43: Triggering Adam Carolla February 4, 2021
Mea Culpa examines the on-going Marjorie Taylor Greene saga, the growing GOP rift and Donald Trump’s coming impeachment. Then, Michael welcomes Adam Carolla into his sanctum to debate the finer points of MAGA ideology. Strap in for a rumble. For cool Mea Culpa gear, check out www.meaculpapodcast.com/merch To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyi...
1hr 3m Feb 05, 2021
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42: Trump’s GOP Suicide Pact+ A Conversation With Jelani Cobb February 1, 2021
With just one week to go before the start of Donald Trump’s second Impeachment, the GOP has once again rallied behind the former president; ending the bi-partisan furor that promised to force Trump out of American politics once and for all. The reality of the situation is that the state party hacks who control the GOP on a grassroots level have become infected by MAGA diehards who have but one ...
1hr 23m Feb 01, 2021
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41: Inside the GOP’s QAnon Problem + A Conversation With Joy Behar January 29, 2021
With the fresh trauma of January 6th beginning to recede, the old fault lines have reappeared with frightened Republicans rallying behind Donald Trump in a bid to save him from a second impeachment. Plus, the Marjorie Taylor Greene outrage and the GOP’s QAnon problem. Finally, Joy Behar from ABC’s The View talks to Michael about Meghan McCain and whether the Trump children will be welcome back ...
1hr 21m Jan 29, 2021
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40: Dismantling Trump’s Agenda + A Conversation With Meidas Touch January 25, 2021
In just five days President Biden has reversed much of Trump’s agenda from the building of the boarder wall to rejoining the Paris Climate Accords with a flurry of executive orders aimed at dismantling his toxic agenda. Mea Culpa welcomes Ben and Brett Meiselas the duo behind Meidas Touch. Chances are you’ve seen their viral videos which have been viewed hundreds of millions of times during the...
1hr 24m Jan 25, 2021
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39: Inauguration Day Special + A Conversation With the New York Times’ David Enrich January 22, 2021
The nation collectively exhaled a sigh of real as Joe Biden was inaugurated the 46th president of the United States. His address was a marked contrast from Trump’s dystopian American Carnage speech four years prior. But the new president inherits a nation beset by crisis and pandemic with bitter internal divisions. The elephant in the room remains the now former President Trump whose impeachmen...
1hr 27m Jan 22, 2021
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38: Who Are the Extremists in Your Neighborhood? + A Conversation With Lincoln Project’s Rick Wilson January 18, 2021
Tomorrow's inauguration may spell the end for Donald Trump's disastrous presidency, but the monster he unleashed upon us January 6th will be with us for a generation. Michael discusses how the rioters were not some extraordinary group of hardened extremists, but rather, they come from our own communities; representing, as writer Hannah Arendt noted in her landmark 1963 New Yorker essay about th...
1hr 23m Jan 18, 2021
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37: Inside Trump’s Impeachment + A Conversation with Ali Velshi January 14, 2021
On Wednesday, Donald Trump became the first President in US history to be impeached twice, this time for inciting an insurrection and sending a mob to attack the US capital in a desperate move to remain in power. The impeachment saw rare bi-partisan support with nine GOP representatives joining the democrats in calling for the president's ouster. The trial now moves to the Senate. MSNBC host Al...
1hr 27m Jan 15, 2021
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36: Why Trump Must Be Impeached + A Conversation with Soledad O’Brien January 11, 2021
Last Wednesday's MAGA insurrection may have been the end point for Trump's divisive rhetoric but is likely the beginning of a much wider war. Within the ranks of the rioters was a more hardcore group of extremists who were bent on finding and exterminating lawmakers driven into hiding inside the Capitol. Pictures show rioters clad in tactical gear and Kevlar vests carrying zip ties to round up ...
