This Past Weekend

This Past Weekend · Episode 687 · Host: Theo Von · Guest: Zohran Mamdani · Published Oct 1 2026 · Runtime 1:16:41 · Watch: YouTube Theo sits with NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani on poverty and the city budget, housing-counselor roots in Queens, whether the American Dream still holds, DoorDash worker fights, city-run grocery stores, and a late stretch on multilateralism and antisemitism in the city. Chapters People Products Overview Places Ads Chapters 0:03 Cold open — 112th mayor of New York City. 1:15 Uganda to NYC at seven; Columbia / New Yorker framing. 3:40 Poverty stats — one in four New Yorkers. 7:51 City budget cuts without cutting services. 11:11 Housing counselor / foreclosure prevention in Queens. 13:29 American Dream — still alive? 28:12 Acorns read. 29:46 DoorDash settlement / delivery-worker app. 42:19 Defining socialism vs public goods. 53:09 Five city-run grocery stores plan. 1:05:54 Multilateralism / UN enforcement talk. 1:07:43 Jewish city pride + municipal antisemitism plan. Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. People Theo Von Official site · The Comedian List · Tour Host. American Dream, DoorDash, grocery stores, foreign-policy close. 0:03 Zohran Mamdani Instagram · Wikipedia Guest — NYC mayor; housing counselor roots; budget, rent, city-run groceries. 0:39 Eric Adams Wikipedia Previous mayor referenced in fraud / administration talk. 9:44 Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. Products Stance Socks — Theo named the brand. 20:40 Branzino — fish Mamdani named. 17:16 Amazon Essentials Men’s Classic Solid Necktie Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. Overview Theo sits with NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani on poverty and the city budget, housing-counselor roots in Queens, whether the American Dream still holds, DoorDash worker fights, city-run grocery stores, and a late stretch on multilateralism and antisemitism in the city. Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. Places New York City — mayoral beat throughout. 0:03 Queens — Jackson Heights / Richmond Hill counseling work. 11:40 Uganda — birthplace; moved to NYC at seven. 0:56 Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. Ads Acorns (28:12) — acorns.com/investinall · sports-bet loss match up to $50 as read. Celsius (YouTube description) — Celsius Amazon store · brand partner as listed. Perplexity AI (YouTube description) — pplx.ai. Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. Show notes are a summary, not a full transcript. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Links on this page may be affiliate links through Amazon and other partner programs we participate in now or in the future. If you buy through those links, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

This Past Weekend · Episode 681 · Host: Theo Von · Guest: Arthur Williams Jr. · Published Sep 8 2026 · Runtime 2:19:20 · Watch: YouTube Theo with Arthur Williams Jr. on printing nearly $10 million in fake hundreds, twelve years inside, and painting on canvas after release. Chapters People Products Overview Places Ads Chapters 0:02 Nearly $10 million in fake notes, then twelve years. 16:50 Security features, and lines that go wavy. 34:35 Out of prison, and already thinking about the next job. 52:18 Driving the country to spend it. 1:09:54 Faith, and still getting it wrong. 1:26:42 A father who ran paper too. 1:44:21 A conference, and his mother in the story. 2:02:02 Painting on canvas, legally, and the same feeling. Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. People Theo Von Wikipedia · Official site Host. 0:02 Arthur Williams Jr. Official Instagram Guest. Former counterfeiter, now an artist. 0:02 Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. Products No named product to shop this episode. Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. Overview Theo with Arthur Williams Jr. on printing nearly $10 million in fake hundreds, twelve years inside, and painting on canvas after release. Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. Places United States — The drives to pass the notes. 52:18 Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. Ads Celsius — brand partner as read. No product page linked. Shopify — shopify.com/theo · free trial as read. Morgan & Morgan — forthepeople.com/THEO. Perplexity — pplx.ai/theo. Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. Show notes are a summary, not a full transcript. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Links on this page may be affiliate links through Amazon and other partner programs we participate in now or in the future. If you buy through those links, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

