Is Bill de Blasio An Anti-Semite? Are Boomers OK? Are Orcs Racist? Is Bill de Blasio An Orc? Are Orcs Boomers?

The show gets off to what feels like its 100th consecutive turbulent start, with Katie seeking solace over a super-personal medical issue. Then the hosts discuss Bill de Blasio's tweet about the Jewish community not following social-distancing rules: Just how meshuga was it? After that, they move on to a conversation over a popular narrative about Boomers and coronavirus, and finish things up by addressing the question on everyone's mind: Is it racist to portray orcs (the fantasy creatures, which aren't real) as uncivilizable?
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Show notes:
-Bill de Blasio's problematic tweet (https://twitter.com/NYCMayor/status/1255309615883063297)
-Baby Boomers Were Blasé About the Coronavirus? Why Did We Believe That? (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/29/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-baby-boomers.html) (New York Times)
-The Orc Tweet (https://twitter.com/MonkipiQuinn/status/1254197453957459968)

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