1hr 24m Jan 11, 2021
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35: Inside the MAGA Riot + A Conversation with Ben Stiller January 8, 2021
The January 6th MAGA riots that saw thousands of Trump loyalists ransack the Capitol Building will stain the President's legacy and will likely shadow the GOP for decades. The revulsion for Trump has grown to a fever pitch with scores of lawmakers calling for his removal from office. This was always the inevitable end for Donald Trump,  the violence a by product of the lies and divisive rhetori...
1hr 22m Jan 08, 2021
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34: AJ Delgado Destroys Jason Miller January 4, 2021
Happy New Year and welcome back to the corrupt and dysfunctional circus of Donald J Trump. Just two days before Congress meets to certify the  Presidential election, 11 renegade, Republican Senators have announced that they will not support a Biden victory. It's illegal, its unprecedented and it's shameless. But with two weeks left of the Trump administration, chaos has settled upon the Capital...
1hr 26m Jan 04, 2021
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33: Trump’s Corrupt Pardons December 28, 2020
This week's Mea Culpa looks at President Trump's corrupt pardons and the repulsive self-dealing from the Trump Administration. MSNBC legal analyst and host of Justice Matters joins Michael to discuss the details. Also, make sure to check out Mea Culpa: The Election Essays for the definitive political document of 2020. Fifteen chapters of raw and honest political writings on Donald Trump from t...
1hr 19m Dec 28, 2020
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32: Inside Trump’s Brazen Christmas Coup December 21, 2020
The Trump is now considering imposing martial law to seize the voting machines in states he considers contested in the hopes of overturning the election. He is asking for Sidney Powell to be granted increased security clearance to lead the effort. We are now teetering on the edge of a full-on coup. Joining Michael to discuss these issues and more is Seth Abramson, the New York Times bestselling...
1hr 21m Dec 21, 2020
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31: Meet the GOP’s Most Dangerous Rats December 18, 2020
With Monday's Electoral College certification of the election results, Mitch McConnell and his gang of GOP rats finally recognized Joe Biden as President Elect. Unfortunately, not everyone was ready to accept reality including the President. A host of Trump loyalists swamped the airwaves vowing to continue the fight by sending a slate of alternate electors from contested swing states to the Jan...
1hr 20m Dec 18, 2020
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30: MAGA Warriors Vow to Destroy GOP December 14, 2020
It's the end of the line for Donald Trump as the Electoral College finally meets and casts their votes for Joe Biden. While Trump vows to fight on, his MAGA warriors are targeting the GOP for failing to overturn the election in Trump's favor. We also look back at the previous five weeks and pick out the highs and lows in Trump's clown car coup attempt. Plus, Vanity Fair's Emily Jane Fox, author...
1hr 24m Dec 14, 2020
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29: Supreme Court Tells Trump to F@ck-Off! December 11, 2020
Comedian and NPR host Maz Jobrani joins Mea Culpa to examine this week's worst Trump news. Plus, Rudy gets sidelined with Covid and Trump is secretly relieved to be rid of his serially flatulent legal mastermind. The Supreme Court laughs away the President's legal challenge to the election while the Texas Attorney General prepares an equally baseless amicus brief to petition the court to invali...
1hr 22m Dec 11, 2020
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28: Mad King Donald Releases the Kraken December 7, 2020
The madness of King Donald arrived in the state of Georgia and has morphed into a Frankenstein's monster that threatens to devour the Republican Party and doom their electoral chances in a pair of Senate run off races to be held January 5th. After releasing the Kraken of conspiracy and unsupported allegations of election fraud which saw members of their own party face death threats and online h...
1hr 18m Dec 07, 2020
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27: Penn Jillette Reveals Truth About Trump’s Apprentice Tapes December 4, 2020
Penn Jillette joins the Week in Review for a wide ranging conversation about Donald Trump and for the first time says what's on the infamous Apprentice Tapes. Earlier we cover the week that was and examine the Trump Family and Rudy by proxy's urgent need for preemptive pardons as the Trump presidency comes to an end. Also, make sure to check out Mea Culpa: The Election Essays for the definitiv...
