Waiting for the Train - Superficial Gallery

 So I was in Denver this past week and had to record from a hotel but it was the other two hammer heads who have recording problems.  That said, since the country is in turmoil we find the time to talk about that AND a bunch of nonsense.  And it is the 30th show, which sounds like a big anniversary but since it is weekly it is pretty much non-consequential.

So here’s to you, riot-filled America!  Maybe next week we can record from a bunker in an undisclosed location.  Or I will, anyway.  B. Nev and Jenn are on their own.

Extra note from Jenn: Please note that all audio problems were Acadia’s fault for being on crappy hotel Wifi, and Sheraton Hotels, you can #DIAF2016 for making people pay for your crappy wifi.

Here are things we promised to post in the notes:

Trashy foods made fancy on Instagram

Terence Crutcher videos released

Richard Sherman’s press conference

Brad Pitt accused of child abuse

And here are some of my diamond-collar-wearing cats:

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This week BNev and I did the show without Acadia. I know, right? What even.

Topics include:

* Police officer fired for NOT shooting a guy

* Creepy incest in North Carolina (or is it a trick?)

* Trump’s hotel tour failure

Plus! There may be a Charlotte McKinney update that could explain Acadia’s mysterious absence. Tune in to find out!

Also, I talk a little about my adventures in Colorado last week, and BNev tells the story of her first concert at Red Rocks circa 1996.

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We learn a lot about Britt this week.  A lot.  More than you ever thought you would know.  We probe pretty deep.  And then, of course, are the topics:

* DAPL

* Matt Lauer / Donald Trump

* Wells Fargo

* Guy who'll never date a feminist

* Article about Fox/Ailes

Futurama: Don't Date Robots

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This week's topics:

Anthony Weiner

The VMAs ... here is Nicki Minaj, because we discussed her amazing dress:

... but really our discussion was mostly about Alicia Keys and whether people need to calm down about her not wearing makeup:

Jaelin and Briana White - those two crazy kids that couldn't handle Chicago for 24 hours

Gene Wilder died... and I made a meme about the Whites. You're welcome.

The How to Talk to Women with Headphones guy

I mean.... there are so many dozens of problems just with the headlines and opening sentences of these screenshots from his site that I could spend multiple posts just discussing all the ways he is wrong and terrible. If you are wondering why I included so many screenshots, it's because I'm still annoyed at how badly Acadia was listening to me. I'm sure he was too busy staring at photos of Charlotte McKinney to listen to anything I had to say. Maybe photos will make it simpler for him.

And specifically for you, Acadia, I present the following:

I also think we should start keeping a tally of how many times in a given episode I shout at Acadia that he's wrong. It would be a fun statistic to track. Maybe I'll make a chart.

Related: Up is down and it's a crazy topsy-turvy world, or so Acadia claims. Listen in to learn why!

Also, I edited this episode, and we had some technical difficulties, so give us feedback on what you think! We're still working on our audio chops. We're basically just recording a phone call so it's not ideal. I accidentally had to buy software midway through the podcast (because I was using a trial, apparently) to keep it from killing the audio and ruining the show - so you're welcome!

Other related items:

* Obama reacts to Colin Kaepernick's protest

* Though some people burned Kaepernick's jersey, sales of it have surged

* People have made a "walking tour" to mimic the Whites' 24 hour stay in Chicago

* Charlotte McKinney in her ill-fitting brown leather dress

Here is the drawing I made of Acadia on my phone when he was threatening to kill me:

Here is something that surprises me 0% - Jenny McCarthy, halfwit of Hollywood, telling Dan Bacon the douche-canoe that he's doing a great thing:

And here is your moment of zen - Jaelin and Briana reacting to "all the press" from the Chicago one day stay:

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So this week our main topics of discussion were idiots in France disrobing women on the beach; how despite protests to the contrary, Trump is actually doing badly in the polls - no, really;

a bro on the internet tries to police a woman's "tone" by alerting her boyfriend; and the internet loses its shit because Gabby Douglas doesn't put her hand over her heart during the national anthem.

Now I have an update about the hand over your heart thing, because I just looked it up, and apparently we are all supposed to do it, which I have never heard in my life, and which nobody else I know seems to be aware of either. And, for the record, the original point stands that plenty of other athletes didn't do it, but the world only got mad at Gabby because she's a black girl. Yay, America. Also, I'm not about to start. Come at me, bro. I don't even recite the pledge. What are you gonna do about it?

