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Ep 203: Erek (@erek_smith) joins the show via Skype for a special quarantine episode! Allison reads questions about the election and glass pens and recs Devs and The Invisible Man and discusses the finale of The Stranger and The Outsider, while Erek recs Dirty Money s2 In bad news: Coronavirus updates, Elizabeth Warren and America's misogyny problem, and Joe Biden surges In good news: Harvey Weins...

Ep 202: Allison recs Good Time, You Were Never Really Here, Ma, Widows, The Stranger, and Next In Fashion In bad news: Trump calls coronavirus a "hoax," all coronavirus messaging now needs to be run by Mike "HIV outbreak" Pence, and the HHS secretary isn't sure a coronavirus vaccine will be affordable, Chris Matthews is still employed by MSNBC despite sexual harassment accusations, and SCOTUS says...

Ep 201: Allison and Erek (@erek_smith) react to Parasite sweeping the Oscars, anti-rec the Friends reunion (before it's even out!) and Erek recs: Guided By Voices and The Figgs and Allison recs Birds Of Prey and Locke and Key In bad news: Chris Matthews boomers all over the place in response to Bernie's surge, the shady Culinary Union response to Medicare For All, and Trump's new acting director o...

Ep 200: 200th episode spectacular!! 🎉 Allison and Erek (@erek_smith) give their Oscar predictions and Erek fields a phone call from a very special guest 😈 In bad news: Iowa caucus clusterfuck, Senate acquits Trump and he gives a batshit SOTU address, there may be no such thing as a swing voter, and Bloomberg is paying "influencers" to make him seem cool In good news: AOC's appearance on Desus an...

Ep 199: Allison recs The Outsider and Newcomers and Erek recs rewatching Groundhog Day, American Factory, and The Office Ladies In bad news: The impeachment trial and Marco Rubio's confusing statement, Alan Dershowitz's shady legal reasoning behind acquitting Trump, Dems apparently forgot John Bolton is a monster, and unpacking Kobe Bryant's complicated legacy In good news: Bernie Sanders is leadi...

Ep 198: Allison recs The Great Hack, Cheer, and The Outsider, and Erek (@erek_smith) recs Knives Out and the Montblanc 149, and Allison reads a Twitter question about Watchmen and The Boys In bad news: The feud with Warren and Sanders, Trump calls his Generals "a bunch of dopes and babies," and Jared Kushner is Slenderman In good news: Lev Parnas goes on record that Mike Pence canceled his Ukraine...

Ep 197: Patreon recs! Also, Allison recs The Circle and Erek (@erek_smith) recs The Sopranos In bad news: Iran strikes Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops (with no casualties), Iran claims to have unintentionally shot down Ukrainian jet, GOP furious at disastrous Iran briefing, the Trump admin dodges questions about justification, BAFTA will review voting process after outrage over all-white 2020 acti...

Ep 196: Allison anti-recs Cats insanity, semi-recs: Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker, and recs: Little Women, 1917, Slave Play, and John Mulaney's Sack Lunch Bunch In bad news: WW3! Trump told his rich Mar-a-Lago buddies about the plans for Soleimani's assassination before Congress and admitted to plans for targeting cultural landmarks AKA a war crime. Also, Australia is on fire and another anti-S...

Ep 195: Meredith (@MeredithLClark) recs all the terrible Cats reviews and Unfriended: Dark Web and Allison recs Watchmen, Don't F**k With Cats, and anti-recs A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood We'll be back with new episodes in 2020! In bad news: Another fucking Democratic debate, Jane Lynch calls mild criticism "ugly class war," J.K. Rowling is a TERF, and ICE is collecting data from adults pick...

Ep 194: Allison and Erek (@erek_smith) read a Patreon rec for Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Wheel Of Time and rec A Marriage Story, Astronomy Club, and Allison also recs Honey Boy In bad news: Biggest Conservative victory since Margaret Thatcher, the Golden Globes snub female directors, and officials say Jersey City shooters targeted Jewish people at a time when Trump declares Judaism is a nationality...

Ep 193: Allison recs: Knives Out (SWEATER!!!), Watchmen, Ford Vs. Ferrari, His Dark Materials, and anti-recs The Irishman In bad news: Joe Biden's toxic masculinity, Trump's toilet obsession, the double standard treatment of Kamala Harris, and the Navy air base shooting committed by a Saudi aviation student In good news: Nancy Pelosi announces the House will proceed with articles of impeachment (a...

Ep 192: Erek (@erek_smith) talks about calligraphy and #penlife and Allison recs going greyscale and The Crown s3, End Of The Fucking World s2, Watchmen, SNL with Harry Styles, and The King In bad news: The impeachment hearings were symbolically important but the GOP will ultimately vote with its tribe, a Giuliani associate helped arrange meetings and calls in Europe for Devin Nunes, so why was he...

