This is a long one. Prepare yourselves.

We recorded this episode September 26th with some preliminary thoughts on Supreme Court Justice nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's allegations against him.

[Sidebar: Prep schools operate 100% like the entire Gossip Girl book series. Not totally unconvinced Cecily von Ziegesar didn't author the tales coming out of Georgetown Prep and Holton-Arms in the summer of 1982. C'est lit!]

Then the 27th happened and we realized we couldn't upload the episode without re-recording our reaction to how that particular day of the Senate Judiciary committee's hearings unfolded; as well as our general sentiments on the current state of the union, political affairs, and societal unrest.

SCOTUS mess, and we MEAN mess aside, Episode 54's theme is an update of Episode 3's focus on "Hookup Culture."

It's also a nod to the "Ghosting" episode from season 3 of HBO's Insecure.

Today we are discussing the roses and the thorns of casual dating; and the various "situationships" casual "no strings attached" dating foster.

Have modern social mores and progress evolved faster than our "lizard brain"?

Can we handle the pitfalls of “casual dating,” despite wanting it desperately so?

Do the traditional conservatives and religious have it right? Can people actually handle "casual" intimate connections : emotional, physical, or otherwise!

HOT TOPICS:

* Quincy Jones is a living legend. Thank you Netflix.

* Bill Cosby sentenced to a couple of years of hard time after a long prosperous life of patriarch'ing, partying, posturing, preaching; but also pillaging, plundering, and violating women's bodies.

* Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith chair the local Calabasas chapter of the Black Swingers Salon.

* Mac Miller passed ☹

* Morg's family doggo Oni passed Oct 1st -- pour some out for a real one!

We hope everyone WORE PINK on WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 3rd in honor of Mean Girls!

Recorded Wednesday September 26, 2018; updated Monday October 1, 2018.