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Ep 155: Katey (@khealywu) recs My Cat From Hell and Naomi Novik's Spinning Silver, while Allison recs Russian Doll and Abducted In Plain Sight, and they give their 2019 Oscar predictions

In bad news: Jussie Smollett allegedly lied about hate crime, the first mammal goes extinct from climate change, and Bernie is running and we're about to relive 2016

In good news: Thousands of young people stage mass walk-out from school over climate change, Tucker Carlson loses his shit, and 16 states sue to stop Trump's use of "emergency powers" to build his border wall

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Ep 154: Erek (@erek_smith) recs The Dropout podcast and Allison recs The Man In The High Castle, Russian Doll, and Winky the dog, and anti-recs Velvet Buzzsaw and the dumbest pen of all time

In bad news: The confusing girl-power message of the Grammys, Trump declares a national emergency to get his wall, the wild attacks against Ilhan Omar, and Ryan Adams is canceled for being a creepy predator

In good news: Amazon pulls out of its planned NYC headquarters (tell us if you support The Kildome: #LightTreasonPod) and Alex Jones will be deposed as part of the Sandy Hook defamation lawsuit

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Ep 153: Chloe (@itsthechew) joins the show to rec Split and The Bachelor, Allison recs Eighth Grade, Grace and Frankie, and The Man In The High Castle, and they contemplate why Adam Levine stripping during the Super Bowl is okay, but Janet Jackson was blacklisted for popping a titty

In bad news: SOTU was a racist propaganda speech, top Nancy Pelosi aide privately tells insurance executives not to worry about Democrats pushing "Medicare For All," WTF is going on Virginia?, Liam Neeson casually drops that he once thought about committing a hate crime, and ICE arrests 21 Savage

In good news: AOC drops Green New Deal outline, power is back on at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn (but there are still problems with inhumane conditions and black mold), and you live on the same planet as Lizzo and Laverne Cox and that's terrific

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Ep 152: Charles (@charlesrockhill) helps answer Patreon questions about presidential candidates and our most outrageous subway stories, Allison anti-recs the Ted Bundy Tapes and recs Sex Education and Charles recs pretty much everything Ariana Grande is doing right now (minus her appropriating tattoo)

In bad news: A mother's fatal fall on the subway stairs draws attention to accessibility issues, Howard Schultz is running for president because the mean lady is coming for his money, and the racist attack on Jussie Smollett

In good news: 🎵Roger Stone got arrested by the FBI (the FBI) 🎵, the shutdown is officially over, and this teen activist told Davos elite they're to blame for the climate crisis

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Ep 151: Erek (@erek_smith) helps answer Patreon questions about Bandersnatch and the progressive agenda and recs ABC's The Dropout, and Allison recs the Fyre Fest doc on Netflix, and The Assassination of Gianni Versace

In bad news: Bryan Singer has been a predator for years and everyone knew about it, Savannah Guthrie and The Today Show platform MAGA teens who harassed a Native American elder, SCOTUS temporarily allows Trump's very stupid ban on transgender people serving in the military, and the race for 2020 is already very dumb

In good news: Sony parts ways with R. Kelly and R. Kelly's manager turns himself in after being accused of terroristic threats, a gamer live-streamed a Donkey Kong marathon and raised over $340,000 for trans youth, Iowa's "fetal heartbeat" law deemed unconstitutional, and New York puts in measures to protect access to abortion even if Roe v. Wade is overturned

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Ep 150: Erek (@erek_smith) recs Shark Tank and Allison recs: Coco, You, Derry Girls, and anti-recs The Mist

In bad news: A bunch of man-babies boycott razors, the FBI investigated if Trump is a Russian agent, and Rashida Tlaib's profanity got five times more cable coverage than Steve King

In good news: Teachers in L.A. strike for better educational and working conditions and families of Sandy Hook shooting victims win legal victory in a lawsuit against InfoWars and Alex Jones

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Ep 149: Erek (@erek_smith) helps answer Patreon questions/comments about JVN, Riverdale, cats, Harry Potter, and office jobs, sort of recs Instant Hotel, and Allison sort of recs You

In bad news: R. Kelly's decades of predatory behavior and establishment Dems are lashing out at AOC

In good news-ish: QAnon-believing Proud Boy accused of murdering "lizard" brother with sword and in Definitely Good News: Cyntoia Brown granted clemency

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Ep 148: Meredith (@meredithlclark) joins the show for soooo many recs!: Into the Spiderverse, The Favorite, Mary Poppins Returns, Bandersnatch, Roma, and Cold War, and for some sweet, sweet anti-recs: Aquaman and Bird Box

In bad news: Mitt Romney is no hero, Netflix censors Hasan Minhaj's comedy special on behalf of Saudi Arabia, and Trump holds a "press conference" about border security without taking any questions from the press

In good news: Conservatives are actually the town from Footloose and can't stand AOC dancing, the Proud Boys are having a tough time, and Elizabeth Warren is running for president (yay?)

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Ep 147: Erek (@erek_smith) joins the show and Allison recs Billions, Evil Has A Name, the holiday specials of Nailed It! and The Great British Bakeoff, Ravenous, and anti-recs Primal Rage

In bad news: Trump won't sign spending bill without border wall funds in return, James Mattis has some choice words for Trump on his way out, and 150+ companies had "special" Facebook data access

In good news: Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen sentenced to three years in prison and advertisers ditch Fox News' Tucker Carlson for saying immigration makes U.S. "dirtier"

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Ep 146: Erek (@erek_smith) vents about the MTA and trains and recs getting a library card, Lie, Cheat, Steal podcast, and Dirty Money

(19:15) Rhea Butcher (@rheabutcher) talks baseball (give @threeswingspod) a listen!) and recs: Phoebe Bridgers, Bon Iver, and Pema Chödrön

In bad news: Scott Walker signs Wisconsin GOP's massive power grab into law, Mika Brzenzinski and the casual homophobia of some MSNBC hosts and a 7-year-old Guatemalan girl dies of dehydrations and shock in Border Patrol custody

In good news: Unions! New York Magazine's staff is unionizing, Slate's newly unionized writers and editors give OK to strike, employees at Amazon's new NYC warehouse launch union push, and newsflash: your employees are ghosting because you suck as a boss

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