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In episode 241, Jack and Miles are joined by Yo Is This Racist's co-host Andrew Ti to discuss a Colorado store closing down after they boycotted Nike cause of Colin Kaepernick ad, Amazon canceling their plans to build an HQ in New York City, Trump calling a state of emergency over the border wall, Paul Manafort lying while under cooperation agreement, Frozen 2 trailer dropping, an absurd Newsweek story, the Oscars upsetting everyone, and more!
FOOTNOTES:
1. Colorado store that boycotted Nike after Colin Kaepernick ad will close
2. Amazon Cancels Plan For NYC Headquarter Location
3. The Art Of The Kneel: How Trump’s Tactics Kept Shrinking His Wall
4. If Trump declares a national emergency, Pelosi can jam Republicans. Here's how.
5. Fox host says if Trump supports bipartisan bill the shutdown will have been a "waste of time"
6. Document: Judge Rules Manafort Lied While Under Cooperation Agreement
7. Fox’s Andrew Napolitano: Paul Manafort lying to a grand jury means that “he’s exposed to more than 20 years in jail,” in turn meaning that “he might very well be a candidate for a pardon, and the public might accept the pardon.”
8. This clip never gets old.
9. Frozen 2 sets record for most watched animated trailer
10. SNAKE BITES MAN, MAN BITES WIFE SO THEY CAN DIE TOGETHER, WIFE SURVIVES
11. Oscar Intrigue: Did Lady Gaga Force Academy To Fix Song Snafu? Are Last Year’s Actor Winners Being Ignored As Presenters?
12. Allison Janney Will Present at the Oscars After All
13. ‘A fundamentally stupid decision’: Hollywood bashes Oscars’ move to give four awards during commercials
14. Sorry Academy, Oscars Ratings and Running Time Don’t Correlate (Opinion)
15. WATCH: Aso - Inside All Day
In episode 324, Jack and Miles are joined by Billy Wayne Davis to discuss some internet ads coming up, Google searches from different VPN's around the world, Trump's State Of The Union, federal prosecutors looking into Trump's inauguration committee, more Howard Schultz crap, Fox News hosts being surprised that people would want to tax the rich, and more!
FOOTNOTES:
1. You sent me on a Google Search experiment. Same term in different countries (VPN is my entertainment saviour in Australia). “Watch people die” features but changes position…
2. Guest list: Here’s who you’ll see at the State of the Union
3. Trump's State of the Union address
4. New York prosecutors seek records from Trump inauguration committee: Sources
5. Federal prosecutors subpoena Trump inaugural committee
6. Trump’s Inauguration Paid Trump’s Company — With Ivanka in the Middle
7. Tiffany Trump wears white, the color chosen by Democrats as a political statement, at State of the Union
8. Socially Liberal, Fiscally Conservative Voters Preferred Trump In 2016
9. Fox News Hosts Are Horrified to Learn Their Own Polls Show People Want to Tax the Rich
10. WATCH: K, Le Maestro - Hatin On Me?!
In episode 313, Jack and Miles are joined by Disgraceland host Jake Brennan to discuss FiveThirtyEight's personality quiz, Democrats' 2020 nominees, Trump directing Michael Cohen to lie to congress for him, William Barr's confirmation hearing, the speculation on what will end government shutdown, a study that links opioid overdoses and doctors who received gifts for their work, a police department in Pennsylvania asking for drunk people to train with, Netflix using real train crash footage, and more!
FOOTNOTES:
1. Most Personality Quizzes Are Junk Science. Take One That Isn’t.
2. Could Dems’ 2020 nominee be someone you’ve never heard of?
3. Why Trump’s Directing Cohen, Others to Lie Would Be Far Worse Than Watergate
4. President Trump Directed His Attorney Michael Cohen To Lie To Congress About The Moscow Tower Project
5. Klobuchar: "A president persuading a person to commit perjury would be obstruction. Is that right?"
6. @LindseyGrahamSC: "If there was some reason to believe that the president tried to coach somebody not to testify or to testify falsely that could be obstruction of justice?"
7. Waiting for a Shutdown to End in Disaster
8. Study Links Drug Maker Gifts for Doctors to More Overdose Deaths
9. Police Seek Volunteers To Drink To Excess
10. Netflix Won't Remove Footage of Real-Life Train Crash From 'Bird Box'
11. lac megantic train crash
12. WATCH: UNKLE - Bloodstain
In episode 306, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian and writer Carmen Angelica to discuss Woodstock 2019, Paul Manafort and the Trump Administration's collusion with Russia, the stuff discussed in Trump's press conference this week, Angela Davis losing a civil rights award for boycotting Israel, the current surplus of cheese in the United States, a nudest restaurant closing down in France, and more!
