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The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila Chan
On The TMI Show, hosts Manila Chan—a veteran news broadcaster with a droll style—and Ted Rall—an award-winning political cartoonist and provocateur—join forces to shine light on some of the strangest news stories of the day.
Join Ted and Manila every day live at 10 am Eastern time, Monday through Friday, or stream the conversation at your convenience.
When the going gets weird, the weird tune in...to TMI!
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Episodes
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanDating After 60, Wrongful Convictions, DNA Breakthroughs & Starbucks' New Rules | TMI Ep472
Are older women getting pickier about dating, or are men simply failing to keep up? And what happens when the criminal justice system relies on scientific…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanKushner's $2 Billion Mystery, Epstein Conspiracies & the Virus That Shaped Human Intelligence | TMI Ep 471
Is Russia really behind every American conspiracy? Or has blaming Moscow become Washington's favorite excuse? On this episode of TMI with Ted Rall and Manila…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila Chan2026 Midterms: Mail-In Voting Drops, AI Predicts Death & Brain Health Risks | TMI Ep 470
Is America's confidence in mail-in voting collapsing? Can artificial intelligence predict your death from a photograph? Could the foods you eat every day be…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanAmerica's Starter Home Crisis, Marijuana and Violence, Bizarre Baby Names & a Sexually Harassing Robot | TMI Ep469
The American dream of homeownership is slipping further out of reach. As starter homes disappear and housing costs soar, Massachusetts is considering a…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanWHO Warning Weight-Loss Drugs for Kids, Kim Kardashian’s Five Nannies & Noah’s Ark Search | TMI Ep468
Weight-loss drugs for children, the widening family divide, a looming shift in America’s housing market and a new scientific search for Noah’s Ark are all on…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanPalantir and ICE, NASCAR’s Affair Lawsuit, Eminem Meets MAGA and Love After 79 | TMI Ep 467
A lawsuit in Maine is raising troubling questions about ICE, Palantir and the surveillance of Americans who observe immigration operations. Information…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanVoter Watchlists, French Teen Protests & NYT Exec Murdered | TMI Ep 466
Today, we examine a federal voter-fraud investigation facing serious questions, student unrest sweeping France, new science challenging how we understand ADHD…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanDOGE Insider Speaks, DraftKings AI Exposed & Irritable Male Syndrome | TMI Ep 465
A DOGE insider breaks his silence, DraftKings faces troubling questions about artificial intelligence, and two unusual health stories examine grumpy aging men…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanTylenol Murders Mystery, Jefferson DNA, Brain Implants & AI Snacks | TMI Ep 464
A mysterious cyanide death resurfaces in the Tylenol murders investigation, DNA reopens a defining chapter of American history, brain-computer interfaces move…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanWhite House Press War, ICE “Tradwife” Traps, Brain-Boosting Music & Bolivia’s Tiny Wildcat | TMI Ep 463
A White House press fight creates an unlikely alliance, the FBI offers ICE agents some deeply unromantic dating advice, researchers examine music’s connection…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanAnti-Aging Drugs, Japan’s Centenarians, Navy Accountability and FBI Hiring Standards | TMI Ep 462
Weight-loss drugs enter the longevity debate, Japan crosses a remarkable demographic threshold, an alleged assault aboard a Navy vessel becomes entangled in…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila Chan“Free Palestine” Fallout, Meta Accused of Harvesting Faces & Air Travel Gone Wild | TMI Ep 461
Politics enters the concert arena, artificial intelligence raises new questions about ownership and privacy, modern dating collides with old expectations, and…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila Chan9/11 Questions 25 Years Later | Tylenol Pregnancy Findings | Fashion’s Waste Crisis | TMI Ep 460
On this special anniversary edition, we revisit September 11 through the established historical account and the alternative theories that continue to surround…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanAI Bosses, Lost Wages, America’s Disappearing Jobs, History’s Weirdest Jobs | TMI Ep 459
