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Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Charles (@charlesrockhill) rec: Crimes of the Future (SPOILERS) and Allison recs RRR. Light Treason News is now on Spotify! Leave us a nice ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review! In bad news: Texas and Oklahoma mass shootings In good news: N.Y. passes a bill that raises the age to buy and own semi-automatic rifles and Canada's British Columbia temporarily decriminalizes some drug p...

Ep 277: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@meredithlclark) kind of rec Men, rec The Staircase, and sort of anti-rec (unless you're a freak) The Sadness. Light Treason News is now on Spotify! Leave us a nice ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review! In bad news: Racist mass shooting in Buffalo, GOP votes against easing baby formula shortage, fifth circuit's ambush against the SEC, SCOTUS hands a victory to da...

Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Charles (@charlesrockhill) review Pam Anderson in Chicago and kind of rec Multiverse of Madness. Light Treason News is now on Spotify! Leave us a nice ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review! In bad news: SCOTUS set to overturn Roe V. Wade and the Senate is more concerned with providing the Justices more security. In good news: Justice Alito's neighbors hate him and a reminder that p...

Ep 275: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (MeredithLClark) rec: The Northman, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, and Under The Banner of Heaven. In bad news: The UN's newest climate change report is its most dire warning yet, Wynn Bruce lighting himself on fire to protest lack of action on climate change barely gets coverage, unprecedented water restrictions in California, the far-righ...

Ep 274: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) recs: Rothaniel, Severance, and Peacemaker. In bad news: NYPD botched protocol in the wake of the subway shooting (why is their budget $10 million+ again?), and it was a Syrian immigrant — not the cops — who finally ID'd the shooter leading to his arrest. Also, Elon tries to buy twitter, and conservatives continue to attack abortion rights. In good news: Judge Ke...

Ep 273: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) recs: Is It Cake?, Everything Everywhere All At Once, X, and Atlanta, and briefly talks about the Oscars and The Slap. In bad news: White House records of January 6 show more than a seven-hour gap in Trump's calls and NYC executes its plan to clear homeless encampments. In good news: Madison Cawthorn goes full Lady Whistledown and dishes about the seedy behavior...

Ep 272: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) reads some Patreon recs/updates and then recs Deep Water (SPOILERS) along with Meredith (@MeredithLClark) who also recs A24's X. Next, Allison and Meredith offer their 2022 Oscars predictions, speculations, and hot takes. Enjoy! Light Treason News is supported by members! To sign up and keep the show going, visit lighttreason.news

Ep 271: Allison recs Drive My Car, gives some thoughts on the Oscar nominees, and recaps the Super Bowl halftime show (including Kendrick's censored lyrics). In bad news: The anti-lockdown Canada (pro-pandemic) protests and Horatio Sanz's pattern of predatory behavior In good news: Allison thinks it's very funny these babies were fake baptized (just kidding, all baptisms are fake), Trump and his a...

Ep 270: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@meredithlclark) rec: Sundance's Resurrection and Something In The Dirt and Allison reads some Patreon comments and recs: Summer Of Soul and Worst Person In The World, while Meredith recs Riders Of Justice. They also discuss Jersey's groundhog Milltown Mel dying before Groundhog Day and Rudy Giuliani appearing on the Masked Singer In bad news: US Co...

Ep 270: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@meredithlclark) rec: Archive 81, and Allison recs: Yellowjackets (no spoilers), Euphoria, Vigil, and The Ministry For The Future, while Meredith recs: My Heart is a Chainsaw, and they answer a Patron question about dating In bad news: #WestElmCaleb isn't love-bombing and Americans are forced to return to work even while sick with Covid In good news...

Ep 269: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@meredithlclark) rec: The Lost Daughter, C'mon C'mon, and Station Eleven, and Meredith further recs: The Card Counter, The Velvet Vampire, and Citi Zēni's "Eat Your Salad" In bad news: Betty White and Sidney Poitier are gone but taught us how to live full lives, CDC reports record number of child Covid hospitalizations, and the cringe performance by...

Ep 268: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) recs: Spider-Man: No Way Home (No Spoilers!), the Succession finale, Don't Look Up, Station Eleven, The Duel, Tragedy of Macbeth, and A Gentleman In Moscow, and Meredith (@MeredithLClark) recs: Shudder's The Medium, Dark and Rikki Ducornet's Traffic In bad news: Omicron is spreading like a mofo, and Capitalism kills: Amazon employees killed during storm (and repo...

Ep 268: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@meredithlclark) rec: House of Gucci (Jeremy Irons owns a castle!) and Power Of The Dog, and Allison recs Tick, Tick...Boom! (and shouts out the late, great Stephen Sondheim) and Disney+'s Hawkeye. Plus, Meredith asks for advice about a neighbor and some Patreon recs! In bad news: SCOTUS is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade (here is a list of abortion...

