Podcast appearances and mentions of dan sinker

We're doing a live show in Denver this July, Danilo Alonso has seen the 'developer replacement' hype cycle many times, Dan Sinker says we're in the Who Cares Era, Cap looks like a solid alternative to typical CAPTCHA solutions, Michael Flarup on the return of texture, depth, and expressiveness in UI & Kan is an open source alternative to Trello.

We're doing a live show in Denver this July, Danilo Alonso has seen the 'developer replacement' hype cycle many times, Dan Sinker says we're in the Who Cares Era, Cap looks like a solid alternative to typical CAPTCHA solutions, Michael Flarup on the return of texture, depth, and expressiveness in UI & Kan is an open source alternative to Trello.

We're doing a live show in Denver this July, Danilo Alonso has seen the 'developer replacement' hype cycle many times, Dan Sinker says we're in the Who Cares Era, Cap looks like a solid alternative to typical CAPTCHA solutions, Michael Flarup on the return of texture, depth, and expressiveness in UI & Kan is an open source alternative to Trello.

As we finish up our next episode, and given that everyone's minds are probably occupied with the Election today, the Rebel Spirit team wanted to take a moment to look back on the process of making this podcast over the last year. Akilah sat down with producers Dan Sinker and Elizabeth Baquet for a conversation about everything they experienced while pushing for change. Hope you enjoy it and we will be back next week with our tenth episode covering Akilah's journey.  If you have a racist mascot at your high school, or are an alumni of a high school with a racist mascot, and want to share your own experience, please email us at rebelspiritpodcast@gmail.com. We would love to talk to you!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"John F. Kennedy has a series of surreal encounters with a brokenhearted English artist who died 10 years ago." Is JFK seeing a ghost? Is JFK a ghost at this point? And what artist would go by the name "Cryptic Greg"? Our guest Dan Sinker is here to figure out those details! Check out him and his co-host Maureen Johnson on Says Who Podcast, wherever you're listening to Somebody Write This! And our links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/somebodywritethis Facebook: https://facebook.com/somebodywritethis Twitter: https://twitter.com/writethispod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/writethispod/

Dan hasn't slept in four days. Maureen just had a root canal three hours ago and is still groggy from drugs. Things start a bit loosey-goosey, but take a strong turn when Maureen tells Dan about some news he hasn't heard. A certain dot f y I fella isn't quite ready to handle it.Group nap after this one, Sayswhovia. Group nap.

As Margaret and Amy both deal with Covid in their households, they wonder how they ever thought it was over and when the "new normal" will feel truly normal, if ever. They give both optimistic and realistic assessments of the future as they try to imagine one that's forever changed, but also better than before. And they both agree that you should cheer on everyone who is running the New York City Marathon, whether they're your sister, a cop, or a ballerina. In this episode, Amy and Margaret discuss: Moments they each thought "Covid was ovah" The third quarter phenomenon Mourning things they've missed due to Covid Here are links to some of the resources mentioned in the episode: Brandon Ambrosino for BBC: "Why it will be so hard to return to ‘normal'" Dan Sinker for Esquire: "If We're Back to 'Normal,' Why Am I Still So Exhausted All the Time?" Debra Caplan's thread on Twitter Kate Bowler's book No Cure for Being Human, Margaret's rec Nathan Smith and Gro Mjeldheim Sandal: "The third-quarter phenomenon: the psychology of time in space" "When Can We Start Saying Yes?" WFH episode where we talk about said phenomenon Special thanks to this month's sponsors: Aura Frame turns your family's past into the perfect gift, bringing all your favorite photos and videos together in one high-resolution display. Get up to $40 off while supplies last by visiting auraframes.com/FRESH.  Beam's DreamPowder is their sleep-promoting healthy hot cocoa. 99% of people experience better sleep quality when taking Beam Dream! Get $20 off at beamorganics.com with the code FRESH. Betterhelp online therapy is affordable, confidential, and effective! Give it a try and see if online therapy can help lower your stress. Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/fresh. Credit Karma helps you find low-interest personal loans that may well have lower interest rates than your credit cards do now! Head to creditkarma.com/loanoffers to see your personalized offers. Daily Harvest delivers delicious harvest bowls, flatbreads, smoothies, and more, all built on organic fruits and vegetables. Go to dailyharvest.com/laughing to get up to $40 off your first box! Home.Made. Podcast is a terrific new podcast offering stories about the meaning of home in America. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts! Indeedis the only job site where you're guaranteed to find quality applicants that meet your must-have requirements-- or else you don't pay! Upgrade your job post with a $75 sponsored job credit at indeed.com/laughing. KiwiCo projects make science, technology, engineering, art, and math super fun. Get 30% off your first month plus FREE shipping on ANY crate line with code MOTHERHOOD. Ladder helps you find life insurance without the hassle! Answer a few questions online to apply for up to $3 million in term life insurance coverage. Go to ladderlife.com/laughing today to see if you're instantly approved. Native deodorant and other body care products are paraben-free on the inside, and now plastic-free on the outside! Get 20% off your first order at nativedeo.com/fresh or with promo code FRESH. Peloton has a workout for every goal, day, and mood: everything from boxing and dance cardio to yoga and meditation. Visit onepeloton.com to learn more. Prose now makes supplements personally tailored to address your specific cause of hair shedding. Get your free in-depth consultation and 15% off your custom hair supplements at prose.com/laughing.  Renzo's Vitamins “melty tabs” taste great and give your kids the vitamins they need- without all the sugar of gummies! Go to renzosmagic.com and use the code FRESH to get $5 off. StoryWorth is an online service that helps you and your loved ones connect through sharing stories and memories and preserves them for years to come. Save $10 off your first purchase at storyworth.com/whatfreshhell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spin around and keep your bodily fluids in tact on a brand new episode of Tights and Fights!Dan Sinker joined us just weeks after AEW Revolution in 2020, so it only makes sense that he joins us for this years' edition of the event after it's been a whole pandemic!We're going to talk all about our favorite matches including Jade Cargill and Jurassic Express' big wins and why we need to take a break from all the blood.Plus, new champions across just about every show on TV!The Main Event:CM Punk has been back in wrestling for just over six months now. Dan Sinker will tell us about how he chronicled Punk's life and career that led him to his AEW debut foir Esquire Magazine.The Three CountDan put over theThe Jurassic Express.Lindsey put over Keith Lee on Talk is Jericho.Danielle put over The first week of WWE 2K22Hal put over the solid improvement of WWE 2K22.Hosted by Hal Lublin, Danielle Radford and Lindsey Kelk.Produced by Julian Burrell for Maximum Fun.The music for our new promo is provided by Incompetech.comIf you want to talk about more wrestling throughout the week be sure to join us on Facebook and @TightsFights on Twitter and Instagram. PLUS! Check out our Tights and Fights Discord!If you liked the show, please share it with your friends and be sure to leave us a quick review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get podcasts.Plus our T-Shirt is available now!

