Madigan’s Pubcast

Hosted ByKathleen Madigan

Comedian Kathleen Madigan opens her Pub every week to talk about everything and anything fun in her world. Light bar conversations ranging from her parents to unsolved mysteries, sports to chimpanzee documentaries.

Vegas Gets Hacked, A Red Wine River, & The Takeover of Twinkies

Kathleen opens the show drinking a Quickbeer Pilsner from Rusty Rail Brewing Company. She reviews her weekend of sold-out shows in Hershey, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland, visiting Troegs Brewery and the Hershey Story Museum in Hershey, eating her favorite Primanti Bros Bar in Pittsburgh, and visiting the A Christmas Story House in Cleveland.

QUEEN NEWS: Kathleen reports that Queen Taylor Swift makes history at the 2023 VMAs, and Queen Dolly is expanding her Doggy Parton collection to Petco.

“GOOD BAD FOOD”: In her quest for delicious not-so-nutritious food, Kathleen samples a Gibble’s Red Hot chips, Pittsburgh Pretzel Rods and Weber’s Horseradish Mustard.

UPDATES: Kathleen gives updates on Anna Delvey’s rooftop fashion show, and El Chapo’s son has been extradited from Mexico.

“HOLY SHIT THEY FOUND IT”: Kathleen is amazed to read about the discovery of a lithium mine on the Nevada//Oregon border.

FRONT PAGE PUB NEWS: Kathleen shares articles outlining deals on National Cheeseburger Day, another rare brown spotless giraffe has been born in Africa, a man stockpiles 75 years’ worth of incandescent light bulbs, mysterious “blue lights” flash in the sky moments before the Moroccan earthquake, a wine river flows through a Portuguese village when a distillery’s tank bursts, Smucker is buying Hostess, McDonalds is getting rid of self-serve soda machines, there’s methodology as to why you have to walk so far to your gate at airports, a resident at The Villages is arrested for trafficking illegal erectile dysfunction pills, and Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner is removed from the Rock n Roll HOF board after comments in his new book.

LYRICAL BREAKDOWN: Kathleen compares the lyrical breakdown of Styx’s “Mr. Roboto” and Taylor Swift’s “Mean.”

WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK: Kathleen recommends watching (and rating) her new stand-up Special “Hunting Bigfoot” on Prime Video.