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* Wait, Lizzo wants that dancer to eat a banana from where? We look at the lawsuit filed against Lizzo by three dancers that includes many wild details, but Sarah is suspicious of that “fat-shaming” accusation

* How did Jim Larkin and Mike Lacey, two alt-journalism pioneers and heroes, get smeared by government lawyers as “child sex traffickers” and have their assets, their reputations and their freedom taken from them? We talk about the fight over Backpage.com, and the tragedy this week of Larkin’s suicide

* Why alternative newsweeklies matter(ed?)

* Joe Biden finally acknowledges his seventh grandchild (sigh of relief)

* Nancy’s got a new nickname

* Sarah’s finds a narrative podcast fix

* The sweetness of the county fair (and piglet races!)

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Nancy ate six zeppole at the Ulster County Fair yesterday. Become a paid subscriber and she’ll double that!