Poorly Summarized

By Justin Scott, Michael Smith

Mike and Justin discuss the Donald Trump dumpster fire, trending social media clickbait, stupid memes and weird art.... more

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The podcast currently has 149 episodes available.

Poorly Summarized episodes:

March 14, 2016Episode 19: ‘Some Countries Are Better in Letterbox’, with Special Guests B.R. Cohen and Simon Tonev
Ted Cruz is almost definitely not the Zodiac Killer, Whole Foods pre-peels oranges, WV lawmakers get sick after legalizing and drinking raw milk, and the gang contemplates the meaning of folded American flags.

Show notes
Subscribe to Various Breads and Butters
Follow-up
Andrew Hamilton
Trumped Up
Vox: Trump Spent Election Night Pitching Trump Products That You Can’t Buy Anymore
Know Your Meme
Ted Cruz’s Secret Life as the Zodiac Killer
Stupid Shit My Friends Post
Flag Folding
Is This A Thing?
Whole Foods Pre-Peeled Oranges
Headline of the Week
WV Lawmakers Legalize Raw Milk, Drink Raw Milk, Get Mysterious Stomach Bug
Poorly Summarized News
Tammy Duckworth and Backers Denounce G.O.P. Tweet as Insensitive
Eye Candy
The World’s Weirdest Book

Special Guests: Benjamin R. Cohen and Simon Tonev.
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1h 1min
March 05, 2016Episode 18: ‘Rare Unadulterated Honesty,’ with Special Guest Kendall Burdett
Justin attempts a covert nose wipe, Kanye West pirates some software, Mike’s dad robs a bank, Chris Christie gets held hostage, and Leonardo DiCaprio doesn’t own a gas-guzzling yacht (he just borrows it).

Show notes
Hear more Kendall at thenarrators.org
Follow-up
Daily Kos: But Who Has to Carry the Feces?
Foreign Policy: Who Does No. 2 Work For?!
Trumped Up
The Federalist: Take a Flamethrower to Trump
ABC News: The History Behind the Donald Trump ‘Small Hands’ Insult
CNN: Marco Rubio Mocks Donald Trump for ‘Wet’ Pants
Inquisitr: Donald Trump Trashed on Twitter by ‘Modern Family’ Writer Danny Zuker
Is This A Thing?
This is Tomatan, and He Will Power You Through a Marathon—with Tomatoes
Poorly Summarized News
WSJ: Chris Christie Asserts He Was Not, in Fact, Being Held Hostage by Donald Trump
Mashable: Whoops! Kanye Tweets Photo Showing Him Using Pirate Bay
Vox: Rich Climate Activist Leonardo DiCaprio Lives a Carbon-Intensive Lifestyle, and That’s (Mostly) Fine
Stupid Shit My Friends Post

Eye Candy
A 2,000-Marble Instrument Sounds Like a Synth for the Apocalypse
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1h 2min
February 27, 2016Episode 17: ‘A Story, an Analogy and a Word,’ with Special Guest Sunish Oturkar
John McAfee offers to trick a corpse into revealing a secret, Trump loves the poorly educated, China builds a ghost town, and Mike and Justin swap prank stories.

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Follow-up
JOHN MCAFEE: I’ll decrypt the San Bernardino phone free of charge so Apple doesn’t need to place a back door on its product
Sam Harris’s take on the Apple vs. FBI case
Trumped Up
Who Said It: Presidential Hopeful Donald Trump or ‘Idiocracy’ President Camacho?
On Princess Diana
Stupid Shit My Friends Post
35 Reasons to vote for Trump
Is This a Thing?
Thai princess gets $40,000 toilet built for her 3-day visit to Cambodia
Eye Candy
Surreal photos of China’s failed ‘city of the future’
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59min
February 21, 2016Episode 16: ‘You Need to Taste These Jellyrolls,’ with Special Guest Maria Palma
Maria psychoanalyzes a pickpocket, Tim Cook gives the FBI the finger, Manny Pacquiao disparages homosexuals, Justin reveals his “super” powers, and Mike flubs the Pledge of Allegiance.

Follow-up
“Oh, Reggie, fighting for your country…you’re such a pussy“
ACHOO syndrome: Why some people sneeze every time they see the sun
Trumped Up
On Apple
On the Pope
On Planned Parenthood
On Rachel Maddow
Trump threatens an independent run
Poorly Summarized News
Apple: a message to our customers
Stupid Shit
American Loons on “Dr.” Schulze
Quackwatch on “Dr.” Schulze
Is this a thing? Gay animal sex
Nike cuts ties with boxer Manny Pacquiao
Headline of the Week
Fearing cannibalism, aquarium cancels octopus sex show on Valentine’s Day
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1h 11min
February 13, 2016 Episode 15: ‘Pro-Fear, Anti-Shame,’ with Special Guest Lindsay Goldwert
Lindsay defends the integrity of the bagel, Mike extolls the virtues of vaping, Eli Manning suffers from RBF, Justin seeks clarity on sexist pejoratives, and Hillary Clinton gets aggressive with her fundraising emails.

Full show notes on our Facebook page.

Special Guest: Lindsay Goldwert.
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1h 9min
February 07, 2016 Episode 14: ‘Making This Just a Brooke Thing,’ with Special Guest Brooke Boyarsky
A pro-rape meet-up group retreats from female boxers, Justin’s voice tickles Brooke’s and Mike’s ASMR-positive skulls, Mike fawns over WWI submarines, and Uber gets a new logo.
Inside a German U-boat (Image: Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums)
Full show notes on our Facebook page.

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1h
February 01, 2016 Episode 13: ‘What Kind of Sink Is She Sleeping In?’ with Special Guest Sarah Minkus
A cat gets trapped in a woman’s body, doctors test freeze-dried poop pills, Mariah Carey struggles to lift her arm, and Mike’s landlord tries to trick him into having sex.

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55min
January 23, 2016 Episode 12: 'A Rare Moment of Reasonableness,' with Special Guest Dave Markowski
Palin brings a flask to her Trump endorsement speech, the FBI tells MLK Jr. to off himself, McDonald’s drizzles chocolate on their fries, and Dave Markowski of the Super Hero Speak podcast tells tales of hemophiliac and Asian-American superheroes.

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1h 9min
January 16, 2016 Episode 11: 'Fear of the Phantom Arm,' with Special Guest Scientia Perceptum
Whitesboro residents vote to keep a racist town emblem, Mike hypnotizes people with vitamin C pills, Justin encounters an exhibitionist in Tennessee, and Scientia Perceptum explains the one mutation that led to all plant and animal life.

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1h 2min
January 11, 2016 Episode 10: 'Not the Existential Moment You Were Looking For', with Special Guest Peter Prosol
Hasbro forgets about Rey, Netflix promises more Arrested Development, breadfacing is a thing, our producer Corey explains why right-wing cowboys have taken over a wildlife refugee, and Peter Prosol convinces Justin to take an ice-cold shower.

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1h 5min

FAQs about Poorly Summarized:

How many episodes does Poorly Summarized have?

The podcast currently has 149 episodes available.