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This week we shut down the America First Caucus, designed to “protect Anglo-Saxon traditions,” and the garbage monsters who are now trying to distance themselves from it. Demi Lovato deployed asymmetrical warfare against a mom-and-pop frozen yogurt joint. A mystery animal that terrified a neighborhood in Krakow, Poland wound up being a croissant. And finally, in honor of 4/20, we look at the wave of cannabinoid hyperemisis–aka scromiting–that Tucker Carlson believes is sweeping the nation. 

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In this week’s episode: 

You can read the America First Caucus policy platform here (or not). 

Big #YUP to…

“Hard Eight,” directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Watch it on the Criterion Channel. 

Jim Steinman, composer of records for Meat Loaf. 

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This week, we shut down the Republican Party’s silence as Matt Gaetz becomes further engulfed in scandal. A daring journalist confronted the stranger who was posting photos of her feet to a foot-fetish website without asking. A person posted an extremely honest ad online in the hopes someone would adopt Prancer, a chihuahua mix described by his current owner as a “haunted Victorian child.” Also: we talk to special guest Jessica Winter about her excellent new novel, “The Fourth Child.” 

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In this week’s episode: 

Read “The Fourth Child” by Jessica Winter. Buy it here or at your local independent book store. 

Big #YUP to…

“Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty,” by Patrick Radden Keefe. 

Frozen shrimp (preferably the wild, raw kind), the perfect blank canvas for any stew or braise. 

LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs  

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This week, Rep. Matt Gaetz was promoted from alleged interstate sex trafficker to alleged international sex trafficker owing to a story involving a hand surgeon and a trip to the Bahamas. The Trump campaign’s fundraising arm was revealed to have been a Ponzi scheme in which Peter was robbed to pay Karen. A man in New Mexico found 15,000 bees in the backseat of the Buick he borrowed from a friend. A woman in New Jersey discovered a cyclone made of worms. And a Georgia auto body shop paid a former employer his back wages by dumping 91,500 greasy pennies on his driveway.

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In this week’s episode: 

Learn more about the Wormnado here. 

Big #YUP to…

Robert Altman’s 1974 film “California Split” starring Elliott Gould and George Segal. Watch it on the Criterion Channel. 

Dog Whisperer Cesar Millan for coming to the defense of Major Biden. 

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This week, we try to unpack the convoluted scandal involving Congressman Matt Gaetz, who is under investigation for child sex trafficking but claims he is actually the victim of a $25 million extortion plot involving his father and an FBI agent who was kidnapped in Iran and presumed dead. The National Academies of Science is interested in investigating how to reverse the effects of climate change by...dimming the sun. What could possibly go wrong? Also, we unearth an underappreciated 1980s video, Martin Briley’s “Salt In My Tears.” 

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In this week’s episode: 

$100 million geoengineering project proposed, to dim the sun - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Watch Martin Briley’s video for “Salt in My Tears.” 

Big #YUP to…

Lil Nas X for trolling the trolls with his new video, “Call Me By Your Name.”

Relistening to our favorite podcasts, like Julie Klausner’s “How Was Your Week?” 

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This week, we shut down former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell’s strategy to fight a defamation lawsuit, which is to argue that nothing she says should be taken seriously by any reasonable person. Meanwhile, a Los Angeles man named Jensen Karp found shrimp tails, a pistachio nut and other flotsam and jetsam in a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch. YouTubers attempted to answer the one question nobody ever asked, which is how many slaps does it take to cook a chicken? And the Suez Canal remains blocked by a container ship that “ran aground” amid an Egyptian sandstorm. 

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In this week’s episode: 

Learn more about the man who discovered shrimp tails in a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch. 