We welcome podcaster, writer, and all-around swell guy Dan Sinker for a tour of Disney Parks to determine the most overrated ride of them all!

Dan’s made some bad choices. Let's discuss them, together. 

Good morning, RVA! It’s 39 °F, and drizzly. Expect highs in the mid 50s today which makes it the warmest day of the week. Temperatures will fall over the next several days, and we might be looking at another chance for snow in a couple of days!Water coolerAs of this morning, the Virginia Department of Health reports 1,700 new positive cases of the coronavirus in the Commonwealthand 42 new deaths as a result of the virus. VDH reports 339 new cases in and around Richmond (Chesterfield: 219, Henrico: 81, and Richmond: 39). Since this pandemic began, 709 people have died in the Richmond region. A case count number that starts with a one?? We haven’t seen such a thing since the day after Christmas—which surely must be a data reporting issue—or November 30th before that. I don’t know what’s going on, but let’s keep it up for the next several months. Over on the vaccine side of the house: Here’s the graph of the weekly cumulative vaccinations administered by Richmond, Henrico, and Chesterfield. For each of the past two weeks the region has hit its Stupid Math Goal of 20,000 total vaccines administered, which I think is wonderful given the nationwide shortage of vaccine. Unfortunately, I don’t know that it’s realistic to expect that kind of progress to continue until the federal government starts shipping more doses—which sounds like it could be a while. If you want the full update on the region’s vaccination situation, you should watch this briefing from Amy Popovich at the Richmond and Henrico Health Districts(Facebook), or you can read this good summary by Tom Lappas at the Henrico Citizen. Both speak to the soon-to-launch federal CVS vaccination program (which is different than CVS’s agreement with the feds to vaccinate long-term care facilities). Details are scarce—just like vaccine—which I’m sure won’t make for a stressful situation at all.Last night, the RPS School Board voted 6–3 to renew Superintendent Jason Kamras’s contract for four more years (YES: Doerr, Young, Harris-Muhammed, Burke, Page, Jones; NO: White, Gibson, Rizzi). VPM’s Alan Rodriguez has the details. What great work by advocates—like you!—over the last several weeks. Look what happens when folks get involved! I’m pretty dang excited for what the next four years brings at Richmond Public Schools. One tangential note: While I deeply disagree with the NO votes, I do support Boardmember Gibson’s desire to shift the superintendent’s contract renewal date away from the election cycle. It’s unfair to plop such an important decision in front of a newly-elected board still trying to get up to speed. Luckily, this is pretty easy to do: In two years, extend Kamras’s contract for another two years. Henrico County just did this, and, as far as I can tell, that County’s public school system still exists to this very day!Related: RPS School Board will meet again tonight for a budget work session. Perhaps more interesting—or at least more immediate—Superintendent-For-The-Next-Four-Years Kamras will address the Governor’s recent request that all K–12 school districts offer in-person learning by March 15th. I don’t see a presentation on the Board’s website yet, so you’ll just have to tune in tonight to hear what details Kamras unearthed about the Gov’s plan/edict/request/whatever.City Council also met last night and adopted both RES. 2020-R056, the work-from-home study resolution, and ORD. 2020–256, the participatory budgeting ordinance. I feel like I so rarely get to mark off legislation I’m watching as “adopted.” Great work everyone. Also, and slightly vomit-inducing, I found the list of requested amendments to the Master Plan (PDF), and, y’all, there is a lot in here: changing language, deleting entire objectives, adding new details. I see several places where Councilmembers want to reduce the allowable height for buildings recommended by the Plan (“height” is mentioned 19 times in this document). Is this a normal part of the process? Do we want to allow wholesale line-item amendments like this when we literally just spent years methodically working on this document as a community? Have planners been involved at all? What’s the legislative process for approving each of these? Surely not as a package, right? I have a lot of questions.Jonathan Spiers at Richmond BizSense reports that the City has reached a deal “for a multimillion-dollar redevelopment of Richmond’s city-owned Public Safety Building property.” The ordinances to make this an official done deal were introduced at Council’s meeting last night. What makes me most excited about this particular project is the opportunity to reopen and reconnect Clay Street. Also, lets put a pin in this sentence: “The project would relocate the existing GRTC transfer station on Ninth Street to the surface parking lot across Ninth from the building.” The number of trips taken from the transfer plaza has reduced in recent years, but those folks that do still use it need a place to sit and a place to stay dry when it rains. “Surface parking lot” does not do either innately.Today, the Richmond and Henrico Health Districts will host a free COVID-19 community testing event at Diversity Richmond (1407 Sherwood Avenue), from 10:00 AM–12:00 PM. See those low case count numbers up in the first paragraph? Help keep them low by getting tested if you think you may have been exposed!The Senate trial portion of Impeachment 2: Cruise Control kicks off today at 12:00 PM. Dan Sinker’s Impeachment.FYI has all of the details for how this second impeachment trial of Donald Trump will play out. As he says, “hold on to your butts.”This morning’s patron longreadHave Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?Submitted by Patron Susan. While I do think this article from 2017 conflates screens with social media a bit, it’s still terrifying! And what now, in 2021, where digital contact with each other is one of the only safe ways to stay in touch?At first I presumed these might be blips, but the trends persisted, across several years and a series of national surveys. The changes weren’t just in degree, but in kind. The biggest difference between the Millennials and their predecessors was in how they viewed the world; teens today differ from the Millennials not just in their views but in how they spend their time. The experiences they have every day are radically different from those of the generation that came of age just a few years before them. What happened in 2012 to cause such dramatic shifts in behavior? It was after the Great Recession, which officially lasted from 2007 to 2009 and had a starker effect on Millennials trying to find a place in a sputtering economy. But it was exactly the moment when the proportion of Americans who owned a smartphone surpassed 50 percent.If you’d like your longread to show up here, go chip in a couple bucks on the ol’ Patreon.Picture of the DayCharming row houses at 1031 Tilden Street.

