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    Comedy

    NOPE

    Rachel Dodes and Brian Hecht are cousins who enjoy dissecting the most abominable news of the week and shutting it all down, usually over whiskey, sometimes with a guest. But don't despair…they always end with a YUP or two, beacons of hope amid all the #NOPE.

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    We Report to Nobody! Jan 13, 2022

    This episode speaks for itself.

    Nopes of the Year! And the Losers Are... Dec 30, 2021

    We decided to pull together a Year in Review episode, but first had to address some pressing Nopes, like GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who is quite possibly a Russian agent. Also: the woman who breastfed a hairless cat on a Delta flight. The fancy building in Tribeca infested with rats because it has no fire-proofing in the walls, which might be an even bigger problem. And finally, an online magazine published an article with the following headline: “Joan Didion didn’t play golf, but her writing had qualities for which all golfers should strive.”


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    In this week’s episode:

    Watch Madison Cawthorn explain how he met his wife at a Russian casino.

    Read about Joan Didion’s nonexistent relationship to golf.


    Big #YUP to…

    Don’t Look Up on Netflix

    Hawksmoor Steakhouse in New York City



    Nancy Reagan: The OG Throat GOAT (feat. Glace Chase) Dec 17, 2021

    This week we shut down Mark Meadows and his run-out-the-clock hail Mary strategy to evade accountability for his role in Donald Trump’s attempt to overthrow the government. Former Senate candidate Max Linn, the first person to get COVID in Maine, died in a hot tub following a dispute over (what else?) cryptocurrency. Our roving Australian correspondent, playwright Glace Chase, explains why “Throat Goat” was trending on Twitter and what this all has to do with former first lady Nancy Reagan. And finally, 40 camels in Saudi Arabia were disqualified from a beauty pageant after it was revealed that they took performance-enhancing drugs: Botox and fillers.


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    In this week’s episode:


    Here’s the Twitter post that kicked off the whole Throat Goat conversation.


    If you live in Australia, stop what you’re doing and get tickets to Glace Chase’s play, Triple X at the Sydney Theater Company.


    Big #YUP to…

    Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder

    The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow

    Recycling? So Gay! Nov 24, 2021

    This week, just in time for Thanksgiving, we review the bountiful cornucopia of unusual characters running for governor next year, including Dr. Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania) and Matthew McConaughey (Texas). We also shut down a sociological study that revealed why men resist recycling: because they are afraid people will think they are gay.

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    SPO

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    In this week’s episode:

    Actor Matthew McConaughey is leading polls in the Texas gubernatorial race.


    Big #YUP to…

    Curb Your Enthusiasm, Season 11 - now on HBO Max

    The First Wave, a new documentary about the pandemic by Matthew Heineman


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    Nancy Pelosi, Always a Bridesmaid! Nov 11, 2021

    This week, we shut down heiress Ivy Getty’s San Francisco wedding, featuring a Galliano dress made of shards of glass, IV bags for guests and a City Hall ceremony officiated by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Meanwhile in New Zealand, the winner of an annual Bird of the Year competition was a bat, and a couple discovered the world’s largest potato in their backyard. Two new Manhattan buildings–30 Hudson Yards and One Vanderbilt–are fighting to see which edifice’s observation deck reigns supreme.

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    https://radiopublic.com/this-week-in-nope-GAOx3N


    In this week’s episode:

    By the end of this Vogue story about Ivy Getty’s wedding, you will be a communist.


    Big #YUP to…

    Founderland

    “Dirty” by Grandson



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    Facebook: The Metaverse Musical! Oct 28, 2021

    We’re reeling and retching after watching the internal Facebook music video about health insurance open enrollment. But we attempt to collect ourselves and shut down anti-goverment militia members who happen to work for the government as well as anti-mask/anti-vaxx NYC police officers marching for “freedom of choice.” Also: we discuss why guns are ever allowed on movie sets amid the golden age of CGI.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Read Pooja Bhatia’s account of working at Ozy Media, in the London Review of Books.


    Big #YUP to…

    Hulu’s drama about the opioid crisis, “Dopesick.” Read Rachel’s interview in Esquire with the actor Michael Stuhlbarg who is playing Dr. Richard Sackler.

    HBO Max’s “The Other Two.”



    No Kidneys for the Chunky Monkeys! Oct 15, 2021

    This week, we shut down the Bad Art Friends Sonya Larson and Dawn Dorland. We’ve got the latest on the scandal involving Ozy Media and its founder Carlos Watson. Also, a passel of feral hogs attacked Shakira in a park and took her mobile phone, and a zeal of zebras continues to run amok in Maryland.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Read “Who Is the Bad Art Friend?” by Robert Kolker in the New York Times magazine.


    Big #YUP to…

    Adele

    Succession’s J. Smith Cameron for being a Spelling Bee whistleblower regarding the word “undaunted.”


    In addition to Twitter, you can now also follow us on Goodpods, a new app that will help you discover great podcasts.



    We're Amazon Prime’s Fastest-Growing Podcast! Sep 30, 2021

    This week, former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham revealed in her memoir that a staffer known as The Music Man would blast show tunes to soothe Donald Trump’s nerves when he was going nuclear. An executive at a media company we never heard of called Ozy Media impersonated a YouTube executive on a conference call with Goldman Sachs. Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’s new father-in-law, hotelier Bill Evans, went undercover as a automotive-enthusiast-turned-media-watchdog named Hanson at her trial. Finally, we explore a highly unusual $14 million real estate listing in Maryland. bop!

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    In this week’s episode:

    Read Rachel’s article about Elizabeth Holmes in The Conversationalist here.


    Big #YUP to…

    The Indigo Girls

    Del Mar, CA


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    Corral the Zebras! (feat. Nicki Minaj’s Cousin’s Friend’s Fianceé) Sep 17, 2021

    This week, we shut down Kraken lawyer John Pierce, who resurfaced following a mysterious two-week absence from court, and issued a statement that raised even more questions than it answered. Headlines from the annual Met Gala were stolen by someone who wasn’t even there: rapper Nicki Minaj, whose cousin’s friend in Trinidad was left by his fianceé because he has swollen testicles. Kim Jong Un has emerged as a fashion icon as journalists kvell over his new svelte look. And a pack of zebras is still running loose in Maryland as officials attempt to slowly gain their confidence.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Learn more about Nicki Minaj’s cousin’s friend in Trinidad who is suffering with elephant testicles.


    Big #YUP to…

    “Impeachment” on FX

    “The Chair” on Netflix


    In addition to Twitter, you can now also follow us on Goodpods, a new app that will help you discover great podcasts.

    Final Jeopardy: Who is Bob Ross? (feat. Josh Rofé Aug 27, 2021

    Rudy Giuliani shaved his beard in a restaurant. Matt Gaetz got married. Dr. Tenpenny believes that Covid vaccines magnetize people. Mike Richards, who is not the guy who played Kramer on “Seinfeld,” resigned as the new host of “Jeopardy!” after holding the job for less than one day. A San Francisco chef created $72 fried rice as a joke, only to that demand for the dish eclipsed everything else on the menu. Also: special guest Josh Rofé joins us to talk about his fascinating new documentary, “Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed,” now streaming on Netflix.

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    https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope

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    In this week’s episode:

    Watch Josh Rofé’s documentary Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greednow streaming on Netflix!


    Big #YUP to…

    Larry David, for telling it like it is

    AirBnb, for offering to temporarily house 20,000 Afghan refugees


    In addition to Twitter, you can now also follow us on Goodpods, a new app that will help you discover great podcasts.

    Hall & Oates: Live from Babylon! Aug 13, 2021

    This week, we shut down former assistant attorney general Jeffrey Clark, a Trump appointee who believes that votes in the 2020 election were changed by Chinese thermostats. Also, Ed Solomon, the “mathematician” who told OAN that there aren’t enough atoms in the universe to explain Joe Biden’s victory isn’t so much a mathematician as he is former drug dealer now employed as a swing-set installer. Meanwhile, pharmacists are fending off Covid truthers who are requesting a poisonous anti-parasite medication for horses instead of the vaccine. And we met for the first time in person since last March–in Babylon, Long Island–so we could go to see Daryl Hall & John Oates rock Jones Beach.

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    https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope

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    In this week’s episode:

    Watch “Live from Daryl’s House”


    Big #YUP to…

    Kathy Hochul, the first female governor of New York

    Babylon, Long Island


    In addition to Twitter, you can now also follow us on Goodpods, a new app that will help you discover great podcasts.

    Peacock Struts Past Tokyo! Jul 29, 2021

    This week we discuss all things Olympics, ranging from the series of scandals plaguing Japan’s Olympic organizing committee to the pictogram pantomime performance at the opening ceremony. Also, Jeff Bezos had an environmental epiphany while in orbit: let’s pollute space. For the Summer Music Series, we examine Michael Jackson’s understandably forgotten “Liberian Girl.”

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    In this week’s episode:

    Watch “Liberian Girl.”


    Big #YUP to…

    “The White Lotus” on HBO Max

    “After Hours” directed by Martin Scorsese


    In addition to Twitter, you can now also follow us on Goodpods, a new app that will help you discover great podcasts.


    A Podcast About a Podcast About a Blogger! Jul 15, 2021

    This week, we have gone super niche, covering a controversial episode of an obscure fashion podcast, The Cutting Room Floor, featuring a former fashion-blogger-turned-CEO, Leandra Medine aka Man Repeller. Meanwhile, a SoftBank-funded humanoid robot named Pepper is slacking on the job and getting fired all over Japan, but may nevertheless be called upon to represent the country at the Tokyo Olympics. Finally, we turn our attention to the worst song-video combination ever to hit No. 1: the Steve Miller Band’s 1982 abomination, “Abracadabra.”

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    In this week’s episode:

    Listen to “The Cutting Room Floor” episode that has everyone (by everyone, we mean a few fashion-obsessed people) talking.

    Watch the Steve Miller Band’s terrible and confusing video for Abracadabra.


    Big #YUP to…

    Liz Phair for her wonderful memoir, “Horror Stories.”

    The Texas Democrats, for leaving the state to protect voting rights.


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    Cancel the Yoga Debt! Jul 01, 2021

    As New York City’s Board of Elections struggled with tabulating ranked-choice votes, we shut down Bill Barr’s attempts at a reputational glow up and “pastel Qanon,” aka California yoga instructors who are embracing bonkers right-wing conspiracy theories. Sea snot is taking over the Turkish coastline and threatening to disrupt NATO. Finally, the latest installment of our Summer Music Series, in which we explore the meaning and message of Billy Idol’s iconic video for “Dancing With Myself.”

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    In this week’s episode:

    Watch Billy Idol’s “Dancing With Myself” video from 1981

    Read Rachel’s story about Rebekah Neumann, the woman who put the Woo-Woo in WeWork, in Vanity Fair


    Big #YUP to…

    “House Work” by Jax Jones

    “The Hustler and the Housewife” on Hulu


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    ‘Ultimate Slip ‘N Slide’ Explodes On the Scene! Jun 18, 2021

    This week, CNN legal analyst and public masturbator Jeffrey Toobin was suddenly back on the air, much like an unexpected erection popping up in a Zoom conference call. Over at NBC, production of the reality competition “Ultimate Slip ‘N Slide” was shut down after 40 members of the crew came down with explosive diarrhea. A lobsterman in Cape Cod said he was swallowed and spit out by a humpback whale. And our Summer Music Series is back as we deconstruct Bonnie Tyler’s classic video for “Holding Out for a Hero.”

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    https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope

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    RADIO PUBLIC

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    In this week’s episode:

    Watch the video for Bonnie Tyler’s “Holding Out for a Hero.”


    Big #YUP to…

    “Hacks” on HBO Max

    “Love, Victor” season 2 on Hulu


    In addition to Twitter, you can now also follow us on Goodpods, a new app that will help you discover great podcasts.

    Thigh Guy Summer! (feat. Steven S. Rogers) Jun 03, 2021

    Joined this week by a new friend of the pod, retired Harvard Business School professor Steve Rogers, we shut down the French Open as well as a Canadian member of parliament who can’t seem to stop getting naked on Zoom. Also, the hottest new fashion trend for men: 4” inseams. We talk to Steve about his excellent new book, “A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues: What You Can Do Right Now to Help the Black Community.”

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    In this week’s episode:

    Read “Naomi Osaka and the Power of Nope” in the New York Times


    Big #YUP to…

    Steve Rogers, whose book you can buy here, at the Tattered Cover book store.

    Hall & Oates at Jones Beach!

    Documentaries about the Tulsa Massacre


    In addition to Twitter, you can now also follow us on Goodpods, a new app that will help you discover great podcasts.

    Phil Collins Remembers the Alamo! May 28, 2021

    This week, GQP congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene compared mask mandates to being sent to the gas chambers in Germany. Rand Paul received a mysterious package containing white powder and blamed it on 1980s pop icon Richard Marx. Mullets and skinny jeans were banned in North Korea. Phil Collins, musician and historian of the Alamo, donated his extensive memorabilia collection to Texas only to discover that it might be counterfeit. A former “Bachelor” contestant rebelled against new CDC guidelines to prevent salmonella infections by kissing a rooster on Tucker Carlson’s show. And a woman in El Paso jumped a zoo barrier to feed Flamin’ Hot Cheetos to a pair of spider monkeys.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Read about the saga of Phil Collins’s Alamo collection in Texas Monthly.

    Follow @gertiegertboss on Instagram


    Big #YUP to…

    “Halston” on Netflix

    Bandsintown app: never miss a live show


    In addition to Twitter, you can now also follow us on Goodpods, a new app that will help you discover great podcasts.


    Our NYC Mayoral Endorsement Goes To... May 21, 2021

    As the weather warmed up and trillions of sex-crazed Brood X cicadas emerged from the earth, we shut down Mar-a-Blogger’s latest screed against New York Attorney General Tish James and asked the only question that needs to be asked about Rep. Matt Gaetz: how is he still in Congress? Meanwhile, Scott Stringer tried to persuade us to vote for him in the NYC Mayoral primary by featuring a child named Benjamin Bridgntunnel on a large campaign postcard with no explanation of who this person was and why we should be convinced by his apparent endorsement. And finally, the New York Post made a grave error about the number of peacocks Martha Stewart has on her Connecticut farm.

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    In this week’s episode:

    If you have some time, here’s Donald Trump’s strange blog post about New York Attorney General Tish James.


    Big #YUP to…

    Restaurateur Keith McNally, for telling that Fancy Fucker what’s up.

    Seasonal vegetables, such as morels and ramps, which by the way can be obtained at many if not all of Keith McNally’s restaurants.


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    Banana Peel Pie: A Taste of Home! May 14, 2021

    This week, the uncertain flight path of a wayward Chinese rocket added to our anxiety payload. Two New York City mayoral candidates said they thought that the median price of a home in Brooklyn was around $100,000. A man was arrested in Houston on murder charges, but his bengal tiger and two monkeys are still on the lam. And Nigella Lawson scandalized Britain with a recipe for...banana peel curry.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Try the hottest new recipe: Nigella Lawson’s banana peel curry.


    Big #YUP to…

    Bravo’s new season of The Real Housewives of New York City

    Everything’s Gonna Be Okay, on Hulu


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    From the Wee Desk of a Tiny Man! May 06, 2021

    This week, we discuss Donald J. Trump’s reemergence as a blogger. A furniture company discovered that a third of people in England wash their sheets only once a year. A man in Japan was arrested for dating 35 women simultaneously in a bid to get birthday presents.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Check out Donald J. Trump’s breakthrough in communications technology.


    Big #YUP to…

    “Bad Trip” on Netflix

    “The Circle: Season 2” also on Netflix

    Netflix in general


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    Scromiting Through the Ages! Apr 22, 2021

    This week we shut down the America First Caucus, designed to “protect Anglo-Saxon traditions,” and the garbage monsters who are now trying to distance themselves from it. Demi Lovato deployed asymmetrical warfare against a mom-and-pop frozen yogurt joint. A mystery animal that terrified a neighborhood in Krakow, Poland wound up being a croissant. And finally, in honor of 4/20, we look at the wave of cannabinoid hyperemisis–aka scromiting–that Tucker Carlson believes is sweeping the nation.

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    In this week’s episode:

    You can read the America First Caucus policy platform here (or not).


    Big #YUP to…

    “Hard Eight,” directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Watch it on the Criterion Channel.

    Jim Steinman, composer of records for Meat Loaf.


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    Find Us on Wikifeet! (feat. Jessica Winter) Apr 15, 2021

    This week, we shut down the Republican Party’s silence as Matt Gaetz becomes further engulfed in scandal. A daring journalist confronted the stranger who was posting photos of her feet to a foot-fetish website without asking. A person posted an extremely honest ad online in the hopes someone would adopt Prancer, a chihuahua mix described by his current owner as a “haunted Victorian child.” Also: we talk to special guest Jessica Winter about her excellent new novel, “The Fourth Child.”

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    In this week’s episode:

    Read “The Fourth Child” by Jessica Winter. Buy it here or at your local independent book store.


    Big #YUP to…

    “Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty,” by Patrick Radden Keefe.

    Frozen shrimp (preferably the wild, raw kind), the perfect blank canvas for any stew or braise.

    LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs


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    Gaetz Part II: Into the Eye of the Wormnado Apr 09, 2021

    This week, Rep. Matt Gaetz was promoted from alleged interstate sex trafficker to alleged international sex trafficker owing to a story involving a hand surgeon and a trip to the Bahamas. The Trump campaign’s fundraising arm was revealed to have been a Ponzi scheme in which Peter was robbed to pay Karen. A man in New Mexico found 15,000 bees in the backseat of the Buick he borrowed from a friend. A woman in New Jersey discovered a cyclone made of worms. And a Georgia auto body shop paid a former employer his back wages by dumping 91,500 greasy pennies on his driveway.

    Follow us on Twitter @brianhecht and @racheld


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    In this week’s episode:

    Learn more about the Wormnado here.


    Big #YUP to…

    Robert Altman’s 1974 film “California Split” starring Elliott Gould and George Segal. Watch it on the Criterion Channel.

    Dog Whisperer Cesar Millan for coming to the defense of Major Biden.


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    Florida Man: The Musical, Starring Matt Gaetz! Apr 01, 2021

    This week, we try to unpack the convoluted scandal involving Congressman Matt Gaetz, who is under investigation for child sex trafficking but claims he is actually the victim of a $25 million extortion plot involving his father and an FBI agent who was kidnapped in Iran and presumed dead. The National Academies of Science is interested in investigating how to reverse the effects of climate change by...dimming the sun. What could possibly go wrong? Also, we unearth an underappreciated 1980s video, Martin Briley’s “Salt In My Tears.”

