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The hustle, the friendliness, the informality, the unshakeable faith that we can be anything we want to be — all while drinking Diet Coke and huffing donuts. Fuck yeah, America! In honor of July 4, Nancy and Sarah celebrate our country’s bounty in the long shadow of all that is wrong. (For example: Presidential debate!)

Nancy and Sarah can’t quite decide: Is the American experiment over? Or does our scrappy country of constant reinvention have more time on the clock?

Also discussed:

* The freedom to not wear pants

* Let Joe Biden rest!

* Is Smoke Em podcast the Fireside Chats of 2024?

* Free speech and great tits!

* Morgan Spurlock, RIP

* Diet Coke, a “horrible bath of ick” that we love

* Sarah learns to free-style, drops a verse, immediately regrets this

* America’s greatest export is …

* Sarah discovers she’s average!

* Name That Founding Father: The Pop Quiz

Plus, Nancy proves she’s never seen Hamilton, how to make $1.08 last a decade, a history of oliebollen donuts, and more!

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