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Ep 145: Erek (@erek_smith) recs House of Cards, jazz, a new pen, and The World Beyond Your Head by Matthew Crawford, while Allison recs Mac's dance, the Avengers: End Game trailer, Billions, A Star is Born, Embassytown by China Miéville, and beefs with The Golden Globes

In bad news: Republicans steal power from voters in Wisconsin, Michigan, and North Carolina

In good news: Robert Mueller's investigation is telling us that he's got Trump on collusion

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Ep 144: Ari (arianna_durnell) and Chloe (@itsthechew) rec Buffy, Schitt's Creek, and Mid90s

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In bad news: Trump's pattern of demeaning black women reporters, Matthew Whitaker thinks states should be able to override federal law, and the Trump admin is making it easier for employers to deny birth control coverage and is preparing to sign another directive to fuck over people seeking asylum

In good news: The Clippers and Bucks wear t-shirts saying "ENOUGH" on front with shooting victims names on back

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Ep 143: Ari (arianna_durnell) and Chloe (@itsthechew) rec A Little Life (spoilers), Train to Busant, Léon, and doing puzzles, and Allison recs The Great British Bakeoff

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In bad news: Thousand Oaks Gunman's high school coach speaks about sexual assault, shooter joked about "thoughts and prayers" response during shooting and assumed people would think he was insane, shooter used a high-capacity magazine that voters outlawed in 2016, firefighters hit back against Trump's "mismanagement" claim as death toll climbs in California fires, and RBG breaks three ribs in fall

In good news: New Mexico will be sending an all-minority delegation to the House for first time in U.S. history, Trump personally facilitated hush money payments to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, and a judge blocks Keystone XL pipeline construction

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Ep 142: Meredith (@MeredithLClark) helps answer Patreon questions about God's Own Country, dealing with conservative family members, and not burning out and recs Weekend and All Over Me

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In bad news: CNN journalist Jim Acosta banned from White House after Trump called him the "enemy of the people" and conspiracy theories and doctored videos are already spreading, gunman kills 12 people at California bar and some of the victims are mass shooting veterans

In good news: Trump fires Jeff Sessions and what that means for the Mueller probe, Florida's race for governor is in recount territory and Stacey Abrams prepares a lawsuit, Brian Kemp resigns as Secretary of State amid possible runoff, and Tucker Carlson is very scared of the antifa

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Ep 141: Erek (@erek_smith) recs this scathing reviews of Jill Soloway's book, The Wedding Present, The Chameleons, the World Chess Championship, Artifact, and Muji gel pens

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In bad news: Sean Hannity appears on stage at Trump rally, U.S. militia groups head to the border, and several networks aired (and then pulled) racist Trump campaign ad (reminder: Bracamontes returned to the U.S. during the Bush administration)

In good news: United States Olympic Committee gets closer to revoking USA Gymnastics' status as a national governing body, Janet Jackson dedicates MTV EMAs speech to "Women whose voices have been stifled," and Rihanna tells Trump to fuck right off

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Ep 140: Erek (@erek_smith) joins the show for special midterm election coverage!

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In bad news: Brian Kemp is doing everything in his power to steal the Georgia governor's race, widespread reports of voting difficulty and disenfranchisement, white women once again help the GOP win, and Alabama passes extreme anti-abortion ballot initiative

In good news: Stacey Abrams refuses to concede, More than 100 women elected to Congress (a list of firsts for women in this year's midterm elections), Letitia James becomes the first black woman to win a New York-wide office, Democratic women unseat Republicans in Virginia, Florida restores voting rights to convicted felons, Idaho, Nebraska, and Utah vote to expand Medicaid, Michigan's anti-gerrymandering proposal is approved, Democrats win a majority in New York's Senate, Democrat Laura Kelly wins in Kansas defeating Kris Kobach, Scott Walker loses, Jared Polis becomes first out gay man elected governor, Kim Davis loses her county clerk seat, and Massachusetts voters uphold transgender rights law

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Ep 139: Erek (@erek_smith) recs Bojack Horseman and Spiritual Cramp while Allison recs (sort of) Sabrina and Making A Murderer season 2, and definitely recs Ariana Grande's Thank u, next

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In bad news: The world's oceans are warming far faster than thought

In good news: San Francisco 49ers cheerleader kneels during the national anthem—but who is she? and a Missouri candidate's kids tell voters not to vote for their homophobic and racist dad

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Ep 138: Erek (@erek_smith) shares train horror stories and helps answer your Patreon questions especially about imposter syndrome. Also, GO VOTE!!

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In bad news: Gunman in yoga studio shooting recording misogynistic videos and faced battery charges, while a Tallahassee teenager was arrested a day before the shooting...for throwing chocolate milk, Brooklyn synagogue vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti and anti-black racist slur defaces historic NYC burial ground, and U.S. law enforcement failed to see — or didn't want to see — the threat of white nationalism

In good news: More than 4.5 million people voted early in Texas, which surpassed the total voter turnout in the state's 2014 midterm election. Also, GO VOTE!!!

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Ep 137: Meredith (@MeredithLClark) recs: Final Destination, The Tingler, The Hunger, Crackpot by John Waters, We Eat Our Own, Carly Rae Jepsen, anti-recs Demon Seed, and looks forward to Suspiria, and Allison anti-recs the new Robyn and recs Gerald's Game, Oculus, Schitt's Creek, and Harry Styles and Timothée Chalamat interviewing each other

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In bad news: Trump fan and world class dumb-dumb Jacob Wohl comes for Robert Mueller and fails spectacularly, Trump defends military presence on border and drops new racist ad days before midterms, and Twitter removes "like" tool to "improve the quality of debate"

In good news: Georgia GOP gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp ditches final debate with Stacey Abrams at the last minute, Kelsey Juliana is the young woman suing the U.S. government for causing the climate change crisis, Captain Sully pens op-ed asking people to vote for leaders who will protect the planet, and the organizers behind the #GoogleWalkout post their demands

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Ep 136: Chris (@chrisopotamia) and Charles (@charlesrockhill) very specifically rec episode 2 of Sabrina reboot, Halloween, the Mean Girls soundtrack, while Allison recs Perfume Genius, Ariana Grande's performance at the 15th anniversary of Wicked, and Allison and Charles talk about seeing Garbage live

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In bad news: Trump wants to order end to birthright citizenship, attorneys for man convicted in plot to kill Muslim refugees say the rise of Trump explains their client's Islamophobia, and Richard Spencer's wife says he physically abused her

In good news: New poll finds that 40 percent of voters in the "youth" age group say they will "definitely vote" in the midterms, and an homage to British panel shows and Paula Abdul

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