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    In this week’s episode:

    $100 million geoengineering project proposed, to dim the sun - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

    Watch Martin Briley’s video for “Salt in My Tears.”


    Big #YUP to…

    Lil Nas X for trolling the trolls with his new video, “Call Me By Your Name.”

    Relistening to our favorite podcasts, like Julie Klausner’s “How Was Your Week?”


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    Honey, There's Shrimp in My Cereal! Mar 25, 2021

    This week, we shut down former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell’s strategy to fight a defamation lawsuit, which is to argue that nothing she says should be taken seriously by any reasonable person. Meanwhile, a Los Angeles man named Jensen Karp found shrimp tails, a pistachio nut and other flotsam and jetsam in a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch. YouTubers attempted to answer the one question nobody ever asked, which is how many slaps does it take to cook a chicken? And the Suez Canal remains blocked by a container ship that “ran aground” amid an Egyptian sandstorm.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Learn more about the man who discovered shrimp tails in a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch.


    Big #YUP to…

    “Frayed” on HBO Max

    Former Sen. Bill Nelson, the new head of NASA


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    The People vs. Beeple! Mar 18, 2021

    This week, Generation X waded into the cancel culture wars only to find itself ratioed on Twitter. An artist named Beeple sold a digital work of art, and its corresponding NFT, for $69 million to a person called Metakoran who has a spokesman named Twobadour. Scientists want to send 6.7 million sperm samples to the moon to replicate the animal kingdom. We delve into the insanity that is local Trenton, NJ politics as well as the bananas race for Staten Island borough president. Finally, Alabama ends its yoga ban but still prohibits the chanting of mantras.


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    In this week’s episode:

    Beeple’s $69 Million NFT Art Sold to Founder of Crypto Fund Metapurse


    Big #YUP to…

    Senator Raphael Warnock for delivering an incredible speech about voter rights and Georgia’s legacy of voter suppression and racism in the wake of the tragic shooting of 8 people, mostly Asian women.

    Sea slugs, for their incredible powers of regeneration.


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    Madea Saves the Royals! Mar 12, 2021

    Alive with the spirit of the American Revolution, we shut down the entire British monarchy this week following Oprah’s incredible tea-spilling interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. Meanwhile, on this side of the Atlantic, a lotion insurrection broke out in a Bath & Bodyworks in Scottsdale. Elizabeth Banks is directing a movie called “Cocaine Bear.” An elderly saxophonist told his harrowing story of being lured into a Scientology jazz band in his youth. And finally, we look into the new home decor trend of bathrooms without walls.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Experience: I was in a Scientology jazz band


    Big #YUP to…

    Oprah Winfrey, the queen of America

    The country of Angola, for passing a low that decriminalizes same-sex relationships


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    Who Will Speak for the Neanderthals? Mar 05, 2021

    This week, we shut down the Nazi-insignia-shaped stage at CPAC, on which a woman performed a most unusual rendition of our national anthem. Mr. Potato Head, Dr. Seuss, the Muppets and Neanderthals were all allegedly cancelled (except they weren’t). New York State, which will allow weddings of up to 150 people starting on March 15, offered some interesting restrictions on dancing. Meanwhile, Cuomosexuals are doing some soul searching after the governor of New York was credibly accused by three women of sexual harassment. Finally, a plastic surgeon attended a Zoom traffic court hearing from the operating room while performing surgery, because multitasking.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Watch a surgeon attend Zoom traffic court from an operating room while performing a procedure on a patient.


    Big #YUP to…

    “It’s a Sin” on HBO Max

    The New York MTA for its innovative OMNY system, which allows you to enter the subway using your phone or watch.


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    We Demand Justice for Snowflake! Feb 25, 2021

    This week, two historians went on television to participate in a segment about how one of Joe Biden’s dogs looks insufficiently “presidential.” Meanwhile, the real dog drama was happening in Texas, where Ted Cruz abandoned his poodle amid freezing cold temperatures while fleeing to Cancún. Just in time for Purim, organizers of this year’s CPAC conference–entitled “America Uncanceled”–nevertheless canceled the appearance of rapper Young Pharaoh over his anti-Semitic tweets. The Golden Globes, run by a cartel of malevolent grifters, continues its descent into irrelevance. Finally, we explore a dangerous misinformation campaign causing Gen Z-ers to dispute the existence of Helen Keller.


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    In this week’s episode:

    Stream “The Miracle Worker” on Amazon.


    Big #YUP to…

    French onion soup, the perfect vector for melted gruyére cheese - recipe here.

    “Stath Lets Flats,” a British comedy on HBO Max.


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    Gorilla Glue Girl Unravels! Feb 18, 2021

    This week, we puzzle over Donald Trump’s two-page statement blasting Mitch McConnell for not smiling enough. 432 Park Avenue, a fancy tower for billionaires, was revealed to be a “horrifying hellhole.” A mayor in Texas resigned after telling his struggling constituents to “think outside the box” as they froze to death amid a power outage. Qanon Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene had an affair with a polyamorous tantric sex guru. And a woman in Louisiana had to go to the emergency room after using Gorilla Glue to fasten her hairstyle. It worked...a little too well.


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    In this week’s episode:

    Learn more about the polyamorous tantric sex guru with whom Qanon Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green had an affair after they met at the gym.

    See the TikTok that set “Gorilla Glue Girl” Tessica Brown on a path to stardom.


    Big #YUP to…

    Watercolor painting

    The Twilight Zone on Netflix


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    The Cat Lawyer's Closing Argument! (feat. Andrew Goldman) Feb 11, 2021

    This week, we are joined by friend-of-the-pod Andrew Goldman, host of LA Magazine’s podcast “The Originals,” who helped us shut down Donald Trump’s new impeachment defense team as well as the truly bizarre letter Trump wrote to SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris (aka Andrea Zuckerman of “Beverly Hills 90210”) to renounce his union membership. Finally, we uncover some shocking revelations about 90-year-old paparazzo Ron Galella and the late Marlon Brando involving rabbits and cats, respectively.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Subscribe to “The Originals,” hosted by Andrew Goldman here.


    Big #YUP to…

    Goldbelly

    Stacey Plaskett

    The humanizing effects of alcohol


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    Fetch the Jewish Space Lasers! Feb 04, 2021

    This week, we shut down Marjorie Taylor Greene, the new face of the Qpublican Party. A man’s most private parts were held hostage after his wifi-enabled chastity belt was hacked by a Bitcoin-hungry maniac. A woman was rejected via text message by a guy she was dating because he met someone who got the Covid vaccine. Meanwhile, rapper-turned-jeweler Azealia Banks dug up a dead cat, boiled it and turned its bones into earrings. And a Chinese restaurant in Montreal decided to embrace a policy of radical honesty on its menu.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Read Vice’s article “We Spoke to a Guy Who Got His Dick Locked in a Cage by a Hacker”


    Big #YUP to…

    Doubanjiang, “the soul of Sichuan cuisine.”

    Stereogum’s “The Number Ones” column about No. 1 hits throughout time, written by Tom Breihan.


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    We Risk it All! (feat. Bevy Smith) Jan 28, 2021

    This week, we are joined by TV and radio host and “Bevelations” author Bevy Smith, with whom we shut down the manufactured scandal surrounding President Biden’s Rolex, Rolling Stone magazine’s “Culture Council” and Forbes’s ill-fated 30-under-30 retreat to Bermuda. Seditious Senator Josh Hawley swooped in to defend all the helpless Karens from the predations of a woke mob, and former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced she’s running for governor of Arkansas on an anti-Cancel Culture platform. Meanwhile, a former cast member of the Real Housewives of New York City shook up the New York City mayoral race by announcing her candidacy. Last but not least, we look into the men who risk it all to blow dry their nether regions.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Read Bevy Smith’s book, “Bevelations,” available here.

    Follow Bevy on Twitter and Instagram.


    Big #YUP to…

    “Tiger,” a two-part documentary about golf legend Tiger Woods, on HBO Max.

    “Elite,” a Spanish series on Netflix.

    Nia Dennis, of the UCLA gymnastics team.


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    My #Antifa Lover: A Book Review Jan 22, 2021

    This week, we toast to the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as we simultaneously bid farewell to the disgusting family of garbage monsters departing the White House. We speculate on Karen Pence’s future as a towel charm entrepreneur, as well as possible synergies with MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, the crackhead-turned-businessman-turned-seditionist who, according to the Daily Mail, may have been romantically involved with the actress Jane Krakowski. Finally, we delve into an emerging literary genre: Antifa fan fiction.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Watch Amanda Gorman’s recitation of her poem, ‘The Hill We Climb’ here.


    Big #YUP to…

    Poet laureate Amanda Gorman.

    Senator Bernie Sanders, fashion icon.


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    E149: Javanka: Time to Flush Twice! Jan 15, 2021

    What a week. After we decided not to record last Wednesday because of the ongoing assault on our Democracy, we’re back to discuss the insurrection and describe the cast of coup characters like the Qanon Shaman and his pelt-clad henchmen. In the midst of the rioting, Rudy Giuliani and Donald Trump each accidentally dialed Sen. Mike Lee looking for another Senator–Alabama’s Tommy Tuberville–and asked him to help them in their harebrained scheme to overturn the election. Meanwhile, Trump supporters in Florida defaced a manatee and Melania Trump participated in a photo shoot about rugs. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin’s wife Louise Linton has a new film coming out in a few weeks in which she plays “a materialistic, narcissistic, self-absorbed, raging misanthrope” who “may or may not have an undiagnosed personality disorder.” (In other words, a biopic.) Finally, we mourn the death of Dr. Harold Bornstein, a legend in the fields of gastroenterology and literature. R.I.P.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Read Caitlin Flanagan’s excellent piece, “Worst Revolution Ever” in the Atlantic.


    Big #YUP to…

    Fran Lebowitz’s “Pretend It’s a City” on Netflix

    Rep. Jerry Nadler, for representing New York with a babka from Zabar’s at impeachment


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    PSA: So It's Come to This Jan 08, 2021

    With this week's horrific and shameful acts of terrorism in the nation's capital, we decided it's just not a week for comedy. Besides, we're exhausted. We'll be back next week, and hopefully by then Donald Trump will no longer have access to the nuclear codes.

    E148: All I Want for Christmas is NOPE! Dec 24, 2020

    This week, as the Great Conjunction brought Saturn and Jupiter into alignment and kicked off a new astrological epoch, we say “Bye Felicia!” to 2020. We shut down the interregnum period, Presidential pardon power and cannibal sandwiches (a Wisconsin specialty). Finally, we delve into the three best Christmas songs of all time -- and Brian treats us to a rare live performance of Mariah music theory.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Watch The Waitresses sing Christmas Wrapping

    And here’s Haim’s excellent 2020 version

    Big #YUP to…

    Instant Pots and Air Fryers

    $15 Billion economic stimulus for live music venues


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    E147: Dr. Biden Will See You Now! (feat. Alana Hope Levinson) Dec 17, 2020

    Joined this week by a special guest–MEL Magazine deputy editor Alana Hope Levinson–we shut down the election denial holdouts, the Wall Street Journal’s misogynist editorial page, the two worst Christmas songs of all time, and a new mode of speaking known as “hustle husk.”

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    In this week’s episode:

    Learn more about Hustle Husk from MEL Magazine.

    Big #YUP to…

    Cobra Kai on Netflix

    Dr. Terry Gaasterland, scientist turned mayor

    Survivor on CBS

    And huge thanks to our guest Alana Hope Levinson. Follow her here on Twitter.


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    E146: Quadrillions of Lawyers! Dec 11, 2020

    This week, the Texas attorney general filed a highly unusual lawsuit to overturn the election results in four states–none of which is Texas–because why not shoot the moon? Piers Morgan was mistaken for an actress to whom he bears a striking resemblance: The Pigeon Lady from “Home Alone 2.” Mario Lopez scored the role of a lifetime, playing Colonel Sanders in a KFC-sponsored “mini-movie” on Lifetime. And a man stuck in quarantine caused a sensation on TikTok with his haute cuisine created using nothing but hotel-room appliances.

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    In this week’s episode:

    If you have “maskne” try this product.

    Read the Times’s deep dive into the side-hustle of Josh Hall, who impersonated several Trump family members on Twitter.

    Big #YUP to…

    “Mank” on Netflix

    “My Octopus Friend” on Netflix

    Netflix in general


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    E145: Sisterhood of the Traveling Monolith! Dec 04, 2020

    This week, a metal monolith appeared in Southern California after visiting Northern Romania and the inside of a canyon in Utah. In possibly related news, a 7-foot sculpture of a penis went missing in Germany without a trace. An orgy in Brussels attended by government officials from nine European nations got out of hand when police arrived on the scene and were mistaken for strippers. And a woman in New Jersey resigned from her job on the Hackensack Board of Education after attending a Zoom meeting while on the toilet and failing to disable the camera or sound.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Learn more about the mysterious monolith.

    Big #YUP to…

    Ted Lasso on Apple TV+. Watch it here.

    Spotify’s Year in Music, detailing all the songs we enjoyed this year.


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    E144: Pardon the Kraken! Nov 26, 2020

    This week, Canadians got a warning not to let moose lick their cars. Donald Trump pardoned turkeys Corn and Cob as well as chicken Michael Flynn. And Flynn’s very sane lawyer Sidney Powell alleged that Georgia’s Republican Governor conspired with dead Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez to hack Dominion voting machines in order to keep Doug Collins out of the upcoming Senate runoff. Got that?

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    In this week’s episode:

    Read about Canada’s moose-licking-cars problem.

    Big #YUP to…

    Janet Yellen, Joe Biden’s pick for Secretary of Treasury, the first woman to hold that position.

    E.M. Forster’s 1910 novel “Howard’s End.”

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    E143: Itchy Cows and Boiled Chickens! Nov 19, 2020

    This week, an Irish farmer enlisted the help of two Druids to move a rock that was knocked over 10 years ago by a bull, leading to a string fo bad luck. Playgirl magazine relaunched to great fanfare and market confusion. A hunky doctor pursued a frivolous lawsuit against a scrubs manufacturer. A vacationer landed himself in a Thai prison after posting a negative hotel review on TripAdvisor. And finally, an ophthalmologist and his camping buddies were fined and banned from Yellowstone National Park after they violated park rules by cooking a couple of chickens in a hot spring.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Learn more about Donal Bohane, the Irish farmer who reversed a string of bad luck by resurrecting a fallen stone.

    Big #YUP to…

    Elizabeth Holmes, author of “HRH: So Many Thoughts on Royal Style,” available now!

    Amaro, the Italian digestif

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    E142: Live from Four Seasons Total Landscaping! Nov 12, 2020

    Following Joe Biden’s decisive win on Saturday, we’ve been ignoring the Nopes this week and focusing on the Yups. We discuss the Biden-Harris victory speech playlist, celebrate the heroism of Stacey Abrams and toast to MSNBC’s finest mathlete, Steve Kornacki. Finally, we delve into two strange happenings in Pennsylvania: Rudy Giuliani’s decision to host a press conference in the parking lot of a mulch business adjacent to a sex shop and a crematorium, and a Twitter scandal involving the Republican former Lehigh Valley commissioner and a relative of Patti LaBelle.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Yup to Stacey Abrams for flipping Georgia! Donate to her non-profit Fair Fight help Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock in their Senate runoffs here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/georgiasenate

    Here’s a Biden-Harris victory playlist.

    Watch White House spiritual adviser Paula White pray for a Trump victory here.

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    Bonus Episode: Last Chance Poll Dance! Nov 03, 2020

    We decided to channel our anxiety about the election into a podcast about our anxiety about the election. Join us as we shut down the rat-filled sinkhole that is Trump’s America and pray for a better future.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Learn more about the Trump administration’s illegal failed attempt to spend $250 million of taxpayer money on a celebrity-studded propaganda campaign.

    Big #YUP to…

    Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, who got our official endorsement.

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    E140: We're Packing the Supreme Court! Oct 29, 2020

    This week, even the Vatican was trying to be a moderating influence as Handmaid Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme Court. The Trump Administration tried to enlist an unusual constituency to get early doses of the Covid-19 vaccine: professional Santas. A small Alpine town in Switzerland became a coronavirus hotspot following a dangerous yodelling competition. Finally, we have some film criticism. Rachel gives Sofia Coppola’s new movie “On the Rocks” a big NOPE, while Brian offers a YUP to “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” starring Sacha Baron Cohen and rising superstar Maria Bakalova of Bulgaria. It’s been a terrible week, but if Joe Biden and Senate Democrats can pull off an unambiguous, sweeping victory on Tuesday, next week’s episode will consist of only YUPs.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Learn more about how Swiss yodelers created one of Europe’s worst Covid hot spots.

    Big #YUP to…

    Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Watch it on Amazon Prime

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    E139: Covid Update: From 'Roids to Raves! Oct 16, 2020

    This week, Judge Amy Coney Barrett bobbed and weaved her way through her SCOTUS confirmation hearings with the help of a fly, wine, Jenga and some good old divine intervention. Donald Trump went back on the campaign trail to dance it out to “Macho Man,” even though he still has Covid. Also: we explore orgies in the time of corona.

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    In this week’s episode:

    If you’re in the market for a Halloween orgy, New York’s hottest club is Snctm. This club has everything: Gwyneth Paltrow, Bill Maher, dachshunds in tophats, human fanny packs, etc. etc.

    Big #YUP to…

    “Totally Under Control,” a new documentary about the Trump administration’s failure to contain Covid-19, available now on iTunes.

    Betsy Driver, the mayor of Flemington, New Jersey, for keeping it real.

    E138: Flies in Our Eyes! Oct 09, 2020

    This week, as the White House remained shrouded in a cloud of Covid-19 particles and lies, Kamala Harris faced off against Mike Pence in the VP debate, which was overshadowed by the menacing presence a fly. We try our best to understand the mentality of undecided voters. In the Department of Innovation, we focus on two dangerous technologies: the “table sweater” for outdoor winter dining and a Bluetooth-enabled Qiui chastity belt, which unfortunately has some API vulnerabilities.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Learn more about the Qiui chastity belt.

    Big #YUP to…

    “You and Me Both,” a new podcast hosted by Hillary Clinton. Listen to her interview with Kamala Harris here.

    Former NSA director Michael Hayden, who had some choice words for Donald Trump.


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    E137: $750 is Less than Zero Oct 01, 2020

    This week, we shut down the debate from hell and Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s endorsement from Atilla the Hun. Brian unearths a letter he wrote to President Carter in 1980. And we explore a new service that bills itself as the Uber of bodyguards.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Watch Kelly Loeffler’s campaign ad that compares her to Atilla the Hun.

