Episodes

March 17, 2025

Episode 829: Transgenic Mice and Rich People Lose 200 Billion

r/PublicFreakout on Reddit: Rep John Larson fully unloads on Republicans supporting Elon Trump Decried Millions Spent ‘Making Mice Transgender.’ It Was Cancer and Asthma Research Five of the world’s richest people attended Trump’s inauguration. They have lost $209 billion since that day | The Independent Trump freezes $1 billion in food aid given to local schools and food banks to help low-income families | The Independent Exclusive: US CDC plans study into vaccines and autism, sources say | Reu...
Episode 829: Transgenic Mice and Rich People Lose 200 Billion
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Episode 829: Transgenic Mice and Rich People Lose 200 Billion
March 13, 2025

Episode 828: The Psychedelic Miracle

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/the-psychedelic-miracle-128798/
Episode 828: The Psychedelic Miracle
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Episode 828: The Psychedelic Miracle
March 10, 2025

Episode 827: Zelenskyy Visits Whitehouse

One of the Grimmest Days in American Diplomacy - The Atlantic Who is Brian Glenn? MTG's boyfriend confronted Zelenskyy about 'wearing a suit' Oklahoma GOP advances bill letting Christian doctors deny services to patients Trump Reveals Tariffs Plan to Ruin American Farmers’ Lives | The New Republic Democratic Rep. Al Green removed after disrupting Trump's speech Hank Kunneman Says Trump Is A 'Moses-Like Figure' Sent By God To Give Christians Control Of The Seven Mountains | People For RFK Jr comm...
Episode 827: Zelenskyy Visits Whitehouse
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Episode 827: Zelenskyy Visits Whitehouse
March 6, 2025

Episode 826: Tesla Tanks and Plump Beavers

Tesla Sales Are Tanking Across The World AI-Generated Video Of Trump Kissing Elon Musk’s Feet Reportedly Plays In HUD Building TikTokers dropping heavy objects on feet in viral trend ‘risk lifetime of pain’ | The Herald Colombian police catch a man smuggling packets of cocaine under toupee | AP News Cars frozen on streets of southwest Detroit ‘Plump’ beaver is Chicago’s newest viral sensation. Now, it just needs a name Chimps prefer peeing together, 600 hours of study shows | The Asahi Shimbun: ...
Episode 826: Tesla Tanks and Plump Beavers
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Episode 826: Tesla Tanks and Plump Beavers
March 3, 2025

Episode 825: Townhall Blowback

Rudy Giuliani satisfies Fulton County election workers' $148 million defamation case - ABC News House Republicans hit the brakes on town halls after blowback over Trump's cuts Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy | Common Dreams ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account "A woman is like a child": MAGA quickly turns its sights on stripping Republican women of power | Salon.com Maxwell Frost, Democratic congressman, punished f...
Episode 825: Townhall Blowback
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Episode 825: Townhall Blowback
Feb. 24, 2025

Episode 824: DOGE Keeps Failing So Hard

Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile, sources say | CNN USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them Thousands Protest on Presidents’ Day, Calling Trump a Tyrant ‘King’ - The New York Times Trump says Zelensky ‘should have never started’ war with Russia Dems Reportedly Angry That Progressives Are Pushing Them to Act Like an Opposition Party | Common Dreams Tens of millions of dead people a...
Episode 824: DOGE Keeps Failing So Hard
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Episode 824: DOGE Keeps Failing So Hard
Feb. 20, 2025

Episode 823: The Anti-Social Century

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/02/american-loneliness-personality-politics/681091/
Episode 823: The Anti-Social Century
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Episode 823: The Anti-Social Century
Feb. 17, 2025

Episode 822: Boogers on the Resolute Desk

Trump Humiliated in the ‘Most Powerless Image Ever’ of a U.S. President: O’Donnell Democratic FEC Chair Ellen Weintraub says Trump fired her. She says it's not legal. - CBS News Trump Desperately Tries to Blame Anyone but Himself for Inflation | The New Republic Thousands of Danes sign petition to buy California from U.S. | KTLA Nancy Pelosi faces primary challenge from former AOC aide - POLITICO Measles outbreak erupts in one of Texas’ least-vaccinated counties Trump is flat-out lying about the...
Episode 822: Boogers on the Resolute Desk
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Episode 822: Boogers on the Resolute Desk
Feb. 13, 2025