Today’s jobs-themed show examines shrinking American industries, a restaurant payroll investigation, some of history’s strangest occupations and an AI…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanAmazon Pregnancy Lawsuit, 9/11 Toxic-Air Records, TSA Gate Access and the CD Comeback | TMI Ep 458
Pregnant Amazon workers allege they were punished for seeking basic accommodations, newly released records raise questions about official air-quality…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanAfD Stuns Germany, Bill Ackman Bets on Experimental Medicine and Malta Pays Drivers to Quit | TMI Ep 457
Germany’s political establishment suffers a major electoral blow, ICE receives extraordinary authority over a detained hunger striker, a billionaire backs an…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanWhere Is Mitch McConnell? Plus Gen Z Silence and a Strange Insomnia Cure | TMI Ep 456
Mitch McConnell may finally return to Washington, scientists are studying whether Americans’ shrinking vocabulary could affect their brains, and an…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanBiden Burisma Cash, Secret Campaign Payments and the Search for Dark Matter | TMI Ep 455
Hunter Biden explains how his Burisma income followed him into addiction, Florida accelerates its use of the death penalty, scientists investigate a possible…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanBig Beef Monopoly, Ruffalo Antisemitism Fight & Robot Vacuum Revenge | TMI Ep 454
Trump takes aim at America’s dominant meat processors, Hollywood rallies behind Mark Ruffalo, federal forecasters identify the jobs disappearing fastest, and a…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanTrump’s G20 Guest-List Fight, AI-Written Stories and an Anti-Surveillance Shirt | TMI Ep 453
The G20’s guest list triggers an international dispute, researchers test whether readers can recognize AI-generated fiction, an Arctic tourist receives a very…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanICE Deports Milo, California Ballot Showdown & America’s Tomb Raiders | TMI Ep 452
A deportation advocate gets deported, an American family allegedly turns cemetery theft into a multistate business, California’s highest court confronts an…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanFake Surveillance, Damaged NFL Brains and Allegedly Manipulated DNA | TMI Ep 451
A homemade surveillance decoy produces three felony charges, a major study measures the NFL’s CTE problem, disputed DNA evidence sends a man to prison, and a…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanBounty on Barron Trump, Cartel Retaliation, and America’s Beef Revolt | TMI Ep 450
Today’s TMI examines an alleged Iranian assassination threat against Barron Trump, growing concerns about AI-fueled psychosis, a possible cartel attack along…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanLuigi Mangione Copycat Plot, El-Sayed’s Tweet War & the Science of Consciousness | TMI Ep 449
A Luigi Mangione-inspired assassination plot reaches sentencing, Abdul El-Sayed starts a political firestorm, estrogen may physically alter the brain’s memory…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanModerna mRNA Questions, Swalwell-Fang Fang Files, Redlining’s Legacy & Gen Z Socialism | TMI Ep 448
Moderna is making a major new mRNA cancer claim, newly declassified FBI records are reviving questions about Eric Swalwell and suspected Chinese intelligence…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanPolitics Gets Sexy, Medicine Gets Weird & a Cat Outsmarts New Zealand | TMI Ep 447
It’s Fun Friday, and today we’ve got politics discovering the thirst trap, scientists turning gut bacteria into potential living medicine, Saudi Arabia…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanLake Mead’s Vanishing Water, School Paddling, Screen Time Science & Police Surveillance | TMI Ep 446
Lake Mead’s disappearing water is exposing decades-old secrets, corporal punishment is still legal in American schools, new research challenges assumptions…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanDOGE vs. America’s Weather System, Jill Stein in Court and California Residents Fight Back | TMI Ep 445
America’s weather infrastructure is under pressure, Jill Stein is back in the legal spotlight, California residents are taking public safety into their own…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanE-Bike Injuries Surge, Amazon Destroys Books for AI & Troops Gain Border Arrest Powers | TMI Ep 444