Ep 191: Allison wonders if she should get Disney+ and recs Doctor Sleep (some spoilers), Castle Rock, Under The Silver Lake, and s5 of Schitt's Creek In bad news: Media bemoans lack of "pizzazz" in Impeachment hearings, transcript shows White House made up details of Trump's Zelensky call, White House backs Stephen Miller amid white nationalist emails, another mass shooting this time at a Santa Cl...

Ep 190: Erek (@erek_smith) recs Criminal Minds, Fever Pitch, Rounders, and The Seven Five, while Allison recs HBO's Watchmen and FKA Twigs' MAGDALENE In bad news: The NYPD brings Broken Windows to the subway, Trump has now appointed one out of every four appeals-court judges, Rand Paul outs the Ukraine whistleblower, and T.I.'s weird policing of his daughter's hymen is unfortunately an American tr...

Ep 189: Allison and Meredith rec Parasite, The Lighthouse, and Jojo Rabbit (some spoilers) In bad news: Harvey Weinstein's Actors Hour fiasco and the illusion of "cancel culture," Trump's fanfic version of the Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi killing cannot be confirmed, Rudy's secret Ukrainian meeting, and Devin Nunes' aide is leaking the Ukraine whistleblower's name In good news: Dems prep next impeachment...

Ep 188: Allison recs the Succession season finale (SPOILERS), Harry Styles' Lights Up video, and is very pumped about the WB's Batman casting In bad news: Video showing the violent executive of his political opponents shown at Trump's resort, grieving parents "ambushed" by Trump, who had teen's killer waiting at White House, Mick Mulvaney's admission, Hillary Clinton and Tulsi Gabbard's public feu...

Ep 187: Erek (@erek_smith) recs Gary Gulman's The Great Depresh and Allison anti-recs Joker (Erek disagrees) and recs Phoebie Waller-Bridge on SNL, Between Two Ferns: The Movie, The Righteous Gemstones, and El Camino (particularly the late, great Robert Forster) In bad news: Trump says U.S. troops have quit Syria (it's not true), while ISIS rears its head, Matt Lauer is a predator, and we should i...

Ep 186: Allison asks if she's doing her Artist pages right and recs 90 Day Fiancé, Big Mouth s3, the Great British Baking Show, the new trailer for Richard Jewell, and is excited about watching the new season of Peaky Blinders In bad news: Judge hugs and gives a bible to Amber Guyger, new revealed Trump admin texts on Ukraine appear to show clear Quid Pro Quos, and Bernie Sanders takes campaign br...

Ep 185: Allison talks about the Emmys winners: The good and the confusing, recs Succession, and talks about the return of Spider-man, the end of Bojack, AHS Apocalypse and The Artist's Way In bad news: Bombshell whistleblower complaint released: White House covered up Trump's Ukraine call, White House restricted access to Trump's calls with Putin and Saudi crown prince, House Committees subpoena P...

Ep 184: Erek (@erek_smith) recs Criminal Minds and talks about his new job and Allison talks about the work of Daniel Johnston and recs Hustlers, The Great British Baking Show, and Our Planet In bad news: That Sandy Hook Promise ad has to exist, Trump allegedly asked the Ukrainian president for dirt on Hunter Biden, and Justin Trudeau is caught doing blackface for the third time In good news: Mill...

Ep 183: Allison sort of recs IT Chapter 2, strongly recs The Walking Dead S9 and The Boys, and shares the good (Bowen!) and bad (racist stand-ups) of SNL's new hires In bad news: The Democratic debates managed to barely address climate change, Felicity Huffman is a prime example of white privilege but her going to jail won't fix anything, and Caroline Calloway and our fascination with rich, white...

Ep 182: Allison reads a Patreon rec about the Righteous Gemstones and asks: Is Jeremy Renner a social experiment? In bad news: Trump, the hurricane, and how fascist regimes must sow confusion, Scarlett Johansson doubles down on being terrible, Walmart takes the grand step of asking customers to please conceal their weapons, and while the founder of one of America's largest conversation therapy pro...

Ep 181: Erek (@erek_smith) finally figures out who Shawn Mendes is and Allison recs VMA performances by Normani, Lizzo, and Missy Elliott, The Good Place s3 and new Lana Del Rey, and they discuss The King and Joker trailers. In bad news: the coup in Britain and sources claim Trump's G7 performance suggests he's either a "Russian asset" or a "useful idiot" for Putin In good news: Bret Stephens leav...

Ep 180: Erek (@erek_smith) recs National Treasure and Indiana Jones and Allison recs Mindhunter, discusses the death of Spider-Man, and answers some Patreon questions about naming a crafting business and Sean Spicer being on Dancing With The Stars In bad news: Trump calls himself the "King of Israel" and picks a fight with Denmark In good news: David Koch is dead and RBG punches the rule of three...

Ep 179: Erek (@erek_smith) recs The Family and On The Clock by Emily Guendelsberger and Allison recs the trailer for Little Women and s2 of Mindhunter and Succession, Normani's Motivation, and reads podcast recs from Patreon In bad news: Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy theories and why is Ghislaine Maxwell not in jail? In good news: Badass Hong Kong protesters, Greenland is not for sale, and Amazon get...