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In episode 374, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Alyssa Sabo to discuss why Beyoncé went to Netflix, a LOT about the heavily-redacted Mueller report, Flint getting a glimmer of hope, AMI selling the National Enquirer, and more!
FOOTNOTES:
1. Netflix Got Beyoncé’s Homecoming by Paying So Much Money
2. READ: The Mueller Report, With Redactions
3. Flint Receives $77 Million to Fund New Water Projects
4. The National Enquirer is being sold for $100 million to James Cohen, CEO of Hudson News
5. Usher - I Don't Know
In episode 373, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian and Nerdificent co-host Dani Fernandez to discuss Carl's Jr. new CBD Burger, Beyonce's Coachella documentary and album drop, Mayor Pete making Tucker Carlson...hungry, Roy Moore leading the polls in Alabama, anti-semitic coffee shop owners, the 20th anniversary of the Star Wars: Episode I premier, a little NBA Playoff talk, and more!
FOOTNOTES:
1. Carl's Jr. to Test CDB Infused Burger
2. Beyonce Releases Coachella Live Album
3. Tucker: Media cheats on Beto with Buttigieg
4. Mason-Dixon Alabama Poll 2020 Senate Race
5. Coffee shop owner faces backlash for alleged anti-Semitic posts
6. Lori Loughlin And Mossimo Giannulli Are Reportedly So Angry That People Think They’re ‘Cheaters’
7. Sunni Colón - Technicolor
In episode 372, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Amy Miller to discuss the 2019 Box Office thus far, what’s coming to save Hollywood's ass, Bernie's Town Hall on Fox News, the young women in Congress owning Conservatives, the White House staff freaking out over the Mueller report, how to make teens eat healthier and more!
FOOTNOTES:
1. HWR: Box Office Slump: 2019 Revenue Hits 6-Year Low
2. YouTube: Bernie Sanders Fox News town hall, annotated
3. MM: Six weeks of Fox's Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez obsession
4. NBC News: White House officials concerned about being exposed by Mueller report
5. ChicagoBooth: New study finds simple way to inoculate teens against junk food marketing
6. Esquire: Kit Harrington Doesn't Give a F*ck About Critics of 'Game of Thrones' Season 8
7. TheHill: Prosecutors to see months-long jail term for Felicity Huffman
In episode 371, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Brandie Posey to discuss Notre Dame Cathedral, the Lion King remake and what that means for it's original writers and animators, Trump continuing to distract from the real issues, Democrats failing to defend Ilhan Omar, a man suing his parents over his porn collection, why servers drink more, piracy helping Game of Thrones, and more!
FOOTNOTES:
1. Fire at Notre Dame cathedral
2. A side-by-side comparison of the new Lion King with the 1994 original
3. Original Lion King Writers Might Not Get Credits, Residuals from the Remake
4. Disney Writer Linda Woolverton Unhappy About Being Locked Out Of ‘Lion King’ And ‘Beauty And the Beast’ Remakes
5. The Dangers Of An Animation Contract
6. Dems demand documents on Trump 'sanctuary city' plan
7. How Democrats Did, and Did Not, Defend Ilhan Omar
8. Man sues parents for trashing porn collection worth alleged $29K
9. Study: Service-industry workers drink more because they’re faking positivity all day
10. Does piracy actually help TV shows like Game of Thrones?
11. GAME OF THRONES DIRECTOR: ONLINE PIRACY DOESN'T MATTER — WAIT, IT DOES
12. HBO admits piracy is a ‘compliment’ that doesn’t hurt sales
13. Game of Thrones piracy accounted for 17 percent of malware-infested show downloads in 2018
14. WATCH: The Equatics - Where Is Love
In episode 370, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Katia Kvinge to discuss Kim Kardashian studying to be a lawyer, the new Star Wars teaser, the problematic scene in Meet Joe Black, William Barr being shady, Trump describing his children, a Wisconsin restaurant banning middle schoolers, influencer Jesse Taylor calling the cops cause her account was deactivated, and more!
FOOTNOTES:
1. Kim Kardashian is studying to become a lawyer
2. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Might Spark an Old Fight
3. I’ve replied to people with this a couple times today now that twitter is discovering MEET JOE BLACK. But I need to post it once more for my timeline to see. It must be seen to be believed.
4. The Bigs Can’t Handle Bill Barr’s Cons
5. Inside Ivanka’s Dreamworld
6. Wisconsin restaurant bans unaccompanied middle-schoolers
7. The Instagram influencer whose 100,000-strong following got wiped says she called the police because it felt like 'a murder'
8. WATCH: A2D by Shigeto
In episode 369, Miles special guest host Laci Mosley are joined by comedian Caitlin Gill to discuss Pope Benedict blaming the LGBTQ community for Catholicism’s problems, Julian Assange being charged by the US, the GOP putting AOC and Ilhan Omar in danger, the new Governor of Florida actually caring about the environment, Lori Loughlin not wanting to go to jail, the 45 club, and more!