FOOTNOTES:
1. We’re Getting Another Woodstock, Now With Glamping
2. Manafort Accused of Sharing Trump Polling Data With Russian Associate
3. Paul Manafort Does Indeed Have Gout
4. Marc Thiessen: Trump started the shutdown but Democrats are about to own it
5. What the President Could Do If He Declares a State of Emergency
6. Transcript: Trump's Address On Border Security And Democratic Response
7. Trump’s wall won’t do anything about the opioid epidemic
8. Drug-smuggling tunnel to Mexico found under abandoned KFC in Arizona
9. Trump Administration Finally Adds Drug Czar – But Will He Be Able to Do His Job?
10. Newest shutdown casualty: Trump’s own policies
11. How the shutdown is reaching a breaking point
12. Trump budget would effectively kill drug control office
13. Kellyanne Conway Suggests Ice Cream Can Help Avoid Drug Addiction
14. Angela Davis Says She’s ‘Stunned’ After Award Is Revoked Over Her Views on Israel
15. Statement on the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
16. Nobody Is Moving Our Cheese: American Surplus Reaches Record High
17. Nude restaurant in Paris clotheses citing lack of business
18. WATCH: The Heliocentrics - Space Time Girl
In episode 303, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Billy Wayne Davis to discuss a certain Bachelor contestant who has gone viral, Ellen pushing Kevin Hart to host the Oscars, Representative Rashida Tlaib's comments about Trump, the R.Kelly docuseries, the Golden Globes, Mary Poppins leaving it's socialist ways behind, and more!
FOOTNOTES:
1. The Ultimate Scammer Is This Woman On ‘The Bachelor’ Faking An Australian Accent
2. Ellen Reveals She Called the Academy to Help Re-Hire Kevin Hart As Oscars Host
3. Rep. Rashida Tlaib uses profanity in call for the impeachment of President Trump, reaction from Democrat John Garamendi
4. What Rashida Tlaib gets totally wrong about attacking Donald Trump
5. Maker of Surviving R. Kelly talks about the difficulties of producing the docuseries
6. Who Should (and Will) Win at the Golden Globes This Weekend?
7. Golden Globe predictions 2019: Complete film odds in all 14 categories
8. WATCH: Mary Poppins – Bank Run
9. Red threat: Socialist secrets of 'Mary Poppins'
10. How ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Misses the Spirit of the Original
11. WATCH: マホロボシヤ By Ichiko Aoba
In episode 302, Jack and special guest host Jamie Loftus is joined by comedian Caitlin Durante in this Bechdal Cast take over to discuss the Bird Box challenge, the Masked Singer television show, the video of Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez that has offended conservatives, all the women who were sworn in to Congress this week, the government shut down, Trump's press briefing, the 2019 Coachella line up, Apple stock going down, a frozen remnant in the Solar System, the hacking of Migos, and more!
FOOTNOTES:
1. Netflix warns against Bird Box challenge as dangerous trend goes viral
2. Who Are The Masked Singer Celebrity Contestants? These Are Our Best Guesses
3. Introducing 'The Masked Singer,' Featuring Television's Hottest Peacock-Hippo Battle
4. Conservatives Have Exposed AOC’s Incredibly Wholesome Past
5. What is the problem here? Do we live in Footloose Town? Was I unaware that we were living in Footloose Town this entire time?
6. New members sworn in to most diverse Congress ever – in pictures
7. Dirty parks, closed museums: The government shutdown grinds on
8. Mitt Romney Says Trump ‘Has Not Risen to the Mantle of the Office’
9. Poll: Iowa Republicans Would Reelect Trump, But They’d Also Welcome a Primary
10. President Trump makes surprise statement in White House briefing room
11. Coachella 2019 lineup: Ariana Grande, Childish Gambino and Tame Impala to headline
12. ‘Idris Elba Performing at Coachella?’ The Story Behind His DJing Career
13. Apple and Samsung feel the sting of plateauing smartphones
14. A year and a half ago, I went on a crazy two and a half week odyssey in support of the @NASANewHorizonsmission. Four countries, two and two half Pacific crossings, two occultations, and two nights on Mauna Kea. #UltimaThule#UltimaFlyby#MU69occ
15. The Most Distant Place We’ve Visited
16. Did a Brockton man hack the Twitter page of Migos rapper Takeoff?
17. WATCH: Megapuss - Theme From Hollywood
In this new year, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Laci Mosley and super producer Anna Hossnieh to make some super accurate predictions for the year of 2019.
