Episode 828: The Psychedelic Miracle
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/the-psychedelic-miracle-128798/
Mar 13, 2025•43 min
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Episode 827: Zelenskyy Visits Whitehouse
One of the Grimmest Days in American Diplomacy - The Atlantic Who is Brian Glenn? MTG's boyfriend confronted Zelenskyy about 'wearing a suit' Oklahoma GOP advances bill letting Christian doctors deny services to patients Trump Reveals Tariffs Plan to Ruin American Farmers' Lives | The New Republic Democratic Rep. Al Green removed after disrupting Trump's speech Hank Kunneman Says Trump Is A 'Moses-Like Figure' Sent By God To Give Christians Control Of The Seven Mountains | People For RFK Jr comm...
Mar 10, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Episode 826: Tesla Tanks and Plump Beavers
Tesla Sales Are Tanking Across The World AI-Generated Video Of Trump Kissing Elon Musk's Feet Reportedly Plays In HUD Building TikTokers dropping heavy objects on feet in viral trend 'risk lifetime of pain' | The Herald Colombian police catch a man smuggling packets of cocaine under toupee | AP News Cars frozen on streets of southwest Detroit 'Plump' beaver is Chicago's newest viral sensation. Now, it just needs a name Chimps prefer peeing together, 600 hours of study shows | The Asahi Shimbun: ...
Mar 06, 2025•49 min
Episode 825: Townhall Blowback
Rudy Giuliani satisfies Fulton County election workers' $148 million defamation case - ABC News House Republicans hit the brakes on town halls after blowback over Trump's cuts Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy | Common Dreams ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account "A woman is like a child": MAGA quickly turns its sights on stripping Republican women of power | Salon.com Maxwell Frost, Democratic congressman, punished f...
Mar 03, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Episode 824: DOGE Keeps Failing So Hard
Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country's weapons stockpile, sources say | CNN USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them Thousands Protest on Presidents' Day, Calling Trump a Tyrant 'King' - The New York Times Trump says Zelensky 'should have never started' war with Russia Dems Reportedly Angry That Progressives Are Pushing Them to Act Like an Opposition Party | Common Dreams Tens of millions of dead people a...
Feb 24, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Episode 823: The Anti-Social Century
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/02/american-loneliness-personality-politics/681091/
Feb 20, 2025•48 min
Episode 822: Boogers on the Resolute Desk
Trump Humiliated in the 'Most Powerless Image Ever' of a U.S. President: O'Donnell Democratic FEC Chair Ellen Weintraub says Trump fired her. She says it's not legal. - CBS News Trump Desperately Tries to Blame Anyone but Himself for Inflation | The New Republic Thousands of Danes sign petition to buy California from U.S. | KTLA Nancy Pelosi faces primary challenge from former AOC aide - POLITICO Measles outbreak erupts in one of Texas' least-vaccinated counties Trump is flat-out lying about the...
Feb 17, 2025•1 hr 7 min
Episode 821: Sasquatch Deposed and a Harbinger Duck
Florida man eats diet of butter, cheese, beef; cholesterol oozes from his body - Ars Technica Google caves to Donald Trump's executive order and will change 'Gulf of Mexico' to 'Gulf of America' on its maps 'Who Sent You?': Missouri Homeowner Shoots at Teens Playing 'Ding Dong Ditch,' Chases Them Down In Car and Holds Them at Gunpoint on Ground, Authorities Say The World's Oldest Anus Has an Unexplained Glow in Florida GoFundMe raises nearly $30K for Indiana pizza delivery driver who was tipped ...
Feb 13, 2025•47 min
Episode 820: Elon Musk Is President
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker blocks Jan. 6 rioters from state jobs after Trump pardons Elon Musk Is President - The Atlantic China counters with tariffs on US products. It will also investigate Google Trump faces moment of reckoning on trade after delaying tariffs What did Mexico give Trump? A bit of theatre, says former ambassador | CBC News White House preparing executive order to abolish the Education Department "There is no common ground with fascists": Progressives rip Klobuchar's call for bip...
Feb 10, 2025•1 hr 8 min
Episode 819: 30,000 migrants to Guantanamo
Trump has pulled Fauci's security detail, source says | CNN Politics Trump administration offers roughly 2 million federal workers a buyout to resign Trump to prepare facility at Guantanamo for 30,000 migrants | Reuters Rightwingers tell bishop to die because she begged Donald Trump to have mercy on trans kids - LGBTQ Nation Trump Attacks FEMA, Says States Should 'Take Care Of Their Own Problems' | HuffPost Latest News Musk tells Germans to get over 'past guilt' in speech to far-right AfD rally ...
