Wrestling Politicians Vs. The Addams Family w/ Garak Tailor

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01/30/25 • 59 min

The Most Important Election Of Our Lives

This week, we grapple with two worlds where loyalty, drama, and larger-than-life personas collide: wrestlers turned politicians and their fictional counterparts, the Addams Family. What happens when these characters take their weird lives into politics? Can a fire-breathing bigot beat a genteel goth in the polls? And which fictional family member would thrive in a primary? “Wrestlers in Politics”: From Glenn Jacobs (Kane) as Knox County's mayor to Jesse Ventura rewriting Minnesota's political history, we explore the bizarre trajectory of grapplers in government. “Meet the Addams Family”: A deep dive into how these guys would fare in the political ring. [...]

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