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Kate and Julia hang with Aparna Nancherla to talk about being extremely online women, crafting the right tweets in times of saturated hot takes, and how she balances comedy for Twitter and comedy for a live audience. Plus: Bernie! Warren! GM strike!

References:

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/9/16/20869090/elizabeth-warren-2020-medicare-for-all-voxcare

https://jacobinmag.com/2019/09/elizabeth-warren-health-care-medicare-for-all-democratic-primary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPz58RKnmGM

https://twitter.com/cnn/status/1107818411705462784?lang=en

You can find Aparna on Twitter at (@)aparnapkin

Julia and Kate can be found at (@)OhJuliaTweets and (@)KateWillett

Hosts: Kate Willett and Julia Claire

Producer: Genevieve Gearity

Theme Song: Emily Frembgen and Kate Willett

Artwork: Adrienne Lobl

Kate and Julia cancel their very different dads, plus this Reply Guy of the Week takes an early second win.

Julia and Kate can be found at (@)OhJuliaTweets and (@)KateWillett

Hosts: Kate Willett and Julia Claire

Producer: Genevieve Gearity

Theme Song: Emily Frembgen and Kate Willett

Artwork: Adrienne Lobl

Kate and Julia sit down with poet and host of the Say More podcast Melissa Lozada-Oliva, where she painstakingly answers their most basic questions about poetry while roasting both Kate and the poetry community on crystals-as-healthcare. But before that, K & J drag Joe Biden a lil bit more and dig into the 7-hour climate change town hall.

You can find Melissa at (@)ellomelissa and the Say More Podcast at (@)saymoresaymore

Julia and Kate can be found at (@)OhJuliaTweets and (@)KateWillett

Hosts: Kate Willett and Julia Claire

Producer: Genevieve Gearity

Theme Song: Emily Frembgen and Kate Willett

Artwork: Adrienne Lobl

Kate and Julia speak with Kath Barbadoro about labor unions on the Special Labor Day Episode.

Links:

https://www.kathbarbadoro.com/

You can find Kath on Twitter at (@)kathbarbadoro

Julia and Kate can be found at (@)OhJuliaTweets and (@)KateWillett

Hosts: Kate Willett and Julia Claire

Producer: Genevieve Gearity

Theme Song: Emily Frembgen and Kate Willett

Artwork: Adrienne Lobl

Kate and Julia are back from vacation and ready for a world with one less Koch brother in it. Plus, Kate speaks with Rachel Lark, San Francisco-based immigration activist, musician and political satirist.

Referenced on today's show:

Rachel and her work: https://www.rachellark.com

Al Otro Lado: https://alotrolado.org

Julia and Kate can be found at (@)OhJuliaTweets and (@)KateWillett

Hosts: Kate Willett and Julia Claire

Producer: Genevieve Gearity

Theme Song: Emily Frembgen and Kate Willett

Artwork: Adrienne Lobl

Kate and Julia invite friend Josh Gondelman (Desus and Mero) on to drag. Joe Biden's. ass. This week, Kate is in Edinburgh, Scotland and Julia is in good ole' Cape Cad, guy. Subscribe and rate us wherever you listen!

Josh can be found at (@)JoshGondelman and at http://www.joshgondelman.com.

Julia and Kate can be found at (@)OhJuliaTweets and (@)KateWillett

Sources: https://www.washingtonpost.com/gdpr-consent/?destination=%2finvestigations%2fechoes-of-bidens-1987-plagiarism-scandal-continue-to-reverberate%2f2019%2f06%2f05%2fdbaf3716-7292-11e9-9eb4-0828f5389013_story.html%3f

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/19/joe-biden-segregationist-senators-criticism

https://www.thenation.com/article/joe-biden-education-busing-opposition/

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/03/democrats-can-do-better-than-joe-biden-in-2020.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/27/jor-biden-anita-hill-clarence-thomas-1991-hearings

Hosts: Kate Willett and Julia Claire

Producer: Genevieve Gearity

Theme Song: Emily Frembgen and Kate Willett

Artwork: Adrienne Lobl

Kate and Julia speak with Brandy Jensen -- the brilliant voice behind the advice column Ask A Fuck Up -- about self-cancelling, being recognized on Tinder from your Twitter, and being sex-positive/sex-negative/sex-maybe? Plus, they dig into Tiffany Caban conceding the Queens DA race, and the Ultimate Reply Guy of the week.

Brandy can be found at ( @ )BrandyLJensen

Ask A Fuck Up: https://theoutline.com/contributor/29/brandy-jensen

Julia and Kate can be found at (@)OhJuliaTweets and (@)KateWillett

Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/06/nyregion/tiffany-caban-queens-da-concedes.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/10/nyregion/tiffany-caban-melinda-katz.html

https://theintercept.com/2019/07/15/tiffany-caban-recount/

Special shout to Simone Norman @whysimonewhy for the concept of self-cancelling:

https://twitter.com/whysimonewhy/status/1159932657549139968

Hosts: Kate Willett and Julia Claire

Producer: Genevieve Gearity

Theme Song: Emily Frembgen and Kate Willett

Artwork: Adrienne Lobl

Kate and Julia hear from Gabe Gonzalez ('Hosting' weekdays at 8pm on Scruff) about Governor Roselló's resignation and the overarching situation in Puerto Rico.

A few of Gabe's mentioned news outlets from today's episode:

Latino Rebels: https://www.latinorebels.com/

Noticiero: https://www.univision.com/shows/noticiero-univision

WAPA TV: https://www.wapa.tv/

Periodismo Investigativo: http://periodismoinvestigativo.com/category/english/

You can find Gabe on Twitter at (@)gaybonez

Julia and Kate can be found at (@)OhJuliaTweets and (@)KateWillett

Hosts: Kate Willett and Julia Claire

Producer: Genevieve Gearity

Theme Song: Emily Frembgen and Kate Willett

Artwork: Adrienne Lobl

Kate and Julia dive deep into Medicare for All with Natalie Shure, writer and researcher whose work can be found in publications such as The Nation, American Prospect, Jacobin and many others. But first, do Kate and Julia stan Marianne? (No.)

You can find Natalie on Twitter at (@)nataliesurely

Julia and Kate can be found at (@)OhJuliaTweets and (@)KateWillett

Hosts: Kate Willett and Julia Claire

Producer: Genevieve Gearity

Theme Song: Emily Frembgen and Kate Willett

Artwork: Adrienne Lobl

Kate and Julia speak with the extremely funny Yedoye Travis about female comedians being harassed on the internet and racism inside the Democratic Party (and Republican Party, I mean, obviously).

Links from today's episode:

You can find Yedoye on Twitter and Instagram at @ProfessorDoye

Julia and Kate can be found at @OhJuliaTweets and @KateWillett

Hosts: Kate Willett and Julia Claire

Producer: Genevieve Gearity

Theme Song: Emily Frembgen and Kate Willett

Artwork: Adrienne Lobl