Lewis Black's Rantcast

167 - Busted Bridge, Busted Brackets

03 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Being born and raised in the greater Baltimore area, the news on the Francis Scott Key bridge collapse elicits Lewis laments on how it should be repai...

166 - March Madness

27 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How's your bracket doing? The NCAA College Basketball tournament is Lewis' favorite sporting event of the year. It also serves as a good distraction f...

165 - Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?

20 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Does anybody really care? Well, we turned the clocks forward an hour and with it comes the annual debate about whether Daylight Savings time is a good...

164 - What If We Had An Election And Nobody Voted?

13 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast Lewis ponders what would happen if we all just collectively decided not to vote in the 2024 Presidential Election. This is be...

163 - In Memory of Richard Lewis

06 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The world lost the comic voice of Richard Lewis this week. Lewis takes a moment to acknowledge the loss of a comedy legend. The national news is still...

162 - The Stupidity is Stupefying

28 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s one of those weeks where it’s almost too much to bear. In the wake of mass shootings, Louisiana issues new rules on gun control that are bord...

161 - Beyond Insane, Beyond Cray Cray

21 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the Rantcast, Lewis ponders why we’re live in a constant heightened state of stress. It’s supposed to snow, but according to the news...

160 - You're Not A Doctor!

14 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

… and he could go on with a string of profanities afterward. Lewis is back for the new year and his tour has been going well. However, when he deci...

159 - Winter Break Ranting

27 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lewis is taking some time off to enjoy the holidays. But he didn't want to leave you empty-ranted. So enjoy some of favorite rants he read throughout ...

158 - It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

20 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the last Rantcast of 2023 and Lewis takes the opportunity to tell us why it’s the most wonderful time of the year. A few gifts from his frien...

157 - Dick Tater For A Day

13 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dick for sure! Many of you might’ve heard that our former leader recently declared he’d be a dictator for just the first day in office and that ju...

#156 - Bye Bye George! Bye Bye Henry!

06 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lewis is back from the road where he learned he visited the birthplace of country music without knowing it, as Bob Ross would say, it was a happy acci...

#155 - Vacation Rants

29 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As he mentioned on last week's episode of the Rantcast, Lewis has left the country for a bit of holiday vacation. But that doesn't mean you need to go...

#154 - I'm Outta Here!

22 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's Thanksgiving and Lewis is getting outta here! Where's he going? Overseas to continue his annual tradition of escaping the holiday by visiting fri...

#153 - Descending Into Lunacy

15 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lewis discusses our descent into lunacy as the government shutdown (and Christmas) looms. The good news is that the SAG-AFTRA strike is over! Please b...

#152 - The Weather Has Changed...

08 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lewis explains his decision to retire from touring (keyword touring) after this year and lets us in on some exciting ideas he's got planned for the fu...

#151 - From Mississippi to South Dakota!

01 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lewis is taking in the scenery on his way to Rapid City, South Dakota, from Biloxi, Mississippi, on Halloween Eve! We hope to keep it lighthearted thi...

#150 - Seriously?!

25 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the 150th episode of the Rantcast! Lewis takes some time to reflect on everything that's changed since he started the podcast (spoiler aler...

#149 - Personal & Confidential

18 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week Lewis is back on the road after his tour bus broke down on the way to Rochester. He talks about the "handwritten" letter he received from Se...

#148 - "The Real World...

11 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

... is just like high school, only there are more places to eat, more asses to kiss, and more idiots than anyone can imagine!" Lewis is on a quick bre...

#147 - It Gets Crazier by the Minute

04 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lewis speaks to us from an undisclosed location in Los Angeles as he continues his tour! He talks about the government shutdown that's been averted at...

#146 - And The Tour Begins...

27 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

From Spokane, Washington Lewis reports on the start of his tour! He talks about the looming Government shutdown, recent developments in the WGA strike...

#145 - Jetlaggggggg!

20 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Back from Ireland, Lewis is jetlagged and recommends that you also get out of the country while you can. He talks about the ancient fossils that are o...

#144 - Pumpkin Spice SUCKS!

13 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's that time of year again when pumpkin spice infects coffee shops across the nation. Even the thought of it is making Lewis gag, despite him still ...

#143 - Inmate P01135809

06 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week there's a new nickname for the 45th president of the United States of America; Inmate P01135809. To celebrate, Lewis has escaped to Dublin, ...

