Jim Goad’s Group Hug

Podcast by Jim Goad

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Episode 30: LUKE FORD (theme: WHAT MAKES SOMEONE JEWISH?) Feb 04, 2018

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Contents: Jewish-themed sound montage • Jim & Keith read and discuss the last two installments of "The Week That Perished" • Interview with former porn-industry blogger and current Orthodox Jew Luke Ford about what makes a person Jewish and whether Luke is simply LARPing.

Episode 29: A HEAPIN' HELPIN' O' HATE-CRIME HOAXES Jan 28, 2018

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Contents: Jim & Keith review the past 30 years of hate-crime hoaxes and how no one ever seems to learn anything from these "teachable moments."

Episode 28: SHANNON SULLIVAN (theme: GOODWHITES V. BADWHITES) Jan 22, 2018

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Contents: Goodwhites/Badwhites audio montage • Jim & Keith read and discuss that past two installments of "The Week That Perished" • Interview with Shannon Sullivan, author of "Good White People: The Problem With Middle Class White Anti-Racism" • Advertisement for Myself

Episode 27: THE "SWEET GENE" CALLS Jan 15, 2018

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Prank calls and voicemail messages recorded in Portland, OR during the mid-1990s. An FTM tranny who calls himself "Sweet Gene" is obsessed with Mick Jagger. Trying to dial Capitol Records, he gets the wrong number. It is explained to him that he got the wrong number, but he keeps calling. Then, after receiving calls from "Mick," "Keith Richards," Mick's agent, Mick's security guard, and Mick's lawyer, things get dark in Sweet Gene's world.

Episode 26: WACKY WORLD OF RACIAL SLURS Jan 07, 2018

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Contents: Robot woman greets the listeners using a horrifying litany of racial slurs • Group Hug's new phone line: (740) 302-8114 • Jim & Keith read and discuss "The Week That Perished" • The Racial Slur Database • Voicemails from Jim's friend Brome

Episode 25: THE 17 MOST ANNOYING PEOPLE OF 2017 Jan 01, 2018

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Contents: Audio montage of annoying people from 2017 • Jim & Keith read and discuss "The Week That Perished," then cover Jim's choices for the 17 most annoying people of 2017.

Episode 24: FUNKY, FUNKY CHRISTMAS Dec 25, 2017

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Contents: Jim sings "White Christmas" • Jim and Keith Elkin Lee read and discuss "The Week That Perished" • On this first-ever Group Hug Christmas Special, Jim confesses his disillusionment after figuring out there was no Santa Claus • why New Kids on the Block were agents of racial healing • they discuss little-known Christmas-related murders and criminal Santa Clauses • Jim realizes that behind Keith's "tough guy" exterior is a man in deep emotional pain.

Episode 23: MARK EBNER (theme: TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME) Dec 18, 2017

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Contents: Trump Derangement Syndrome audio montage • Jim & Keith E. Lee read and discuss "The Week That Perished" • Interview with Mark Ebner about journalism, Scientology, and Trump Derangement Syndrome • Advertisement for Myself

Episode 22: JOHN SAFRAN (theme: AUSTRALIA'S DEPLORABLES) Dec 11, 2017

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Contents: John Safran audio montage • Jim & Keith E. Lee read and discuss "The Week That Perished" • Interview with Australian satirist and author John Safran • Advertisement for Myself

Episode 21: SABO (theme: RIGHT-WING STREET ART) Dec 04, 2017

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Contents: Sabo sound montage • Jim & Keith E. Lee read and discuss "The Week That Perished" • Interview with Sabo • Advertisement for Myself

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