FOOTNOTES:
1. Ex-Pope Benedict contradicts Pope Francis in unusual intervention on sexual abuse
2. Julian Assange Charged by U.S. With Conspiracy to Hack a Government Computer
3. GOP, Fox Just Concerned Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez And Ilhan Omar Are Terrorists, Is All
4. The New Governor of Florida Is Not the Environmental Disaster Everyone Thought He’d Be
5. Aunt Becky Really, Really, Really, ReallyDoesn't Want to Go to Jail
6. Inside the (semi-)secret society for young Trump staffers
7. WATCH: Accordion by Abstract Orchestra
In episode 368, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian and Punch Up The Jam's co-host Miel Bredouw to discuss the first photograph of a black hole, yogurt sales going down, Bernie's medicare for all bill, the anti-abortion movie dropping, Trump using Batman music without permission, how the Game of Thrones final season is set for one billion viewers, a Game of Thrones album, the price of Avengers: End Game tickets, and more!
FOOTNOTES:
1. The first picture of a black hole opens a new era of astrophysics
2. Yogurt Sales Sour as Options Proliferate
3. Sanders unveils new Medicare for all bill with backing from other 2020 Dems
4. Bernie Sanders’ new Medicare for All bill goes even further than before
5. WATCH: Unplanned Official Trailer - In Theaters March 29
6. How a faith-based movie studio is seizing the moment in Trump's America
7. Unplanned review – anti-abortion propaganda is a gory mess
8. Trump Campaign Video That Used ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Score Removed After Warner Bros. Takes Legal Action
9. An Interview With the Guy Who Made That Wild Trump 2020 Trailer
10. Final season of GoT set for over one billion viewers
11. A 'GAME OF THRONES' INSPIRED ALBUM IS COMING FROM ARTISTS LIKE SZA, LIL PEEP, MAREN MORRIS AND MORE
12. Someone Just Spent $15,000 on 'Avengers: Endgame' Tickets
13. Those Avengers: Endgame Tickets Selling For $15,000 On eBay Are Total Bullshit
14. WATCH: Keita Juma - Calm. Chi (Produced by Keita Juma)
In episode 367, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Lydia Popovich to discuss trampoline parks being unsafe, thank you emails after an job interview, Candace Owens claiming white nationalism isn't a thing, Ilhan Omar being called anti-semitic again for pointing out that Stephen Miller is a white nationalist, William Barr releasing the Mueller report soon with redactions, the resurgence of Subway, Lori Loughlin being indicted on more charges, and more!
FOOTNOTES:
1. Dem senator calls for increased scrutiny of 'trampoline parks'
2. I've been hiring people for 10 years, and I still swear by a simple rule: If someone doesn't send a thank-you email, don't hire them.
3. Candace Owens Is Racist White America’s Black Friend and She Just Told Congress That White Nationalism Isn’t a Thing
4. Rep. Ilhan Omar called Stephen Miller a ‘white nationalist.’ GOP critics accused her of anti-Semitism.
5. Republican Jewish Coalition Leadership Meeting
6. William Barr Says Mueller Report Will Be Public ‘Within a Week’
7. Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” is officially the biggest song in the country
8. Subway's Menu Gears Up for an ‘Innovation Renaissance’
9. Felicity Huffman's guilty plea a "very bad sign" for Lori Loughlin, legal expert says
10. LORI LOUGHLIN AND HUBBY JUST INDICTED FOR ADDITIONAL CHARGE OF MONEY LAUNDERING
11. WATCH: Oscar Jerome - Chromatic Descendants
In episode 366, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Sofiya Alexandra to discuss how to banish telemarketers from calling you, Modern Monetary Theory, Trump picking Herman Cain to run the Federal Reserve, Kirstjen Nielsen resigning as Homeland Security Secretary, how the Dunning Kruger Effect is selective, and more!
FOOTNOTES:
1. Banish telemarketers from your phone
2. Modern Monetary Theory Finds an Embrace in an Unexpected Place: Wall Street
3. MMT – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
4. Herman Cain drops out of presidential race
5. Why We Need the Fed
6. Trump Says Herman Cain, Ex-Pizza Executive, Is in ‘Good Shape’ for Fed Seat
7. Dimon: U.S. student loan debt is ‘now starting to affect the economy’
8. Kirstjen Nielsen Resigns as Trump’s Homeland Security Secretary
9. Trump is removing US Secret Service director
10. ‘It’s way too many’: As vacancies pile up in Trump administration, senators grow concerned
11. Not so above average after all: When people believe they are worse than average and its implications for theories of bias in social comparison
12. Pessimistic Bias in Comparative Evaluations: A Case of Perceived Vulnerability to the Effects of Negative Life Events
13. WATCH: Infinite Bisous - Sole Mate
In episode 365, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Zahra Noorbakhsh to discuss the 25th anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death, Game of Thrones branding everywhere, presidential taxes, Joe Biden's weak apology, the Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus Old Town Road remix, Lori Loughlin's daughter hating her, Beyonce walking out on Reebok because of lack of diversity, and more!
FOOTNOTES:
1. Kurt Cobain: What to Read and Watch, 25 Years After the Nirvana Leader’s Death
2. WATCH: Game of Thrones Main Title by MTN DEW– Extended Cut
3. Trump Asked That Confirmation of I.R.S. Counsel Be a Priority
4. Let’s Talk Presidential Taxes
5. Biden apologizes for making anyone uncomfortable, says it wasn't his intention
6. WATCH: Lil Nas X - Old Town Road (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus) [Remix]
7. Olivia Jade Feels Parents Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli Have ‘Ruined Everything’ for Her Amid College Scandal
8. Beyonce walked out of deal with Reebok over pitch team's lack of diversity: report
9. WATCH: Best motivational speech EVER! *Never give up!!!* Eric Thomas
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