Ep 98: Happy Labor Day! Meredith (@meredithlclark) joins the show again to rec: The Purge TV series, Karyn Kusama's Destroyer, and Mitski

Allison interviews Sarah Mirk (@sarahmirk) about sex-ed for teens and her recs: Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski, Amateur by Thomas Page McBee, Ru Paul's Drag Race, the Making Gay History podcast, and radiooooo.com

In bad news: Kansans drank contaminated water for years and the state didn't tell them, Trump says Evangelicals can expect "violence" if Republicans lose power in the midterms, Trump adviser Larry Kudlow  hosted publisher of white nationalists at his home, and Rep. Steve Scalise admits he might have attended a white supremacist event

In good news: Tallahassee's progressive Mayor, Andrew Gillum, wins Democratic primary for Governor of Florida despite his opponent's racist attacks, Texas GOP uses hot photos of Beto O'Rourke in Twitter attack, Jerry Brown signs bill eliminating money bail in California, California is the first state to denounce "corrective" intersex surgery on children, and thousands of teachers in Washington state strike over salaries

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Ep 97: Meredith (@meredithlclark) joins the show to discuss street harassment and to rec: Riz Ahmed's interview in the New York Times Magazine, House of Devil, and The Good Place, and to chat about her hobbies of cross-stitching, knitting, and adult coloring books

In bad news: Trump administration is trying to strip citizenship from many Americans born near Mexico border, Betsy Devos wants to protect college campuses from complaints of sexual misconduct, California man charged with making violent threats against Boston Globe employees, and Texas man shot women drivers because he doesn't believe women should drive

In good news: Thousands of people across the country united to protest Brett Kavanaugh and Gov. Cuomo and Cyntha Nixon clash during their first (and only) heated debate and it was a good time

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Ep 96: Charles (@charlesrockhill) and Chris (@chrisopotamia) rec Kath and Kim, John Duff's Girly, going on a writing retreat, and Buzzfeed's article: We Saw Nuns Kill Children: The Ghosts of St. Joseph's Catholic Orphanage

In bad news: Nation's top student loan official resigns, Louis C.K. makes surprise return to comedy in first gig since admitting to sexual misconduct, and Jamel Myles, 9, died by suicide after homophobic bullying

In good news: National Enquirer hid damaging Trump stories in a safe and Vic Mensa gave away thousands of free shoes at Chicago "Anti-Bait Truck" event

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Ep 95: Charles (@charlesrockhill) and Chris (@chrisopotamia) rec the Dead By Daylight board game, True Blood (kind of), acupuncture, the joys of unsubscribing, and respond to Patreon recs for The Den and Life Is Strange, and Allison talks about the Sharp Objects finale (no spoilers) and the trailer for True Detective s3

Allison and Chloe meet a young hall monitor (@realslimchada)

In bad news: Jacksonville shooting suspect identified as David Katz, a gamer who had lost in Madden NFL tournament and Scott Morrison is the conservative Evangelical who is now Australia's prime minister

In good news: Solidarity! Immigrants in ICE detention have joined the nationwide prison strike and trans activists protest ICE by blocking streets in New Mexico

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Ep 94: Rachel (@realslimchada) and Chloe (@itsthechew) join the show again and Chloe and Allison share a ~*~food mystery~*~ while Rachel and Chloe anti-rec Slenderman and rec: Allie X, Lana Del Ray, Body Count, Orange is the New Black (SPOILERS), and Riverdale. Also, Allison talks about Sharp Object's problem with the trope of the unethical female journalist

In bad news: Scott Lloyd's law school essay on abortion was so extreme that a classmate kept a copy for 14 years, former Vatican official accuses Pope Francis of ignoring child abuse, White House blocks bill that would protect elections, and Georgia County can't back up its excuse for plan to disenfranchise black voters

In good news: Beto O'Rourke says "nothing more American" than to stand up to take a knee for your rights—but his comment was widely misinterpreted by the media and Infowars said the YouTube ban would make it stronger—but actually it's been crushed

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Ep 93: Rachel (@realslimchada) and Chloe (@itsthechew) share tales from L.A., help answer Patreon questions about some of their hobbies and race representation in Crazy Rich Asians, and rec Happy Time Murders

Allison interviews journalist and professor Will Potter (@will_potter) about his recs: We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, Never Tire of Protesting by George Seldes, The Handmaid's Tale, Frank Turner, Billy Bragg, mission to make free documentaries (check out teachout.org for more info), and his dispatches from Puerto Rico

In bad news: John McCain dead at 81 but let's remember his role in mainstreaming the Tea Party and right-wing extremist and Russian trolls spreading vaccination misinformation to create discord

In good news: Ex-Trump World Tower doorman says Trump had an affair with an ex-housekeeper which resulted in a child and Milo is crying and broke

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Ep 92: Charles (@charlesrockhill) joins the show to respond to Patreon messages about rollerskating in the south, unpack this great column about Hereditary and society's moral panic surrounding transmasculine people, and to rec Spongebob, the musical and Disenchantment

In bad news: right-wing media politicizes the death of Mollie Tibbetts (Mollie's aunt has rejected racist ghouls), Betsy DeVos is considering using federal funds to arm schools, and Trump warns of stock market crash if he's ever impeached

In good news: Michael Cohen says Trump ordered him to illegally interfere in election, Cohen claims he's not seeking pardon from Trump, David Pecker granted immunity in Cohen case, the first two Congressmen to endorse Trump have been indicted, more than 200 protesters toppled a Confederate statue at the University of North Carolina, and top Texas Dems say it's time to decriminalize immigration

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Ep 91: Charles (@charlesrockhill) joins the show to discuss the VMAs' weird Aretha Franklin tribute and Ariana Grande's new album and Allison recs Tei Shi

In bad news: Bomb that killed 40 children in Yemen was supplied by the U.S., Asia Argento paid sexual assault accuser, and America's prisoners are on strike in at least 17 states

In good news: Kevin Spacey's first movie since #MeToo earned just $126 on opening day, Omarosa says she has video in addition to audio recordings, D.C. politicians canceled Trump's military parade and he's pissed, and Blake Farenthold blames "fucktards" and #MeToo for his downfall

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Ep 90: Katharine (@spkheller) joins the show to rec Carmen Jones, Coldplay, and Neo Futurists while Allison recs Crazy Rich Asians and Sharp Objects

In bad news: Trump can't even honor Aretha Franklin, who hated him, properly, Fox News remembers Aretha with a photo of Patti LaBelle, Rudy Giuliani declares "truth isn't truth," ICE detains a man who was driving his pregnant wife to deliver their baby, and a Grand Jury report details decades of sexual abuse of thousands of children by priests and cover-ups by bishops (meanwhile, the church fired priests for stealing and for being gay)

In good news: Paul Manafort found guilty on several counts, Michael Cohen surrenders to the FBI and a plea deal is expected soon, Monsanto must pay $289 million in damages in the first trial over claims that Roundup causes cancer, and a surprise gift: free tuition for all NYU medical students

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Ep 89: Charles (@charlesrockhill) joins the show to anti-rec Slenderman and to rec: Nicki Minaj's Queen, Rihanna's upcoming album, Charles and Allison rank the Chrises, and discuss the legacy of Aretha Franklin

In bad news: Trump revokes security clearance for John Brennan and Susan Rice and Twitter's dumb idea to "promote alternative viewpoints"

In good news: Democrats feel more positively about Socialism than Capitalism, Democrats are nominating an unprecedented number of women to run for Congress, and Christine Hallquist, a transgender woman, wins Vermont Governor's primary

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