Show is entertaining and well told, but as you get more and more recent you realize it’s clearly told from a left of center position.

I LOVED this podcast until the last 2 episodes. It was easily 5 stars for me. I gave it 2 now. Listen, I’m not a Trump supporter. I am an Independent with a voting record all over the place. I was really disappointed in how biased this seemed. There was def a slant. Something that I was so happy had not shown up until now.

Great, balanced podcast that tells the history of America. I love how this podcast just truly educates the listeners with no biases.

This podcast is highly recommended. It provided me with valuable insights into the 2020 and 1912 elections, shedding light on previously unknown aspects of these historical events.

First, what I would like to be said is that the recent barrage of reviews regarding the last couple of podcast/elections do not do this any justice. Regardless of your politics and what you think the biases of this podcast specifically the last three elections are slanted towards, I do not believe it shows a true resemblance of the full slate of good work done here. I have listened to this podcast since it’s beginning and have gone through every election episode multiple times. Unfortunately the last couple of elections have tainted any possibility of an unbiased narrative by anyone in my opinion. Even a hint of appearing to favor one way or another leads to heavy drowning criticism back. I would implore people to start this at the beginning where it was meant to be started and work your way through the full compliment of election episodes. You will find that they are produced very well, done creatively that will entertain you in a way most history podcast can’t. There is a very good general understanding of everything that is discussed with exemplary notes for you to read and site on the back end.

How about trying to record a down the middle, truthful and accurate podcast? I actually stopped listening to the Wicked Games podcast after the last episode of the 2020 podcast series (Biden/Trump) after the full left tilt at that time. I refused to listen to the full series again and the Harris/Trump episode is just as slanted. It is obvious the narrator sides with elites and is out of touch with common folk. That’s where I hang and get to listen to my fellow common folk talk about struggling to stay afloat while the government tells us everything is fine. Don’t believe your lying eyes. Also ignore the fact that Biden/Harris treat illegals (and Ukraine) better than their fellow countrymen? Harris and her ilk got what she deserved.

Bias is there but it’s fine, the presentation is excellent. There are definitely changes I would have made to the focus of individual episodes, but on the whole I really enjoyed it. 2024 Part 1 was excellent! I loved to hear the history we all lived through in the same format that the I’ve come to know this podcast for. 2024 Part 2 was disappointing, and it’s probably in this one that I had the biggest problem with the focus. The ending was lackluster compared to other episodes, and too much time was spent on things that weren’t relevant. Perhaps those things would have been relevant had VP Harris won, but she didn’t. That said, it’s surreal to see the cover change. Hard to believe Trump pulled it off again. Edit: End of description should now be changed to “Donald Trump’s surprise electoral victory in 2016, his contested defeat in 2020, and his stunning comeback in 2024”

Listened to how 2024 was covered to gauge how solid this guy would cover previous elections. You couldn’t have gotten a more boilerplate standard regime narrative if you tried. Those episodes discouraged me from listening to other episodes, hard pass

There are factual inaccuracies, omissions or over simplified explanations. Clear bias against Nixon. To say Ike never trusted Nixon after the Checkers Speech is just plain wrong. In follow up, the latest Country over party episode the liberal professor states that Nixon ordered the water gate break in. Not true. Nixon did not order the break in. Even John Dean says that.starting with the Woodrow Wilson episode this pod cast became liberal propaganda.

They produce it wonderfully but the obvious bias ruins the show.

This show is so slanted against Trump and the GOP. The bias starts around Nixon and continues to the present. 2024, part 2 hypes up Harris the entire time only to briefly mention that she didn’t win at the end. Same lib bias as most other political podcasts. Disappointing.

Dude has no idea why the 2020 and 2024 elections happened the way they did. Makes me question all the prior episodes.

對於自學英語來說，這篇博客無疑是最好的選擇！它能給我帶來更好的聽力訓練，聲音也很棒很好聽。

Agree part 2 was extremely disappointing. Presentation extremely slanted towards Harris & nothing positive about Trump. I was left wondering if he knew Trump won the election The facts cited were questionable & now makes me wonder how accurate the prior podcasts were.

Overall a great podcast but as we enter more recent history Grahm obviously has a bias against the Republican Party. I wish he would’ve told the story from a non-bias perspective. It’s unfortunate that much of modern history will not be shared because of personal bias. Trump has his faults and those were outlined, but the faults of Kamala were pushed to the side. I’d like to know the good, bad, and ugly from all involved parties.

