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Wake Me Up When April Ends (Ep. 13)


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Boy the poop really hit the propeller for April, didn't it? Poor Travis & Tom induce depression into themselves as they struggle to sum up what the month was - including a constitutional crisis involving due process and deportations, a reckless trade war, an insane man who had literal brain worms trying to get the government to persecute people with autism, and a papal vacancy. And they foolishly tried to do it before the month was over.

Here are somethings that got left out:

  • Said brain-worm man commissioning a national registry of people with mental disorders (which goes against multiple laws regarding the privacy of medical records) - all while promising an autism cure by September.
  • A Jewish Democratic state governor had his home attacked by an arsonist over the fact that said governor was Jewish under the guise of taking vengeance against Israel's actions in Gaza.
  • Trump wants to give women $5000 for having babies.
  • J.D. Vance broke Ohio State Football's national championship trophy.

Clips Cited

  • “JD Vance’s “CHINESE PEASANTS” remark draws criticism from China’s Foreign Ministry.” YouTube, uploaded by Diario AS, uploaded April 8, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idi8_RVZmKQ&ab_channel=DiarioAS
  • ‘Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country’ directed by Nicholas Meyer, performance by Leonard Nimoy, Paramount Pictures, 1991.
  • ‘Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith’ directed by George Lucas, performance by Ian McDiarmid, 20th Century Fox, 2005.
  • The Wolf of Wall Street’ directed by Martin Scorsese, performances by Matthew McConaughey & Leonardo DiCaprio, Warner Bros. Pictures, 2013.

Music Cited

  • “Paul’s Dream” by Hans Zimmer. (Dune, 2021 - Warner Bros. Pictures).
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Give Us the Launch CodesBy Travis M. Baker & Thomas N. Flores III