If only there were something happening on a national and global scale for Josh and Ryan to discuss this week. Oh wait, literally everything is happening at once – including some insane VMA moments from Madonna, Juice Wrld, and Post Malone.

Then the pair chat with the New York Times' Critic-at-Large Amanda Hess about the rise of fembots, our obsession with hands, and why it's only a matter of time before the Twitter mob comes for you.

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