The Ben Domenech Podcast

As Name, Image, and Likeness laws continue to drastically alter the landscape of college sports, Ben revisits a conversation with former Head Auburn Football Coach, Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AB). Follow Ben on Twitter: @BDomenech Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the 2024 Presidential Election passes from the Primary to the General Election, former President Donald Trump released a statement detailing his official position on the issue of abortion. Despite being the President responsible for appointing the Supreme Court Justices who overturned Roe v. Wade, the former president has received criticism from former Vice President Mike Pence

On today's episode, Ben commemorates the life of the recently passed Senator Jospeh Lieberman (D-CT) by revisiting a conversation he had with the 2000 Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee and close of companion of the recently parted Senator John McCain (R-AZ). Senator Lieberman examines the only way true legislative progress can be made is if both parties can reject extremism and

Several MSNBC hosts and contributors publicly shared harsh backlash to the hiring of former RNC Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel. Ben delivers a strong critique over some of the delivered rhetoric and explains why it outs supposedly neutral arbiters as bleeding blue liberals. Follow Ben on Twitter: @BDomenech Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a bill forcing the sale of Tik Tok by the Chinese-operated Byte Dance in the next 6 months passed in the House of Representatives with a 362-55 bipartisan vote, Ben analyzes why former President Trump seems to have moved on the issue and why 200 Republicans ignored his wished. Plus, Ben pontificates on why opinion on the issue by major lawmakers has changed so rapidly. He men

With President Trump and President Biden well on their way to becoming the presumptive nominees of their parties, Ben analyzes the General Election strategy of both candidates. For President Trump, Ben notes the lack of an endorsement from former Republican Presidential Candidate Nikki Haley and what that might say about the former President's ability to grow a coalition beyond his

As President Biden prepares to send his budget deal to Congress, Speaker Mike Johnson is expected to need major changes from the initial proposal to get it through a thin Republican majority. Ben Domenech revisits a profile on the freshly elected Speaker after he succeeded former Speaker McCarthy last fall. Follow Ben on Twitter: @BDomenech Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m

As Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announces his decision to step down from leadership after the 2024 election, Ben reflects on his career and his impact on the Senate, the judiciary, his party, and the country. Follow Ben on Twitter: @BDomenech Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As multiple polls show trust in media is at an all-time low with major print outfits like the Los Angeles Times and Sports Illustrated laying off thousands of employees, Ben analyzes where they went wrong. Ben emphasizes the industry's inability to look in the mirror and hold itself accountable for reasons for the recent failures. Follow Ben on Twitter: @BDomenech Learn more about

As former President Donald Trump faces a judgement of $355 million in fees and a lifetime ban on doing business in New York, his luck may have turned in his Fulton County, Georgia case. Ben breaks down Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' day in court and her 'mess of a response' to the allegations of an improper relationship and cash payments to the lead prosecutor in the