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Ep 228: Meredith (@MeredithLClark) and Allison rec First Cow, She Dies Tomorrow, Old Joy, Wendy and Lucy, and Allison recs the new Batman and I'm Thinking Of Ending Things trailers In bad news: Chadwick Boseman was a true king, fact-checking the many lies at the RNC, the police shooting of Jacob Blake and militia execution of Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum (and wounding of Gaige Grosskreutz),...

Ep 227: Allison recs: I May Destroy You, Lovecraft Country, Bright Eyes' new album, Yes, God, Yes, Search Party, and An American Pickle In bad news: The DNC gives one minute to AOC and invites sexual predator Bill Clinton to speak, will people risk their lives to see Tenet?, Louis DeJoy testifies before Congress about the USPS budget cuts, and Trump suggests deploying law enforcement on election d...

Ep 226: It's a dang bonus episode with David Kim (@davidkim2020), who is running for Congress in California! Listen to David talk about the importance of Medicare For All during a pandemic, a universal basic income, and a human-centered economy. Visit davidkim2020.com to volunteer or kick him some sweet dollars! Light Treason News is supported by members! To sign up and keep the show going, visit...

Ep 225: Erek (@erek_smith) recs Netflix's The Chase, Picking Up by Robin Nagle, and Nightcrawler, and Allison recs HBO's I'll Be Gone In The Dark, Golden Girls, Scoop by Evelyn Waugh and Dostoevsky's Brothers Karamazov In bad news: Trump says he opposes funding USPS because of mail-in voting and revives "birther" conspiracy theory—this time for Kamala Harris, and all about the QAnon conspiracy the...

Ep 224: Meredith (@MeredithLClark) joins the show to discuss the new LTN bonus ep with director Jeff Barnaby, and recs The Rain and the "First Time Hearing" YouTube series by Tim and Fred Williams AKA TwinsthenewTrend, and Allison recs HBO's Perry Mason, WAP, and Black Is King. In bad news: Trump's multiple confusing executive orders on pre-existing conditions (which already exists in the ACA) and...

Ep 223: A very special BONUS LTN episode with @MeredithLClark and director Jeff Barnaby (@tripgore) on his killer new film, Blood Quantum, promoting a zombie film during a pandemic, how Native people were always braced for the apocalypse, and his fav film and comic book recs. Light Treason News is supported by members! To sign up and keep the show going, visit lighttreason.news

Ep 222: Meredith (@MeredithLClark) joins the show to rec Dark, Blood Quantum, and Star Trek's sex and fear, while Allison recs Taylor Swift's Folklore and Host. In bad news: Trump's unhinged rantings about delaying the election and banning TikTok, the DoJ's plans to "surge" federal officers into black and Latino neighborhoods sounds a lot like what the NYPD has been doing for decades, and the very...

Ep 221: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) recs Dark, Unsolved Mysteries, Eurovision Song Contest, and anti-recs the new season of Queer Eye and drinking sea water. In bad news: Dems just joined the GOP to increase military spending by $2 billion—but apparently that's not looting, Congress lets $600 unemployment benefit lapse when we're on the precipice of a wave of evictions, and while there's lots of go...

Ep 220: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) recs Hamilton (if you can BELIEVE), Palm Springs, Crawl, The Old Guard, and The Magicians, while Erek (@erek_smith) recs Psych 2: Lassie Come Home. In bad news: John Lewis and C.T. Vivian, civil rights icons, have died, secret police are arresting activists in Portland and Ken Cuccinelli says the program is going nationwide, Covid cases are soaring in California...

Ep 219: Charles (@charlesrockhill; @DirtyHorrorPod) recs Unsolved Mysteries, Relic, and Killer Workout, and Allison (@allisonkilkenny) recaps her Survivor journey and they discuss the Wayfair debacle and their favorite conspiracy theories. In bad news: Lady Antebellum is suing Lady A, a black artist, as part of their rebranding campaign to not be racist, Trump commutes his henchman Roger Stone's s...

Ep 218: Allison talks about how Survivor's Rupert is Ned Stark, shames people asking for "no essential workers" in apartment listings, and says let people enjoy Hamilton, and Erek (@erek_smith) recs the Unsolved Mysteries reboot on Netflix. In bad news: Trump uses his Mount Rushmore speech to wage battle against a "new far-left fascism" which doesn't exist at a time when Dr. Fauci warns that we co...

Ep 217: Allison talks about her move and ongoing journey watching all of Survivor and reading The Road now, of all times, for some reason, and also recs The King of Staten Island, while Erek recs Less Than Human and the band Hum In bad news: Trumps dumb (and poorly attended) rallies were a dangerous move during a pandemic, especially at a time when 11 states are pausing or rolling back their reope...

Ep 216: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) recs Survivor (surprise!), Carly Rae Jepsen's Side B, RTJ 4, The Warriors, and reads a Patreon rec for Hannah Gadsby's Douglas, while Erek (@erek_smith) recs House, The Robbery of Nature by Brett Clark and John Bellamy Foster, and The End of Policing by Alex Vitale. They also discuss that embarrassing white-celebs-against-racism video (someone please hire Aaron P...

