Says Who?

By Maureen Johnson and Dan SinkerComedy Society & Culture News News Commentary

Says Who? episodes

February 06, 2019STATE OF THE WHOVIAN
This week, Maureen comes to you from Costa Rica, where she is recording outside, while an ocean breeze blows and the birds call from the trees. She has not had good Wifi and therefore doesn't know much about what has been going on.
Dan knows what is going on. He has followed all the news, read all the stories and reports and supporting documents. He watched the State of the Union. Maureen could not, because the Wifi went out completely on Tuesday night for about twelve hours, so there was no contact with the outside world. She spent it communing with friends and nature.
Dan seems tense, even though Maureen explains how all things are connected. There was a monkey in a tree. This does not seem to help. Dan walks Maureen through the state of the Russia investigation and breaks down Executive Time.
But Maureen is seeing things with different eyes.She encourages Dan to take her hand and come to the ocean. Will Dan go? Does he understand that All is One? Where is he going? Why is he screaming?
Sit down, SaysWhovia. It's time to breathe deep. Namaste.
SHOW NOTES
Maureen's new book The Vanishing Stair is OUT NOW. NOW! FOR REAL NOW!!!
Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want!
Join us at PodX, May 31-June 2 in Nashville Tennessee, use this link to get your tix and we'll see you there!
Listen to The Hitch, Dan's travel podcast.
Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker
Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo
We love Darth
Says Who is made possible by you, through your support of our Patreon at patreon.com/sayswho
1 hr 4 min
January 30, 2019F***NUT SUPERGROUP
Maureen was away on a book tour last week. Luckily, it was a quiet week in which nothing happened.
Oh wait! Things DID happen, and Dan wanted to talk about them. It's all been building up inside of him. Trump folding, and then Trump folding, and then Roger Stone getting carted off. All of this is a fascinating prelude to the week's BIG story--Maureen's Panel of Sister Husbands. Yes, all of Maureen's paramours formed a F***NUT SUPERGROUP for one night only to win her heart. There's Michael, the smart one; Jerome, the emotional one; Sam, the cucumber man; and Everyone's Favorite, Carter. Who can choose?
Oh, and yes, the shutdown ended and Roger Stone was arrested in a pre-dawn raid and it's all happening.
Here we go, SaysWhovia. Get yourself a Nixon tattoo and hang on to your butts.
SHOW NOTES
Maureen's new book The Vanishing Stair is OUT NOW. NOW! FOR REAL NOW!!!
Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want!
Join us at PodX, May 31-June 2 in Nashville Tennessee, use this link to get your tix and we'll see you there!
Listen to The Hitch, Dan's travel podcast.
Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker
Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo
We love Darth
Says Who is made possible by you, through your support of our Patreon at patreon.com/sayswho
1 hr 5 min
January 23, 2019LIVIN ON A PRAYER
Hold your head high, SaysWhovian, because you, YOU, have made it through the halfway point of the Trump presidency. It hasn't been easy, sure, and the government may be shut down, there may be a bucket in the window of the White House, Rudy Giluiani may be just spouting bullshit all the time but look: nobody said it would be easy.
But here we are! We are halfway there! We are living on a prayer! Take our hand, we'll make it we swear! Whoa, oha, that's all the lyrics we remember.
All this, plus Maureen leaves for tour, Amy Carter's shoe returns, and a bunch of other bullshit. Wait.
Here we go!
SHOW NOTES
Maureen's new book The Vanishing Stair is OUT NOW. NOW! FOR REAL NOW!!!
And she is out on tour today!
Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want!
Join us at PodX, May 31-June 2 in Nashville Tennessee, use this link to get your tix and we'll see you there!
Listen to The Hitch, Dan's travel podcast.
Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker
Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo
We love Darth
Says Who is made possible by you, through your support of our Patreon at patreon.com/sayswho
59 min
January 16, 2019HAMBERDERS
Hamberders.
Hamberders.
Hamberders.
Hamberders.
Hamberders.
Hamberders.
Hamberders.
Hamberders.
Hamberders.
Hamberders.
Hamberders.
SHOW NOTES
See the table arrangement and where the hamberders were.
There's still time to pre-order a SIGNED copy of The Vanishing Stair!
Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want!
Join us at PodX, May 31-June 2 in Nashville Tennessee, use this link to get your tix and we'll see you there!
Listen to The Hitch, Dan's travel podcast.
Maureen's book Truly Devious is NOW OUT IN PAPERBACK
Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker
Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo
We love Darth
Says Who is made possible by you, through your support of our Patreon at patreon.com/sayswho
1 hr 3 min
January 09, 2019PRIME TIME, CRIME TIME with Lisa Tozzi
It's so late, Sayswhovia. It's nearly...ten o'clock! But Dan and Maureen have stood sentinel by the television and waited. And watched. And they saw the speech. All ten stupid minutes of it. How could A MERE TEN MINUTES be that dumb? It was like the TARDIS OF STUPID. Did you know that a wall could pay for a wall? DID YOU KNOW IT?
But that's not all the stupid today held! Paul Manafort's lawyers made an oopsie. And some Russians sold a painting. So many marvels! Dan and Maureen examined them all and return to you with their report.
Also, did you remember that the government is still shut down? Neither did we and neither did our guest, the amazing Lisa Tozzi from BuzzFeed who calls in to explain how we got here and how maybe we will never ever get out. But upbeat. Really!
Mostly, though, Maureen wants to go to bed, but Dan has been possessed by a demon. Get a pillow and priest, Sayswhovia! It's showtime!
SHOW NOTES
Follow Lisa Tozzi on Twitter.
Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want!
Join us at PodX, May 31-June 2 in Nashville Tennessee, use this link to get your tix and we'll see you there!
Listen to The Hitch, Dan's travel podcast.
Maureen's book Truly Devious is NOW OUT IN PAPERBACK
Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker
Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo
We love Darth
Says Who is made possible by you, through your support of our Patreon at patreon.com/sayswho
1 hr 1 min
January 02, 2019HERE WE GO!
Should old acquaintance be forgot and never talk to mimes...
It's something something something some thing some thing it's Says Who Time!
Dan and Maureen are back after the holiday. They had a good time, unlike SOME PEOPLE. Since the last Says Who, most things have been quiet, except for major resignations, the government shutting down, and the stock market crashing. Donald Trump had the holiday sads at the White House, where he rattled around, waiting for three ghosts to show up. But no one wants to work there, not even a ghost. So he did a lot of tweeting about...walls. And wheels. And walls. And concrete. And not concrete. And he pretended to work and have meeting and be busy. You know. Normal stuff.
The first of the year is a time to look backwards and forwards, and maybe even side to side. Dan and Maureen have a good old talk about 2019, and how they're going to approach it. And they have come up with a new slogan for the year--the successor to To the Maxx!
Here comes the Says Who bus! Get on board and take a seat! We're going to 2019!
SHOW NOTES
Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want!
Join us at PodX, May 31-June 2 in Nashville Tennessee, use this link to get your tix and we'll see you there!
Listen to The Hitch, Dan's travel podcast.
Maureen's book Truly Devious is NOW OUT IN PAPERBACK
Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker
Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo
We love Darth
Says Who is made possible by you, through your support of our Patreon at patreon.com/sayswho
1 hr 4 min
December 19, 2018THE NAUGHTY LIST
Ho ho ho! HAPPY HOLIDAYS, SAYSWHOVIA! Let's all gather around the fire with a cup of hot chocolate and talk about the wonders of this last week. Or just Tuesday. Tuesday was a lot. There was the official Michael Flynn ass-handing ceremony, and the lighting of the Trump Foundation bonfire. But does Santa have other surprises in his sack?
Dan has compiled a list of the current wonders that are going on with all things Trump. It has not been a good year for Fearless Leader, and things are coming to a boil. Also, it seems that the President does not like Christmas. Someone needs cheering up! Maureen has an idea! Maureen often has ideas.
This Says Who is filled with warm memories, wishes, Santa, carols, and Pockets the Clown. Yes. Pockets the Clown. Don't ask too many questions. Pockets does not like questions.
Pull up a tree. It's Says Who time.
SHOW NOTES
Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want!
Join us at PodX, May 31-June 2 in Nashville Tennessee, use this link to get your tix and we'll see you there!
Listen to The Hitch, Dan's travel podcast.
Special for you: Get 10% off Robert Mueller and Pee Tape Prayer candles from Dan's site omfg.church by using the code SAYSWHOVIA
Maureen's book Truly Devious is NOW OUT IN PAPERBACK
Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker
Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo
We love Darth
Says Who is made possible by you, through your support of our Patreon at patreon.com/sayswho
1 hr 5 min
December 12, 2018THE ONE WHERE EVERYTHING HAPPENS with HAYES BROWN
