This week, we try to unpack the convoluted scandal involving Congressman Matt Gaetz, who is under investigation for child sex trafficking but claims he is actually the victim of a $25 million extortion plot involving his father and an FBI agent who was kidnapped in Iran and presumed dead. The National Academies of Science is interested in investigating how to reverse the effects of climate change by...dimming the sun. What could possibly go wrong? Also, we unearth an underappreciated 1980s video, Martin Briley’s “Salt In My Tears.” 

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In this week’s episode: 

$100 million geoengineering project proposed, to dim the sun - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Watch Martin Briley’s video for “Salt in My Tears.” 

Big #YUP to…

Lil Nas X for trolling the trolls with his new video, “Call Me By Your Name.”

Relistening to our favorite podcasts, like Julie Klausner’s “How Was Your Week?” 

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