This Past Weekend · Episode 684 · Host: Theo Von · Published Sep 19 2026 · Runtime 1:11:52 · Watch: YouTube Overview Solo Theo opens mid-thought — “year 2026… I got a bad haircut” — Southern Amish energy, two inches gone in New York, birds and streams flowing the wrong way, and a week of haircut shame that peaks when he complains to bald buddy Shane (science-project hair-fall at nine; hairless-cat grandma bit). Mid-show road-nightmare: a camper/van trip where every bump launches spoons, knives, and drawers; towels stuffed in every crack; tetanus shots; then Field of Dreams baseball (vs Minnesota) and fishing with family. He spirals into phone-fed Gaza war footage, Kanye/Hines Hall Palestine stage imagery, “I’m back on my meds,” and the absurd McRib-is-back vs dead-children news juxtaposition. Call-ins close: Jamie (dad, oldest starting middle school, shame about poverty bus / wanting daughter not to introvert the pain) and Rick from New Jersey (12 years sober, new baby boy, asking how to take care of himself). No sponsor reads this hour. Timestamp directory 0:07 Cold open — can’t start a day / sentence / relationship; batter runs straight to second base. 0:52 “Year 2026… I got a bad haircut” — Southern Amish energy; churn your own butter. 1:46 Barbershop miss — nice guy rips two inches everywhere; NYC walk of shame; birds won’t land. 3:12 Haircut rage bit — detach-and-hum-it-into-a-crowd fantasy; D-sharp punchline. 5:54 Do not complain about a haircut to a bald friend — calls Shane; 9-year-old science-project hair on the paper; grandma’s hairless cat. 10:50 Road nightmare — high-school-kid camper chaos; spoons/bolts flying; ambulance vibes; drawers of knives on I-65 / I-40. 14:02 Tetanus shots; “go open that BTK-starter-kit junk drawer and slam your head into it.” 15:09 Field of Dreams baseball game vs Minnesota; fishing with family; praise-God survival. 20:35 Kanye / Hines Hall stage — Gaza imagery; phone doom-scroll of the war; drone/doctor talk. 26:38 “I’m back on my meds” — trying to steady the spiral. 32:40 McRib is back / Halloween / court TV — absurd news stack vs kids dying on the phone. 36:50 Fear lane — Israeli tech contracts, Patriots-game optics, iPhone-7000 TikTok brain. 49:48 Call-in: Jamie — oldest starting middle school; poverty shame; wants daughter not to carry the pain alone. 51:13 Theo advice — “we’re in this together”; temporary hard stretch; build her inner voice against outside judgment. 1:00:31 Call-in: Rick (NJ) — 12 years sober; second boy ~a month old; can’t offer help while drowning. 1:02:19 Live chat with Rick — take care of yourself so you can stay for them; massage / coffee close energy. 1:09:48 Soft close — blessings; peace. Stories Southern Amish haircut 0:52 Theo shows the cut: Southern Amish energy, churn-your-own-butter jokes, a nice barber who still took two inches off everything. He walks New York feeling like even the park birds and the stream flipped directions. OK looking like “shit” if it’s the shit he asked for — this wasn’t. Never call a bald friend about hair 5:54 He rings Shane mid-spiral. Shane’s reply lands heavier: age nine, looking down at a science project and finding his own hair already on it; grandma’s hairless cat that somehow ends up with Theo’s hair on it at eleven. Conversation hits a cul-de-sac; Theo hangs up wiser and still cactus-shaped. Camper of flying spoons 10:50 Road trip story where every bump dumps the silverware drawer. Bolts, spoons, knives, light fixtures cooking at 7,000°, towels stuffed in every crack, something like AA meetings forming in the back. They leave a third of the rig on the interstate, get tetanus shots, and praise God for surviving the Field of Dreams detour. McRib vs the feed 32:40 News stack: McRib is back, Halloween, a court case, and phone footage of kids dying in Gaza. He can’t square lemon-pepper hype with atrocity clips — admits the spiral, names meds, keeps talking anyway. Jamie’s middle-school daughter 49:48 Caller Jamie grew up poor, still feels the bus shame, and doesn’t want his oldest (heading to middle school) to introvert that pain. Theo reframes: say we’re fighters, this stretch is temporary, build a voice inside that answers when somebody looks down on you. Rick’s sober newborn stretch 1:00:31 Rick (NJ), 12 years sober, new second boy about a month old, calling because he’s last on his own list and scared of losing everything. Theo stays on the line — take care of yourself so you can stay useful to them. People Theo Von Host. Solo #684 — bad haircut, road stories, war-feed spiral, call-in advice. 