#142 - Consciousness is the Opposite of Leadership

30 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week Lewis reports in his findings that consciousness is not required to work in Congress. He recaps the ridiculous moments from the Republican d...

#141 - If It’s Not One Thing, It’s a Hurricane

23 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week Lewis tries to keep it upbeat, but it's a bit hard with all these goddamn natural disasters and a hurricane (with a side order of earthquake...

#140 - World Elephant Day!

16 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week Lewis addresses the elephants in the room (such as Clarence Thomas's seemingly infinite wealth and the devastating fires in Maui) as well as...

#139 - You're Too Honest

09 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week Lewis is honest about Mike Pence being "too honest" and discusses the controversy over Jason Aldean's "Try That in a Small Town" music video...

#138 - Mitch McCo-

02 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lewis recaps the technical glitches that are happening in Congress (mainly from its current members) and talks about the craziness that is an influenc...

#137 - The "Benefits" of Slavery???

26 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lewis has good news and bad news. The bad news is we've angered the sun gods and climate change is still on the rise, and somehow people believe slave...

#136 - $8.99

19 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lewis is back from Bert Kreischer's Fully Loaded Festival! Shoutout to all the great comics who joined him at the festival as well as the fantastic au...

#135 - TOOO F***ING HOTTT

12 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week Lewis talks about the unbearable heat waves, his appearance on Jonathan Katz's podcast, and Lewis's disdain for Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerber...

#134 - July 4th, 2023

05 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lewis dives into the Supreme Court's ruling spree this past week and talks about Affirmative Action, businesses being able to refuse service to LGBTQ+...

#133 - Hey Russia, What's Up?!

28 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week Lewis talks about the rising conflict in Russia between Putin and Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, in addition to Lauren Boebert and Marjorie...

#132 - JETLAGGED!

21 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lewis has returned from his trip through Europe where he got away from the madness and reset. While travelling around the continent he realized just h...

Bonus: Throwback to: The Idea Seemed Thrilling At The Time

07 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we are throwing it back to 2020, when Lewis posted this fan favorite episode! Lewis is coming to you from an undisclosed location and he mi...

#131 - Raise the Debt Ceiling and SHUT UP

24 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week Lewis checks in from his personal cable access studio. We have less than 10 days until this country hits the debt ceiling, Tim Scott announc...

#130 - The Writer's Guild Strike

17 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lewis is back in his personal cable access studio this week to talk about the Writer’s Guild strike. He also reads a rant sent to him called ‘The ...

#129 - Thoughts and Prayers and Thoughts and Prayers...

10 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lewis checks in this week from his personal cable access studio. It’s enough with the thoughts and prayers. There’s nothing political about the bl...

#128 - $787,500,000

26 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lewis’s new special “Tragically, I Need You” premieres on Lewis’ Youtube page, Tuesday, May 2nd at 4:20pm ET. Tune in!  Check out the full t...

#127 - Fire Alarm Awooga Awooga

19 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lewis’s new special “Tragically, I Need You” premieres on Lewis’ Youtube page, Tuesday, May 2nd at 4:20pm ET. Tune in!  Check out the full t...

#126 - 5/2/23

12 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s episode of the Rantcast is dedicated to Lewis’s friend, mentor and colleague, Mark Russell.  Lewis’s NEW SPECIAL, ‘Tragically, I...

#125 - Tick Tock

05 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lewis checks in from his personal cable access studio for this week’s Rantcast! Trump returned to New York to be arraigned and plead not guilty to 3...

#124 - On the Road Again...Again

29 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lewis is back out on the road again! Trump hasn’t been charged yet, March Madness continues on, the baseball season starts this week, a New York wom...

#123 - March Madness Redux

22 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lewis checks in this week from his personal cable access studio. Our host is getting ready to go back out on the road this weekend, but before that, h...

#122 - March Madness

15 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lewis is back in his personal cable access studio for this week’s Rantcast! The Rubber Chicken is out again. This week, he’s off to commentate on ...

#121 - Day Late. Dollar Short.

08 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lewis checks in from his personal cable access studio for episode 121 of the Rantcast! This week, our host rants about the second train derailment in ...

#120 - An Alligator Grows in Brooklyn

01 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Rubber Chicken is off to Oregon this week. He’s going to sit in the dark for 4 days just like Aaron Rodgers. This week, Lewis rants about an all...

#119 - Presidents Day. Why?

22 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Rubber Chicken may be off for Presidents Day, but Lewis is back in his personal cable access studio for this week’s Rantcast! Our host is coveri...

