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Ep 116: Erek (@erek_smith) and Chloe (@itsthechew) join the show to discuss SNL's cold open about Kavanaugh and Chloe recs The Office, Robyn, Ocean's 8, while Erek asks What Would Gordon Do? and Allison discusses her trip to D.C.

Allison interviews Eric Thurm (@EricThurm) about his recs: Lupin the Third, Yuri On Ice, Set It Up, The Lego Batman Movie, Switchblade Sisters, My Brother And Me, Hall and Oates, Boz Scaggs, God Emperor of Dune, and Stanley Cavell

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In bad news: Brett Kavanaugh's pathetic performance during the Senate Judiciary Committee would have earned him a label as "hysterical" if he was a woman, the FBI's Kavanaugh investigation will be narrow in scope, and here's how to talk to the women in your life right now

In good news: American Bar Association requests Senate suspend Kavanaugh vote until FBI investigation is completed, Elon Musk steps down as Chairman of Tesla following SEC charge of fraud, and a referendum on the Florida ballot could restore voting rights to 1.5 million people

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Ep 115: Charles (@charlesrockhill) recs American Horror Story: Apocalypse and American Vandal and Allison anti-recs the Dark Phoenix trailer, Ozark, and Maniac

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In bad news: GOP (and Rachel Mitchell) treat Christine Blasey Ford like she's on trial, Sen. Grassley kicks off hearing by attacking Dems and Lindsey Graham falsely claims Dems are never subjected to accusations of sexual misconduct, new Kavanaugh accuser Julie Swetnick details parties where girls allegedly were drugged and raped, Trump repeats lie that women who accused him of sexual misconduct were "paid a lot of money" and calls on Kurdish reporter by saying "Mr. Kurd," and Kavanaugh's absurd 35-year-old calendar

In good news: Bill Cosby sentenced to 3 to 10 years in prison for sexual assault, Trump postpones meeting with Rod Rosenstein, his boastful comments draw laughter at United Nations General Assembly (the public also doesn't buy that his accomplishments are great), and 1,600 men sign full-page New York Times ad in support of Ford

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Ep 114: Erek (@erek_smith) discusess his hobbies of math, cooking, boardgames, and card games and music recs: Hop Along, Joyce Manor, and Culture Abuse, while Allison gives her thoughts on Joaquin Phoenix's Joker

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In bad news: Rod Rosenstein's precarious future, accused sexual harassers thrives under NBC News' Chief Andy Lack, and the Trump administration's new immigration proposal is nothing but pure cruelty

In good news: Holy shit, six siblings took out campaign ads against their Republican brother and Dallas police department fires Amber Guyger, the officer who shot and killed Botham Jean in his home

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Ep 113: Erek (@erek_smith) recs Hell's Kitchen while Allison anti-recs American Horror Story: Cult and discusses Icarus and season 3 of Serial

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In bad news: New allegation of sexual misconduct from Brett Kavanaugh's college years, classmates that previously expressed support for Kavanaugh have now withdrawn from a statement disputing Ramirez's claims, Kavanaugh's epic self-own isn't proof he's innocent (there is somehow still even more terrible shit in his yearbook), GOP Rep. King says "If that's the new standard, no man will ever qualify for the Supreme Court again," and Senate Judiciary Committee adviser working on Kavanaugh nomination resigns prior to publication of report about a past sexual harassment allegation against him

In good news: Paypal bans Alex Jones, women walk out across the country in support of Kavanaugh's accusers, Ted Cruz runs out of D.C. restaurant from protesters chanting "we believe survivors," and police arrest 128 people Kavanaugh on Capitol Hill

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Ep 112: Charles (@charlesrockhill) recaps an encounter with a homophobic asshole and recs Sharp Objects (MAJOR SPOILERS: fast-forward to the bad news section if you don't want the show spoiled) and Mariah Carey's GTFO while Allison looks forward to Little Women

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In bad news: Brett Kavanaugh liked female clerks who looked a "certain way," Republicans don't want to subpoena Mark Judge, Kavanaugh's high school yearbook raises new questions, and Trump on Sessions: "I don't have an attorney general"

In good news: Ian Buruma is out at The New York Review of Books, opposition to Kavanaugh grows, Beto O'Rourke leads Ted Cruz in U.S. Senate race, Los Angeles wants to ban fur sales and manufacturing, and HuffPo's article asks: What if we've been wrong about weight loss all along?

