E43: Serena Williams Zips Up Her Poonts!

It’s primary day in New York and we are gagging over politicians’ peculiar food combination choices. Also in this episode: Barnes & Noble’s ill-fated foray into the charcuterie business, fishing in a Chelsea restaurant, a PTSD-inducing mall in Bangkok, deranged Minions at New York Fashion Week, an invitation to support wolf therapy, a feline railway executive, Gwen Stefani’s responsibility for the current White House occupant…and, last but not least, how to have a dream vacation just like Thelma & Louise did. HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/id1312654524?mt=2 SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope BUZZSPROUT http://www.buzzsprout.com/208569 SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope In this week’s episode: Listen as Sen. Orrin Hatch grills Brett Kavanaugh about his fondness for spaghetti with ketchup: https://twitter.com/KMOV/status/1036997970061869056 Witness Cynthia Nixon’s controversial bagel order at Zabar’s: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/09/11/lox-her-up-controversy-swirls-after-cynthia-nixon-puts-fish-on-cinnamon-raisin-bagel/?utm_term=.206d19dc305d Booksellers should not get into the restaurant business. Here’s why: https://www.eater.com/2018/9/7/17831478/barnes-noble-kitchen-restaurants-failure Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime, unless he’s fishing in this Chelsea restaurant: https://ny.eater.com/2017/6/12/15785578/zauo-chelsea-fish-for-dinner In one of the worst ideas of all time, a Bangkok mall opens a display of a replica of the Thai cave that entrapped a young soccer team: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/sep/01/thai-cave-rescue-bangkok-mall-opens-exhibition-plastic-cave See Jeremy Scott’s pants-boot combination (aka Poonts) unveiled on the runways of New York Fashion Week: http://www.latimes.com/fashion/la-ig-jeremy-scott-nyfw-20180907-story.html Check out Wolf Connection, a non-profit that pairs at-risk children with wolves, because what could possibly go wrong? https://wolfconnection.org/ Read the Wikipedia page for Tama, the Japanese cat who rose through the ranks to become a renowned transportation executive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tama_(cat) The person responsible for Donald Trump’s election is...Gwen Stefani? https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2018/09/06/michael-moore-claims-trump-ran-president-because-gwen-stefani/1210403002/ Heed the advice of Sydney Morning Herald columnist Kerri Sackville and have the vacation of a lifetime with your best friend, just like Thelma and Louise: https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/how-to-go-on-holiday-with-your-best-friend-20180906-p50254.html Big #YUP to… India, for legalizing gay sex: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/06/world/asia/india-gay-sex-377.html U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka: https://ftw.usatoday.com/2018/09/naomi-osaka-serena-williams-us-open-ellen-told-her-video-tennis