Good information but a little on the left. Just remember this is a podcast, not a dissertation so the “facts” are bent in the host favor.

I listened to every one of these. And thoroughly enjoyed the early ones. By the time it got to the 2024 election I started questioning how much fact and how much partisan propaganda was dumped into my ear holes. The part 2 of the 2024 election focused very little on issues. Just like Kamala’s campaign. It demonizes a US president and didn’t even go into how few policies the democratic candidate defined during her campaign. Now I think I will go back and do my own research for earlier elections.

BUT HAVE YOU HEARD THE BIAS ON THE LAST EPISODE

You could always tell there was a liberal bias to this podcast but it was never egregious enough to keep me from listening, until President Trump entered the picture. The final episode was a 50 minutes of verbal idolatry towards Kamala Harris, with the necessary jabs at Trump inserted regularly. The narrator incorrectly gives Trump a lower electoral total than he had after winning and also makes a remark about a lower popular vote total than 2020. He is also sure to state that the victory had nothing to do with Trump but it was only a repudiation of Biden/Harris (it was both). Add in the required talk about racism and sexism and just when I thought it couldn’t get any more embarrassing we were treated with 45 seconds of how Russia influenced the 2024 election in Trumps favor. The alternate reality that was displayed in this episode mirrored exactly what was spewed by media outlets during this election cycle and what Democrats still don’t understand is this is the reason Donald Trump won.

This is a good historical podcast covering each presidential chronologically . It’s actually really good up until about Nixon and from that point the episodes are increasingly ideologically slanted . The most recent episode covering the 2024 election bordered on unlistenable as it sounded as if it was scripted by the Harris campaign.

I’ve listened to all the episodes and very much enjoy how history is presented. However, the most recent episode is so clearly a political opinion episode than objective history that it’s become ridiculous. The cherry picking of facts and telling only the parts of the story that fits the author’s narrative is egregious and should serve as a warning to not take this podcast’s “facts” seriously.

The first 175-ish years of our presidential history are fascinating and well told. When we get to more modern times - and especially the last decade - I’d like to remind Mr. Graham that both Biden and Harris are already married, so he should lighten up the love fest and maybe turn off MSNBC.

This podcast left out so much about both the 2020 and 2024 elections. It seemed slanted toward the Democratic side with subtle descriptions of issues with Biden vs. issues with Trump. Documentary programs should report as many cogent facts as possible and let the listener make the decision. We don’t need a lengthy explanation and justification for why one candidate (Kamala Harris) didn’t win. This last episode with the slanted reporting left me with the impression of how could Trump be so awful and evil yet he won both the popular vote and the electoral college? I think you guys missed the mark on why Trump won and coulda done a much better job reporting it.

I enjoy the quality of this podcast, if you agree with this bias you will enjoy this.

Sad because I liked it 4 years ago

Do not recommend.

A little bias here and there, to claim Nixon had a difficult relationship with Ike was just not true. I also strongly contest the framing that he was on the Reagan-right of the party that was described in the 76 episode because he defended Goldwater and manipulated the southern strategy. His idealogical tendencies were far closer to that of Ford, Rockefeller or Eisenhower than Goldwater or Reagan, even if he used rhetoric of the latter. Otherwise I haven’t noticed anything notable. Keep up the good work!

Good history told in a captivating way. The bias is also relatively weak.

I’d hoped for a critique of how the rich have always used elections to retain the power they granted themselves at the nations creation but it is not here. But a nice “cliff notes” version of the major issues which were prominent during and had impact upon the quadrennial elections. My suspicions of leaving out critical facts was confirmed in the Reagan Carter episode which barely mentioned Reagan’s proven and oft ignored treasonous actions around Iran, the hostages and selling weapons (for his MIC owners) to fund the Contras. Additionally the total lack of his “conversion” from union leader to capitalist right wing tool. Nothing about his time shilling for GE…

I have loved this podcast since the first episode, and I still do and I’m going to be blunt to a couple of critics. This podcast is analyzing how people play the game of elections and focuses on elections from a historical point of view and has no political bias what so ever. If you are a staunch believer in the fact that Trump’s tactics are like eggs are falling out of the sky then this podcast isn’t for you and you shouldn’t waste time writing bad reviews without cause. This podcast describes the elections with such vivid imagery that it makes me feel like I’m watching a TV show.