Feb 03, 2025•1 hr 9 min
Episode 818: Inauguration Day Executive Orders
Did Elon Musk Seriously Just Do a Nazi Salute at Trump's Inauguration? | The New Republic Reddit Users Boycott X Links After Elon Musk's Gesture at Inaugural Event - The New York Times AOC '28 Starts Now - Truthdig Republicans Suddenly Illiterate After Trump's January 6 Pardons | The New Republic Inside Trump's Decision to Pardon Ross Ulbricht, the Creator of the Silk Road Drug Marketplace - The New York Times Shove the Presidency Down Trump's Throat | The New Republic Everything Trump did in th...
Jan 27, 2025•1 hr 12 min
Episode 817: Confirmation Hearings for Hegseth, Warnings against RFK
Special Counsel Report Says Trump Would Have Been Convicted in Election Case - The New York Times Mike Johnson Vows to Hold Aid to California Hostage After Deadly Fires | The New Republic. Thousands of doctors urge Senate to block RFK Jr. as health secretary for Trump administration Trump sentenced to penalty-free 'unconditional discharge' in hush money case 'There are a lot of bitter people here, I'm one of them': rust belt voters on why they backed Trump again despite his broken promises Eliza...
Jan 20, 2025•1 hr 9 min
Episode 816: A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found
https://www.propublica.org/article/ap3-oath-keepers-militia-mole
Jan 16, 2025•37 min
Episode 815: Meta Ends Fact Checking, DOGE Targets Education
Trump is reportedly complaining about Elon in private — and hates 'President Musk' joke | The Independent Johnson says House Republicans will investigate Jan. 6 committee Strict abortion laws since fall of Roe have led to increased infant deaths — not fewer Kids' low reading scores are 'a 5-alarm fire,' says DOGE's Ramaswamy. His solution: Eliminate the Education Department. The huge stakes for free speech in a new Supreme Court case about porn | Vox Kent Christmas Says God Will Soon Kill Presid...
Jan 13, 2025•1 hr 12 min
Episode 814: Pit Diaper, Bubble Boy at Sea
Amazon doesn't even have space for everyone it ordered back to the office Bus driver sacked after being caught singing and playing the piano in wine bar while 'off sick' from work wins his job back Passenger blasted for bringing 'emotional support' Great Dane on airplane: 'This s—t is getting out of hand' New York woman blames Star Trek license plates for tens of thousands of dollars in accidental tickets New pleather mosh 'pit diaper' sells out after viral restroom incident at concert NBA's Hor...
Jan 09, 2025•50 min
Episode 813: Raw Water and RFK Plans to Ban Drug Ads
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Wants to Ban Drug Ads on TV. It Wouldn't Be Easy. - The New York Times Trump Pisses Off MAGA Fans With Sudden Reversal on Jimmy Carter | The New Republic Democrats elect Rep. Gerry Connolly over progressive star AOC for top Oversight Committee post Dem Congresswoman Retires With Message to All Old People in Office | The New Republic Kay Granger's Senior Living Revelation Draws Fresh Scrutiny to Aging Congress - The New York Times Trump Backers Battle Online Over Skilled Imm...
Jan 06, 2025•1 hr 8 min
Episode 812: President Musk, Vatican on Brink of Bankruptcy - With Noah Lugeons
Elon Musk Flexes His Political Strength as Government Shutdown Looms - The New York Times Joe Biden calls for ban on congressional stock trading | AP News Survey: Most voters disapprove of RFK Jr.'s nomination after learning his view Vatican 'on the brink of Bankruptcy' due to dramatic decline in global donations under Pope Francis' Leadership - Irish Star RFK Jr.'s Lawyer Has Asked the FDA to Revoke Polio Vaccine Approval - The New York Times Flat-Earthers Travel To Antarctica To Test Theories,...
Dec 23, 2024•58 min
Episode 811: The meaning crisis with Dr. Aaron
Tom is off this week and I am joined by Aaron Rabinowitz Ph.D. to talk about his latest article in the Skeptic UK: https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2024/11/the-meaning-crisis-and-how-we-rescue-young-men-from-reactionary-politics/ Also check out https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/ And follow Aaron on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/etvpod.bsky.social
Dec 16, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Episode 810: Inside the Vatican's secret saint-making process
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/dec/03/miracle-vatican-dicastery-secret-saint-carlo-acutis-pope https://www.mariavision.it/santuario-spogliazione-assisi
Dec 12, 2024•42 min
Episode 809: Florida Bill to Ban Weather Modification
Geraldo Rivera Slaps Trump Supporters With A Reality Check After Biden's Pardon | HuffPost Latest News Donald Trump didn't win by a historic landslide. It's time to nip that lie in the bud | Mehdi Hasan | The Guardian 'He is one of us!': US anti-vaxxers rejoice at nomination of David Weldon for CDC | Trump administration | The Guardian Florida Introduces Bill to Ban 'Weather Modification' - Newsweek "Grey content": how mainstream journalism accidentally fueled Covid vaccine hesitancy - The Skept...
