Getting Hammered®
Episodes
Freedom, Eh?
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Four Canadian provinces announce they’ll drop pandemic restrictions—and parliamentarians across the isle give Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a not-...
Garbage In, Garbage Out
09 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you want to run as fast as Usain Bolt, eat 100 chicken nuggets every day, says your new nutrition and exercise coach, Mary Katharine. Oh, and defin...
Whoopsies!
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We’re not here to cancel Whoopi Goldberg over her Holocaust comments, but it looks like her own television network is already on it. The White House...
The Right Misinformation
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Joe Rogan controversy continues, and Mary Katharine and Vic question whose misinformation will land on the right side of history. We discover who ...
It's Personal
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer isn’t so happy that the news of his impending retirement leaked. Mary Katharine and Vic break down the (lack of...
The Fifty Yard Scream
26 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Moms in Boston are saying what we’re all feeling. Rather, screaming it from the 50 yard line of the local high school. Mary Katharine and Vic give t...
A 'Minor Incursion'
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Katharine and Vic unpack Biden's lengthly press conference, from 95 (or is it 98?) percent of schools reopening to Russia's 'minor incursion' in ...
Mask-off Face-off
19 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A face-off is a-brewing over masks in Northern Virginia schools, Donald Trump takes a swing at a likely 2024 Republican primary rival, and another NBA...
'And That Time is Every Day'
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It is time for the Biden administration to do what they need to do to finally vanquish the coronavirus, Vice President Kamala Harris says, and that ti...
Not Today, Saban
12 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's a good day for Mary Katharine: The Georgia Bulldogs won their first National Championship in more than four decades, trouncing Nick Saban and the...
Playing Dirty
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What do teachers' unions, Pete Davidson, and Martinis all have in common? They know how to play dirty. Kids are shut out of school as teachers refuse ...
Snowmicron!
05 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's Snowmicron: A snowstorm keeps kids in some states out of school, and officials are considering another shutdown due to the Omicron surge. But fea...
Christmas Special: Babes in Toyland Review
24 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A lot of great movies came out in 1986. Babes in Toyland was not one of them. But Mary Katharine and Vic watched the spectacular Christmas film, starr...
BBB, RIP
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Manchin officially kills Build Back Better, CNN checks in with Mary Katharine and Vic's favorite Omicron-tracking doctor, and the Bidens re-home t...
It's All About the Benjamins
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
From Ben Affleck to the Build Back Better Act, on this episode of Getting Hammered, it's all about the Benjamins. The Atlantic publishes a story on Co...
The Ideas Man
15 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Would a can of Vienna Sausages outlast mask mandates? CDC director Rochelle Walensky thinks so. Elon Musk joins the ranks of Mary Katharine's husband ...
Tell Us Something We Don't Know
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The New York Times reports a groundbreaking story: Parents are upset about school closures. Color Mary Katharine and Vic surprised (not). The Supreme...
Gluttons for Punishment
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
More than half of young adults are overweight. Stacey Abrams is back for another gubernatorial race. Mary Katharine's college football woes. And Reese...
La Science, C'est Moi
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Anthony Fauci is the science, according to... himself. But Mary Katharine and Vic aren't so sure he—or the Biden administration, for that matter...
Censored
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Katharine and Vic have recovered from their Thanksgiving feasts and they're back to discuss Disney's decision to censor an episode of the Simpson...
Thanksgiving Special
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Thanksgiving from Mary Katharine and Vic! The hosts are here to talk about their Thanksgiving traditions and the topic they wish they were talki...
It's a Squeeze
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We aren't sure who's still listening to Dr. Anthony Fauci, but he officially declared it safe to visit with family during the holidays. Businesses are...
Drama Drama Drama
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There's drama in the White House—Kamala drama, that is. Mary Katharine and Vic talk about tumultuous relationships in the White House, as well as th...
What's Le Plan
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kamala Harris fakes a French accent, Michigan's Attorney General has one too many Bloody Marys, and Morgan Ortagus rips Adam Schiff on the View Times ...
Saving(s) and Spending
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Is it Daylight Saving Time or Daylight Savings Time? Is inflation actually good for us? And will the BIF help with that? Mary Katharine and Vic answer...
Upsets
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Katharine and Vic talk elections, and this week's biggest upsets, as well as the Supreme Court's latest concealed carry decisions and our hobby h...
A Numbers Game
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Katharine and Vic are back to chat numbers, from the Virginia governor's race to spending bills to plummeting poll numbers for the Biden administ...
The Baby Episode
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Katharine Ham welcomed her third daughter into the world this weekend. So where else would she be four days after labor than the recording studio...
Uncancellable
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A protests against Dave Chappelle's uncancellable (and very funny) Netflix comedy special, vaccine mandates for kids, an ad war in the Virginia govern...
The B Word
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Virginia gubernatorial race is the b word. Bellwether, that is, for what's to come in 2022 and 2024. Mary Katharine and Vic pay tribute to the lat...
We're Going There
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
To McDonalds, to space, to Boston, to Barnes and Noble (to pick up a copy of Katie Couric's new book). Mary Katharine and Vic are "Going There." Tim...
Empty Shelves Full of Gender-Neutral Toys
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gender-neutral children's toys, empty shelves, and child actors working for the Vice President. The inaugural episode has arrived. Let's get hammered....
Trailer
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's not easy keeping up with the news—especially when you're a parent. Mary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus know that well. And while they can't get yo...