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Ep 85: Erek (@erek_smith) joins the show to talk about his upcoming month-long European music tour and Allison talks about an air-conditioning disaster Allison interviews comedian and writer Matt Kirshen (@mattkirshen) about his show Probably Science and his recs: Slow Burn, This Sounds Serious, Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Queer Eye, Great British Baking Show, and the art of unplugging In bad news: NPR...

Ep 84: Parker (@parkermolloy) joins the show to discuss the end of Upworthy, Twitter and Alex Jones, and Lollapalooza In bad news: California wildfire is now the largest in the state's history, Puerto Rico concedes Hurricane Maria deaths were more than 1,400, Jared Kushner ordered deletion of Observer articles critical of his friends, and kids were killed at a Texas youth facility—and then the fed...

Ep 83: Charles (@charlesrockhill) and Chris (@chrisopotamia) join the show again to rec Hulu's Younger, Robyn, Superfruit, Making It, and of course Mean Girls In bad news: Trump warns countries against doing business with Iran as sanctions kick back in, Trump's Muslim ban is forcing some Americans to move to war-torn countries to reunite with their families, and Sarah Jeong is the latest victim of...

Ep 82: Charles (@charlesrockhill) and Chris (@chrisopotamia) join the show to rec Strictly Ballroom, Orange Is The New Black, and Slasher, and to discuss how an alt-right troll won The Bachelorette Chloe (@chloepatterson) encounters a baker from Wisconsin In bad news: Even if emission reduction targets are met, Earth is still heading towards "hothouse" state, EPA is now allowing asbestos back into...

Ep 81: Meredith (@meredithlclark) joins the show again to help answer Patreon questions about covering climate change news on LTN and white supremacist rallies in Portland and to rec Jonathan Van Ness' podcast Getting Curious In bad news: Trump administration mulls bypassing Congress for more tax cuts for the rich, Trump thinks you need a photo ID to buy groceries, ICE teams up with Nicaragua even...

Ep 80: Meredith (@meredithlclark) joins the show to rec Adrienne Truscott's One Trick Pony, The Rezort, Raw, and Robyn's new single and to talk about Trump's hatred of Lebron James Allison interviews professor and pop science communicator Raychelle Burks (@DrRubidium) about science in fandom and her recs: Luke Cage, Murder She Wrote, EDM, and The Cooking Gene In bad news: Metro considering separat...

Ep 79: Charles (@charlesrockhill) joins the show to help answer Patreon questions about blueberries vs. strawberries, Batteries Not Included, and the best ways to fuck with tourists In bad news: Jeff Sessions announces "religious liberty task force," 1,000+ people have already downloaded plans to 3-D print an AR-15, Alex Jones tries to get $100,000 from parents of Sandy Hook victim who had to go i...

Katharine (@spkheller) and Faith (@bohemianfaith) join the show again to discuss Robert Mueller and Don Trump Jr. accidentally being at the same airport gate together, this dumb column blaming millennials not being able to afford houses on expensive bachelorette parties, and which Republicans we would fuck (JUDGMENT FREE ZONE) In bad news: Les Moonves and CBS face allegations of sexual misconducts...

Ep 77: Katharine (@spkheller) and Faith (@bohemianfaith) join the show to rec: Straight White Men, Seeing All Red, The Fall, and The Podcast Shop: thepodcastshop.com Allison interviews journalist Melissa Jeltsen (@quasimado) about true crime, domestic violence, In The Dark, Helter Skelter, and going to the beach In bad news: 6-year-old girl separated from her mother was sexually abused at an Arizo...

Ep 76: Charles (@charlesrockhill) and Chris (@chrisopotamia) join the show to talk about their podcast Dirty Little Horror, meeting Britney Spears and battling an awful white woman, Chris Hardwick returning to Talking Dead after just a month-long suspension, Jock Jams, and the Frasier reboot. They also offer some hot, hot recs: The Katering Show, Unfriended: Dark Web, Charles anti-recs Dark Touris...

Ep 75: Meredith (@MeredithLClark) joins the show again to rec The Break, the untold story of Otto Warmbier, Be The Cowboy by Mitski, Eighth Grade, and to discuss the fat-shaming movie Insatiable In bad news: James Comey tells Dems: "Don't lose your minds and rush to the socialist left," federal judge rules that anti-abortion protesters are not harassing patients outside New York clinic, Tronc guts...

Ep 74: Meredith (@MeredithLClark) joins the show to rec cross-stitching, Queer Eye, and following kangaroo sanctuaries on IG and to discuss R. Kelly's bizarre new song "I Admit" and Target targeting the East Village Allison interviews Ms. Scarlett and a Colonial American party girl (@realslimchada, @itsthechew) In bad news: Trump tweets explosive threat to Iran, Ari Fleischer calls on U.S. to dest...

Ep 73: Chloe (@itsthechew) and Rachel (@realslimchada) join the show again to discuss creepy Sacha Baron Cohen's predatory pranking of Corinne Olympios and to rec: Who? Weekly, Eighth Grade, Sabrina Carpenter, Bali Baby, Mykki Blanco, and Allison and Rachel talk about joining Chloe's date In bad news: Anti-abortion group circulated the home addresses of Planned Parenthood providers, Colin Kaeperni...

