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May 04, 2022A Supreme Leak
We've been living in "unprecedented times" for the past two years. And Politico's latest scoop on the Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson decision is no exception. Mary Katharine and Vic unpack the story, and what the decision means for trust in the nation's highest court, abortion laws, and the midterm. President Joe Biden laughs at his failing economy during the White House Correspondents' Dinner, an update on midterm polling, and a steakhouse chef earns the honor of a lifetime.

Times
00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
07:33 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
07:39 - Politico scoops the Supreme Court’s decision on the Dobbs v. Jackson case, which could overturn Roe v. Wade
28:29 - President Joe Biden laughs off comedian Trevor Noah’s jabs at the state of the country
37:59 - Update on pre-midterm elections polling
42:46 - Longtime Longhorn Steakhouse employee Gayle Dudley wins a “rare” honor for grilling a million steaks

Links
Politico’s scoop on the Supreme Court’s forthcoming decision on Dobbs v. Jackson

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56 min
April 29, 2022Fauci Flip-Flops
To nobody’s surprise what so ever, Dr. Anthony Fauci flip-flops on where we are in the pandemic... again. We’re staying up to date on Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, and more importantly, the outcries from those who fear they’ll lose their ability to dictate what Twitter users can read and share. Finally, Mary Katharine and Vic reveal the “spirit” of 2022 (psst... we're talking alcohol).

Times
00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
12:14 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
12:20 - Segment: You Love to Hear It
12:25 - Dr. Fauci says the pandemic “phase” is over
22:40 - Fox News’ Brett Baier asks Pete Buttigieg about conflicting federal pandemic masking guidance versus his personal masking decisions
27:15 - Twitter monitors crumble as Elon Musk takes over the platform
41:20 - Jägermeister is the spirit of 2022, apparently

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55 min
April 27, 2022Musk (Officially) Owns the Libs
And the crowd goes wild! Billionaire Elon Musk buys Twitter, and the libs are up in arms. Mary Katharine talks about her appearance on the Real Time with Bill Maher, American officials visit war-torn Ukraine, and new midterm forecasts give Republicans a(nother) reason to smile.

Times
00:12 - Segment: Introduction
21:50 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
22:19 - Elon Musk sends Twitterverse into a spiral after purchasing the platform for $44 billion
41:43 - American officials visit Ukraine
43:55 - Crystal Ball forecasts bode well for Republicans
48:59 - Actor Chris Pratt response to calls for cancellation

Links
Supercut of Mary Katharine on Bill Maher, courtesy of the Washington Free Beacon’s Thaleigha Rampersad
Caitlin Flanagan’s work in The Atlantic
Alison Rosen's Your New Best Friend podcast

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1 hr 5 min
April 22, 2022Performance Art
From continuing to mask while traveling to Vice President Kamala Harris’s awe-inspiring speech on space to actors duking it out in court, Mary Katharine and Vic are talking all about performance art.

Times
00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
08:05 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
08:28 - An update on travel mask mandates
15:48 - Segment: You Love to Hear It
15:54 - MSNBC contributor Symone Sanders concedes some points about Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s pandemic health guideline decisions
17:26 - Florida considers removing special carveouts for the Disney Corporation, following their opposition to the Parents’ Rights Bill
21:45 - Capitol building evacuated over “air threat…” which just so happened to be the Army parachuting into Nationals Stadium for military appreciation day…
24:30 - Segment: Kamala Fan Club
26:03 - Actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard duke it out in court over defamation case
39:39 - JLo’s new engagement ring looks eerily familiar to Mary Katharine…

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49 min
April 20, 2022Flyin' High
...Without a mask! A federal judge overrules the CDC's travel mask mandates, much to Mary Katharine and Vic's delight, and the White House's dismay. The Bidens roll into the annual Easter Egg Roll, touting Democrats' eggcellent work to provide top-quality education to America's kids this year (insert eye roll here). Finally, Mary Katharine answers a listener's inquiry about Fairfax County Public Schools' search for a new superintendent.

Times
00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
11:48 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
12:05 - Segment: Getting Hammered Investigates
12:18 - Federal judge overruled the Center for Disease Control’s travel mask guidance
29:55 - Donna Brazile says Democrats to run on the “roaring” economy, Republicans on the “fumes” of 2020
31:26 - The White House hosts its annual Easter Egg Roll, where First Lady Jill Biden touts Democrats’ education strategy during the pandemic, and President Biden has some interesting comments on Afghanistan
37:39 - Reason magazine piece on what we lost during the pandemic
39:43 - Listener inquiry: Fairfax County Public School’s superintendent search

Links
Peter Suderman piece in Reason magazine

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49 min
April 15, 2022Ripe for a Hostile Takeover
From guns to free speech to Elon Musk’s “hostile” Twitter takeover, Mary Katharine and Vic have quite the lineup for their 50th episode!

