Light Treason

Ep 165: Allison talks about Burger King's dystopian marketing campaign, answers a Patreon question about seeing movies alone, and discusses Avengers: End Game (NO SPOILERS), Game of Thrones (BIG OL' SPOILERS), and how Arya is not a Mary Sue

Recommended reading:

The Stolen Kids of Sarah Lawrence

Men Have No Friends And Women Bear the Burden

In bad news: Trump repeats lie that doctors "execute" newborns, more mass shootings at University of North Carolina and a synagogue in California, Attorney General Barr is a no-show at House Judiciary hearing, and a court rules that female athletes with naturally elevated levels of testosterone cannot compete as women

In good news: This has been a big week for throwing food at white nationalists, wages are finally rising — thank you activists, Birdie got adopted!!!, and the current state of the NRA is "they're fucked," according to its own members

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Ep 164: Meredith (@MeredithLClark) joins the show to talk Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj and Allison recs Avengers: End Game (NO SPOILERS), Game of Thrones (SPOILERS), The Magicians finalé (SPOILERS), and I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson

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In bad news: Joe Biden is running for president, Trump thinks General Lee was one of the good guys, Lara Trump says that Merkel admitting migrants is "one of the worst things that ever happened to Germany," and that story about a teacher who ran out of sicks days to stay with his cancer-stricken daughter, so his colleagues donated 100 days, should make you very, very angry

In good news: Elizabeth Warren comes out swinging with proposals to cancel student debt and reward hospitals that make childbirth safer for black women, and a tentative deal has been reached between Stop & Shop and striking workers

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Ep 163: Erek (@erek_smith) recs Jeopardy while Allison recs: The GoT premiere (SPOILERS), Beyoncé's Homecoming, Billie Eilish, SNL (and BTS), and The Heavens by Sandra Newman

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In bad news: The full redacted Mueller report and the crowdfunding to rebuild Notre Dame proves money exists to fix our problems—lack of will is the problem

In good news: The NRA is broke, NYC passes historic climate legislation, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's optimistic note on the future and The Green New Deal

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Ep 162: Erek (@erek_smith) recs What A Time To Be Alive and I Learned Nothing, while Allison recs: Old Town Road, the new Star Wars trailer, Killing Eve, SNL with Kit Harington, The Runaways, and It Could Happen Here

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In bad news: Bret Easton Ellis is an even bigger asshole than you previously thought, Julian Assange's arrest sets a dangerous precedent even if you think he's a d-bag, Texas bill threatening dealth penalty for abortion is the anti-abortion movement as its most honest, and Trump is inciting violence against Rep. Ilhan Omar

In good news: Dr. Katie Bouman made that image of a black hole possible, Bye-bye, Kirstjen Nielsen, thief of migrant children, suspected rhino poacher killed by elephant then eaten by lions in South Africa, and Bernie Sanders says states should allow felons to vote from behind bars

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Ep 161: Your baby bird is flying solo again! Recs for: the Joker trailer, the Twilight Zone reboot pilot which is available on YouTube, Sandra Oh on SNL and in Killing Eve, and an anti-rec for the OA season 2, and what superhero would you be?

Allison's Patreon supporters can watch her short Hum right now! https://www.patreon.com/posts/hum-2019-25509854

In bad news: Creepy Uncle Joe, the U.S. is tracking migrant girls' periods to stop them from getting abortions, Mueller's team gathered "alarming" Trump obstruction evidence, and Homeland Security disbands domestic terror intelligence unit

In good news: Michael Cohen says Trump "instructed" him to lie, girls fought back after teen boys rated them on looks, Google staff condemn treatment of temp workers in "historic" show of solidarity, and Tucker Carlson says Chris Hayes is what every man would be if feminists ever achieved absolute power in this country...good!

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Ep 160: Meredith (@MeredithLClark) recs US (SPOILERS), The Sound Of My Voice, and Between on Netflix, and Allison recs season 2 of the OA and the Madeline McCann doc

Allison's Patreon supporters can watch her short Hum right now! https://www.patreon.com/posts/hum-2019-25509854

In bad news: Robert Mueller's investigation resulted in indictments and guilty pleas from 34 people and three companies but Trump sees it as vindication, Barbara Streisand's monstrous comments about Michael Jackson's accusers, Michael Avenatti goes down in flames, the Jussie Smollett and CPD mess, and suicides in the wake of mass shootings (The National Suicide Hotline number is 1-800-273-8255)

In good news: Trump loses second Obamacare court battle this week, McDonald's halts lobbying against minimum wage hikes, and Facebook bans white nationalism and white separatism (at least in theory)

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Ep 159: Allison flies solo! Recs for: Us (no spoilers), the Stranger Things Season 3 trailer, Queer Eye, Shrill, and an anti-rec for The Inventor

Allison's Patreon supporters can watch her short Hum right now! https://www.patreon.com/posts/hum-2019-25509854

In bad news: J.K. Rowling's shitty fan fiction of her own work, teachers shot with plastic pellets during active-shooter trainings, Chick-fil-A is still very much homophobic, the U.S. has secret baby jails, Pennsylvania Rep. Brian Ellis allegedly raped a woman, and 7 U.S. military members identifies as part of white nationalist group

In good news: New Zealand uses common sense and bans military-style rifles, Finnish people hand Nikki Haley her ass, more and more people are calling for the end of the Electoral College, and 2020 Dems keep their distance from AIPAC conference

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Ep 158: Faith (@bohemianfaith) joins the show to help answer Patreon questions/read recs for: Kim's Convenience, a better ending for Lost, how witches are responding to Trump, and their fav vegan meals, recs Virginia Woolf, and Allison recs Pen15 and shares a beautiful St. Patrick's Day story

In bad news: Terrorist kills 49 Muslims in New Zealand mosque attacks, the bizarre defense of Chelsea Clinton, Boeing 737 Max grounded following Ethiopian crash and the shady ethics of Acting Secretary of Defense and former Boeing employee Patrick Shanahan, the male privilege of Beto O'Rourke, and Kentucky just banned abortion

In good news: Students around the world skip class to demand action on climate, Egg Boy is the hero we need right now, Operation Varsity Blues exposes yet another way rich people rig the system (shout-out to Malcolm), unearthed audio shows Tucker Carlson is even more of a racist and sexist than you thought, Australia bans Milo after comments on mosque attacks, and Lilly Singh becomes the first woman even to host her own show on a major network late night show

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Ep 157: Rachel (@RealSlimChada) recs David Keenan and Léon and Allison recs Captain Marvel, Leaving Neverland, Solange and Hozier's new albums, and shouts-out Luke Perry

In bad news: R. Kelly's tantrum, Paul Manafort is sentenced to less than four years in prison while Jussie Smollett faces 16 felony counts, and Meghan McCain's white lady tears

In good news: JPMorgan backs away from private prison finance, women all over the world strike on International Women's Day, and the first women-only spacewalk is finally happening

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Ep 156: Meredith @(MeredithLClark) joins the show to rec You Bet Your Life and Allison answers a Patreon question about The Umbrella Academy (it's an anti-rec for Allison!) and recs The Magicians

In bad news: Green Book wins the Oscar for Best Picture, Michael Cohen's testimony was a moment for grandstanding and little else, CPAC tries to rebrand abortion as infanticide, Dianne Feinstein unloads on children worried about climate change, Trump-Kim summit breaks down, and the White House bars four U.S. journalists from Trump's dinner with Kim in Hanoi

In good news: Jay Inslee officially launches historic 2020 bid centered on climate change, New Yorkers push to decriminalize sex work, and Selma Blair speaks out on being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, patient rights, and accessibility in fashion

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