    Big #YUP to…

    The New York Times investigative team for getting Trump’s tax records.

    “The Good Fight” on CBS All Access.

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    E136: You'll Never Believe Who's a Furry! Sep 17, 2020

    This week, Michael Caputo had a meltdown on Facebook, Donald Trump was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize and–spoiler alert–90-year-old retired Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a pardoned criminal, came out on Cameo as a member of the “furry” subculture. Also: we decide which animals emerged as the biggest winners and losers of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Watch Joe Arpaio endorse the Arizona Furry Convention.

    Watch “Unfit” a disturbing documentary featuring Brian and Rachel’s cousin, Dr. Lance Dodes.

    Big #YUP to…

    Fresh dill, the perfect blank canvas for any stew or braise...or something like that.

    Scientific American magazine, for endorsing a presidential candidate for the first time ever...because Joe Biden believes in science. Subscribe here.


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    E135: Life is Just a Bag of Soup! (feat. Lauren Mechling) Sep 03, 2020

    This week, in between bouts of hurling soup cans at passersby, we shut down the controversial theories of two renegade orthodontists in Britain who have become a sensation in the incel community. A woman learned of her ex-husband’s infidelity in his New York Times wedding announcement, leading her to tell her own story in the New York Post. Finally, for our final Summer Music Series we discuss Quarterflash’s “Harden My Heart” with NOPE’s corridor correspondent, Lauren Mechling.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Watch “Harden My Heart” by Quarterflash.

    Read the FT column, Why are we so scared of corridors?

    Read about the Mews, a father-son orthodontist duo in England, who have become a YouTube sensation.

    Big #YUP to…

    Chadwick Boseman...Wakanda Forever. RIP.

    The Real Housewives of New York City, Season 12

    Dog House UK, on the BBC (available on HBO Max)

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    E134: Melania Trump: A Rose in Bloom! Aug 27, 2020

    The RNC kicked off this week with a trifecta of debacles: Steve Bannon was arrested by U.S. Postal Service Inspectors on a yacht, Republican Senator Martha McSally asked supporters to starve themselves and donate their food money to her campaign and–as we long suspected–evangelical leader Jerry Falwell Jr. was revealed to have been in a throuple with his wife and a pool boy. And then there was the RNC event itself, which featured a demonically posessed Kimberly Guilfoyle screaming in an empty room, (possibly) cocaine-addled Don Jr. sweating and barking nonsense and a woman named Mary Ann Mendoza whose speech was pulled after she tweeted an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory right before showtime. Also on the docket: Abby Johnson and the “household vote,” Tiffany Trump’s Elvis impersonator ensemble, the gun-toting McCloskeys and so much more. Finally, for our Summer Music Series we discuss Prince’s underrated 1989 hit, “Batdance.”

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    In this week’s episode:

    Watch Prince’s “Batdance” video.

    Read Reuters’ investigation of Jerry Falwell Jr.

    Big #YUP to…

    Claudia Conway, the 15-year-old daughter of Kellyanne and George, for getting her awful parents to quit their jobs on the same day.

    The estate of Laura Branigan, because we are Laura Stan-igans.


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    E133: Susan B. Anthony, Felon No More! Aug 20, 2020

    This week, Donald Trump pardoned another dead person to score political points with anti-choice activists, two maniacs won Republican Congressional primaries in Florida and Georgia, and the CEO of MyPillow is touting a new-yet-unproven miracle cure for Covid-19. A Melbourne artist is self-inseminating for a lockdown livestream performance art piece. To top it off–quite literally–we’re in the throes of a global pepperoni shortage. Finally, for our Summer Music Series we discuss another Italian adaptation, Laura Branigan’s 1984 hit, “Self Control.”

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    In this week’s episode:

    Watch the video for “Self Control” by Laura Branigan, directed by William Friedkin (“The Exorcist”)

    Big #YUP to…

    Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the President of Portugal, who helped rescue two women who were drawing at an Algarve beach when their kayak capsized.

    Gina Raimondo, the Governor of Rhode Island, for safely reopening fisheries so we could all enjoy that delicious calamari featured during the Democratic Convention.

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    E132: Under (Water) Pressure! Aug 14, 2020

    This week, we shut down Donald Trump’s ongoing attempts to steal the election by dismantling the U.S. Postal Service. (On the plus side, he’s rolling back water-pressure regulations so he can powerwash his surgically implanted toupee.) Also on the docket: Jerry Falwell, Jr. gets caught with his pants down and a marauding band of wild boars strikes again, stealing a naked man’s laptop in Berlin. For our Summer Music Series this week, we discuss the disastrous video for an amazing song: Tina Turner’s “Typical Male.”

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    In this week’s episode:

    Watch the video for “Typical Male” by the great Tina Turner

    Big #YUP to…

    TwinstheNewTrend, the YouTube page for 21-year-old twins Tim and Fred Williams. Watch their reaction to Phil Collins’s “In the Air Tonight” and prepare to smile.

    S.V. Dáte, the White House correspondent for the HuffPo, for asking Trump about all his lies. Watch him here.


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    E131: Yo Semites! Let's Go to Australia! Aug 06, 2020

    This week, we shut down the scourge of “mystery seeds” being sent to unsuspecting customers via Amazon. Amy Adams gets another shot at Oscars glory with a new film called “Nightbitch.” Jeffrey Epstein’s New York City mansion hits the market for $88 million. And finally, the latest edition of our Summer Music Series features “Obsession,” a 1984 hit by Animotion.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Watch the video for “Obsession” by Animotion.

    Big #YUP to…

    Walkabout, a 1971 Australian New Wave film directed by Nicholas Roeg, available on the Criterion Channel

    The Australian military, for rescuing three men stranded on an island in Micronesia.

    Axios’s Jonathan Swan, our finest living Australian White House reporter. Watch his jaw-dropping interview with Donald Trump here.


    In addition to Twitter, you can now also follow us on Goodpods, a new app that will help you discover great podcasts.

    E130: The Demon Vaccine is Here! Jul 30, 2020

    This week, we shut down Donald Trump’s new trusted medical advisor, Dr. Stella Immanuel–aka Dr. Demon Sperm. Also on the docket: we explore the controversial #IAcceptTheChallenge black & white selfie campaign, the Chainsmokers concert/super-spreader event in the Hamptons, and a tour of Gigi Hadid’s apartment, where everyone is welcome. Last but not least, our latest Summer Music Series installment, featuring “Torture” the 1984 song off The Jacksons’ Victory album -- one of the worst videos of all time.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Watch “Torture” by The Jacksons.

    Check out Gigi Hadid’s apartment here.

    Big #YUP to…

    Tomatoes

    Gluten-free panko breadcrumbs

    In addition to Twitter, you can now also follow us on Goodpods, a new app that will help you discover great podcasts.

    E129: Turkey Legs and Luscious Lips! Jul 23, 2020

    This week, we shut down the Trump campaign’s nonsense ‘911’ ad, a fish with luscious lips and Disney World’s draconian rules prohibiting walking while eating. We have some breaking news out of Italy about the death of Renaissance painter Raphael. Also: our Summer Music Series installment, featuring Go West’s 1990 hit, “The King of Wishful Thinking.”

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    In this week’s episode:

    Watch Go West’s “The King of Wishful Thinking Video” here.

    Here’s Jimmy Fallon and Paul Rudd’s frame-by-frame remake.

    Big #YUP to…

    The Wall of Moms in Portland. Follow them on Twitter here.

    Michael Franti and Spearhead’s “I Got You.” Watch video here.

    In addition to Twitter, you can now also follow us on Goodpods, a new app that will help you discover great podcasts.


    E128: Help! We Can't Tweet! (feat. Conor Dougherty) Jul 16, 2020

    This week we are joined by special guest Conor Dougherty, New York Times reporter and author of the new book “Golden Gates,” about the California housing crisis. We shut down the Battle of the Beans, a man-bites-seagull story out of England and the casting call for a Lord of the Rings prequel. Also: Deniece Williams’s iconic “Let’s Hear it for the Boy” is the latest installment in our NOPE Summer Music Series.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Watch “Let’s Hear it for the Boy” here.

    Big #YUP to…

    Conor Dougherty for his fascinating book “Golden Gates,” which you can buy here.

    In addition to Twitter, you can now also follow us on Goodpods, a new app that will help you discover great podcasts.

    Summer PSA: Back Next Week! Jul 09, 2020

    Rachel's got shingles (the shingles?) and Brian's on vacation (the vacation?) ... which is to say we'll be back next week with a great #NOPE episode including the latest installment in our critically acclaimed Summer Music Series! And, oh yeah, we threw in some bonus content: two YUPs to get you through the break!

    E127: Bronies Get Out the Vote! (feat. Erin Geiger Smith) Jun 25, 2020

    This week, we are joined by a very special guest: Erin Geiger Smith, author of the new book “Thank You For Voting.” We shut down Nazi Bronies, Mel Gibson’s antisemitic cocktail-party banter and Trump’s latest series of meltdowns over ramps, John Bolton and his long-lost niece Mary. Also: Captain and Tennille’s “Love Will Keep Us Together” is the latest installment in our NOPE Summer Music Series.

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    In this week’s episode:

    We discuss various different interpretations of Captain and Tennille’s 1970s hit “Love Will Keep Us Together” over the years:

    1. The original: https://youtu.be/_QNEf9oGw8o?t=16
    2. Mae West and Timothy Dalton version: https://youtu.be/6J-SH-1VQpY
    3. Opening Credits, Get Over It (2001): https://youtu.be/CJSQKtx5tVQ
    4. BONUS! Dolly Parton: https://youtu.be/1eJndz8Elzk

    Big #YUP to…

    Erin Geiger Smith for her amazing new book, “Thank You For Voting.”

    Follow Erin on Twitter and Instagram.


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    E126: Everybody Gets a Pentacle! Jun 18, 2020

    This week, Rachel attempts to give a Zoom tarot card reading and things are not looking good. Anti-bathing cult members were arrested in Hawaii for violating quarantine. A woman in China says her car was damaged by falling tofu. eBay executives were arrested for sending a middle-aged Massachusetts couple “unwanted and disturbing deliveries” including live spiders and a bloody pig’s face because they said negative things about eBay in their newsletter. And finally, the Nope Summer Music Series revisits the 1980s hit “Xanadu,” featuring Olivia Newton John and Gene Kelly on roller skates.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Ex-eBay Workers Sent Critics Live Roaches and a Mask of a Bloody Pig Face, U.S. Says.

    Watch the video for Xanadu here.

    If you are looking for a real tarot card reader to help you make sense of your life, please check out SegoStrega.

    Big #YUPs to…

    “The King of Staten Island” starring Pete Davidson, available on Amazon.

    The Tennessee State Legislature

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    E125: Can't Stop the Music! Jun 11, 2020

    Just when we thought we had uncovered every possible way to die, a porn star was arrested in Spain for killing a man in a mystical ritual involving toad venom. In an overdue reckoning, several editors at traditional media outlets have resigned owing to past racist behavior as well as present dereliction of duty. Who among us could have ever imagined that the winner of the Miss Hitler beauty pageant would be a neo-Nazi? And finally, we begin our much-anticipated Summer Music Series with a deep analysis of Donald Trump’s favorite anthem: “Macho Man” by The Village People.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Read about the toxic culture at Bon Appétit in Business Insider.

    Big #YUPs to…

    Johnniqua Charles, who spontaneously wrote the song of the summer, called “Lose Yo Job.” It’s available now on every major streaming platform.

    Grey Skittles, a refreshingly clever promo to celebrate Pride Month

    In addition to Twitter, you can now also follow us on Goodpods, a new app that will help you discover great podcasts.

    E124: Let's Get Biblical! Jun 04, 2020

    The old adage is true: you can put lipstick on a pig but you cannot shit in a wig, as Lea Michele learned this week. We shut down the MAGA crowd’s attraction to the music of the Village People as well as Trump’s horrific photo op masterminded by Ivanka. We also address several social media nopes, such as comparing the #BlackLivesMatter movement to veganism.

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    Resources to help the protesters and victims’ families:

    • George Floyd Memorial Fund
    • Justice for Breonna Taylor Fund
    • NAACP Legal Defense Fund
    • Anti-racism resources for white people

    Big #YUPs to…

    The people of Iowa for voting white supremacist Rep. Steve King out of office

    North Carolina governor Roy Cooper for saying Nope to the GOP convention without proper health protection

    E123: Karens: Unmasked! May 28, 2020

    This week we shut down the wolves and the Karens. Specifically, two authors of so-called “wolf-kink erotica” are embroiled in a legal battle over who has dominion over a place called the Omegaverse. Meanwhile, an orchestra of Bolivian pan flautists are stranded in a haunted German castle surrounded by 23 packs of wolves. Also on the agenda: big nope to Central Park Karen, and a discussion of the plight of Karens who are not “Karens” (and the Amys who very much are.)

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    In this week’s episode:

    Read Alexandra Alter’s delightful and illuminating New York Times story about wolf-kink erotica.

    Big #YUPs to…

    Isaac Calpito and his intense Torch’d workouts! You can read Katie Rosman’s excellent profile of him in the New York Times here.

    The Science Times: the content we need in times like this.

    E122: In the Kitchen with Robert Pattinson! May 21, 2020

    It’s been another terrible week. Since we last spoke, Alison Roman’s column has been temporarily suspended from the New York Times, leaving us stuck at home with ingredients but no delicious new recipes. Enter Robert Pattinson, who demonstrated how to make an innovative pasta dish in GQ Magazine this month. We also shut down the emerging Ronan Farrow controversy and the critically acclaimed (by him) biography of John Loeb, Jr.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Read about Robert Pattinson and his pasta recipe business plan in GQ.

    Big #YUPs to…

    Mark Bittman’s No-Knead bread recipe.

    Nooch, aka nutritional yeast.

    E121: We're Churning Butter Like It's 1899! May 15, 2020

    Our conversation this week extends from the Little House to the Waffle House, as Americans embrace 19th Century technology and get into fisticuffs over improperly prepared eggs. We also shut down Alison Roman v. Chrissy Teigen, shy eels in Japan, and the recently unearthed video for Umberto Tozzi’s 1979 hit, “Gloria.”

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    In this week’s episode:

    Read the original Reddit post from the woman who is concerned about her boyfriend’s aggression toward a cook at the local Waffle House.

    Here’s how you can FaceTime with shy eels.

    Big #YUPs to…

    “All About Eve” starring Bette Davis, available on Amazon Prime.

    Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, aka ERA, for putting on a terrific live-streamed Demo Day.

    E120: Murder Hornets She Wrote! May 07, 2020

    As we enter our second month of sheltering in place, we learned this week of more plagues: a Polar Vortex is about to hit the Eastern seaboard and Murder Hornets have made landfall in Washington state. Meanwhile, Elon Musk and Grimes welcomed their baby boy, named X Æ A-12 Musk and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has decided he has no choice but to eat his neighbors. Struggling with all this confusion and upheaval, we turn to the Asparagus Whisperer to find out what the future holds.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Read more about Murder Hornets here.

    Big #YUPs to…

    Seafood, which a lot of people are enjoying at home during the quarantine.

    Sauerkraut, which can be eaten on its own or with meats and seafood.

    E119: We're Drinking Bleach on Zoom! May 01, 2020

    This week, we bring to bear all of our expertise as native Long Islanders to analyze the new film “Bad Education,” starring Hugh Jackman as Dr. Frank Tassone, the grifting former superintendent of the Roslyn school district. We also explore MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s new memoir, “What are the Odds? From Crack Addict to CEO,” and grapple with Zoom etiquette.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Learn more about Frank Tassone in this great New York Magazine profile from 2004.

    Big #YUPs to…

    Leah McSweeney, the newest cast member on the Real Housewives of New York City.

    Mindy Kaling, creator of the delightful Netflix series “Never Have I Ever.”

    E118: The Cottonelle Conspiracy...Unrolled! Apr 23, 2020

    This week we contemplate life without toilet paper. We try to understand what really happened when Gov. Cuomo met his daughter’s boyfriend for a home-cooked meatball dinner. Also on the docket: to corona shame or not to corona shame?

    ***Check out CuomoSays.com for cool merch featuring Andrew Cuomo’s best Powerpoint slides. All proceeds go to the Food Bank of New York City***

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    In this week’s episode:

    Read Katie Rosman’s story in the New York Times about “corona shaming.”

    Big #YUPs to…

    Fiona Apple - listen to her new album “Fetch the Bolt Cutters” here.

    Vanity Fair for publishing Rachel’s story about her husband’s near-death experience battling coronavirus.

    E117: Rats Get Ready to Rumble! Apr 16, 2020

    This week we explore how animals are adapting to life in the age of Covid. We found that rats are resorting to cannibalism, goats are taking over entire towns and people are inviting llamas to their Zoom conferences to spice things up. Also on the docket: who is Joe Pizza and what does he have to do with Donald Trump’s enthusiasm for hydroxychloroquine? Is professional wrestling really an “essential business”? And what happened to Jared Kushner’s cutie-pie dimples?

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    In this week’s episode:

    Jared Kushner appears to have botoxed away his dimples.

    Big #YUPs to…

    The Democrats of Wisconsin, for risking their lives to vote last week and to Jill Karofsky, who unseated an incumbent Republican on the state’s supreme court by a wide margin.

    “Unorthodox,” a new series on Netflix that tells the (mostly true) story of an escapee from the Hassidic community of Williamsburg.

    E116: Nope in the Time of Covid! Apr 10, 2020

    We’re back after a very dramatic one-month hiatus during which we both battled the coronavirus. We share our personal experiences with the virus, and continue to shut down our federal government’s callous disregard for humanity as they profit from the crisis. Also on the docket: a South African couple has been marooned in the Maldives at a five-star resort since March 22; Andrew Cuomo’s possibly pierced nipples have caused a stir among fans and Dr. Deborah Birx has emerged as a Zoom fashion icon.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Read about the couple that has been stuck in the Maldives on their honeymoon in the New York Times.

    Big #YUPs to…

    The staff at Northwell Peconic Bay Medical Center, who saved Josh’s life while being kind and communicative with me the whole time he was there. If you’re feeling inspired, you can support their Covid-19 emergency fund here.

    PSA: Back Next Week! Apr 02, 2020

    It's been a rough few weeks, but Rachel and Brian will be back next week with a brand new NOPE to bring you some laughter in these dark times.

    E115: Social Distancing Spectacular! Mar 13, 2020

    This week, we shut down our terrible government’s bungled response to the coronavirus, hand-washing tutorials, New York’s plastic bag ban, #InternationalWomensDay and bolo ties. Also: we offer to help the Charleston Riverdogs come up with clever yet politically correct promotional events and explore the science behind durian fruit superconductors.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Like Larry David, we are recoiling in horror about the rise of the bolo tie, as reported in the WSJ.

