Madigan's Pubcast

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Comedian Kathleen Madigan opens her Pub every week to talk about everything and anything fun in her world. Light bar conversations ranging from her parents to unsolved mysteries, sports to chimpanzee documentaries.

Recent Episodes
  • Episode 228: Judging Morning Merlot, A New Everest Record, and My Crazy French Exchange Student
    Jun 4, 2025 – 01:30:12
  • Episode 227: Remembering Gravitron Rides, Irish Taco Bell, & The Urban Legend of the Bubbleheads
    May 28, 2025 – 01:25:25
  • Episode 226: Celebrating Pope Leo, Drunk Grizzly Bears, & the NHL Adopts A Mammoth
    May 21, 2025 – 01:40:20
  • Episode 225: Fatal Selfies, The REAL ID Debacle, & 40 Years of Dollywood
    May 7, 2025 – 01:36:31
  • Episode 224: Wisconsin Bloody Mary’s, Micro-Cheating, & Celebrating Pope Francis
    Apr 30, 2025 – 01:33:47
  • Episode 223: Italy’s Rocket Dove, Quiet Pickleball, & Nostradamus Predicts the Next Pope
    Apr 23, 2025 – 01:46:58
  • Episode 222: Fireball Pop-Tarts, Blue Ghost Fireflies, & Augusta’s Green Jacket Mystery
    Apr 16, 2025 – 01:24:45
  • Episode 221: Masters Week, An Irish Goat King, & The Wizard of Oz Flies Into Vegas
    Apr 9, 2025 – 01:30:43
  • Episode 220: Fireball Whisky For Life, Paid Angels, & The World’s Oldest Cat Turns 30
    Apr 2, 2025 – 01:31:34
  • Episode 219: Airline Baggage Wars, Selling the Celtics, & Arkansas' Crater of Diamonds
    Mar 26, 2025 – 01:19:42
  • Episode 218: March Madness Begins, Witch Cats, & The Zoomers’ Drinking Captain
    Mar 20, 2025 – 01:21:53
  • Episode 217: Gen Z Workers, King Tut’s Bar, & The Patron Saint of Dogs
    Mar 12, 2025 – 01:18:51
  • Episode 216: A Dog-Friendly Cruise, Hallmark Moms, & Stealing Graceland
    Mar 5, 2025 – 01:26:37
  • Episode 215: A Taco Bell Wedding, Ice Fishing, & Japan Offers Hangover Leave
    Feb 26, 2025 – 01:24:46
  • Episode 214: Parental Beer Gardens, Serious Bowlers, & Teaching Gen Z Bar Etiquette
    Feb 19, 2025 – 01:19:54
  • Episode 213: Dethroning JAWS, Painted Tigers, & Budweiser’s Famous Tiny Clydesdale
    Feb 12, 2025 – 01:16:54
  • Episode 212: Garage Sale People, Super Bowl Gambling & The Hunt for La Pistolera
    Feb 5, 2025 – 01:31:28
  • Episode 211: A New Toll for Everest, Dolly’s Secret Song, & Idaho Brings Back Firing Squads
    Jan 29, 2025 – 01:26:04
  • Episode 210: Nantucket Bans Pickleball, Cowtanking, & The UK Runs Out of Guinness
    Jan 22, 2025 – 01:32:11
  • Episode 209: Retiring Girl Scout Cookies, Manifesting Mindy, & North Korea Bans Hot Dogs
    Jan 15, 2025 – 01:18:57
  • Episode 208: Chernobyl’s Super Dogs, Pony Beers, & The Big Tipping Debate
    Jan 8, 2025 – 01:15:41
  • Episode 207: 2024’s Drunkest City In America, The Prophet of Doom, & A Marlboro Canoe For The Convent
    Jan 1, 2025 – 01:38:53
  • Episode 206: Santa Buc-ee Returns, The Problem With 3 Kids, & a Low-Speed Holiday Mule Chase
    Dec 18, 2024 – 01:32:55
  • Episode 205: The End of the ERAs, Notre Dame’s Christmas Bells, & A Texas Nun’s Secret Affair
    Dec 11, 2024 – 01:43:06
  • Episode 204: Christmas Tree Flocking, Pickleball Theaters, & Mexico’s Copycat Buc-ee’s
    Dec 4, 2024 – 01:29:30
  • Episode 203: Thanksgiving Mustard, Drunk Marathons, & A New Approach To Manifesting
    Nov 27, 2024 – 01:18:22
  • Episode 202: Mariah Carey’s Holiday Bar, Crypto Explodes, & Hallmark’s Holiday Cruise Sets Sail
