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 Mar 09, 2014
Sunday Mar 09, 2014
In Which We Discuss:
1. Brent Mulder and Lila Scully offer their take on the Malaysia Air alien conspiracy
2. Winston Clinton eyes Adolf Putin’s plans to re-Sovietize the Russian border
3. BERNIE! It’s happening.
4. CPAC offers answers to an America struggling with a disastrous clown shortage
5. Democrats’ subpar basic math skills to cause yet another Obamacare delay
6. Kirsten Gillibrand assembles the greatest/weirdest coalition ever know
7. “Upskirting” and trolleys are both things people in Massachusetts enjoy
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Monday Mar 03, 2014
Monday Mar 03, 2014
In Which We Discuss:
1. #AdeleNazeem wins the Oscar for best meme.
2. Russia’s attempts to recreate the Soviet Union run into the predictable problem of nobody wanting to be in it.
3. Gays are now welcome in Arizona. Unsurprisingly, most of them still don’t want to go there.
4. The word “Obamacare” finally has a good connotation so we’re going to start using it again.
5. MILITARY SPENDING CUTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING?! Is this real?
6. Rainy LA could really use a local version of Kentucky’s “Ark Encounter” theme park.
Sunday Feb 23, 2014
Sunday Feb 23, 2014
In Which We Discuss:
1. An Olympics grudge match leaves the US stuck with Justin Bieber for another four years
2. Sochi, surprisingly, goes off without a hitch. Sadly the rest of the world is falling apart.
3. Colorado marijuana tax revenue will now go to plans to ensure they have no more marijuana tax revenue
4. According to Tom Delay, the bestselling author of the Bible apparently also founded the most powerful nation in the world. Busy guy.
5. Ted Nugent doing some serious projecting with his “subhuman mongrel” criticism of Obama
Monday Feb 03, 2014
Monday Feb 03, 2014
In Which We Discuss:
1. Denver Bronco fans will need all the weed they can get their hands on after this week’s embarrassing Super Bowl whipping by the Seattle Seahawk-Pelicans.
2. Chris Christie scrawls “liar” on David Wildstein’s locker, gets suspended.
3. Tuesday’s State of the Union inspires a four-headed GOP inequality godzilla response monster.
4. GOP issues half-hearted memo promising that they’ll totally try to work on immigration this time, guys.
5. Trio of groundhog weather-predicting experts anticipates six more weeks of winter one week to late to save Atlanta from two inches of treacherous snow.
6. Not even Herman Cain has ruled out running for President in 2016.
7. Calls to deport Justin Bieber reach fever pitch amidst Rob Ford City Hall tickle fight. Canada continues to be just everything.
8. R.I.P. Pete Seeger. We'll miss you but we'll keep singing along.
("If I Had a Hammer" clip is from a 1963 recording of Pete Seeger live in Australia)
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Sunday Jan 19, 2014
Sunday Jan 19, 2014
In Which We Discuss:
1. NSA sneak attacks will now be marginally less sneaky
2. Christie administration’s thuggish behavior is no longer just limited to causing traffic
3. Jerry Brown seeking “elegant” solutions to California water shortage
4. Bipartisan budget deal overwhelmingly passes in the house. Wait, what?
5. Wanted: Oklahoma senator to replace Tom Coburn. Only anti-gay bigots need apply.
6. Hillary Pillory: Robert Gates gives us a reason to start a #hawkishhillary hashtag
7. West Virginia. Don’t drink the water. Also, don’t live there.
8. ABC considers Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal to be the finest television programming in a generation. We discuss.
Monday Jan 13, 2014
Monday Jan 13, 2014
In Which We Discuss:
1. Chris Christie finally one-ups Tony Soprano, reclaims his position as the king of the bad kind of being “New Jersey”
2. Robert Gates bitterly discusses Obama’s thoughtful approach to war as nearly treasonous
3. Iran’s deal-to-make-deal-to-make-a-deal goes into effect...in a few weeks
5. North Korean ambassador Dennis Rodman will not be fighting for Kenneth Bae’s freedom, but will be fighting for rebounds in Kim Jong-Un’s birthday basketball blowout
6. W. Virginia and Utah. Don’t live there.
7. Science offers long-awaited proof that cats are evil
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Sunday Dec 08, 2013
Sunday Dec 08, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Nelson Mandela dies, leaving the GOP scrambling to un-say all the mean things they’ve said about him in the past
2. GOP finally asking their stodgy misogynistic candidates to think it, not say it in their races against women
3. (The latest) Jobs Report shows potentially fake gains in employment, potentially fake loses in Black Friday enthusiasm
4. The folks who brought you the weekend band together with the folks who brought you your fries to combat underemployment and, by extension, obesity
5. Freezing weather leads to all manner of hilarious SoCal weather reports. Also, potentially, a national famine.
Tuesday Dec 03, 2013
Tuesday Dec 03, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. The Affordable Care Act website now working. Nothing more to see here.
2. Black Friday now has its own official death count tracker
3. The US reaches a deal to reach another deal in six months over Iran’s nuclear program
4. Obamacare’s not the only problem fast food CEOs will face this week
5. Turns out the government shutdown wasn’t much of a change from business as usual in Congress
6. Thanksgiving becomes a popular time to come out of the closet
7. Soon drones will no longer only be used for killing innocent civilians, they’ll deliver your toothpaste too
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Sunday Nov 17, 2013
Sunday Nov 17, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Obama tells uninformed consumers to just keep their crappy plan if it’s so damn important to them
2. Schumer desire to to avoid a primary for Hillary reminds us that we could just primary him instead
3. Kentucky voters conspire to slowly eliminate every Republican candidate from their upcoming Senate race
4. Union bashing heads all the way to the Supreme Court!
5. Toronto’s mayoral shame reminds Americans that sometimes Canadians aren’t as boring as previously thought.
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Tuesday Nov 12, 2013
Tuesday Nov 12, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Election Day provides wins for progressives, the Clinton mafia, and rude blowhards
2. Senate’s ENDA bill moves forward, straight into John Boehner’s “never gonna happen” pile
3. This months’ jobs numbers are fake, but we’ll tell them to you anyway
4. The first segment in our sports series: “Big Brain Sports” with Erica Bardin. Download the extended segment here!
5. U.S.’s beloved waiting-till-later strategy fails to deliver results in nuclear talks with Iran
6. Benghazi is still not a scandal. We explain why.
9. A special election day edition of Hillary Pillory
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