    Shell, the oil and gas company, decided to honor women for International Women’s Day by chaging its name to She’ll.

    Big #YUPs to…

    Lady Gaga and her new song “Stupid Love,” released at the same time as this interesting op-ed in the New York Times.

    Pan Shancu, a Chinese man who ran 31 miles in his living room while under coronavirus quarantine, proving you can do anything if you set your mind to it.

    E114: Bernie Sanders Gets Blocked by The Circle! Feb 27, 2020

    This week we shut down the Democratic debate in South Carolina, the White House’s bungled response to the coronavirus, various data breaches, Apple’s unusual rules about iPhone representation in cinema, and, finally the worst food innovation since sliced bread: sliced mayonnaise.

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    In this week’s episode:

    A college student is overseeing hiring at the White House personnel office.

    Bloomberg created billboards touting his preference for rare steak.

    Big #YUPs to…

    “The Circle” and “Love Is Blind,” both of which are available right now on Netflix. Get to it!

    E113: Eminem Hoards Vagina Candles! Feb 13, 2020

    This week we delve into the struggling presidential campaign of “most electable” Joe Biden; the mixed (gift) bag that was the Oscars; dueling vagina candles/incense from Gwyneth Paltrow and Erykah Badu and, finally, the return of Sean Spicer to the White House in an ill-defined and unpaid role.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Joe Biden put a baby’s pacifier in his mouth.

    In the wake of Gwyneth Paltrow’s sold-out vagina candle, Erykah Badu plans to release vagina-scented incense.

    Oscar nominess got a $225,000 gift bag featuring items like a urine collection system.

    Big #YUPs to…

    “West Side Story” on Broadway

    “Curb Your Enthusiasm” Season 10 on HBO

    E112: Dinosaurs Eating Rush Limbaugh! (feat. Suraj Patel) Feb 06, 2020

    Thank God Dry January is over because Drunk February so far has been even worse. Thankfully, we were joined by Friend of #NOPE Suraj Patel, a beacon of optimism who is running for Congress in NY’s 12th District. We drank Manhattans as we shut down the Iowa caucuses, the inevitable acquittal of Donald Trump and the pissing match between rival billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos that led to the Amazon HQ2 debacle in Queens. Finally, we analyze the deeper meeting behind “Dinosaurs in Love,” the viral song that was written by a toddler in England.

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    In this week’s episode:

    “Dinosaurs In Love” has gone viral.

    Jeff Bezos is jealous of Elon Musk, which explains a lot.

    Big #YUPs to…

    Our special guest Suraj Patel!

    Follow Suraj on Twitter and Instagram

    You can check out Suraj’s website and get involved with his campaign here.

    E111: Michael Bloomberg Shakes a Snout! Jan 30, 2020

    The news this week–or should we say the Knewz?–was a grab bag from hell, a piñata overflowing with excrement, so we decided it was the perfect moment to announce our rebranding. Henceforth, this podcast shall be known just as NOPE. Got it? Anyway, in this episode, we explore the Democratic presidential field in the days leading up to the Iowa caucus and shut down Michael Bloomberg’s unusual meet-and-greet with a dog. Also: teens are dipping their balls in soy sauce and eating cereal out of their friends’ mouths on TikTok; people in China are dining on whole bats despite the coronavirus; and Kars4Kids fired the underpaid kids who appeared in its annoying commercial and replaced them with other underpaid kids.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Watch Michael Bloomberg interact with a dog.

    News Corp. gets into the Knewz biz.

    Watch a woman in China eat a bat.

    Big #YUPs to…

    The Grammys. What a show. Thanks to Alicia Keys for being the best host on earth, and to Lizzo, Billie Eilish, Camila Cabello and Tyler the Creator for brilliant performances that briefly made us forget about the horrors that surround us.

    PSA: Sleep-Deprived Witnesses and Documents! Jan 24, 2020

    We've been forced to skip this week's episode due to extreme sleep deprivation, since we've been trying to stay up to watch the impeachment trial. We hope you have too. We'll be back next week for more Nope!

    E110: Lev Parnas Eyes a Tray of Pigs in Blankets! Jan 17, 2020

    Defying the orders of Yamaha, we are are broadcasting this week from inside a roomy musical instrument case. We shut down the Parnassance, Rachel Brosnahan’s Blanketgate, the disgraceful snubbing of Uncut Gems from the Oscars nominations, Megxit and Brexit. Also: Yuri Geller applies for a job as a spoon-bending British spy; we get to the bottom of an abominable new trend–Fries Boards–with potato expert Riad Bekhit of Potato Parcel; and finally, we participate in a justified schmear campaign against Bill DeBlasio for wantonly boasting about toasting...a whole wheat bagel. Nope!

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    In this week’s episode:

    If you haven’t watched Rachel Maddow’s interview with Lev Parnas, please check out the highlights here.

    The question on everybody’s mind: Did Rachel Brosnahan see or did she not see a tray of pigs in blankets at a Golden Globes afterparty?

    Fries boards–think charcuterie, but fries–are emerging as a huge party trend in Australia, so we talked to Riad Bekhit, Chief Potato Officer of Potato Parcel to get to the bottom of everything that is wrong with this trend.

    Get 15% off your first Potato Parcel order with the code POTATO15.

    Big #YUPs to…

    Booksmart, a hilarious and original film directed by Olivia Wilde, which despite being excellent, failed to garner any Oscars attention.

    The Virginia general assembly, for passing the Equal Rights Amendment 47 years after it was introduced.

    E109: Prince Harry Gets Handsy with Reachy! Jan 09, 2020

    All is not well! This week, panting with anxiety, we attempt to turn our attention to the brilliant innovations revealed at CES in Las Vegas, like a toilet paper fetching robot and “Reachy,” a droid of unknown purpose that costs $17,000 and looks like a gondolier. Also on the docket: Rachel shares a story about her misadventures in freelancing; Sir Rod Stewart gets slapped with a misdemeanor after trying to break into a private childrens’ party at the Breakers Palm Beach; the Art Basel banana becomes the subject of a legal battle (or is it just part of the art?); AirBnb is using AI to identify narcissistic guests; and finally, a TikTok grifter named Paul Zimmer has reemerged online under a confusing new identity.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Learn more about Reachy from WIRED technology reporter Lauren Goode.

    Big #YUPs to…

    Princess Anne, our perennial YUP, for continuing to tend to her royal duties even after Meghan and Harry have abdicated theirs.

    The mutual admiration between President Obama and Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

    Rogue River blue cheese.

    E108: Lizzo Juices Pottery Barn! Jan 02, 2020

    After spending the holidays relaxing and catching up on the Canadian Broadcasting Company’s edit of “Home Alone 2,” we’re back in the studio shutting it down on the very first day of the new decade. We begin with the hyper-local story of a Manhattan socialite who fell through the floor while shopping at Pottery Barn, requiring an emergency manicure at the scene of the accident. Also on the docket: a writer shares the harrowing story of her struggle to fend off her husbands’ sultry-voiced suitors in Gramercy Park; a Missouri church leader tried to pay for sex on Grindr with Arby’s gift cards; a Utah man was found dead in a freezer with a notarized letter stating that his wife didn’t kill him; and a 45-year-old tortoise in Essex, England burned down his house on Christmas Day. Finally, we respond to a letter in our listener mailbag (aka a text message).

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    In this week’s episode:

    Check out this ungrateful tortoise, who set his home ablaze on Christmas Day.

    Read Nancy French’s story in the Washington Post about what happened after she ignored warnings from friends and family not to marry her husband, David.

    An Upper East Side socialite is suing Pottery Barn after she fell through a hole in the floor and injured her jewelry.

    Big #YUPs to…

    Uncut Gems, the finest film of 2019, starring Adam Sandler, who shall win all of the awards.

    The Year of Lizzo

    Princess Anne, for being the most diligent, hardest-working royal.

    E107: Odd Trump Out! (feat. Jill Kargman) Dec 19, 2019

    On this historic day in American history, as the House of Representatives found itself in “deep yogurt,” we were joined by Friend of Nope Jill Kargman, creator and star of Bravo’s “Odd Mom Out,” author, radio host, comedian and sorceress. We explored the plight of the Undecideds, those special unicorns who have seen all the evidence yet haven’t determined how they are going to vote on impeachment, as well as Rudy Giuliani’s allegation that the Bidens were somehow involved in murdering the same person twice. Also on the docket: we discuss the best holiday gifts, such as personalized potatoes and items from the garbage that are later resold on Amazon. Finally, we take sides in the battle between an eagle and an octopus and attempt to understand how millions of “penis fish” washed ashore in Marin County.

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    In this week’s episode:

    If you’re looking for the gift for someone who has everything, how about a potato personalized with a headshot?

    Alternatively, you can order these perfect hostess gifts designed by our special guest, Jill Kargman. (Follow @jillkargman on Instagram and Twitter.)

    Watch an eagle and octopus fight it out at sea.

    Big #YUPs to…

    Terry Gross, for not putting up with Adam Driver’s bullshit.

    “On Our Backs,” an exhibition at the Leslie-Lohman Museum in New York, featuring art produced by queer sex workers.

    “CATS” and mushrooms (aka watching “CATS” while under the influence of mushrooms.)

    E106: The Duct-Taped Banana Drowns in Mincemeat! Dec 12, 2019

    The holidays are approaching and nothing says Christmas like a nine vote working majority, a racy cocaine Santa sweater from Walmart Canada and mincemeat pie made from actual meat! Also on the docket: Brian has boots-on-the-ground reporting about the Art Basel banana; Vox investigates Bronx Colors, the manufacturer of Trump’s orange concealer; the Peloton Husband goes public about his pain, and we puzzle over the media strategy of Boris Johnson, who spent Wednesday hiding in a refrigerator.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Vox investigates Bronx Colors, the (alleged) manufacturer of Donald Trump’s orange concealer.

    Boris Johnson hides in a refrigerator.

    Big #YUPs to…

    Chris Evans’s fisherman turtleneck sweater in the film “Knives Out.”

    “Bombshell” the new film about the fall of Roger Ailes at Fox News.

    E105: Baby Yoda Spotted at a Jiggle Joint! Dec 05, 2019

    As Donald Trump fought with our allies in Europe, and Andrew Yang squirted whipped cream directly into his supporters’ mouths, we tried to remain focused on issues that are closer to home, such as the merits of silent haircuts, that terrible Peloton ad and the over-exposure of Baby Yoda. Also on the docket: why we love Hunter Biden.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Watch the Peloton ad that everyone’s freaking out about.

    Big #YUPs to…

    Rachel Maddow, who wrote the most important book of the year, “Blowout.”

    Princess Anne, our finest living royal. You can watch actors portray her on “The Windsors” or “The Crown” on Netflix, but the real thing is even better! Here she is seemingly snubbing Donald and Melania Trump at a royal reception at Buckingham Palace this week.

    A Very Nope Thanksgiving! Nov 28, 2019

    Overwhelmed with Thanksgiving preparations, we decided to pardon ourselves this week from our typical podcasting duties. But we did introduce a new beta program, the #DailyNope, which kicked off with an unusual sunbathing trend–taint tanning. In the spirit of the season, we also offered gratitude to you, our listeners, and Icelandic raincoats.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Read the NY Post story about “perineum sunning” the latest wellness trend that influencers swear by.

    Big #YUPs to…

    Friends of the pod Lauren Mechling and Becky Fagin, who are celebrating birthdays this week.

    Brian, who is also celebrating a birthday this week.

    Our listeners in Iceland, Iran and all over the world.

    Reyjkavik Raincoats, which provides a deligtful hands-free solution to being outside in the rain.

    E103: The Whistleblower Haunts an AirBnb! (feat. Lindsay Goldwert) Nov 21, 2019

    Strung out from another insane day of impeachment hearings, we sat down with author, comedian and friend of the pod Lindsay Goldwert to get to the bottom of the real issues plaguing the American people: what happened to lounge singer-turned State Department official Mina Chang? Why are 30-50 feral hogs terrorizing Italy? How can it be that the entire state of South Dakota is on meth? Who is paying $1,000 a month for access to a dating app? Also on the docket: there’s more evidence that Rudy Giuliani might not be so great at tech. Finally, we talk to Lindsay about her forthcoming book, “Bow Down: Lessons from Dominatrixes on How to Get Everything You Want.”

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    In this week’s episode:

    Here’s the latest on the Mina Chang scandal.

    South Dakota spent nearly $500,000 on a campaign celebrating the idea that everyone there is on meth.

    Read Rudy Giuliani’s text messages with journalist Talia Lavin.

    Big #YUPs to…

    Lindsay Goldwert, podcaster-comedian-personal finance expert and author of the forthcoming book “Bow Down: Lessons from Dominatrixes on How to Get Everything You Want.” Pre-order it here. Follow Lindsay on Twitter here.

    A restaurant in Reykjavik called Dill. Make a reservation now!

    The Democrats’ impeachment lawyer, Dan Goldman, who is bringing the BDE every day.

    E102: Milli Vanilli Dates a Chicken Parm Bro! Nov 14, 2019

    While the world was focused on impeachment, it seemed like nobody was really paying attention to the story of Mina Chang, a lounge singer from Dallas who somehow wormed her way into the upper echelons of the State Department. Meanwhile, “dopamine fasting” has overtaken Silicon Valley, where–despite all evidence to the contrary–people are allegedly too happy to function. Northwestern University’s student newspaper apologized for committing acts of journalism. Finally, “chicken parm bros” have seized control of the dating app Hinge.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Here’s senior State Department official Mina Chang talking about her fake Time Magazine cover. Read more about Mina here.

    The “dopamine fasting” story is not to be missed.

    Big #YUPs to…

    David Byrne’s “American Utopia,” now on Broadway. Get tickets now.

    Gareth Hinds’s graphic novel interpretation of “The Odyssey.”

    E101: James Dean Gulps a Gay Iced Coffee! Nov 08, 2019

    Much like amateur zoologist Brian Fellow, we are very excited and a little bit scared this week. The trial of Roger Stone began in a typical carnival fashion, with profuse sweating, food poisoning and diarrhea. Facebook–oops, we mean FACEBOOK–banned suggestive eggplant and peach emojis. A drunk man in England attempted to have sex with a pile of leaves. Brian went on a digital gay culture walkabout involving iced coffee, chairs and parallel parking. An obscure filmmaker announced he is raising the dead, casting a CGI James Dean as the star of his forthcoming Vietnam action movie. Plus: Rachel caught up with her former Twitter colleague Josh Grau to process the news that they used to interact with a coworker who, according to a new indictment, was a Saudi spy.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Rachel used to work with a Saudi spy, according to a new indictment.

    Brian is fascinated with this “bichair” as well as the trend of gay men drinking iced coffee throughout the year.

    Huge Nope to casting CGI versions of dead people in movies.

    Big #YUPs to…

    Jack Dorsey–a first for us!–for banning political advertising on Twitter.

    The Democrats, for kicking ass in Virginia and Kentucky. Let’s keep it going, people.

    E100: Peter Luger Goes into Chipmunk Mode! Oct 31, 2019

    For our 100th episode, we decided to cut all of the material about Donald Trump, because we just can’t stand it anymore. Instead, we discussed other horrible topics, like Mark Zuckerberg’s Caesar haircut, the advent of Sweetgreen 3.0, the downward spiral of Peter Luger, a disco group that believes it helped the Phlippines avoid a super-typhoon, and, finally, Netflix’s foray into chipmunk mode.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Read New York Times food critic Pete Wells’s savage takedown of Peter Luger.

    Big #YUPs to…

    Wegmans!

    Fans of the Washington Nationals, who booed Donald Trump at the World Series.

    E99: Countess Luann Canoodles with a Cabaret Critic! Oct 24, 2019

    As we enter the mob phase of the Trump presidency, we dig into the inspiring story of Pierre Delecto, the once-secret Internet persona of Mitt Romney. Rachel shares a personal story about how Countess Luann de Lesseps, of “The Real Housewives of New York City,” transformed her into a cabaret critic. We then go from hyperlocal to interstellar, shutting down everything from the chef’s mutiny at Barneys to the frequency of killer-asteroid stories published by The Daily Express. And finally, thanks to J. Smith Cameron of “Succession,” we learned about a French scientist who has developed a creepy skin for iPhones that responds to tapping and unwanted sexual contact.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Read about Rachel’s big debut as a cabaret critic in Page Six.

    Learn about how Ashley Feinberg uncovered the real identity of Pierre Delecto.

    Big #YUPs to…

    Jimmy Kimmel in Brooklyn

    Netflix’s horror movie lineup, including “In the Tall Grass

    E98: Kendall Roy Beats Ron Vara Like a Drum! (feat. Lauren Goode) Oct 18, 2019

    Amid one of the most troubling weeks in recent memory, we were joined by Friend of Nope Lauren Goode, senior writer for WIRED and host of the Gadget Lab podcast, to shut it all down. In a rapidly escalating war of words, hobgoblin Rudy Giuliani–now the subject of an ongoing counterintelligence investigation–called former national security adviser John Bolton an “atomic bomb” in response to Bolton’s assessment that Giuliani is “a hand grenade.” Meanwhile, Joe Biden maintained his steady drumbeat of terrible grandpa jokes, insisting several times this week–including at the lackluster Democratic debate–that he will beat Donald Trump “like a drum.” And Trump’s China muse, Peter Navarro, has his own muse: Ron Vara, an economist Navarro is fond of quoting, even though he doesn’t exist. WeWork’s continues to unravel, and it now must contend with cancerous phone booths and dysfunctional pineapple water dispensers. Millennials are eschewing crockery and eating off tables. A Russian man is suing because he says a cryptocurrency turned him gay. And, finally, we discuss Lauren’s column about how, in the #MeToo era, the appeal of various gadgets can no longer be divorced from the creepy behavior of their inventors.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Read Lauren’s piece in WIRED: “Andy Rubin’s New Phone Thing Isn’t Just a New Phone Thing”

    Listen to the Gadget Lab podcast.

    Big #YUPs to…

    Penzey’s Spices, a Wisconsin-based company that raised almost $500,000 this week for pro-impeachment ads on Facebook.

    Ronan Farrow - buy his book “Catch and Kill” here.

    Kendall Roy and his BDE

    The latest cover story of WIRED, highlighting the people who are trying to save humanity.