Good morning, RVA! It’s 38 °F, and today looks pretty nice. Expect highs around 50, lots of sunshine, and maybe an opportunity to take an afternoon walk around your neighborhood should you get a minute.Water coolerAs of this morning, the Virginia Department of Health reports 4,530 new positive cases of the coronavirus in the Commonwealthand 10 new deaths as a result of the virus. VDH reports 366 new cases in and around Richmond (Chesterfield: 92, Henrico: 188, and Richmond: 86). Since this pandemic began, 591 people have died in the Richmond region. I missed this yesterday, but the seven-day average of statewide new reported cases broke 5,000; this morning’s seven-day average is 5,121. Michael Martz at the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association has officially asked the Governor to impose more restrictions to fight the dramatic spread of the virus, specifically to “consider temporarily implementing additional public health measures regarding limits on indoor dining, stricter occupancy limits, expanded use of telework, and requirements for non-essential businesses.” It does make me feel better—in a dark, morbid way—to hear folks with some influence asking the Governor to take further actions to slow down the disease while we wait on the vaccine. Speaking of, on the vaccine side of things, here’s my first attempt at a graph of our regions vaccination efforts. I don’t love it yet and reserve the right to change it in the future! Remember, Ross’s Stupid-Math Goal (which is not anyone else’s goal and should not be treated as such), is around 2,720 vaccinations per day in Richmond, Henrico, and Chesterfield. Over the last seven days, the region averaged 1,683 vaccinations. I think that’s pretty good considering we’ve only been at this for a couple weeks now; the health systems, health districts, and pharmacies are still in the process of ramping up their vaccine machines; and, of course, the ever-present data-reporting issues. Once we do get some more data, though, I think I’ll move to looking at a weekly regional goal of around 20,000 vaccinations.I didn’t watch City Council last night because I had my first ever viewing of the Christian Bale classic Newsies. Which was more drama-filled? Which had more dance fighting? I’ll never know. For those of you that did watch City Council, you saw that ORD. 2020–214, the ordinance that helps fund the Affordable Housing Trust Fund, passed. Interestingly, the amended Monument & Allen medians ordinance, ORD.2020–217, was stricken. You don’t see that a ton, but the patron, Kim Gray, no longer sits on Council and can no longer withdraw bills (which is usually the more common option). I am bummed to have missed seeing all of the first-meeting jitters of the new councilmembers, but I’m glad to have finally been introduced to “Spot Conlon.”Yesterday, the House, for the second time, introduced Articles of Impeachment against Donald Trump. As a result, one of my favorite newsleetter from the twenty-teens, impeachment.fyi, is back. I encourage you to subscribe and let Dan Sinker walk you through the next couple of weeks with a single evening email covering all of the day’s impeachment news. Sinker says the vote on impeachment is set for Wednesday, and the Articles already have enough cosponsors to make it a done deal that Trump will be a twice-impeached president—an American first. What happens in the Senate, though, is anyone’s guess (although I will guess right now: Nothing, nothing will happen in the Senate).Related, the next week or so at the state Capitol promises to be…something. The General Assembly kicks off their 2021 session tomorrow, which means Lobby Day (also MLK Day) is right around the corner. Last year’s Lobby Day was pre-pandemic, which seems hard to believe, and featured thousands of gun-toting men trying to intimidate legislators from voting for some pretty basic gun legislation. Graham Moomaw at the Virginia Mercury says one pro-gun-violence group still intends on going through with whatever kind of rally they plan on hosting this coming Monday. Additionally, Michael Martz at the RTD says the governors (and mayor) of Virginia, Maryland, and D.C. have asked that folks not come to Biden’s inauguration. Very cool and normal stuff here in America lately.This morning’s longreadSix hours of paralysis: Inside Trump’s failure to act after a mob stormed the CapitolWith impeachment back on the table, it’s worth reading this good tick-tock of last Wednesday’s horrible events.But as senators and House members trapped inside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday begged for immediate help during the siege, they struggled to get through to the president, who — safely ensconced in the West Wing — was too busy watching fiery TV images of the crisis unfolding around them to act or even bother to hear their pleas. “He was hard to reach, and you know why? Because it was live TV,” said one close Trump adviser. “If it’s TiVo, he just hits pause and takes the calls. If it’s live TV, he watches it, and he was just watching it all unfold.” Even as he did so, Trump did not move to act.If you’d like your longread to show up here, go chip in a couple bucks on the ol’ Patreon.

This week, journalist Dan Sinker talks with Annalee Newitz about Annalee's recent time-traveling, punk rock novel The Future of Another Timeline. This is the second of four conversations with science fiction and fantasy writers in honor of Ray Bradbury's Centennial on August 22. Admission to the AWM is also free of charge that day to celebrate Bradbury's [...]

This week, journalist Dan Sinker talks with Annalee Newitz about Annalee's recent time-traveling, punk rock novel The Future of Another Timeline. This is the second of four conversations with science fiction and fantasy writers in honor of Ray Bradbury's Centennial on August 22. Admission to the AWM is also free of charge that day to celebrate Bradbury's [...]

BLACK LIVES MATTER. RESIST FASCISM. THE WORLD STANDS WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. --- Get in touch, particularly this time: ephemeraTHEpodcast@gmail.comhttp://storiesfromtheinter.net/about http://storiesfromtheinter.net/zine (zine 2 this month!) https://www.patreon.com/ephemerapodcastAudio engineering is generously provided by Miguel Tanhi of Much Different NY, a live podcast recording venue in Brooklyn, NY. Thanks for bearing with my delays. xoxo. next ep is about another one of my favourite :goonstory:s. --- Read the episode script and my research notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C6_9BLS6JEH5dC3pnCsKOiL17HD5W2IMZwR0Dh5k0rQ/edit?usp=sharing Virgil Texas' "OKC_ebooks", where thirsty men reply ad nauseam to incoherent horse_ebooks text: https://slacktory.tumblr.com/post/43168538440/this-is-a-pick-up-artist-talking-to-a-horse-robot  You will look back on this moment with shock and: https://twitter.com/horse_ebooks/status/113976583752134656?lang=en  Adrian Chen tracks down the account's father: https://gawker.com/5887697/how-i-found-the-human-being-behind-horseebooks-the-internets-favorite-spambot Dan Sinker's "Eulogy For A Horse": http://web.archive.org/web/20140213003406/http://dansinker.com/post/62183207705/eulogy-for-a-horse Excellent perspective here on the relevance of horse ebooks as ‘obliging a program’ and parallels to social media: https://www.marieconnelly.com/writing/horse-ebooks  Academic writing on the idea of 'botness': http://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/rt/printerFriendly/814/0  Bakkila's artist statement: https://images.gawker.com/1915kb0m44uocjpg/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg  Susan Orlean's review of the gallery performance: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/02/10/man-and-machine-susan-orlean  Michael Craig-Martin's "An Oak Tree": https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/craig-martin-an-oak-tree-l02262 If you have a recording of Ryan O’Connor's talk at Mind Maze II, “The Horse Computer in Kiev”, I want it. It was impossible to find and I really wish I'd been able to. Please stay safe, dear listeners. I have more episodes written and I hope to return to a normal release pace.

Carol Marin talks with Center for Journalism Integrity & Excellence Fellow Dan Sinker about advice he has for journalism students graduating amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Sinker has spent is career on the cutting edge of journalism, creating innovative approaches to news. He's an entrepreneur, a leader and a creator. Sinker shares helpful advice for graduates as they enter a job market that is even more uncertain than before.