1hr 21m Dec 04, 2020
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26: A Guide to Prosecuting Donald Trump November 30, 2020
Will Donald Trump be prosecuted after he leaves office? For the rule of law to be upheld in this country, Trump must answer for his many crimes. Michael speaks with Frank Figliuzzi, former FBI Assistant Director to ascertain how this will happen. Also, make sure to check out Mea Culpa: The Election Essays for the definitive political document of 2020. Fifteen chapters of raw and honest politic...
1hr 22m Nov 30, 2020
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25: Trump is Frightened and Humiliated November 27, 2020
A special Thanksgiving Day episode of Mea Culpa ponders what comes next as the formal transition begins. Trump pardons a Turkey and we shame the President's Red Wall of senators who enabled this entire fiasco. Plus Brian Karem, Playboy's Senior White House Correspondent takes us behind the scene in the White House. Also, make sure to check out Mea Culpa: The Election Essays for the definitive ...
1hr 17m Nov 27, 2020
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24: Trump’s Legal Team is a Hot Mess November 23, 2020
This week on Mea Culpa, Michael finds himself at peak frustration as the Trump Train barrels this country towards oblivion. How can a nation that is built upon reason find itself in such an unreasonable position, where a two-bit, wannabe despot can work the corners of our legal system to halt the entire transition of power? With the country exhausted from the trauma of this never ending electio...
1hr 15m Nov 23, 2020
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23: Week In Review: Trump’s Creepy Errand Boys November 19, 2020
On this episode of the Mea Culpa Week in Review, we examine the last 72 hours in the mind of Donald J. Trump as he attempts to overturn the election with his bogus fraud claims. In addition, we look at two of his most creepy errand boys, Lindsay Graham and Rudy Giuliani and wonder what sort of kompromat Trump possesses that they could stomach their roles in his defense. Rudy has gone even more ...
1hr 25m Nov 19, 2020
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22: Trump’s Foul Stench Pollutes the West Wing November 16, 2020
Holed up inside the White House with a cadre of loyalists, including his idiot sons, the President and is sycophants are gorging on fast food and creating a foul odor of filth that has forced staffers to light rose scented candles and open windows to clear out the stench. It's a black comedy no one could make up but it's happening for real while a tidal wave of death washes over America from a ...
1hr 16m Nov 16, 2020
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21: The Long National Nightmare Continues November 12, 2020
Mea Culpa Week in Review chronicles the last 72 hours in the most f-cked up presidential election in American history. Trump's scorched earth plan to overturn the election is a pathetic clown show that reached its nadir at Four Seasons Total Landscaping outside of Philadelphia. Still the GOP is afraid enough of Trump to parrot his lies. Meanwhile an increasingly insane Commander in Chief grows ...
1hr 19m Nov 12, 2020
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20: Trump Sits At the Loser Table November 9, 2020
Joe Biden finally crosses the 270 threshold for victory but Trump remains steadfast in his refusal to concede the election. Michael examines what legal remedies remain for the president beyond Rudy and his incompetent clown car of liars and kleptocrats flooding the zone with lawsuits. The answer, in truth, is that there are none. Trump is alone and desperately fighting the loser tag and finding...
1hr 11m Nov 09, 2020
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19: The Madness of King Donald November 5, 2020
Mea Culpa delivers a scathing takedown of the President's flailing attempt to contest the vote. Behind the madness and the lies, Trump is planting the seed of conspiracy to bolster his claims that a Biden victory is illegitimate. But there is method to his madness and it's far more frightening than his trollish election games. Find out now! Also, make sure to check out Mea Culpa: The Election...
14m Nov 06, 2020
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18: Steal This Vote: The Mea Culpa Election Recap November 5, 2020
A wild ride of an election ends not with a bang but a whimper. Michael dissects Election Day and Trump's despicable, 11th hour claim of voter fraud as well as the bitter divide that remains in this country. He speaks with Politico's Natasha Bertrand about the potential for future chaos as Trump riles up his MAGA Army. Also, make sure to check out Mea Culpa: The Election Essays for the definiti...
