Jon Kimball & David Rees
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Prediction markets, political panic, sideways jokes.
Election Profit Makers follows David and John as they track political outcomes, current events, and the strange incentives around betting on them. The show is brisk, skeptical, and digressive, treating headlines as both market signals and evidence of a larger public fever.
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Election Profit Makers is built around political outcomes, current events, and the markets that invite people to gamble on both. That frame gives the show a practical hook, but its personality is much stranger and more alive than a spreadsheet of odds. David and John talk like two people who read the news closely enough to be furious, amused, and suspicious all at once. The conversation moves fast. A foreign-policy headline can become a question about presidential autonomy, then a critique of euphemistic war language, then an absurd riff on the public life of the Strait of Hormuz. The show is especially good at noticing tiny phrases that reveal larger political weirdness. It lingers on the difference between war and not-war, on the theatrical language of official power, and on the strange incentives that make public figures perform certainty when events are plainly unstable. It is also willing to be ridiculous. Hydration can become a segment. A disputed teleportation story can become a defense of teleportation's honor. Kash Patel celebrating with a hockey team can become a miniature study in dignity, fandom, and spectacle. That mix keeps the show from becoming solemn, even when the subject matter is grim. The recent episodes circle Iran, Trump, the 2026 midterms, online prediction markets, Epstein-related politics, awards chatter, metropolitan statistics, and the uneasy comedy of watching institutions explain themselves badly. The dynamic is conversational rather than packaged. It can feel like a notebook being written aloud under pressure, with jokes arriving before the outline has fully formed. Listeners looking for clean segments and balanced-panel manners may find it unruly. Listeners who want political commentary with speed, irritation, specificity, and a working tolerance for absurdity will understand the appeal quickly. Election Profit Makers is funny because it is paying attention. It is sharp because the jokes keep circling back to the thing that actually happened.
Made for: For politically fluent listeners who follow current events, enjoy prediction-market logic, and prefer commentary with friction rather than polite consensus. Best for people who can track fast references, interruptions, and abrupt turns from nonsense to moral disgust.
What sets it apart: The show uses betting-market politics as a launchpad, not a cage. Its edge comes from the way David and John turn language, headlines, and public behavior into comic evidence without losing sight of the underlying stakes.
A podcast about election-related prediction markets. Hosted by Jon Kimball and David Rees.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Political analysis meets absurdist banter, revealing the incentives and institutional mechanics beneath elections, government decisions, and the week's stranger headlines.
Election Profit Makers turns political outcomes and current events into a loose, funny exchange between David Rees and Jon Kimball. Their conversations move from presidential power and foreign intervention to budget authority, media ownership, and the ideological drift of public…
Political betting meets Waffle House teleportation, giving your current-events dread somewhere funny to go.
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A comic, wide-ranging final episode before hiatus that turns the news into a loose but pointed back-and-forth.
Election Profit Makers closes out the run before the hiatus until the 2026 midterms with a comic, wide-ranging take on the news. David and John move from the Strait of Hormuz to war, presidential power, and how much autonomy a president really has over military action, keeping…
A messy, funny political hangout that keeps turning excuses inside out.
Election Profit Makers starts with a bit of housekeeping about a coming hiatus after next week's final spring episode, then settles into a funny argument about the excuses people reach for when a drunk-driving story is plainly what it looks like.
A money soaked talk episode that turns a controversial trip into sharp jokes about principle and compromise.
Election Profit Makers opens with the hosts back from the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia, and they do not hide the tension: the trip is controversial, but the episode is just as interested in how they were treated, how much money they made, and what that says about the…
A sick-day episode turns into a sharp, furious look at fitness talk, Fox News distortion, and Trump-era power.
The episode opens with John fighting a cold, then pivots into a blistering take on Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of Defense, gathering generals and lecturing them about physical fitness.
A scrambled, funny look at media power, politics, and public outrage.
Election Profit Makers runs with a scrambled live-broadcast energy: one host checks in from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, speaking from a conference room in the library, while the other keeps the conversation moving.
A near-daily politics rundown from Dana Goldberg and Alison Gill on Trump-era legal fights.
Three Slate journalists debate the week's politics, plus live shows and author interviews.
Mike Pesca opens with a monologue, then digs into Supreme Court ethics and Iran policy.
