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Friends for twenty years, Amanda and Jason are just regular people who happen to really be into politics. They’re not pundits, wonks, beltway insiders or political scientists. They’re just two ordinary people trying to make sense of the news of the day.

Jason and Amanda


    • Jun 30, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 98 EPISODES


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    S4 E2: Foxy Brown Math

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2023 30:42


    We talk about the Supreme Court's ruling on Affirmative Action, and elder abuse in the Democratic Party

    S4: E:1 Walkabout

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2023 35:50


    The gang is back to talk about a bunch of shit, in one of our most free-form episodes to date. No, seriously, we're back for real this time...as in we're doing the pod again. You should listen.

    S3 E8: Only Killers in the Building

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2022 33:50


    We talk about the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago, the right's relationship with federal law enforcement, and that time Jason hung out with OJ Simpson.

    S3 E7: Better than Some Funky Socks

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2022 47:38


    Back from hiatus, we talk kink-shaming, monkeypox and infinite money for cops.

    S:3 E:6 Backsliding

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2022 33:47


    Amanda and Jason react to the news that SCOTUS is prepared to strike down Roe vs Wade.

    S3 E5: Leave those kids alone

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2022 38:35


    We discuss the backlash to all things Russian, the violence of sanctions, the rise of liberal hawks, and peeing in the pool.

    S3 E4: Get Computers Putin

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2022 37:21


    We discuss the war in Ukraine, the CDC's new masking guidelines, and Jason discovers a new male contraceptive.

    S3 E3: Big Air

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2022 45:46


    Greg from the Brigham Young Money Podcast returns to discuss the freedom convoy, and geopolitics at the Winter Olympics.

    S3 E2: Saber Rattling

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2022 30:24


    We discuss Biden administration's preparation for potential conflict with Russia over Ukraine, the politics of prestige television of years past and we unveil our new sports segment.

    S3 E1: Deep Impact

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2022 58:50


    Corky McDonald of the Dare Daniel Podcast joins us to discuss Climate/Covid allegory "Don't Look Up", and Omicron rages on.

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    S2 E20: Bring it back, come rewind

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2021 49:23


    Jason and Amanda recap the year that was 2021, and try to come up with something good that actually happened.

    S2 E19 Asleep at the Wheel

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2021 52:51


    We do a quick recap of Biden's first calendar year (it's not good...the year, not the show), and losing faith in electoral politics.

    S2 E18: Passion of the Weiss

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2021 38:39


    We chat about cancel culture, Dave Chappelle, Alec Baldwin and Mel Gibson, as well as the astroturfed outrage around critical race theory.

    S2 E:17 Playing the Hits

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2021 40:42


    We talk about Haitian refugees in Del Rio, Texas, the role on the Senate parliamentarian in stifling progress, and why allergies aren't* real. *They are. Allergies are very real.

    S2 E16: Ash Tuesday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2021 40:50


    If you're listening to this show, you know that Jason and Amanda have been friends for 20 years. On this very special episode, they put aside the politics of the day and discuss what they were doing 20 years ago today, September, 11th, 2001.

    S2 E15: No Limit Tankies

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2021 36:06


    We debate the existence of the so-called Havana Syndrome that reportedly affects US Diplomats in Cuba and Vietnam, and Chine reigning in its capitalist forces.

    S2 E14: Symptoms of Withdrawal

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2021 38:22


    Back like COVID-19! We discuss Texas Governor's Greg Abbott's Covid response (personal and policy-wise), and the inevitable fall of Afghanistan.

    S2 E13: 2020 Redux

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2021 40:08


    We talk about the resurgence of Covid 19, Biden's continuation of the Trump agenda and the Olympics...I think.

    S2 E12: People Under the Stairs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2021 39:12


    We discuss the media freakout about the recent uptick in crime, and the assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse.

    S2 E11: Unamerican Activities

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2021 38:38


    We discuss the Biden Administration's new strategy for countering domestic terrorism, which names anti-capitalists among the groups of concern, the conservatorship of Britney Spears, and why the filibuster negatively impacts the Dem agenda, but never the GOP.

    S2 E10: Shrinkage

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2021 39:45


    We talk about Pro-Publica's latest piece on billionaire tax avoidance, clothes with odd anatomical features, and debate Joe Manchin's role in the Democratic Party.

    S2 E9: The UnbreaKKKable Kimmy Schmidt

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2021 68:59


    Dana White from the "Musings on History" podcast (not the UFC) joins us to discuss secret societies, the formation of the Roman Republic (because, why not) and the West's vilification of China.

    S2 E8: New Boss/Old Boss

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2021 40:01


    We talk about the Biden administration walking back its commitment to loan forgiveness, and the changing discourse around Israel.

    S2 E7: Gas Bags

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2021 42:02


    We talk about the supposed "worker shortage", actual the gasoline shortage and the latest Israeli/Palestinian violence. We make jokes about two of these things.

    S2 E6: Road Warriors

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2021 37:48


    We talk about new laws that punish protesters, and encourage vehicular homicide, as well as the US hoarding vaccines and vaccine technology from the Global South

    S2 E5: Props Department

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2021 37:36


    We talk about the Pentagon's involvement in Hollywood film, The MCU's propaganda problem and the mainstreaming of police abolition.