    Nov 20, 2024 – 01:20:29
  • Episode 201: Airport Trash Pandas, Team Building Cults, & Ranch Fixes Everything
    Nov 13, 2024 – 01:28:55
  • Episode 200: The World’s Largest Pickleball Park, Taylor Swift’s Super Bowl Record & Cracker Barrel Sweatshirts Go Viral
    Nov 6, 2024 – 01:19:05
  • Episode 199: Parlay Betting For Beginners, Bloody Mary Bars, & Halloween’s Prettiest Witch
    Oct 30, 2024 – 01:31:01
  • Episode 198: Utah’s Complicated Liquor Laws, Adult Halloween Costumes, & The Second Trial of Karen Rea
    Oct 23, 2024 – 01:28:46
  • Episode 197: The Wobbly Earth Theory, Russia’s Woolly Rhino, & the NHL Makes Beer Sales History
    Oct 16, 2024 – 01:28:40
  • Episode 196: Monster Hurricanes, Irish Moonshine, & The Rise of Doomsday Preppers
    Oct 9, 2024 – 01:37:42
  • Episode 195: Southern Fried Pickleball, Chinese Panda Dogs, & Taco Bell Gets Nostalgic
    Sep 25, 2024 – 01:29:58
  • Episode 194: : Missouri’s Bigfoot, Gondoliers Wanted, & the Russian Elon Is Arrested In France
    Sep 18, 2024 – 01:17:39
  • Episode 193: Mexico’s Missing Tiger, the First Millennial Saint, & the Most Remote Pint in Britain
    Sep 11, 2024 – 01:28:11
  • Episode 192: A $10M Cocktail, Chimp Crazy & Pickleball vs Paddleball
    Sep 4, 2024 – 01:31:22
  • Episode 191: Fantasy Football Begins, Starbucks’ Paper Straws, & Killer Mosquitoes Invade the Northeast
    Aug 28, 2024 – 01:22:45
  • Episode 190: Learning Pickleball, The Benefits of Napping, & A Big Surprise at an Alabama Buc-ee’s
    Aug 21, 2024 – 01:27:21
  • Episode 189: Introducing Chappell Roan, Cats Eating Ice Cream, & The Tribe Saving The Amazon
    Aug 14, 2024 – 01:27:37
  • Episode 188: Gold For Snoop & Martha, Venice’s Tourist Tax, & Moose Lodge Beer Specials
    Aug 7, 2024 – 01:41:43
  • Episode 187: Southwest’s New Boarding Era, Cocaine Sharks, & Remember The Alamo
    Jul 31, 2024 – 01:26:39
  • Episode 186: A Living Nostradamus, Don’t F*CK With Cat Ladies, & Scientists Weigh In On Nessie
    Jul 24, 2024 – 01:24:27
  • Episode 185: New Orleans’ Horror Mansion, Flying Hippos, & Whataburger Saves Houston
    Jul 17, 2024 – 01:19:31
  • Episode 184: Nerds On Fire, Debating Airbnb, & The Return of Shark Week
    Jul 10, 2024 – 01:28:49
  • Episode 183: Fourth of July Fun, Alien Monoliths, & Taylor & Stevie Unite In Dublin
    Jul 3, 2024 – 01:31:10
  • Episode 182: Buc-ee’s Midlife Crisis, Pickleball Bars, & Flip Phones Make a Comeback
    Jun 26, 2024 – 01:24:08
  • Episode 181: The White Buffalo Prophecy, Defending Milwaukee, & Tom Brady’s Firey TED Talk
    Jun 19, 2024 – 01:31:47
  • Episode 180: Feral Swine Bombs, A Narcissistic Flamingo, & Bigfoot’s Noodling Murder
    Jun 12, 2024 – 01:28:43
  • Episode 179: Return of the Wu-Tang Clan, Razzmatazz, & The First Millennial Saint
    Jun 5, 2024 – 01:20:22
Recent Reviews
  • Tioga Time
    Dunning on Stage
    Kathleen has a great standup act but too long and laugh less on Podding
  • mello mclattepants
    Never disappoints
    I look forward to hearing from Kathleen every week. She has created a platform for her journalism skills. She has consistently shared her often hilarious and spot on reactions to print and video items provided by her research assistants. I like hearing the laughter and muted comments of her technicians and I’m sure it helps Kathleen. They are doing the work of the Lord.
