Slightly Informed

[Disclaimer: This episode was recorded on February 16th. Due to technical difficulties we have decided to release it now since we don't have a newer episode recorded. Sorry for the interruption and we will be back to our regular release schedule next week.] On this episode the young advocates for gun control in the March for our Lives movement have drawn their sights on Mike Lindell's Pillow Empire. Trump's impeachment lawyer fumbles through an absolutely devastating speech which all but admitted defeat. The Military budget is being wasted on outdated war machines. and Finally we wish Joe Pesci a happy birthday by playing his classic 90s Hip Hop banger "Wise Guys'

We steal a bit from a large political podcast and use it to dunk on Lee Cooperman (aka the crying billionaire) and read another terrible op-ed article from the New York Times Editorial Board. Supply side economics is astrology for billionaires and Florida man is back.

Joe Biden is president but needs to get past the filibuster to pass his bill. Hedge fund managers tried crush the stock price of Gamestop but the stock rallies thanks to Reddit page "Wall Street Bets." Haitians are still in clashes with their government. and Fox News wants to reclaim all the Qanon viewers who went to Newsmax and OANN by defending the "rights" of Q conspiracy theorists who stormed the capitol.

Democrats are arguing semantics over the $2,000 checks promised to georgia voters. Many people are offended by the idea of McDonalds employees making a living wage. The government is full of shit when they complain about deficit spending. Trump probably isn't gonna pardon the #stormthecapitol crowd. Big surprise... the capitol riot was mostly racists and conspiracy theorists.

We're back and we forgot to mention that the democratic Senate runoff won both victories (which we said would happen.) Elon musk is now the richest man in the world. Trump is banned from most major social media platforms. The Capitol Hill rioters are being charged and many have landed on the no-fly list. And finally an amazing Baton Rouge congressional candidate enters the race with the energy of his viral clip calling out the city council for their disinterest in discussing racist policies.

The revolution is upon us! Grab your AR, your Oakleys and your tactical vests. Trump sent out the signal that it was time to march on congress and let these delusional white voices finally be heard! Follow us on...Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=44683446Twitter: https://twitter.com/SI_podcastsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/slightly_informed/

Happy New Year! This week we cover the Trump zoom call attempt to get Georgia to flip its electoral votes, a hilariously expensive cold war pissing contest, and the state of mass surveillance by both private and government entities. In this week's chaser we read the viral "Bean Dad" twitter thread where a man admits to tormenting his 9 year old daughter by refusing to let her eat until she can open a can of beans.

As 2020 is coming to an end, we guarantee this will be the darkest year in review you will find... until next year. The earth is dying and so are millions of people. We update you on the state of the Covid relief bills in congress. But to lighten the mood, Maklain leads us on another great story in the history of the cold war CIA and their bottomless expending of tax dollars for no good reason... We also found out that you can apply to the CIA from their website.Follow us on...Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=44683446Twitter: https://twitter.com/SI_podcastsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/slightly_informed/

We check in on the (formerly addicted to crack) founder of MyPillow and his appearance at the latest Trump rally in Georgia. Nancy Pelosi negotiates down to a stimulus half the size of the one Trump offered. and finally the police now steal more money than the burglars they are supposed to chase down.Follow us on...Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=44683446Twitter: https://twitter.com/SI_podcastsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/slightly_informed/

Lame duck Trump has some choice words for the massive amount of votes that were counted after election day. The CIA holds nothing back in public interviews. and Nathan Robinson of Current Affairs dives deep into the realms of myth, mayhem, chaos and order behind the psyche of Jordan B Peterson.Follow us on...Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=44683446Twitter: https://twitter.com/SI_podcastsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/slightly_informed/

We're standing up for our god given right to eat turkey with relatives across the country and shop at kmart without a mask! We also talk about trump's all but finished legal cases and the legal team losing a member. Andrew Yang talks with former MSNBC journalist about the literal media blackout against anti-establishment candidates during the Democratic primary. And finally Nick runs another edition of his favorite segment the dystopia drive-by!

This week we cover the floundering Trump Campaign legal battles, Charlie Kirk's Theory on why "Leftists" hate Thanksgiving, and Ben Shapiro responds to Harry Styles' Vogue photoshoot in totally normal Twitter meltdown. Plus John subjects the crew to a citizenship test where we figure out which of us deserve to live here!Follow us on...Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=44683446Twitter: https://twitter.com/SI_podcastsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/slightly_informed/

Rudy Giuliani made the fatal mistake of tweeting out the number for a "voter fraud hotline" and the internet has responded exactly how you expect them to. We talk about the noble third party candidates, the part of the trump tax cuts that raises your taxes, and cover the outstanding lawsuits by the Trump Campaign.

In our last days of relative sanity before the election turns this powder keg into a massive inferno, we take you through the potential election outcomes and polling data related to it. Nick has a reading series from our favorite op-ed board, and Trump says the quiet part out loud again.

This week we cover Trump's "8th Wonder of the World" in Wisconsin, his involvement in horrific Pharmaceutical price gouging at Gilead, and the potential line of succession in the case of presidential incapacitation or death. We also subject Maklain to our favorite game Slightly Improvised!

This week we bring you the newest updates on the throwing of the Breeona Taylor grand jury, Bolivia ends the CIA coup at the polling booth, and public masturbation on a Zoom call for the New Yorker writing team. Plus we talk about Trump's inability to understand the meaning of songs he plays at his events and Google is facing repercussions for breaking antitrust rules and regulations.