Times
00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
11:26 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
11:40 - Transportation Security Administration extends mask mandate for travel—and Dr. Fauci changes his tune (again)
14:53 - President Joe Biden’s approval rating falls to 33 percent, according to latest Quinnipiac poll
18:21 - Biden administration shifts its focus to “ghost guns”
21:10 - Black nationalist New York City subway shooter injures thirty
28:17 - The View’s Joy Behar shares her… interesting… take on the gun control
39:57 - "Pants wetting" ensues as Elon Musk plots his hostile Twitter takeover

Links
The Cheesecake Factory menu, for your viewing pleasure
Quinnipiac poll on Biden's approval numbers
Stephen Gutowski’s The Reload
Mary Katharine’s latest in the Daily Beast

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1 hr 3 min
April 13, 2022Stop Trying to Make Fetch Happen
White House press secretary Jen Psaki tries to make the "Putin Price Hike" happen. But Mary Katharine and Vic say, it's not going to happen! Dozens of D.C. elites catch the coronavirus after the Gridiron dinner, Elon Musk plots his Twitter takeover, and reporters jump on students who ask about the Hunter Biden laptop story coverup—and other media missteps—at a University of Chicago conference on disinformation.

Times
00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
13:04 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
13:05 - Dozens of D.C. elites—including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi—test positive for Covid following the Gridiron dinner
20:58 - Segment: You Love to Hear It (we think?)
21:00 - Anthony Fauci says… finally… that Covid will not be eliminated... and that people will have to start (start?) using their own judgement... when making health decisions
23:58 - Philadelphia reinstates their indoor mask mandate
26:55 - White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki tries to blame Putin for spiked gas prices.
33:53 - University of Chicago hosts conference on disinformation; administrators and panelists poke fun at students for asking about misinformation in the media—including the Hunter Biden laptop story coverup
41:50 - An update on Elon Musk’s Twitter Takedown

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53 min
April 08, 2022The Bully Who Cried Victim
Taylor Lorenz, a former content cop who went after creators and now writes on the lives of internet-famous teens for a living, claims she’s really the victim of online attacks. And Senate Democrats are convinced that newly confirmed Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson faced worse treatment on the Senate floor than Justice Brett Kavanaugh. But Mary Katharine and Vic question who the real victim is here.

Times
00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
11:13 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
11:18 - President Barack Obama visits the White House to tout improvements to the Affordable Care Act
22:36 - University of Chicago student peppers The Atlantic columnist Anne Applebaum with questions on the mainstream media’s Hunter Biden laptop story coverup
39:34 - Taylor Lorenz says she’s bullied for her reporting on internet teens
46:57 - Senate Democrats allege newly-confirmed Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson faced worse treatment than Justice Brett Kavanaugh
49:00 - Bojangles to give out gas gift cards to customers

Links
The Washington Post opinion on Hunter Biden’s laptop

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1 hr 1 min
April 06, 2022Are the Kids Alright?
From the CDC’s admission that lockdowns caused a mental health crisis among teens to Jennifer Rubin’s worst column ever (yeah, it’s really that bad), we’ve got quite an uplifting lineup for a very important day: Mary Katharine’s birthday!

Times
00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
12:23 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
12:31 - Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson goes to final floor vote
15:59 - Elon Musk buys more than 73 million shares of Twitter stock, now a member of the platform’s board of directors
21:40 - The CDC releases information on the impact Covid lockdowns had on teen mental health
31:49 - President Joe Biden shares a story—about what, we don’t know…
42:01 - Jennifer Rubin’s worst column yet: A defense of Biden’s economy

Links
Suzy Weiss piece for Bari Weiss’s Common Sense Substack on teen girls’ experience with Covid lockdowns

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56 min
April 01, 2022How Does It Feel?
…To know that one of the nation’s largest teachers’ unions was directly responsible for keeping schools closed for months? To not be invited to the sex parties that Rep. Madison Cawthorn claims are rampant in the nation’s capital? Or to know that the New York Times and the Washington Post are just now talking about the Hunter Biden laptop story?
As Mary Katharine often says, it’s not good! It’s not good, Vic!

** Content Warning: Includes conversations on sex that may not be appropriate for young ears **

Times
00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
12:57 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
13:02 - New emails show the American Federation of Teachers imposed line-by-line edits to the Center for Disease Control’s school reopening guidance
23:28 - Rep. Madison Cawthorn claims elder statesmen snort cocaine and host sex parties, gets slap on the hand from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
29:22 - More than a year and a half after it was first reported in the New York Post, the New York Times and the Washington Post dig into the Hunter Biden laptop story
30:59 - The Slap Part 2: Revenge of the Takes—a brief unpacking of the takes on Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars
40:20 - Disney comes out against parental rights bill in Florida

Link
Guy Benson’s podcast

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1 hr 1 min