#118 - The Chicken Says: Happy Valentines Day

15 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our host is back in his cable access studio for this week’s Rantcast! Happy Valentine’s Day! Lewis is happy to be back recording podcasts and agai...

#117 - Best of the Cable Access Studio

08 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s episode of the Rantcast is a best of from our host’s cable access studio! As you know, when Lewis isn’t on the road, he rants from h...

#116 - Best of the Bus

01 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s Rantcast is the best of the bus! Check out Lewis’s best moments on the bus while he’s out on tour. Thank you all for rants and conti...

#115 - Best of the Rubber Chicken

25 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s Rantcast is the best of the Rubber Chicken! Check out Lewis and the Rubber Chicken’s best moments from this past year. Thank you all f...

#114 - Best of 2022

11 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hey ranters! This week, let's take a look back at some of Lewis’s best moments from The Rantcast! Thank you all for your continued support. As alway...

#113 - Happy New Year!

04 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Happy new year! This week, Lewis lets the ranters tell us what’s on their mind. Enjoy!  This week’s live rants come from the Celebrity Theater i...

#112 - Goodbye, Good Riddance 2022

28 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Our host checks in this week from his personal cable access studio. This year has been so horrific, Lewis wouldn’t ecven change out of his sweatpant...

#111 - Feliz Navidad

21 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Lewis checks in this week from his personal public access studio. There’s no rubber chicken this week, he doesn’t want to talk to everyone after w...

#110 - Assaholic's Anonymous

14 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Lewis checks in this week from Florida. The sunshine state! He had his last few shows of the tour (so far!) this past weekend. Lewis is taking a nice,...

#109 - The Election Is Now Over...So Let The Next Election Begin

07 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Our host this week checks in from his public access studio. It’s crazy that another election is already around the corner. We got some great news…...

#108 - Guns and Butter

30 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Our host checks in with us from home again this week as he returned from his vacation in Vermont. While in Vermont, Lewis ate at an absolutely terrifi...

#107 - Twitter is in the Sh**ter

23 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Our host checks in with us home from his humble abode as Elon Musk nearly destroys Twitter, winter comes to New York in full force and Buffalo gets an...

#106 - Ten Billion Dollars...For Nothing

16 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Our host checks in with us this week from home and he’s pissed off because so much money was wasted on this year’s elections. It’s ludicrous how...

#105 - Stuck Inside of Memphis with the Mobile Blues Again

09 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Our host Lewis checks in this week from the Home of the Blues, Memphis, Tennessee! We’re recording this week’s episode in the parking lot of Sun S...

#104 - Candy Corn Still Sucks

02 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Lewis checks in this week from the pacific northwest as he had shows in Oregon and Washington. Our host wants to thank all of you for the outpouring o...

#103 - For Jeannette Black

20 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jeannette Black. September 8, 1918 - October 10, 2022.  The live rants come from this past weekend’s shows in McCallum Theatre in Palm Desert, CA ...

#102 - Really, Herschel? REALLY???

12 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Lewis checks in this week from sunny California! As Lewis heads up to San Francisco for a show, he has one question for Georgia Senate Republican cand...

#101 - Between a Rock and a Hard Place...From an Asteroid to Ian

05 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Lewis checks in this week from the west coast for the 101st episode of The Rantcast. Our host discusses Hurricane Ian that ravaged through Florida las...

#100 - Episode 100

28 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Lewis checks in this week from the Midwest as The Rantcast reaches its 100th episode! Triple digits! A huge THANK YOU to all the fans and ranters for ...

#99 - Political Spam-O-Rama

21 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Lewis reports this week from New England on his day off as he’s back on the road for shows in Massachusetts, Maine and Vermont. Our host has had hit...

#98 - Happy Birthday, Mom!

14 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jeannette Black turned 104 this past week, a staggering age to have reached. How did she manage this achievement? There is no reasonable explanation, ...

#97 - Master-Baiting

07 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The dark prince of distraction and chaos had a day in court this week, and for once one of the crony judges the former leader appointed did his biddin...

#96 - Redacted

31 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Lewis takes time on his birthday to celebrate with some of the people he loves the most, you the audience. As school has started for many American chi...

#95 - Senator Chuck Ghastly

24 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The people have spoken, and the rubber chicken has been given a reprieve from being retired back to the annals of comedy history. He lives! She lives!...

