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November 04 Ep#502: Midterm Election Night 2026
Announcements:
What Time Do Polls Close? Midterm Elections 2026 @2:31
Election info @3:58
Politics:
Supreme Court Blocks Trump Admin Bid To Set Aside California Ballots @6:15
Judge Rejects Trump Officials’ Challenge Alaska Senate Election @7:03
Obama Delivers Brutal Roast @7:34
Trump Final Appearance Before Midterms @9:41
How He Really Feels About His Voters @11:33
The hero we need @12:43
‘CPAC Mar-A-Lago’ Set To Put Big Money Into Trump’s Pocket @14:25
Linda McMahon Spends $$$ on Furniture @16:21
Chris Murphey @17:58
Haley Stevens @19:28
Two Registered Agents for Israel Work for Mike Rogers @24:00
Trump Says U.S. to End Aid to Israel at End of Year?? @26:37
Iran broadcast instructs citizens how to survive a nuclear strike @29:15
Election info @30:36
News:
Judge Throws Out Charges Against Former F.B.I. Officials @32:08
Trump Admin Said to Roll Back Pregnancy-Related Job Protections @33:23
Supreme Court hears religious freedom case @35:48
Patrick Stewart @37:46
Health/Medicine/Science:
Child Dies From Measles in NY State’s First Fatal Case in 30 Years @39:44
Religious Nonsense:
TST Wins Federal Court Order Protecting Iowa Capitol Holiday Event @42:38
Pseudoscience:
The Memory of Nitrogen: The Pseudoscience of Agrohomeopathy @44:36
Chiropractor story @47:39
Conspiracies:
ANSC 203 - Bigfoot Stole My UFO!: Critically engaging with Science @52:44
Final Stories:
Final Election info @54:44
1 hr 2 min
October 28 Ep#501: World Elections and Cult updates
Politics:
Texas news?? @1:04
Israeli election @2:16
Netanyahu Pushed for Attack on Iran Ahead of Israeli Election @4:18
Lula Wins Re-election as Bolsonaro Rejects Result @7:51
Justice Dept. Demands That California Counties Identify Noncitizen Voters @9:11
Justice Dept. Seeks to Block Alaska Vote if Republican Loses @10:13
Justice Dept. Brings More Charges Against Comey, Accusing Him of Leaks @13:04
Trump Administration Unlawfully Fired Maurene Comey
Grand Jury Declines to Bring Charges Against Cassidy Hutchinson @15:33
Trump Defends Ramaswamy’s Attack Ad @16:51
News:
Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion Over Cambridge Analytica Privacy Violations @28:17
Trump on asses @30:34
Supreme Court Blocks Trump From Denying Gender-Affirming Care @33:30
Wha the? @35:04
Iran in ‘Advanced Stages’ of Planning Attacks Against Americans @36:46
Health/Medicine/Science:
RFK Jr.’s anti-vax agenda may make eggs more expensive this winter @39:26
Top adviser to Kennedy resigns from Trump administration @40:52
Vaccine ruling in IA @43:16
Idaho Banned Abortion, OB-GYNs Fled. Doctors Who Stayed Are Cracking @45:32
Religious Nonsense:
Paul Mackenzie, the Kenyan preacher who led hundreds to starve to death @47:19
Paul Mackenzie's son says siblings were starved weeks before Kenya trial
‘Lack of curiosity’ about family’s religious beliefs was ‘missed opportunity’ @51:02
Former 'cult' members call for Pennsylvania church to be shut down @52:57
Taxpayers are funding private school tuition @54:48
New York Archdiocese Agrees to Settle Claims for Over $800 Million @56:25
1 hr 2 min
October 21 Ep#500: News and a Trivia Game Show!