Hal and Lindsey are joined by Dan Sinker from the "Says Who?" podcast to discuss one of those rare instances where the real world actually affected wrestling. COVID-19 has led to AEW and Smackdown scheduling empty arena live shows. And that’s gotta mean that WrestleMania is going to be postponed… right?  But in the meantime, let’s talk about what may end up being the last normal week of wrestling for God knows how long… A week that included the Elimination Chamber PPV, Drew McIntyre squashing a spider, Nick Jackson getting squashed by a garage door and the build to a number of shows that should probably be cancelled sooner rather than later.  The Three Count Dan put over the upcoming Battle of the Brands season 2. Lindsey put over The Broserweights flip the switch challenge and David Arquette’s recent interview. Hal put over Braun Strowman's PSA.. Hosted by Hal Lublin and Lindsey Kelk. Produced by Julian Burrell for Maximum Fun. If you want to talk about more wrestling throughout the week be sure to join us on Facebook and @TightsFights on Twitter and Instagram. PLUS! Check out our brand new Tights and Fights Discord! If you liked the show, please share it with your friends and be sure to leave us a quick review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get podcasts. Plus our brand new T-Shirt is available now!

Oh hello there, SaysWhovia. Come sit beside us on the porch. We’ll have some lemonade and tell stories about the old days, like a week ago. It was a different world then. Back then, sometimes we only had two news cycles a day! Things were slower. Life crept along.Now, of course, the news cycle is… well, there’s been a new one while you were reading this! We’re on a water slide! Are we going into a fun pool or a shark-infested pool or a fun, shark-infested pool? Who knows! But there’s SOMETHING at the end of this slide! Let’s all find out together.But first, the briefest of reviews of this week. There’s Brexit and corruption and impeachment and more corruption and subpoenas and more corruption and blatant tweeted crimes stuff and hard drives and some corruption. Dan has written it all down. The whistleblower is whistling, SaysWhovia. Can you hear it on the wind?Toot toot!***Dan's tracking impeachment news and sending out updates every day. Sign up at impeachment.fyiMaureen's new book The Vanishing Stair is OUT NOW. NOW!Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want!Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan SinkerOur awesome theme is courtesy of Ted LeoWe love Darth 

Maureen is in Greece, Dan is back in his basement, there's a eight hour time difference  and also mountains and dolphins and while it sounds like paradise, well, it is.And yet, and yet there is trouble around the edges--the news won't stop. At the time of this recording (the halcyon days of yesterday morning), Brexit had been thrown once again into question and Donald Trump was getting in too deep with the Ukraine.Of course since then, well, Pelosi spoke and now impeachment has begin. Or something--that bit's still a little foggy if we're being honest. BUT DO NOT FEAR SAYSWHOVIAN, because Dan and Maureen saw this coming and are already making their post-Trump Disney World plans once again.Because, SaysWhovians, maybe it is happening? Certainly SOMETHING is happening and where would you more like to be than bobbing in a salt water pool with Maureen and Dan like buoys, warning oncoming ships of dangerous waters ahead.Or, you know, something. SHOW NOTESDan just wrapped his summer on the road, give a listen to Season Two of The Hitch now full and complete with 66 days of adventure.Maureen's new book The Vanishing Stair is OUT NOW. NOW!Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want!Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan SinkerOur awesome theme is courtesy of Ted LeoWe love Darth

Well, well, well. Here we are. Three years after Dan and Maureen agreed to do something for eight weeks, this deranged carnival rages on. It's the Says Who Third Anniversary Show! And, like she does on each anniversary, Ana Marie Cox returns to see how far we've come. How far is that, exactly? Bret Kavenaugh is back, and so is Sean Spicer. You know what? Forget it. Just forget it. You don't want to know what happened this week. Except for some stuff about lightbulbs. Let's just talk to Ana instead, about hope, learning, moving on, and moving forward. With any luck, we won't be having this discussion next year.

Here we are again, on the eve of the third year anniversary of Says Who. Dan and Maureen have gotten together to parse the events of the week. They have been--and this is painful to say--weirder than most. But first! The Says Who U experiment continues. There are benefits to getting away from this stuff from time to time! Dan is pouring concrete and making yogurt! Maureen is... ...listening to Parliamentary debate. Because Brexit rages on to its conclusion.* Parliament is grasping back some control just as Boris Johnson tears it away, and a figure named Black Rod enters the chamber to move the magic stick. Britain is metal as hell. Here in the US, the President gets a pen and shitposts about celebrities. Maureen wonders what the hell is wrong with him. Perhaps he has swallowed a glass piano.** Also! There are debates this week! Things are happening! Good things? Bad things? Just things? Only time will tell. Get your magic rod. It's Says Who time. Brexit will never conclude. ** You heard me. SHOW NOTES Dan just wrapped his summer on the road, give a listen to Season Two of The Hitch now full and complete with 66 days of adventure. Maureen's new book The Vanishing Stair is OUT NOW. NOW! Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want! Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo We love Darth

So it begins. We've passed Labor Day and now we're in that exciting transition from summer to fall--a time to new starts and getting back to work. Maureen has just finished a book! And now she is getting some new furniture so she can stop storing clothes in a VHS tape cabinet. Dan has returned to his house, which is filled with dust and ghosts. Both have taken time each day to get away from screens, and they like it! But. This is Says Who, which means that they must look upon the news. Dan takes the US, running through the latest weird capers of Trump. Maureen is handling foreign affairs--she gives a breakdown of the major Brexit developments occurring this week. Rules! Drama! The Queen! It's a lot. Strap in. Get your new school supplies and take a seat, SaysWhovia. We're getting down to business. SHOW NOTES Dan just wrapped his summer on the road, give a listen to Season Two of The Hitch now full and complete with 66 days of adventure. Maureen's new book The Vanishing Stair is OUT NOW. NOW! Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want! Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo We love Darth

Ah, the end of summer. The back to school sales. The backpacks. The books. The pencils. The premature PSLs. The cooler weather ahead. Nuking hurricanes. Calling yourself the Chosen One. It's all classic stuff. Dan and Maureen are easing into the fall with this summer wrap-up. They are taking the time to look back and look ahead. It's been almost three years of Says Who. What will the fourth year bring? They decide to talk to their August 2020 selves and let them know it's all very normal and very cool. But remember: this is a coping strategy. To that end, Dan and Maureen start Says Who U. Want to learn to cope with your friends in SaysWhovia? Get ready to take the first chill-out mental health challenge! Come on in, everyone! It's last splash time! SHOW NOTES Dan just wrapped his summer on the road, give a listen to Season Two of The Hitch now full and complete with 66 days of adventure. Maureen's new book The Vanishing Stair is OUT NOW. NOW! Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want! Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo We love Darth