E-bikes were supposed to make transportation easier, artificial intelligence was supposed to preserve knowledge, and the military was supposed to stay out of…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanKyrsten Sinema’s Affair, America’s Sexless Marriages & Gen Z Moving Back Home | TMI Ep 443
A former senator’s affair becomes a legal battle, married Americans are apparently having a lot less sex, Europeans are role-playing the “broken American…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanLuigi Mangione Plea Twist, Manhattan Rent Shock & a Solar Storm Warning | TMI Ep442
Luigi Mangione’s legal saga may be heading for another major turn, Manhattan renters are confronting numbers that look more like mortgage payments, ancient…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanICE Shock Gloves, Mahmoud Khalil Lawsuit, Gotti Goes to Prison & Cornell’s Bear Problem | TMI Ep 441
ICE may soon have a startling new tool at its disposal, Mahmoud Khalil is taking his fight against the government into a new legal arena, a member of the Gotti…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanPutin Frees American, Hunter Biden Meets Tucker & Tour de France Padded Bra Scandal | TMI Ep 440
An American detainee suddenly heads home from Russia under unusual circumstances, Social Security makes a major change affecting some of the country’s sickest…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanMedical Monopolies, Gen Z Ghosting, Jason Arday Scandal & RFK Jr’s Perfect Poops | TMI Ep 439
Hospital consolidation is putting a fresh spotlight on the price Americans pay for medical care. Gen Z is challenging another long-standing workplace norm…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanCan Dandelions Fight Cancer? Plus Flu Immunity, Wolves & AI Toilets | TMI Ep 438
California ranchers are facing a growing conflict with gray wolves, researchers are investigating whether dandelion root contains compounds with anticancer…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanBanning Influencers, College Dress Codes, 4-Day Schools & AI as Your Second Brain | TMI Ep 437
A Nantucket shop has triggered a national argument over influencers and private businesses. Tuskegee University is tightening its campus dress code, more…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanAmerica’s Economy , Organ Donation Scandal, Myspace Returns & TikTok Failure | TMI Ep 436
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says America’s divided economy is finally coming back together—but the numbers may tell a more complicated story. Meanwhile…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanGI Bill Scam Schools Exposed, Trump Truth Social Controversy, Newsom's $347M Question | TMI Ep 435
America's promise to veterans, Wall Street's race for information, California's political fundraising system, and a growing public health controversy in New…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanIs MAGA Breaking Apart? Workforce Warning & One Unbelievable Cure | TMI Ep 344
A brewing rebellion on the political right could redraw the boundaries of the America First movement. Meanwhile, a major shift in the American workforce is…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanAre Your Bad Habits Hurting Your Pet? Plus Cadaver Fat, Comfort Food and Iceland Whaling | TMI Ep 4
Americans’ health habits may be affecting more than their own waistlines. Today, we examine what pet obesity reveals about the way people feed, exercise and…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanAI Hackers, Lawn Wars, Dating Red Flags & Cadaver Fat | TMI Ep 432
Artificial intelligence is crossing a line that could reshape cybersecurity, but whether that makes the digital world safer—or far more dangerous—depends on…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanThe Car Alarm Hack, America’s Foreign-Student Business and a Parkinson’s Breakthrough | TMI Ep 431
A device hidden inside millions of vehicles may expose drivers to a threat most owners do not even know exists. Meanwhile, scientists are testing a Parkinson’s…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanEveryone Hates the 2028 Field, the Senate’s Worst Briefcase, and Beagles Set Free | TMI Ep 430
The 2028 presidential field is already taking shape—and nearly every major contender is underwater with voters. Plus, a Senate security screening uncovers an…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila Chan9/11 Ground Zero Fight, Border Phone Wipe Case, L.A. Homelessness & America’s Marriage Divide | TMI Ep 429
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani faces growing opposition from some 9/11 families ahead of the 25th-anniversary ceremony at Ground Zero. Meanwhile, a federal…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanEpstein Associate Dies, Girls in Boy Scouts, Cursive Returns & Brain Freeze Explained | TMI Ep 428
