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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
In episode 259, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Brandon Johnson to discuss 2018 being the year of costumes for black children, Megyn Kelly's thoughts on black face, updates on the Jamal Khashoggi murder, the caravan that is scaring the right, Trump's new idea to give the middle class a tax cut, more GOP family members coming out and demanding we vote DEM, what the Trump organization really does, a man groping a woman on a plane and blaming Trump, Drake beating another Beatles record, and more!
FOOTNOTES:
1. 2018 Changed the Game for Halloween Costumes for Black Kids
2. Megyn Kelly wonders what the big deal is about blackface
3. How the man behind Khashoggi murder ran the killing via Skype
4. Jamal Khashoggi case: All the latest updates
5. Surveillance footage shows Saudi 'body double' in Khashoggi's clothes after he was killed, Turkish source says
6. Saudi Royals Meet With Khashoggi’s Relatives
7. @LindseyGrahamSC condemns Saudi prince over death of Jamal Khashoggi
8. Trump and G.O.P. Candidates Escalate Race and Fear as Election Ploys
9. Trump’s Response to the Migrant Caravan Is Self-Defeating
10. Trump’s stump speech for Ted Cruz included his seemingly fake middle-class tax cut
11. 12 Laxalt family members oppose Laxalt for Nevada governor. Here's why, in their own words
12. Is Fraud Part of the Trump Organization’s Business Model?
13. Trump, Inc.
14. Pump and Trump
15. A Man Allegedly Groped a Woman on a Plane. He Told Investigators That Trump Says It’s OK.
16. Drake just eclipsed one of the Beatles' most impressive records
17. WATCH: Noname - Diddy Bop (ft. Raury & Cam O'bi)
In episode 218, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Guy Branum to discuss Olive Garden's new pasta pass, Papa John's personal website, the fall out of the Cohen plea and the Manafort trial plus the responses from Trump and Fox News, Duncan Hunter's indictment that went unnoticed, a New York woman who tricked a bunch of men on Tinder, and more!
FOOTNOTES:
1. Gorge on fettuccini until you beg for sweet death with Olive Garden's year-long, unlimited Pasta Pass
2. Save Papa Johns
3. With Cohen Implicating Trump, a Presidency’s Fate Rests With Congress
4. Man Charged After Leading Investigators To Body Believed To Be Missing Iowa Woman
5. Turley on Cohen Plea Deal: Trump Could Be 'Unindicted Co-Conspirator' on Campaign Finance Violation
6. Lanny Davis: Trump "Corrupted Our Democracy," He "Directed" Michael Cohen To Do A "Criminal Act"
7. Who Is the Mysterious “Individual-1” Implicated by Michael Cohen?
8. Trump likely safe after Cohen guilty plea, but Mueller report will be fodder for foes
9. Trump Praises Manafort for Refusing to ‘Break,’ Unlike Cohen, His Former Fixer
10. Tucker Carlson guest Alan Dershowitz compares Micheal Cohen's campaign finance violation to jaywalking
11. Trump’s comparison of the Cohen allegations to Obama is entirely wrong
12. The difference between Michael Cohen and Barack Obama, explained for Donald Trump
13. The 30 most astounding moments in Rep. Duncan Hunter's 47-page indictment
14. Eagles’ ‘Greatest Hits’ Overtakes Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ as Best-Selling Album
15. A New York woman scammed dozens of men into doing a 'live Tinder'
16. My Life as a Goddess: A Memoir through (Un)Popular Culture By Guy Branum
17. WATCH: Bobby Oroza - This Love Pt. 1
In episode 153, Jack and Miles are joined by podcast host and writer J. Keith van Straaten to discuss the McGurk effect, Trump's royal decree on Twitter and Rod Rosenstein's response, the new commemorative coin for the North Korea peace talks that hasn't happened yet, voting machines still having the ability to be hacked and no one in Congress seeming to care, how Michael Cohen thinks The Onion is real, Publix censoring their cakes, & more!
In episode 124, Jack & Miles are joined by writer & performer Billy Scafuri to discuss Mark Zuckerberg's testimony in front of congress, some more unstable comments from Trump about sneak attacks and possibly firing Mueller, Paul Ryan deciding not to run for re-election, Margaret Atwood blaming 9/11 on Star Wars, Robert Kraft meeting with Meek Mill, Tristan Thompson's shady behavior, Chuck Grassley announcing a bill to protect Mueller, & more.
In episode 123, Jack and Miles are joined by SMNTY's Bridget Todd to discuss the Michael Cohen raid, Trumps reaction to the raid, an overview of the Syria conflict and who's on who's side, Mark Zuckerberg testifying in front of congress, TJ Miller being arrested for a bomb threat, Cardi B on Fallon and how people are treating her, Conor McGregor's freak out, Shohei Ohtani being a great baseball player, & more!
In episode 101, Jack & Miles are joined by comedian Caitlin Durante to discuss North Korea & Trump's possible sit down, Stormy Daniels, Betsy DeVos's visit to Parkland, Florida;s new gun bill, a check in with Stacey Dash, Bloidwatch, & more.
In episode 93, Miles & guest host Edgar Momplaisir are joined by comedian Blake Wexler to discuss future space wars, Delta dumping the NRA, Donald Glover's New Yorker interview, Stacey Dash for congress, Bachelor contestants with STD's, & more.
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