Episode 821: Sasquatch Deposed and a Harbinger Duck

Florida man eats diet of butter, cheese, beef; cholesterol oozes from his body - Ars Technica Google caves to Donald Trump’s executive order and will change ‘Gulf of Mexico’ to ‘Gulf of America’ on its maps 'Who Sent You?': Missouri Homeowner Shoots at Teens Playing 'Ding Dong Ditch,' Chases Them Down In Car and Holds Them at Gunpoint on Ground, Authorities Say The World’s Oldest Anus Has an Unexplained Glow in Florida GoFundMe raises nearly $30K for Indiana pizza delivery driver who was tipped ...
Episode 821: Sasquatch Deposed and a Harbinger Duck
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Episode 821: Sasquatch Deposed and a Harbinger Duck
Feb. 10, 2025

Episode 820: Elon Musk Is President

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker blocks Jan. 6 rioters from state jobs after Trump pardons Elon Musk Is President - The Atlantic China counters with tariffs on US products. It will also investigate Google Trump faces moment of reckoning on trade after delaying tariffs What did Mexico give Trump? A bit of theatre, says former ambassador | CBC News White House preparing executive order to abolish the Education Department "There is no common ground with fascists": Progressives rip Klobuchar's call for bip...
Episode 820: Elon Musk Is President
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Episode 820: Elon Musk Is President
Feb. 3, 2025

Episode 819: 30,000 migrants to Guantanamo

Trump has pulled Fauci’s security detail, source says | CNN Politics Trump administration offers roughly 2 million federal workers a buyout to resign Trump to prepare facility at Guantanamo for 30,000 migrants | Reuters Rightwingers tell bishop to die because she begged Donald Trump to have mercy on trans kids - LGBTQ Nation Trump Attacks FEMA, Says States Should ‘Take Care Of Their Own Problems’ | HuffPost Latest News Musk tells Germans to get over 'past guilt' in speech to far-right AfD rally ...
Episode 819: 30,000 migrants to Guantanamo
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Episode 819: 30,000 migrants to Guantanamo
Jan. 27, 2025

Episode 818: Inauguration Day Executive Orders

Did Elon Musk Seriously Just Do a Nazi Salute at Trump’s Inauguration? | The New Republic Reddit Users Boycott X Links After Elon Musk’s Gesture at Inaugural Event - The New York Times AOC ’28 Starts Now - Truthdig Republicans Suddenly Illiterate After Trump’s January 6 Pardons | The New Republic Inside Trump’s Decision to Pardon Ross Ulbricht, the Creator of the Silk Road Drug Marketplace - The New York Times Shove the Presidency Down Trump’s Throat | The New Republic Everything Trump did in th...
Episode 818: Inauguration Day Executive Orders
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Episode 818: Inauguration Day Executive Orders
Episode 817: Confirmation Hearings for Hegseth, Warnings against RFK
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Episode 817: Confirmation Hearings for Hegseth, Warnings against RFK
Jan. 16, 2025

Episode 816: A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found

https://www.propublica.org/article/ap3-oath-keepers-militia-mole
Episode 816: A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found
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Episode 816: A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found
Jan. 13, 2025

Episode 815: Meta Ends Fact Checking, DOGE Targets Education

Trump is reportedly complaining about Elon in private — and hates ‘President Musk’ joke | The Independent Johnson says House Republicans will investigate Jan. 6 committee Strict abortion laws since fall of Roe have led to increased infant deaths — not fewer Kids' low reading scores are 'a 5-alarm fire,' says DOGE's Ramaswamy. His solution: Eliminate the Education Department. The huge stakes for free speech in a new Supreme Court case about porn | Vox Kent Christmas Says God Will Soon Kill Presid...
Episode 815: Meta Ends Fact Checking, DOGE Targets Education
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Episode 815: Meta Ends Fact Checking, DOGE Targets Education
Jan. 9, 2025

Episode 814: Pit Diaper, Bubble Boy at Sea

Amazon doesn't even have space for everyone it ordered back to the office Bus driver sacked after being caught singing and playing the piano in wine bar while 'off sick' from work wins his job back Passenger blasted for bringing ‘emotional support’ Great Dane on airplane: ‘This s—t is getting out of hand’ New York woman blames Star Trek license plates for tens of thousands of dollars in accidental tickets New pleather mosh 'pit diaper' sells out after viral restroom incident at concert NBA’s Hor...
Episode 814: Pit Diaper, Bubble Boy at Sea
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Episode 814: Pit Diaper, Bubble Boy at Sea
Jan. 6, 2025

