Verdict with Ted Cruz

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Join Senator Ted Cruz and co-host Ben Ferguson as they break down the most important news stories of the day and reveal what they mean for you. On "Verdict with Ted Cruz,” you will go behind the scenes of the political debates that define our country.

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    Nov 8, 2024 – 53:12
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    Nov 6, 2024 – 42:44
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    Nov 6, 2024 – 42:44
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    Nov 4, 2024 – 36:37
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    Nov 2, 2024 – 30:15
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    Nov 1, 2024 – 38:11
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    Oct 30, 2024 – 42:47
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    Oct 28, 2024 – 42:46
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    Oct 26, 2024 – 33:21
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    Oct 25, 2024 – 40:09
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    Oct 23, 2024 – 41:28
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    Oct 21, 2024 – 39:25
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    Oct 19, 2024 – 29:56
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    Oct 18, 2024 – 53:45
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    Oct 16, 2024 – 35:58
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    Oct 14, 2024 – 37:05
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    Oct 12, 2024 – 35:39
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    Oct 11, 2024 – 44:19
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    Oct 7, 2024 – 43:55
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    Oct 5, 2024 – 32:58
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    Oct 4, 2024 – 43:42
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    Oct 2, 2024 – 38:45
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    Sep 30, 2024 – 49:49
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    Sep 28, 2024 – 32:08
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    Sep 27, 2024 – 42:27
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    Sep 25, 2024 – 30:21
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    Sep 23, 2024 – 42:06
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    Sep 21, 2024 – 34:09
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    Sep 20, 2024 – 40:36
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    Sep 18, 2024 – 45:46
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    Sep 16, 2024 – 40:41
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    Sep 14, 2024 – 29:18
  • DEBATE NIGHT!
    Sep 11, 2024 – 35:00
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    Sep 9, 2024 – 44:09
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    Sep 7, 2024 – 38:50
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    Sep 6, 2024 – 45:24
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    Sep 4, 2024 – 47:12
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    Sep 2, 2024 – 37:30
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    Aug 31, 2024 – 41:24
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Recent Reviews
  • Phd and Brown
    Clown, Troll and Traitor
    Why does this sad man have a podcast while still being a HORRIBLE senator and HUMAN BEING? The answer is easy he’s from the TEXAS that refuses to believe he’s really Canadian that ate & voted the human dignity out of a once beautiful state. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out to claim your Canadian citizenship when Orange Jesus either come for you or destroy our country.
  • pinging pigeon
    Matt Gaetz
    Senator, considering the Gaetz track record for possible sex trafficking, and his role in unseating Kevin McCarthy, how can President Trump nominate Gaetz for Attorney General (with a straight face)?
  • 1776AF
    #RickScottforSenateLeader
    Loved hearing your take on what was going on in the Senate until you went silent on your vote for Senate Leader.
  • Lisatocc
    What is happening?
    Why have you taken down your X accounts? Because you are stabbing President Trump in the back by voting for Thune or your buddy Cornyn and not Rick Scott? Your supporters put you back in your seat to take care of business, not business as usual. Pull your head out Ted. You taut yourself as MAGA, act like it
  • NannaBonBon
    Thank you!!!
    Live uour pod! Thanks for all you have done to try to save our nation - i prayed and fasted for your 2024 election and safety!!
  • Slaggles
    Please support Rick Scott for Majority Leader
    John Thune and John Cornyn are going to thwart PDJT’s MAGA plans! I love you Ted, but your support for Cornyn is a disappointment. 😩
  • Codydf34
    A RINO through and through
    Ted betrayed Donald Trump and the will of the people by not electing Rick Scott to be the majority leader.
  • GinMan69
    RINO Puppet
    Texans should be ashamed with @tedcruz, nothing more pathetic than secretly supporting RINO Thune when it was Texas MAGA that helped him beat Allred. Ted doesn't even have the balls to come out and tell Texans why he supports Thune. Coward. ✌🏼🤟🏼🇺🇸
  • James H from GA
    Love the podcast!
    I love listening to you guys! I feel like you always have the inside scoop on what is happening in the political world. Keep up the good work. Also, Senator Cruz, please help Rick Scott become the majority leader.
  • msbabynurse
    Traitor
    Deleting your podcast since you are voting John Thune. Really disappointing Ted
  • iWoz2
    Super Agent Man (SAM)
    Senator Schumer is PAM: Pettey Ageny Man
  • Tracy at TOMA
    kerrygold for the win
    price will go up as irelands keeps slaughtering dairy cows
  • ithinkyannimaybetrans
    11/4/24
    Takes time out if his busy schedule yo keep us informed, a ticket to hashing out ideas!!
