Fake Presidents

Fake Presidents

Buchman and Oren

English News Politics Explicit
Episodes 74
Avg. Duration 47m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.8 (27)
Since Oct 2020
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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Schedule
Monthly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
90%
Hosting
rss.libsyn.com

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About This Podcast

Remember when you could talk about politics without it being hazardous to your health? We think we've found a loophole. Each episode, Ben and Eric take a deep dive into a fictional American president from film or TV, to see just how much fiction there really is. It's a podcast sorta about politics and kinda about pop culture, hosted by two former politicos turned TV writer/producers who'd much rather talk about real movies and fake politics than fake movies and real politics.

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Fake Presidents at the Oscars

Mar 11, 2026 38m

How well do movies with fake presidents do at the Academy Awards? Let's find out...

First Crypto Kid (FIRST KID, 1996)

Feb 01, 2026 49m

1996's FIRST KID stars Sinbad as a secret service agent assigned to protect a bratty kid. The movie features one actor who is currently VERY searchable in the Epstein files, and another actor who is…

The Golden Circle Of Life (KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE, 2017)

Dec 31, 2025 48m

What does 2017's KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE (aka Kingsman 2) have to do with New Year's Eve, the holiday season, or even anything in the month of December? NOTHING! But our original choice wasn't…

Thanksgiving Potluck (HOUSE OF DYNAMITE, PLUR1BUS, MONSTERS VS. ALIENS)

Nov 27, 2025 48m

Eric watched a movie Ben didn't watch. Ben watched one Eric didn't watch. And together they watched a TV series that they both thought had a fake president in it, but didn't. Or did it? In this…

Abolish Ice (WAR OF THE WORLDS, 2025)

Aug 30, 2025 1h 6m

Ice Cube and his two adult-ish children are Earth's last line of defense in the latest incarnation of H.G. Wells seminal, sci-fi classic WAR OF THE WORLDS. Eva Longoria, Clark Gregg, and Andrea…

Acting President (HEADS OF STATE, 2025)

Jul 23, 2025 1h 2m

John Cena is an actor-turned-U.S. President and Idris Elba is a soldier-turned-U.K. Prime Minister in HEADS OF STATE, a brand new Amazon Prime action-buddy-comedy that at times feels straight from…

ImPOTUSible (MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - THE FINAL RECKONING, 2025)

Jun 23, 2025 59m

The world is on the brink of an AI-fueled global thermonuclear apocalpyse and only one superspy* can save it... and only one U.S. President can help him save it. Angela Bassett is that President in…

Department of Homelander Security (G20, 2025)

May 23, 2025 58m

What happens when crypto-minded terrorists led by Antony Starr (THE BOYS) take over a summit of world leaders in South Africa? It's up to Viola Davis as the U.S. President to take him down in Amazon…

Only Murders In The White House (THE RESIDENCE, 2025)

Apr 23, 2025 1h

It's Wes Anderson meets PADDINGTON meets CLUE, all set in the White House. Well, not the ENTIRE White House. Just... THE RESIDENCE! This hit Netflix series from Shondaland presents an offbeat murder…

Follow the De Niro (ZERO DAY, 2025)

Mar 21, 2025 39m

In Netflix's 6-part series ZERO DAY, Robert De Niro plays a former U.S President with cognitive issues (who chose not to run for reelection), and Angela Bassett is a current U.S. President with a…

This is POTUS (PARADISE, 2025)

Mar 13, 2025 57m

In Hulu's newest TV series PARADISE, James Marsden is a murdered U.S. president, and Sterling K. Brown is the Secret Service agent at the center of the investigation. Oh, and (SPOILER ALERT) the…

Red Hulk Gives You Wiiings (CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD, 2025)

Feb 17, 2025 53m

Happy Presidents Day! To mark the occasion, we rushed out opening weekend to check out the return of Harrison Ford to the White House. Well, technically, in AIR FORCE ONE, Ford never made it to the…

The Dude-In-Chief (THE CONTENDER, 2000)

Feb 01, 2025 56m

We cover 2000's THE CONTENDER starring Jeff Bridges as a U. S. president sometime between 2007 and 2010. Joan Allen is a senator nominated to fill an open VP slot who refuses to address any…

Mail to the Chief (YEAR END MAILBAG!)

Dec 22, 2024 40m

Let's close out the year by digging into some messages from listeners, and then look ahead at the year to come in fake White Houses! Topics covered: Who do we think should play a president that…

Banie Bros (THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, 2012)

Nov 26, 2024 40m

What? You don't remember there being a POTUS in 2012's Christopher Nolan-directed, Christian Bale-starring THE DARK KNIGHT RISES? Neither did we! But there is one, and he's got a whole monologue and…

Quid Pro Cho (The Presidents of THE TWILIGHT ZONE)

Oct 30, 2024 50m

This Halloween, let's take a spookily ironic look at every president ever portrayed in any episode of any version of THE TWILIGHT ZONE! (It's not that many) Believe it or not, it wasn't until Jordan…

Bee Pluribus Unum (THE BEEKEEPER, 2024)

Sep 30, 2024 49m

Did you know there's a fake president in Jason Statham's pulpy, hit actioner THE BEEKEEPER? We didn't! Not until a listener gave us the heads up. British thespian Jemma Redgrave plays the American…

Better Red Than Dead (STAR TREK VI: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY, 1991)

Jun 30, 2024 54m

It's the last cinematic voyage of the original Enterprise crew, but the first (and only) for the new Federation President, played by The 70s Show's Kurtwood Smith. Kurtwood joins William Shatner,…

HasbrOTUS (G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA, 2009)

May 30, 2024 52m

From a Ken Doll in fatigues to "action figures" with kung fu grip to an afterschool cartoon and finally to... a live action theatrical release! It's 2009's G.I. JOE: RISE OF CORBA. The fictional…

America Has Fallen (CIVIL WAR, 2024)

Apr 15, 2024 53m

It's a house divided in this episode as our hosts have very differing takes on just how successfully this new film from writer/director Alex Garland (ANNILHILATION, EX MACHINA) infuses its narrative…

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Fake Presidents has published 74 episodes since October 2020, covering topics in News, Politics.

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