  • skincare Queen
    Bobbi and Ansley
    Ten stars! We love you!
  • Graves6188
    Hilarious!
    I can’t imagine my life without Kathleen’s Pubcast now, it’s the highlight of my week when a new one is released! Here’s to many more, cheers Kathleen and Paddles!
  • Kcorrinna
    Paddles has ruined this podcast
    EDIT: Now Paddles has added the loudest clap she possibly can. I used to be the odd termite out on this one but guys….it’s so bad. It’s almost like Jody reads the comments and has decided to scrape her nails down the chalkboard in response. I love Kathleen. I’ve been a termite before the term was coined. Paddles’ laugh is so goddamn annoying. JC. It really makes it hard to enjoy the pubcast and it’s FANTASTIC but she ruins it with the obnoxiously LOUD, incessant laughter. It overshadows Kathleen and it’s absolutely ridiculous. I have to give 5 stars to Kathleen but if I had to consider Paddles too it’d be a 2. That’s how distracting it is. I look forward to this every week…and I dread Paddles ruining it every week.. 😭
  • RR1196
    The BEST
    Hysterically funny! A bit educational, not political, healthy attitude and good vibes! What more could you want? Try one show and you’ll be hooked. I ended up going back to listen to all of them from the beginning.
  • Sheltie Mamma
    Kathleen Madigan’s Pubcast is AWESOME !!
    I’ve loved Kathleen as a comedian for many years. I was ecstatic to find her Pubcast during Covid. She is hilarious, super smart and has a common sense approach to things that go on in the world. Listen to her show! You will laugh a lot and learn just as much about what’s going on!
  • BornInBrooklyn
    For Those In the Back
    Content is so good and as always Kathleen Madigan delivers, but please, please the background laughter and sound is so distracting I can’t listen for any length of time, it’s so distracting and annoying.
  • SLP 1988
    My favorite comedian!
    Kathleen is my absolute favorite comedian! My ears just really don’t like Paddle’s maniacal laughter, I’m so sorry! I’m trying so so hard to just get over it because I love Kathleen so much! Nothing personal Paddles, I promise!
  • sqbarnes~
    Absolutely love ur humor😂
    Before podcasts I purchased ur albums and love downloading to listen in my car. Keep up the great work.
