It's not like we really thought we could completely avoid Trump news in 2018, but we get it out of the way quickly to talk about a foiled white supremacist terrorist plot in Nebraska and what Jeff Sessions is smoking.
The crew tries to hit all the highlights of 2017, though that's hard to do when twelve months takes 10 years.
@haircut_hippie joins the crew to discuss the tax bill, more sexual assault and the shrewd marketing lies of Frosted Flakes. All of this and more, on episode 64!
On November 20, 2017, the Nebraska Public Service Commission voted to approve an alternate route for the Keystone XL Pipeline. We discuss the backstory of this battle, and interview rancher/pipeline opponent Art Tanderup. We also interview Ken Winston, attorney for the BOLD Alliance and the Sierra Club in the NPSC proceeding opposing the KXL pipeline. The episode features the song Ogallala by the band Frontier Ruckus
Brendan finally returns from his epic 2 week Disney Make-a-Wish extravaganza! Just in time for the crew to give you the low down on mega corporations trying to control what you can see on the internet with the Net Nuetrality regulatory rollback. Matthew brings us back to reality with some more wacky Texas headlines.
Megan (@MemeVVitch), Chuck, and Matthew attend a wake for Baked Alaska's Twitter account, and we get a visit from the ghost of Willie Nelson, An episode so spooky, you'll wonder why we didn't release it on Halloween.
We add MSP to our territory as friend Chris ZF (@christopherZF) analyzes the 2017 special elections with us. Rand Paul gets assaulted hilariously; we make no jokes about the other assaults.
Special guest Alex (@shitshowdotinfo) joins us to talk about Bush Jr. and his dirty old man father, Republican tax cuts, and ICE deportations, and we all come to Jesus through Kevin Sorbo's new film "Let There Be Light."
Our new Senior Chicago Correspondent Megan (@MemeVVitch) joins us to talk about girls in Boy Scouts, Hollywood sexual assault allegations, the Dirtbag Left's bad week, and wearing a diaper to own the libs.
The Episode That Gets Us All Put on a List: We sit down with a member of Nebraska Antifa (@antifa_ne) to talk politics, misconceptions, praxis, and why punching Nazis is still the American thing to do.
Rocker and Texas gubernatorial candidate Thor Harris (@thorharris666) joins us to talk about his announcement, what the Texas government is doing wrong, and what we need to do to make it right. And we fire the first shots in the Midwest's newest podcast war.
Guest host Dblackrabbit joins us again for a Hot Take roundup on Trump, Puerto Rico, national anthem protests, and Great Plains news; plus, a collection of High Notes that might not be as uplifting as we'd hoped.
A sports-heavy episode, but not the topic you're thinking of: Space Jam, the predatory NCAA, gamesmanship with North Korea, and one last Hail Mary play against the ACA.
Guest Erin Goudreau lights it up on the topic of Montana wildfires and Plains politicians, while the Supreme Court throws cold water on voter rights in Texas. Plus a round-robin High Note from across the region.
As Trump messes up a deal with Dems and Irma makes a mess of Brendan's vacation plans, we try to unravel some right-wing conspiracy theories, and the right wing becomes unraveled over a cartoon video game.
As the waters recede in Houston, guest Dane Rauschenberg (@SeeDaneRun) helps us sort through all the news that washed up during the flood; hurricane rains can't wash away Joel Osteen's sins; a Pepe children's book ends up being a wash for the author.
Liquid Flannel celebrates our 50th episode with... a bunch of terrible, terrible news coming out of the White House, and across the country? That doesn't sound right. A bunch of familiar faces show up to join our 50th ep party and pick up our spirits.
Friend Nick Glesmann joins us once again as we digest a week's worth of impressions on the Charlottesville protests, determine the fate of Confederate statues, and test the boundaries of free speech.
Guest John Leavitt (@LeavittAlone) joins us to talk about the DSA, Democratic donuts, and mending the progressive split. Episode 48, with sprinkles.
Trump vs. Mueller. Liberals vs. The Left. The USDA vs. Basic Human Decency. Who will prevail, and who will be impeached? Episode 47.
A White House firing ruins jokes, and lives; A Nebraska Senator is Incredibly In Touch™; A Major Liquid Flannel Announcement.
What's worse than Trump being inappropriate in front of Boy Scouts? Possibly the Democrats' newest policy platform. A Nancy Pelosi Roundtable, dueling Senators, and more in Episode 45.
Trump's entanglements in Russia get entangled with Congress's entangled healthcare failure, and the crew once again gets entangled with podcast sanctions.
Qasim Rashid (@MuslimIQ) discusses his Washington Post editorial, religious discrimination, and educating about Islam, and Chuck and Brendan report back from the mosque open house at Omaha's Tri-Faith Initiative.
Peter Coffin joins us again as we discuss the latest version of the zombie Trumpcare bill that refuses to die and how Republicans stopped Obama from taking action to fight Russian hacking but are happy to blame him for it anyway. All that plus political factions as cliche high school tropes in the High Note. Enjoy!
The second half of Chuck and Matthew's discussion of race and racism with guest dblackrabbit.
Chuck and Matthew discuss race, racism, and the Philando Castile verdict with guest dblackrabbit, in the first half of our first-ever two-part episode.
Danielle O'Farrell joins us once again from her secret hidden island of Amazon warriors to talk about Wonder Woman, and the gang sits down over a nice hot cup of covfefe to discuss Pepes versus white nationalists.
Cooper Brinson joins Chuck and Matthew to talk about the CLDC, the rule of law in Trump's America, and why Kathy Griffen should have been holding Bill Maher's head instead.
This week we had to talk about the continuing rise of politically motivated violence but we also lighten the mood with a recap of Matthew's trip to the Board Game Geek gaming convention and Chuck's trip to Colorado.