Election Profit Makers hosts David and John cover the final episode before a summer hiatus with Trump's escalating Iran threats, including a Truth Social post stating 'a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.' David performs a close textual analysis of Trump's first documented F-bomb tweet, arguing that an apostrophe in 'fucking' proves someone other than Trump typed it—the 'tell-tale apostrophe.' Iran's Lego meme videos mocking Pete Hegseth are called 'the funniest wartime propaganda in modern history,' and Greg Phillips, the FEMA official who claimed to have teleported to a Waffle House, clarifies he was undergoing cancer treatment and calls the event a 'miracle performed by God.' Michigan won the men's NCAA championship, beating UConn for the first time ever in a title game, while UCLA women won their first national championship.
Election Profit Makers hosts David and John discuss Trump's Iran war, which David characterizes as 'the vaguest war we've had in a while,' with Trump's approval at 33% and gas prices at their highest since 2022.
This episode of Election Profit Makers discusses using online prediction markets to profit from political outcomes and current events, focusing on the confusing situation of the U.S.
This episode discusses predictions about geopolitical events like the Strait of Hormuz being used as a weapon and Osama bin Laden's attack on the World Trade Center, framed within a political betting context.
The hosts discuss current events including midterms, the war in Iran, and award shows while introducing an episode focused on brainstorming ideas to lower gas prices.
This episode analyzes the recent Operation Epic Fury military action against Iran, discussing its political context, the warrior ethos, and whether it constitutes an official war.
The hosts discuss FBI Director Kash Patel's enthusiastic celebration with the U.S.
A satirical podcast episode that humorously discusses election prediction markets and absurdly pivots to a biology lecture about leg counts, ending with a joke about Jeffrey Epstein.
The hosts kick off a March Madness-style tournament to determine the best song about numbers, with humorous commentary and listener submissions.
The hosts discuss baseball, focusing on stadiums and team names, sparked by a listener's letter.
The hosts discuss the year in review, prediction markets, and personal anecdotes about a lingering cold.
The hosts, one dressed as Santa Claus, joke about aging and appearance before discussing election prediction markets.
Hosts Jon and Dave joke about prediction markets, their own mistakes, and the commercialization of political betting.
Hosts Jon Kimball and David Rees engage in humorous banter about Lionel Richie and personal memories, setting a comedic tone for a podcast about election prediction markets.
Two friends joke about election prediction markets and current events, with a froggy-voiced host and tangents about Tom Waits and UNC football.
The hosts of Election Profit Makers discuss the movie I Am Legend, comparing its zombie plot to their own podcasting experience in a humorous, chaotic conversation.
The hosts discuss recent election results where Democrats swept multiple state-level races across several states.
This episode discusses the death of Dick Cheney and his political legacy, followed by a brief mention of a news story about a man who threw a sandwich at a border patrol agent.
The hosts humorously analyze and debate the accuracy of locations and signs in a TV show scene.
The hosts discuss a personal story about a mother's death in hospice while framing their podcast as a guide to betting on political outcomes like Trump-related events.
The hosts humorously dissect a scene from a TV show, discussing a neighbor's odd decorations and the characters' first kiss.
The hosts discuss an episode of the TV show The Runarounds featuring Dex Romweber.
Election Profit Makers hosts David and John open with a fictional account of attending the Riyadh Comedy Festival alongside Louis C.K., Dave Chappelle, and Aziz Ansari, using it to discuss how comedians become useful idiots for authoritarian states.
John has a cold; David has coffee.
John is on the road, and the room immediately gets a vote.
John Kimball discusses the impact of Tropical Storm Chantal, which caused massive flooding in the Triassic Basin area of North Carolina, comparing it to past weather events like Hurricane Fran.
The hosts discuss a cold, COVID, and the latest on Trump's budget bill moving through the Senate.
Hosts David and John joke about a coincidental SpaceX explosion echoing David's childhood reaction to the Challenger disaster, blending election prediction talk with humor.
The hosts comically discuss the movie Baby Girl and its themes of power and leverage.
The hosts discuss listener feedback, body image, and brainstorm a new podcast name, blending election topics with comedic riffing.
The hosts discuss Elon Musk's alleged ketamine addiction and its effect on his bladder, blending political commentary with crude humor.
The hosts engage in humorous banter about hospital birthplaces before discussing election prediction markets.
Hosts engage in humorous banter about their fitness routines and protein shakes.