Well, we did it! We did the thing we didn't mean to do, probably didn't want to do, and certainly never expected to do. Welcome to EPISODE ONE HUNDRED of Says Who, the podcast that was only supposed to last for eight episodes. Dan and Maureen take a look back--first at the last two weeks of news, and then at the last hundred episodes. What have they learned? What wisdom can they impart to their 2016 selves? Is this coping? It gets personal, and then it gets weird. It's triple-digit time, SaysWhovia. SHOW NOTES Dan just wrapped his summer on the road, give a listen to Season Two of The Hitch now full and complete with 66 days of adventure. Maureen's new book The Vanishing Stair is OUT NOW. NOW! Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want! Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo We love Darth

Great Googliemooglie. Dan and Maureen meet once again, this time both on American soil. Maureen is home in New York, and Dan wandering the west, though he no longer spends his time in hot cars outside of pyramids. The summer of 2019 rages on. Rage being the operative word. It was not, to put it mildly, the best week ever. Things in the US are not going great. There have been two mass shootings in 24 hours. And there were two debates. Terrible twos. Dan and Maureen are having a hard time making sense of it all. But the job is not to make sense--it is to cope. And they have been coping for 99 episodes now and are staring at the oncoming 100th episode. So. Dan watched the debates because Maureen did not and has prepared his report. His report is that he did not like them. Maureen gives her ringworm update. And Amy Carter's Shoe reveals more than ever before. 99 episodes of Says Who in your feed. 99 eps of Says Who There were supposed to be eight But things didn't go great 99 eps of Says Who SHOW NOTES Dan's back on the road this summer, so Season Two of The Hitch is OUT NOW. Weekly episode drop on Mondays! Maureen's new book The Vanishing Stair is OUT NOW. NOW! Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want! Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo We love Darth

Pip pip! Maureen is in England, trying to enjoy life for a second. But Dan is lurking, and he has notes. He was been following the news. Maureen cannot hide in butterflies and sunshine and tea. There are Events to Process. There's no running away. So what has been happening? Well, Trump is turning up the racism, which is not news--it's just turning everything up to eleven. But racism. So much. Things are rolling downhill faster and faster. Maureen is desperate. She'll talk about anything but the news. Anything. Literally anything. Things go downhill. But we go downhill together. It's time to roll, SaysWhovia. Down the hill. Here we go. SHOW NOTES Dan's back on the road this summer, so Season Two of The Hitch is OUT NOW. Weekly episode drop on Mondays! Maureen's new book The Vanishing Stair is OUT NOW. NOW! Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want! Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo We love Darth

What can we say, really. Summer burns on, and things continue to brew. Dan is in Colorado, and Maureen is about to go to England. The UK has a new Prime Minister. Mueller is about to testify. We're on the verge of everything and nothing. And Dan and Maureen are...well, not well. Their brains are turning to gravy. Here follows are two people trying to make it all make sense. How does it end? Impeachment? Change? More of the same? Or...IN A MUSICAL? Stay vigilant, SaysWhovia. We're in the Weird Times. SHOW NOTES Dan's back on the road this summer, so Season Two of The Hitch is OUT NOW. Weekly episode drop on Mondays! Maureen's new book The Vanishing Stair is OUT NOW. NOW! Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want! Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo We love Darth

It's the height of summer! Time for fun! Time for swimming and cookouts! Time to get out there and have a good time! So Dan and Maureen hear. But they do this podcast, which means they track the news. And this week, Maureen has decided to rebel. No more news. She is done. She has decided to go to the moon. But Dan has rented a booth in a co-working space in Santa Fe and demands that the journey continue. What are we learning, SaysWhovia? How does one process 2019, in particular this last week of 2019, which has devolved into a slurry of sewage and anger. The same way as always! Talk through it until either Dan or Maureen has heatstroke or loses a tooth. Maureen dreams of such sweet release. But no, there are tweets to discuss, and 2020 candidates, and Brexit. And the moon. There is always the moon. And each other. Come to the green at midnight, SaysWhovia. We will look at the stars together and eat ice cream. SHOW NOTES Dan's back on the road this summer, so Season Two of The Hitch is OUT NOW. Weekly episode drop on Mondays! Maureen's new book The Vanishing Stair is OUT NOW. NOW! Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want! Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo We love Darth

Hey, SaysWhovia! It's summertime! It's time for picnics, swimming, lounging, and...checks notes sitting in a hot car at noon in New Mexico recording a podcast! Yes, Dan, a Podcasting Professional, has once again found internet on the road. Sure, it's in a hot car, but when have hot cars ever been a problem? There's lots to talk about as Says Who took the holiday week off. Maureen also rode in a car! And swam in a pond! She does not want to talk about politics. But this is Says Who, and we do it so you don't have to. That is our pledge. This week, the President's Very Big Parade was rained on. The British revealed their real feelings about Trump. A terrible predator with close ties to the administration was arrested. Someone left the 2020 race, but someone else stepped in, and... Dan is out of water. The sun is getting higher. Oh, and the President is obsessed with Purell. All germs, really. He really, really does not like germs, almost as much as he really, really likes parades. Dan is fading. Someone help Dan. And next week is The Big Mueller Show! Time to get the lawn chairs! And the jaws of life! Smash the window, SaysWhovia. It's time to get out! SHOW NOTES Dan's back on the road this summer, so Season Two of The Hitch is OUT NOW. Weekly episode drop on Mondays! Maureen's new book The Vanishing Stair is OUT NOW. NOW! Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want! Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo We love Darth

Last week, Dan and Maureen were in dire straits. Dan was in the back of a hot car near a pyramid, and Maureen got punched by a dog. This week, things are much better. Dan is now in a hot trailer, and Maureen dog is sleeping, so nothing can go wrong. In fact, things are looking up and getting spicy. A hero emerges in Chicago and spits on Eric Trump. NRATV goes down. Mueller's public testimony is scheduled. And the two Democratic debates are about to begin. In preparation, Dan has a list of every contenders' favorite comfort foods. Maureen is not emotionally ready. She never will be. Maureen does not want to watch the debates. But she will, because in SaysWhovia, we show up, so you don't have to. Get your comfort food. It's time to watch some TV. SHOW NOTES Dan's heading back on the road this summer, so Season Two of The Hitch is OUT NOW. Weekly episode drop on Mondays! Maureen's new book The Vanishing Stair is OUT NOW. NOW! Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want! Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo We love Darth