  • rsteppr129
    Makes my day she does!!
    rsteppr129
  • PThom726
    Irish gem, she is
    A fan for decades, I was thrilled to find Kathleen’s podcast. I listen daily to old episodes….feel as though I’m in a social studies class with a great teacher. Hate I missed her show in Charleston this last weekend…Hope she had a great time in our home state.🥰Thank you, Kathleen, for helping keep my spirits up and Happy St. Pat’s☘️💕 🍺
  • CAL TRASK
    Almost Great
    Kathleen Madigan is a hilarious comedian and has made an almost great podcast series. As a recovered Catholic, I have often related to and laughed with her brand of comedy for years. However, no one has ever laughed as much as Paddles, the Ed McMahon of the show, who finds every word from Kathleen uproariously zany. Unlike other audible show partners like Robin Quivers, Paddles’ interruptions disrupt Madigan’s comfortable demeanor. Honestly, the sidekick is worse than a sitcom laugh track; almost enough to dismiss the show completely.
  • asdfghjkl54367
    She’s the best
    Just saw her live in ft Myers. She was excellent!!!
  • Janalynf
    Greatest
    Kathleen puts fun in the day. I don’t drink, but love to hear her snack and drink review. Like hearing the Mormon jokes, gotta laugh at the mirror it helps me understand my own beliefs.
  • steph powers
    🤩🤩
    madigan totally slaps
  • Jburns272
    Such a funny lady
    Always listen to my weekly Madigan podcast! She always keep me up to date on sports I don’t follow and any news I missed
  • La’Carlalala
    Baby Cat #1 Fan
    Every episode is like a warm hug from the entire mid west.
  • Maddy0701
    Best podcast ever
    Look forward to this podcast every week. Keeps me laughing and informed about all the pop culture events .
  • realgasmnocult6969
    WalterMercado=ElonMusk
    Just watched ‘Mucho Muco Amor! Legend of Walter Mercado’. Why does this dude remind me of that dude?
  • Benjo777
    Catholics are Christian
    Sincerely Alabama
  • Bruz03
    Love This Pubcast
    Thank you, Kathleen! I ALWAYS listen on Wednesdays because this pubcast brings me so much joy. You rock! Grew up in OP, KS, now in Houston. We all really appreciate you. ❤️
  • glimadoll
    You can’t hear the other person on the podcast!!!! Fix this please. Makes me want to cancel podcast!
    Can you get two good mikes? Whoever is in the background laughing/talking is almost unintelligible, can’t hear them well, and it is irritating and weird. Bye-bye if you don’t fix this.
  • RespectisGood
    Enough maniacs and bad news! You need a dose of Kathleen Madigan
    When Covid first hit, they didn’t let people in crowded, live theaters, so thankfully I wandered into Madigan’s Pubcast. Love the “life on the road” stories, the current event stuff that’s so heavy, but Madigan comes outta left field and gives us a break. She just a damned funny comedian! Never goes preachy, and always heads for fun, bizarre topics. Laughing and smiling are good for you. Listen to this one!
  • Laura R. TN
    Highlight of the week
    I have listened to every single episode at least once. Kathleen’s lighthearted but realistic outlook on life has helped me see the joy in the little things like unique treats and a good beer.
  • Everetthobbes
    Update!
    This podcast started strong and only got better. If you like wacky snacks, cats named after drug kingpins and Dolly Parton, this is the podcast for you.
  • Auntiemj123
    I ❤️ this podcast
    Kathleen Madigan‘s podcast is funny, informative, and very entertaining. I could listen to her for days and days. She keeps us up on what’s new and I love her views. Give it a try I think you’ll like it.
  • aloft
    Enjoyable, Funny, Clever :)
    I was never drawn to a one-person podcast, but I’ve enjoyed Kathleen’s shows and the podcast was recommended by my husband so I tried it. I’m hooked (even though I don’t have “an addictive personality”)! I enjoy Kathleen’s clever humor, her unique point of view and all the stories. Thank you for doing this “for us,” Kathleen!!!!!
  • MichelleBinthe mitten
    HOMES
    Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie & Superior Love from Michigan!
  • NYVATX Sue
    The Best
    Kathleen is who I would want on the stool next to me in any bar. I think she is hysterical and intelligent. I’m a 72 year old woman originally from Buffalo, NY and I find her humor to be very entertaining in a girl-next-door way. She is my favorite comedian.