Everyone likes a nice, quiet week.
SHOW NOTES
Hayes Brown is on Twitter!
Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want!
Join us at PodX, May 31-June 2 in Nashville Tennessee, use this link to get your tix and we'll see you there!
Listen to The Hitch, Dan's travel podcast.
Special for you: Get 10% off Robert Mueller and Pee Tape Prayer candles from Dan's site omfg.church by using the code SAYSWHOVIA
Maureen's book Truly Devious is NOW OUT IN PAPERBACK
Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker
Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo
We love Darth
Says Who is made possible by you, through your support of our Patreon at patreon.com/sayswho
1 hr 8 min
December 05, 2018BARRON TRUMP, BOY DETECTIVE with SARAH WEINMAN
The game is afoot! The dice are cast! The candles are in the wind! Other detective-y things!
Look, there's a lot of questions right now. Like: What is Mueller up to? Is there anyone in the Trump family not deeply dedicated to criming? Who can lie more, Michael Cohen or Paul Manafort? What's a convenient way to get a single potato mailed to my house?
You have questions? WELL WE HAVE ANSWERS.
This week on Says Who, Maureen and Dan pull in an ACTUAL MYSTERY EXPERT to help us crack this case wide open. That's right, we're joined by Sarah Weinman who is ACTUALLY KNOWN AS "THE CRIME LADY" to help us look at our suspects, consider the motives, and SOLVE THIS SO COMPLETELY THAT YOU WILL BE LIKE MUELLER WHO?
Or something.
Probably.
I mean, we're not making any promises.
But like the great Hercule Poirot said: One must seek the truth within--not without
SHOW NOTES
Sarah Weinman is on Twitter!
You can subscribe to her newsletter, "The Crime Lady"
And you should buy her book, [The Real Lolita](https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062661920/the-real-lolita/
Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want!
Join us at PodX, May 31-June 2 in Nashville Tennessee, use this link to get your tix and we'll see you there!
Listen to The Hitch, Dan's travel podcast.
Special for you: Get 10% off Robert Mueller and Pee Tape Prayer candles from Dan's site omfg.church by using the code SAYSWHOVIA
Maureen's book Truly Devious is NOW OUT IN PAPERBACK
Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker
Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo
We love Darth
Says Who is made possible by you, through your support of our Patreon at patreon.com/sayswho
1 hr 5 min
November 28, 2018HOLDING DOWN THE MANAFORT with CHARLOTTE CLYMER
Well, shucks! We've crossed the Rubicon from Thanksgiving into the holiday period. Did everyone have a good Thanksgiving? The President did! He had a totally normal time with checks notes a salad bar and "barbed wire plus."
Dan and Maureen have scoured the news this week, looking for clues in the perpetual case of What The Hell Is Happening Now. And it seems like something? May? Be? Happening? It is hard to say. But it looks like Paula Manafort might have been doing some lying? You are shocked, we know. "Not MY Paul Manafort," you said, aghast.
To bring clarity and light, Dan and Maureen talk to Charlotte Clymer, Press Secretary for Rapid Response at the Human Rights Campaign and general wonder. Charlotte is also a veteran, and she has a lot to say about Trump's relationship with the military. She also talks about how to be an ally to your trans friends, and how to celebrate your authentic self.
As opposed to your lying self who lies. So many lies, SaysWhovia. So many lies are happening.
Grab a mug of hot chocolate and something from the salad bar. It's time to break it all down.
SHOW NOTES:
Follow Charlotte Clymer on Twitter.
You can read Charlotte's piece about how fashion helped her find authentic self here.
More of Charlotte's articles can be found on the HRC website here
Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want!
Join us at PodX, May 31-June 2 in Nashville Tennessee, use this link to get your tix and we'll see you there!
Listen to The Hitch, Dan's travel podcast.
Special for you: Get 10% off Robert Mueller and Pee Tape Prayer candles from Dan's site omfg.church by using the code SAYSWHOVIA
Get Truly Devious for $1.99 until December 3rd!
Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker
Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo
We love Darth
Says Who is made possible by you, through your support of our Patreon at patreon.com/sayswho
1 hr 4 min

About Says Who?

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In 2016, two friends—and author and a journalist--sat down to ride through the final weeks of the Presidential election by talking to the journalists covering it. They thought they were doing eight episodes. They were wrong. What started as a short trip has become a long and strange journey. They’ve gotten weird. They’ve made friends along the way. Mostly, the weird part, though.