Doomscroll Podcast

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Audio Chapters

0:00 — Steve Bannon loses appeal after trying to evade testifying requirements

03:23 — Rudy Giuliani fired from radio show for lying about 2020 election

06:48 — Joe Biden finally starts placing restrictions on Israel's Gaza massacres

09:07 — RFK Jr. says worms ate his brain

10:23 — Stormy Daniels kicks Trump attorneys' butts on the witness stand

12:44 — Former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe blasted for collaborating on podcast with Kellyanne Conway

14:53 — Actress Hannah Einbinder calls BS on "cancel culture" whining

22:17 — Bumble CEO proposes nightmarish AI future for dating

29:02 — The Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar feud flares and ends quickly

33:58 — Rent is so expensive, people are living in store signs now

36:55 — Lifetime debuts new movie about mother who cyber-bullied her own daughter

41:47 — Trump supporters' latest fad: Adult diapers

Cover image: Steve Bannon speaking with attendees at the 2022 AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. December 26, 2022 Photo: Gage Skidmore/Flickr

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In this special Doomscroll episode, Matt tells about his time working in right-wing political comedy, including constant pressure from reactionary Christian colleagues about racy jokes. The video of this discussion is available.

Audio Chapters

00:00 — Introduction

02:01 — Matt's upcoming memoir

10:13 — Launching a YouTube politics show in 2007, before the internet wheel was invented

17:35 — Taking right-wing comedy into broadcast syndication

Cover photo: A screenshot from “The Flipside,” the syndicated comedy news TV show on which Matt worked as an executive producer

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This Doomscroll episode is available on video as well as audio. Be sure to follow our guest, John Fugelsang.

Audio Chapters

00:00 — Trump and RFK were supposed to team up against Biden, but now they hate each other

07:54 — Arizona indicts 2020 fake electors and many Trump attorneys

10:26 — Fox has been barely covering the first presidential criminal trial in history, while massively playing up isolated student protests

16:15 — Great news for employees: FTC bans non-compete agreements

21:33 — George Santos gives up independent congressional comeback after raising zero dollars

26:44 — Oakland church is using psychedelic mushrooms in worship services

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11 — Opening for Todd Barry in the Netflix is a Joke comedy festival. @ Dynasty Typewriter, Los Angeles

12— Opening for Todd Barry at the Improv, Ontario, CA 

May 28-June2: Brad Garrett’s comedy club @ MGM, Las Vegas

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This is a bonus Doomscroll episode is available only to paid Flux subscribers. Please support independent progressive media and join us! We need your help. Also be sure to follow Matt and Lisa’s guest on this episode, Lance Aksamit.

Audio Chapters

00:00 — Senate Dems showed how right-wing ideas should be treated by throwing House Republicans' impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas into the trash can

02:28 — Supreme Court hears case about criminalizing homelessness

05:55 — Taylor Swift attacks Kim Kardashian in coded lyrics

09:15 — Unionization keeps winning, at Disney, Volkswagen, and Sesame Street

12:29 — The crazy woman who ranted against “not real” people on a flight is now a bikini model for Ultra Right Beer

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Audio Chapters

00:00 — Donald Trump’s hush money trial is destroying his carefully coiffed tough-guy image

10:32 — House Freedom Caucus launches committee, doesn't realize acronym for it is “FART”

12:34 — Congress would rather ban TikTok than pass a privacy protection law

15:00 — Marjorie Taylor Greene gets 2 more co-sponsors to remove Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House

17:29 — Trump’s presidential campaign is so desperate for cash that he’s demanding Republicans pay him 5% of all their revenues

19:37 — Tesla forced to recall thousands of Cybertrucks for dangerous gas pedal design

22:03 — The science is settled: Tucker Carlson says evolution is not real

29:33 — Heineken beer is making a flip phone

Lisa’s Upcoming Show Dates

May

11 — Opening for Todd Barry in the Netflix is a Joke comedy festival. @ Dynasty Typewriter, Los Angeles

12— Opening for Todd Barry at the Improv, Ontario, CA 

May 28-June2: Brad Garrett’s comedy club @ MGM, Las Vegas

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Audio Chapters

00:00 — Arizona Republicans reveal that reactionaries have no real principles beyond getting power

05:18 — Another Elon Musk fail: Tesla is laying off 10 percent of workforce

10:06 — Iran attacks Israel with drones and missiles, will it lead to wider war?

15:52 — OJ Simpson's death brought the world together

18:38 — Satanic Temple in Salem Massachusetts attacked with explosive device

21:00 — Houston woman arrested for leaving little children behind while she went on 6-day cruise

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00:00 — After a lifetime of crime, Donald Trump is finally on trial

08:51 — NH Governor Chris Sununu humiliates himself shilling for Trump

11:48 — RFK Junior's New York campaign director says she's trying to help Trump win

18:39 — Trump's dementia is getting even worse

24:30 — Right-wingers are angry at Scrabble now

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This Doomscroll episode is available on video as well as audio. Be sure to follow our guest Maggie Maye!

Audio Chapters

00:00 — Arizona Supreme Court reinstates 1864 anti-abortion law

07:51 — Donald Trump and Kari Lake are the latest Republicans who won't reveal their radical anti-abortion viewpoints

16:33 — Senate Democrats vow to quickly dispose of sham impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary

19:46 — Right-wing Christians are freaking out about Satan, the eclipse, and earthquakes

26:49 — Oregon ends decriminalization experiment for several hard drugs

29:48 — Beyonce becomes first black woman to top the Billboard country chart

32:20 — New Christian nightclub features Jesus rap and no alcohol or twerking

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00:00 — Trump trashes judge's daughter, gets slapped with gag order in Stormy Daniels case

05:53 — Stock of parent company of "Truth Social" collapses after disclosure it lost $58 million last year

12:41 — GOP congressman says Gaza should be treated "like Nagasaki and Hiroshima"

13:58 — Does the majority of Americans realize that right-wingers declared a "culture war" on us?

18:34 — Far-right Christian attorney John Eastman disbarred in California for trying to overthrow the 2020 election

21:52 — Rudy Giuliani tells bankruptcy judge he needs $3.5 million condo for podcasting space

24:49 — Patricia Richardson denies Tim Allen's claims of a "Home Improvement" reboot

28:51 — Lara Trump releases another godawful country music cover

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5 — Headlining Mic Drop Mania, Chandler, AZ

7 — Hosting at the Higher Path, Sherman Oaks

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7 — Hosting at the Higher Path, Sherman Oaks

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