In episode 293, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Sara June to discuss the most Googled foods, a preview of the 2020 candidates, the Google CEO sitting down to testify in front of congress, the fall out of the Trump/Pelosi/Schumer showdown, the silence of Mike Pence, Michael Cohen going to prison, Michael Flynn asking for leniency, Maria Butina flipping, and more!
FOOTNOTES:
1. Foods we Googled in 2018: Unicorn cake, CBD gummies, keto everything
2. Whole Foods Ranked Worst on Cancer-Linked Package Chemicals
3. Bernie Sanders still says class is more important than race. He is still wrong
4. Bernie’s Plan for Racial Justice
5. Cynthia Nixon, like Bernie Sanders before her, has a problem with black Democrats
6. It’s time to end the myth that black voters don’t like Bernie Sanders
7. After @SteveKingIA raises inscrutable concerns about iPhones, Google CEO Sunday Pichai patiently informs him, "Congressman, iPhone is made by a different company."
8. Trump Springs Shutdown Stunt On Chuck and Nancy, Makes Everything Worse
9. Trump says he would be 'proud' to shut down the government over border wall funding
10. These Tweets About Mike Pence Are Joking That He's Taken A Vow of Silence
11. Everybody’s Wrong: Donald Trump Won the Chuck-n-Nancy Meeting, and Here’s Why
12. Michael Cohen sentenced to 3 years in prison
13. Michael Flynn's lawyers request no prison time, defend cooperation with Mueller team
14. Maria Butina, accused Russian agent, reaches plea deal with prosecutors
15. WATCH: Sam Gendel - Pure Imagination (Lo Fi)
In episode 292, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Sara Schaefer to discuss Nicki Minaj defending another sex offender, the business of location based tracking, Trump's showdown with Nancy Pelosi over the border wall, deaths that have occurred at Airbnb's, and more!
FOOTNOTES:
1. Nicki Minaj Defends Another Sex Offender. This One Happens to Be Her Boyfriend
2. Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night, and They’re Not Keeping It Secret
3. Trump Makes Misleading Border Wall Claims Before Meeting With Democrats
4. Pelosi, Schumer to meet with Trump, offer $1.3 billion for border as shutdown looms
5. Trump says he’s ‘proud’ to shut down government during fight with Pelosi and Schumer
6.No, Donald Trump can’t just use Pentagon money for his border wall
7. House Minority Leader Pelosi to President Trump on vote for border wall in the House
8. "I am proud to shut down the government for border security ... I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down. I’m not going to blame you for it," President Trump tells Senate Minority Leader Schumer in the Oval Office.
9. Sen. Schumer: "When the president brags that he won North Dakota and Indiana, he's in real trouble."
10. WATCH: Fox legal analyst says he can’t imagine Trump not being indicted
11. ‘A Simple Private Transaction’: Trump Lays Out a Defense in a Campaign-Finance Case
12. Deaths at Airbnb rentals put spotlight on safety and security
13. Sara Schaefer's Easy Page
14. WATCH: Kiefer - aaaaa
In episode 288, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Guy Montgomery to discuss Fortnite emotes attracting lawsuits, the break up of Cardi B and Offset, Trump and Michael Cohen's obstruction of justice, the right trying to downplay the Mueller investigation, more on the North Carolinas voter fraud, a new study on French fries, Christmas music that has been #MeToo'd, Peta pushing anti-animal language, and more!
FOOTNOTES:
1. Rapper 2 Milly Sues Epic Games For Stealing His Dance
2. Cardi B and Husband Offset Split: "We Grew Out of Love"
3. Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer, pleads guilty to lying to Congress about Moscow project
4. Trump’s latest tweets cross clear lines, experts say: Obstruction of justice and witness tampering
5. WHY IT MATTERS THAT TRUMP DENIES RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE
6. IS THIS IT?: A TRUMP-HATER’S GUIDE TO MUELLER SKEPTICISM
7. Ballot fraud allegations complicate North Carolina congressional election results
8. You Don’t Want Fries With That
9. Radio station pulls ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’ amid #MeToo movement
10. 'Baby, It's Cold Outside' Banned From Canadian Radio Stations, Too
11. ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’: The real story of the song
12. PETA offers replacement sayings for the 'anti-animal language' in daily conversations
13. WATCH: Pam Amsterdam - Landlord Elijah
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