In SOTW 1.0, the gang was young, dumb, and invincible ... or so they thought. Fast-forward to their 40s, and their bodies are staging a full-scale rebellion. Jay has a Frankenstein knee, Meredith’s running shoes are mostly decorative, and Ty faints at the sight of his own hemoglobin.
This week, they talk about what “self-care” looks like when your warranty’s expired—and the fine art of selective neglect. Their health plan may be questionable, but it’s still better than whatever Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is selling.
0:00:00 - Intro (SOTW doesn't suck, Meredith's conservatorship hell, Jay got a boo-boo on his knee)
0:23:15 - Sounds of the Week:
- Trump explicitly attacking free speech
- Brewers Karen
0:46:37 - Aging bodies and healthcare
Songs:
"Broken, Beat & Scarred" by Metallica
"My Shit's Fucked Up" by Warren Zevon
"Life is Killing Me" by Type O Negative
Notes:
- Secretary of State Approves Redistricting Referendum for Circulation (0:10:57)
- Missouri says 100K signatures to repeal voting map aren’t valid. That’s not all (0:11:04)
- Missouri's lawsuit challenging redistricting referendum petition (0:11:21)
- Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act: Vote dilution and vote deprivation (0:12:55)
- Supreme Court redistricting ruling could upend decades of voting rights law – and tilt the balance of power in Washington (0:13:30)
- Supreme Court seems inclined to limit race in redistricting (0:13:30)
- ‘Whites-only’ group draws bipartisan rebuke over potential move to Missouri (0:15:22)
- Kansas City Karen (0:30:50)
- Johnson County KS Mugshots (0:33:27)
- House Speaker Mike Johnson's hot take on Bad Bunny and the Super Bowl (0:35:06)
- ‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat (0:36:19)
- Vance’s Telling Defense of a Racist Group Chat (0:36:50)
- Brewers fan loses job and is banned from stadium for life after being named by internet as spectator saying ‘Call ICE’ on Dodgers fan (0:37:54)
- "So You've Been Publicly Shamed" by Jon Ronson (0:41:26)