Ep 72: Chloe (@itsthechew) and Rachel (@realslimchada) join the show to help answer Patreon questions about Real Housewives taglines, Desmond and Penny, and how to deal with tone-policers Allison interviews comedian Abbi Crutchfield (@curlycomedy) who recs: Death In Paradise, Broadchurch, Return Of The Jedi, Ugly Delicious, Being Mortal by Atul Gawande, and music to lull a baby to sleep In bad new...

Ep 71: Faith (@bohemianfaith) joins the show to rec I, Tonya, Hole, and McMansion Hell on Tumblr and Allison recs Australia's Best Homes, and they discuss this wild Refinery29 article "A week in New York City on $25/hour and $1k Monthly Allowance" and Matt Groening summarizing criticism of Apu as "people love to pretend their offended" In bad news: Trump claims he misspoke with Putin but then flip...

Ep 70: Charles (@charlesrockhill) joins the show again to rec Incredibles 2, the new Whitney Houston doc, Ariane Grande's God Is A Woman video, Ella Mai, meeting Britney Spears, and 10 Things I Hate About You and anti-recs the Rugrats remake, while Allison recs Sugar Rush, and they talk about Dear Evan Hansen and #PlaneBae and the dangers of people spying on each other In bad news: Top voting mach...

Ep 69: Charles (@charlesrockhill) joins the show to discuss Stranger Things's season 3 trailer, which is even more nostalgic than usual Today's interview: Jan Brewer returns In bad news: Republicans call Trump's press conference with Putin "bizarre" and "shameful," Putin's intense Fox News interview, Trump's "missing DNC server" is neither missing nor a server, Maria Butina is as close as it gets...

Ep 68: Erek (@erek_smith) and Chloe (@itsthechew) join the show again to rec: #SorryToBotherYou, A Very English Scandal, Hotel Babylon, New Order, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Guerilla Toss, and The Go Team In bad news: Elon Musk reportedly donated to a Republican PAC, Piers Morgan's weird interview with Donald Trump, and Theresa May says Trump told her to "sue the EU" and refuse to negotiate Brexit...

Ep 67: Erek (@erek_smith) and Chloe (@itsthechew) join the show to discuss Sasha Baron Cohen's new TV show. (14:22) Allison interviews Boots Riley (@bootsriley) about #SorryToBotherYou, sci-fi, and diversity in storytelling In bad news: Russian hackers kept DNC backdoor longer than anyone knew In good news: Mueller indicts 12 Russian officers for hacking Dems in 2016, Roger Stone says he's "probab...

Ep 66: Katey (@khealywu) joins the show to discuss noisy neighbors and our love for Jonathan Van Ness. Also, Sandra Oh is the first woman of Asian descent to ever score a nod in the Emmys best actress category, a massive black sarcophagus was unearthed in Egypt but no curse could be worse than 2018, and Kylie Jenner is not "self-made" and no one should have $900 million In bad news: Trump barrels...

Ep 65: Meredith Clark (@MeredithLClark) joins the show again to rec The World Cup, Monty Python's Philosophers football, and the trailers for The Nun and Unfriended: Dark Web, and Allison talks about truTV's "Paid Off" game show featuring people buried by student debt In bad news: GOP-backed House candidate promoted white nationalist propaganda, ACLU says less than half of migrant families will be...

Meredith Clark (@MeredithLClark) joins the show to rec The Purge, The Forrest, Three Body Problem, You Must Remember This, and to talk about her piece on Sharlene's Allison is interviewed by journalist Clark Kent (@erek_smith) In bad news: Trump's pick for the Supreme Court is a right-wing extremist, but that didn't stop the NYT from publishing a glowing op-ed about Brett Kavanaugh written by his...

Ep 62: Erek (@erek_smith) and Faith (@bohemianfaith) join the show! Allison shares stories about the House of Yes and Desi popping an air mattress, recs Nanette and Sorry To Bother You, and talks about The Handmaid's Tale being way too real (no spoilers) Allison interviews journalist Naomi LaChance (@lachancenaomi) about The Neapolitan Novels, Jane The Virgin, Molly's Game, Neutral Milk Hotel and...

Ep 63: Erek (@erek_smith) and Faith (@bohemianfaith) join the show again to rec Wynona Earp, Detroiters, Institute, New Order, Culture Abuse, Fierce by Jo Weldon, J.G. Ballard, and Allison recs Declan McKenna. Also, Scarlett Johansson has been cast as a trans man in an upcoming film. In bad news: Trump asked aides if he could invade Venezuela and the U.S. opposes breast-feeding resolution In good...

Ep 61: Parker Molloy (@parkermolloy) joins the show to discuss Thursday in concert, ireallydocare.com, and of course Meatball We'll be back with new episodes ASAP! In the meantime, follow us on Twitter (twitter.com/lighttreasonpod), Facebook (facebook.com/LightTreasonNews) and Instagram (instagram.com/lighttreasonnews) In bad news: Anthony Kennedy is retiring from the Supreme Court (here is a list...