Getting Hammered®

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February 23, 2022Under Pressure
Whether it's due to Russia's imminent invasion of Ukraine or lingering pandemic restrictions or a University of Wisconsin assistant basketball coach, we're all under pressure.

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00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
07:24 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
07:33 - Russia prepares to invade Ukraine
24:51 - Segment: Covid —The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
25:00 - Prime Minister Boris Johnson removes all Covid restrictions
26:51 - California governor Gavin Newsom announces switch from pandemic to endemic approach to the coronavirus
28:48 - Centers for Disease Control isn’t publishing large quantities of Covid data it collects
37:29 - Canada continues to operate under Emergencies Act to disband pandemic protesters
47:29 - University of Michigan head coach Juwan Howard suspended for remainder of the season for punching University of Wisconsin coach
50:13 - Washington Free Beacon review of light beers

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1 hr 5 min
February 18, 2022We Have Words
This week, a whole lot of people have a whole lot of things to say: A Jewish member of parliament spars with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who likened protesters to Nazis. To Mary Katharine and Vic's surprise, Rep. Ilhan Omar condemned an outlet that doxxed Canadians who donated to protesters. And on this side of the border, San Francisco parents made their voices heard at the ballot box, voting out school board members who kept schools shut during the pandemic.

Times
00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
08:37 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
08:38 - Canadian parliamentarian has some words for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
13:14 - Outlet doxxes Canadian pandemic protests donors, who appeared on a hacked list
17:38 - Segment: You Love to Hear It
17:45 - Rep. Ilhan Omar condemns outlet who doxxed donors
18:51 - Black Lives Matter activist attempts to murder Jewish candidate in Louisville; local BLM chapter pays his bail
24:04 - San Francisco school board members ousted over school closures, "wokeism"
30:34 - Segment: Masks Mania
30:38 - Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin signs bill to give parents right to decide whether kids mask at school
38:22 - Columnist says her daughter enjoys wearing a mask... at home... because it makes her feel safe...
42:29 - Rest in peace, P.J. O'Rourke

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53 min
February 16, 2022Tanked
No matter how much you drank on Super Bowl Sunday, you probably weren’t as tanked as President Joe Biden’s approval numbers. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau threatens to bring in the military (tanks?) to handle pandemic mandate protesters. And a new study warns against getting tanked on Moscow Mules.

Times:
00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
12:48 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
12:57 - President Joe Biden’s approval numbers tank
17:32 - Canadian leaders threaten martial law to end pandemic protests
28:14 - France tightens its vaccine mandate, while Denmark removes all restrictions
29:25 - Washington D.C. mayor ends vaccine mandate for indoor activities, mask mandate to expire by end of the month
35:17 - Slim majority of independents, 80 percent of Democrats, say they support mask mandates
35:29 - Celebs spotted maskless at Super Bowl
44:55 - Copper levels in Moscow Mules could be dangerous—if you drink 30 of them—according to a new study

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56 min
February 11, 2022Freedom, Eh?
Four Canadian provinces announce they’ll drop pandemic restrictions—and parliamentarians across the isle give Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a not-so-polite Canadian shellacking. Mary Katharine and Vic dive into the case of West Elm Caleb and ask if he's really the monster social media has made him out to be. Last, but certainly not least, we address Adidas's titillating advertisement—link NOT included in show notes.

Times:
00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
06:41 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
07:29 - Vaccine mandate protests continue in Canada, and four provinces announce they’ll drop restrictions
15:21 - Purveyor of “trauma” West Elm Caleb, and the New York Times asks a great question
25:44 - Several democratic-led states drop mask mandates, and the White House and health experts change their mind on the Centers for Disease Control’s face covering guidance
38:00 - Adidas tweets boob grid (perhaps out of a medical textbook?) to advertise sports bra line

Link
New York Times article, If Everything is ‘Trauma,’ Is Anything?

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50 min
February 09, 2022Garbage In, Garbage Out
If you want to run as fast as Usain Bolt, eat 100 chicken nuggets every day, says your new nutrition and exercise coach, Mary Katharine. Oh, and definitely don’t eat the food served in Beijing’s Olympic village. An update on mask wars, the second week of Joe Rogan drama making the front pages, and New York City kids go vegan on Fridays at school.

Times
00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
07:06 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
08:25 - Joe Rogan opponents slam his past use of the N-word
14:18 - George Washington University president walks back plans to investigate a series of posters criticizing China’s human rights abuses and the 2022 Olympics in Beijing
25:47 - Mask wars update
37:15 - Ominous background caught in ski jump picture from Beijing Olympics
37:50 - Olympic athletes report poor conditions in Beijing’s Olympic village, from quarantines to insufficient meals
42:30 - 2022 Olympic viewership tanks, and Kristen Soltis Anderson has a clue as to why
46:02 - New York City mayor Eric Adams directs publics schools to go vegan on Fridays

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1 hr 2 min
February 04, 2022Whoopsies!
We’re not here to cancel Whoopi Goldberg over her Holocaust comments, but it looks like her own television network is already on it. The White House weighs in on censoring podcaster Joe Rogan, the masking meltdown continues in Northern Virginia, and Canadian truckers revolt against vaccine mandates.

