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Dan and Charles talk to ultimate Green Teamer Brendan about the fragile state of the Boston Celtics. Also Charles and Dan break down some of their key games for Sunday and Tuesday both NBA and NCAAB. We also talk about the craziness that is going to come for March Madness. Going to go HEAD TO HEAD against one another in a Bracket Challenge!!!!!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/erasethechalk/support
Time for a corona/protest break to examine Ben Smith's media column about investigative reporter/failed talk show host Ronan Farrow, published in the New York Times. Smith claims that Farrow is a practitioner of "Resistance journalism," eschewing fairness in the pursuit of attacking people who popular opinion considers bad. Is Smith's article fair, or does he engage in the same techniques for which he criticizes Farrow? Also, why is he such a bad writer? Then it's on to a brief diversion to the land of Twitter celebrities. Can someone even get Twitter famous anymore? The brutal bomb and "funny" tweets of Rob Delaney are explored. Finally it's Ellen DeGeneres time! Is she as evil as everyone alleges? Or is she just a standard Hollywood jerk getting metaphorically #MeToo'd by a voracious press? Also: Charles goes insane ranting about George W. Bush, Isaac thinks Ronan Farrow is a schlub, and the show identifies the next "nice" media figure going to be revealed as secretly evil. Ben Smith's NYT column: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/17/business/media/ronan-farrow.html Glenn Greenwald's response: https://theintercept.com/2020/05/18/ben-smiths-nyt-critique-of-ronan-farrow-describes-a-toxic-corrosive-and-still-vibrant-trump-era-pathology-resistance-journalism/ Charles's appearance on Heather Marulli's podcast listening to cringey audiobook clips: https://soundcloud.com/heather-marulli/our-new-lord-and-savior-ronan-farrow-with-charles-disney Daily Beast Ellen article: https://www.thedailybeast.com/people-are-finally-starting-to-see-the-real-ellen-degeneres-and-it-isnt-pretty Twitter thread about Ellen: https://twitter.com/KevinTPorter/status/1241049881688412160 Variety article about Ellen: https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/ellen-crew-furious-over-poor-communication-regarding-pay-non-union-workers-during-coronavirus-shutdown-exclusive-1234582735/ Glurgey New York Times piece: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/movies/tom-hanks-mister-rogers.html
There's a mystery to be solved! And it involves a dog! Dawson, Pacey, and Jack become the prime suspects for a class prank, but each has an alibi that supposedly takes them out of the scene of the crime. Guess it's up to karmic energy to take care of the rest... Also: Charles spoiled something for himself. Sigh.
This week's guest is teacher, thinker, philosopher, podcaster, and gay porn star Conner Habib. Conner shares his background and talks about how he got into porn. Noted anti-porn crusader Isaac questions whether porn is bad for society and why it might be creating the much-discussed "Herbivore Men." Other topics: Trump (of course), why you feel weird after an orgasm, Freud's death drive, and what gay men like to watch, porn-wise. Also Charles embarrasses Isaac by reading from his emails. Follow Conner on Twitter (@ConnerHabib) and subscribe to his podcast "Against Everyone with Conner Habib" on your favorite podcasting platform. Part 1 of 2 episodes.
A short conversation between Isaac and Charles on the nature of evil, spurred by Sword & Scale's infamous Episode 20! Should people be locked up just for thinking and expressing abhorrent thoughts? What is evil and why do humans commit evil deeds? Does Genghis Khan count as evil? Also Charles says something mean about actors.
Craziest episode yet. We break down recent Zeke news and Le'Veon Bell's full load comment. Plus what to do with the Buccs vs Dolphins rescheduled game. Also Charles is now twitter famous and the scariest bet so far. @HostChuckB and @JL_Chapman