We've had lots of times together, SayWhovia. We've experienced many moments together. Today, we are going to experience more, for today is one of the stranger recordings we've ever done in the town square. Dan is sweating in the back of a car near a pyramid. Maureen is doing just fine in New York. She is talking about things like the departure of Sarah Sanders, the race for a new Prime Minister in the UK, and the 2020 Democratic debates. Dan is sweating a lot, like, a lot, because he is recording in a back seat in Tennessee. But when Dan and Maureen get into the Trump interview, problems develop. Before it's all over, things... go wrong. Not everyone will make it out of this recording in one piece. Nothing can stop us, SaysWhovia-- not technical issues, or heat, or the cops, or a giant pyramid, or physical injury... well, that last one might. SHOW NOTES Dan's heading back on the road this summer, so Season Two of The Hitch is OUT NOW. Weekly episode drops come out on Mondays! Maureen's new book The Vanishing Stair is OUT NOW. NOW! FOR REAL NOW!!! Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want! Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo We love Darth

Summer's here, and everyone's hitting the road! Dan's back in his trailer, Maureen's done with her book, and Trump is off making a great impression across the Atlantic. Surely nothing can possibly go wrong. Wait for it: Everything kinda went wrong. Trump insulted royalty, he threatened to take away the national health service, his large adult sons skipped out on their bar tab, and someone gave him an enormous hat to wear. Plus, he sat down for a meal that contained zero things he might actually eat. Put on extra sunscreen, order an extra large Slurpee, and get ready for summer with Says Who because things are heating up! SHOW NOTES Dan's heading back on the road this summer, so Season Two of The Hitch is starting soon. Get caught up before the new shows start rolling June 17. Maureen's new book The Vanishing Stair is OUT NOW. NOW! FOR REAL NOW!!! Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want! Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo We love Darth

Live from Pod X in beautiful Nashville Tennessee, it's Maureen and Dan out of their closet and basement and instead sitting right next to each other doing an episode! In front of people! Really! But whatever could they talk about? Thankfully ROBERT MUELLER HIMSELF spoke! Also in front of people! Really! Did he have the voice of an angel? What did he say? Let's discuss, shall we? And then Donald Trump got on an airplane and traveled to Japan to give a sumo wrestler the President's Cup, which was a thing that did not exist until now. And then... they ate food. Steak? Check. Vanilla Ice Cream. Check. And finally, we've got 23 candidates for the 2020 Democratic primary which means... Amy Carter's Shoe paid a visit. And she's real. If you weren't there in Nashville, come on and dance with the one who brung ya. SHOW NOTES Maureen's new book The Vanishing Stair is OUT NOW. NOW! FOR REAL NOW!!! Dan's heading back on the road this summer, so Season Two of The Hitch is starting soon. Get caught up before the new shows start rolling June 17. Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want! Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo We love Darth

When we last left them, Dan was in Chicago in the cold drizzle and Maureen was in the puppy pen. Dan is still in the drizzle. Maureen, however, has made it on to the sofa! The puppy is asleep. All is peaceful and calm. Things are good. But ARE they, SaysWhovia? Is this situation under any kind of control? What happens when the people who are in charge just stop abiding the law? At what point do we stop tolerating this and fight back? When is enough enough? Where is the line in the sand? WHITHER IMPEACHMENT? Dan would like to know. Maureen has thoughts, but the puppy is awake and needs to pee. Ah, no. The puppy is peeing. And it's Sayswhosterpiece Theater time! This time, we have Mr. Says Who himself, Michael Cohen! Oh, the puppy is extra awake. The puppy is ready to play. Maureen is losing control of the situation. How does this end? Does SaysWhovia have a dog park? Sometimes the tooth is sharp, SaysWhovia, but we keep going. SHOW NOTES Maureen's new book The Vanishing Stair is OUT NOW. NOW! FOR REAL NOW!!! Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want! Join us at PodX, May 31-June 2 in Nashville Tennessee, use this link to get your tix and we'll see you there! Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo We love Darth

Look. Maureen is in the puppy pen again. Sometimes, she goes in there all on her own. Times are tough all over OK? Don't judge. Remember the halcyon days of checks calendar two weeks ago when it seemed like we were in a real lull period? Yeah, not anymore so much. Shit is getting real all over and so on... BARK What's that? BARKBARKBARK Oh, more puppy talk? Sure, we can work with that. Also, Maureen attempts to name all 22 Democratic candidates for mayor, Bill Barr gets found in contempt, and Amy Carter's Shoe reveals something about Joe Biden that you ABSOLUTELY WILL WANT TO UNKNOW. Plus, Oscar pays a visit! It turns out he's real and not a character Maureen has just made up all these years. Who knew? Anyway, we're trying.

We are between worlds, SaysWhovia. In some sense, everything is calm and normal. People go to work and shop and eat. Kids ride bikes. But, much like on Stranger Things, something lurks beneath. The Report has arrived, except no one can get it. William Barr is called by the House and...doesn't show up. Tax records and requested and not provided. It turns out you don't have to follow the law! Or something! Whatever! Maureen and Dan try to work out this new reality. Can you just do whatever now? Are 2020 elections canceled, or have they already started? Will Trump just decide not to leave and stay forever? WE JUST DON'T KNOW! But, Maureen also has a puppy so we can talk about that for a while. Puppies are better. Everyone into the puppy playpen, SaysWhovia. It's safe in here. SHOW NOTES Maureen's new book The Vanishing Stair is OUT NOW. NOW! FOR REAL NOW!!! Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want! Join us at PodX, May 31-June 2 in Nashville Tennessee, use this link to get your tix and we'll see you there! Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo We love Darth

Here's the thing... ...it seems kind of normal out there. Or so Dan thinks. It's quiet. Too quiet. This weekend, everyone enjoyed some Thrones and Avengers. It almost felt normal. Things must be... noises Oh. Maureen got a puppy! SaysWhovia has a new resident! Her life is on fire, but good fire! But fire. And, as you will see, she has a different take on this period. And she has brought textual evidence from the SaysWhovian readings, from the Book of Bannon. And she's not in the closet. Life seeps in, SaysWhovia. But what does it mean? What's coming next? In the Game of Scrotes, you win or you...well, it's just more scrotes. SHOW NOTES Maureen's new book The Vanishing Stair is OUT NOW. NOW! FOR REAL NOW!!! Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want! Join us at PodX, May 31-June 2 in Nashville Tennessee, use this link to get your tix and we'll see you there! Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo We love Darth

We're in it now. It's stupid noon and the town has gathered on the square. The gunfighters are facing off. The sheriff is holding a copy of the Muller Report. Everything is quiet, except Fartin' Joe who eats all the beans. Impeachment? Or more crimes? All crimes? Are we ceding the town to the varmints? Oh, we could wonder about that, or we could spend a blissful hour with Akilah Hughes who was an ACTUAL DISNEY PRINCESS AND KNOWS ALL THE SECRETS OF THE KINGDOM! Guess which we do. Guess guess guess guess guess. That's right. Put your Mueller report aside because IT IS TIME TO TALK DISNEY ON SAYS WHO. Let's disappear into the tunnels under SaysWhovia. Don't mind the bodies, they never die here. SHOW NOTES [FOLLOW AKILAH!] (https://twitter.com/AkilahObviously) Maureen's new book The Vanishing Stair is OUT NOW. NOW! FOR REAL NOW!!! Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want! Join us at PodX, May 31-June 2 in Nashville Tennessee, use this link to get your tix and we'll see you there! Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo We love Darth