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Ep 111: Parker (@parkermolloy) and Allison complain about tech changing too fast, Parker recs Spider-Man on PlayStation, Fear on audiobook, talks about Riot Fest, and Allison recs the new Captain Marvel trailer

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In bad news: "Unusual event" declared at Brunswick nuclear plant after Hurricane Florence, border patrol agent suspected of being a serial killer, and ICE official charged with felony sodomy and incest

In good news: Parts of Stormy Daniels' book have been leaked, Ex-Sesame Street writer says Bert and Ernie are gay, an internal RNC poll reveals complacent Trump voters may cost the GOP control of Congress, and Anderson Cooper shreds "idiotic" Donald Trump Jr. over phony Florence photo accusation

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Ep 110: Meredith (@MeredithLClark) recs Waxahatchee and looks forward to an immersive Mad Max Fury Road experience and seeing Neko Case, and Allison and Meredith share their Emmys thoughts

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In bad news: Brett Kavanaugh accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford, Bari Weiss says Kavanaugh has a reputation "as being a prince of a man," and why did the New York Review of Books publish that Jian Ghomeshi essay?

In good news: Christine Blasey Ford will testify on Monday, Julia Louis Dreyfus signs letter supporting Ford, women at McDonald's strike over sexual harassment, Julie Chen to leave The Talk, and Ted Cruz claims Beto O'Rourke will ban barbecue in Texas

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Ep 109: Erek (@Erek_Smith) joins the show again to rec Bad Blood, Natural Causes, The War Of Art, Dirty Money, Tinariwen, Shye Ben Tzur, and Allison recs Bojack Horseman

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In bad news: Brett Kavanaugh accused of attempting to sexually assault a woman in high school, media is already attack Botham Jean's character, and FEMA is about to test a "Presidential Alert" system

In good news: Brett Kavanaugh committee vote delayed one week, white men are the minority of House Democratic nominees for first time ever, some McDonald's workers voted to strike over sexual harassment, New York City to add non-binary gender marker to birth certificates, and Designing Women creator creatively and inspiringly tells Les Moonves to go fuck himself

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Ep 108: Erek (@Erek_Smith) joins the show to discuss his European tour

Allison interviews Zellie Imani (@ZellieImani) about his recs: Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Davis, Esperanza Spalding, journaling, and saying no

In bad news: The bad man won the New York Democratic primary, why you had no idea that judges would be on your New York primary ballot, Trump denies Puerto Rico's Hurricane Maria death toll and accuses Dems of making it up, and the death toll rises as Florence is downgraded to a tropical depression

In good news: Democratic insurgents topple six New York Senate incumbents and Paul Manafort takes a plea deal and agrees to help the Mueller inquiry

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Ep 107: Brandon (@BrandonZelman) and Collin (@CollinGossel) rec Spy Kids 3D, Kingdom Come, Eddie Izzard, Cameron Esposito, Paul McCartney, Superstore, Hilda, A Brief History Of Time, and Black Check, and talk about their podcast: WTPokemon.com

In bad news: South Carolina coast ordered to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Florence, DHS transfered $10 million from FEMA to ICE for detention centers, South Carolina officials won't evacuate prison ahead of hurricane, and the EPA may slash Obama-era methane restrictions

In good news: Actual progressive candidates Cynthia Nixon and Zephyr Teachout are part of a radical wave that has reenergized young voters, and also Collin just really loves P.S. I Love You, okay?

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