1hr 12m Nov 05, 2020
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17: Lock Him Up: The People Vs. Donald J. Trump November 2, 2020
Michael rests his case against Donald J. Trump; placing his fate in the hands of the people. While confident of a Trump loss, he fears the President will not go quietly. A coming storm of chaos threatens this nation as Trump continues to propagate false narratives of voter fraud and the potential for unrest and violence. Will the President hold this nation hostage as it enters perhaps, its dark...
1hr 11m Nov 02, 2020
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16: How We Got Here: The Origins of Trumpism October 30, 2020
A deep dive into how the Republican Party became the party of Donald J. Trump. Mea Culpa will investigate the birth of a movement with no persistent ideology other than its leader. Former Tea Party Congressman Joe Walsh joins Michael to explain how the Tea Party veered off course abc was swallowed by Trump. All this, plus it's frightening end. Also, make sure to check out Mea Culpa: The Electi...
1hr 13m Oct 30, 2020
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15: Week in Review: The Coming Storm of Chaos on Election Day. October 29, 2020
The Mea Culpa Week in Review looks at Donald Trump's final, desperate days on the campaign trail and how his rallies have become a hub for misinformation. There are two realities at the moment, the one where COVID is real, it exists and the country is struggling to heal. Then there is Donald Trump's MAGA America, where the virus is a hoax and construct of fake news. Later, Michael speaks with n...
1hr 18m Oct 29, 2020
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14: Trump’s Attack Dog: How Bill Barr Weaponized the DOJ to Protect Donald Trump. October 26, 2020
Michael speaks with former US Attorney, Phillip Halpern who very publicly resigned last week out of protest and disgust for Attorney General William P. Barr's shocking abuse of power. Halpern spent 36 years in his position at the Department of Justice; serving under 19 different Attorney's General and six different presidents while prosecuting all manner of crime and government corruption. Unde...
1hr 16m Oct 26, 2020
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13: The Financial Crimes of Donald J. Trump October 23, 2020
In this special episode of Mea Culpa Investigates we examine the full scope of corruption, financial crimes and sleazy conflicts of interest engendered by Donald Trump throughout his administration. Not only will you get a full preview of the legal reckoning that awaits him, but we take a deep dive into Trump's foreign entanglements to give you the full scope and magnitude of his blatant crimin...
1hr 20m Oct 23, 2020
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12: Inside Trump’s Covid Task Force Failure October 22, 2020
It's the Mea Culpa Week in Review. T-minus 12 days and counting until election day and Donald Trump is clearly losing badly. While it ain't over till it's over, this one appears to be headed towards a landslide victory for Joe Biden. One of the likely reasons, suburban women have abandoned Donald Trump; defecting in historic numbers. This threatens not just the presidency for Trump but down bal...
1hr 17m Oct 22, 2020
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11: Unfit For Command: Why the Generals Hate Donald Trump October 19, 2020
This eye-opening episode of Mea Culpa features Lt. General Mark Hertling, former Commanding General of the US Army Europe, delivering a scathing assessment of Trump's unfitness for command. We also learn how the entire command structure of the military loathes their commander in chief. Also, make sure to check out Mea Culpa: The Election Essays for the definitive political document of 2020. Fi...
1hr 8m Oct 19, 2020
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10: Donald Trump’s Deliberate Courting of Extremist Voters October 16, 2020
The foiled plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer may be just the tip of the iceberg. Under the Trump presidency, right wing extremist groups have multiplied significantly and pose a grave domestic terror threat to the United States. In addition, through his own divisive rhetoric and coded language, the President has tolerated and encouraged the rise of violent, Pro Trump vigilante g...