    S2 E4: Pink Houses

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2021 37:32


    We talk about the racial justice component of Biden's infrastructure plan, how highways have been to destroy Black communities and enforce segregation, and the GOP's inadvertent turn to the left.

    S2 E3: Daddy's Wire

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 36:12


    We talk about new legislation targeting transgender youth and congressman Matt Gaetz's latest scandal, involving potential charges of child sex-tracking.

    S2 E2: All Cats Are Bastards (featuring Brigham Young Money)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2021 58:43


    The guys from the Brigham Young Money podcase join us to talk about DC statehood, billionaire tax evasion and the striking similarities between The Moorish Science Temple of America and The Church of Jesus Christ and Latter-Day Saints.

    S2 E1: Patriot Acts

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2021 38:59


    We talk about the rise in anti-Asian hate crime, why St Patrick's Day, not Halloween, is the scariest holiday, what ended up being in the finalized stimulus package, and the radicalization of Amanda.

    Episode 69: Nice

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2021 32:47


    We talk about Neera Tanden's failed OMB nomination, Cuomo's Covid cover-up and new cages for migrant children.

    Episode 68: Propane and Propane Accessories

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 38:23


    We talk about the failure of Texas's electrical grid, the acquittal of Donald J Trump, and we break the story of Rush Linbaugh's death. Theme Music: Too Cool Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    Episode 67: The Maths Ain't Mathing

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2021 38:08


    We talk about Pennsylvania Lt Governor John Fetterman's history of vigilante justice, Trump's second Senate trial, and the Democrats means-testing their way into a red wave.

    Episode 66: GameStonks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2021 42:45


    We talk about the Reddit-inspired short squeeze on Gamestop and ANC and Wall Street's subsequent response, and filmmaker Jeff Cerulli (@JeffCerulli) joins us to debate the existence of cancel culture

    Episode 65: Moving Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2021 37:00


    We talk about Trump's last-minute pardons, the proposed minimum wage increases and expectations for the Biden administration.

    Episode 64: Once More With Feeling

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2021 33:02


    We talk about Trump's second impeachment, the freshman reps who can't stop bringing guns into the Capitol, and Jason pitches a buddy comedy.

    Episode 63: The Chudsucker Proxy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2021 36:04


    We talk about the attempted coup at the US Capitol, Dem Senate victories in Georgia, and Asshole of the Week, Josh Hawley.

    Episode 62: Making the sausage

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2020 36:16


    We take a deep(ish) dive into the stimulus bill, and examine the pork, graft an genuinely weird shit that went into it. From reincarnation to cartoon mascots, it's in there.

    Episode 61: Lethal Weapon 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2020 37:47


    We talk about Dan Crenshaw's action hero antics, Pete Buttigeig for Sec of Transportation, brokeboi Andrew Yang, and places you didn't know you could put Valium.

    Episode 60: Bright Copper Kettles and Warm Woolen Mittens

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2020 40:40


    In a very special episode we discuss five (and a couple possible) good things that happened in 2020. No, really, it's a super positive episode about the worst year in recent history. It's still very much YTP.

    Episode 58: The Chitlin Circuit

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2020 32:50


    We talk about Thanksgiving recipes, potential cabinet positions for Neera Tanden and Rahm Emmanuel, and Umbrella Academy star, Elliot Page.

    Episode 57: Not the Sexy Kind

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2020 28:57


    We talk about Thanksgiving during the plague, what Trump's coup attempt means for the future of the republican party, and a bunch of other random shit.

    Episode 56: Coup'd Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2020 33:06


    Surprise of surprises: Trump and the GOP refuse to honor the election results. Centrist Dems blame the Squad for their struggles, and we try to describe an extremely online scandal involving Pennsylvania republicans and Patti Labelle's nephew.

    Episode 55: The Morning After

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2020 32:23


    We discuss, the election and its expected lack of results, the myth of the Latino voter and some questionable results in Texas.

    Episode 54: Left Out in the Cold

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2020 33:56


    We talk about the conservative justices maneuvering to undercount out votes, Trump leaves Omaha rally attendees to freeze, and Jason has a racist superpower.

    Episode 53: Do You Know What Today Is?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2020 34:30


    We celebrate a Year of YTP by discussing the final 2020 Presidential Debate, the 1994 Crime Bill and Asshole of the Week Emeritus, Rudy Giuliani.

    Episode 52: Experimental Cocktail Hour

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2020 36:11


    We discuss, what else: Trump's battle with Covid, Claudia Conway, Eddie Van Halen and passing for white.

    Episode 51: Grumpy Old Men

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2020 40:47


    We discuss the first of the 2020 Presidential debates: shouting, insults, lies...and we revisit an old friend for Asshole of the Week

    Episode 50: Anarchist Jurisdictions

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2020 28:41


    We talk about Trump campaigning exclusively on the culture war, Barr pivoting to open fascism, and race as a social construct. *recorded before it was announced that no officers would be charged in the murder of Breonna Taylor

    Episode 49: The Fire This Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2020 33:38


    We talk about the wildfires raging, all over the world, forced sterilizations in ICE concentration camps, and boomerangs.

    Episode 48: Covid Kai

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2020 37:55


    We talk about Bob Woodward's secret Trump interviews, a day in the life of a Space Force cadet and Cobra Kai as right-wing propaganda.

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