(Warning - there are Rings of Power season finale spoilers in the first five minutes, so skip that part if you don’t wanna know)

Noam and Jen tackle the John Fetterman stroke situation, Herschel Walker paying for an abortion, bad faith deflections, the desire to win at all costs, and hypocrisy 

Also the not so good Rings of Power finale with its Big Reveal, the very good She-Hulk season finale that is devoted to roasting the MCU, a little Hot D, and how we’re about to have a lot less TV to consume

Join us on Callin this week (8:30 Eastern) where, barring any Earth-shattering events that need to be discussed on a Wednesday, we’ll be doing an October-long series on horror movies / TV shows 

https://www.callin.com/show/all-crossed-out-jVWglWcHxW 

Show notes:

Noam's piece for Commentary on Max Fisher's book about the effects of social media

https://www.commentary.org/articles/noam-blum/social-media-chaos-machine/ 

The Fetterman interview that launched a thousand accusations of ableism 

https://www.inquirer.com/politics/fetterman-nbc-interview-stroke-pennsylvania-senate-race-20221012.html 

And did you know Fetterman had a stroke four days before his primary? It’s ok to say no, it wasn’t talked about much

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-candidate-fetterman-almost-died-stroke-vows-return-trail-2022-06-03/ 

That one time it was perfectly OK to say having a stroke disqualifies one from holding office

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/14/chicago-tribune-offers-an-awfully-blunt-reason-for-not-endorsing-sen-mark-kirk-his-stroke/ 

Kara Voght’s tweet about Gisele Fetterman becoming the de facto candidate, which I assume someone explained to her wasn’t a good look 

https://twitter.com/LoganDobson/status/1581306253606690816 

Dianne Feinstein isn’t doing so well

https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/dianne-feinstein-senate-17079487.php 

Herschel Walker gets caught paying for an abortion 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/11/herschel-walker-abortion-payment/ 

Noam quotes The Diamond Age, because of course he does

https://twitter.com/neontaster/status/1518212786983157761