This week is the 500th Episode! @1:03
Politics:
Election Dispatches:: Ocasio-Cortez Donates $1 Million to Help El-Sayed @2:50
Most of Ken Paxton’s Money Can Be Traced to One Man: Elon Musk @4:43
Paxton’s eye @7:02
News:
Katie Zacharia Is Ousted After 5 Days as White House Press Secretary @8:12
Donald Trump brutally mocked for wanting to 'rename major ocean after himself' @11:43
El-Sayid question @14:58
Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will Be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says @17:03
Homeland Security Agents Search Home of Rep. Ilhan Omar @24:38
Justice Dept. Is Investigating TV Networks Over Trump Pool Coverage @27:17
Pope Leo Found to Have Lung Cancer During Surgery, Vatican Says @31:47
Priest in Ecuador Dies After Crucifix Falls on Him During Livestreamed Mass
Time for a Game Show! @36:56
Round 1 @38:59
Round 2 @42:05
Round 3 @44:48
Round 4 @48:16
Final Question @50:40
58 min
October 07 Ep#499: The Cupper, Bakker, and Radioactive Water Maker
Announcements:
No show next week
Contact your Representative to vote against the GRACE Act. @3:58
Follow-ups:
Hochul Declares a Measles Emergency as Cases Rise in Rural New York @5:14
Politics:
Outrage spreads over Hegseth plan for Religious Affairs office @6:38
Pentagon launches Office of Religious Affairs
The US is killing someone by firing squad for the 1st time in 15 years. @8:27
Christa Pike: Tennessee death row inmate @10:34
Trump Urges People to Call Senator Tom Cotton Over Daylight Saving Bill @18:46
What’s coming at the midterms? @22:05
News:
Televangelist Jim Bakker Dead at 86 @26:41
Eric Trump’s MAGA Prophetess: JD Vance Is An "Evil Wolf" @29:13
Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s ‘Machine Gun,’ Has a New Gig at Fox News @31:52
White House hits out at Big Bang Theory creator @34:23
‘It’s surreal’: California bans child marriage @38:23
Health/Medicine/Science:
RFK Jr. said AI will “free us from the “tyranny” of medical facts” @41:40
Doctors Push Back on RFK Jr.'s AI Comments
https://www.briansauve.com/ @48:04
RFK Jr.’s base asks if its champion is selling out @51:25
Pseudoscience:
Alternative Health Influencer has Been Drinking From a Radioactive Jug @53:19
Radioactive Health Hoax from the 1920s Returns
A couple things on Quackwatch @58:16
Religious Nonsense:
Man Claims He Spent 18 Days in Heaven @1:01:20
The Re-Re-Re-Re-Discovery of Noah’s Ark @1:05:08
1 hr 11 min
September 30 Ep#498: Garlic and Honey... Yum!
Announcements:
Help Stop a Bill That Gives Religious Exemptions to Vaccine Requirements @2:01
House cancels votes, cutting week short, adjourning until after midterms @3:55
Follow-ups:
Mitch McConnell has, yet again, gone missing - should he step down @5:17
Eric Schmitt v Jack Smith @7:33
Politics:
Trump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of Degrees @14:00
The US lays groundwork for possible military action in Cuba @15:09
Trump Approves $2.8 Billion Arms Sale to Israel, Including 40,000 One-Ton Bombs @16:32
White House Defends Trump’s Ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico in Court Filing @17:17
RAF Fairford Terror Plot: 6 Unanswered Questions @19:14
How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center @21:37
Forklift truck seen 'repeatedly smashing into Kennedy Center pillar' amid Trump takeover
Trump Says His Arch Would Be a ‘Military Complex’ @28:20
Trump Officials Eject 750,000 From Obamacare Markets, Claiming Fraud @29:28
News:
Saudis Give European Oil Buyers No Supplies for Next Month @34:14
Joe Rogan Calls Trump Fans 'F**king Nuts' @35:19
Health/Medicine/Science:
RFK Jr. headlines sold-out anti-vaccine conference alongside Andrew Wakefield @37:19
The speech
RFK, Jr. ‘looking at chemtrails,’
Cassidy grills surgeon general pick on vaccines - Live Updates @40:58
New FDA nominee @42:53
RFK Jr.’s movement now has corporate sponsors @45:03
Religious Nonsense:
In Germany, right-wing ‘Christfluencers’ hope to follow the US religious right @48:50
Jehovah’s Witnesses allow blood-derived products @50:28
The Curious Case Of America’s Most Atheist State @53:48
Conspiracies:
TikTok influencers promoting a home remedy that could cause botulism @56:28
Mat Staver: Send Money To Stop Drinking Fetuses - Joe.My.God. @59:10
1 hr 4 min
September 16 Ep#497: SCOTUS decisions and Nosferatu
Follow-ups:
Reflecting Pool Contractor Blames Its Own Repairs, Not Vandals, for Damage @1:08
News:
Republican Convention Flashes Hasan Piker Pic on Jumbotron @2:31
Budget Talk @7:59
Trump’s Name Must Stay Off Kennedy Center, Judge Rules @11:33
Trump slams Supreme Court for rejecting his push to restrict mail ballots @13:59
Supreme Court Again Blocks Republican-Backed Missouri Voting Map @15:05
Charlie Kirk Statue @15:46
Trump removes military text slamming the Confederacy at Arlington Cemetery @17:55
EPA eliminates limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants @19:18
Russian Businessman With Putin Ties Paid for Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Party @21:21
Politics:
Trump calls on Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian diesel fuel @22:53
Trump whisperer melts down at return McConnell: 'Wheeling a corpse around' @26:42
Top State Dept Official Stopped Exhibit Of Bull Statue @32:13
Roger Marshall Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested @36:25
Health/Medicine/Science:
Measles caused death of PA infant, coroner says @39:10
A fourth measles death is reported in Pennsylvania
Supreme Court rejects mom's bid for son's school vaccine exemption in New York @42:40
Missouri parents are opting for religious exemptions @43:32
Indiana Supreme Court considers religious exemption to abortion ban @44:53
Why Is RFK Jr. Ignoring Outbreaks? @47:05
Army Doctor Investigates 2,544 Troop Death Reports After COVID Vaccines @49:10
Religious Nonsense:
Man told ChatGPT he was feeling delusional. ChatGPT insisted he was Jesus. @51:51
The Religious Behavior Index: How Engaged Are Americans, Really? @56:33
Conspiracies:
How 9/11 Conspiracy Theories Are Still Shaping Our World @1:00:17
DK Metcalf on anger management, Aaron Rodgers, Antarctica @1:05:03
1 hr 13 min
September 09 Ep#496: Get outta here, whitey!
Follow-ups:
Measles deaths, 3 in 2025 @2:42
Kennedy asked to remove Pennsylvania measles death from CDC tally @3:09
CDC
Judge Once Again Blocks Mail-In Ballot Rules @4:33
News:
Realty Agent loses job @6:31
Global warming will exceed limit, UN says @10:55
Politics:
Natalie Harp exposed in 'creepy' Oval Office appearance @14:04
Do D.E.I. Bike Paths Exist? @15:50
Trump Officials Draft Plan to Pay At-Home Parents, Using Funds for Working Ones @18:28
Trump Billboard @22:51
Trump to Break Ground on Arch Before Getting Approval @24:44
Smithsonian’s Secretary to Resign as Trump Tries to Rule the Institution @27:16
Secretary of the Army Resigns After Clashing With Hegseth Over Firings @30:45
Pentagon Gives Polygraph Tests to Joint Staff Members @38:27
This is fine - JD @47:57
Vereinigte Arabische Emirate sollen Netanyahu vor Hamas-Attacke am 7. @45:10
Trump Voter Breaks Down After His Brother Dies in ICE Custody @49:51
Health/Medicine/Science:
a new analysis shows a 57% spike in refusals of Vitamin K shots @1:00:07
Religious Nonsense:
Eiffel Tower management under fire @1:01:20
Final Stories:
Influencer, 43, dies after penis enlargement surgery goes wrong @1:04:44
Holy Prepuce @1:12:28
1 hr 19 min
September 02 Ep#495: Dolly Floods News Media
Lake America @2:32
Follow-ups:
C.I.A. Chief Delivered Bleak Assessment of Russia’s War in Secretive Moscow Visit @5:29
Kalshi Permanently Bars George Santos From the Platform @6:29
News:
Milo Yiannopoulos, Right-Wing Agitator, Deported Home to U.K. @7:50
Pilgrims in Flood-Stricken Nepal Sought the Divine at Sacred Mountain @11:06
To Dolly somehow? @14:25
Death Toll Rises in Grand Canyon Flood as Search Continues @15:24
Rabid goats @17:13
Politics:
Whistle-Blower Says USPS Is Proceeding on Mail Voting Plan Before Midterms @20:07
Trump Administration Updates - Trump gives piece of Yosemite to developer @24:11
Judge Throws Out Key 9/11 Confession as Tainted by Torture @29:32
AP report on new documents RFK Jr. lied repeatedly in his Senate testimony @32:01
Senator Ron Wyden is calling for a criminal investigation.