Dec 09, 2024•1 hr 12 min
Episode 808: NSFW Traffic Signs and Lead Flavored Chocolate
Cops Searching for Vigilante Who Installed NSFW Traffic Signs in Colorado 'Disgusting and completely unacceptable' head kick after pickleball tournament loss goes viral - ABC News Lindt admits its chocolate isn't actually 'expertly crafted with the finest ingredients' The Onion wins auction for Alex Jones' media company Americans upset about Trump win offered '€1 houses' in Italian village of Ollolai | US News A new eagle camera is going live in Minnesota to the delight of global viewers | AP Ne...
Dec 05, 2024•51 min
Episode 807: Kirk Cameron and Anti-Socialist Kid Shows
The Right Has a Bluesky Problem - The Atlantic Trump vows new Canada, Mexico, China tariffs that threaten global trade | Reuters Jack Smith Leaving Option to Charge Donald Trump in the Future - Newsweek Opinion | Kennedy's Antivax Views and Friends Can Cause Real Damage - The New York Times Kirk Cameron Launches "Anti-Socialism" Kids Show - Joe.My.God. Republicans Target Social Sciences to Curb Ideas They Don't Like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to waive tuition for families making less ...
Dec 02, 2024•1 hr 14 min
Episode 806: AI Grandmas and Kenneth Copeland
Texas is about to push Bible lessons in public elementary schools Biden locks in $6.6B for TSMC chip factories, ensuring Trump can't rescind CHIPS Act deal • Arizona Mirror Trump Judge Blocks Overtime Pay For Four Million Workers | HuffPost Latest News Kenneth Copeland: Those Who Didn't Vote For Trump Will Spend Eternity Hearing Names Of Aborted Babies - Joe.My.God. Trump's pro-Israel cabinet picks upset Muslims who voted for him | Reuters Evangelicals Push Trump To Rescind LGBTQ Protections - J...
Nov 25, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Episode 805: Stargate Kentucky and a $2 Decillion Dollar Fine
Russian state TV airs Melania Trump's nudes on prime time North Korean troops 'addicted to porn' after accessing internet for first time | The Standard TGI Fridays is worried it won't have enough cash if customers redeem $50 million in outstanding gift cards that don't expire | Fortune Ohio family builds 50,000-pound Stargate with 'dial-home device' to scan the cosmos Russian court fines Google $2 decillion • The Register A Kentucky man was declared brain-dead. Then he woke up, moments before do...
Nov 21, 2024•37 min
Episode 804: RFK vs. Health
Trump Voters Got What They Wanted - The Atlantic Live updates: Day 2 of election results coverage - LGBTQ Nation Wait... What? Folks In Red States Google Searched 'How To Change My Vote' In Droves After Trump's Victory Once an Atheist Hero, Elon Musk Now Says He Believes in the Teachings of Christ Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeatedly suggested that chemicals in water are impacting sexuality of children | CNN Politics Trump's defense choice stuns the Pentagon and raises questions about the Fox News h...
Nov 18, 2024•1 hr 11 min
Episode 803: Not Medically Necessary
https://www.propublica.org/article/evicore-health-insurance-denials-cigna-unitedhealthcare-aetna-prior-authorizations
Nov 14, 2024•42 min
Episode 802: Post Election - What Next?
10 Takeaways From Trump's Win on Election Night 2024 - The New York Times Half of Gen Z voters say they've lied about their votes: Survey
Nov 11, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Episode 801: 2000 Mules and One Big Lie, Eve of the Election
Kamala Harris' Crowd Size Crushes Previous Record With Ellipse Speech - Newsweek Optimism From Hillary Clinton and Darkness From Donald Trump at Campaign's End - The New York Times Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Putin for two years, says report Amazon.com: 2000 Mules and One Big Lie: A Stubborn Conspiracy Theory eBook Fallacious Trump
Nov 04, 2024•1 hr 15 min
Episode 800: With Knowledge Fight
https://knowledgefight.com/ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/21/us/elections/donald-trump-mcdonalds-protesters.html
Oct 28, 2024•1 hr 8 min
Episode 799: Vatican Stealing Babies, Brand Name Magic Amulets
Megachurch pastor tells congregation to "vote like Jesus" by supporting Trump Trump Called Harris 'Retarded,' Railed Against Jews Supporting Her: Report | HuffPost Latest News Opinion | Donald Trump's rallies should remind voters what he really represents - The Washington Post Trump sways and bops to music for 39 minutes in bizarre town hall episode - The Washington Post Vatican sent children born out of wedlock to America as orphans for adoption | 60 Minutes - CBS News Russell Brand is selling ...
Oct 21, 2024•1 hr
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