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Nick talks about Louis CK making his return to standup at the Comedy Cellar after admitting to sex misconduct, relates it to Rose McGowan calling out Asia Argento, and reviews Sacha Baron Cohen's Who Is America season one finale.
Hosts Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola discuss the latest bloodshed caused by Israeli military forces and the Saudi Arabia-led coalition backed by the United States, which continues to wage war on Yemen. They wonder if there's some kind of competition. The episode highlights the assassination attempt against Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro, as well as the media coverage of the attempt. Later in the show, the hosts talk about Alex Jones and the several platforms that banned him and the recent round of primaries, which much of the media treated as a signal that socialism was rejected by voters. In the final minutes, Rania and Kevin review the August 5 episode of Sacha Baron Cohen's "Who Is America?".
This week Ash & Matt go deep! Ash quickly talks a bout Hardy Billington, who claims gay sex kills more people than smoking... then Matt talks about his recent experience with privilege after spending time in a white supremacist pub whilst holidaying. Sacha Baron Cohen's Who Is America also gets talked about along with how everyone should be doing more to help those in need! Enjoy you beautiful lot! xx See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Abby and Jim ask the question: Is Bernie Sanders's "Medicare for All!" proposal a good idea? (Spoiler alert: no.) Also, Bob Woodward's latest book calls to mind "Bobby B's" Watergate history, and Sacha Baron Cohen's "Who Is America?" comes under fire for helping to create the divisions it seeks to expose. Plus - Arthur the Aardvark's sister D.W. needs to tell us what her initials stand for, and a White House version of The Bachelor is an idea whose time has come.
In this week's show, the gang reviews Boots Riley's wild debut feature SORRY TO BOTHER YOU, and also checks out the new season of GLOW and the premiere episode of Sacha Baron Cohen's WHO IS AMERICA?
NSFW (Netflix Stream Flowing Wonderfully): Bill Frost (SLUGMag.com & X96 Radio From Hell) and Tommy Milagro (doing homework somewhere near you) talk Listener Mailbag, Letterkenny: Now on Hulu, UnReal: Also now on Hulu, Emmy noms (Yay Sandra Oh for Killing Eve! Yay no Big Bang noms for White Urkel), Yvette Nicole Brown taking over Talking Dead, big Sony deal for Vince Gilligan, Nickelodeon's '90s comeback fest (Invader Zim, Rugrats, Blue's Clues, Rocko's Modern Life), Sacha Baron Cohen's Who Is America? fallout, Rasslin' News, F-bombs and boobs and big ratings for Yellowstone and What to Watch Harder (Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind, Suits, Doctor Who: Lost Episode, Trial & Error, Snowfall, Wynonna Earp, Killjoys, Outcast, Letterkenny, Preacher, Salvation, Yellowstone and Goliath). Drinking: Grumpy Old Men made with Bourbon Whiskey and mix fixins from OFFICIAL TV Tan sponsors Outlaw Distillery and Boozetique.
NSFW (Now Some Flames, Waikiki): Bill Frost (SLUGMag.com & X96 Radio From Hell) and Tommy Milagro (curled up with a pomeranian in suburbia) talk United Shades of America, CNN's The 2000s: The Platinum Age of Television, Listener Mailbag (The Handmaid's Tale, Hard Sun, Goliath), RiffTrax: Firehead & Cyber Tracker, Sharp Objects, AT&T's coming Netflix-ization of HBO, Luke Cage, dudes watch Bravo?, Sacha Baron Cohen's Who Is America?, Our Cartoon President, Yay for Abortion! with Michelle Wolf, Frost Warning!, Rasslin' News, Rest in Hell Ed Schultz and What to Watch Harder (The Outpost, No Passport Required, The Handmaid's Tale, Harlots, Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & Monsters, Jim Jefferies: This Is Me Now, Sharp Objects, Salvation, Detroiters, Preacher, Goliath, Hard Sun and I'm Dying Up Here). Drinking: Mojitos made with Silver Rum and simple syrup from OFFICIAL TV Tan sponsors Sugar House Distillery and Boozetique.