Pause for Parrots

The guys use a CNN piece about brain disease in COVID patients as a springboard to discuss irresponsibility in reporting, the power of the media to influence the emotional well-being of a society, and whether it's ok for the government to lie to the people.

The church of perch is back in session. The guys read through a Republican Party "platform audit", talk about a BLM co-founder buying a house in LA's Topanga Canyon, and hear a wild conspiracy theory from an attendee of a White Lives Matter protest. Plus a conversation about nativism and a bad take from Tucker Carlson on white replacement.

The guys dive deep on an article from The Atlantic that posits that the Baby Boomer generation is responsible for the plight of the world today. They have a far-reaching discussion about the truth in the article, how fallacy that Gen-X thru Gen Z are doomed to the fate that their parents created for them, and the merit of personal responsibility.

The guys discuss some stories from the past week, including the investigation into Matt Gaetz, the Georgia legislature punishing Delta airlines, Amazon workers peeing in bottles, and how NPR wants everyone to wear masks forever.

The guys have a longform conversation about far-reaching religious influence in American politics, the history of the Evangelical movement and its influence on social issues, how religious grifters have embedded themselves in the Christian Right, and a look at the parallels between the left and the right's calls for ideological purity.

This week's dispatch covers the Steve Bannon probe, Sydney Powell's legal defense, Four Seasons Total Landscaping, and an installment on violent crimes the media doesn't care about because they aren't politically helpful. Plus Georgia's new rash of racist voting laws and a really bad mileage tax idea.

Recent mass shootings have President Biden reigniting calls for assault weapon bans and an increased interest in Caniglia v. Strom - a case surrounding the 4th Amendment's Community Care exception. The guys revisit the topic (originally discussed in EP. 49) for a conversation about the irony of increasing police power in the wake of last summer's protests and an examination of the frustrating way that politicians have misrepresented crime statistics to justify their position.

The flock returns to discuss the news of the week, including stories about the Biden administration firing staffers for drug use, the NCAA's bad locker room look, and the left's trouble with border policy. Plus a really bad "Biden fell down some stairs" take and how conservatives finally found their horny.

The guys dive deep into the consolidation of news media, how the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine is directly tied to the rise of major news companies like CNN and Fox, and why that's bad for democracy. Plus a critical look at the recent reporting surrounding anti-Asian violence and harmful hypocrisy therein.

The guys take it slow this week and dive deep into a few topics - including an update on the situation in Myanmar, a Newsmax correspondent's piece on our "right to ridicule", a bad take by Ron Johnson on the Capital insurrection, and why gen z trying to cancel Eminem might actually mean they're just our boomer parents.