This week's roundup features a really really stupid letter, that was treated with the contempt it deserved. 

It also contains the best bits from this week's shows, from guests Nato Green, Aditi Mittal, Tiff Stevenson, Josh Gondelman and Matt Kirshen. 

In the week that children made their way back to school (Tiff), we also heard news on US election swing states (Nato), journalism in India (Aditi), US Presidential candidates (Josh), and arts in crisis (Matt).

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Time doctor and hands-on historian Matt Kirshen joins host Alice Fraser on today's episode to remind us that William Shakespeare wrote King Lear during the plague - or did he? 

For Matt completists looking to collect the full set, jump back to episodes 40 (Sex Advice), 45 (Pict crisis - Essex calls), and 56 (US Election update) for his first three appearances of this year.

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With his US presidential campaign well underway, Democratic Party candidate Bob the Sentient Trash Island, along with his running mate Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, has some really dynamic ideas to secure their path to victory through the American centre. 

Tech billionaire Josh Gondelman is on hand to reveal all, along with his own plans to manipulate the nanobots used to animate Bob, to achieve his own political ends. 

For the Josh completists who have already binged the first three of his appearances this year, the next episodes to check out/revisit are episodes 49 (Literature news), 52 (Strange Competition news) and 58 (Mike Pence news).

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Tiff Stevenson brought in her friend Henrietta Mouth-Peace - erstwhile columnist and sixth in line to the seat of Derbyshire - to comment on the return of schools. Didn't get A Level results? Don't worry, just follow Henrietta's path to success. As for masks - if we wear masks, are we even British? 

For all of you Tiff completists, start with episode 3 (US news), 5 (Winter sun special) and 9 (Youthquake news), then search the feed for more of her memorable appearances on the show.

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Alice is joined by heiress and online sensation Aditi Mittal to look at the stats of journalism in 2020. Plus a letter to the editor, a really stupid one.

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Commandante Nato Green joins host Alice Fraser to offer ways to appeal to the voters in the 10 swing states that will decide the US election. From Florida's love of guns and flip flops, to Pennsylvania's penchant for punching. Also contains an underrated impression of Bootsy Collins.

If you are a Nato completist, make sure you go to episodes 10 (Employment news), 19 (Home Designs news), and 24 (Silicon Valley news) then keep listening til you've heard the full set.

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Featuring FREE bonus D'Ancey LaGuarde ad!

You read that right, this week's roundup episode features a never-before-heard D'Ancey LaGuarde advert, along with some of the best bits from this week's shows, featuring Nish Kumar, Nato Green, Tiff Stevenson and Josh Gondelman (twice!)

With Trump's postal service disruption hot on the lips of our guests, we heard insight on technology in the election, campaign strategy, and Trump-related corporate activism, along with some billionaire philanthropist news, and how to break up with someone via social media.

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Celebrity billionaire, entrepreneur and vaccine enthusiast Josh Gondelman brings a high level of philanthropic vision to The Last Post. 

Hear about his underground housing initiative containing open-source biology, his plans for a single singularity of billions of Josh Gondelmans all plumbed into one consciousness, and how his philanthropic billionaire friends have invented a new ergonomic way to pat each other on the back. 

For Josh completists, go back to episode 29 (Trump crony news), 33 (Weekend Breaks), and 44 (The Pict Riots unfold), then search the feed for even more!

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Self-help guru, fashionista and double-D dick deflector Tiff Stevenson joins host Alice Fraser to talk you through President Trump's latest self-own. 

From Kendall Jenner to Karl Lagerfeld, every time there is a movement or a sense of empowerment, it is ruined by corporate activism. However, to subvert the norm, President Donald Trump has 'cancelled' America-produced Goodyear tyres after they banned MAGA hats from the workplace. 

To hear more from Tiff, listen to episodes 182 (Celebrity news), 190 (Social Media Platform news) or 192 (Feminists Guide to the US Election).

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It's getting weird. "How weird?" I hear you ask. Pretty weird as it goes, reports Comandante Nato Green, as the US adapts to an election campaign during a pandemic. Hear why voting at a polling station is like going to a rave circa 1991, why everyone is playing armageddon bingo, and how the American right-wing are self-owning themselves with their take on Cardi B's WAP.

Listen to episodes 83 (US Update news), 99 (A Random Story From Small Town America) and 143 (California news) for more of Nato's excellent US updates this year.

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