This week, we took a break from liftin’ weights at Tobin’s with our pal Squi to dissect Lindsay Graham’s attempt to win a Tony Award (and perhaps a VP slot on the Trump 2020 ticket) in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. We also shut down another insane Lindsay--La Lohan--getting punched in the face after posing as an Arab man; a vomiting cannibal snake in India; Scrabble’s perplexing new additions to its dictionary; the first-ever robot brothel in Houston; Silicon Valley moguls’ ill-conceived Kiwi escape plan; and finally there’s Brexfit, the Brexit-inspired workout craze sweeping the UK. HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/id1312654524?mt=2 SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope BUZZSPROUT http://www.buzzsprout.com/208569 SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope In this week’s episode: Lindsey Graham throws a hissy fit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcffG57U_vw Lindsay Lohan gets punched in the face: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxlP_OeWHZM In a metaphor for our times, a large snake in India swallowed an even larger snake and then vomited it out after being poked with a stick by a human: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6218053/Shocked-homeowner-films-snake-regurgitating-snake-finding-rice-drum-kitchen.html The Scrabble Dictionary is adding some very unusual new words, like “sheeple,” for example: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/arts/new-scrabble-words.html Houston officials are going bonkers after a Canadian company broke ground on America’s first-ever robot brothel: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/30/houston-robot-brothel-plan-halted Silicon Valley billionaires are planning on leaving us in the dust and high-tailing it to New Zealand when the rapture comes: https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2018-rich-new-zealand-doomsday-preppers/ If you’ve ever wanted to work out using a punching bag bearing the likeness of Teresa May and Jeremy Corbyn, then BrexFit is for you! https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/brexfit-fitness-routine-brexit_us_5bae9735e4b0343b3dc0240a Big #YUP to… Pea Milk, which Brian used to make a delightful smoothie. Here’s the recipe: 8 oz pea milk 2 tbsp peanut butter 3 ice cubes 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Put all ingredients in a blender, mix and enjoy. You can learn more about pea milk here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/food/wp/2017/09/21/get-ready-for-pea-milk-it-doesnt-taste-like-peas-and-its-not-even-green/?utm_term=.f38974163634 The women in the elevator: Ana Maria Archila and Maria Gallagher are American heroes. Learn more about them here: http://theweek.com/speedreads/798992/did-women-elevator-change-gop-sen-jeff-flakes-mind