Grading the World

Tyreek Hill's arrest, Matt's horrific dream, Joe hates America, X gets in trouble, and a Norwood ice cream stand fiasco

Matt is busy with back to school stuff this week, so Joe chats with journalist and author A.J. Jacobs about his books "The Year of Living Biblically" and "The Year of Living Constitutionally" Unclean seats, stoning adulterers, AI James Madison, Election Cakes, and more!

RFK Jr's continued wildlife adventures, a DNC scam, a Denver Post columnist's feud with Coach Prime, and the NWSL dumps the draft.

A DNC wrapup, a few sports-adjacent stories, Disney being Disney, and RFK Jr. drops out.

Matt's at the beach this week so Joe sits down with Diggin' Oak Island host Dave McBride for a chat about the 230-year old mystery and the History Channel program "The Curse of Oak Island."

Triathletes in the Seine, Imane Khelif's tough win, RFK Jr's decade-old idiocy, and more

Matt's thoughts on the DNC's latest big move, a quick rundown on the Olympics, and JD Vance's inflammatory words.

Alec Baldwin's charges are dropped, nature is on a rampage, and Joe Biden steps aside.

Further analysis of the Trump shooting with help from a former Secret Service agent and Trump's choice for VP - JD Vance of Vance Refrigeration

Shark attacks near Cape Cod, a Springfield school security guard arrested on gun charges, ammunitino vending machines, Supreme Court impeachments, the Global Peace Index, and a quick report on the shooting at the Donald Trump rally in Butler, PA

Presidential immunity for "official acts," Joe Biden sticks it out, Project 2025, the WNBA All-Star voting, and the disappointing third season of The Bear 

Another state wants to obliterate the separation of church and state a Paris poop protest, the demonization of cell phones, and Reggie Jackson's stark honesty.

So long to the Say Hey Kid, An Idaho bar owner does a very Idaho thing, the Massachusetts 911 outage, and the Portland Pickles' concessionary innovation.

Joe is officially a Spanish resident, Caitlin Clark is left off the primary Olympic team roster, and Hunter Biden's conviction.

Chennedy Carter hip-checks Caitlin Clark and the rest of the world suddenly discovers  the WNBA, and some other stuff.

The death of Bill Walton, Donald Trump is guilty 34 times, massive cuts in the Enfield, CT school budget, John Kirby's foot-in-mouth day, Scottie Scheffler's charges are dropped, and MLB makes an empty gesture to the Negro Leagues

Quick follow-ups on orca attacks and the Butker backlash, campaign promotions, Scottie Scheffler, a Bluey fiasco, and Massachusetts raises $1.8 billion taxing millionaires.

Another orca attack, Aja WIlson and Caitlin Clark's statements on race and marketability, Harrison Butker's religious ignorance, and the new Netflix/NFL deal

Colleges respond positively to campus protests, the power of student journalism,  the WNBA gets charter flights, a worm eats RFK Jr.'s brain, and Baby Reindeer.

Training AI on creating art with Rhode Island School of Design professor Griffin Smith, plus an update on pro-Palestine protests on college campuses and administrative reactions to them

Women's basketball deepfakes, an interesting WNBA funding proposal, protests on college campuses across the nation, and TikTok and non-compete clauses are banned

The WNBA Draft, Tennessee teachers get guns, Maine takes a step toward sanity, and the Curb Your Enthusiasm Finale

OJ expires, the liberation of education, more charges in the Abby Zwerner shooting, and Yesterday

The NCAA Final Four and the Washington Post Kim Mulkey profile, Literally Anybody Else for President (literally), OpenAI's new voice cloning tool, and Danica Patrick is wrong again.

The Francis Scott Key bridge collapse, abuse of Arizona ESA funds, Caitlin Clark's $5 million offer from Ice Cube's Big 3, cat pics for library fines, and betting scandals in pro sports.