Times
00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
10:55 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
11:39 - Segment: Uncanceled
11:48 - Whoopi Goldberg suspended from The View over Holocaust comments
15:18 - Georgetown suspends constitutional law professor Ilya Shapiro over tweet, and students demand reparations from the school
18:24 - The White House weighs in on censoring podcaster Joe Rogan
25:40 - Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson comes to Rogan’s defense
26:47 - Mask meltdown continues in Loudoun County, Virginia
31:27 - Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti claims he held his breath while taking a photo with Magic Johnson at the NFC championship game
32:18 - Mom takes on the Prince William County School Board over masks
34:45 - Canadian truckers blockade roads in the country’s capitol, in protest of vaccine mandates
45:50 - The Washington Football Team takes on a new name: The Washington Commanders

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58 min
February 02, 2022The Right Misinformation
The Joe Rogan controversy continues, and Mary Katharine and Vic question whose misinformation will land on the right side of history. We discover who leaked the news of Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement, California officials enjoy an NFL playoff game maskless, and a brawl breaks out in Philadelphia over… Golden Corral steak?

Times
00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
10:00 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
10:03 - Podcaster Joe Rogan releases statement on Spotify controversy
21:25 - Prince Harry and Meghan Markle threaten to walk away from their Spotify deal over Joe Rogan
27:42 - New Jersey gym owner Ian Smith, who refused to close gym in defiance of pandemic lockdowns, announces run for Congress
32:15 - White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain leaked news of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement
34:37 - Magic Johnson, Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti, San Francisco mayor London Breed, and California governor Gavin Newsom enjoy NFC championship maskless
39:13 - Mary Katharine tries out a new Girl Scout cookie live on air!
40:55 - Brawl breaks out at a Philadelphia Golden Corral after restaurant runs out of steak

Link
Mary Katharine's article on the cost of masking children indefinitely

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54 min
January 28, 2022It's Personal
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer isn’t so happy that the news of his impending retirement leaked. Mary Katharine and Vic break down the (lack of) research on masking children, the Spotify vs. Neil Young vs. Joe Rogan debate, and NATO’s attempt to confront Russia

Times
00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
05:49 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
05:54 - Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer announces his retirement
18:29 - The Washington Post and The Atlantic write on masking children
27:00 - The head of a school board in Prince George’s County, Maryland says she sees no end in sight for masking in schools
28:34 - Spotify vs. Neil Young vs. Joe Rogan
32:36 - The U.S., NATO attempt to confront Russia
38:10 - California judge stalls regulations on pork products

Links
Mary Katharine's Kidfins

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50 min
January 26, 2022The Fifty Yard Scream
Moms in Boston are saying what we’re all feeling. Rather, screaming it from the 50 yard line of the local high school. Mary Katharine and Vic give the full rundown on the mask debacle in Virginia, President Biden snaps at Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy, and a recap of one of the best weekend in professional football

Times
00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the show
04:35 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
05:53 - Mask mandate madness continues in Virginia
08:56 - Kids and resilience
10:04 - Fairfax County Public Schools town hall on masking
18:37 - Mad moms in Boston scream on a high school football field, The New York Times reports
23:44 - The New York Times’ David Leonhardt writes on coronavirus risk calculations
28:04 - NBC Poll: Americans view former president Donald Trump more favorably than Vice President Kamala Harris
30:47 - Experts say last weekend was one of the greatest in NFL playoff history
38:00 - President Joe Biden calls Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy a "stupid son of a bitch," Doocy laughs it off

Links
Mary Katharine's article on resilience

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48 min
January 21, 2022A 'Minor Incursion'
Mary Katharine and Vic unpack Biden's lengthly press conference, from 95 (or is it 98?) percent of schools reopening to Russia's 'minor incursion' in the Ukraine. In coronavirus news, Prime Minister Boris Johnson ends masking in schools and vaccine passports, a Los Angeles charter school quarantines unvaccinated students, and NPR wrongly reports a mask fight between Supreme Court justices.

Times
00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
06:56 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
07:04 - President Joe Biden claims that 95 percent—then 98 percent—of schools are open
10:06 - Segment: You Love to Hear It
10:19 - Biden completes a long press conference and answers questions
11:20 - Biden says if Russia launches a “minor incursion” into the Ukraine, it may not prompt a U.S. response
14:26 - Biden pressed on calling opponents to his voting rights bill “Bull Connor”
17:15 - 2022 election integrity depends on voting rights bill, Biden says—and Vice President Harris attempts a cleanup
24:20 - Prime Minister Boris Johnson ends masking in schools and vaccine passports
30:44 - Los Angeles charter school quarantines unvaccinated students
34:21 - Biden administration launches coronavirus test kit service
36:25 - NPR wrongly reports a mask scuffle in the Supreme Court between Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Neil Gorsuch
42:50 - Super Bowl halftime lineup announced

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54 min