Pause for Parrots

The guys focus on a few stories this week. They chronicle the wild week of Nicki Minaj - a story that started on Twitter and ended in Q-Anon groups, and then spend a lot of time on the second amendment, including a recent poll that suggests young people are more pro-gun than ever and how the left is trying to rewrite history to make a pro-gun stance anti-black.

David's getting married, so instead of a dispatch this week, we're unlocking a Patreon episode to the main channel. Support the pod and get 4 bonus episodes a month for $5 at www.patreon.com/pauseforparrots

The guys take a suggestion from a Patreon member this week and have a conversation about their dreams for the what the world, socially and politically, could look like. From thoughtful education reform to rethinking the way we elect leaders, to underground mole people societies, the church of perch is here to save the country.

The guys tackle stories involving people losing jobs for vaccination status, The LA Times running a wild story on Larry Elder, an opponent of Gavin Newsom in California's recall election, and dive deep on the mishandling of a widely reported fake story about ivermectin overdoses and how the media is so good at narrative building.

The guys dive into some stories from the week, including conversations about the new Texas abortion law, a woman losing custody over her vaccination status, UFO's in restricted air space, and how quickly TikTok overtook Youtube in daily active users.

**If you don't want Candyman spoilers, you might want to come back to this one.

The guys talk about the issues with Candyman, have a broader conversation about black representation in film, and why it might be dangerous to celebrate films like this as progress in the fight for black equity in filmmaking.

The guys look at some interesting stories from the week, including Russia's claims that the US rigged the Tokyo Olympics, controversy surrounding a Facebook data transparency report, the real reasons behind OnlyFans' pornography ban, and the rescinding of a meta-analysis on Ivermectin.

Episode 100! The guys cover some stories from the week, including updates on Ghislane Maxwell and Prince Andrew, why the Taliban has an excessive amount of brand new Toyota Tacomas, and how drastically Biden's vaccine messaging has changed between when Trump was in office to now.

We launched a Patreon! Get 4 bonus episodes a month for $5 at www.patreon.com/pauseforparrots Thanks so much for your support. It means the world to us.

The guys get into some stories from the week, including a group of 9/11 activists that don't want anything to do with Joe Biden, a racist boulder at the University of Wisconsin, Marjorie Taylor Greene's wild theory on vaccine canvassers in Alabama, a Parkland survivor's QAnon father, and a primer on the suuuuper wild Chris Chan/Christine Watson case.

The guys get into some stories from the week, including a softball Anderson Cooper interview with Bill Gates about his ties to Jeffery Epstein, how Tucker Carlson is simping for a Hungarian border wall, and a controversial documentary by Tariq Nasheed.

The guys cover some wild stories this week, including an update on the GOP's new framing of the Capital insurrection as Nancy Pelosi's fault, why Cori Bush and The Squad aren't doing much about medicare, and how a 2018 California ballot initiative might soon make bacon disappear from the state entirely.