Ep 267: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) recs: Rachel, Adele's 30, and Taylor Swift's Red (maybe stop dating 20-year-olds, Jake?), Power Of The Dog, Yellowstone, Narcos, and unpacks the new Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer In bad news: Kyle Rittenhouse and the ongoing crisis of White Male Rage In good news: Devonia Inman sees his conviction overturned after 23 years behind bars and abortion is still supe...

Ep 267: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@MerdithLClark) lightly rec Eternals, while Allison recs: Spencer, French Dispatch, and anti-recs Last Night In Soho, and Meredith recs Midnight Mass. In bad news: Joe Manchin continues to suck and the watered down Infrastructure bill and Aaron Rodgers lied about being vaccinated. In good news: Claude Garrett could soon have charges vacated after ne...

Description Ep 266: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) recs: Dune, Succession, and You s3 (no spoilers), and reads some Patreon recs In bad news: Alec Baldwin prop gun accident, IATSE, and Hollywood labor issues (and how the supply chain shortage is also a labor issue) In good news: Let's remember Colin Powell was a liar and war criminal, the House votes to hold Steve Bannon in criminal contempt for defyi...

Ep 265: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) recs: Lamb, Squid Game, Midnight Mass, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, and Caste, and reads some Patreon recs In bad news: Facebook whistleblower explains how FB and IG are destroying the world, and the Pandora Papers expose the financial secrets and offshore dealings of dozens of heads of state, public officials, and politicians from 91 countries and territories In...

Ep 264: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) recs: Psycho Goreman, Reservations Dogs, and The Night Manager. Plus, Allison reads some Patreon recs, and recaps the 2021 Emmys In bad news: Border Patrol agents chasing Haitian migrants on horseback is exactly who we are, nearly 700 indigenous women have gone missing where Gabby Petito was found, and 1 in 500 Americans have died of Covid In good news: Pfizer sa...

Allison (@allisonkilkenny) recs: Shang-Chi, Candyman, Only Murders In The Building, Dave, and What We Do In The Shadows, and Erek (@erek_smith) recs Billions In bad news: Texas' abortion ban and Hurricane Ida kills at least 82 people In good news: Biden announces new vax mandate, the sweet cars from Mad Max: Fury Road are for sale (who wants to make a huge mistake??), and Britney Spears' father pe...

Ep 263: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) recs: Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer, most of What If?, My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To, anti-recs Nine Perfect Strangers, and reads some lost Patreon messages (Sorryyyyy!) In bad news: Kabul airport bombing and the Supreme Court throws out Biden's eviction moratorium In good news: OnlyFans reverses its dumb porn ban and the FDA approves Pfizer's Covid...

Ep 262: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@meredithlclark) rec The Green Knight, and Allison recs The Suicide Squad, Old, and Pig, while Meredith recs a deep-dive to understand the U.S.-led occupation of Afghanistan that has lasted 20 years. In bad news: 20 years in Afghanistan and the pearl-clutching pundits cheerleading permanent occupation and July was the hottest month on earth ever rec...

Ep 261: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) recs: Werewolves Within, Detroiters, My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To, the House of Gucci trailer, and Billie Eilish's Happier Than Ever, and Erek (@erek_smith) recs: Drug Church and Homeland In bad news: Allison briefly thinks she's the same age as Penn Jillette, Lady Delta spreads as easily as chickenpox, and Congress fails to extend the eviction morat...

Ep 260: Allison reads some Patreon recs and recs the Loki finale (and series in its entirety) and discusses the 2021 Emmy nominations and Subway's tuna. In bad news: Of course Euro 2020 fans turned the finals into a racist shitshow, and Lady Delta has shut down L.A. once more (maybe it's time to consider France's move to mandate vax cards). In good news: Olivia Rodrigo comes to the White House and...

Ep 259: Meredith (@MeredithLClark) recs Zola, True Story, and the Criterion Collection, while Allison (@allisonkilkenny) recs Loki and I Think You Should Leave s2, lightly recs Black Widow (mostly for Florence Pugh and Rachel Weisz), and reads some Patreon recs In bad news: Climate change disasters and billionaires in space In good news: Zalia Avant-garde is the coolest person alive, the indictmen...

Ep 258: Allison reads a Patreon message concluding the wild bunker story and some more recs and recs: Loki and Ragnarok. In bad news: Historic heat waves and fires, none of these Republicans can actually define "critical race theory," and the threat of ransomware attacks In good news: Juneteenth is a federal holiday, the Supreme Court dismisses a challenge to the Affordable Care Act, and the Depar...