The city of Poughkeepsie has settled with a family for $400k after a cop suplexed a 12 year old girl. Here in Troy, evidence shows a cop who fatally struck a delivery driver was traveling in excess of 80 mph. Ashley joins us to discuss the possible closure of the Burdett Birthing Center, which will leave all of Rensselaer County without natal delivery services. And plastic capital of the world China is innovating edible packaging. Poughkeepsie settles civil lawsuit over girls in viral police inc...
Jul 10, 2023•1 hr 4 min
We’re celebrating four years of podding with some voicemails from you! Thanks for listening all this time, we love you so much.
Jul 07, 2023•1 hr 16 min
We’re back baby! Some millionaires went on a weak sauce sub. There’s a PMC rebellion in Russia. Marjorie Taylor Green has strong words for Lauren Boebert. The Hill has a dumb article with dumb opinions. The Cop City Prosecutor quits over an unlawful arrest and charge. City Council President candidate Emily Menn hasn’t been paying her taxes. And Blue Whales are getting frisky off the coast of California. Tiny Tims Grim Prediction from 1968: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAqhKKvlZmM MTG goes aft...
Jun 26, 2023•51 min
As migrants move to upstate New York, counties lose their damn minds. The Medicaid purge is set to begin as the Covid state of emergency ends. Cop City activists have been arrested for operating a bail fund. And Biden has ordered a 20 year ban on federal oil and gas drilling around a tribal site in New Mexico. ‘Give us an opportunity’: At Newburgh hotel, migrants hope for a better life: https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/migrants-seeking-better-life-in-upstate-new-york-18127689...
Jun 05, 2023•55 min
Thank the gods, we’ve averted the crisis of our own making once again. Diane Feinstein wants you to tell her one thing: where the hell is she? Police deprive a heart transplant recipient of a life saving medication, killing him. Orcas are leading up the class war and butterflies are thriving in English gardens. Debt ceiling: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/27/us/politics/debt-ceiling-deal.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare also https://twitter.com/quigleyaidan/status/16...
May 29, 2023•56 min
This week we’re talking about Florida having lost its mind, passing several anti-LGBTQ bills in a single day. The US is on the hunt for electric vehicle battery minerals and is suddenly very concerned about labor practices abroad. Capital Roots has withdrawn recognition of their employees’ union. And Rhode Island is feeding its youngins for free! Minerals for EVs: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/21/business/economy/the-us-needs-minerals-for-electric-cars-everyone-else-wants-them-too.html?smid=ny...
May 22, 2023•1 hr
The Excelsior Pass has risen to $64 million, but good luck finding it in your phone. Asylum seekers have been sent to the Hudson Valley as county legislators guard their purses. George Santos has turned himself in on fraud charges. And Cohoes isn’t letting renewable energy drift past! Trump sexual abuse lawsuit: https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/09/politics/e-jean-carroll-trump-lawsuit-battery-defamation-verdict/index.html Patriot Front in DC: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12080939/White-su...
May 15, 2023•59 min
Proud Boys are charged with Civil War era crimes. Rent control is under attack. Tucker Carlson is… being normal. Housing insurance is about to become a lot more important under climate change. Public funds yield private profits at Monument Square. And Hurray! A victory for Public Power! PB convicted of seditious conspiracy: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/04/us/politics/jan-6-proud-boys-sedition.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare Hudson Valley landlord group appeals Kin...
May 12, 2023•51 min
Rensselaer County officials have been charged with federal crimes. Boston police filed fraudulent overtime claims, but don’t worry: it was policy! Tortuguita’s autopsy shows that they didn’t fire a gun and were shot 57 times. Noam Chomsky met with Jeffrey Epstein and it’s none of your business. And a possible treatment for PFAS in the water supply is being developed. Tortuguita’s autopsy: https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/autopsy-cop-city-protester-manuel-teran-death Richard Crist in FBI custody:...
May 01, 2023•55 min
Marianne Williamson is taking TikTok by storm, even as major news outlets ignore her campaign. Florida is threatening to kidnap trans kids and punish their parents. Schenectady is reinventing itself as a city with busy streets and in-demand restaurant reservations. Did you know that the air conditioning system at Empire Plaza was full of dead fish? Well, they’re trying to fix that! 'New Schenectady' campaign unveiled: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/new-schenectady-campaign-unveiled-1791...
