In SOTW 1.0, the gang was young, dumb, and invincible ... or so they thought. Fast-forward to their 40s, and their bodies are staging a full-scale rebellion. Jay has a Frankenstein knee, Meredith’s running shoes are mostly decorative, and Ty faints at the sight of his own hemoglobin.

This week, they talk about what “self-care” looks like when your warranty’s expired—and the fine art of selective neglect. Their health plan may be questionable, but it’s still better than whatever Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is selling.

 

0:00:00 - Intro (SOTW doesn't suck, Meredith's conservatorship hell, Jay got a boo-boo on his knee)

0:23:15 - Sounds of the Week:

• Trump explicitly attacking free speech
• Brewers Karen

0:46:37 - Aging bodies and healthcare

 

Songs:

"Broken, Beat & Scarred" by Metallica

"My Shit's Fucked Up" by Warren Zevon

"Life is Killing Me" by Type O Negative

 

Notes:

• Secretary of State Approves Redistricting Referendum for Circulation (0:10:57) 
• Missouri says 100K signatures to repeal voting map aren’t valid. That’s not all (0:11:04)
• Missouri's lawsuit challenging redistricting referendum petition (0:11:21)
• Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act: Vote dilution and vote deprivation (0:12:55)
• Supreme Court redistricting ruling could upend decades of voting rights law – and tilt the balance of power in Washington (0:13:30)
• Supreme Court seems inclined to limit race in redistricting  (0:13:30)
• ‘Whites-only’ group draws bipartisan rebuke over potential move to Missouri  (0:15:22)
• Kansas City Karen (0:30:50)
• Johnson County KS Mugshots (0:33:27)
• House Speaker Mike Johnson's hot take on Bad Bunny and the Super Bowl (0:35:06)
• ‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat (0:36:19)
• Vance’s Telling Defense of a Racist Group Chat (0:36:50)
• Brewers fan loses job and is banned from stadium for life after being named by internet as spectator saying ‘Call ICE’ on Dodgers fan (0:37:54) 
• "So You've Been Publicly Shamed" by Jon Ronson (0:41:26)