Getting Hammered®

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December 08, 2021Gluttons for Punishment
More than half of young adults are overweight. Stacey Abrams is back for another gubernatorial race. Mary Katharine's college football woes. And Reese's is now adding potato chips to their peanut butter cups—which Vic isn't so sure about. We're not just gluttons—we're gluttons for punishment.

Times
00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
12:50 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
12:55 - New York City mayor Bill DeBlasio announces a new vaccine mandate
23:40 - Childhood obesity in the United States
31:38 - Stacey Abrams throws her hat back into the ring, and claims she never denied the results of her first go at the governor's mansion
35:46 - Former Senator Bob Dole dies at age 98
40:35 - Segment: You Love to See It
40:40 - Democrats fall flat on "Latinx" language, via Politico
44:40 - There's nothing at all to talk about sports this week, especially not the SEC championship
46:33 - Reese's releases a peanut butter cup with potato chips

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58 min
December 03, 2021La Science, C'est Moi
Dr. Anthony Fauci is the science, according to... himself. But Mary Katharine and Vic aren't so sure he—or the Biden administration, for that matter—knows how to tackle the Omicron variant. The Supreme Court hears oral arguments on the Mississippi abortion case, the Women's Tennis Association takes a stand against China, and we learn the history of the golf course beverage cart.

Times
00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
09:45 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
09:56 - The Omicron variant is here
16:00 - Fauci faces his foes
19:27 - Segment: You Love to See It
19:34 - Reporter asks Fauci a tough question
25:20 - Oral arguments at the Supreme Court on the Mississippi abortion case
33:12 - Women's Tennis Association quits China over Peng Shuai's disappearance
37:40 - Kids are increasingly cutting ties with their parents
44:35 - Golf.com tells the history of the golf course beverage cart

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57 min
December 01, 2021Censored
Mary Katharine and Vic have recovered from their Thanksgiving feasts and they're back to discuss Disney's decision to censor an episode of the Simpsons, as well as the new covid variant, fact-checkers, and some very unlucky pub dwellers in England
Times
00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
11:24 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
11:26 - The new coronavirus variant, Omicron
24:52 - Journalists and Harvard academics work to identify misinformation in the news
31:44 - Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey steps down
35:19 - Disney censors Simpsons episode with Tiananmen Square reference in Hong Kong
39:48 - Matthew McConaughey announces he will not run for governor of Texas
43:00 - England revelers stuck in pub for three days after snowstorm

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54 min
November 24, 2021 Thanksgiving Special
Happy Thanksgiving from Mary Katharine and Vic! The hosts are here to talk about their Thanksgiving traditions and the topic they wish they were talking about all the time: food.

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38 min
November 19, 2021It's a Squeeze
We aren't sure who's still listening to Dr. Anthony Fauci, but he officially declared it safe to visit with family during the holidays. Businesses are changing shipping and packaging to fight supply chain woes, CNN takes a mostly unsuccessful drive around Brooklyn in a self-driving car, and a former Obama economic advisor gets real on inflation.
Times
00:11 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
07:39 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
07:40 - Anthony Fauci says it's okay for the vaccinated to enjoy the holidays
22:00 - Britney Spears freed from conservatorship
27:14 - Shipping containers and supply chains
32:18 - CNN takes a self-driving car for a (mostly unsuccessful) spin in Brooklyn
39:14- Segment: You Love To Hear It
39:21 - Former Obama economic advisor gets real on inflation

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49 min
November 17, 2021Drama Drama Drama
There's drama in the White House—Kamala drama, that is. Mary Katharine and Vic talk about tumultuous relationships in the White House, as well as the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, a football miracle, dating while living with your parents, and Taylor Swift making money off of a relationship that ended more than a decade ago.
Times
00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
05:03 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
06:20 - Closing arguments of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial
14:40 - Kamala Drama
18:58 - The Detroit Lions did not lose
21:33 - The Atlantic story on dating while living at home
27:00 - The New York Times is concerned that there's no Covid vaccine for pets
29:39 - Decoding the Swifty drama

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43 min
November 12, 2021What's Le Plan
Kamala Harris fakes a French accent, Michigan's Attorney General has one too many Bloody Marys, and Morgan Ortagus rips Adam Schiff on the View
Times
00:13 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
06:06 -Segment: The News You Need to Know
06:45 - One too many Bloody Marys for Michigan's Democratic Attorney General
10:55 - Secretary of Education, teachers union head say no more masks outdoors for kids
17:08 - American campaign to vaccinate kids off to good start
20:37 - Updates on New Jersey State Senator Ed Durr
24:37 - Kyle Rittenhouse trial
34:57 - Car break-ins up in San Francisco
44:00 - Cotton Candy Lobster caught off the coast of Maine
46:14 - Bacon wrapped... presents? Feat. Coolio
51:11 - Segment: We Love to Hear It
51:49 - Morgan Ortagus rips Adam Schiff on the View

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1 hr 1 min
November 10, 2021Saving(s) and Spending
Is it Daylight Saving Time or Daylight Savings Time? Is inflation actually good for us? And will the BIF help with that? Mary Katharine and Vic answer these questions and talk T-Mac, breathalyzers, and mask mandates.
Times
00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
04:02 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
04:07 - 32nd anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall
07:40 - Our very own Vic Matus snaps a photo with Terry McAuliffe
12:47 - Daylight Saving(s) Time (and people complaining about it)
19:00 - MSNBC asks: Is inflation actually a good thing?
26:58 - Will the (very pricey) Infrastructure bill help with that?
33:00 - Mandates and masks
41:53 - An update on the diapered astronauts

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48 min
November 05, 2021Upsets
Mary Katharine and Vic talk elections, and this week's biggest upsets, as well as the Supreme Court's latest concealed carry decisions and our hobby horse: vaccine mandates for kids.
Times
00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
06:15 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
06:33 - Results of the Virginia governor's election
11;15 - The Lincoln Project and the tiki torch stunt
24:50 - New Jersey democrat falls to unlikely challenger
29:50 - Winsome Sears wins the race for lieutenant governor in Virginia
31:13 - Supreme Court hands down decision on concealed carry
33:12 - San Francisco mandates vaccines for kids as young as five
39:37 - Space diapers
41:00 - Segment: Hosts in the Hot Seat

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52 min
November 03, 2021A Numbers Game
Mary Katharine and Vic are back to chat numbers, from the Virginia governor's race to spending bills to plummeting poll numbers for the Biden administration to the original prices for McDonald's hamburgers.
Times
00:13 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
09:05 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
09:09 - The Virginia Governor's Race
14:06 - Tiki torch antics
16:47 - Updates on the Infrastructure and Reconciliation bills
22:03 - New Jersey governor's race
24:29 - Americans lose confidence in President Biden, Democrats, according to NBC Poll
28:40 - Let's Go Brandon
35:20 - Kanye West's Sunday Service featuring Justin Bieber and Marilyn Manson
37:50 - The original McDonald's menu

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48 min