  • InFocus_mlr
    Hard to stay interested
    Too many ads, and they run too long. Kills my drive time ability to hear a complete show.
  • Evernote user
    Too many ads
    I enjoy Senator Cruz's insider perspectives. However, the podcast is very difficult to listen to. Ben says a sentence, Ted says a sentence, then 2-3 minutes of ads.
  • Sal-ly
    Good show but too many commercials.
    You guys need to go back to your roots and go back to less advertising. I enjoy the discussion but way too many interruptions.
  • Raj Fan
    The Gentleman from Cancun….
    ……SUCKS!
  • Emagz89
    Too many ads
    Love the podcast and topics of discussion but I’ve literally stopped listening because of all the ads. I’d say about 40% of the show is just ads. I refer to it as the “Chumba Casino Show” with Ted Cruz occasionally interrupting it.
  • Sfich01
    Too many ads
    Used to listen to every episode, but now I’m fast forwarding more of the episode than I’m listening to with all these ads. Ben Ferguson will talk for nearly 6 mins about some paid service. Really ruined it for me.
  • Kcummins
    The real news
    The real news that the anti American media doesn’t want you to hear. The democrats aka Biden Harris have committed TREASON BY FUNDING IRAN WITH BILLIONS and they want the military to shoot Americans this is the point where we need to put a stop to this . TRUMP 2024🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
  • jaybarbq
    Debate
    Awesome job hitting that left wing radical on his vote history their campaign is nothing but hope and feelings.
  • T Ohio
    Very informative
    Good current information on political issues 4/5 stars due to the number of adds/commercials
  • Pfnwalh
    Very informative
    Great podcast but too many commercials. More than ANY other podcast I listen to.
  • 5eeeeeeee
    Podcaster by day, senator never
    I’m “represented” by Senator Rafael Edward Cruz, who clearly spends most of his time podcasting and shirking his senatorial duties. I wonder if he recorded an episode at the Ritz in Cancun? No thanks, Cancun Cruz.
  • Hacker 996
    My Review
    Ted 5 Stars
  • mik an ike
    Over it
    I like what Ted. But ever since Ben took over it’s been nothing but ads.
  • ImNoPC
    Ben is the absolute worst
    I used to listen to this podcast religiously when it was Senator Cruz and Michael Knowles but when Ben Ferguson replaced Michael, the podcast became unlistenable.
  • dujiismyspankbank
    I absolutely love this pod! But…
    I love this podcast. I have not missed a single episode since it’s inception. I understand this is a business and it needs sponsors but holy mackerel the amount of ads and ad reads is getting to the point it almost impossible to keep listening 😔 it’s probably 35% ad time
  • paulwm
    Bad for Texas
    Bad for Texas
  • disneydaddy831
    Ads are too much!
    I’ve been listening to this podcast for years and the ads have gotten to be too much!! Dial down the ads and focus on content/information!
  • drsxoxo
    Facts & Honesty
    I truly appreciate this podcast. I enjoy that they provide facts and even admit when they got something wrong, which isn’t often. Spot on… Thank you!
  • 323xyz
    Not really
    Ted Cruz, famous for shutting down government, and going to elite college and then with all that exposure to knowledge, decides to believe, what a normal person wouldn’t. Lacks all credibility. Twisted. Great for people who want fascism, and corporate control of the economy and laws that take away freedom, except for guns of course. 43,000 deaths a year. That’s on them.
  • Tupperware Torpedo!
    Concerned Citizen
    Love the show, and find it very informative!
  • Red67co
    Truth
    I have been Listening to the Verdict from the beginning. It gives you an insight into what is happening in Congress and events that are happening right now.
  • RedneckEOD
    Too many ads!
    The content is pretty good when they are actually talking, but it seems like ads take up at least 2/3 of the shows time. Starts with ads, do the intro, more ads, talk a few minutes, more ads, and on and on and on. It’s been getting worse. I’m done listening to it.
  • Shwolfe
    You are going to lose!!!
    Like Trump, you care about yourself, period. Texas and America deserve so much better than what you have to offer, which is performative, toxic behaviors
  • RT in Houston
    Too repetitive
    They put out several podcasts per week, but there seems to be so much repetitive information that I end up just deleting it because I don’t want to listen to the same thing multiple times. I would rather once a week podcast with new information than three or four a week with the same stuff over and over.
