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E78: Daenerys Stages a #SexStrike! May 16, 2019

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It’s been one of the most devastating weeks on record, as misogynist troglodytes in statehouses across the country mount an assault on women’s constitutional rights. But we’re back to fight another day and shut down misguided attempts to raise awareness, such as the #sexstrike endorsed by TV’s Alyssa Milano. Also on the docket: a used-car heiress staged a fake wedding because her hairstylist husband wouldn’t sign a prenup; our finest living vloggers, Tati and James Charles, end their friendship over gummy vitamins; Seth Rogen’s father builds a tower of Babel with unholy ingredients; Kacey Musgraves gives in to the Australian “shoey challenge”; and, finally, Dennis Rodman orchestrates the theft of $500 worth of yoga pants.

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In this week’s episode:

Here’s what you can do to help women in states with abortion bans.

Here’s what not to do: participate in Alyssa Milano’s #SexStrike.

Confused by Tati and James Charles? So were we. Here’s a good primer.

Seth Rogen’s father ate this and everyone is freaking out (for good reason).

Watch Kacey Musgraves cave to pressure in Melbourne to do the “shoey challenge.”

Big #YUPs to…

“Chernobyl” on HBO and The Green Door, a marijuana dispensary in San Francisco.

E77: Nope Live in San Francisco! (feat. Elizabeth Holmes) May 11, 2019

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Despite the Uber/Lyft strike and a Louis Vuitton fashion show taking over JFK Airport, we finally made it to San Francisco to perform live at Betabrand’s fabulous Podcast Theatre! It was a week chock full of disgraceful topics to shut down. There was, of course, Donald Trump’s tax returns, a scandal at the Kentucky Derby, involving horses, and at the London Marathon, involving nurses. Also: Sonic the Hedgehog's unrealistic teeth caused a stir on the Internet, Burger King unleashed unhappy meals on an already unhappy public, and a Taiwanese man went to extreme lengths to find a missing AirPod. Finally, Silicon Valley’s finest living Elizabeth Holmes shares #SoManyThoughts with us about the newest royal baby, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor.

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In this week’s episode:

If you haven’t read Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner’s expose on Donald Trump’s taxes, check it out immediately.

Watch the trailer for Paramount’s forthcoming “Sonic the Hedgehog,” and let us know what you think of the protagonist’s teeth.

Click this link if you’d like to see the selfie a guy named Ben Hsu took after he pooped out an AirPod that he had accidentally swallowed while sleeping.

Big #YUPs to…

The Met Gala

The New York State legislature

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E76: Arya Stark Gets All Snitty! May 02, 2019

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All week long, we cowered in an underground nook like Sansa Stark and Tyrion Lannister, emerging only to watch Bill Barr to run roughshod over the rule of law. Meanwhile, Barbara Corcoran threw herself a funeral, a Belgian water company created dinnerware to shame people who attempt to Instagram their food, a Taiwanese company is selling bib hammocks for Instagram aversion therapy, and people are renting parking spots in San Francisco because they can’t afford coworking spaces. Also on the docket: the backstory on Russian spy whales, military dolphins and drug dealer parrots; Spotify playlists that go too far; vile earbuds and a stain expert who was stumped by a 17-year-old with mysterious secretions.

*Register for our Live show in San Francisco on 5/9 here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/betabrand-podcast-theatre-this-week-in-nope-tickets-60284220727

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In this week’s episode:

Read Robert Mueller’s letter to Bill Barr: https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/01/politics/mueller-letter-to-barr/index.html

Check out photos from Barbara Corcoran’s funeral-themed birthday party: https://people.com/tv/shark-tank-barbara-corcoran-throws-funeral-birthday-party/

These plates will block you from Instagramming your meal: https://www.foodandwine.com/news/bru-water-social-plates

Before you do CPR, make sure to turn on New York Presbyterian’s hot playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7oJx24EcRU7fIVoTdqKscK

Read Angela Lashbrook’s Medium story about how disgusting our earbuds are, and what we might do about it: https://onezero.medium.com/your-dirty-airpods-are-grosser-than-you-think-b28914c745bd

Big #YUPs to…

Hawaii Senator Mazie Hirono for sticking it to Bill Barr. Watch her here: https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/05/01/william-barr-mazie-hirono-you-lied-to-congress-sot-vpx.cnn

