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Ep 76: Charles (@charlesrockhill) and Chris (@chrisopotamia) join the show to talk about their podcast Dirty Little Horror, meeting Britney Spears and battling an awful white woman, Chris Hardwick returning to Talking Dead after just a month-long suspension, Jock Jams, and the Frasier reboot. They also offer some hot, hot recs: The Katering Show, Unfriended: Dark Web, Charles anti-recs Dark Tourist and Allison recs Sharp Objects

In bad news: Scores dead in Greek wildfires, pro-gun activists are following Parkland teens around the country in an armored vehicle, and Russian hackers targeted Sen. Claire McCaskill

In good news: Ivanka Trump's brand is closing its doors, the evidence Paul Manafort doesn't want a jury to see about his work in Ukraine, Swedish student's plane protest stops man's deportation, and Betsy DeVos' $40 million yacht was unmoored 

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Ep 75: Meredith (@MeredithLClark) joins the show again to rec The Break, the untold story of Otto Warmbier, Be The Cowboy by Mitski, Eighth Grade, and to discuss the fat-shaming movie Insatiable

In bad news: James Comey tells Dems: "Don't lose your minds and rush to the socialist left," federal judge rules that anti-abortion protesters are not harassing patients outside New York clinic, Tronc guts the New York Daily News—but how is this shit legal?, and police arrest suspect in stabbing of Nia Wilson

In good news: Voter registration among young people has spiked since the Parkland massacre and Fox News' attempt to book pro-ICE Democrat backfires spectacularly

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Ep 74: Meredith (@MeredithLClark) joins the show to rec cross-stitching, Queer Eye, and following kangaroo sanctuaries on IG and to discuss R. Kelly's bizarre new song "I Admit" and Target targeting the East Village

Allison interviews Ms. Scarlett and a Colonial American party girl (@realslimchada, @itsthechew)

In bad news: Trump tweets explosive threat to Iran, Ari Fleischer calls on U.S. to destabilize Iran, Michael Cohen raid led to 12 tapes for prosecutors, accused Russian agent Maria Butina met with Treasury and Fed officials

In good news: Massachusetts lawmakers aim to ensure abortion remains legal, Trey Gowdy says Trump's aides need to "re-evaluate" staying after his summit remarks, and the woman who helped write the Refugee Act is resigning in disgust over Trump's immigration policies

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Ep 73: Chloe (@itsthechew) and Rachel (@realslimchada) join the show again to discuss creepy Sacha Baron Cohen's predatory pranking of Corinne Olympios and to rec: Who? Weekly, Eighth Grade, Sabrina Carpenter, Bali Baby, Mykki Blanco, and Allison and Rachel talk about joining Chloe's date

In bad news: Anti-abortion group circulated the home addresses of Planned Parenthood providers, Colin Kaepernick's forced exile from the NFL has lasted for 500 days, Burberry is burning it's own clothes because Capitalism, and a CVS pharmacist allegedly humiliated and denied a woman her hormone therapy medication

In good news: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez proves her message plays in Kansas and when reporters team up, better journalism ensues

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Ep 72: Chloe (@itsthechew) and Rachel (@realslimchada) join the show to help answer Patreon questions about Real Housewives taglines, Desmond and Penny, and how to deal with tone-policers

Allison interviews comedian Abbi Crutchfield (@curlycomedy) who recs: Death In Paradise, Broadchurch, Return Of The Jedi, Ugly Delicious, Being Mortal by Atul Gawande, and music to lull a baby to sleep

In bad news: A correction about the Magnitsky Act, stories about strangers and colleagues helping teachers and pregnant employees are supposed to be heartwarming but really reveal the system is broken, and New York Times, NBC, and 60 Minutes bigwigs hired media assassins to fight #MeToo stories

In good news: Michael Cohen taped Trump discussing payments to Playboy model Karen McDougal and we now have access to the secret documents about the surveillance of ex-Trump adviser Carter Page