This week we go over the Supreme Court nomination hearings (including Lindsey Graham's oops I did a racism moment.) We get you up to date on the status of the second round of pandemic stimulus. Maklain takes Nick's Dystopia Drive-by Segment for a spin while Nick gets you the latest drama involving... Noam Chomsky? And Finally, is Twitter blocking people from sharing links to news articles? Find out here!

This week we made predictions for and covered the first presidential debate. The Proud Boys hashtag gets raided by boys with even more pride. Breonna Taylor's murderers get off almost unscathed (for now.) And we check in on the uprisings in Belarus.To Skip our debate predictions click here: 17:39

This week we cope with the assured destruction of the supreme court in response to the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. We talk about our favorite shows to stream and get John's conspiracy senses tingling over Peter thiel's weird child blood doping tech firm. Maklain brings back the florida man segment in all its glory.

We are back! This week the guys give a deeper dive into the world of billionaire pedophilia conspiracies and talk about the social decay surrounding the recent flair ups of political violence. Oh and half of the country is on fire... plus a bonus segment about how retirement won't exist in the future!

Shorthanded without John and working with what equipment we had, Nick and Maklain test out the new Zoom call podcast format to prepare for true social distancing and quarantine. They jump into the newest updates on the COVID-19 virus and the inept responses of all parties. Nick has a game for Maklain to play, we shout out a Naval Captain who was mocked by his superiors a rare sincere shout out to cops arresting protesters.

In this pre-recorded episode we do our first casual movie review of Riley Stearns directed film "The Art of Self-Defense" in which Stearns takes on the satirization of hyper masculinity and the use of power and fear. Nick takes us on a brief tour of his former home state and their recent misanthropic adventures. and John takes his turn playing our game Slightly Improvised!

This week the guys have on a guest Eric (Future Host of Comedy Podcast on SI Media) take a deeper dive into the corona virus spread, reactions and the future economic and electoral impact of a potential multiple month shutdown for social distancing. We dig into the French Response for its homeless citizens, Nick and John get a little conspiratorial and we subject our guest to our Slightly Improvised segment.

This week we talk about the Sarah Palin Masked Singer appearance, Mayor Pete hosting Kimmel, and Andrew Gillum being found with an overdosing male prostitute. We of course have to talk about the cancelling of Earth's sports and concerts due to COVID-19. Briefly cover the common sense UBI and Medicare for All arguments in response to the Pandemic. John tells the listeners why they should ask to be manually pat down instead of stepping in the TSA body scanner.

This week John reads us the famous "kevin" reddit thread. Nick gets his turn being the victim of our new game "Slightly improvised" which we debuted last week. Maklain once again takes a dumpster dive into the world of Florida Man. Lastly we cover the state of the primary, Joe Biden and Donald Trump's cognitive decline.

This week we cover Biden's big win in South Carolina and his most recent fumbles. We bid adieu to Pete's High Hopes and Bernie's favorite billionaire. We shout out the classic "LA Speedcheck" story and Pelosi primary challenger Shahid Buttar. John lets us in on his true identity as a doomsday prepper. Maklain gets thrown head first into a new segment called "Slightly Improvised."

Nevada turns out for Bernie in a big way and the MSNBC team feels bad man. Mayor Pete drops some sick twitter poetry in our newest reading series. Bloomberg gets a dose and a half of his weekly allotted roasting. But we pay it back by offering him some advice free of charge. We dive into the absurdity of hit Netflix show "Love is Blind." and Maklain leads us in his new segment where he shows us the undeniable hits of the never-ending saga of "Florida Man"

We say our goodbyes to Yang's Campaign and shuffle through Michael Bloomberg's racist skeletons in the closet. The energy picks up in the second half where we shoutout Trump's Nascar pace lap, the author of the infamous "Snake Orgy" article, and Klobuchar not knowing who Mexico's president is. We bring an unprecedented number of stories to the second half including but not limited to: Lifesaving AI, Homeless couple hired to serve eviction notices, YouTuber dies trying to prank Grizzly Bear, and the glorious tale of "Penis Man"

In our best episode yet, we dive into the word salad and answer dodging of Mayor Pete, Biden's latest moment of brain rot, and Obama's oscar win. We shout out the militaries record level of bombings in Afghanistan, Disney's melting wax version of Trump, and a prison escapee who mailed a postcard from Thailand to the warden of his former prison. John dives into the reporting of the Coronavirus in his new "John's Conspiracy Corner." and lastly Antarctica reaches new high for average temperature threatening to drown half of the world's major cities.

The boys put on their tin foil hats as they dive into the good, the bad, and the ugly of the Iowa Caucus controversies. Plus in a new segment called "Slightly Educational" we cover a brief summary and history of wealth inequality and its detrimental effects on our lives and the economy at large. In our chaser we go over the highlights of Trump's gameshow style state of the union address.sources for wealth gap segment:Hulu - Requiem For The American DreamYouTube - https://youtu.be/QPKKQnijnsMAmazon Prime - Inside Job

The Polls are in and we are here to celebrate. Bernie surges into a strong first as Yang climbs his way back onto the debate stage. Joe Biden's melting brain can only respond "why why why why why why!" when asked simple questions by a reporter. Hillary clinton comes out of the darkness to insult Bernie's likeability in the purest distilled form of irony. Twitter comes after Bernie for accepting the endorsement of the world's most listened to podcast host. Mike Pompeo gets owned into oblivion by a reporter in an NPR interview. and in this weeks chaser Mehdi Hasan embarrasses Lindsey Graham.

The New York Times has made a choice for their presidential endorsement. Actually they have made two choices because two presidents is better than one! We dive into the manufactured drama between Warren and Bernie, the rules for impeachment, and our weekly chaser is creepy Joe Biden's "hands on" approach to politics.