Welp. Here we go. THE MUELLER REPORT IS OUT. THE MUELLER REPORT IS OUT. THE MUELLER REPORT IS OUT. This is not a drill. Dan has spent the morning speed-reading a shitty PDF. Maureen has spent the morning recovering from a late-night arrival back from Los Angeles. Two after the report's release, they get together to talk over the sound of drills and hammering at Maureen's apartment and sort out WTAF is going on. Strap in SaysWhovians, it's go time. SHOW NOTES Maureen's new book The Vanishing Stair is OUT NOW. NOW! FOR REAL NOW!!! Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want! Join us at PodX, May 31-June 2 in Nashville Tennessee, use this link to get your tix and we'll see you there! Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo We love Darth

It's important to do your homework. Maureen knows this. Dan knows this. You know it. Study. Be prepared. Learn. Which is how we come to this week, in which Britain crashes headlong into a brick wall of its own making as it tries to condense one of the most colossal decisions in their history into two days. A week in which a President who has a vocabulary that could be written out on six flashcards gutted the Secret Service--a Secret Service who found a bunch of really hinky spyware drives and asked the question, "What if we just stuck this in our computer full of secret information?" What if, SaysWhovia? WHAT IF? Is it possible that things are not running as well as we had hoped? Plus, Maureen is traveling again. Dan is about to lose his beard. And we all take a strange trip down to Mar a Lago to learn... something. We learn something OK? Stay in school, SaysWhovia. SHOW NOTES To learn more about the odd goings on at Mar a Lago, the Miami Herald is the paper of record. Their series "Trump Tourism: Access For Sale" is worth reading in its entirety. Maureen's new book The Vanishing Stair is OUT NOW. NOW! FOR REAL NOW!!! Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want! Join us at PodX, May 31-June 2 in Nashville Tennessee, use this link to get your tix and we'll see you there! Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo We love Darth

Here in SaysWhovia, we frequently sit on our porches of an evening, talking to our neighbors about whatever ****ery Trump has done that week. Like, claim his dad is from Germany, or threaten to shut the border or blow up all of healthcare. Or, you know, a normal Wednesday. But how often do we look over at the tremendous ****ery that's going on with our British Cousins, in SaysWhovia, UK? Because, as it turns out, A LOT IS GOING ON, and we've got Hayes Brown from Buzzfeed in for our BREXIT BREAKDOWN. Plus, Maureen had a blender and she needs to tell Dan all about it. And SaysWhovia got a postage machine! Pour yourself a cup of tea and turn off the telly. It's time for Says Who! SHOW NOTES Hayes Brown is on Twitter! Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want! Join us at PodX, May 31-June 2 in Nashville Tennessee, use this link to get your tix and SAVE 10% and we'll see you there! Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo We love Darth

Finally, a week without news. SHOW NOTES Maureen's new book The Vanishing Stair is OUT NOW. NOW! FOR REAL NOW!!! Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want! Join us at PodX, May 31-June 2 in Nashville Tennessee, use this link to get your tix and we'll see you there! Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo We love Darth

Trump has been busy in Hanoi, getting...well, nothing done! He is mad! He is sad! Things are bad! Everyone and everything in his life is about to be examined. He's going to need to talk to some food about this. Yes, the hamburger buffet is back! Maureen has had a busy few days, which means that again, Dan has been looking into things. And he's found something. Or, he's found...well, he's found the Mysterious Life of Mr. Calamari, the COO of Trump Inc. What's with this squid? Dan has much to tell in that he has nothing to tell. It's like the opposite of the omelette story. Why does everything in this come down to food? Who's hungry? Hungry for hamberders? Hungry for testimony? Hungry for documentary evidence? Well, get a plate, because the buffet is open! SHOW NOTES Maureen's new book The Vanishing Stair is OUT NOW. NOW! FOR REAL NOW!!! Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want! Join us at PodX, May 31-June 2 in Nashville Tennessee, use this link to get your tix and we'll see you there! Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo We love Darth

What's this? Maureen was at Disney over the weekend? It's true. The reason was sad, but it was therapeutic. Disney is there to embrace us at our time of need. So once again, Dan was steering the Good Ship SaysWho into the seas of news. AND THE SEAS ARE CHURNING. As we record, we are on the eve of Michael Cohen Mania. The President's former lawyer and professional goober is about to spill the beans on TV. He has a story he wants to tell, a song he wants to sing. Meanwhile, the President is going to meet with his penpal, Kim Jong-Un, and will probably do anything to take attention away from Michael Cohen. Maureen thinks they may even have a sex, right there, on the TV! MEANWHILE, Paul Manafort got in trouble for telling every single lie and Roger Stone got in trouble for accidentally on purpose putting a crosshairs on a picture of the judge in his case. No one here is smart, and it's all coming to pieces. Thankfully, we have SaysWhosterpiece Theater to bring some class to Roger Stone's gag order hearing this week. And playing the role of Roger Stone's lawyer, we have a special guest: podcasting and radio great Starlee Kine. Did we mention Disney? Let's think about that. Make sure your head and arms are inside of the car, SaysWhovians. The bar will lower automatically. We are going on a ride. SHOW NOTES Maureen's new book The Vanishing Stair is OUT NOW. NOW! FOR REAL NOW!!! Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want! Join us at PodX, May 31-June 2 in Nashville Tennessee, use this link to get your tix and we'll see you there! Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo We love Darth