#94 - Unprecedented

17 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It has come to your host’s attention that some in the audience are upset with and/or annoyed by the rubber chicken. Maybe they don’t understand th...

#93 - CPAC Sucks!

10 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

After a week in the wild which included attending a raucous wedding in California, Lewis is back at home, in his personal public access station. The w...

#92 - Taking A Break

03 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Want to see Lewis live? Tickets are available here: https://www.lewisblack.com/tickets Check out Lewis’ Grammy-nominated special, Thanks For Riskin...

#91 - Oh, Canada!

27 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It's always good to travel internationally, as it gives the traveler the opportunity to tune out the troubles at home and embrace the local culture. A...

#90 - Fun, Fun, Fun

20 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Summertime and the living isn't so easy. So it's time to reclaim the joy of the season and have fun, fun, fun until our collective T-Bird gets taken a...

#89 - Is A Fetus A Passenger?

13 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Lewis is met with another week of ridiculous news in what seems like a society that's continually going in the wrong direction. But hey! There's maybe...

#88 - Bang! Bang! Bang!

06 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Happy 4th of July! Don't we all feel super patriotic right now? Another day in America brings us another mass shooting at a parade in Chicago while we...

#87 - And, And, And...

29 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, it does. We're completely dumbfounded by the lack of leadership going on in the political spectrum ri...

#86 - The Summer Of Our Discontent

22 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We are now entering the summer of our discontent and Lewis is aware of it, from the latest revelations from the conservative questioned during the ong...

#85 - The United States of Trauma

15 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

From gun control to climate change to preserving democracy, the litany of issues not being fully addressed keeps getting longer. And at a time when we...

#84 - Memorial Daze

01 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The 84th edition of the Rantcast is about guns and gun control and the scourge of gun violence in America and the inability of the large majority of t...

#83 - For Bruce MacVittie

25 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode, Lewis remembers his friend Bruce MacVittie, an accomplished stage and screen actor who passed away earlier this month. Lewis m...

#82 - Happy Mother's Day

13 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In an America where almost anything jurisprudence-related – no matter how unreasonable it seems in the current context – can be justified if you c...

#81 - May Day, or Mayday

04 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode, Lewis delves into the history of May Day and why in the US we moved the celebration of labor to the end of the summer. Honorin...

#80 - For Gilbert Gottfried

27 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode, Lewis pays tribute to his friend and fellow comedian Gilbert Gottfried, a foul-mouthed angel who made a career out of finding ...

#79 - 420

20 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The rubber chicken is on leave after pumping out an extraordinary quantity of eggs for Easter. And like his coworker, Lewis is also on vacation, enjoy...

#78 - This Is America

13 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week's episode comes from somewhere on I-20 near the Georgia/South Carolina border, possibly the bumpiest stretch of road for a locale that doesn...

#77 - North Carolina Beats Duke

06 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

From a time when the Kansas Jayhawks don't exist, this week's Rantcast celebrates the brave, valorous young men of the University of North Carolina Ta...

#76 - Spring?!? It's Time to F'n Focus

30 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Lewis is ready for spring temperatures, but the climate will not comply. While he's waiting for the vernal season to kick into high gear, and recov...

#75 - Live From the National Comedy Center

23 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This special Rantcast episode comes from the National Comedy Center in Jamestown NY. The Comedy Center is the only American cultural institution solel...

#74 - I Got No War Jokes

16 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

There's on old adage about New England that if you don't like the weather, just wait. And just like the wearying vicissitudes of the northeastern clim...

#73 - No Internet, No Cell Service, But Lots of Pot

09 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Coming to you from somewhere along the treacherous, no guardrail road from Loleta to Redding, this week's episode answers the timely question of what ...

#72 - Tucker Carlson, Go Tuck Yourself

02 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Amidst the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Lewis escapes to the real magic kingdoms in California, Napa Valley and Humboldt County. They are lands of fre...

#71 - California Here I Come

23 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

While stuck in traffic somewhere on I-80 west of the Donner Pass, Lewis recounts his travels in the Golden State and while highlighting one of the bes...

#70 - Legitimate Political Discourse

16 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As Lewis traverses the frigid upper Midwest, the news from unseasonably warm Washington is as surreal as the weird Mid-Atlantic weather. First, Georgi...

#69 - F@#$ the Cold

09 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Originating from yet another undisclosed location somewhere on America's interstate highway system, this week's episode features a rubber chicken who ...