Ep 215: #BlackLivesMatter and here's a list of resources for how to help and where to spend your money: https://linktr.ee/NationalResourcesList In bad news: Police in Buffalo assault a 75-year-old man and their buddies cheer them on and then resign to support them, hundreds in NYC are arrested and held in crowded cells during a pandemic, police have the weapons and we have cans of White Claw, De B...

Ep 214: Allison, of course, recommends Survivor, but also: The Great, Devs' finale, and the work of Karyn Kasuma, and reads good news from a returning supporter In bad news: George Floyd, police brutality, and the police state response to protests, Derek Chauvin's long history of complaints, our real looting problem i.e. American billionaires getting $434 billion richer during a pandemic, Trump fr...

Ep 213: Allison recs Normal People, Survivor, The King Of Staten Island trailer, the High Fidelity reboot, and Better Call Saul, while Erek (@erek_smith) recs Billions, Psych, House, Fever Pitch, and the work of sociologists Brett Clark and John Bellamy Foster 🤓 In bad news: Joe Biden tells black voters "you ain't black" if you don't pick him over Trump (and is immediately forced to apologize), t...

Ep 212: Allison and Charles (@charlesrockhill) unpack Robert Pattinson's insane recipe and Charles sort of recs, sort of anti-recs RHONY and RHONJ, and very much recs pimple-popping vids and My Feet Are Killing Me, while Allison recs watching all of Survivor, but especially S7 In bad news: Some men considering wearing masks to be "weak," Trump goes mask-free at the mask factory, Jersey Shore beach...

Ep 211: Allison celebrates two months in quarantine and reads Patreon music recs for Plastic Love and Ghost and recs Better Call Saul, Mrs. America, and The Sopranos. In bad news: The slayings of Ahmaud Arbery and Sean Reed, the Plandemic conspiracy video on Facebook, and everyone in the White House is getting Corona. In good news: Dolly Parton is backing research into promising Covid treatment, I...

Ep 210: Chlo (@itsthechew) joins the show to rec What We Do In The Shadows and Christine and the Queens and to discuss Britney burning down her gym, while Allison recs Bey and Megan Thee Stallion's Savage remix, Too Hot To Handle, Euphoria, and SNL at home. In bad news: Aliens may be real and no one cares?? Also, if you're celebrating May Day you better also support raising the minimum wage and a...

Ep 209: A discussion about the closing of the UCB Theatre in NYC and Erek (@erek_smith) dreams of a life in the woods In bad news: Nancy Pelosi's disastrous ice cream optics, Trump tells people to drink or inject bleach to kill Covid (before the White House tries to walk it back), some states are beginning to reopen way too early, and Trump announces he's temporarily closing the U.S. to immigrants...

Ep 208: Allison's weird quarantine dreams and recs for: The Man From U.N.C.L.E., SNL's Zoom ep, The Sopranos, and Devs, and an anti-rec for West World, while Erek (@erek_smith) recs Billions for the second time In bad news: Those obviously staged protests against quarantine and the massive spike in unemployment In good news: New Fiona Apple, bitches! Also, abortion bans in Arkansas and Alabama hav...

Ep 207: Allison's 20-year-late Sopranos review and a hot take about Portrait Of A Lady on Fire, followed by recs for: Sweet Heart, Tucker And Dale Vs. Evil, Under The Shadow, and Under The Skin, and a listener rec for the Oh Hello podcast In bad news: Bernie drops out, former Joe Biden staffer Tara Reade says he sexually assaulted her in 1993, while the NYT says they found no other allegations "be...

Ep 206: Allison reads Patreon Qs and recs about what her movie would be about and Living Out Loud, recaps Cats Of Our Lives, and recs The Eyes Of My Mother, Event Horizon (kind of), The Pretty Thing That Lives In The House, and Super Dark Times In bad news: Coronavirus deaths overwhelm medical and New York funeral workers, Trump says "we can use (ventilators) for ourselves" and gets emotional when...

Ep 205: Allison recs Tiger King, Vulture's 50 Best Horror Movies On Netflix list, The Uncoupling, Bon Appetite vids, and rants about West World S3, while Erek recs marble racing and plugs his new pod (@BassedPod) If you're able, please donate to Laura's Gofundme: https://www.gofundme.com/f/n7prn-pray-for-laura In bad news: Covid tears through NYC but Trump says "I don't believe you need 40,000 ven...

Ep 204: Sorry about the sound quality on this one! Accidentally recorded on an internal mic. Our bad. Still adjusting to life in quarantine! 😷 Erek (@erek_smith) joins the show via Skype to discuss life in quarantine and to plug his new show Bass'd On A True Story: @bassedpod and to rec Reply All, watching chess, and How To Do Nothing, while Allison reads Patreon recs for Ear Hustle and Everythin...