Maureen has had a Bad Week and didn't follow any news. Not to fear! Dan has once again been following the most important story of the week. Paul Manafort.... no. The shutdown being... no. Not that either. Oh, Rodger Stone threatening his judg... no? Not that? What was it? It turns out Dan has outdone himself and has poured hours and hours of research and collected documentation and collected the dots on... a photo of Trump getting an omelette? It sounds implausible, silly... but then he breaks it down, taking you on a wild journey that goes from Walgreens, to DoJo's divorce, to the award-industrial complex, art fraud, the mob, some people named Muffy and Biffy, attempted murder, and a goddamned giant eagle statue. This week, Dan may win a Pulitzer. Or possible the Blue Apron award for journalism. This time, Says Who has the story first. We're the Woodward and Bernstein of breakfast bars, and we're just looking for our Deep Throat. Take a tray, SaysWhovia. You can have as many toppings as you want. EPISODE FOOTNOTES First, follow along with the Trump Omelette Bar Photo Picture One: Walk with Walgreens "‘Celebrity Apprentice’ serves up Walgreens walking papers in Walk with Walgreens promo" Drug Store News April 2 2012 "The Celebrity Apprentice: “Walking Papers (Parts 1 And 2)" AV Club April 2 2012 "Aubrey O'Day: I had a sexual relationship with DJT Jr" TMZ March 23 2018 "Did Aubrey O’Day really write a song about Donald Trump Jr.?" Washington Post March 20, 2018 Picture Two: The American Academy of Hospitality Sciences Six Star Diamond Award American Academy of Hospitality Sciences "The Trump Files: Guess Who Gave Donald His Big Awards" Mother Jones November 1 2016 "The Preppy Don" New York Mag April 1995 "Art of Thievery Puts Man Behind Bars" UPI June 28 1989 Miss Universe 2008 Judges "Donald Trump appears alongside convicted felon with mobster ties at New Year's Eve party" New York Daily News January 3 2017 "Trump hosted 'small-time mobster' Joey 'No Socks' Cinque at New Year's party" The Guardian January 3 2017 THE REGULAR SHOW NOTES Maureen's new book The Vanishing Stair is OUT NOW. NOW! FOR REAL NOW!!! Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want! Join us at PodX, May 31-June 2 in Nashville Tennessee, use this link to get your tix and we'll see you there! Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo We love Darth

Maureen is back from Costa Rica and Dan is happy. Dan wants to bring her back into the fold, to share his suffering. But is it so simple? Maureen has seen a monkey. She is on a different wavelength now. Dan has so much to share with her. For example, the President had his physical, and once again, he is strong like Iron Man despite a diet of cheeseburgers, candy, and rage tweeting. We have been subjected to stories of Jeff Bezos's dick pics. Roger Stone has merch. And Donald Trump tried to ruin the entire concept of dogs. But Maureen cannot be moved. She is still thinking of coconuts. What will bring her back? It turns out, there is something that will crack her. Also, it's time to buy the Says Who boat and set sail together. Gather your loved ones. It's time to go. Ahoy! SHOW NOTES Maureen's new book The Vanishing Stair is OUT NOW. NOW! FOR REAL NOW!!! Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want! Join us at PodX, May 31-June 2 in Nashville Tennessee, use this link to get your tix and we'll see you there! Listen to The Hitch, Dan's travel podcast. Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo We love Darth

This week, Maureen comes to you from Costa Rica, where she is recording outside, while an ocean breeze blows and the birds call from the trees. She has not had good Wifi and therefore doesn't know much about what has been going on. Dan knows what is going on. He has followed all the news, read all the stories and reports and supporting documents. He watched the State of the Union. Maureen could not, because the Wifi went out completely on Tuesday night for about twelve hours, so there was no contact with the outside world. She spent it communing with friends and nature. Dan seems tense, even though Maureen explains how all things are connected. There was a monkey in a tree. This does not seem to help. Dan walks Maureen through the state of the Russia investigation and breaks down Executive Time. But Maureen is seeing things with different eyes.She encourages Dan to take her hand and come to the ocean. Will Dan go? Does he understand that All is One? Where is he going? Why is he screaming? Sit down, SaysWhovia. It's time to breathe deep. Namaste. SHOW NOTES Maureen's new book The Vanishing Stair is OUT NOW. NOW! FOR REAL NOW!!! Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want! Join us at PodX, May 31-June 2 in Nashville Tennessee, use this link to get your tix and we'll see you there! Listen to The Hitch, Dan's travel podcast. Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo We love Darth

Maureen was away on a book tour last week. Luckily, it was a quiet week in which nothing happened. Oh wait! Things DID happen, and Dan wanted to talk about them. It's all been building up inside of him. Trump folding, and then Trump folding, and then Roger Stone getting carted off. All of this is a fascinating prelude to the week's BIG story--Maureen's Panel of Sister Husbands. Yes, all of Maureen's paramours formed a F***NUT SUPERGROUP for one night only to win her heart. There's Michael, the smart one; Jerome, the emotional one; Sam, the cucumber man; and Everyone's Favorite, Carter. Who can choose? Oh, and yes, the shutdown ended and Roger Stone was arrested in a pre-dawn raid and it's all happening. Here we go, SaysWhovia. Get yourself a Nixon tattoo and hang on to your butts. SHOW NOTES Maureen's new book The Vanishing Stair is OUT NOW. NOW! FOR REAL NOW!!! Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want! Join us at PodX, May 31-June 2 in Nashville Tennessee, use this link to get your tix and we'll see you there! Listen to The Hitch, Dan's travel podcast. Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo We love Darth

Welcome to the Hitch! The podcast where Dan Sinker and Janice Dillard navigate life's challenges from the back of an Airstream trailer, while traveling for 60 days through America. In this intro episode, we learn about the big hitch they navigated over the last year: breast cancer. Dealt a blow like that, they tried to focus on something more positive: finding a trailer and hitting the road after the hell of cancer had been defeated. Join Dan and Janice on the road by subscribing to The Hitch today!

Maggie Vail and Jesse von Doom are the co-executive directors of CASH Music (Coalition of Artists and Stakeholders) a non-profit organization that brings an open-source approach to music distribution and production. CASH focuses on educating around those ideas through online resources, stakeholder events, and face-to-face workshops, as well as offering a software platform. Sponsors and patrons This podcast is made possible through the support of sponsors and patrons. MailRoute filters your mail, quarantines any suspicious mail offsite, and delivers only clean mail to your mailboxes. With one simple click, your domain, mail server and other precious resources are protected. For 10% off the lifetime of your account, and a free 15-day trial, visit mailroute.net/disrupt! Thanks to patrons George O'Toole, Jonathan Mann, and Sean Wickett for supporting us directly through Patreon! You can back this podcast for as little as $1 per month. At higher levels, we'll thank you on the air and send you mugs and T-shirts. Show notes Maggie mentioned two early groups that helped independent artists and labels handle digital distribution: the for-profit Merlin and the trade group A2im. Maggie worked with bands at Kill Rock Stars for 17 years before becoming the co-head of CASH. Jonathan Coulton is on CASH's board, and I spoke to him about his career in "Baby Got Back Catalog," March 2013. Back in 2000, Courtney Love explained how the sausage of music-industry accounting in big labels is designed to rip off artists. I visited the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation in 2012, and wrote "The Sound of Silence" for The Magazine about the issues of preservation and rights. Pandora has a good explanation of how music rights have to be licensed in America. Jesse received a fellowship from the Shuttleworth Foundation, which has freed them a bit from the endlessly cycle of fundraising to move forward and grow the staff. Dan Sinker is in charge of the Knight-Mozilla OpenNews project for the Mozilla Foundation, and the founder of Punk Planet, an underground culture magazine.