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Good gravy! It's Thanksgiving again! Time to sit with the family and pass the turkey and stuffing. And the pie! Oh, the pie. Cousin Chad would like pie! Cousin Chad is wearing a MAGA hat and is trying to own the libs. NO PIE FOR CHAD.

Come to SaysWhovia instead and sit at our table. Come. Have some gravy. Relax. And we have a special guest at the table today! It's Kat Kinsman, who has come to talk about food! And anxiety! And food! FOOD.

Dan and Maureen have, of course, been paying attention to the news this week. Their predictions from last week did not come to pass, but still...Trump has written answers to Mueller's questions. Did he really write them himself do you think? Can he write at all?

Also, Maureen tells Dan how to meet Santa.

Get a plate, SaysWhovia! Have a nice, hot helping of 2018.

SHOW NOTES:

Follow Kat Kinsman on Twitter. She is a wonder.

Kat is is the senior food and drinks editor at Extra Crispy, and has a great article about gravy.

She is also the author of the book Hi, Anxiety: Life with a Bad Case of the Nerves

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.

Vote for Maureen's book Truly Devious in the Goodreads Choice Awards.

Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker

Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo

We love Darth

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Hey, did you bring a surfboard? Because we're still on a BLUE WAVE.

When Dan and Maureen recorded last week, it was right on the high of the election of the night before. No sooner had they left the basement/closet, then all heck broke loose. Trump did a weird, weird press event and then stormed into the depths of the castle to boot Jeff Sessions from the parapet. And while we all enjoy the sight of a flying Jeff Sessions, we also had to wonder: WITHER MUELLER? And what do these rolling election results mean?

Obviously, Dan and Maureen don't know anything. Time for an expert! Today's guest, Imani Gandy, is a lawyer and co-host of the podcast Boom! Lawyered! and she is HOPEFUL! Or gassy. We are not sure anymore. We think it is hope but it has been a while. Her conversation is like a REFRESHING SWIM IN A LOVELY SEA. The kind of place you'd find a BLUE WAVE. Tune in for some liquid sunshine, legal style!

Surf's up, SaysWhovia.

SHOW NOTES:

Follow Imani Gandy on Twitter. She is great!

Listen to Boom! Lawyered to get a great legal read on what the hell is happening.

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 on sale everywhere. Go buy it, you!

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

It's morning in SaysWhovia. Grab yourself a cup of coffee and sit down, because Dan and Maureen are going to go through the events of last night--and this morning. Dan hasn't slept much. Maureen made double-strength coffee. It's time for some HOT news, still unfolding. Let's go through it together.

What IS this feeling? Is it HOPE? Is it EVERYTHING NOT SUCKING?

It's group hug 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.

Maureen's book Truly Devious is on sale everywhere. Go buy it, you!

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

oooooOoOOOOooOoOOOoOOOOoohhhh it's ONE WEEK until the midterm elections and everything is fine. Absolutely fine. Except for everything that is not fine, which, apparently, is most things.

It was not a good week out there. Things are rough. Which is why we need to keep it together, make a plan, and get the job done next week.

In SaysWhovia, Dan has lost track of when and where he is, so Maureen decides to take him on a trip to Disney World. And she's invited their friend Hal Lublin along! The only problem is...it's Halloween. Disney World is being invaded by ZOMBIES. How will the three of them survive the zombie attack in the Happiest Place on Earth?

Join us on this GHOULISH adventure. And vote. You know that, right? You have to vote. And volunteer.

And we said vote, right?

SHOW NOTES:

Listen to Hal Lublin every week on We Got This, Tights & Fights and Good Morning Night Vale. Wow he does a lot of things.

Want to volunteer? Click here to find your closest swing district!

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 on sale everywhere. Go buy it, you!

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

Oh no! Dan and Maureen are broken! The reason? 2018 has eaten their PRECIOUS BRAIN MEAT. It's too much. Too much news. Too much information. Too many polls and attacks on sanity. IT IS TOO MUCH AND NOW WORDS DON'T WORK.

So this week we are here to talk about how to repair YOUR PRECIOUS BRAIN MEAT. We do that by talking to Aaron Huertas from Swing Left. He brings enthusiasm, clarity, research, and an ACTUAL PLAN to help us deal with and assist in these last two weeks before the 2018 election.

This one matters. It really does.

Also, we discuss the SaysWhovia Pumpkin Festival.

Things are weird. Get a pumpkin.

SHOW NOTES:

CLICK HERE TO GO TO SWING LEFT RIGHT 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 Tennsesee, 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 on sale everywhere. Go buy it, you!

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

IT'S HERE! Welcome back to Says Who's WEEKLY SERVICE! This week, we launch the new Says Who experience--an updated logo, our new MASCOT, TOUR DATES, and our PATREON.

It's all happening! And just in time. Because it's a lot out there. But here in SaysWhovia, we watch out for each other.

And we're joined on this exciting occasion by author Chuck Wendig, who recently made some news by being too "vulgar" for Marvel comics, and has thoughts on the internet, writing, spiders, and apples. How do we make things in the weird, weird world of 2018?