0:52 Shane Bald friend Theo calls about the haircut; science-project / hairless-cat stories. Unlinked. 6:12 Jamie Call-in dad — middle-school daughter, poverty shame. Unlinked. 49:59 Rick Call-in from New Jersey — 12 years sober, newborn son. Unlinked. 1:00:43 Kanye West Referenced for a Hines Hall / Gaza imagery stage moment Theo saw. 20:47 Places New York City — Post-haircut walk of shame. 2:27 Field of Dreams (Iowa game site) — Baseball stop vs Minnesota after the camper nightmare. 15:21 Gaza — Phone-feed / stage-imagery talk. 20:47 New Jersey — Rick’s call-in. 1:00:43 Products McRib — Absurdist “it’s back” news foil vs war footage. Unlinked grocery. 32:51 Ads None this episode. Passing, unlinked: Barber in NYC, high-school camper crew, ambulance drivers on the interstate, Minnesota Field of Dreams opponents, family fishing day, Patriots / optical-camouflage digression, TikTok / iPhone bit characters, Jamie’s daughter and family, Rick’s partner and newborn. Show notes are a summary, not a full transcript. Product links may be affiliate links through Amazon and other programs. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

This Past Weekend · Episode 685 · Host: Theo Von · Guest: Joey Diaz · Published Sep 25 2026 · Runtime 1:59:40 · Watch: YouTube Theo welcomes Joey Diaz back for Asbury Park / Jersey return energy: Burning Man lore, Maiden–Priest concert memory, raising a street-smart softball daughter, Fulton Fish Market mornings, boxing-gym boredom fixes, and Austin plans — with a Bert-festival soft close. Chapters People Products Overview Places Ads Chapters 0:00 Cold open — Joey Coco Diaz; Church of What’s Happening Now; Austin tease. 0:38 Burr night / Asbury Park catch-up. 2:37 Burning Man friends — desert-party lore. 6:59 Iron Maiden / Judas Priest Asbury concert memory. 8:56 Raising daughter in Jersey — softball weekends. 11:22 Morganville intro → Fulton Fish Market mornings. 27:03 Moonpay / Shopify / Armra reads. 40:45 Street-smart parenting — Austin trips vs softball. 54:17 Ladder read. 55:13 BetterHelp read. 1:38:26 Boxing gyms vs boredom / isolation. 1:58:50 Soft close — Chicago / Bert fest + Riverside Milwaukee + Austin. Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. People Theo Von Official site · The Comedian List · Tour Host. Asbury catch-up, sponsor stack, recovery / boxing-gym closer. 0:00 Joey Diaz Instagram · Wikipedia Guest — Church of What’s Happening Now; Jersey return; street-smart daughter; Austin plans. 0:16 Jim Florentine Wikipedia Named in Opie & Jim-era concert / hang lore. 8:20 Bill Burr Wikipedia Night-before Burr show chat. 0:38 Bert Kreischer Wikipedia Comedy-festival date plug near the close. 1:58:50 Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. Products Theo Von tour · Theo merch Church of What’s Happening Now — Joey’s show / Mad Flavors world. 0:00 Ladder — Coach-app mid-roll as read. 54:17 Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. Overview Theo welcomes Joey Diaz back for Asbury Park / Jersey return energy: Burning Man lore, Maiden–Priest concert memory, raising a street-smart softball daughter, Fulton Fish Market mornings, boxing-gym boredom fixes, and Austin plans — with a Bert-festival soft close. Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. Places Asbury Park, New Jersey — Studio / hometown catch-up. 1:30 Fulton Fish Market — Early-morning comic / fish-run lore. 11:58 Austin, Texas — Joey popping up / trip vs daughter schedule. 40:45 Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. Ads Moonpay (27:03) — moonpay.com/agents as read. Shopify (27:30) — shopify.com/theo · free trial as read. Armra (28:41) — tryarmra.com/THEO · code THEO · 30% off first order as read. Ladder (54:17) — ladder.fit/TPW · free 7-day trial + $10 off first month as read. BetterHelp (55:13) — BetterHelp.com/Theo · 10% off as read. Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. Show notes are a summary, not a full transcript. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Links on this page may be affiliate links through Amazon and other partner programs we participate in now or in the future. If you buy through those links, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