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Ep 71: Faith (@bohemianfaith) joins the show to rec I, Tonya, Hole, and McMansion Hell on Tumblr and Allison recs Australia's Best Homes, and they discuss this wild Refinery29 article "A week in New York City on $25/hour and $1k Monthly Allowance" and Matt Groening summarizing criticism of Apu as "people love to pretend their offended"

In bad news: Trump claims he misspoke with Putin but then flips again when he says Russia is no longer targeting the U.S., the Magnitsky Act theory, Brett Kavanaugh previously said he would "put the nail" in ruling upholding independent counsel, 4-year anniversary of Eric Garner being killed by an NYPD officer, and Daniel Pantaleo will be subject of NYPD discipline process

In good news: Protesters to "occupy" Lafayette Park against Trump for third night, Texas Democrat Beto O'Rourke says Trump should be impeaches over Russia comments, long-time Republican James Comey tells "all who care" to vote Democrat in November, study on mythical "abortion pill reversal" was just withdrawn, and Spain proposes "yes means yes" sexual consent law after gang rape of teen

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Ep 70: Charles (@charlesrockhill) joins the show again to rec Incredibles 2, the new Whitney Houston doc, Ariane Grande's God Is A Woman video, Ella Mai, meeting Britney Spears, and 10 Things I Hate About You and anti-recs the Rugrats remake, while Allison recs Sugar Rush, and they talk about Dear Evan Hansen and #PlaneBae and the dangers of people spying on each other

In bad news: Top voting machine vendor admits it installed remote-access software on systems sold to states, UK's Vote Leave broke electoral law, Elon Musk makes unfounded accusation against Thai cave rescuer, Trump's reelection bid already has a $53 million fund, and migrant women who were sexually assaulted in ICE detention are telling their stories

In good news: States are stepping up for the environment and it's working, judge temporarily halts deportation of reunified families, and Yvette Nicole Brown will fill in for Chris Hardwick on Talking Dead following abuse allegations

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Ep 69: Charles (@charlesrockhill) joins the show to discuss Stranger Things's season 3 trailer, which is even more nostalgic than usual

Today's interview: Jan Brewer returns

In bad news: Republicans call Trump's press conference with Putin "bizarre" and "shameful," Putin's intense Fox News interview, Trump's "missing DNC server" is neither missing nor a server, Maria Butina is as close as it gets to collusion, New York Times' Trump-Putin cartoon is homophobic, and most Trump voters say MS-13 is a threat to the entire U.S.

In good news: Pussy Riot disrupted World Cup final, last charges again J20 protesters dropped, and Kevin De León stuns Dianne Feinstein and wins California Democratic Party endorsement in a landslide

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Ep 68: Erek (@erek_smith) and Chloe (@itsthechew) join the show again to rec: #SorryToBotherYou, A Very English Scandal, Hotel Babylon, New Order, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Guerilla Toss, and The Go Team

In bad news: Elon Musk reportedly donated to a Republican PAC, Piers Morgan's weird interview with Donald Trump, and Theresa May says Trump told her to "sue the EU" and refuse to negotiate Brexit

In good news: Diver who rescued boys from the flooded Thai cave says Elon Musk's submarine plan was "just a PR stunt" and Scarlett Johansson has decided not to play a trans man after all

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Ep 67: Erek (@erek_smith) and Chloe (@itsthechew) join the show to discuss Sasha Baron Cohen's new TV show.

(14:22) Allison interviews Boots Riley (@bootsriley) about #SorryToBotherYou, sci-fi, and diversity in storytelling

In bad news: Russian hackers kept DNC backdoor longer than anyone knew

In good news: Mueller indicts 12 Russian officers for hacking Dems in 2016, Roger Stone says he's "probably" the unnamed person in Mueller's indictment, Ireland becomes the world's first country to divest from fossil fuels, and tens of thousands of Brits protest Trump

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