Extreme Mortman

Howard Mortman

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Booking Overview

A weekly politics-and-history show built around C-SPAN archival clips, historical context, trivia, and comedy, with occasional interviews featuring authors and subject-matter specialists. Agencies could credibly pitch political historians, Supreme Court and legal experts, biography authors, journalists, and researchers with distinctive expertise in U.S. government or political history; booking appears moderately difficult because guests are specialized and credentialed but need not be celebrities.

Metrics

Episodes: 486

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.4/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 1.9M subscribers

Instagram: 906.0k followers

Contact Information

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Host

Howard Mortman - C-SPAN communications executive, author, and host covering U.S. politics, government, and public affairs.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Published authors, biographers, historians, journalists, and legal or political experts with authoritative knowledge of U.S. politics, government, or political history.
Required Achievements:  
Published books or biographies, Established subject-matter expertise

Recent Guest Discussions

James Rosen - Justice Antonin Scalia’s Humor, Supreme Court Oral Arguments, And Memorable Political And Legal Anecdotes

James Rosen - Justice Antonin Scalia’s Humor, Supreme Court Oral Arguments, And Memorable Political And Legal Anecdotes

Recent Topics

Politics, Political History, Government, Comedy, American History

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Extreme Mortman
:

Supreme Court Comedy Festival: Justice Scalia's Funniest Moments – with James Rosen (Part 2)

July 09, 2026

Quick comedy question: Can you name a time when, during an oral argument, a Supreme Court Justice made everyone laugh? How about December 11th, 2000: KLOCK: I think what the Florida Supreme Court should do in that instance is note the very tight restrictions that exist under the protest phase. They require that you find voter intent with respect to a damaged ballot. They also vest it in the canvassing board, and the canvassing board is composed of a defined group of off...

July 4th Special: How the British Burning Washington Became One Big Joke

July 02, 2026

Happy Fourth of July! 250 years ago, America declared independence from the British. And 212 years ago … the British burned down the White House. And now … it's become one big joke …   And if I may say so, it is a particular pleasure to be back in this wonderful building, the heart of your democracy. On this occasion, I cannot help noticing the readjustments to the East Wing, Mr. President...following your visit to Windsor Castle last year. And I'm sorry to say that we British, of course...

Supreme Court Comedy Festival: Justice Scalia's Funniest Moments – with James Rosen (Part 1)

June 25, 2026

Quick comedy question: Can you name a time when, during an oral argument, a Supreme Court Justice made everyone laugh? How about December 11th, 2000: KLOCK: I think what the Florida Supreme Court should do in that instance is note the very tight restrictions that exist under the protest phase. They require that you find voter intent with respect to a damaged ballot. They also vest it in the canvassing board, and the canvassing board is composed of a defined group of officials, a county jud...

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