1hr 11m Oct 16, 2020
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9: James Carville predicts humiliating, landslide defeat for Trump
James Carville joins Michael Cohen on Mea Culpa to predict a historic and humiliating defeat for Donald Trump. Carville believes the whole family is headed to prison and Trump will use the threat of election day unrest from his MAGA Army to force a pardon. Don't miss a second of this special interview. Plus, the Mea Culpa week in review. Also, make sure to check out Mea Culpa: The Election Essa...
1hr 10m Oct 15, 2020
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8: Art of the Deal Author Tony Schwartz October 12, 2020
An exclusive interview with Tony Schwartz, the author behind Donald Trump's myth defining work, Trump: the Art of the Deal. First published in 1987, the book sold over 1.1 million copies in hardcover alone and stands as one of the most popular business books ever written; helping define Donald Trump for millions of Americans as the infallible dealmaker with the Midas Touch. Its influence cannot...
1hr 3m Oct 12, 2020
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7: FORMER DHS CHIEF MILES TAYLOR SAYS TRUMP UNFIT FOR OFFICE. October 8, 2020
A special, double episode of the Mea Culpa Week in Review tackles the surreal spectacle of President Trump's Covid diagnosis. From his desperate attempts to project strength and power to his insanely erratic behavior, Michael senses that Trump knows he's losing the election and has come unglued. He also speaks to former Department of Homeland Security Chief of Staff Miles Taylor about how Donal...
1hr 27m Oct 08, 2020
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6: MELANIA DOESN’T CARE OCTOBER 5, 2020
Mea Culpa turns its spotlight on the First Lady in this revealing episode about the true nature of Melania Trump. Michael speaks with Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, the New York Times bestselling author of Melania and Me, and the First Lady's former best friend and confidante. She takes Michael deep into the East Wing of the White House; describing a hornets nest of deceit and complicity. Here we s...
1hr 11m Oct 05, 2020
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5: The Mea Culpa Week in Review: Debate Smack Down! October 1, 2020
This double episode of the Mea Culpa Week in Review covers the New York Times' bombshell report on Trump's tax evasion. Michael delves deep into how the revelations will effect the President's fragile ego. Then it's a super smack-down, debate special report showing Trump at his most unhinged; turning the debate stage into a wrestling ring. And finally, exclusive never before heard tapes of Fox ...
24m Oct 01, 2020
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4: The Omarosa Tapes
Omarosa Manigault Newman joins Michael Cohen on this week's episode of Mea Culpa to discuss Trump's racist agenda, how daughter-in-law Laura sought to buy her silence, and making fun of Ivanka's ridiculous speaking voice. Plus, a serious look at the President's cognitive decline and a Twitter message from Bette Midler. Also, make sure to check out Mea Culpa: The Election Essays for the definit...
1hr 9m Sep 28, 2020
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3: The Mea Culpa Week in Review
The truth behind the week's biggest stories told from the perspective of Donald J. Trump. This a raw and unfiltered guide to understanding your enemy. New episodes weekly. Also, make sure to check out Mea Culpa: The Election Essays for the definitive political document of 2020. Fifteen chapters of raw and honest political writings on Donald Trump from the man who knows him best. https://www.ama...
7m Sep 25, 2020
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2: The Cult of Donald J. Trump + A Conversation With Anthony Scaramucci
On this week's episode of Mea Culpa, former Trump fixer and New York Times bestselling author Michael Cohen speaks with former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci for an honest and raw conversation about the cult of personality surrounding Donald Trump, wondering how ordinarily decent and ethical people can betray their moral compass so readily under his spell. Plus, question...
1hr 11m Sep 21, 2020
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1: Trump Derangement Syndrome + A Conversation With Rosie O’Donnell
In episode one of Michael Cohen's Mea Culpa podcast, he begins with an overview of the series and diagnoses the virulent and dangerous Trump Derangement Syndrome. His first guest is Rosie O'Donnell, who, for nearly a decade, was the recipient of disgusting attacks and abuse from the President, some of it directed by Cohen himself. After losing his soul and perhaps his mind within the Trump inne...
1hr 4m Sep 14, 2020
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