A totally genius analysis of the week’s political news from two certified brains. Ready to resist, progressive AF. Podcast posted weekly since 2012.
Episodes
Sunday Sep 28, 2014
Sunday Sep 28, 2014
Monday Sep 15, 2014
Monday Sep 15, 2014
In Which We Discuss:
Sunday Aug 17, 2014
Sunday Aug 17, 2014
In Which We Discuss:
1. RIP Robin Williams. Your death is at least bringing attention to the dangers of mental illness, which is something even repeated tragic school shootings couldn’t.
2. Ferguson, MO is just the latest in a series of war-torn regions that the American military, ie. a municipal police force, is having to “save” via ruthless military intervention.
3. Rick Perry really doesn’t like hilarious drunk people, is obviously no fun.
4. Nouri al-Maliki is so over it, realizes that fixing Iraq will require somebody with a desire to do so.
5. Do not even think about nominating us for the ice bucket challenge. We mean it.
6. As if the fear of your flight just disappearing into thin air isn’t enough, we now have proof that armless pilots are captaining planes.
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Sunday Aug 03, 2014
Sunday Aug 03, 2014
In Which We Discuss:
1. Kidnapping is this year’s "weapons of mass destruction"
2. US government charters Ebola’s first flight to Atlanta
3. One day after voting to sue Obama for unilateral action, Boehner pleads with the president for unilateral action on immigration
4. Turns out some guys were doing some torture or something like that….whatever, carry on with your day
5. Fearing cookie-inspired uprising, Kim Jong-Un bans much beloved capitalist cookie.
Monday Jul 28, 2014
Monday Jul 28, 2014
In Which We Discuss:
1. Israel so over it that Kerry’s not even able to set a date for his next meeting about a meeting
2. A heads up for deal-seekers: Algeria is another nation in the grips of a disappearing aircraft crisis
3. In VA reform fight, entirely reasonable bill supported by Socialists and non-Socialists alike makes its way into rainbow and healthcare-hating Tea Party territory
4. Obama will be impeached for doing productive things while being criticized for not doing productive things under new Ted-Cruz approved GOP plan
5. Sen. Chuck schumes his way into the primary jungle and pisses off the natives
Monday Jun 30, 2014
Monday Jun 30, 2014
In Which We Discuss:
1. Supreme Court now in the business of telling women how to use their own bodies. Because Jesus.
2. A whole bunch of stodgy white men are not happy with Obama’s attempts to accomplish things
3. Thad Cochran finds that getting elected can lead to having voters all up in your grill
4. Hillary Pillory: Is now a good time to casually forget about Iraq?
5. The World Cup is apparently going to make America the Socialist Utopia we’ve always dreamed of
6. We find proof that anti-immigration advocates wear disgusting underwear
Sunday Jun 22, 2014
Sunday Jun 22, 2014
In Which We Discuss:
1. Rand Paul continues his terrifying sense-making tour even when challenged by evil robot-man Dick Cheney on Iraq
2. Vladimir Putin would make a great Hollywood agent! We explain why.
3. Undocumented children now getting the state fair livestock treatment in Arizona warehouse
4. Find who’s David Brating and where this primary season!
5. The Clintons and the Obamas gear up for modern political tragedy of Shakespearean proportions, all over that damn golf game
Monday Jun 16, 2014
Monday Jun 16, 2014
In Which We Discuss:
1. After a four year hiatus, Americans pretend to be nice and cozy with soccer terminology once again
2. Iraqi insurgents fail to respect that the US already solved all the middle east peace problems by declaring the mission accomplished
3. The GOP’s un-coziness with math leads to the greatest political upset in American history, and no, we’re not overselling that
4. Hillary Pillory: Clinton better be glad we’d invented a term for “Romneying” before she started her book tour
5. Terry Gross and Obama both give the gays pride month gifts to remember
Monday Jun 09, 2014
Monday Jun 09, 2014
In Which We (BiCoastally) Discuss:
1. Tuesday’s primary elections bring mixed results for wacko candidates from both parties
2. GOP patriots now in favor of leaving behind POWs, because hey, screw due process!
3. Republicans hellbent on fixing the VA may or may not be in support of new bipartisan bill to fix the VA
4. It's the time of the month where we report jobs numbers, and update you on how last month’s jobs numbers were totally incorrect
5. Seattle residents already reaping the super awesome benefits of electing a socialist to their city council with massive minimum wage increase
Sunday Jun 01, 2014
Sunday Jun 01, 2014
In Which We Discuss:
1. After starting an illegal war, Republicans are suddenly re-concerned about the rule of law after Obama’s renegade prisoner exchange
2. Resignation fever sweeps the Obama administration
3. GOP still in denial about the lack of jobs that will be available after the world ends due to climate change
4. This week on Hillary Pillory: Clinton makes some hard choices concerning whether or not she wrote her own book
5. Edward Snowden refuses to heed Kerry’s call to “man up,” continues to make the even manlier choice by living in the terrifying country of Russia