Joe Capraro and Matt Baker

Grading the World

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Joe Capraro and Matt Baker

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Apr 8, 2025

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Episodes

88 • Concepts of a Plan 16.09.2024

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

87 • The Years of Living Biblically and Constitutionally with special guest A.J. Jacobs 06.09.2024

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!

86 • One Severed Whale Head, Two Crabby Hosts 02.09.2024

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

85 • Critical of Everything 26.08.2024

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

84 • The Oak Island mystery with special guest Dave McBride 17.08.2024

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."

83 • Poop Water, Transphobes, and Dead Bears, Oh My! 12.08.2024

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

82 • Rise of the Childless Cat Ladies 06.08.2024

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

81 • Cocaine Sharks 28.07.2024

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

80 • Butt Sucking Nonsense 25.07.2024

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

79 • Shark Week and a Trump shooting update 14.07.2024

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

78 • Weekend at Biden's 11.07.2024

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 

77 • River poop and cell phone phone panic 01.07.2024

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.

76 • Middle School Behavior 25.06.2024

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.

75 • An obnoxious obsession 18.06.2024

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

74 • The foul heard round the world 12.06.2024

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

73 • The Biggest Poop Show 03.06.2024

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

72 • Puns Intended 26.05.2024

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.

71• Time flies when you're yelling at each other 19.05.2024

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

70 • Worn out ears and brain worms 14.05.2024

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.

69 • Rise of the machines with Professor Griffin Smith 06.05.2024

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

68 • There's Something Happening Here 27.04.2024

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

67 • An Exercise in Drawn-out Frustration 23.04.2024

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

66 • Karma comes calling 17.04.2024

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

65• Creaky Knees and Rusty Elbows 09.04.2024

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.

64 • Trusting the wolves to watch the henhouse 02.04.2024

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.

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