Where is the episode concerning Bush vs Dukakis ?

Really enjoyed this episode as 1972 was the 1st time I could vote. I was in college then. I was also naive enough to think that McGovern would win and the Vietnam war would end if he was elected. That episode brought back many memories. Good job!

The 1968 episode was outstanding sir.

I was so excited to listen to this. Truly. It was so close to being an awesome podcast - giving perspective on past elections and political history is so valuable and important… but listening to the first episode was a bummer and made me not want to continue. The sensationalized narrative and political bias toward President Trump and those that support him was disappointing. Felt like the same old mainstream media echo chamber.

I enjoy the show, but the first episode needs updated taking out incorrect and misleading information regarding Jan 6. For example, no capital police officer died as a result of the incident.

Listened to this the first time during the last election cycle. Love revisiting it now.

I listened to the podcast in its entirety. Hopefully in this rerelease the current events will be corrected for the 2016 election and the 2020 will remain unbiased. Please don’t ruin an otherwise great podcast.

I love history and still have many podcasts to go but so far have learned a lot. All the one star reviews are based off of the last 20 or so years of elections but apparently that’s grounds to *unbiasedly* throw out 200 years of history. The purpose from the start of this podcast is to understand American elections have never been without manipulation, without mud slinging, and as the title says wicked. For those who want to think we live in a time never before seen of political/social crumble and claim the sky is falling, then by all means this podcast isn’t for you.

Excellent podcast. Regarding those one star reviews, I find it interesting that far right people are in this much denial of how unkindly history will see the Trump presidency and his attempted coup.

I look forward to learning something new each week about our nation’s electoral history and love how Lindsay brings each podcast he does to life (I love American Scandal, too). Wicked Game is definitely part of my must-listens each week. Keep up the great work!

Your statements about January 6th 2021 are inaccurate and that is seen in the fact that you don’t play all of Trumps speech and the only person to die on that date was a protestor that was shot by a cop. Most of the other statements can’t be proven until all of the video footage is reviewed by the public. Please stay bipartisan and report the facts. I love this podcast the first time around but would hate to think your views are skewed.

I have listening this since few years ago, earlier episode were more telling history but recent ones has become undoubtedly biased and in fact full of lies of what I have witnessed myself in the recent years.

Having now had the bulk of your podcast on Trump vs Biden disproved: Soviet interference “confirmed “ by 50 U S intelligence officials, no wrongdoing by anyone named Biden, Comey is an “honorable man” who would “never leak”, etc. You owe it to history to correct the many, many falsehoods of your prior broadcast. Otherwise, this is worthless.

Early episodes were good accounts of historical events but recent episodes repeat proven hoaxes and lies about Republican candidates and whitewash the corruption and extremism of Democrats

Knowledge are golden. I spent years , thousands of hours to learn US history and politics reading and re -reading books . Watching videos . And must to tell it is Sisyphean labor . Especially after 3-4 covids my memory twisted everything into an entangled damaged file . . With help of Lindsey’s podcasts (all of them) i am making an image of what i knew and what learning here into comprehensive awareness of the US. Also cannot stress enough how thoroughly im enjoying all the efforts invested in every sound that appears on background, that many of listeners might not even notice. It is such a tremendous effort to find and pick those than add to the tracks , then toss around and on . Standing ovation!!! Thank you !

I love this I think it’s really entertaining and historically accurate thanks to the people who make this podcast

Somewhat biased as history reaches the present

I listened to all of the episodes and found a liberal biased but when the last four episodes are heard…. Wow! It’s the last four elections with CNN’s commentary and very painful to listen to. I used to like Lindsay Graham but no more. It’s just wokeness fluff and opinion without any historical facts.

Specifically the Romney vs Obama episode focuses largely on things that were not part of the campaigns. Donald Trump had no impact on 2012 and the birther movement is from 07-08 and the connection between that and Romney is non-existent. The Clint Eastwood convention speech was also a relatively minor event. They could’ve easily focused on the three Romney Obama debates which were heavyweight fights. Other episodes follow the same pattern in detailing minor or even unrelated events. Just talk about the friggin elections and their issues!!!

Haters back off