You know a democracy is strong when it rests on the tiny, bird-like body of an 87-year-old woman. Well, here's hoping the next Supreme Court justice is just as notorious, am I right? This, our second News Lab, is all the News We Couldn't Fit To Print from Episode 19. In it we go in detail on why the Supreme Court is inherently flawed, why Trump's new appointee Amy Coney Island Barrett is an apostate, and how the entire election may fall apart despite Biden technically winning. The dang news, folks!

How much does it cost to hire a Tik Tok witch?

Turns out Donny doesn't pay his taxes? Who could've guessed! We run the numbers this episode, and crack open a dictionary to teach ourselves what a "tax shelter" is.

On the anime side, we finish up with our comrade Kaiji, who looks to be on a real winning streak! One that I can't imagine will ever end.

(If you'd like to hear some of our additional thoughts on The News, go check out our second News Lab, which should also be available on the feed!)

The full news content that was cut from episode 18. In this episode we cover the west coast wildfires, Joe Biden's election chances and strategy, and why Bob Woodward sucks. If you're a degenerate and are for some reason here for the news and not the anime analysis this is for you, I guess.

It's cool that we now have to learn how to podcast with a gas mask on. The news this week is pretty much just us wondering whether the smoke or the fire will kill us first. Also apparently Bezo's has been hiring demons from hell and letting them shoot hoops in the suburbs.

On the anime side, this week Kaiji teaches us that the difference between capitalism and feudalism is just a few extra rules.

It's fair to say the conventions broke us.

This week, we try to break down what's happening right now in Kenosha, as well as give the results from us struggling to get through the Democratic and Republican National Conventions.

To lighten the mood, on the anime side we discuss the second arc of Kaiji, wherein any artifice of "a game" is stripped away and we're served a cold and brutal metaphor for modern-day capitalism.

It may have been said by one of us months ago, but it's official: Joe Biden has selected a cop for VP. This week we discuss why Kamala Harris was both a completely expected decision by the Biden campaign, and why it absolutely sucks. We also break down what the fuck is happening to the US Postal Service, how it's been fucked for almost 15 straight years, and the consequences of the Republicans trying to finish it off now.

On the anime side of the coin, the Bishounen Bois are starting up a new series, with what may actually be the most Don't Tread on Weebs anime yet. Question: what if there was an anime that explained late-stage capitalism, Karl Marx's Das Kapital, and why you have an unending desire to steal car hood ornaments? Well then you'd have Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor.

Every Bishounen boy must have a nemesis; ours is tall garage.

In the news, this week we go into Biden trying to do a drive-through Veep pick-up, dig deeper into the franchise-ification of the Federal response to Portland, and answer the question everyone's been asking: is anime warping young minds?

On the anime side, we dig deeper into the themes of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, discussing its greater message, and our opinions on whether pacifism is always the answer. The answer may shock you!

The Bishounen Boys this week are solving Disney World, QAnon, COVID, and sex robots. And that's just in the intro!

In the news, we get into the arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell, the Portland police state, and whatever the fuck the US Army is doing on twitch.

On the anime side, we break down the very best of Miyazaki in Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, with a breakdown of the story and its characters.

This episode, the bishounen boys discuss the second of the two Patlabor films, but not before first trying to figure out if they can ask Interpol to arrest their enemies and realizing that Twitter needs to invoke the 3rd Amendment to stop US Army eSports from quartering in their domicile.

It's the truth.

This week, we dig into an anime that asks "What if we gave cops a Metal Gear?", but not before first outlining our Christmas wishlists, clowning on cops and their weak baby tummies, and fixing the Supreme Court.