Phoebe Waller-Bridge, our finest living showrunner/actress - watch her show “Fleabag” here: https://www.amazon.com/Fleabag-Season-1/dp/B01J4SST1K

E75: Elizabeth Warren Boasts: I'm Baby! (feat. co-host Glace Chase) Apr 25, 2019

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We thought it couldn't get worse than the fallout from the Mueller Report...but did we ever think Rachel would be airdropping Mueller dick-pics to hot guys in hotel lobbies? Plus: Presidential candidates recapping Game of Thrones, backwards Tom Ford dresses, GoDaddy violence, incoherent baby memes, and the revival of OK Cupid. Listen, subscribe, rate, review, and enjoy the terrible week that was.

E74: Beyonce Audits Her Mashed Potatoes Apr 18, 2019

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It’s been a terrible week. Things are only going to get worse when we see the Mueller report--with a rainbow of redactions--followed by the Giuliani “counter-report” that is either 150 pages, 79 pages or 35 pages long depending on the day or whom you ask. Meanwhile, a group of leading food companies have put mashed potatoes on the blockchain. Figs have revealed themselves to be homicidal maniacs. And just in time for prom, a Texas retailer is combining flowers and bread for a meme-inspired “crossaint corsage.” Also on the docket: Pepsi is partnering with a Russian satellite firm to advertise an energy drink in space, fitness instructors are invoking culinary terms as a motivational tool and, in the biggest nope of the week, Donald Trump is seeking to spy on disabled people to make sure they’re not too happy on social media.

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Big #YUPs to…

Francois-Henri Pinault and Bernard Arnault, leaders of France’s two biggest luxury goods conglomerates, for donating €100 million and €200 million, respectively, to help restore Notre-Dame cathedral.

Researchers in Israel who used a 3-D printer to create a miniature human heart.

E73: George Washington Extracts an Undercorn! Apr 11, 2019

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It’s been a terrible week, but at least we can finally see the black hole that is pulling us into space. Here on earth, a global fungus has hospitals in a panic; a woman in Taiwan has a family of bees living inside of her eye; Silicon Valley struggles with “undercorns”; and Chinese sperm banks are implementing “sperm-extraction machines” with custom sounds, visuals and even smells. Also on the docket: Rachel spends $100 in pursuit of an elusive postage stamp, Brian subscribes to a scandal-ridden wine club that is partially owned by Congressman Devin Nunes, and Twitter’s CEO shares his “biohacks” such as starvation and boiling himself in a barrel.

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Big #YUPs to…

Julianna Margulies and the black hole!

E72: Joe Biden Nuzzles Panty Pockets! Apr 04, 2019

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April is the cruelest month, especially when Google, Amtrak, Elon Musk and James Comey dabble in comedy. And if April Fool’s Day wasn’t terrible enough, there were the unfortunately timed new products like $315 Janties--yes, jean panties--and Cadbury Creme Egg Mayonnaise that you think are pranks, but are actually real things. We also shut down voice deepening coaches, prison coaches (for parents who hired a corrupt college admissions coach) and a new sushi restaurant in Tokyo that requires a stool sample prior to dining there. To round it out, we explore the feud between Jim Carrey and Benito Mussolini’s granddaughter, solve a 35-year mystery involving Garfield phones washing up on the coast of Brittany, attempt to understand Lyft’s mission to eliminate cars from cities, and share the unusual tale of a couple that died after backing their car into a plastic bag.

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In this week’s episode:

Read this wonderful NY Times column by Jen Senior about Joe Biden’s “guerrilla nuzzling.”

The Verge explored all of this year’s horrible April Fool’s pranks in the tech world.

Listen to Elon Musk’s song about Harambe here.

Jean panties are selling out but there appears to be one pair left, in a size 24, here.

Learn more about Sushi Singularity, the new restaurant in Japan that requires a stool, urine and saliva sample prior to dining.

Big #YUPs to…

Autism Awareness Month and businesses that serve the community of people on the spectrum, like Daivergent. Check them out.

Our finest living actress, Patti Lupone, who just joined Twitter! Follow her at @pattilupone

And speaking of Twitter, Rachel wrote a piece on Medium about her complicated relationship with the frenemy of all apps.