Big #YUP to…

“Frayed” on HBO Max

Former Sen. Bill Nelson, the new head of NASA 

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This week, Generation X waded into the cancel culture wars only to find itself ratioed on Twitter. An artist named Beeple sold a digital work of art, and its corresponding NFT, for $69 million to a person called Metakoran who has a spokesman named Twobadour. Scientists want to send 6.7 million sperm samples to the moon to replicate the animal kingdom. We delve into the insanity that is local Trenton, NJ politics as well as the bananas race for Staten Island borough president. Finally, Alabama ends its yoga ban but still prohibits the chanting of mantras. 

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In this week’s episode: 

Beeple’s $69 Million NFT Art Sold to Founder of Crypto Fund Metapurse

Big #YUP to…

Senator Raphael Warnock for delivering an incredible speech about voter rights and Georgia’s legacy of voter suppression and racism in the wake of the tragic shooting of 8 people, mostly Asian women. 

Sea slugs, for their incredible powers of regeneration. 

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Alive with the spirit of the American Revolution, we shut down the entire British monarchy this week following Oprah’s incredible tea-spilling interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. Meanwhile, on this side of the Atlantic, a lotion insurrection broke out in a Bath & Bodyworks in Scottsdale. Elizabeth Banks is directing a movie called “Cocaine Bear.” An elderly saxophonist told his harrowing story of being lured into a Scientology jazz band in his youth. And finally, we look into the new home decor trend of bathrooms without walls. 

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In this week’s episode: 

Experience: I was in a Scientology jazz band

Big #YUP to…

Oprah Winfrey, the queen of America

The country of Angola, for passing a low that decriminalizes same-sex relationships 

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This week, we shut down the Nazi-insignia-shaped stage at CPAC, on which a woman performed a most unusual rendition of our national anthem. Mr. Potato Head, Dr. Seuss, the Muppets and Neanderthals were all allegedly cancelled (except they weren’t). New York State, which will allow weddings of up to 150 people starting on March 15, offered some interesting restrictions on dancing. Meanwhile, Cuomosexuals are doing some soul searching after the governor of New York was credibly accused by three women of sexual harassment. Finally, a plastic surgeon attended a Zoom traffic court hearing from the operating room while performing surgery, because multitasking.   

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In this week’s episode: 

Watch a surgeon attend Zoom traffic court from an operating room while performing a procedure on a patient. 

Big #YUP to…

“It’s a Sin” on HBO Max 

The New York MTA for its innovative OMNY system, which allows you to enter the subway using your phone or watch. 

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This week, two historians went on television to participate in a segment about how one of Joe Biden’s dogs looks insufficiently “presidential.” Meanwhile, the real dog drama was happening in Texas, where Ted Cruz abandoned his poodle amid freezing cold temperatures while fleeing to Cancún. Just in time for Purim, organizers of this year’s CPAC conference–entitled “America Uncanceled”–nevertheless canceled the appearance of rapper Young Pharaoh over his anti-Semitic tweets. The Golden Globes, run by a cartel of malevolent grifters, continues its descent into irrelevance. Finally, we explore a dangerous misinformation campaign causing Gen Z-ers to dispute the existence of Helen Keller.  

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In this week’s episode: 

Stream “The Miracle Worker” on Amazon. 

Big #YUP to…

French onion soup, the perfect vector for melted gruyére cheese - recipe here. 

“Stath Lets Flats,” a British comedy on HBO Max.

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This week, we puzzle over Donald Trump’s two-page statement blasting Mitch McConnell for not smiling enough. 432 Park Avenue, a fancy tower for billionaires, was revealed to be a “horrifying hellhole.” A mayor in Texas resigned after telling his struggling constituents to “think outside the box” as they froze to death amid a power outage. Qanon Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene had an affair with a polyamorous tantric sex guru. And a woman in Louisiana had to go to the emergency room after using Gorilla Glue to fasten her hairstyle. It worked...a little too well. 

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In this week’s episode: 

Learn more about the polyamorous tantric sex guru with whom Qanon Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green had an affair after they met at the gym. 

See the TikTok that set “Gorilla Glue Girl” Tessica Brown on a path to stardom. 

Big #YUP to…

Watercolor painting

The Twilight Zone on Netflix 

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