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Ep 135: Chris (@chrisopotamia) and Charles (@charlesrockhill) rec The Haunting Of Hill House (spoilers) and Hush and give some candy hot takes

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In bad news: Right-wing violence: Cesar Sayoc Jr. is the man behind pipe bombs mailed to CNN and prominent Democratic figures, gunman kills 11 people at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Kroger shooting suspect first sought access to mostly black church, and the right from its culpability: Sarah Huckabee Sanders blames the media, Donald Trump Jr. likes Twitter conspiracy theories, Milo celebrates the bombs on Instagram, and Tucker Carlson lacks all self-awareness, and fascist Bolsonaro is elected president of Brazil

In good news: No one wants to eat dinner with Steve Bannon, Desi and Harley are butt-touching buds, and Chris is very excited about candy corn (feel free to yell at him on Twitter: #lightteasonpod)

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Ep 134: Keisha (@keishaz) discusses Astronomy Club on Comedy Central, her new Primaloft coat, and recs Haunting of Hill House and Schitt's Creek

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In bad news: FBI IDs 7 suspicious packages sent to Democratic figures, deluge of conspiracy theories and false equivalencies follow, Austin is running out of water, and a remote Hawaiian island has been wiped off the map because of surging sea levels

In good news: Judge orders Georgia officials to stop rejecting absentee ballots without letting voters fix them first and Megyn Kelly is expected to end her NBC morning show

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Ep 133: Meredith (@MeredithLClark) and Allison discuss The Haunting Of Hill House (spoilers) and Allison sort of recs First Man

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In bad news: The fear-mongering over "caravans" of migrants and Carol's fantasy, the Trump admin's latest anti-transgender action 7 action items to protect trans and GNC people, and Brian Kemp expresses concern over Georgians exercising their right to vote

In good news: Over 500 women filed to run for Congress this year, Chelsea Handler examines her own white privilege with Ellen DeGeneres, and Stacey Abrams is on track to achieve historic upheaval of voter suppression

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Ep 133: Meredith (@MeredithLClark) discusses the miscalculation of the MTA's haunted subway and recs Halloween Unmasked, Outlander, and anti-recs the latest episode of Dr. Who, while Allison recs the trailer for the Sabrina reboot

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In bad news: George Soros targeted with explosive device, Lying Ted is now "Beautiful" Ted, Megyn Kelly says blackface "was okay" for Halloween when she was a kid, Saudi operative seen wearing Jamal Khashoggi's clothes after killing, Turkish president Erdogan says Khashoggi's death was a "planned operation" and Jared Kushner wants justice for all the wrongly incarcerated white billionaires

In good news: Geraldo Rivera taunts Sean Hannity over migrant fears: "Are you gonna shoot 'em, Sean?", another Republican candidate's family is urging people to vote for the other guy, apple cider, you should vote for Rosie as cutest pet, and Robyn's new album drops soon!

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Ep 132: Erek (@erek_smith) recs Sorry To Bother You (spoilers) and Allison recs Schitt's Creek, and Erek discusses finding a bag of books and his love of Friends

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In bad news: Here's a running list of racist GOP attacks on candidates of color, Arkansas radio ad caricatures black women and suggests a return to lynchings if Democrats win, Steve King goes full white nationalist in interview with Austrian site, Kansas city with 60% Latino population moves its only polling place out of town, and all the reasons you should get your flu shot now

In good news: Saga Vanecek is the 8-year-old girl who pulled a 1,500-year-old sword out of a lake, and Mitch McConnell has made some enemies as he tries to cut health insurance and earned benefits to millions of people

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Ep 131: Erek (@erek_smith) joins the show to rec Hereditary (spoilers) and Kidding while Allison recs The Haunting Of Hill House (no spoilers)

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In bad news: Saudis claim Jamal Khashoggi died during a physical altercation, Jared Kushner convinced bone-saw murder of Khashoggi will blow over, and Trump celebrates Congressman who body-slammed reporter

In good news: Rihanna reportedly turned down Super Bowl halftime show in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick and Amy Schumer backs Kaepernick and says she won't do Super Bowl ads, Louis C.K. says he lost "$35 million in an hour" over his sexual misconduct, and Allison and Erek talk about being happy for friends and how age comes with experience

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Ep 130: Meredith (@MeredithLClark) recs Vampire's Kiss and Alexis Taylor and Allison recs Orange Is The New Black and Haunting Of Hill House, the MTA is creating a "haunted subway" for Halloween because they don't know how to read a room, Piers Morgan mocks Daniel Craig for carrying his baby, and Allison pauses to appreciate Timothée Chalamet's fashion choices

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In bad news: $100 million in Saudi money lands in U.S. accounts as Pompeo landed in Riyadh, Mitch McConnell calls for cutting government programs to deal with debt, and armed protesters were on Portland rooftop in August police finally admit

In good news: You can now get safe abortion pills mailed to you in the U.S., Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he won't attend Saudi Arabia summit, Mark Ruffalo turned Paul Rudd into a meme to encourage midterm voting, and look at this friggin turtle wearing jeans

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Ep 129: Erek (@erek_smith) recs The Surrounding Game, Beach House, Candy, Anais Nin and Henry Miller, following @BlairBraverman, and then gives a hot take about video games and Allison shares a quick Quip story

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In bad news: Trump says he doesn't "like" Jamal Khashoggi disappearance and won't stop Saudi arms sales and Hillary Clinton says Bill's affair with Monica Lewinsky wasn't an abuse of power because "she was an adult"

In good news: Trump signs actually good bill to clean up ocean garbage and Republicans are nervous about the Dems out-fundraising them

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Ep 128: Erek (@erek_smith) answers a Patreon question about drawing pens before a discussion about the tacky fantasy painting of GOP presidents Trump keeps in the White House

Penny speaks! And it...doesn't go well (@realslimchada)

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In bad news: Cherokee Nation calls Elizabeth Warren's DNA test "inappropriate and wrong"

In good news: Two women left the Bachelor: Vietnam for each other and are now in a relationship and Simone Biles takes new U.S.A. Gymnastics leader to task for anti-Kaepernick stance

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Ep 127: Rachel (@realslimchada) shares coming out stories and Faith (@bohemianfaith) talks about moving apartments, while Allison recs Orange is the New Black and Faith recs Angel

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In bad news: White woman called police on black child she falsely accused of groping her, George puts 53,000 voter registrations on hold fueling new charges of voter suppression, Supreme Court makes it harder for tribal North Dakotans to vote, Indiana caught illegally purging 20,000 voters, and Florida's online voter-registration system is panned as "a mess"

In good news: 93% of eligible voters in Travis County registered to vote, which is a modern-day record and someone is glueing googly eyes on statues and it's hilarious

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