Apr 24, 2023•1 hr 13 min
This week we’re talking about two men who died in police custody after being held in abhorrent conditions, tech workers who were hired to do nothing, Troy City floor being broken into by hooligans, and the hopeful plateau of Co2 emissions. https://www.wsj.com/articles/these-tech-workers-say-they-were-hired-to-do-nothing-762ff158 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/12/indiana-jail-schizophrenia-solitary-cell-joshua-mclemore-video https://theappeal.org/alan-willison-clayton-county-jail-de...
Apr 18, 2023•1 hr 7 min
Donald Trump is being arraigned, but will anything come of it? Nicki Clyne has left Keith Raniere after 18 years of being involved with NXIVM. Twitter sucks; is it on purpose? Our military is being destroyed by wokeness–will it ever end? And some baby cheetahs were born in India, on the way to bringing them back from the brink! Military has woke-itus: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/military-dangerous-decline-reason-why Nicki Clyne’s statement: https://frankreport.com/2023/03/27/nicki-clyne-leav...
Apr 04, 2023•54 min
You wake up one day to find your girlfriend distant, cold, rebuffing your advances. She seems to have been lobotomized. It could happen to you–if your girlfriend is an AI. The war in Ukraine has made the Watervliet Arsenal a hot spot for hiring. Nursing homes are leaving their patients destitute, and cheap soap and scratchy tissues are robbing the elderly of their dignity. In brighter news, Democrats sympathize more with Palestinians than Israelis for the first time. https://www.reuters.com/tech...
Mar 20, 2023•58 min
This week we’re asking how we can beat communist China if we aren’t vigorously milking our men? A literal bank run happened on the 16th largest bank in the country because everything old is new again! Slap fighting is making it big. Lt. Governor Randy McNally loves to use social media to encourage people and bring them joy. Especially if they have firm little butts. And two lonely little geese have found a second shot at love. SVB: https://www.ft.com/content/b556badb-8e98-42fa-b88e-6e7e0ca758b8 ...
Mar 14, 2023•46 min
This week on the show, a CPAC speaker calls for the “elimination of transgenderism.” A Border Patrol officer discovers that he is, in fact, his own enemy. And CDTA unveils new electric bikes! Border Patrol officer finds out he is undocumented: https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/26/us/undocumented-border-officer-cec/index.html CDTA unveils electric bikes, new transit hubs for 2023 https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/cdta-unveils-electric-bikes-new-transit-hubs-2023-17815823.php...
Mar 06, 2023•53 min
She stole our hearts last election, and now the queen is back: Marianne Williamson is running for president. Scott Adams is spinning out in spectacular fashion after his racist tirade. Florida is a literal trash fire and the Hudson is about to get a little more superfundy. Troy police killed a delivery driver on one of the most dangerous roads in the capital district. And a fungus among us may prove useful in replacing consumer plastics. Dumping radioactive water: https://gothamist.com/news/dump...
Feb 27, 2023•1 hr 19 min
We return to two stories from last week: the Ohio train derailment and the UAPs shot down by NORAD. The former is a toxic disaster and the latter is bad news for nerds who like keeping track of balloons. Troy’s homes are full of lead pipes and the city has sat on federal funds to fix the problem. Chris Churchill gets sassy at Mayor Madden. And Minnesota has voted in universal meals for all students! Train derailment update: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/19/train-derailment-ohio-pa...
Feb 20, 2023•51 min
After a rough week for both the sky and the ground, we’re looking for the helpers. From the world’s worst spy technology to streams full of dead fish to rescue crews sorting through rubble, we have a litany of woes to get through. But hey, at least there is still true love out there in the form of two lady foxes with a killer aesthetic. Chickens found dead after East Palestine derailment: https://www.wkbn.com/news/local-news/east-palestine-train-derailment/north-lima-woman-finds-chickens-dead-tu...
Feb 13, 2023•55 min
It’s a sad week following the release of footage showing Memphis police murdering Tyre Nichols. Turns out something called the SCORPION unit isn’t designed to serve and protect. We discuss how the landlord class is publicly celebrating its victory over tenants rights legislation. Despite the fact that the pay sucks and work is hard and there’s no institutional support, nobody’s interested in serving on the Troy City Council. The Sauds, ever our fake friends, are threatening to start taking other...
Jan 30, 2023•1 hr 7 min
Would you win in a fight against a goose? It’s a question that really has us hotly debating which body parts of various animals pose the greatest challenge. The most interesting man in the world has a reputation for being an eyelash glue thief. A failed republican candidate in New Mexico does a little DA. Carbon offset company Verra turns out to be–I hope you’re sitting down for this–fraudulent. An Atlanta forest defender has been killed in cold blood by APD. And a veritable cornucopia of wildfl...