    E97: Alec Baldwin Nails the Untitled Goose Game! Oct 11, 2019

    Drowning in news and unable to breathe, we tried to follow “The Bachelor,” only to find out that the new bachelor smashed his face open on multiple cocktail glasses this week while playing golf. Meanwhile, the woman who claimed that meth found inside her vagina belonged to someone else finally admitted that the meth was, as everyone suspected, hers. Speaking of meth, Trump’s appearance and behavior–specifically, dilated pupils and paranoid psychosis–indicate that he may be addicted to Sudafed, a diagnosis supported by a photograph he posted on Twitter a few years ago. In India, a woman found two separate pythons in her toilet, on two consecutive days, and in Oklahoma, a dog shot a woman in the thigh with a .22 pistol. AOC became the latest politician to be shamed for her haircut. Alec Baldwin’s family got scammed by a phony Statue of Liberty tour operator. And Brian shares a personal story about his obsession with the Untitled Goose Game.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Here’s the Twitter thread by @jrehling detailing evidence of Donald Trump’s Sudafed addiction.

    Big #YUPs to…

    Sexy Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, who refused to engage with Donald Trump on Twitter.

    Gerri! Gerri! Gerri! That is J. Smith Cameron, the fabulously talented actress who plays the general counsel of Waystar-Royco on HBO’s “Succession,” and is living her best life on Twitter.

    Read Rachel’s story about the women of “Succession” in Vanity Fair.

    And watch this perfect remix of the Succession theme song by comedian Demi Adejuyigbe.


    E96: Robert De Niro Holds Gwyneth Paltrow’s Blankstrap! Oct 03, 2019

    We are so overwhelmed by the news that we’ve decided to take a step back and produce “Impeachment: the Movie,” featuring a phalanx of Republican insaniacs and the most eclectic ensemble cast of all time. While the Republicans spew conspiracy theories, the Democrats are looking to the future with real policy proposals. For example, Joe Biden is pitching a tax credit that will benefit 750 million American women. Elsewhere, a fitness instructor was sentenced to five years in prison for harassing bodybuilders on Instagram. An unsuspecting couple in Indiana adopted a six-year-old who was really an adult psychopath. Columbia University is disbanding its marching band because of the musicians’ tendency to march in lewd formations. The guy who invented the labradoodle says that the breed is a Pandora’s box, and his life’s regret. Japan Airlines is updating it’s website so you can track where babies are sitting. Finally, we have updates on Irish Rail and WeWork!

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    In this week’s episode:

    We cast Mitch McConnell as the monster from Pan’s Labyrinth in “Impeachment: the Movie.”

    Everyone is freaking out about jockstraps.

    Learn more about the man who created the labradoodle, which he now calls a Frankenstein monster.

    Big #YUPs to…

    Robert De Niro, for giving a big NOPE to his critics, while appearing on Brian Stelter’s “Reliable Sources.”

    Ryan Murphy’s “The Politician” on Netflix, starring Ben Platt, Jessica Lange and Gwyneth Paltrow.

    E95: Rudy Giuliani Comes Out as Sapiosexual! Sep 27, 2019

    The creaky gears of justice finally appear to be turning, yet everything is still terrible. We delve into the Trump-Zalensky phone call, troubles at the We Company and the fraud that is ComScore. Also on the docket: a New Jersey couple goes under the knife to correct their RBF; Mark Ronson reveals his sexual orientation (spoiler: he’s attracted to beautiful, smart women); Gucci predicts people will be wearing straitjackets next summer; and Irish Rail has an unusual explanation for their train delays involving a bird. Finally, we have a boots-on-the-ground update from the Isle of Rockall, Britain’s final act of imperial expansion.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Read the transcript. Just do it.

    WeWork, once the hottest company in tech, is having some issues.

    Read the NY Times review of the Gucci fashion show, featuring 20 variations of straightjackets.

    Big #YUPs to…

    The seven freshman Democrats who wrote this Washington Post op-ed calling for impeachment.

    The Vox-New York Magazine merger.


    E94: Joe Biden Chokes on a Corn Pop! Sep 19, 2019

    This week, we learned that Joe Biden’s idea of a sick burn is to call someone “Esther,” as in Esther Williams, the late swimming star of the silver screen, whose heyday was in the 1950s. In Australia, a fire at a farm caused a massive bull semen explosion. The New York Times broke a bombshell story about Brett Kavanaugh, but completely botched the rollout, yet again. Disgraced White House press secretary Sean Spicer made his debut on “Dancing With the Stars” in a pirate shirt on the same day that Netflix announced a deal to stream the “Seinfeld” library. Coincidence? We think not. A New Zealand man brought an emotional support clown to his layoff meeting. And a new Natalie Portman film about the astronaut who drove 900 miles wearing adult diapers so she wouldn’t have to stop to pee premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, and it was sadly missing the diapers. Thanks for all the feedback. We here for you.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Watch Joe Biden tell the harrowing story of Corn Pop, the gang leader who Biden called Esther Williams before they got into a parking-lot scuffle.

    Here’s what happened with the New York Times story about Brett Kavanaugh’s third credible allegation of sexual assault.

    Here’s an interview with director Noah Hawley, explaining to the LA Times’s Amy Kaufman why the adult diapers were omitted from his new film, “Lucy In the Sky.”

    Big #YUPs to…

    April Balascio, daughter of serial killer Edward Wayne Edwards and subject of the podcast “The Clearing.”

    Listen to “The Clearing” here.

    Read Rachel’s story about April in the Wall Street Journal.

    Cokie Roberts, the well-known television journalist, who died this week at the age of 75.

    E93: Tim Cook Livestreams a Flamin’ Hot Cheeto!  Sep 12, 2019

    National Security Adviser John Bolton became the latest Trump Administration official to be fired via Twitter–or did he resign? We may never know. The new iPhone is finally here and it’s wreaking havoc on those struggling with a rare condition called trypophobia. Fox Searchlight, known for Oscar-bait dramas such as “12 Years a Slave” and “The Descendants,” is now bringing to the silver screen a biopic about Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. A high-school swimmer won the 100-meter race, only to be disqualified because she had a wedgie. A distinguished judge died, and her obituary headline focused on a special moment in her life–that time she pooped in a courtroom trash can. Forbes launched a task force to investigate how its “100 Most Innovative Leaders” list contained 99 men, and why nobody identified that was a problem. On the plus side, women can finally earn more money than men...in a new version of Monopoly. Everything’s terrible.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Check out CNN’s report on trypophobia, an intense, irrational fear of small holes and clusters of circles and bumps, which is being triggered by the new iPhone 11.

    Read about the Westchester judge Elizabeth Shollenberger, who will forever be remembered by her worst moment, thanks to the New York Post.

    Learn more about who Forbes thinks is innovative and why.

    Big #YUPs to…

    The Apple Watch - Series 5 just debuted!

    Matthew Macfadyen, the actor who plays Tom Wamsgans on HBO’s “Succession.”

    E92: Boris Johnson Bows to the Dairy Queen! Sep 06, 2019

    As hurricane Dorian heads to the Carolinas–not Alabama–the idea of storm size has become the new crowd size, which was once the new hand size. Meanwhile, the British government is spiraling out of control and a 73-year-old Irish folk singer is poised to invade a remote British island which is actually a rock. Dairy Queen denied that its hamburgers contain human meat, raising questions about what other types of meat are not in the burgers. Researchers at the Smithsonian identified a new species of leech outside of Washington, DC, and a snake terrorizing people in the Outer Banks is actually a lizard with a detachable tail. We’re going to be OK.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Check out Trump’s doctored map of hurricane Dorian.

    Learn more fun facts about Boris Johnson, in this fabulous episode of the New York Times’s “The Daily” podcast.

    In leech news, scientists have discovered a new species with three jaws!

    Big #YUPs to…

    Anthony Lupi, the UPS delivery guy making people horny in Soho.

    The tomato plant growing in the East River.

    E91: Rihanna Trusses a Fish Turducken! Aug 29, 2019

    We returned from our summer vacations to find a nation crawling with bedbugs and lusting over a chicken sandwich. Some people were losing their minds over a recipe for a chicken quesadilla fried deep dish pizza. Others stopped bathing for health or productivity reasons (and they promise they don’t smell.) An Australian chef shared a confusing recipe for a fish turducken. Rachel went to a restaurant in Germany featuring hand soap that was inspired by a sausage. Brian went to a restaurant in New York that didn’t serve soup or liver, owing to construction. Hawks were brought in to scare away the seagulls on the Jersey Shore. Rihanna is surreptitiously charging people $50 per month for the option to buy curated underwear. And professional baseball players are being laid low by gas-station Viagra.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Read about why #bedbugs and Bret Stephens were trending on Twitter.

    Watch the recipe tutorial for a deep-dish pizza quesadilla that sent the world into a tizzy.

    Here’s a Vox story explaining how people are inadvertently paying Rihanna $50/month for the option to buy underwear.

    Big #YUPs to…

    Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: may she live forever and enjoy all Broadway has to offer.

    David Ledbetter, a high school student in Charlotte, NC, who registered people to vote as they waited in line for the opportunity to have a Popeye’s chicken sandwich.

    E90: Margot Robbie Smuggles an Octopus! Aug 17, 2019

    It’s the dog days of summer, but for Rachel and Brian, it’s just silly season. In this politics-free episode, a woman hid meth in her vagina and a man hid cocaine in his toupee. Another woman got an octopus stuck on her face and then waited two days before going to the hospital. Men in England are paying big bucks to get wedgies in public and to clean the home of a 68-year-old dominatrix. People in Hollywood are taking out Disgrace Insurance to protect themselves from public shaming, which is measured by the Moral Outcry Index. And just when you thought we had hit bottom with Operation Varsity Blues, some wealthy parents are putting their college-age kids up for adoption so that they can be eligible for need-based financial aid packages. (Warning: This episode may be even more bananas than usual, as it was recorded before Rachel left for vacation last week.)

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    In this week’s episode:

    Read the Wall Street Journal’s explosive story about financial aid grifters.

    See the woman who got an octopus stuck on her face and the other woman who had meth in her vagina. Oh and here’s the man who had $34K of cocaine in his toupee.

    Big #YUPs to…

    “Once Upon a Time in America,” now in theaters, and “The Great Hack” on Netflix.

    E89: Mike Pence Battles 30-50 Feral Hogs! Aug 08, 2019

    It’s the dog days of summer, and we’ve had enough of everything: the “hard seltzer,” paid internships that require abstaining from “frosé,” tasting bacon all day and watching all 20 Marvel movies consecutively, these motherf—-ing snakes on this motherf—-ing plane. Nope to all of it. Also on the docket: we explain why everyone is talking about “30-50 feral hogs” as if they are the new generously buttered noodles. Equinox and SoulCycle are cancelled. We interview friend of the pod Ellen Gamerman about her late pet rats. We also try to understand why Mike Pence is advocating that everybody stay on their knees instead of on the Inernet, and explain a new theory advanced by a Greek Orthodox priest regarding the origins of homosexuality. Finally, we dissect a video showing a piece of raw meat autonomously jumping off of a plate. What a week.

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    In this week’s episode:

    If there’s one thing you need to read this week, it is this explainer on the 30-50 feral hogs meme.

    See a slideshow of Ellen Gamerman’s late pet rat.

    Check out a piece of raw meat autonomously jumping off a plate.

    Big #YUPs to…

    Summer thunderstorms, which can always be counted on to bring disparate people together in the office.

    “My Year of Rest and Relaxation,” a fabulous novel by Ottessa Moshfegh.

    E88: Tom Cruise Yodels on a Clown Cruise! Aug 03, 2019

    After seeing the trailer for “Top Gun: Maverick” last week, we were compelled to watch the original “Top Gun” for the very first time, and we needed some time to process what we saw. Now we’re back, amid one of the worst weeks on record, and ready to do a deep dive into the goings-on of Goose, Maverick, Iceman and, last but not least, Wolfman. Also on the docket: Marianne Williamson stole the show at the Democratic Debates; the New York Times revealed that Jeffrey Epstein planned to freeze his penis and repopulate the earth in his own image (not necessarily in that order); a rogue clown may or may not have terrorized a cruise ship; Grifter-turned-Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross reared his head at a performance art gala in the Hamptons; following a puppy-bite incident, Google Maps failed Rachel on the way to the E.R. Finally, grasshoppers are swarming Las Vegas and ladybugs are swarming San Diego, confusing everyone from meteorologists to Nostradamus.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Marianne Williamson: A Star Is Born at the Democratic Debates

    Pedophile Jeffrey Epstein wanted to freeze his penis and seed the world with his DNA.

    Grasshoppers are invading Las Vegas.

    Ladybugs are invading San Diego.

    See Wilbur Ross partying in the Hamptons with a giant fly.

    Big #YUPs to…

    Dolly Parton, who has a new podcast coming out this fall called “Dolly Parton’s America” with WNYC

    New York City buses, which are so much more pleasant than the subway at this time of year.

    PSA: New Nope Summer Schedule! Jul 26, 2019

    It's summertime and the living is....terrible. So we're grasping for some shreds of sanity by taking it a little easy in August. No new episode this week, and the schedule for August will be irregular, but we'll be back to our usual Thursday morning episodes come Labor Day. Stay cool, stay #NOPE!

    E87: Danny DeVito Has a Hot Girl Summer! (feat. John Jannuzzi) Jul 18, 2019

    It’s been a terribly confusing week, but luckily we were joined by a special guest, jack of all trades John Jannuzzi, who helped us clear up and shut down topics like the FaceApp, created by a Russian company that is harvesting our biometrics a year before a presidential election. (Everything’s fine.) Also on the docket: Millennial women are being haunted on Instagram by a Danny DeVito crop top; a reporter caused a stir at Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin’s cryptocurrency press conference by wearing Google Glass; millions of people are getting ready to storm Area 51 by using an anime-inspired jogging technique; a man compares himself to Martin Luther King Jr. after having a misogynistic meltdown in a Long Island bagel store; and, finally, we wax nostalgic for embattled grocer Dean & Deluca.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Here’s the guy who wore Google Glass to the cryptocurrency press conference.

    Watch the viral video of the Bagel Guy.

    Learn more about the sad state of affairs at Dean & Deluca.

    Big #YUPs to…

    The “Hustlers” movie trailer.

    Listening to Bollywood music at the gym (check out John’s “Bollylift” playlist here.)

    Bonobos shirts (and their content!)

    Jannuzzi’s Cookies, John’s delicious side hustle. Order here!

    And follow John Jannuzzi on Twitter.

    E86: Whitney Houston Sends in the Lions! Jul 11, 2019

    You know it’s a terrible week when you wish there was an earthquake in New York so you’d have a legit excuse to be hiding under the table. We shut down Trump’s Revolutionary War fan-fic Fourth of July speech; an executive who behaves like an in-orbit astronaut in the office; a browser plug-in that allows you to stealthily watch “The Office” while in the office; a woman in Texas who faces 20 years in prison for licking ice cream; British birders who couldn’t distinguish a seagull from an eagle and an island going to extreme measures to keep mice from proliferating.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Listen to Donald Trump talk about how the revolutionary army led by George Washington took over the airports.

    Read a letter from a woman whose boss likes to pee in a cup in his office and wash the cup out in the company kitchen.

    Watch the woman who licked ice cream in a viral video and now faces 20 years in prison.

    Big #YUPs to…

    The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team, for kicking ass at the World Cup in Paris, and making us (a little) proud to be American for the first time in years.

    Whitney Houston, for her cover of a fabulous Steve Winwood song “Higher Love,” which somehow made it to the top of the charts posthumously.

    E85: Betsy Ross Leaks Her DeepNudes! Jul 04, 2019

    The Fourth of July weekend is upon us and it’s already turning out to be terrible. First we learned that Betsy Ross was not so much a patriotic seamstress as she was a racist plagiarist. And now, We the People, the American taxpayers, are going to be left footing the bill for an obscene MAGA rally, complete with the finest Sherman tanks your 1957 dollars can buy. And I’ll tell you what we will not be doing. We will not be making PBS.org’s recipe for a red white and blue potato salad, which combines an unholy trinity of ingredients–blueberries, onions and mayonnaise. (Vomit.) In other horrible news, the Fyre (festival) is spreading. Cardi B. lost a copyright battle for a term she likened to a cold pigeon. Everyone’s getting diarrhea from Crypto. And restaurants around the country are introducing “not hungry girlfriend” menus.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Check out PBS’s controversial Red White and Blue potato salad.

    Big #YUPs to…

    Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird. Read Sue’s fabulous essay, “So the President Fucking Hates My Girlfriend.”

    High school journalist Spencer Cliche, for uncovering a prison labor scandal right in his own auditorium.

    E84: Hickenlooper-Buttigieg 2020! (feat. Lauren Mechling) Jun 27, 2019

    We emerge from a hallway of horrors this week to shut it down with novelist and friend of the pod Lauren Mechling. If you’ve ever asked yourself “Why do there need to be five moderators for the Democratic debates?” you’ve come to the right place. Other questions we seek to answer this week: Are people really growing horns on the backs of their heads? Why are we living in an age that can only be described as “anti-corrodic”? How do you tell time in Sommaroy, Norway? What is the appropriate attire for a mother-in-law at a wedding (hint: not a wedding dress)? Why would some young people rather fake their own deaths than decline a job offer? Why is everyone eating out of bowls? So many questions.

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    In this week’s episode:

    There are too many candidates and too many moderators for the Democratic debates.

    People are growing horns on the back of their head (or it might just be a pillow scam.)

    The Norwegian island of Sommaroy is going “time free.”

    The Financial Times chronicles the dark history of corridors.

    Big #YUPs to…

    Lauren Mechling, author of “How Could She”–named a most anticipated novel of the summer by Vogue, Entertainment Weekly, Elle, Bustle, Vulture, and more–just debuted this week. It is so good. Buy it here.

    E83: Dog Spectacular! Jerry Falwell Jr. Officiates a Canine Wedding! Jun 20, 2019

    It’s been a terrible week, but only one of us was paying attention. Rachel hasn’t slept since she decided to adopt a St. Berdoodle puppy on Sunday–unfortunately one day too late to enter the Miss Dog Mom USA pageant in Brooklyn. Meanwhile, Jerry Falwell Jr. and his wife Becky are embroiled in a possible love triangle with a Miami pool boy; Lenny Dykstra spent nine hours in a New Jersey dumpster looking for his teeth; an Alabama man sicced a meth-addicted attack squirrel on the police; and an entrepreneur has sold over a million stun guns for flies. Finally, we explore why job listings have gotten completely out of control.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Look at this beautiful puppy.

    Look at Lenny Dykstra dumpster diving with no teeth.

    Read Amanda Mull’s piece in the Atlantic about job listings spiraling into another dimension.

    Big #YUPs to…

    Coco Love Brown, the 11-week-old St. Berdoodle that entered Rachel’s life this week.

