finally leave Kickass a review. This is probably the best interview podcast there is. He always gets a well-rounded group of guests, he asks smart questions, and it's just the right length. Not too long, not too short. Big fan and I really recommend it to any first-timers!

Good variety of interviews that focus a lot on Politics but not exclusively.

Great variety of guests and quality interviews. I listen to each episode as they come out.

Great episode once again.........

Really impressed with this! Can't wait to hear the new episodes as they come soon.

Great Podcast that plays to the strengths of both of the Podcast and it's host.

Really enjoyed this Podcast and style of conversational interview. Looking forward to future episodes.

Excellent one obviously and good production quality too. Must subscribe.......

Particularly liked latest episode.

A great listen.........

I really liked the way the host compared notes with his guests. The show felt relatable.

He is smart, knowledgeable, experienced and thoughtful. His deep background in technology, work life and culture makes him a super choice for host for this Podcast.

I love this podcast and Ben’s interviewing style. It’s refreshing and the quality of the people he brings to the table every week. Great job and keep it going!

I am constantly surprised by the wide array of guests and how interesting the show is on subjects I doubted I would enjoy.

Another uninformed kid who trust everything CNN tells him.

Not a bad interviewer but some guests are better than others. The Greg Gutfeld interview was a complete waste of my time.

but not a fan of the host.

Really in depth perspectives and interviews, it’s a baller podcast.

Recently listened to the Rob Reiner podcast, he made counter factual statements regarding the President and the run up to the War in Iraq and you did not push him on them.

There seem to be some people on here leaving bad reviews on here just because the host had criticized Trump. Makes me wonder if these are some of Trump's Russian trolls. I think this podcast is one of the very best and the host is very fair. He has even had several Trump supporters/campaign staffers on the show, but he doesn't just lay down and accept blatant lies from Donald Trump and the alt right. That's what I respect about him. He is very well-rounded, has wonderful guests, and digs deeper than a lot of interviews. He also covers a wide range of interests which I appreciate very much. Two thumbs up for Kickass News!!

All the lefty propaganda that even CNN and Maddow won’t even touch

This is fine for entertainment but for politics not so. Just because Trump is an awful person, it doesn’t mean that all his opponents are virtuous. Re Michael Hayden interview. It’s far too amiable- no mention about the disturbing recent questions about intelligence community. Obama/CIA epic fail on Russia and sneering attitude to Mitt Romney are glossed over. If you’re going to have political figures then ask real questions not softballs to help sell books.

I was a faithful subscriber to this podcast since it was Kickass Politics. I appreciated the change from all politics to news. However, the programs that have been produced since the beginning of 2018, have been continually less and less interesting. I can only hope that Ben Mathis gets his program back on track but right now the content isn’t worth the investment in time.

I listened to many, many episodes. There was always an interesting approach or concept presented that kept me coming back. Thank you for that. However, I could never get past the irritation from the obvious left wing bias. The episode with Jennifer Palmierie finally pushed me away. I’m sorry your preferred candidate lost the election. I don’t think it was because she was a woman. I think it’s because she represented ideas and values that a large number of Americans, outside of the media, find offensive.

Comedy, for me, just doesn’t mix with news, history, philosophy or advocacy. So in all fairness I just avoid those pods; but it appears there’s a good bit of programming here (which I will forego) that avoids the comedic bungle, the idiot sting of the nabob, and to me it’s wasted.

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Kickass News really is one of the best podcasts around, and I think it has to be my favorite interview show of all. Great stuff. Keep doing what you do! Big fan!

Host doesn't challenge guests with any question remotely uncomfortable. Simply reinforces each guest's ideas back to them.

Low low aulity programming

I always enjoy hearing the diverse guests Ben has on this show.

There are hundreds (if not thousands) of podcasts interviewing the same people featured here and doing a much better job of it than Kickass News. The idiotic name says it all.

I have never written a review for a podcast, but I need for Ben Mathis to be heard, and if rating and reviewing his show gets that accomplished, then let’s do this! I’ve listened to Kickass News for quite some time, and always have enjoyed Ben’s interview style, so why not review the podcast (you may be asking), and I just don’t do reviews despite the constant request by all podcasters, but today’s David Frum episode made me actually sit up straight, and then slide the bar back to listen again, and then tweet about the awesomeness that is Ben Mathis, so yeah, it was a great episode. And here is why: Ben doesn’t tiptoe, and I knew that, but today he didn’t tiptoe around the thing that ALL journos and reporters have been tiptoeing around since November 2016; this country’s ignorance. I remember the Sunday after the election watching Chuck Todd look uneasy after saying the percentage of “uneducated whites” that had voted for Trump, and he went into a dialogue of why he felt wrong saying that, and then (catastrophically, in my opinion) switched it to “non-college educated whites”, and I recall yelling into the abyss because this is not going to help us. As Ben says, dancing around this fact is incompetence. Critical thinking is necessary to a democracy—or an attempt at democracy—and it is not at all a kindness to just shake our heads at ignorance or label it as economic anxiety. Anyway...if you want to listen to a kingpin in the journalism world, subscribe to Kickass News, and if you’re so moved, please rate and review *wink wink*.

I am completely blown away with the guests you've gotten over the past year. Your the only show that bridges a lot of different areas from politics to film, science to business with top tier guests in all of their fields. I'm even more impressed by how well-versed the host Ben Mathis is on every conceivable topic. I highly recommend Kickass News to anyone.

Episode following the SOTU was abominable. More leftist drivel. Checked out other reviews - wondered if I’d entered the Twilight Zone because most were slamming the podcast for conservative reporting. The one I listened to was unabashed leftist chuckling and agreeing that President Trump is the most racist & corrupt swamp monster of all. I’ll listen to a couple more - this might be an outlier - but I won’t waste much time if it continues with leftist apologetics