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Red (@erinred) and Zak (@auralnauts) help answer Patreon questions about moving to a new city, debating the Second Amendment, and state governments sharing voters' information and rec the new Predator trailer, God Of War, and Ahimi vegan sushi

In bad news: almost no one at the age of 35 has twice their salary saved, Trump administration is preparing to imprison migrant children on military bases converted into internment camps, and Bill O'Reilly got his redemption narrative at record speed

In good news: this prom couple's walk home got an uplifting twist ending

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Ep 36: Red (@erinred) and Zak (@auralnauts) discuss the Webbys and rec the Star Wars novels, Hotel Artemis trailer, and Oatly oat milk, and Allison recs Evil Genius, and the trailers for Black Klansman and Bohemian Rhapsody

Allison takes a little nap and has a conversation with her brain (@itsthechew)

In bad news: Nicole Arbour's terrible This Is America parody video, Israeli forces kill scores of Palestinians and injure thousands over U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, and the Senate will vote on restoring Net Neutrality rules today

In good news: Uber ends forced arbitration in individual cases of sexual assault and harassment

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p 35: Erek (@erek_smith) and Chloe (@itsthechew) join the show to rec FKJ, Leisure, The Stooges, Handmaid's Tale, WestWorld, and to sort of rec Disobedience

In bad news: Oklahoma governor signs adoption law that discriminates against LGBT people, Katie Porter survived domestic abuse only to have it used against her in her campaign, and the Trump administration just rolled back rules that protect transgender prisoners

In good news: Black people in Oakland held a big ass cookout in the park where a white lady called the cops, Iran's president says his country could remain in the nuclear deal without the U.S., and Sarah Huckabee Sanders basically admits Trump knew of pay-to-play scheme

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Ep 34: Erek (@erek_smith) and Chloe (@itsthechew) join the show to rec Eurovision and Sex At Dawn

Allison interviews Pia Glenn (@PiaGlenn) about writing for The Opposition, Frasier reruns, Alfred Hitchcock, Megan Thee Stallion, Hot Fuzz, Black Mirror, and Carol Anderson's White Rage

In bad news: black activist jailed for his Facebook posts about police brutality and John Kelly says undocumented immigrants "don't have the skills" to assimilate into U.S. society

In good news: George Soros and progressive groups to spend millions to elect reformist prosecutors and Nestlé will give Flint more water following public backlash

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Ep 33: Erek Smith (@erek_smith) joins the show to rec Your Money Or Your Life, Bored And Brilliant, and to share his hot take on Donald Glover hosting SNL, while Allison recs Chef's Table Desserts and discusses this batshit Elle piece about "what to do when your partner double-taps someone else's butt pic?", Roseanne's hacky Muslim neighbors episode, and Monica Lewinsky being disinvited from an event because of Bill Clinton

In bad news: Trump announces U.S. will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal leading to Iran launching rockets at Israel and Israel launching a counterattack, Michael Cohen took cash from oligarch-connected firm after election and was selling access to Trump, and a black Yale grad student took a nap in her dorm's common room only to have a white woman call the cops

In good news: NBC head of human resources to resign amidst Matt Lauer fallout and Spotify will no longer promote R. Kelly's music on its playlists or anywhere on its platform—although his music will still be available

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Ep 32: Charles (@charlesrockhill) joins the show again to rec the Mean Girls musical, Phantom Of The Opera, Celine Dion's Ashes video from Deadpool 2, anti-rec Christina Aguilera's new song, the weirdness of Elon Musk and Grimes dating, Melania Trump's "Be Best" initiative, and spring cleaning but with people

In bad news: Oliver North named new NRA president, Trump team hired spy firm for "dirty ops" on Iran arms deal, and Don Blankenship is responsible for the deaths of 29 people — and now he's running for Senate

In good news: Bill Cosby's Kennedy Center Honors and Mark Twin prize have also been rescinded and Jay-Z's mom Gloria Carter accepts GLAAD award

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Ep 31: Charles (@charlesrockhill) joins the show to rec Michelle Wolf's work, his new podcast Dirty Little Horror (@DirtyHorrorPod), Allison recs The Rain on Netflix, and so many people looked fierce as hell at the Met Gala

Chloe (@itsthechew) interviews the Cowardly Lion and a woman who is very bad at accents (@realslimchada)

In bad news: Eric Schneiderman resigns follow accusations from four women that he is physically abusive and The Hollywood Reporter gives Jeffrey Tambor and his sexual harassment allegations a sympathetic, soft-focus profile

In good news: there are way more gorillas than previously thought and Dwayne Johnson goes on record saying he does eat box (#blessed)

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Ep 30: Rachel (@realslimchada) and Chloe (@itsthechew) join the show to (sort of) anti-rec Disobedience and to rec Don't Smile At Me by Billie Eilish, 2002 by Anne-Marie, Hey Violet's Break My Heart, Devil's In The Backseat by Lostboycrow, and Too Much And Not The Mood by Durga Chew-Bose

In bad news: these Native American teens were reported to the cops because they looked "out of place" at a college, Trump's weird NRA speech, and Russian police arrest more than 1,000 protesters ahead of Putin's inauguration

In good news: some master trolling from a Dallas restaurant that shared a pro-gun regulation message on receipts amid the NRA's conference and a Nigerian lawmaker offers Kanye a trip to Africa to help him gather his senses on slavery

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Ep 29: Rachel (@realslimchada) and Chloe (@itsthechew) join the show to discuss sexual misconduct and verbal abuse allegations against Junot Díaz and David Foster Wallace's history of abuse and stalking, and Allison recs Donald Glover on SNL and Childish Gambino's This is America

Allison interviews Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) about her book The View From Flyover Country, Guns And Roses, Ladybird, corruption and the erosion of institutions, and her accurate Trump predictions

In bad news: a pregnant black woman is in prison for defending herself and mainstream gun groups are silent and California GOP denounces Senate candidate who admires Hitler and wants a country "free of Jews"

In good news: the black men arrested in Starbucks settle for $1 each and a $200,000 program for young people

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Ep 28: Meredith Clark (@MeredithLClark) joins the show to discuss Matt Taibbi's history of misogyny and the process of redemption, Carly Rae Jepsen's Emotion, A Quiet Place, white people staying in our lane during the Great Kanye Meltdown of 2018, and Dr. Bornstein claiming Trump dictated the glowing health letter

In bad news: the Iowa legislature passed a "heartbeat" bill overnight, a third woman has accused Tom Brokaw of sexual misconduct, and an additional 27 women say Charlie Rose harassed them and CBS managers knew about it

In good news: Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski expelled from the Academy, Rudy Giuliani says Trump repaid Michael Cohen for the Stormy Daniels hush money, white supremacist Jacob Goodwin found guilty of beating DeAndre Harris in Charlottesville parking garage, and Richard Spencer is now begging for money on YouTube

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