Episode 813: Raw Water and RFK Plans to Ban Drug Ads

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Wants to Ban Drug Ads on TV. It Wouldn’t Be Easy. - The New York Times Trump Pisses Off MAGA Fans With Sudden Reversal on Jimmy Carter | The New Republic Democrats elect Rep. Gerry Connolly over progressive star AOC for top Oversight Committee post Dem Congresswoman Retires With Message to All Old People in Office | The New Republic Kay Granger’s Senior Living Revelation Draws Fresh Scrutiny to Aging Congress - The New York Times Trump Backers Battle Online Over Skilled Imm...
Episode 813: Raw Water and RFK Plans to Ban Drug Ads
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Episode 813: Raw Water and RFK Plans to Ban Drug Ads
Dec. 23, 2024

Episode 812: President Musk, Vatican on Brink of Bankruptcy - With Noah Lugeons

Elon Musk Flexes His Political Strength as Government Shutdown Looms - The New York Times Joe Biden calls for ban on congressional stock trading | AP News Survey: Most voters disapprove of RFK Jr.’s nomination after learning his view Vatican 'on the brink of Bankruptcy' due to dramatic decline in global donations under Pope Francis' Leadership - Irish Star RFK Jr.’s Lawyer Has Asked the FDA to Revoke Polio Vaccine Approval - The New York Times Flat-Earthers Travel To Antarctica To Test Theories,...
Episode 812: President Musk, Vatican on Brink of Bankruptcy - With Noah Lugeons
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Episode 812: President Musk, Vatican on Brink of Bankruptcy - With Noah Lugeons
Dec. 16, 2024

Episode 811: The meaning crisis with Dr. Aaron

Tom is off this week and I am joined by Aaron Rabinowitz Ph.D. to talk about his latest article in the Skeptic UK: Also check out And follow Aaron on Bluesky at
Episode 811: The meaning crisis with Dr. Aaron
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Episode 811: The meaning crisis with Dr. Aaron
Dec. 12, 2024

Episode 810: Inside the Vatican’s secret saint-making process

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/dec/03/miracle-vatican-dicastery-secret-saint-carlo-acutis-pope https://www.mariavision.it/santuario-spogliazione-assisi
Episode 810: Inside the Vatican’s secret saint-making process
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Episode 810: Inside the Vatican’s secret saint-making process
Episode 809: Florida Bill to Ban Weather Modification
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Episode 809: Florida Bill to Ban Weather Modification
Dec. 5, 2024

Episode 808: NSFW Traffic Signs and Lead Flavored Chocolate

Cops Searching for Vigilante Who Installed NSFW Traffic Signs in Colorado 'Disgusting and completely unacceptable' head kick after pickleball tournament loss goes viral - ABC News Lindt admits its chocolate isn't actually 'expertly crafted with the finest ingredients' The Onion wins auction for Alex Jones' media company Americans upset about Trump win offered '€1 houses' in Italian village of Ollolai | US News A new eagle camera is going live in Minnesota to the delight of global viewers | AP Ne...
Episode 808: NSFW Traffic Signs and Lead Flavored Chocolate
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Episode 808: NSFW Traffic Signs and Lead Flavored Chocolate
Dec. 2, 2024

Episode 807: Kirk Cameron and Anti-Socialist Kid Shows

The Right Has a Bluesky Problem - The Atlantic Trump vows new Canada, Mexico, China tariffs that threaten global trade | Reuters Jack Smith Leaving Option to Charge Donald Trump in the Future - Newsweek Opinion | Kennedy’s Antivax Views and Friends Can Cause Real Damage - The New York Times Kirk Cameron Launches "Anti-Socialism" Kids Show - Joe.My.God. Republicans Target Social Sciences to Curb Ideas They Don’t Like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to waive tuition for families making less ...
Episode 807: Kirk Cameron and Anti-Socialist Kid Shows
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Episode 807: Kirk Cameron and Anti-Socialist Kid Shows
Episode 806: AI Grandmas and Kenneth Copeland
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Episode 806: AI Grandmas and Kenneth Copeland