This Past Weekend · Episode 686 · Host: Theo Von · Guest: Caleb Pressley · Published Sep 30 2026 · Runtime 2:04:53 · Watch: YouTube Chapters People Products Overview Places Ads Chapters 0:00 Cold open — content catalyst; Sundae Conversation; Caleb intro. 0:50 Word-escrow idea — mediator before blurting. 2:50 FaceTime Center Stage shower bit. 5:58 Glenny Balls / Huberman intervention updates. 12:41 Florida retirement building near Boca. 21:56 Prize Picks read. 23:45 Quo read. 43:17 SEC football is life-changing. 58:22 Stagecoach DJ set — Diplo’s honky-tonk. 1:00:35 Packed room / jump-cam chaos. 1:58:16 Stoke wide shoes — on-couch try-on. 2:03:53 Moonlight close — Tonkin Honkeys ride again. Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. People Theo Von Official site · The Comedian List · Tour Host. Word escrow, Center Stage, SEC love, Stagecoach jump-cam, Stoke try-on. 0:00 Caleb Pressley Instagram Guest — Sundae Conversation; Florida retirement-building lore; Stagecoach DJ set; Stoke wide shoes. 0:14 Glenny Balls Instagram Sundae Conversation cohort; Huberman intervention bit; weight-loss / walk / PGA updates. 5:58 Diplo Wikipedia Lets Theo and Caleb DJ his Stagecoach honky-tonk. 58:22 Andrew Huberman Wikipedia Named for an on-show intervention attempt with Glenny. 6:14 Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. Products Stoke wide shoes — Caleb’s wide-foot shoe project; on-couch try-on. 1:58:16 Theo Von tour · Theo merch Sundae Conversation — Caleb’s interview show with Glenny Balls. 0:00 Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. Overview Theo welcomes Caleb Pressley for Sundae Conversation energy, Glenny updates, Florida retirement-building lore near Boca, and the wild Stagecoach DJ set at Diplo’s honky-tonk — then Stoke wide shoes on the couch before a Moonlight / Tonkin Honkeys close. Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. Places Boca Raton, Florida — 65-plus retirement-building framing. 12:41 Stagecoach Festival — Diplo honky-tonk DJ set. 58:22 Nashville, Tennessee — studio vibes / rain chat. 27:19 Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. Ads Prize Picks (21:56) — prizepicks.com · code TPW as read. Quo (23:45) — quo.com/theo · business phone system; 20% off first six months as read. Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. Show notes are a summary, not a full transcript. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Links on this page may be affiliate links through Amazon and other partner programs we participate in now or in the future. If you buy through those links, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

This Past Weekend · Episode 661 · Host: Theo Von · Guest: John Kiriakou · Published Jun 5 2026 · Runtime 2:19:17 · Watch: YouTube Former CIA officer John Kiriakou tells Theo he has applied for a presidential pardon and is talking with Tulsi Gabbard. They go from a college recruitment and the morning of 9/11 through the Abu Zubaydah capture, interrogation, and Guantanamo. Later he covers surveillance, the CIA guides he wrote, and prison. Chapters People Products Places Ads Chapters 0:00 New guide to CIA skills, a pardon application, and Tulsi Gabbard. 2:31 George McGovern, superdelegates, and a party that kept insurgents out. 16:16 Dr. Post marks the paper, then says he is recruiting for the CIA. 24:13 Executive Order 12333, and the overnight change after 9/11. 32:10 Cofer Black walks into a briefing for the bin Laden unit. 35:11 Word comes in that the World Trade Center is on fire. 39:32 The capture of Abu Zubaydah. 43:22 Netanyahu recording, a rule against spying on Israel, and the Massie race. 58:02 Interrogation with no training, a full jail in Rawalpindi, then Guantanamo. 1:10:07 A plea deal for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed that gets vacated. 1:43:39 Snowden, a Utah data site, and the Skyhorse guides in one volume. 1:51:31 Prison visits, intake, the Aryans, and a captain in the Bonanno family. Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. People On this episode Theo Von Official site · The Comedian List Host. 0:00 John Kiriakou Wikipedia Guest. Former CIA officer. New book, and a podcast he calls John Kiriakou’s Briefing Room. 0:16 People mentioned Abu Zubaydah Wikipedia The capture he walks through. Later he says Abu Zubaydah is who he was talking about when he described a torture program. 39:32 Cofer Black Wikipedia Shows up for the briefing. Kiriakou introduces him as director of counterterrorism. 32:10 Edward Snowden Wikipedia The warnings Kiriakou credits for what the public knows about NSA and CIA collection. 1:43:39 Tulsi Gabbard Wikipedia He is talking with her on Friday. Theo brings up her husband headed into surgery. 1:00 Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. Products The Ultimate Guide to CIA Skills, Tactics, and Techniques — the new volume he says rolls the earlier guides together. 1:45:01 Surveillance and Surveillance Detection: A CIA Insider’s Guide — one of the Skyhorse books he names. 1:44:44 Lying and Lie Detection: A CIA Insider’s Guide — named with the same series. 1:44:48 How to Disappear and Live Off the Grid: A CIA Insider’s Guide — the third guide he lists. 1:44:48 Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. Places George Washington University Pakistan Afghanistan Israel Rawalpindi Guantanamo Loudoun County, Virginia Utah Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. Ads Saily (26:07) — travel data plans as read. Code Theo at checkout for 15% off the first purchase. Morgan & Morgan (27:29) — forthepeople.com/theo · fee is free unless they win, as read. Also pound 529. BetterHelp (55:38) — betterhelp.com/theo · 10% off as read. CarShield (57:06) — carshield.com · code Theo for 20% off as read. Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. These are summary notes, not a transcript. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Other partner programs may also apply.

This Past Weekend with Theo Von · Episode #660 · Host: Theo Von · Guest: Nate Bargatze · Published May 27 2026 · Runtime 1:59:09 · Watch: YouTube Nate Bargatze returns to talk about writing and starring in his first movie, The Breadwinner (in theaters May 29), whether Davy Crockett or Daniel Boone had more aura, Betty Crocker the “original catfish,” taking on Ticketmaster and Live Nation, keeping his act clean, and how his idea for an amusement park became real. Chapters People Products Places Ads Chapters 0:00 Intro: Nate Bargatze. 6:14 American culture, Spike TV and the UFC. 12:24 Movies they love. 30:59 Betty Crocker, the original catfish. 43:24 Ticketmaster, Live Nation and ticket pricing. 55:47 Making The Breadwinner, and the studio side. 1:08:14 Why Nate keeps it clean. 1:14:19 Roller coasters and theme parks. 1:26:41 Ideas from a higher power. 1:51:22 Nate’s amusement park becomes real. Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. People On this episode Theo Von The Comedian List · Wikipedia Host. 0:00 Nate Bargatze The Comedian List · Wikipedia Guest. Comedian; star of The Breadwinner. 0:00 People mentioned Davy Crockett Wikipedia Aura debate. 0:00 Daniel Boone Wikipedia Aura debate. 0:00 Mandy Moore Wikipedia In The Breadwinner. 1:02:04 Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. Products The Breadwinner — Nate’s first movie. 0:00 Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. Places None this episode. Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. Ads CarShield (0:00) — carshield.com · Use code THEO for 20% off. Celsius (0:00) — Go to the Celsius Amazon store to check out all of their flavors. Mountain Dew (0:00) — mountaindew.com · Look for American Dew limited-time packaging or find it in stores near you Perplexity AI (0:00) — pplx.ai/theo · Ask anything. Theo Von tour and merch (house) (0:00) — theovon.com · tour dates and new merch. Acorns (22:21) — acorns.com/theo · Get your $20 bonus investment today! Manscaped (52:19) — Manscaped.com! · Thanks to MANSCAPED for sponsoring today’s video! Get The Beard Hedger® Plus for 15% OFF + Free Shipping with code “THEO” Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. Show notes are a summary, not a full transcript. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Links on this page may be affiliate links through Amazon and other partner programs we participate in now or in the future. If you buy through those links, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.