    “Tootsie: The Musical,” which Brian saw this week in a quiet theater, in which nobody was crinkling Twizzlers, thanks to the heroic self-sacrifice of last week’s guest, Seth Fradkoff.

    E82: Meryl Streep Vibrates on a Higher Frequency! Jun 13, 2019

    After recovering from a fugue state, we shut down everything this week from Chernobyl to Twizzlers. Our finest living patron of the arts, Seth Fradkoff, shares a distressing story about getting kicked out of “Tootsie: The Musical” on Broadway for taking a stand against loud snacks. Also on the docket: Manhattan prosecutor-turned-novelist Linda Fairstein attempted to un-cancel herself via op-ed; a British woman revealed that she paid her way through college by naming nearly 700,000 Chinese babies; another woman in Cincinnati quit her job to eat crab legs on YouTube; and comedian/actress/writer Jenny Slate agreed to deliver a highly exclusive commencement address in Massachusetts.

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    In this week’s episode:

    The Russians are relitigating Chernobyl with their own “patriotic” take on what happened.

    Linda Fairstein, the corrupt prosecutor played by Felicity Huffman in “When They See Us” on Netflix, wrote a terrible op-ed.

    A teenager in England created a website that gives Chinese babies “meaningful” English names for less than $1 a pop.

    Learn more about the mukbang phenomenon, in which people eat large quantities of food for an audience on YouTube.

    Jenny Slate, what are you doing?

    Big #YUPs to…

    “Big Little Lies” Season 2, starring the fantastic Meryl Streep. Now on HBO!

    Jon Stewart, whom we do not deserve.

    E81: Tracy Morgan Mixes a Rat Cocktail! Jun 06, 2019

    Much like a celebrity driving a brand-new Bugatti through Midtown Manhattan, this week we dealt with the consequences of terrible, yet predictable, situations. Following a flight to London, Brian got swept up in a delegation from Mauritius before being forced to surrender to the Heathrow airport authorities as an unregistered foreign agent. Meanwhile, Rachel was on her couch in New York contending with a Twitter pile-on for insulting the appearance and demeanor of Kimberly Guilfoyle. We conclude that we’ve hit peak pop-up in San Francisco, as a bar for humans and rats to intermingle is debuting with a $50 cover charge. Also in San Francisco: a new pogo-stick rental company called Cangoroo purports to help people commute to work by hopping around on vertiginous inclines. Los Angeles real-estate brokers hosted a Hieronymus Bosch-themed party with actors dressed as Adam and Eve and embalmed snakes in cocktails. West End theatrical productions are serving culinary abominations to the audience during live shows. And, finally, we describe a job listing from Craigslist for a “pro-bonobo” receptionist. Plus: just in time for Pride, we speak to the cohosts of the infamous podcast The Sydney Gays, which has torn the land down under asunder.

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    In this week’s episode:

    In our first ever international Nope interview, we speak to Wil Sabin and Jay Fisher of the podcast The Sydney Gays.

    In case you want to get tickets to the pop-up rat bar in San Francisco, here’s a link.

    An “unusual opportunity” for someone who is seeking employment for no pay in a “pro-bonobo” community is here.

    Big #YUPs to…

    Ava DuVernay for her four-part series “When They See Us” chronicling the horrific story of the Central Park Five. Now on Netflix.

    Restaurateurs Keith McNally and Stephen Starr, for bringing back one of our all-time favorite haunts, Pastis!

    E80: Mandy Moore Inhales Molecules of Freedom! May 30, 2019

    For our second-ever transatlantic broadcast, Brian was holed up in a bar in the north of England and Rachel was home in New York City--and if we had had confidence that this week was not an abomination, we would have said so. To that end, we shut down Robert Mueller’s cryptically worded press conference; anarchy on Mt. Everest and an Antipodean uproar over a podcast called “The Sydney Gays.” Also on the docket: one government official compared Jews to carbon dioxide and another government official compared American soldiers to natural gas; Moby feuded with Natalie Portman over whether they dated 20 years ago (they didn’t); incels tested out a penis-enlargement procedure called “jelqing”; and finally, an act of God flooded a Noah’s Ark theme park in Kentucky. And the nopes marched in, two by two.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Watch Robert Mueller’s 10-minute statement here.

    Here’s Mandy Moore’s selfie at the summit of Mt. Everest.

    This is a link to the highly controversial Australian podcast, The Sydney Gays. Listen at your own risk.

    The Trump administration is systematically concealing data about climate change, framing carbon dioxide as the hero, not the villain, in their upside-down narrative.

    We can’t understand the incels’ theory about the Stacys and the Chads. Maybe you will.

    Big #YUPs to…

    The Shrink Next Door. This podcast has everything: a Hamptons house with life-sized cow sculptures, a deranged therapist, a koi pond, a 40-year-old man throwing himself a bar mitzvah and grand larceny!

    Brian’s shoutout in the New York Times in a listicle about subway oddities.

    E79: Donald Trump Wargs Into a Bathroom Monster! May 23, 2019

    Our attempts to warg our troubles away were interrupted by an impromptu Donald Trump speech, in which the Victim-In-Chief announced that he was going on strike until the Democrats cease all of their investigations into his rampant misconduct. To which we say, Nope! Meanwhile, Mayor Bill de Blasio entered the Democratic 2020 field with a cringeworthy (and possibly illegal) video shot inside his taxpayer-funded luxury SUV; Kris Kobach sent a list of demands to the White House, including the requirement for a private jet, to fulfill his Peter Principle-sanctioned destiny; and Steve Mnuchin’s 85-year-old dad used a flip phone to buy a $91 million Jeff Koons rabbit sculpture for disgraced hedge-fund operator Steve Cohen. Also: Nope investigates an unusual commercial real estate transaction in Hell’s Kitchen; Elon Musk sends an insane memo to all of his Tesla employees; and yet another high-flying Silicon Valley biotech CEO turns out to be a fraud. Finally, we speculate on what precipitated Kim Kardashian’s Twitter beef with fast food chain Jack in the Box.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Watch Trump’s meltdown in the Rose Garden.

    Check out Kris Kobach’s leaked list of demands.

    Learn more about the bidding war for Jeff Koons’s rabbit sculpture.

    Here’s where you can read about an experiential theater production called Particle Ink, and also audition for the role of “Bathroom Monster.”

    Read the backstory on Kim Kardashian’s feud with Jack in the Box.

    Big #YUPs to…

    “Dead to Me” on Netflix!

    Billionaire Robert Smith, who paid off the student loans of the entire Morehouse class of ‘19.

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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    Watch Mitt Romney blow out birthday candles: https://twitter.com/MittRomney/status/1105455525074997249

    Big #YUPs to…

    The only Jackson we can get behind these days: Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who sentenced Paul Manafort to 90 months in prison on Wednesday.

    The Asassination of Gianni Versace, now available on Netflix! https://www.netflix.com/title/81091015

    E68: Michael Calamari Cheeses a Verminfluencer! (feat. Taylor Lorenz) Mar 07, 2019

    We are in desperate need of therapy. Thankfully, we were joined by Taylor Lorenz, staff writer for the Atlantic and human embodiment of the Internet, to help us unpack the horrible things that happened this week. Notably, people are monetizing their fetuses, lining up to take a selfie with an opossum, freaking out about a paper mâché sculpture called Momo, and filming themselves while hurling American cheese at their babies’ faces. Meanwhile, here in New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio committed the cardinal sin of posting a selfie with the Boston Red Sox and then earned the ire of millions of parents by declaring a snow day on a Sunday night when it wasn’t even snowing. All the while, AOC continues to trigger Republicans by riding in cars and peeling sweet potatoes.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Here’s the list of 81 names, including Matthew Calamari, that the House Judiciary Committee is seeking documents from: https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/04/politics/house-judiciary-committee-list-letters/index.html

    Read Taylor’s excellent piece in the Atlantic debunking and explaining the Momo hoax: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/02/momo-challenge-hoax/583825/

    Learn more about “verminfluencers” like Starfish, an opossum with 250,000 followers on social media: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/style/are-rats-good-pets.html

    Check out Taylor’s story in the Atlantic about “sharenting”: When Kids Realize their Whole Life Is Already Online

    Don’t “cheese” your children: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/cheesed-challenge-People-Are-Throwing-Cheese-at-Babies-New-York-506669151.html

    Bill de Blasio calls a snow day, and “Queens mom” Rachel Dodes-Wortman was quoted in the New York Daily News: https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-metro-snow-day-de-blasio-20190304-story.html

    Big #YUPs to…

    Gayle King, who shut it down in an interview with R. Kelly: https://twitter.com/CBSThisMorning/status/1103271779814957056

    Luke Perry, our favorite teen heartthrob who tragically died this week. RIP.

    Chronic “liking,” giving a little boost to everything you see on Instagram. Why not make your friends feel great?

    E67: Rami Malek Eats Salad With a Comb! Feb 28, 2019

    As if trapped in the Netflix series “Russian Doll,” we keep dying and waking up in the bathroom. Recording this episode right after Michael Cohen’s congressional testimony, our heads were spinning. We nevertheless attempted to process what we saw, including the wild outburst from Congressman Chip Roy, Matt Gaetz’s thuggish Tweet and Michael Cohen’s emerging expertise in the field of ethics. Meanwhile, Trump was in Vietnam for his second summit with murderous dictator Kim Jong Un, who traveled through the Chinese countryside by train out of spite because his 40-year-old Russian aircraft is unfit for use and he didn’t want to support Air China. Also: We have breaking news about Charles Dickens, unconventional salad utensils, and some free advice for the Academy.

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    In this week’s episode:

    If you didn’t listen to Michael Cohen’s opening statement, you can read it here: https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/27/politics/cohen-testimony-read/index.html

    Charles Dickens is post-posthumously #MeToo’ed: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/23/world/europe/charles-dickens-wife-asylum.html

    Amy Klobuchar eats salad with a comb: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/02/amy-klobuchar-comb-salad/583486/

    Why Best Picture winner “Green Book” is undeserving of the honor: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/23/arts/green-book-interracial-friendship.html

    Why “Bohemian Rhapsody,” which won 4 Oscars, is an abomination: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/03/bryan-singers-accusers-speak-out/580462/

    Big #YUPs to…

    Best Actress winner Olivia Colman (“The Favourite”) who delivered an iconic acceptance speech that is sure to spark joy.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy8z_Tq_VHo

    For the second week in a row, we offer a Yup to “Russian Doll,” because we are caught in a loop: https://www.netflix.com/title/80211627

    E66: Tucker Carlson Noshes on Filth Flies! Feb 22, 2019

    This week, Amazon’s much-ballyhooed New York City HQ2 was returned to sender faster than a Prime delivery. Meanwhile, a beige national emergency reared its MAGA-hat wearing head at Mar-a-Lago’s omelette bar. Also: Roger Stone got the smackdown from Judge Amy Berman Jackson for posting a wildly ill-conceived Instagram photo; Buzzfeed published an exposé of Blippi, a kid-friendly YouTube star with a shockingly NSFW past; an Israeli couple was fined for sending a string of emojis, including a squirrel and a comet; Tucker Carlson was dog-walked by a Dutch historian; Twitter freaked out over towels; and the Grand Canyon gift shop was displaying open containers of radioactive uranium. In other words, just a normal week in 2019.

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    In this week’s episode:

    On the day of Trump’s declaration of a national emergency, he was hanging out at the omelette bar while committing a crime of fashion: https://www.eater.com/2019/2/18/18228980/trump-omelet-bar-golf-course-photo

    Learn about the health code violations, including live mice and “filth flies,” at Trump-branded restaurants: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-pol-trump-restaurants-mice-health-20190207-story.html

    Roger Stone gets gagged: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/us/politics/roger-stone-instagram-judge.html

    Read Buzzfeed reporter Katie Notopoulos’s epic investigation of Blippi, a YouTube star for kids who once pooped on his friend: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katienotopoulos/blippi-youtube-kids-star-harlem-shake-poop

    Emojis are cropping up in legal battles, baffling juries, according to the Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/18/18225231/emoji-emoticon-court-case-reference

    Watch Tucker Carlson have a meltdown when Dutch historian Rutger Bregman states the obvious: https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1098282209834950657

    People are losing their minds about how many towels they should own: https://www.curbed.com/2019/2/18/18229530/towels-bathroom-best-bath-sheet-twitter

    Learn more about the uranium ore that was on display at the Grand Canyon gift shop for the last 18 years: https://www.npr.org/2019/02/19/696001017/grand-canyon-museum-reportedly-had-buckets-of-uranium-sitting-around-for-18-year

    Big #YUPs to…

    “Ranch Girl” Hanna Kinney who would not let Kirsten Gillibrand get between her and her ranch dressing.

    Natasha Lyonne and her riveting, binge-worthy show “Russian Doll” on Netflix. Watch it here.

    E65: Lady Gaga Harnesses Her Ribcage! (feat. Christina Binkley) Feb 14, 2019

    It’s New York Fashion Week and it’s not just the cold weather that is keeping us from experimenting with the hottest trend at the Grammys (hint: it’s an exposed ribcage). Joined by author and fashion journalist Christina Binkley, we shut down blackface turtlenecks, mock turtlenecks, Adam’s apple turtlenecks, harnesses on the red carpet, breast pumps as a fashion statement, and a boots-on-the-ground report about how Michael Cohen is spending his last days as a free man. Also on the docket: the two disparate theories explaining what’s behind the Jeff Bezos extortion attempt; Tinder for cows; Starbucks horoscopes and the unusual story of Dina Lohan’s fiancé.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Check out Christina’s photo of Michael Cohen celebrating his last moments of freedom at L’Avenue

    Link here: https://twitter.com/BinkleyOnStyle/status/1094587274895998977

    Read Robin Givhan’s piece in the Washington Post about why blackface is terrible:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/blackface-is-white-supremacy-as-fashion--and-its-always-been-in-season/2019/02/07/fdb60c06-2b1e-11e9-b2fc-721718903bfc_story.html?utm_term=.e57c836df1e7

    Everyone was showing off their ribcage at the Grammys! https://hollywoodlife.com/pics/most-revealing-dresses-grammys-2019-grammy-awards/

    The hottest actors in Hollywood are wearing harnesses on the red carpet: https://www.vogue.com/article/michael-b-jordan-louis-vuitton-harness-screen-actors-guild-award-red-carpet


    #YUPs to…

    Our special guest Christina Binkley, whose book “Winner Takes All” can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Winner-Takes-All-Kerkorian-Loveman/dp/1401309763

    Gucci CEO Marco Bizzari for apologizing for the blackface turtleneck and attempting to do something positive: https://www.latimes.com/fashion/la-ig-wwd-gucci-blackface-response-20190212-story.html

    Netflix’s reboot of “One Day at a Time.” Watch it here: https://www.netflix.com/title/80095532

    E64: Ashton Kutcher Gives Roger Stone a Manicure! (feat. Glace Chase) Feb 08, 2019

    There’s no good time to be incapacitated, but that’s what happened this week, and we’re still struggling to keep up with all the horrors. But with the help of our special guest, comedienne/playwright Glace Chase, we managed to shut down the substance, structure and guests of the State of the Union speech; a wild ATM incident in China; a man in the Netherlands embroiled in a legal battle to officially change his age; and, of course, the scandal in the Virginia legislature that combines three elements we thought we’d never see together: blackface, #metoo and the Moonwalk. Also: Rachel delivers an update on her ongoing text-message friendship with Ashton Kutcher and we respond to a particularly thorny #AskNope query about friends asking friends for online reviews.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Je suis Joshua Trump: https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/02/06/bullied-boy-named-trump-was-an-honored-guest-state-union-he-slept-through-it/?utm_term=.79bd474b81ed

    Read the full text of Trump’s insane State of the Union Speech: https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/05/politics/donald-trump-state-of-the-union-2019-transcript/index.html

    Here’s the story about Qin Qisheng, a 43-year-old guy from China who exploited a flaw in ATM software and withdrew $1 million from an account with a balance of $0: https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/5/18212902/huaxia-bank-qin-qisheng-atm-loophole-hack-china

    In the struggle of our time, a 69-year-old Dutch man seeks to legally change his age: https://www.npr.org/2018/11/08/665592537/69-year-old-dutch-man-seeks-to-change-his-legal-age-to-49

    Virgina, evidently, is for lovers...of blackface: https://www.vox.com/2019/2/6/18213902/ralph-northam-justin-fairfax-mark-herring-blackface-virginia-governor-line-of-succession

    Big #YUPs to…

    • Oscar winner and former “Celebrity Apprentice” star Marlee Matlin, who is also our finest living FBI agent: https://twitter.com/MarleeMatlin/status/1093187024893427713
    • Mueller-Comey erotic fan fiction, for adding a bit of spice to the proceedings (only available on the Dark Web).
    • “Three’s Company,” the perfect sitcom to watch when you are incapacitated: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKuzFhxtS9BGelhLXNEFCCtLzy6jw4Cy_
    E63: Mary Poppins Escapes from Dannemora Jan 31, 2019

    This week we find ourselves trapped in an upstate New York penitentiary of our own making. We shut down Trump’s continued insistence that he’s more intelligent than his intelligence agencies; Howard Schultz’s ill-conceived flirtation with an independent presidential run; and Gwyneth Paltrow’s violent run-in with an optometrist on the slopes of Park City. Also: technology continues to be terrible! Facebook engages in “friendly fraud” by taking money from children and gets the smackdown from Apple after running afoul of the company’s enterprise development rules. Meanwhile, a teenager in Arizona discovers a security flaw in iOS’s FaceTime; a velociraptor receptionist robot gets fired from a hotel in Japan, and Ashton Kutcher engages in a nonsensical text conversation with Rachel. Quite an eventful week.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Learn more about how Gwyneth Paltrow broke an optometrist’s ribs:

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6645741/Actress-Gwyneth-Paltrow-sued-Utah-ski-crash.html

    Learn more about Facebook’s evil ways:

    https://www.revealnews.org/article/facebook-knowingly-duped-game-playing-kids-and-their-parents-out-of-money/

    And about Apple’s smackdown of Facebook: https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/30/18203551/apple-facebook-blocked-internal-ios-apps

    Watch a video showing the velociraptor receptionist that got fired from a robot hotel in Japan:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FogiE8_3fPE

    Big #YUP to…

    “Escape at Dannemora” on Showtime, the latest collaboration between Patricia Arquette and Ben Stiller, who starred together in one of our favorite films of all time, “Flirting With Disaster.”

