Presidential Deathmatch

In a breathtaking epsiode (mostly because Aaron is having trouble,) Aaron takes a closer look at the five remaining Libertarian and Prohibition Party candidates as he tries to speed this season along to its natural conclusion.  Support the show at paypal.me/pronoiatheater or venmo: @pronoia

You didn't think we'd let this Speaker drama pass without a trip down ridiculous American history lane? Aaron pokes his head up from the break to talk about a definite villain, possible hero of the 1800's, Benjamin Butler.  Support us at paypal.me/pronoiatheater or venmo: @pronoia

Tragically Aaron-less once more, Dennis welcomes barbecue savant and environmental engineer Cameron McKay to discuss the merits of Texas brisket and its lesser BBQ brethren. Unemployment insurance changemaker Jake Coxey Sr. does his best to weather the undeniably apropos return of Ross Perot for the battle of the best pitmaster. Smokin'!! Support the show at paypal.me/pronoiatheater or venmo: @Pronoia

Sometimes these are the last words we ever care about out of a candidates mouths. We're talking the contrite, the fiery, and the goofy of concession speeches in this week's Presidential Death Match!  Will consumer protection advocate Ralph Nader top long time senator John McCain in a battle for the best second-place words?  Support the show at paypal.me/pronoiatheater or venmo: @Pronoia

Presidential Death Match finally covers the dryest candidates of them all: Dole vs. teetotaler independant Pa Ferguson! In a topic we're suprised we haven't covered we decide which of them would be the best improviser, bringing our many, many, many poorly spent hours doing that art form to the table.  Send retractions to contact@pronoiatheater.com Support the show at paypal.me/pronoiatheater, or venmo: @Pronoia

After a thrilling game of ranking states by electoral votes we return to the final few candidates of 1976 and the silliness therein.

Sometimes in electoral politics what dominates a campaign is not a candidate or a set of issues, but the infrastructure of our government itself. We take a look at two high-watermark elections for third-party candidates, 1976 and 2004, why they were so contentious, why despite attracting many candidates that didn't translate into votes, and who legitimacy favors.  Send retractions to contact@pronoiatheater.com Support the show at paypal.me/pronoiatheater or venmo: @pronoia

Our newest episode is taking a little longer so have this short story about America's first anti-slavery senator and failed presidential candidate John Parker Hale! Support the show at paypal.me/pronoiatheater or venmo: @Pronoia

We end our bender of a 100th episode skidding into 101 with the actual discussion of the mangled presidencies of our chosen martyrs. It's a grand time. Send retractions to contact@pronoiatheater.com  Support the show at paypal.me/pronoiatheater or venmo @Pronoia

The hundredth episode so grand it could only fit into 101 episodes! We're celebrating our centenary by mulling over unforeseen consequences as we puzzle the terrible ramifications of making someone president against the universe's will. Our constant friends Riley Smith and Jacob Godbey join us in this tomfoolery. Join us next week for part 2! Send retractions to contact@pronoiatheater.com support the show at paypal.me/pronoiatheater or venmo: @pronoia

What's wrong with two Democratic presidents on either side of the civil war? Aaron and Dennis explore what bullets we may have dodged in the non-existent presidencies of Lewis Cass and Horatio Seymour.  Send retractions to contact@pronoiatheater.com Support the show at paypal.me/pronoiatheater or venmo: @Pronoia

Two weeks of Aaron and Dennis in a row?!?! What luxury.  Dynasties are falling left and right these days so the fellows dig into some prominent families who failed to make the presidency, and their disappointing progeny and congeny (which I assume is the antonym of progeny.) Send retractions to contact@pronoiatheater.com Support the show at paypal.me/pronoiatheater or venmo: @Pronoia

With the word "unprecedented" being thrown around with reckless abandon we check-in with our Archival Correspondant, Jessica Kelly Garrett, to talk the Presidential Records Act and why the people own information produced by our government.  Meanwhile, we chat about two candidates who made a little too much trouble for themselves in the forms of national traitor (the Senate's words, not ours) John Breckinridge and the trying-too-hard-for-attention Jill Ellen Stein! Send retractions to contact@pronoiatheater.com Support the show at paypal.me/pronoiatheater venmo: @Pronoia

Aaron and Dennis are together again, apart! After the usual belly-aching they get down to the business of preserving Aaron's marriage in amber after his wife moved away.  What lessons can be learned from the two stronger-than-normal third party showings of William Wirt and Robert Marion "Fighting Bob" La Follette (Sr.)?  Send retractions to contact@pronoiatheater.com Support the show at paypal.me/pronoiatheater or venmo: @Pronoia

After far too long we finally found the sword to transfer our power to emerge from our lunar dumpster and protect you from the machinations of boredom!  Ned Dhonau joins the program to talk the Wizard of Eltar and suffer from technical difficulties on this episode that examines whether Union general Winfield Scott Hancock or transcendental meditator John Hagelin exemplifies the best and worst of Zordon. Send retractions to contact@pronoiatheater.com support the show at paypal.me/pronoiatheater or venmo: @Pronoia

In a tragically Aaron-less episode, we discuss who would make the best addition to the unusual array of demons described in the medieval Ars Goetia. Dennis argues against guest co-host Andrew Stout.  Mail retractions to contact@pronoiatheater.com Support the show at paypal.me/pronoiatheater or venmo: @pronoia

We're on the road and have no good equipment! Learn what little there is to know about Jefferson Davis' final home in real time.

We've been plagued by technical problems! While we work on the once-and-future episode take a break with Aaron to learn about some sneaky things politicans are doing and the story behind the elecction of 1796! Send retractions to contact@pronoiatheater.com Support the show at paypal.me/Pronoiatheater or venmo: @Pronoia

Our surprising trilogy on the Libertarian Party comes to a close with the battle no one (but Aaron) is clamoring for: Ron Paul v Gary Johnson. Should we look to Populist Passion or Pragmatist Persuasion in this battle of the Also-Rans?!?!?!?!?!? Send Retractions to Contact@pronoiatheater.com Support the show at paypal.me/Pronoiatheater or Venmo: @Pronoia

Aaron hijacks the podcast the way Mises Caucus hijacked the Libertarian Party: by showing up and doing the work. We explore the history of America's (currently) largest third party: the Libertarians, who have been going through a bit of change recently.  Hang out on couches in Colorado, see what the Kochs are up to, and learn about America's real revolving door problem: Minor Republicans turning into Libertarians and back again all on this week's Presidential Death Match! Send retractions to contact@pronoiatheater.com Support the show at paypal.me/pronoiatheater venmo: @Pronoia