RFK Jr. Suggests 'Fabricated' Measles Deaths, Spreads MMR Misinfo @33:47
C.D.C. Director Challenges Pennsylvania’s Report of Two Measles Deaths @35:06
'Buffoon' JD Vance makes 'horrible' blunder with disrespectful 9/11 comment @37:58
Religious Nonsense:
Massachusetts’ Top Court Bars Statues of Catholic Saints at City Building @41:05
Children in a Faith-Healing Sect Keep Dying. The State Lets It Happen. @42:23
Florida Catholics slap down state AG by rejecting religious vaccine exemptions @44:51
Nationalist Preacher @47:45
Health/Medicine/Science:
F.D.A. Approves New Covid Vaccines, and They Should Be Available Soon. @54:10
F.D.A. Approves Daraxonrasib That’s Poised to Transform Pancreatic Cancer @58:08
He Said He Was the World’s Healthiest Man. Then Came a Stunning Diagnosis @1:02:15
Selling Immune Tolerance as Disease @1:05:16
Final Stories:
Americans Still Skeptical That UFOs Are Aliens @1:09:10
1 hr 14 min
August 26 Ep#494: The Mouth of Trump
Announcements:
Public comment period on the Thomas Paine Memorial @3:57
News:
Kennedy Center threat @5:00
CIA director 'on secret trip to Moscow' as US military plane lands at airport @5:39
Supreme Court Allows Trump to Pursue Mail Voting Limits, for Now @11:05
Politics:
Unhinged White House response shows senator’s ‘Natalie’ barb struck a nerve @14:23
FBI Agents Search Eric Swalwell’s Home as Part of Federal Sexual Assault Inquiry @25:10
Ken Paxton and the Curious Case of the Missing $1,000 Pen @27:28
Religious Nonsense:
Supreme Court asked to block Ten Commandment displays @35:29
Colorado district to reject controversial reading curriculum @37:34
Survivors Just Built the First National Database of Accused Protestant Abusers @38:38
Health/Medicine/Science:
Neurologist with MAHA ties to lead NIH’s child health institute @40:59
How Louisiana’s New Surgeon General Wants To Transform Public Health @42:57
Two Unvaccinated People Died from Measles in Pennsylvania, Officials Say @44:02
Kentucky health officials have announced a new measles outbreak @47:28
Kindergarten vaccination rates @47:38
CDC's Zombie Programs @49:07
Pseudoscience:
Structured Water: Distilling the Science from the Non-Potable Claims @50:27
Final Stories:
Colorado GOP Gov Nominee Claims to Have Battled ‘Demons’ @52:32
1 hr 1 min
August 19 Ep#493: Vax pushback and Dick Cheney reemergence
Announcements:
National Park Service public opinion @1:14
Elections @2:44
Follow-ups:
Greenland forces Trump-linked US oil firm to delay drilling @4:33
Trump signs bonkers order that cuts vaccines, promotes ones that don't exist @7:04
Fact check: Trump makes numerous false and misleading claims
Bill Cassidy on vaccine executive order: ‘This is just a stupid thing to do’ @13:05
“Trump is dismantling public health, one executive order at a time” (The Hill)
“RFK’s anti-vax crusade is cause for his removal” (New York Daily News)
“Trump's Vaccine Order Will Show Up in My ICU” (MedPage Today)
The gospel of science denial, from Galileo to RFK Jr. @15:50
Supreme Court Again Rejects Trump’s Appeal of E. Jean Carroll Payment @16:32
News:
California Endorses Dangerous Autism Pseudoscience @17:05
Navy and USS Lincoln’s Problems Are Tied to Attacks on U.S. Base Early in War @18:54
South Korea @26:19
And lest we forget @28:47
Karoline Leavitt Leaving the Role @30:54
Kennedy Center Board Decides to Inscribe Trump’s Name on Building @34:09
White House Seeks to Lift Development Ban in National Forests @36:05
Politics:
Undercover Operation Targeted Minnesota ICE Protesters, Labor Unions @37:00
I Was Dick Cheney’s Cardiologist. I Have Questions About Trump’s Health @39:32
Pseudoscience:
Company Offering ‘100% Human-Written, Never AI’ Medical Research @45:37
What happens when medical students rely on AI? @49:49
Final Stories:
David Grush @54:06
Marco Rubio addresses UAP government cover-up @
1 hr 2 min

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