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Ep 215: #BlackLivesMatter and here's a list of resources for how to help and where to spend your money: https://linktr.ee/NationalResourcesList

In bad news: Police in Buffalo assault a 75-year-old man and their buddies cheer them on and then resign to support them, hundreds in NYC are arrested and held in crowded cells during a pandemic, police have the weapons and we have cans of White Claw, De Blasio can't stop kissing the police union's ass even though they hate him, and a judge suspended Habeas Corpus

In good news: Protesting is good for your soul, the people made De Blasio lift the curfew, protesters in Minneapolis send Mayor Jacob Frey running, John Boyega is a badass, Elmo teaches kids about racism, and you need to talk to your racist relatives

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Ep 214: Allison, of course, recommends Survivor, but also: The Great, Devs' finale, and the work of Karyn Kasuma, and reads good news from a returning supporter

In bad news: George Floyd, police brutality, and the police state response to protests, Derek Chauvin's long history of complaints, our real looting problem i.e. American billionaires getting $434 billion richer during a pandemic, Trump freaks out over the protests and threatens the protesters' lives, Amy Cooper "Karen-ing" all over the place, at least one person from the Lake of the Ozarks party has tested positive for Covid, and you should not be giving your money to Shaun King

In good news: A restaurant-owner in Minneapolis has the best response ever to his restaurant being damaged by fire during the uprising, it looks like Amy Klobuchar is out as Biden's VP, and Costa Rica has legalized same-sex marriage

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Ep 213: Allison recs Normal People, Survivor, The King Of Staten Island trailer, the High Fidelity reboot, and Better Call Saul, while Erek (@erek_smith) recs Billions, Psych, House, Fever Pitch, and the work of sociologists Brett Clark and John Bellamy Foster 🤓

In bad news: Joe Biden tells black voters "you ain't black" if you don't pick him over Trump (and is immediately forced to apologize), tantalizes precisely no one with his Amy Klobuchar VP nom, former U.S. rep is pissed Pottery Barn has limited hours, 145 NYC kids have MIS-C linked to Covid, and the CDC issues alarming triple-fatality report on Covid cases at Arkansas church

In good news: Lilly Wachowski absolutely wrecks Elon Musk in front of literally everyone, Tuca & Bertie is back, bitches!!, and New Zealand kicks ass at social distancing

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Ep 212: Allison and Charles (@charlesrockhill) unpack Robert Pattinson's insane recipe and Charles sort of recs, sort of anti-recs RHONY and RHONJ, and very much recs pimple-popping vids and My Feet Are Killing Me, while Allison recs watching all of Survivor, but especially S7

In bad news: Some men considering wearing masks to be "weak," Trump goes mask-free at the mask factory, Jersey Shore beaches to be open with restrictions during the outbreak, blacks and Latinos are overwhelmingly ticketed by NYPD for social distancing violations, and Wisconsin bars packed with patrons almost immediately after court strikes down stay-at-home order

In good news: Female reporters are not intimidated by Trump's blatant misogyny and racism and Senator Richard Burr's phone has been seized in FBI insider trading investigation

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Ep 211: Allison celebrates two months in quarantine and reads Patreon music recs for Plastic Love and Ghost and recs Better Call Saul, Mrs. America, and The Sopranos.

In bad news: The slayings of Ahmaud Arbery and Sean Reed, the Plandemic conspiracy video on Facebook, and everyone in the White House is getting Corona.

In good news: Dolly Parton is backing research into promising Covid treatment, Irish people dig deep to support virus-hit Native Americans, repaying 150-year-old debt, this shortcut could be the answer to mass Covid testing, and do watch these videos of seals singing Kissed By A Rose and the Ms. Monopoly commercial.

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Ep 210: Chlo (@itsthechew) joins the show to rec What We Do In The Shadows and Christine and the Queens and to discuss Britney burning down her gym, while Allison recs Bey and Megan Thee Stallion's Savage remix, Too Hot To Handle, Euphoria, and SNL at home.

In bad news: Aliens may be real and no one cares?? Also, if you're celebrating May Day you better also support raising the minimum wage and a Rent Freeze, and Nazis (sometimes armed Nazis!) turn out to oppose the lockdown in Michigan and Illinois, while Trump praises them once again as "Very Good People"

In good news: We can thank Me Too for more people believing Tara Reade than they would have, saaaay, five years ago (thanks Chris Hayes!), many people are offering up their antibodies to help research Coronavirus treatments, and Covid may result in positive changes to our society — including more people working from home

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Ep 209: A discussion about the closing of the UCB Theatre in NYC and Erek (@erek_smith) dreams of a life in the woods

In bad news: Nancy Pelosi's disastrous ice cream optics, Trump tells people to drink or inject bleach to kill Covid (before the White House tries to walk it back), some states are beginning to reopen way too early, and Trump announces he's temporarily closing the U.S. to immigrants

In good news: Federal judge allows abortions to resume in Oklahoma, Kentucky Democratic governor vetoes abortion bill, and Publix Supermarkets are buying from struggling farmers so they can feed families in need

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Ep 208: Allison's weird quarantine dreams and recs for: The Man From U.N.C.L.E., SNL's Zoom ep, The Sopranos, and Devs, and an anti-rec for West World, while Erek (@erek_smith) recs Billions for the second time

In bad news: Those obviously staged protests against quarantine and the massive spike in unemployment

In good news: New Fiona Apple, bitches! Also, abortion bans in Arkansas and Alabama have been blocked

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Ep 207: Allison's 20-year-late Sopranos review and a hot take about Portrait Of A Lady on Fire, followed by recs for: Sweet Heart, Tucker And Dale Vs. Evil, Under The Shadow, and Under The Skin, and a listener rec for the Oh Hello podcast

In bad news: Bernie drops out, former Joe Biden staffer Tara Reade says he sexually assaulted her in 1993, while the NYT says they found no other allegations "beyond" non-consensual touching, U.S. overtakes Italy with largest number of Coronavirus deaths, White House rejects bailout for USPS at a time when many are calling for mail-in ballots (check out this thread on why the USPS is so essential), and Wisconsin's primary is already a tragedy in the making

In good news: Many countries appear to be flattening the curve, 6-month suspension on U.S. federal student loan payments now in effect during Covid outbreaks, and these pandas finally fucked! YAY!!

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Ep 206: Allison reads Patreon Qs and recs about what her movie would be about and Living Out Loud, recaps Cats Of Our Lives, and recs The Eyes Of My Mother, Event Horizon (kind of), The Pretty Thing That Lives In The House, and Super Dark Times

In bad news: Coronavirus deaths overwhelm medical and New York funeral workers, Trump says "we can use (ventilators) for ourselves" and gets emotional when a reporter asks him to clarify Kushner's statement, touts Hydroxychloroquine as a Covid-19 treatment even though it as potential side effects and hasn't been conclusively proven to cure anything, the army warned in early February that Coronavirus could kill 150,000 Americans, Trump sent National Guardsmen to the front line but denied them health care, Georgia's governor and Bill de Blasio both claim they didn't know until recently that asymptomatic people can carry the virus, and how the Coronavirus is tearing through Rikers

In good news: China is sending 1,000 ventilators to New York, a Brooklyn landlord just canceled rent for hundreds of tenants, there's a free no-sew way to make a face mask for yourself (it's super easy, we promise), and good news! You don't have to do even a single push-up challenge

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