  • sean7866002
    Good podcast
    I used to listen to every new episode, but in recent months something had bothered me. The mic is way to close or too sensitive and picks up his breathing, also “you’re exactly right” is uttered every time the co host makes a statement. It’s annoying to me now, but if you can get over my issues it has good content.
  • Senator7
    Solid podcast content; misguided sponsor
    I find this podcast to be informative, albeit fairly self-promoting if Sen Cruz (but hey, it’s his production, right)? The standout issue for me is one of the sponsors whose name I’ll withhold to avoid embarrassment but which will be recognizable to listeners and other conservatives. The company’s claim to fame is their support of conservative causes while their woke competitors support liberal causes. They contend I should switch to their service so they can direct part of the fees I pay them to these conservative causes but I contend they should reduce my fees by the amount they would donate so I can keep more of my own money (sound familiar?) and decide for myself whether, how and to whom my windfall savings should be donated. THAT is a conservative approach; not simply telling me they’ll direct my funds to conservative causes they determine worthy of my money.
  • 57bigwindow
    Ads are part of the business. Sooo…
    One of the most informative pods out there. I also don’t like ads. I wait until after the broadcast is over, listen later at my convenience and fast forward through the ads. No problem. I still hear the beginning of them to see if I’m interested then onward.
  • Talmuid
    Love it but
    I love this podcast but I think it has the most commercials of any podcast. Other than that, long live Verdict!
  • TN Pats fan
    Help President Trump
    Senator, I’m listening to your pre-Harris debate thoughts. Please call President Trump and share some of your debate insights BEFORE tomorrow night. This debate is so critical I can’t fathom the consequences of President Trump screwing this up. Please help him. President Trump won’t take my call but he’ll take your call.
  • ShootNStuff
    Great content, egregious amount of ads
    Love the honest, forthright insight from Senator Cruz. Only negative is the excessive amount of ads. You could endure the often excess of 5 minutes on the front end but the amount and length of the ads throughout almost make it impossible to listen. Earn those sponsorship dollars, by all means! But dang, couldn’t you dial it back a little?
  • Shawnman83
    It used to be awesome...
    I liked the podcast more w/ Michael Knowles. I feel like all we hear from Ben Ferguson is ads. I want to hear the full interview, not just snippets. Maybe what they can do is put all the ads at the beginning and after that, just let Ted talk about what's going on. updated 9.7.24 12 minutes of ads for a 52 minute podcast. AND the ads don't seem to go to the right market. If it wouldn't be for Senator Cruz being there, it would be zero stars. Change the ads.
  • King Chun King
    Top notch content.
    The content is easily worth the minor inconvenience of skipping through ads.
  • boyfromthedwarf9
    Great news source, but WAAAAAY too many ads
    Would be half the length without ads. They start with two and a half minutes of ads, then they talk, then two midroll pre-recorded ads, then he says "great point but first I want to talk about our friends over at...". No need for so many ads. Happened after IHeart bought them. I listen to all the episodes and 1 star ALL the podcasts and garbage gambling apps they push.
  • K.D. Barnes
    Cruz2024
    Best political podcast
  • -Jett-
    Potential to be Great.
    The topics discussed and the information Cruz provides is important, but the show has lost its luster to the point I have mostly stopped listening. Over time, the ads have become way too much. In the latest episode: BRAZIL BANS X, 4 of the first 6 minutes were ads. In comparison, the longest ad break I’ve ever had on every other podcast is about 90 seconds. It’s simply ridiculous. Although I do like Ferguson, I miss Knowles. He just seems to control the flow of the conversation better. Asking a question and just letting Cruz talk. Ferguson interrupts Cruz way too much. So many times, Cruz is going on a great rant with juicy info and Ferguson will chime in for no reason to finish his sentence or ask another question.
  • 213ziqu
    Ridiculous number of commercials!
    For content I give this podcast 5 stars. If I was rating this for the number of ads, I’d give zero stars!
  • Cool guy 232467
    Wish it was not so money driven
    I really like the content of this podcast. I enjoy hearing Cruz’s perspective (although like any politician he is very self-aggrandizing), but the amount of ads continue to increase. I do not have the time to do this but I would suspect if you timed the content and the ads, there might be more ads than content. I never post reviews but I am posting this one in the hopes that after seeing just how many of us who enjoy the content can no longer tolerate the ads, they will make a change. I understand they need to generate money, but this is getting out of hand.
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