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Ep 47: Katey (@khealywu) joins the show to share L.A. horror stories and to rec Space Opera and Escape To The Country.

In bad news: Star Wars' Kelly Marie Tran is the latest victim of the fandom's abusive men, fashion designer Kate Spade dies by suicide, police broke into Chelsea Manning's home with guns drawn in a "wellness check," family of David Hogg "swatted" at home, nearly two million SNAP recipients could lose benefits under the House's proposed farm bill, and a pizza deliveryman is arrested at an army based in Brooklyn and now faces deportation

In good news: Malcolm Jenkins' powerful silent protest, and good election news: Democrats flip Missouri Senate seat long held by the GOP (the 42nd red-to-blue flip in state legislative races since Trump became president), Aaron Persky, the judge in the Brock Turner rape case, has been recalled, it looks like America is finally going to have a Native American Congresswoman, and the New Yorker votes to unionize

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Ep 46: Meredith (@meredithlclark) joins the show again to rec Picnic At Hanging Rock, going to cookouts, Robyn, Hereditary, some good old-fashioned gossip, Rob Sheffield's 98 Best Songs of 1998, and to anti-rec 13 Reasons Why

In bad news: Trump insists he has the right to pardon himself, Sy Hersh never reported on Nixon's alleged spousal abuse, and protesters demand audit of Hurricane Maria death toll in Puerto Rico

In good news: A racist Brooklyn real estate agent caught on video spewing racist slurs at a black bouncer has been fired and the Philadelphia Eagles will not attend White House celebration

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Ep 45: Meredith (@meredithlclark) joins the show to rec The Americans , A Quiet Place, Neko Case, Party Girl, and Racked's piece about inclusive sizing

Allison interviews her childhood friend, Reginald

In bad news: Bill Clinton and Woody Allen weigh in on #MeToo in the worst possible way, Supreme Court sides with the homophobic baker who refused to make a gay couple's wedding cake, and Senator Merkley attempted to see inside a border detention center only to have the private firm that runs the site call the cops on him

In good news: Mueller says Manafort attempted to tamper with witnesses and hundreds of sex workers rally for International Whores Day

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Ep 44: Erek (@erek_smith) and Chloe (@itsthechew) join the show again to offer recs: Léon, Ryn Weaver, Neko Case, Hop Along, The Glass Castle (kind of), the Crossfit Games, and sex workers' rights, and to talk about this batshit profile of Anna Delvey

In bad news: the media treated Kim Kardashian West's efforts to free Alice Marie Johnson like a joke, Melania Trump is maybe missing, Trump is set to pardon Dinesh D'Souza, and an admitted pedophile and violent misogynist is running for Congress in Virginia

In good news: NYC came together to boo Rudy Giuliani

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Ep 43: Erek (@erek_smith) and Chloe (@itsthechew) join the show to listen to young Allison's handwritten mystery novel (or maybe just notes?) and to talk about racist Roseanne's show being canceled

Allison interviews journalist Jessica Luther (@jessicawluther) about the #MeToo movement in sports, her podcast Burn It All Down, and Star Trek: The Next Generation

In bad news: Pundits who faint over the use of the word "cunt" have no problem supporting ending wars and families being torn apart, and it's not feminists' job to make feminism attractive to misogynists

In good news: Harvey Weinstein indicted on multiples rape and sex crime charges by grand jury and Ireland voted to ends its abortion ban in a landslide election

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Ep 42: Meredith (@MeredithLClark) joins the show again to rec Vanderpump Rules, Geostorm, and John Wick 3, and to discuss the frustration of unearned queer revisionism in media and Kelly Clarkson calling for "moments of action" in honor of the Santa Fe shooting victims

In bad news: EPA's Scott Pruit bars the AP and CNN from summit on contaminants, Mike Pompeo promises to "crush" Iran and achieve a better deal, and SCOTUS just made it a lot harder for you to sue your employer

In good news: Asia Argento closes out Cannes by publicly telling predators in her industry "we know who you are," and Parkland shooting survivors are coming for your battleground state

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Ep 41: Meredith (@MeredithLClark) joins the show to rec Friday Night Lights, Continuum, and Allison recs Lost In Space, and Jordan Peterson is scared of swamp witches and advocates for enforced monogamy

Allison interviews Mark Twain (@erek_smith) about his terrible business decisions

In bad news: NRA's Oliver North blames school shootings on Ritalin, and a border patrol agent questions two women for speaking Spanish at a convenience store

In good news: Roger Stone says he's "prepared" for "conjured up" Mueller indictment, Mario Batali is under criminal investigation for sexual misconduct, R. Kelly is being sued for sexual battery and false imprisonment, and NYC Mayor de Blasio tells police to end arrests for people smoking pot

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Ep 40: Hilary (@dthilarybrown) and Kevin (@theninjakevin) join the show to rec true crime podcasts and to discuss why women are drawn to true crime, Criminal Minds, the Mean Girls musical, and to anti-rec Dreamscape, and to discuss Michael Avenatti and Anthony Scaramucci maybe getting their own show

In bad news: fuck the Democrats who voted to confirm Gina Haspel, hacked emails show UAE building close relationship with D.C. think tanks that push its agenda, FBI claims it used an informant in the Trump campaign due to threats to national security, and an Oklahoma GOP candidate blames hackers for Facebook post proposing euthanasia for disabled people

In good news: Houston police chief says he's sick of inaction on gun control, Starbucks now says anyone can sit in its cafes — even without buying anything (thanks, direct action!), and check out this rad nerd candy: Skeptics Guide to the Universe, Stuff to Blow Your Mind, and One Of Us on Netflix

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Ep 39: Hilary (@dthilarybrown) and Kevin (@theninjakevin) join the show to help answer a Patreon question about terrible hockey fans and to rec The Ritual, Lost In Space, and country music

Allison interviews Alexis Goldstein (@alexisgoldstein) of Humorless Queers about Trump dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, The Florida Project, and Atlanta. Visit ourfinancialsecurity.org for more info!

In bad news: Dimitrios Pagourtzis shot and killed 10 people in a Santa Fe high school and one of the motives appears to be that he couldn't handle rejection from a young woman, Santa Fe High School student said she felt it was inevitable that a mass shooting would "eventually happen" at her school, Parkland survivors express solidarity with Santa Fe students, students from Montgomery Country arrested outside Paul Ryan's office in gun control protest, Texas lieutenant governor blames shooting on too many doors, and more people have died in schools than the military in 2018

In good news: the royal wedding broke with tradition in many positive ways (hear us out!!)

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Ep 38: Parker Molloy (@parkermolloy) joins the show to discuss dealing with the death of a pet and to rec The Hidden Persuaders and her article about Bryan Fuller's criticism of Bohemian Rhapsody and Allison recs escape rooms, Small Town Dicks, and Atlanta

In bad news: Trump calls immigrants "animals," pro-Trump Jewish lawyer caught ranting about people speaking Spanish in New York deli, and an Atlanta candidate for governor uses "deportation bus" as campaign ad

In good news: Senate votes to save Net Neutrality—but now it moves to the House, Trump paid more than $100,000 to Michael Cohen, and Larry Nassar's victims reach a $500 million settlement agreement with Michigan State

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