  • november fall
    My weekly happy place
    She is, without a doubt, THE BEST!!!! Love the podcast and re-watched the stand ups to get me through recovery from nasty surgery…and it worked!!! 😉😉😉
  • akkw1997
    Turn the sidekick up or down
    I love this lady, BUT it’s annoying that you can barely hear her producer (?) in the background, chipping in. So either turn up her mike or cut her input, please!
  • brrrnanners
    Mute the background girl!
    Kathleen is awesome and righteously hilarious in a way that feels like home. But the loud girl off-microphone in the background letting off her constant, annoying laugh ruins the show. That girl makes me stop listening every time I try. Nearly impossible to listen with headphones because of her volume. It's to the point that it interrupts the flow of discussion. Pleeeeease get rid of her.
  • Meg0012
    Awesome!
    Love the pubcast! I look forward to it every week! Kathleen Madigan is hilarious and I love all the stories and articles she tells and reads o the pubcast!
  • WysternWynds
    Joyful!
    I love a murder/true crime podcast but need to balance it with something positive and this pubcast has been doing the trick for years! 👏👏👏 Thank you for always making me smile and keeping me up to date with the news! 🤩😄🐈
  • Miss Devoy
    Who is more fun than Kathleen and Paddles?
    Answer: No one :)!
  • Cranky Quilter
    Love this!
    She’s the best!
  • Smybag
    Love this Podcast
    So relaxing and fun!
  • Willab12
    Ab fab!!
    So enjoying this podcast. Maddie rambles with wit & humor. Kuddos on opinions expressed with kindness & consideration of others feeling.
  • ckpaint
    Love
    Been a fan of Kathleen’s for a long time. Love coming to the pub each week!!
  • srmcbroom
    Millennial Fan
    Been a huge fan of Kathleen for almost 10 years now. Podcast doesn’t disappoint and just adds to my love of all the content she delivers. Amazing performer and person. Keep the Pubcast going strong!
  • MixedmediaJenn
    Love love love
    My fave podcast. Love everything about it and look forward to the new one every week. I laugh out loud at Kathleen and Paddles often. I prolly look crazy in the car laughing hysterically by myself but I don’t care! Love it 😍
  • jules from ne
    Beg to differ
    Love the podcast. Feels like friend's having great conversations! Paddles, you are always welcome in my background. The camaraderie between the two of you is twice as fun! Don’t change a thing!
  • Kathy D
    The Best Pub Podcast
    ❤️❤️❤️ I’ve loved your stand up but now love the podcast. From trying beer and chips to the UPDATE! Problem is we need two a week! Love ya
  • EGB1015
    Background laughing PLEASE STOP
    Kathleen is so great but the incessant, mindless laughter in the background makes me want to turn it off. She’s like the super annoying friend that nervous laughs at everything you say. Please, please shut her up. Takes away from a great podcast.
  • X. Op
    Please, never stop!
    I really hope you never stop making this podcast! I saw you in St. Louis, my second time - the first was at Westport Plaza in the early 90’s. Madigan’s Pubcast is my favorite podcast…..you’re the best and you make me laugh.
  • LakelivinLady
    Makes my week
    Kathleen, you make my week. Loved your show in Madison Wi.
  • Mad-fann
    Awesome live show
    I am new to the pubcast and have not listened yet. I saw her live show a week ago and she is hilarious - loved her performance. Her jokes were awesome and i would love to see her next time she does a show. She is one of my favorite comedians and i am sure her pubcast will not disappoint
  • arvisnelson
    Not so great
    Live show was horrible! Comedy show was funny but then doing it live a year later not relevant anymore. Jokes fell flat and banter on podcast is funny so do that live! Never once referred to audience as “termites” or any current content! Don’t waste money on live shows!
  • lelizab76776
    Best News
    Mama Termite shares news and wisdom in these awesome pubcasts! Helping us do the work of the Lord and not take ourselves too seriously.
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