Other related items that came up during our discussion.

* This is about the movie with Jeffrey Dean Morgan in it

* Useless photo and "journalism" featured in Acadia's Charlotte McKinney Minute

This is the photo where Acadia hates Charlotte McKinney's shoes:

BNev bought this during our podcast:

And I sent this photo to Acadia also during the podcast:

And that pretty much rounds it out. Stay tuned for our exciting amazing new podcast, premiering next week, for the 10 year anniversary of the site!

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This week we discuss:

Uber launching driverless cars

The flood in Louisiana that nobody seems to care about

Ryan Lochte is a douche

Paul Manafort/Steve Bannon Trump nonsense

Syria is terrible and nobody knows what to do

Those were the official topics, but other things that came up were: why capitalism is evil, how grocery stores were like the Uber of 1930, how sad it is that we didn't make a better hashtag about Lochte, Al Roker throwing shade, and the saga of Market Basket (a family owned grocery chain) in New England as an example of a whole lot of people actually working together to keep something good.

That's not all though, Acadia also had his "sports minute" and his weekly update on stuff about Charlotte McKinney which nobody cares about is very important.

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This week we discuss how few f***s we give that Malia Obama might have smoked pot, whether it's OK to make jokes about presidential assassinations, sexism at the Olympics, A-Rod's retirement, and Delta Airlines' dual f***-ups.

Wife of a Bears' lineman wins a bronze medal today in Rio Olympics https://t.co/kwZoGY0xAX pic.twitter.com/VZrjOvr80h

— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) August 7, 2016

And of course we have the Charlotte McKinney Minute and Good Week/Bad Week.

Also, as usual, Acadia says a bunch of things that are wrong but I set him straight, don't worry. However, I did put him in charge of the "sports portion" of the show every week, so don't look at me. He's an admitted Red Sox fan living in New York. I'm not sure anyone is allowed to listen to his opinions about sports in light of this.

Here are some stories related to our discussion tonight that might interest you:

British Muslim woman detained for suspicious behavior .... she was reading a book.

Southwest Airlines had a "computer glitch" in July.

Simone Biles puts some people in their place who have been saying stupid stuff about her.

I'd like to re-remind you how incredibly blatantly racist this country was not that long ago. (Now it's just, like, 7% less blatant. Way to reach for the stars, America.)

Lance Armstrong stripped of his Tour de France medals.

Supercut of Chris Hardwick insulting Trump

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This week we are missing BNev but she's alive and will be on our next episode.

We discuss:

The Olympics, including the collapse of various venues, the raw sewage in the water, and the shady policing.

Zika, and how congress doesn't give a crap if you get it.

We try to figure out why Millenials aren't having sex.

The tide seems to be turning against Trump.

Briefly, Korryn Gaines.

Also relevant, this clip from Rick and Morty:

And here, the court transcript Acadia mentioned, as read by Rick & Morty.

This discussion of why Trump is utterly unqualified to be President:

And this blog post about HRC:

Hillary, How Very Dare You

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This week brings us:

The first negative thing I have ever said about Charlotte McKinney

Freddie Gray and the case of the mystery murder

Convention fever

The social relevance of butthole bleaching

Also at the end of the show both B. Nev and Jenn said nice things to me which makes me think they are planning to murder me.  If there is no episode 23, call the police.  Thanks!

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The Republican convention, the Democratic bloodbath, Stranger Things, the continuation of Pokemon go and how Jenn muscled B. Nev right out of the show.  We cover all this AND the new Patreon page which we hope you will check out and maybe help us out.  You can pledge a dollar a month!  So hopefully a million people do it.  Then we can make a robot B. Nev and have Charlotte McKinney be our sports reporter.  Or something.

I spent a lot of time working on the sound quality so if it sucks you might want to buy new headphones.  Wait, no, donate to the Patreon and use the headphone you have.  Don't be so selfish, man.

Also, If any of you is a lawyer please let me know if I can sue Jenn for slander or libel or being a jerk to me.  Her going to jail is one of the higher rewards for the Patreon thing.  Email me!

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