    Watch “Escape at Dannemora” here:

    https://www.sho.com/escape-at-dannemora

    Watch “Flirting with Disaster” here:

    https://www.amazon.com/Flirting-Disaster-Ben-Stiller/dp/B008GTR15E

    E62: Freddie Mercury Slurps Generously Buttered Noodles! Jan 24, 2019

    It’s one of the most horrible weeks in recent memory, and we return to a nation engulfed in carnage, both human and animal. We shut down Tales from the Grift, starring former Trump fixer and aspiring sex symbol Michael Cohen; explore how the Academy has taken everything bad about the Oscars and made it worse; discuss a Swedish movie shown inside a sarcophagus; and participate in a dramatic reading of text-message correspondence between our finest living artists, Azealia Banks and Grimes. Also: a “dark web” themed fashion show featuring zebras and giraffes raises eyebrows at Paris couture week; an Upper East Side restaurant called Nello shames a businesswoman for eating alone at the bar; and a marauding British family terrorizes New Zealand.

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    In this week’s episode:

    It’s been 30 years since the Oscars went host-less, for good reason. See why here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mronRVvdmw

    Breaking (again): “Bohemian Rhapsody” director Bryan Singer is a monster: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/03/bryan-singers-accusers-speak-out/580462/

    Swedish moviegoers are being concealed in coffins: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/rambling-reporter/why-swedish-moviegoers-are-being-sealed-coffins-1176213

    Check out Vetements’s “dark web” themed fashion show in Paris, featuring balaclavas, zebras and giraffes: https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/fall-2019-menswear/vetements

    Read about Clementine Crawford, who was shamed at Upper East Side restaurant Nello for committing the crime of sitting alone at the bar: https://pagesix.com/2019/01/16/upper-east-side-restaurant-nello-confused-me-for-a-hooker/

    A British family was marauding across New Zealand and terrorizing the locals: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/world/asia/new-zealand-british-tourists.html

    Big #YUP to…

    Weighted blankets, the perfect item for radical self care this winter.

    Generously buttered noodles, sprinkled with just a quarter cup of parsley for color and freshness. (Learn more about them here: https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/generously-buttered-noodles-meme/)

    E61: NOPE LIVE! Rachel & Brian Humiliate Themselves in Front of Superfans! Jan 18, 2019

    What happens when you put 30 Nope superfans in a room with a cheese influencer and our finest living text-message dramaturgist? Your terrible week suddenly gets better! As the longest government shutdown in our nation’s history dragged on, we managed to execute our first-ever live show, in which we collectively shut down Trump’s hamburger inflation, Javanka’s “Vice” walkout, and explored how the hijacking of Brian’s Spotify account led him to develop a passion for Christian rock and Shen Yun dance performances. We also vomit over dueling Fyre Festival documentaries, the timing and content of WeWork’s rebranding, and ponder why a nine-foot sculpture of a piece of candy wrapped in the Saudi flag was installed at Ground Zero. Finally, world-renowned cheese influencer Brooke Hammerling offers plating advice while leading us through the darkness of the Birdbox Cheese Challenge, and professional songstress Glace Chase delivers an Oscar-quality interpretation of Jeff Bezos’s romantic text messages. Join us!

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    In this week’s episode:

    Learn more about WeWork’s rebranding as We Company here: https://www.we.co/

    Is there anything more 2019 than two streaming companies fighting over the Fyre Festival? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/16/movies/fyre-reviews.html

    Is Shen Yun a dance performance or a cult? https://www.chron.com/entertainment/article/shen-yun-cult-falun-gong-china-ads-show-reviews-13484697.php

    How did a Saudi sculpture wind up getting installed on the site of Ground Zero? https://nypost.com/2019/01/14/sculpture-honoring-saudi-arabia-to-be-removed-from-ground-zero/

    Follow Brooke Hammerling, cheese influencer, here: https://twitter.com/brooke

    Follow actress-comedian-performer Glace Chase here: https://www.instagram.com/glacechase/

    Big #YUP to…

    Chicago-based restaurant Alinea, for offering the Clemson Tigers a real celebratory dinner, as opposed to garbage food: https://chicago.eater.com/2019/1/16/18184811/alinea-clemson-tigers-invitation-celebration-football-white-house-trump-fast-food

    Our BDE-possessed Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, for her no-nonsense letter to Donald Trump: https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi/status/1085549944969285634

    Rachel Zegler, the high school student who was just cast as Maria in Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” - check her out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypjwEj1mxY4

    Our amazing fans and guests! We’re not worthy!

    E60: Kevin Hart Has a Blended Orgasm at CES! Jan 10, 2019

    The best thing about a cleanse is ending the cleanse--and thankfully our Trump cleanse is over. This week, Rachel reveals how the Trump administration is blocking her efforts to gain German citizenship, and we explore the technological ineptitude of Paul Manafort’s legal team and Leonardo da Vinci’s unexpected involvement in the Mueller probe. Meanwhile, the New Year’s resolution crowd is wreaking havoc at Chopt and undermining the spirit of eating salads. Also: people are blindfolding themselves for the #BirdboxChallenge and staging confusing gummy bear concerts for the #HariboChallenge; Wikifeet gets to the bottom of an AOC podiatric Instagram mystery; Saudi Arabia develops push notifications to inform women that they are divorced; Martin Scorsese finds himself embroiled in a dumpling scandal; Ellen Degeneres inserts herself in the Oscars-hosting drama and Eric Trump’s Twitter feed; and a women’s sexual health company becomes the La La Land of CES.

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    In this week’s episode:

    Learn more about how Paul Manafort’s legal team accidentally revealed that he was sharing polling data with the Russians in the run-up to the 2016 election: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/08/us/politics/manafort-trump-campaign-data-kilimnik.html

    One person we never expected to get ensnared in the Mueller probe is Leonardo da Vinci: https://nationalpost.com/news/where-in-the-world-is-salvator-mundi-the-most-expensive-painting-ever-sold

    Check out the idiots attempting #BirdBoxChallenge: https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18172657/jake-paul-bird-box-challenge-youtube-blindfold-netflix

    And learn more about the confusing #HariboChallenge: https://mashable.com/article/tik-tok-gummy-bear-haribo-someone-like-you-challenge/#o6ZgPJsue5q0

    A women’s sexual health company gets shut out of a CES innovation award: https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/08/ces-revokes-award-from-female-founded-sex-tech-company/

    Big #YUP to…

    “A Very English Scandal” on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D3DWWG7

    The Starbucks app: https://www.starbucks.com/coffeehouse/mobile-apps

    E59: Chrissy Teigen Marries a Hologram! Jan 03, 2019

    2019 is here and it’s already off to an abysmal start, as the major TV networks featured an anti-vaxxer and a vaginal steamer on their New Year’s Eve specials and a high-profile New York “Illuminati” party offered guests the opportunity to sip breast milk from a baby bottle. Also: a New York Times op-ed advocated abandoning smartphones in favor of sex; a Japanese school administrator married an anime hologram; a bodybuilder in England tattooed his nether regions using--what else?--a rolling pin; Kerrygold butter expanded into the music business; the TSA announced it is phasing out pointy-eared bomb-sniffing dogs; NASA gave a faraway celestial body a Nazi name; and finally, an Alabama sheriff used federal money designated for refugees to buy himself a beach house.

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    In this week’s episode:

    The reactions to New Year’s Eve network specials were particularly horrendous this year: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chrissy-teigen-vaginal-steaming-nbc-new-years-eve_us_5c2cf14be4b05c88b7050a43

    Learn more about Cynthia von Buhler, who threw an Illuminati Ball in New York City featuring Kamadhenu the cow goddess and her four maidens: https://nypost.com/2018/12/29/inside-this-sexy-eyes-wide-shut-style-new-years-eve-bash/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=message_app

    Read the op-ed that suggests people could have sex 16,000 more times per year if only they abandoned their smart phones: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/31/opinion/smartphones-screen-time.html

    And if you’re making oat scones, we’ve got the perfect playlist for you: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5motGIMH9hSWjj65RreNwl

    Big #YUP to…

    Casey Wilson and Danielle Schneider, the cohosts of “Bitch Sesh,” one of our favorite podcasts, which we will be seeing live later this month.

    Check it out here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bitch-sesh-a-real-housewives-breakdown/id1063393054?mt=2

    Newspapers on a hiring binge, such as the NY Times, LA Times and Washington Post!

    E58: 2018 - The Year in Nope! Dec 28, 2018

    It was our first full year of podcasting, and what a year it was. As we recover from the latest romaine lettuce panic and sip ersatz Lacroix with “cloudberries” because we cannot have nice things, we explore the lowlights of 2018 grouped into the topics for which we are best known: insaniacs, salad, innovation, politics (minus Individual-1) animals, and the world of fashion. We reopen the case of the Canadian salesman who tried to chill pepperoni by opening a window and inadvertently let 40 vomiting seagulls into his hotel room; pay tribute to the man who attempted to distribute cheeseburgers to the poor and wound up naked inside of a pipe organ; and we recall the woman who brought her German shepherd on a United Airlines flight and, when she landed, received a Great Dane. Also: the rise, fall and subsequent resurrection of pimp politician Dennis Hof; water pickles; reptile therapy; a Saudi fashion runway ghost race; the unrelenting power of the peacock lobby; the Australian sausage identity crisis and, just under the wire, Kevin Spacey resurfaces in a poorly lit YouTube video reprising his role as Frank Underwood.

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    Watch Kevin Spacey’s creepy YouTube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=JZveA-NAIDI

    Read about Kevin Spacey’s latest felony charge here:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/24/movies/kevin-spacey-criminal-charges.html

    E57: Lil Jon Weaves a Hair Amulet! Plus Holiday Gift Guide feat. Lauren Goode Dec 20, 2018

    One step forward, two steps back. The Holland Tunnel’s holiday décor debacle was fixed following a public outcry, yet we find ourselves reckoning this week with even more horrors, such as Russian Nest hackers, robots gone wild and the shocking revelation that Azealia Banks is the tech world’s Zelig, last seen hiding in Elon Musk’s house after fashioning an amulet out of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s beard hairs. Joined by WIRED senior writer Lauren Goode, we shut down the most horrible gifts of the season, including but not limited to burrito scented candles, a push-up sports bra that can hold an entire bottle of wine, a smoke-free fire pit and a dongle for your toilet. Also, we address an important #AskNope holiday quandary: Is a bicycle bell OK to wear on your purse to encourage pedestrians to keep it moving?

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    In this week’s episode:

    Read Nick Bilton’s “parenthetical bombshell” in Vanity Fair: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/12/jack-dorseys-eureka-moment

    And the follow-up investigation by SPIN magazine here: https://www.spin.com/2018/12/jack-dorsey-azealia-banks-hair-amulet/

    Learn more about Boris the Russian robot who turned out to be just a dude in a robot suit: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/12/high-tech-robot-at-russia-forum-turns-out-to-be-man-in-robot-suit

    The #Nope Gift Guide:

    The Wine Rack: https://www.amazon.com/WineRack-200-010-Wine-Rack-Large/dp/B07228KHS1

    A DIY tecnology toolkit that will likley void your warranty: https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Tools/Pro-Tech-Toolkit/IF145-307

    Biolite Smokeless Fire Pit:

    https://www.bioliteenergy.com/products/firepit?variant=12471708287075

    Pradamalia charms: http://www.prada.com/en/a-future-archive/projects/pradamalia.html

    A Bonebox subscription: https://www.cratejoy.com/subscription-box/skulls-unlimited-international-inc/?clickid=3U0RwGy7f3w3XHF0xY21D1wSUkgRap2VsXu13Y0&irgwc=1&utm_medium=AFF&utm_source=IR&utm_basket=BuzzFeed&utm_carton=ONLINE_TRACKING_LINK&utm_egg=Online%20Tracking%20Link

    Burrito scented candle: https://stinkycandlecompany.com/product/burrito-candle/#reviews

    The Aviary cocktail book: https://www.theaviarybook.com/buy/

    The Tushy portable bidet: https://hellotushy.com/?utm_expid=.4q1sPWKtQ6KDdg6HH7h6aA.0&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

    Neuticles, for your bashful pet: https://www.neuticles.com/

    A Razzle Dazzle haircut (or carwash): https://www.razzledazzlebarbershop.com/

    Big #YUP to…

    Julie Klausner and her excellent podcast “How Was Your Week?” Listen here: http://www.howwasyourweek.com/

    The greatest Christmas duet of 2018 is here: Lil Jon and the Kool-aid Man celebrate the holidays.

    Lauren Goode gives a shoutout to the “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07G9LGZCM/?ref=dvm_us_dl_sl_go_ast_125MM_TLeP5|c_316614120392_m_PStu8QZR-dc_s__&gclid=CjwKCAiA9efgBRAYEiwAUT-jtDuuBneWFk92ki-QombTa08T1P_sOVwnMpgFIeqZKLpamoyMzwWmQRoCA0wQAvD_BwE

    And major props to Walt Mossberg for his decision to abandon Facebook: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/technology/walt-mossberg-quit-facebook.html

    E56: Poopsie Splatters The "Holland Tonnel"! Dec 14, 2018

    Emerging from glamorous Art Basel, where we rubbed shoulders with everyone from former Real Housewife Kelly Bensimon to grifting Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, we’re really struggling this week to acclimate to New York's rat and diarrhea-infested subway. In addition to demystifying Miami, on this week’s episode we shut down the hottest toy of the season, Poopsie, and explore the dystopian panopticon overseen by an Elf on the Shelf. Also: the Holland Tunnel struggles with a violent backlash to its holiday decorations; men embrace penis contouring; frenemies are orbiting and employees are ghosting. We respond to an #AskNope query about the merits of sharing business contacts with strangers and offer a hearty #Yup to incoming House Speaker/style icon Nancy Pelosi and a random straphanger who offered Brian a Metrocard. A holiday miracle!


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    In this week’s episode:

    Learn more about the hottest toy of the season, a doe-eyed unicorn with loose bowels called Poopsie: https://nypost.com/2018/12/12/unicorn-that-poops-glitter-is-this-years-hot-holiday-toy/

    Men are contouring their penises, according to Men’s Health magazine: https://www.menshealth.com/grooming/a19524495/penis-contouring/

    Orbiting is the new ghosting: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/08/style/orbiting-dating.html


    Big #YUP to…

    Future House Speaker and style icon Nancy Pelosi, for having major BDE: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/12/fashion/nancy-pelosi-coat.html

    A random tourist in the subway who gave Brian a free metrocard.


    E55: Ed Sheeran Flips a Fiery Bicycle! Dec 06, 2018

    It’s the most horrible time of the year, and in the spirit of radical self-care, we are instituting a new policy: Trump-Free December. There are enough awful things to deal with, like Rachel getting urinated on at 3am, Brian’s dad's wifi woes, upside down hamburgers, declining French fry portion sizes, a crisis in the canned tuna world, the cryptocurrency cruise from hell, mutiny at a sex robot convention and forced hugging at Ted Baker HQ. We are also introducing a new segment called #AskNope, where we weigh in on your most challenging business/life quandaries. Email us at ThisWeekInNope@gmail.com!


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    In this week’s episode:

    Read Laurie Penny’s harrowing account of a crypto cruise from hell: https://breakermag.com/trapped-at-sea-with-cryptos-nouveau-riche/

    Millennials don’t know how to use can openers, and it’s killing Big Tuna: https://www.wsj.com/articles/tuna-makers-look-to-hook-younger-consumers-1543766400

    Learn about the uprising against forced hugging at Ted Baker: https://nypost.com/2018/12/03/ted-baker-employees-rise-up-against-ceos-forced-hugging/


    Big #YUP to…

    “Dirty John” on Bravo, starring Connie Britton and Eric Bana: http://www.bravotv.com/dirty-john

    Season 2 of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” starring Rachel Brosnahan: www.amazon.com/PrimeVideo/MrsMaisel‎

    E54: Bradley Cooper Reveals His Tiny Turtle! (feat. Bevy Smith) Nov 29, 2018

    We’re recording live from the 10013 zip code, recently declared the tiny-turtle complaint capital of New York City. With the help of media maven Bevy Smith, we shut down “grabbers" at the border, John Bolton’s language barrier, a gender reveal explosion in Arizona, Moroccan cannibals and the dystopian gamification of behavior in China. Also: Bevy weighs in on the biggest pop culture controversies of the week, including Melania’s Christmas decorations, that Lena Dunham profile in New York Magazine and the rumored Harry-William rift.


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    In this week’s episode:


    Donald Trump’s quotes about “grabbers” at the U.S.-Mexican border must be seen to be believed: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-suggests-without-evidence-that-some-tear-gassed-migrants-were-grabbers-who-took-others-children/2018/11/26/3d43e4ba-f1ea-11e8-aeea-b85fd44449f5_story.html?utm_term=.2177adc1d7bc


    Learn more about what New Yorkers hate the most about the city, including tiny turtles: https://nypost.com/2018/11/24/this-is-what-new-yorkers-hate-most-about-the-city/


    Watch the video here of the gender reveal explosion that caused an Arizona wildfire: https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2018/11/27/arizona-gender-reveal-wildfire-orig-video.cnn


    A woman in Morocco cooked a traditional meat-and-rice dish using a secret ingredient--the remains of her ex-boyfriend: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-46287259


    Big #YUP to…


    Kristine Giullaume, the first black woman to lead the Harvard Crimson (and she’s from Queens!): https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/25/business/media/harvard-crimson-president-first-black-woman.html


    Bevy Smith, who will be embarking on a six-city “Live With Vision” tour in 2019. Here’s where you can learn more about it: https://www.facebook.com/DiningWithBevyLifeWithVision/

    Follow Bevy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bevysmith

    Follow Bevy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bevysm

    E53: Ariana Grande Rakes America Great Again! Nov 23, 2018

    It’s Thanksgiving week and the world is a very dangerous place! Donald Trump couldn’t even pardon two turkeys, believes that Finnish leaf-raking techniques will prevent forest fires, and plumbed new depths as he sided with Saudi murderers over our own intelligence agencies in an embarrassing exclamation-filled public statement. Meanwhile, romaine lettuce rears its E. coli-infested head and wreaks havoc on Americans' collective consciousness and Australians are having conniption fits over the placement of onions on a sausage sandwich. Also: we explore football player-turned-Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker’s involvement in a patent for a toilet for well-endowed men; residents of a ritzy coop on Manhattan’s Upper East Side sue their florist over a lobby arrangement that resembles a mass grave, and the Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana gets kicked out of China for an offensive Instagram video about an oversized cannoli. Thank u, next.


