It's been a rough few weeks, but Rachel and Brian will be back next week with a brand new NOPE to bring you some laughter in these dark times.

This week, we shut down our terrible government’s bungled response to the coronavirus, hand-washing tutorials, New York’s plastic bag ban, #InternationalWomensDay and bolo ties. Also: we offer to help the Charleston Riverdogs come up with clever yet politically correct promotional events and explore the science behind durian fruit superconductors. 

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In this week’s episode: 

Like Larry David, we are recoiling in horror about the rise of the bolo tie, as reported in the WSJ. 

Shell, the oil and gas company, decided to honor women for International Women’s Day by chaging its name to She’ll. 

Big #YUPs to…

Lady Gaga and her new song “Stupid Love,” released at the same time as this interesting op-ed in the New York Times. 

Pan Shancu, a Chinese man who ran 31 miles in his living room while under coronavirus quarantine, proving you can do anything if you set your mind to it.

This week we shut down the Democratic debate in South Carolina, the White House’s bungled response to the coronavirus, various data breaches, Apple’s unusual rules about iPhone representation in cinema, and, finally the worst food innovation since sliced bread: sliced mayonnaise. 

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In this week’s episode: 

A college student is overseeing hiring at the White House personnel office. 

Bloomberg created billboards touting his preference for rare steak. 

Big #YUPs to…

“The Circle” and “Love Is Blind,” both of which are available right now on Netflix. Get to it!

This week we delve into the struggling presidential campaign of “most electable” Joe Biden; the mixed (gift) bag that was the Oscars; dueling vagina candles/incense from Gwyneth Paltrow and Erykah Badu and, finally, the return of Sean Spicer to the White House in an ill-defined and unpaid role. 

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OVERCAST

https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope 

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In this week’s episode: 

Joe Biden put a baby’s pacifier in his mouth. 

In the wake of Gwyneth Paltrow’s sold-out vagina candle, Erykah Badu plans to release vagina-scented incense.

Oscar nominess got a $225,000 gift bag featuring items like a urine collection system. 

Big #YUPs to…

“West Side Story” on Broadway

“Curb Your Enthusiasm” Season 10 on HBO

Thank God Dry January is over because Drunk February so far has been even worse. Thankfully, we were joined by Friend of #NOPE Suraj Patel, a beacon of optimism who is running for Congress in NY’s 12th District. We drank Manhattans as we shut down the Iowa caucuses, the inevitable acquittal of Donald Trump and the pissing match between rival billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos that led to the Amazon HQ2 debacle in Queens. Finally, we analyze the deeper meeting behind “Dinosaurs in Love,” the viral song that was written by a toddler in England. 

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OVERCAST

https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope 

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In this week’s episode: 

“Dinosaurs In Love” has gone viral. 

Jeff Bezos is jealous of Elon Musk, which explains a lot. 

Big #YUPs to…

Our special guest Suraj Patel! 

Follow Suraj on Twitter and Instagram

You can check out Suraj’s website and get involved with his campaign here.

The news this week–or should we say the Knewz?–was a grab bag from hell, a piñata overflowing with excrement, so we decided it was the perfect moment to announce our rebranding. Henceforth, this podcast shall be known just as NOPE. Got it? Anyway, in this episode, we explore the Democratic presidential field in the days leading up to the Iowa caucus and shut down Michael Bloomberg’s unusual meet-and-greet with a dog. Also: teens are dipping their balls in soy sauce and eating cereal out of their friends’ mouths on TikTok; people in China are dining on whole bats despite the coronavirus; and Kars4Kids fired the underpaid kids who appeared in its annoying commercial and replaced them with other underpaid kids.  

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OVERCAST

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In this week’s episode: 

Watch Michael Bloomberg interact with a dog. 

News Corp. gets into the Knewz biz. 

Watch a woman in China eat a bat. 

Big #YUPs to…

The Grammys. What a show. Thanks to Alicia Keys for being the best host on earth, and to Lizzo, Billie Eilish, Camila Cabello and Tyler the Creator for brilliant performances that briefly made us forget about the horrors that surround us.