Another figure connected to Jeffrey Epstein dies under investigation, immediately reigniting online speculation. Meanwhile, America debates girls joining the…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanDrug Ads, Free Labor in the Sky & Florida's Herpes Monkeys? | TMI Ep 427
Should prescription drugs be advertised on television? Why do doctors still prescribe too many antibiotics? Have airlines quietly come to rely on volunteer…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanChild Marriage, Daylight Saving Time, ICE Raids and Antibiotic Resistance | TMI Ep 426
Courtney Stodden turns a Hollywood controversy into a campaign to end child marriage in California, while lawmakers consider permanently changing the nation’s…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanMusk’s $5 Million Bet, Secret Biden Tapes, and Criminalizing Homelessness | TMI Ep 425
Elon Musk pours $5 million into Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign for Ohio governor, Joe Biden fights to keep private recordings from becoming public, and Tennessee…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanBeer, Bots and Barbecue Buddies: Government Power, Workplace Tech and Loneliness | TMI Ep 424
The U.S. Supreme Court weighs a major Eighth Amendment and asset forfeiture case involving Alaska’s attempt to seize a $95,000 airplane over illegally…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanYour Virginity Is in Your DNA, AI Teachers Are Here, Grandma Defeats the Liquor Police | TMI Ep 423
Could your DNA influence when you lose your virginity—and even how well you age? Is a humanoid robot in the classroom the next educational tool, or the first…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanTattoo Ink, Kalshi Insider Bets & Government Kill Switches | TMI Ep 422
Are tattoos quietly increasing your cancer risk? Did a White House insider cash in on advance knowledge of Trump's speeches? Plus, we separate fact from…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanCongress Splits on Israel Funding, Biden's Memoir, New Monkey Species, Kevin O'Leary | TMI Ep421
A dramatic House vote on U.S. funding for Israel exposed a growing political realignment, Joe Biden announced a memoir that already has critics joking about…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanAI Data Centers, Space Mirrors & United's Window Seat Lawsuit | TMI Ep 420
Artificial intelligence, Big Tech, space exploration, antidepressant recalls, airline lawsuits, and the future of humanity—today's TMI Show dives into four…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanMarco Rubio, Japan's Spy Agency & America's Retirement Reality | TMI Ep 419
Venezuela, Japan, Alzheimer's disease, retirement, Social Security, inflation, and the future of global power—today's TMI Show tackles four stories that…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanIsrael, Ozempic & America's Bedroom Culture Explained | TMI Ep 418
The Pentagon, Israel, Ozempic, GLP-1 weight loss drugs, BDSM culture, Arctic sea ice, and climate engineering—today's TMI Show explores four stories that…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanParis Hilton, Chinese Spies & the Weirdest Crime of the Year | TMI Ep 417
Foreign spies, child protection, hidden health risks, and perhaps the strangest criminal case of the year—today's TMI Show covers stories that range from…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanGhost Students, Cancer Research & a Record-Breaking Woman | TMI Ep 416
Artificial intelligence, higher education fraud, cancer research, healthy aging, and one astonishing feat of human endurance—today's TMI Show explores four…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanUkraine Bombing Mystery, Marine Le Pen & Iceland's Whale Hunt | TMI Ep415
Ukraine, France, NATO politics, Marine Le Pen, covert operations, and Iceland's controversial whale hunt—today's TMI Show takes a closer look at the forces…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanEurope, NATO & America's Free Speech Debate | TMI Ep414
Free speech, democracy, NATO, Donald Trump, the First Amendment, ICE, and one very unexpected hotel guest—today's TMI Show explores the growing tension between…
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila ChanThe Billionaires' Vagina Club, Funflation & America's Rising Class Anger | TMI Ep413
On today's TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila Chan: What happens when the best healthcare in America is available only to people who can afford a luxury car…