Jan 23, 2023•1 hr 22 min
Happy 2023, we’re back baby! A blizzard in Buffalo kills a disproportionate number of black residents as city services failed to deal with the storm. New College of Florida is facing an uncertain future as Governor DeSantis appoints a number of conservative hardliners to the board of trustees. Walgreens admits that it may have overblown its complaints about theft and that expensive mitigation efforts have yielded few results. And CDTA launches a new car sharing program that provides affordable o...
Jan 10, 2023•1 hr 11 min
The city of Troy has taken aim at the roosting crows, and residents are up in wings about it. But is taking action against these beloved corvids advisable? Power outages, deliberate and not, are revealing the fragility of our utilities infrastructure. German cranks hilariously attempt a coup. David reveals some very problematic opinions about elves. And precision fermentation offers a promising glimpse into a future without big agro. Precision Fermentation and Rewilding of Agricultural Land: htt...
Dec 12, 2022•1 hr 6 min
Iran and China are adjusting policies in response to mass protest–even if they won’t admit it. Meanwhile, rail workers are forced to accept a bad contract or carry out a wildcat strike. A sweet grandma’s home is raided and ransacked by a Denver SWAT team, and the new AI chatbot taking the internet by storm gives us our wildflower–a police reform executive order that is meh at best, but what do you expect–the AI is a liberal. Adam Johnson on the rail workers’ deal: https://twitter.com/adamjohnson...
Dec 05, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Elder millennials yell at clouds this week as we discuss the deadliness of American car culture and the general trend of people not caring for those around them. Massive stockpiles of cannabis are going bad as New York struggles to begin its rollout of dispensaries. The movement to legalize psychedelic mushrooms is gaining steam, and the presumed extinct Pheasant Pigeon has been spotted in Papua New Guinea. Pheasant Pigeon: https://www.audubon.org/news/like-finding-unicorn-researchers-rediscover...
Nov 28, 2022•1 hr
With DJT once again given an enormous platform on the bird site, we take a trip down memory lane to review the love-hate relationship between Musk and Trump. Rich people believe that their greatest legacy may be leaving behind a bunch of genetically superior babies who will one day rule the earth. COP 27 agrees to create a fund for the poorest countries most affected by climate change, but does nothing to curb emissions. And Indonesia is moving to pay fishermen a premium for all plastic trash th...
Nov 21, 2022•1 hr 24 min
A nine year old girl was reported to the police for destroying invasive lanternflies in her neighborhood. According to her neighbor and former Republican city council member, the “little black woman” was scary to him. An FBI raid on an ABC news producer has resulted in him being disappeared in more ways than one. And workers at a California Medieval Times theater have won their vote! FBI raid on news producer: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/fbi-raid-abc-news_producer-123...
Nov 14, 2022•1 hr 7 min
The internet is getting worse, the midterms are going to be a faceplant for the Democrats, and your recycled plastic is probably sitting in a warehouse somewhere. But feel free to feed seagulls alka seltzer, they’ll be fine. Terracycle: https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2022-terracycle-tom-szaky/?leadSource=uverify%20wall Chris goes on Skeptical Leftist- https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1644698050?sr=a&t=14s...
Nov 07, 2022•1 hr 28 min
In times like these, the news is scary enough amirite?! Nuclear war, assassination attempts, Kanye… all very spooky stuff. You know what else is spooky? Ozone-depleting CFCs. Thankfully Brandon is on the case! Happy Halloween friends, give the kids candy and save the drugs for people who will actually appreciate them. Kigali Emendment: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/23373026/kigali-amendment-signed-biden-republican-hfc-climate-change-montreal Pelosi Hammer Attack: https://www.reuters.com...
Oct 31, 2022•1 hr 10 min
Despite some technical difficulties, we’re here to bring you the quality content you’ve come to expect from Ironweeds. Musk has a plan for peace in Ukraine, but it’s going to require a lot of your tax money. He’s kind of strapped. The New York AG is suing Norlite over their hazardous materials site in Cohoes, where residents are advised to keep their windows shut lest the airborne microscopic glass get into their nervous systems. It’s soup season. The crabs are gone. The salmon are washed up. Bu...
Oct 18, 2022•54 min
What will the world’s richest man do with Twitter if and when he acquires it? Based on his text messages, some extremely stupid things. The Uvalde School Police have been nixed, and specialty police forces are proving themselves to be good at one thing: not utilizing any of their supposed extra training in a crisis. Howard Schultz is, like, super sad about all this unionizing guys. He had no idea you felt this way. And Dark Brandon Rises again with a pardon for cannabis users… but it’s not quite...
Oct 10, 2022•1 hr 10 min