E71: Theresa May Moisturizes with Tarantula Mayonnaise! Mar 28, 2019

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It was the worst of times, it was the worst of times. Our hopes were dashed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s sudden bout of indecisiveness on the issue of obstruction. And in what can only be described as a Nope Turducken, the lawyer who defended Michael Jackson co-conspired with the lawyer who represented Stormy Daniels to try to extort money from Nike, Inc., the client of the law firm representing Theranos and Harvey Weinstein. Also on the docket: Yuri Geller tries to reverse Brexit via telepathy; Marmite Peanut Butter and Heinz Beanz Pizza wreak havoc on the UK culinary scene; a scientist discovers that cheese likes “A Tribe Called Quest”; another scientist develops hot sauce made from spiders; Mike Pompeo says Donald Trump is the reincarnation of Queen Esther; and, finally, Rachel shares a harrowing personal story about her husband Josh’s text-message keyboard shortcuts.

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In this week’s episode:

Read Rachel’s breakup letter to Robert Mueller, in Vanity Fair.

Learn more about Michael Avenatti’s downfall.

Yuri Geller’s telepathic mission to reverse Brexit.

Culinary abominations Marmite peanut butter and Heinz Beanz Pizza are unleashed on the English people.

Watch as our Secretary of State Mike Pompeo likens Donald Trump to Queen Esther.

Big #YUPs to…

Our whiskey sponsor, Westward from Oregon. It’s delicious!

Aidy Bryant, the star of the wonderful show “Shrill” on Hulu. Hear her on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast here.

The New York state assembly, which is finally getting some good stuff done!

E70: Elizabeth Holmes Quaffs a Garfuccino! (feat. Andrew Goldman) Mar 21, 2019

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Just in time for spring, we managed to crawl out from underneath our weighted blankets to make sense of this horrible week. Together with Andrew Goldman, journalist and host of the podcast “The Originals,” we shut down the emerging sauce crisis on college campuses, the mysterious appeal of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and Kellyanne Conway’s "husband from hell.” Also on the docket: a Garfield-themed restaurant from Dubai is coming to Toronto; Julianne Moore won’t cut off her (prosthetic) nose to spite her face; astronauts get space herpes; and the U.S. Marshals office hosts an auction of two boxes of Fyre Festival sweatpants.

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In this week’s episode:

Snowplow parents are protecting their children from everything, including sauce! https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/16/style/snowplow-parenting-scandal.html

Here’s a recipe for a delicious béarnaise: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017389-bearnaise-sauce

Watch Alex Gibney’s documentary, “The Inventor,” about Elizabeth Holmes on HBO: https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/the-inventor-out-for-blood-in-silicon-valley

Learn more about GarfieldEats: https://garfieldeats.com/

See Julianne Moore dish about getting fired from “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”

Big #YUPs to…

Professor Karen Uhlenbeck of the University of Texas, for winning the prestigious Abel award in mathematics.

Our special guest Andrew Goldman. Please do yourself a favor and check out his amazing podcast, “The Originals,” here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-originals-podcast/id1439490906?mt=2

And here’s a large volume of photos of Gerard Depardieu and John Travolta.

E69: Felicity Huffman Hatches a Mouse Mastodon! Mar 14, 2019

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Like a Netflix crossover special of Full House, Desperate Housewives and Orange is the New Black, the college-cheating scandal known as Operation Varsity Blues captivated and revolted us in equal measure. We are a nation of grifters and there’s no turning back! Other terrible things we shut down this week: two dead people struggle to sell a house in the Hamptons that they designed to either prolong your life or end it; scientists are resurrecting the wooly mammoth and creating hybrid chicken dinosaurs; pineapples are a wedge issue on Fox News; Lacroix blames a quarterly earnings miss on “injustice”; Trump “wins” a golf tournament that he didn’t attend, and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey appears on a podcast with an anti-vaxxer. Also: our very first Yope, standing at the intersection of Yup and Nope, centers on Mitt Romney’s unorthodox technique for blowing out birthday candles.

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In this week’s episode:

Read Rachel’s piece in Vanity Fair about Operation Varsity Blues: https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/03/the-great-college-admissions-scam-and-the-real-cost-of-entry

Learn more about the science behind mouse mammoths: https://nypost.com/2019/03/12/scientists-are-one-step-closer-to-reviving-woolly-mammoths/

Read Lacroix’s bizarre mea culpa for their 3Q earnings miss: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/3/8/18256206/lacroix-earnings-brand-handicapped-nick-caporella