Let's find out together. Come on! LET'S GO TO SAYSWHOVIA.

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 Tennsesee, 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 on sale everywhere. Go buy it, you!

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

Oh dear.

Last week, all six thousand years of it, lurks around us, its events still unfolding. You know the ones--Brett, Tobin, weightlifting, boofing, Beach Week, ralphing, Yale Law School, and beer. These are all things we had to deal with after a courageous woman put herself on the line and told the story of her assault to a largely sneering, indifferent panel of ghouls.

None of us wanted to know about the Bro Adventures of Brett, but here we are, in 2018 America. Dan is broken. Maureen tries to help, but Maureen is also broken. But! There is much to dissect here. Who backdates a calendar? What does Tobin want? Whither UB40? What does that one neurotransmitter in Maureen's head do all day? Does Mike Judge really love Walgreens? Dan and Maureen are prepared to take a bite of the hot and stanky meat of last week's rancid sandwich in order to give you a comprehensive review. And maybe stop the internal screaming in your head? Maybe? That is the goal.

Come on over. We're going to Tobin's.

SHOW NOTES:

Listen to The Hitch, Dan's travel podcast.

Maureen's book Truly Devious is on sale everywhere. Go buy it, you!

Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker

Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo

Says Who's Logo was made by the one and only Darth

Says Who is made possible by you, through your support of our Patreon at patreon.com/sayswho

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US! WE'RE TWO YEARS OLD!

Yes, it's the Says Who two year anniversary show! This was never supposed to happen! We should have been done in 2016. But here we are, "celebrating" two years of doing whatever it is we do! And to celebrate with us, our first guest, Ana Marie Cox, joins us again to talk about where we're at. We talk service, politics, and beans.

Also, Dan and Maureen have ACTUAL BIG NEWS TO SHARE. No, really. We have NEWS that will rock SaysWhovia to the core!

PLUS! A book report on Bob Woodward's FEAR. We read it! We totally read it.

And Dan has something to say about a toad? Toads are nice. That will be a fun story!

It's just TWO MUCH. So come with us, SaysWhovians! Get a piece of cake!

SHOW NOTES:

This episode's organ music is performed by Josh Kantor

CANDLES

Maureen's book Truly Devious is on sale everywhere. Go buy it, you!

Read [The Westing Game]{https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002VFPRTQ/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1)

Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker

Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo

Says Who's Logo was made by the one and only Darth

Says Who is made possible by you, through your support of our Patreon at patreon.com/sayswho

It's a funny thing, recording a podcast every other week in 2018. You just never know. Maybe you record on a quiet Sunday night thinking that everything will be chill for a day or two and then EVERYTHING HAPPENS, EVERYTHING.

It's September! Dan is back in Chicago! Maureen is...flat on her back in New York with the return of the Terrible Stomach Flu Or Some Kind Of Poisoning. To entertain Maureen as she is in her bed of pain, Dan recounts the many events that have transpired. Michael Cohen. Paul Manafort. The death of Senator McCain and McCain's posthumous message to Trump and America. The flag that went up and down and up and down. Trump tweeting...so much.

And there's a new book coming! And it sounds like it is REALLY SOMETHING. Dan and Maureen read some of the previews. What DOES happen when you put a snake, a rat, a falcon, a rabbit, a shark and a seal in a zoo without walls? Who would do that? Is a zoo without walls even a zoo? Dan and Maureen consider this for some time. Also, Dan is done with John Kelly. Done. Maureen is sipping Coke over crushed ice and trying not to barf. And so are we all, Sayswhovians. So are we all.

It's fall, Sayswhovia. It's game time.

CANDLES

Maureen's book Truly Devious is on sale everywhere. Go buy it, you!

Read [The Westing Game]{https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002VFPRTQ/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1)

Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker

Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo

Says Who's Logo was made by the one and only Darth

Says Who is made possible by you, through your support of our Patreon at patreon.com/sayswho

Hey! Anything interesting going on? Dan and Maureen have been off doing their summer homework. Dan is finishing up his trip around the country. Maureen has been in New York having stomach flu. Because of this, they recorded another Sunday Summer Special!

Because nothing was going to happen between Sunday and Tuesday, right? RIGHT????

So this episode is our BOOK REPORT on Unhinged! We read it so you didn't have to! Find out: who loves Don Jr. (hint: no one), the terrible process of getting on to The Apprentice, and how Omarosa hides things by the Diet Cokes! It's all terrible! All of it!

But this isn't about terrible things. This is about looking forward to fall, focusing on coping, the Says Who Kindergarten, and finally getting that big money sponsor.

Get back in the pool for one last splash before summer is over!

SHOW NOTES:

Don't buy or read Unhinged.

Maureen's book Truly Devious is on sale everywhere. Go buy it, you!

Subscribe to Dan's new podcast, The Hitch

Order HOW I RESIST now!

Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker

Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo

Says Who's Logo was made by the one and only Darth

Says Who is made possible by you, through your support of our Patreon at patreon.com/sayswho