We've been forced to skip this week's episode due to extreme sleep deprivation, since we've been trying to stay up to watch the impeachment trial. We hope you have too. We'll be back next week for more Nope!

Defying the orders of Yamaha, we are are broadcasting this week from inside a roomy musical instrument case. We shut down the Parnassance, Rachel Brosnahan’s Blanketgate, the disgraceful snubbing of Uncut Gems from the Oscars nominations, Megxit and Brexit. Also: Yuri Geller applies for a job as a spoon-bending British spy; we get to the bottom of an abominable new trend–Fries Boards–with potato expert Riad Bekhit of Potato Parcel; and finally, we participate in a justified schmear campaign against Bill DeBlasio for wantonly boasting about toasting...a whole wheat bagel. Nope! 

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OVERCAST

https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope 

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RADIO PUBLIC

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In this week’s episode: 

If you haven’t watched Rachel Maddow’s interview with Lev Parnas, please check out the highlights here. 

The question on everybody’s mind: Did Rachel Brosnahan see or did she not see a tray of pigs in blankets at a Golden Globes afterparty? 

Fries boards–think charcuterie, but fries–are emerging as a huge party trend in Australia, so we talked to Riad Bekhit, Chief Potato Officer of Potato Parcel to get to the bottom of everything that is wrong with this trend. 

Get 15% off your first Potato Parcel order with the code POTATO15. 

Big #YUPs to…

Booksmart, a hilarious and original film directed by Olivia Wilde, which despite being excellent, failed to garner any Oscars attention. 

The Virginia general assembly, for passing the Equal Rights Amendment 47 years after it was introduced.

All is not well! This week, panting with anxiety, we attempt to turn our attention to the brilliant innovations revealed at CES in Las Vegas, like a toilet paper fetching robot and “Reachy,” a droid of unknown purpose that costs $17,000 and looks like a gondolier. Also on the docket: Rachel shares a story about her misadventures in freelancing; Sir Rod Stewart gets slapped with a misdemeanor after trying to break into a private childrens’ party at the Breakers Palm Beach; the Art Basel banana becomes the subject of a legal battle (or is it just part of the art?); AirBnb is using AI to identify narcissistic guests; and finally, a TikTok grifter named Paul Zimmer has reemerged online under a confusing new identity. 

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In this week’s episode: 

Learn more about Reachy from WIRED technology reporter Lauren Goode. 

Big #YUPs to…

Princess Anne, our perennial YUP, for continuing to tend to her royal duties even after Meghan and Harry have abdicated theirs. 

The mutual admiration between President Obama and Phoebe Waller-Bridge. 

Rogue River blue cheese.

After spending the holidays relaxing and catching up on the Canadian Broadcasting Company’s edit of “Home Alone 2,” we’re back in the studio shutting it down on the very first day of the new decade. We begin with the hyper-local story of a Manhattan socialite who fell through the floor while shopping at Pottery Barn, requiring an emergency manicure at the scene of the accident. Also on the docket: a writer shares the harrowing story of her struggle to fend off her husbands’ sultry-voiced suitors in Gramercy Park; a Missouri church leader tried to pay for sex on Grindr with Arby’s gift cards; a Utah man was found dead in a freezer with a notarized letter stating that his wife didn’t kill him; and a 45-year-old tortoise in Essex, England burned down his house on Christmas Day. Finally, we respond to a letter in our listener mailbag (aka a text message). 

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OVERCAST

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RADIO PUBLIC

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In this week’s episode: 

Check out this ungrateful tortoise, who set his home ablaze on Christmas Day. 

Read Nancy French’s story in the Washington Post about what happened after she ignored warnings from friends and family not to marry her husband, David. 

An Upper East Side socialite is suing Pottery Barn after she fell through a hole in the floor and injured her jewelry. 

Big #YUPs to…

Uncut Gems, the finest film of 2019, starring Adam Sandler, who shall win all of the awards. 

The Year of Lizzo 

Princess Anne, for being the most diligent, hardest-working royal.