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    In this week’s episode:


    Learn about the Australian existential crisis unleashed by a hardware store’s decree about onion placement: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/world/australia/sausage-onion-bunnings-warehouse.html


    Acting AG Matt Whitaker’s contributes to toilet technology: https://www.metro.us/president-trump/acting-ag-matt-whitakers-company-touted-toilet-seats-well-endowed-men


    Behold the offensive floral arrangement that inspired a lawsuit on Manhattan’s Upper East Side: https://nypost.com/2018/11/19/florists-sued-over-arrangement-that-looks-like-mass-grave/


    Check out the video that got Dolce & Gabbana booted from Shanghai: https://www.instagram.com/p/BqXYtsZl6D5/


    Big #YUP to…


    South Korea’s Kim Jong-yang, who beat Putin’s lackey Alexander Prokopchuk to become Interpol’s next president. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/21/interpol-elects-south-korean-president-russia-kim-jong-yang


    Our new patron saint of feminist clapbacks, Ariana Grande, for throwing shade at Piers Morgan after he criticized the British pop group Little Mix: https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande/status/1065300013335556096


    E52: Jeff Bezos Cooks a Turkey in His Mouth! Nov 15, 2018

    It’s our one-year Nope-aversary and the ceiling can’t hold us. We’re traversed a wormhole back to the year 2000 and we’re reliving election trauma while trying on clever hat disguises in an effort to commit voter fraud. Meanwhile, Trump is in full FML mode, holed up in a Fox News cave while Roger Stone and his minions brace themselves for their forthcoming (fingers crossed) indictments. Amazon lands it’s HQ2 a stone’s throw from Rachel’s condo, sending real estate agents into a feeding frenzy. Just in time for Thanksgiving, we explore a brand-new utensil-disrupting food trend that advocates cooking with one’s mouth. Also: Birds and raccoons are getting drunk on fruit in West Virginia, cats are vaping, people in North Carolina are hitchhiking using Waze, and a scooter company is reinventing the car. We’re fine.


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    In this week’s episode:

    Listen to Trump’s theory about people swapping hats and voting twice: https://www.vox.com/2018/11/14/18095592/trump-voter-fraud-disguises-cars-daily-caller-interview


    Learn how to cook a turkey with your mouth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQQZ2hje42E


    Real estate brokers claim to be selling condos via text message in Long Island City: https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazons-move-to-long-island-city-sparks-condo-frenzy-1542116117


    Big #YUP to…

    Seveneves, a novel by Neal Stephenson about what happens when the moon explodes: https://www.amazon.com/Seveneves-Novel-Neal-Stephenson/dp/1469246864


    Our Forever First Lady Michelle Obama, whose memoir “Becoming” was just released. Get it here: https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Michelle-Obama-ebook/dp/B079ZYWJJ8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1542252736&sr=8-1&keywords=michelle+obama+becoming&dpID=41eRuKxPb3L&preST=_SY445_QL70_&dpSrc=srch


    E51: Jim Acosta Accosts a Garbage Panda! Nov 09, 2018

    A day late and a Euro short, here we are with our first-ever trans-Atlantic #Nope, recorded in Duck, North Carolina and Lisbon, Portugal. In a week that was reminiscent of a Hieronymus Bosch etching, we vomit over the White House’s decision to release a doctored propaganda video from Infowars to back up the lie that CNN’s Jim Acosta assaulted an intern (he didn’t). We also question the wisdom of Nevada’s selection of a Republican corpse for their state assembly. Rachel reports live from Web Summit, describing the imminent disruption of the popcorn-industrial-complex. Also on the docket: a five-year-old’s 15-page resume sends China into a social media panic; raccoon and mixed-animal cafes sprout up in Korea; the U.S. Embassy throws an Australian cat pajama party to improve relations; and a New Jersey therapist winds up in jail after hiring an ex-con patient to disfigure a foe “so he can’t do push-ups” (her words, not ours.)


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    Big #YUP to…


    Lucy McBath, a former flight attendant and gun-control activist in Georgia, for beating Republican Karen Handel in Georgia’s 6th, a district that was once was represented by Newt Gingrich.

    Watch McBath’s inspiring campaign ad here (bring tissues): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiZQ-JU9zbw


    Jennifer Wexton, for unseating incumbent Republican Barbara Comstock in Virginia’s 10th district, making this the first seat to flip from R to D on Tuesday night. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/comstock-vs-wexton-virginias-10th-congressional-district-race/2018/11/06/f3d406ca-deb6-11e8-85df-7a6b4d25cfbb_story.html?utm_term=.7ba6fdf26f26

    E50: Robert Mueller Fails the Rectal Test! Nov 01, 2018

    It’s Halloween and we are broadcasting from a vomitorium inside a bicameral House of Horrors. This week, indisputably the worst on record, we shut down a pathetic attempt to ensnare Special Counsel Robert Mueller in a sexual harassment scandal by enlisting the services of actor Christoph Waltz. We also foretell the end of the reign of Pumpkin Spice Everything and the rise of Everything Bagel Everything. We wonder who on earth is ordering water pickles, why witches are setting up shop in coworking spaces, and how a British woman managed to cheat on her fiancé with 20 different ghosts. We end the episode rattled by the realization that we will never be depraved enough to garner eight-figure severance packages, like male executives at Google do, and confused by an interview that Diane Lane gave to Vanity Fair. Happy voting!

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    In this week’s episode:


    Read the backstory of how Christoph Waltz and Israeli model Bar Rafaeli got mixed up in a twisted attempt to discredit the Mueller investigation: https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-crazy-cabal-trying-to-smear-robert-mueller


    Check out Jamie Stelter’s “Off the Rails” segment about how much she hates the very idea of pumpkin spice latte popcorn: https://twitter.com/NY1/status/1057599155277873152


    Learn how you can get a $27 cocktail wrapped in a pillow: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/05/new-york-citys-aviary-bar-is-serving-an-everything-bagel-cocktail.html


    Order your $8 water pickles while they’re still frozen! https://ny.eater.com/2018/10/26/18023620/mission-chinese-ice-appetizer-bushwick-nyc


    Read the NY Times expose about how predators at Google were rewarded with exorbitant payouts and hero’s sendoffs: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/technology/google-sexual-harassment-andy-rubin.html


    Check out Diane Lane’s insane interview with Vanity Fair: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/10/diane-lane-house-of-cards-interview


    Big #YUP to…


    Robyn. Check out her new album, “Honey,” here: https://open.spotify.com/album/0IAaNxxKPy68UkxhKVtIcz


    Vot

    E49: MBS Faps on the New Jersey Turnpike! (feat. Katie Rosman) Oct 25, 2018

    After staggering around, riddled with pre-midterms polling anxiety, we sat down with New York Times reporter Katie Rosman to discuss the worst news in what was a horrible week, including the #magabomber, Soros Derangement Syndrome and Trump’s reaction to the Saudis’ bogus account of the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. We also shut down a Chinese entrepreneur’s plan to light up the Chengdu sky with a fake moon, a New Jersey meal delivery company’s embrace of the “Nofap lifestyle,” the newsiest Halloween costumes and, finally, we question the merits of Elon Musk’s underground tunnel of indeterminate length.


    After a week such as this, we are especially grateful to our sponsor, Starward whiskey, made in Melbourne Australia, aged for two years in red wine barrels, and now available at Astor Wines in New York: https://www.astorwines.com/SearchResultsSingle.aspx?p=2&search=39144&searchtype=Contains


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    Big #YUP to…

    Our special guest Katie Rosman for two-part series in the New York Times about the horrors of the “sugar dating” scene.

    Read her story here: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/style/sugar-dating-seeking-arrangement.html

    And here’s the follow up: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/19/style/the-sugar-dater-seeking-arrangement.html


    The Newsroom: Katie’s new current events pop-up, launching next week. Check it out at www.thenewsroom.nyc or on Instagram at @the.newsroom


    Finally, a huge Yup to the emerging Instagram superstar Bubbe Feinman, mother of 7, grandmother of 29, and reigning Best Brisket Champion for 13 consecutive years. Follow her at @bubbefeinman.


    E48: Chris Evans Straps On James Bond's Papoose! (feat. Aaron Wolf and Mike Culyba) Oct 18, 2018

    We took a 23andMe test this week and discovered that not only are we related, but we’re more Cherokee than Elizabeth Warren! Together with documentary filmmakers Aaron Wolf and Michael Culyba, we shut down the worst news in what was a horrible week, including Facebook’s bizarre new political ads policy; the untimely death of a Republican pimp-turned-Nevada-State-Assembly-candidate; the New York Times real estate section burying the lede on Vag-china; Allbirds’ unicorn status; the haunted subways of New York; the shaming of 007’s papoose; and the emergence of Lindsey Buckingham from his sleeper cell.


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    In this week’s episode:


    Elizabeth Warren leans into a fist: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/10/16/elizabeth-warren-angers-prominent-native-americans-with-politically-fraught-dna-test/?utm_term=.39eb996cc4c8


    The obituary of Dennis Hof, a pimp turned Republican political candidate, who was discovered dead by Ron Jeremy after partying with Joe Arpaio and Grover Norquist: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/us/dennis-hof-dead-brothel-nevada.html


    If you’re in the market for a truffle-butter dish decorated with a vagina, have we got the Vag-china for you: https://oddtitties.us/


    Big #YUPs to…


    ...Brian’s longtime friend Aaron Wolf, who directed the new documentary “Restoring Tomorrow,” about the resurrection of a historic synagogue in Los Angeles and his search for community.


    It’s in theaters on Nov. 13 and you can get tickets here: https://www.fathomevents.com/events/restoring-tomorrow


    ...Rachel’s dear friend Michael Culyba, a film editor who is directing his first feature documentary, “Keeper of Time,” about the history of horology and the very nature of time itself.


    You can learn about the film and contribute to his Kickstarter campaign here: https://kck.st/2NgGxYJ

    E47: Taylor Swift Fingers a Tantric Pouch! (feat. Kerry Flynn) Oct 11, 2018

    Amid the worst week on record, and joined by journalist and digital native Kerry Flynn, we turned to fashion and technology for a shred of delight. But there was none. Designers were parading models in straitjackets down the runways of Paris, the iOS 12 update unleashed a flood of accidental animojis, and Apple’s sad attempt to portray the humble bagel was an epic fail. Also this week: a PhD candidate in France developed a robotic human finger that attaches to your iPhone, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman are re-branding short-form content as “Quibi," people are shredding their artwork and their money, and our greatest living actress, Drew Barrymore, was insulted by EgyptAir Magazine.


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    In this week’s episode:


    Check out all the straitjacket trend for Spring 2019: https://nypost.com/2018/10/03/why-are-designers-dressing-everyone-in-straitjackets/


    New Yorkers fume over bagel represenation on iOS 12.1 http://www.grubstreet.com/2018/10/whats-going-on-with-apples-new-bagel-emoji.html


    A French PhD student has discovered a way to give our smartphones the ability to interact with us more, via a robotic finger: https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2018/10/5/17940708/mobilimb-robotic-finger-attachment-smartphone


    Business titans Meg Whitman and Jeffrey Katzenberg are rebranding short-form content using a word with way too many vowels to be cool (it’s Quibi): http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-newtv-20181010-story.html


    This Week in Shredding:

    https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/oct/08/why-shredder-is-banksy-greatest-work

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/boy-puts-envelope-with-more-than-1000-cash-in-the-shredder/


    Learn more about tantric speed dating, where women put beads in men’s pouches: https://www.thecut.com/2017/08/tantra-speed-dating-event-new-york.html


    Here’s the background on EgyptAir Magazine’s bizarre profile of Drew Barrymore: https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/drew-barry

    E46: Lindsey Graham Unfurls the Snake Within! Oct 04, 2018

    This week, we took a break from liftin’ weights at Tobin’s with our pal Squi to dissect Lindsay Graham’s attempt to win a Tony Award (and perhaps a VP slot on the Trump 2020 ticket) in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. We also shut down another insane Lindsay--La Lohan--getting punched in the face after posing as an Arab man; a vomiting cannibal snake in India; Scrabble’s perplexing new additions to its dictionary; the first-ever robot brothel in Houston; Silicon Valley moguls’ ill-conceived Kiwi escape plan; and finally there’s Brexfit, the Brexit-inspired workout craze sweeping the UK. HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/id1312654524?mt=2 SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope BUZZSPROUT http://www.buzzsprout.com/208569 SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope In this week’s episode: Lindsey Graham throws a hissy fit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcffG57U_vw Lindsay Lohan gets punched in the face: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxlP_OeWHZM In a metaphor for our times, a large snake in India swallowed an even larger snake and then vomited it out after being poked with a stick by a human: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6218053/Shocked-homeowner-films-snake-regurgitating-snake-finding-rice-drum-kitchen.html The Scrabble Dictionary is adding some very unusual new words, like “sheeple,” for example: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/arts/new-scrabble-words.html Houston officials are going bonkers after a Canadian company broke ground on America’s first-ever robot brothel: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/30/houston-robot-brothel-plan-halted Silicon Valley billionaires are planning on leaving us in the dust and high-tailing it to New Zealand when the rapture comes: https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2018-rich-new-zealand-doomsday-preppers/ If you’ve ever wanted to work out using a punching bag bearing the likeness of Teresa May and Jeremy Corbyn, then BrexFit is for you! https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/brexfit-fitness-routine-brexit_us_5bae9735e4b0343b3dc0240a Big #YUP to… Pea Milk, which Brian used to make a delightful smoothie. Here’s the recipe: 8 oz pea milk 2 tbsp peanut butter 3 ice cubes 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Put all ingredients in a blender, mix and enjoy. You can learn more about pea milk here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/food/wp/2017/09/21/get-ready-for-pea-milk-it-doesnt-taste-like-peas-and-its-not-even-green/?utm_term=.f38974163634 The women in the elevator: Ana Maria Archila and Maria Gallagher are American heroes. Learn more about them here: http://theweek.com/speedreads/798992/did-women-elevator-change-gop-sen-jeff-flakes-mind

    E45: Adam Driver Tangles with a Fright Fest Freak! Sep 27, 2018

    Following the latest Kavanaugh revelations, we take a break from throwing up and realize we’ve been inadvertently embracing the Ikigai lifestyle. We also explore the drug habits of marine life; a shameful Bavarian all-you-can-eat sushi joint; a Halloween coffin competition in St. Louis; a spider sex party in Greece, and ultimately we lament the lost art of goat herding. HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/id1312654524?mt=2 SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope BUZZSPROUT http://www.buzzsprout.com/208569 SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope In this week’s episode: If you haven’t read Ronan Farrow and Jane Mayer’s latest Kavanaugh bombshell, here it is: https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/senate-democrats-investigate-a-new-allegation-of-sexual-misconduct-from-the-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaughs-college-years-deborah-ramirez Learn about all the hot new lifestyle trends on the life menu: https://bookriot.com/2018/02/23/ikigai-lagom-and-other-cozy-concepts/ Octopuses are taking ecstasy: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/20/science/octopus-ecstasy-mdma.html And lobsters are smoking weed: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/23/maine-investigates-restaurant-lobsters-marijuana A Bavarian all-you-can-eat sushi joint meets its match, in the form of a triathlete who consumes 100 plates: https://nypost.com/2018/09/17/triathlete-banned-from-all-you-can-eat-sushi-joint-for-eating-too-much/ If you like small spaces and being in the dark, Six Flags St. Louis has got a challenge for you: https://www.wfla.com/news/viral-news/six-flags-is-giving-prizes-to-people-who-dare-stay-in-a-coffin-for-30-hours-straight/1468877713 The spiders in Greece had an orgy and destroyed the beach: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/09/20/spiderweb-aetoliko-greece-blankets-beach-tetragnatha-spiders/1368944002/ Someone decided it was a good idea to airlift violent mountain goats to keep them from eating human urine: https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/09/15/mountain-goats-are-flying-out-national-park-its-long-story/?utm_term=.d51440f88e24 Big #YUP to… Eliud Kipchoge, who smashed the Berlin marathon world record, finishing the race in 2 hours 1 minute and 39 seconds: https://www.runnersworld.com/gear/a23281796/eliud-kipchoge-marathon-world-record-gear/ Brian’s favorite condiment, ranch dressing, which is finally getting its due: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/19/dining/one-nation-under-ranch.html

    E44: Brett Kavanaugh Wears a Wankband! Sep 20, 2018

    Everything is terrible! Not even glamorous red carpet photos could distract us in a week where the glorious Angela Basset was mistaken at the Emmys for...Omarosa. In this episode, the cousins recount their harrowing visit to a drug store hall of mirrors pop-up; GOP Senators prepare to use female staffers as human shields; Hurricane Florence brings wetness and flying killer snakes to the Carolinas; a spider haunts an anonymous woman in Ipswich; Instagram influencers shriek about a restaurant; Stormy Daniels uncovers evidence that Donald Trump is related to the abominable snowman; and, finally, we discover the world’s first perpetual-motion machine, the wankband. HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/id1312654524?mt=2 SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope BUZZSPROUT http://www.buzzsprout.com/208569 SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope In this week’s episode: The New York Times issues a correction after mistaking Angela Bassett for Omarosa in a photo from the Emmys: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/18/pageoneplus/corrections-wednesday-september-19-2018.html Rachel and Brian find themselves inside a strange, ephemeral hall-of-mirrors retail experience: https://tribecacitizen.com/2018/09/13/dirty-lemons-drug-store-has-opened/ GOP Senators propose using female staffers to question Kavanaugh’s accuser, Dr. Christine Ford: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/republican-senators-male-brett-kavanaugh-hearing_us_5ba16080e4b013b0977fe14a Donald Trump Tweets a video in which he attempts to view Hurricane Florence from the perspective of water: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1042197168533241856 If the storm wasn’t bad enough, Carolinians might be in for a Snakenado: https://nypost.com/2018/09/13/killer-snakes-could-turn-loose-after-florence-slams-carolinas/ Hear about an anonymous woman in Ipswich who was haunted by a spider: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-45496670 People from Instagram discover a 62-year-old restaurant, claim credit for its existence: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/14/nyregion/forlinis-instagram.html Stormy Daniels describes Donald Trump’s penis in her forthcoming memoir: https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/18/politics/stormy-daniels-book/index.html Pre-order “Full Disclosure” by Stormy Daniels here: https://www.amazon.com/Full-Disclosure-Stormy-Daniels/dp/1250205565 Learn more about the wankband here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzjeAaLbM5k Big #YUP to… The new musical “Be More Chill,” coming to Broadway in February: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyxEQq5R_do Judy Cochran, a great-grandmother in Texas who carried out a vendetta against an alligator who previously ate her miniature horse: https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/Livingston-Texas-mayor-grandmother-alligator-13239084.php

    E43: Serena Williams Zips Up Her Poonts! Sep 13, 2018

    It’s primary day in New York and we are gagging over politicians’ peculiar food combination choices. Also in this episode: Barnes & Noble’s ill-fated foray into the charcuterie business, fishing in a Chelsea restaurant, a PTSD-inducing mall in Bangkok, deranged Minions at New York Fashion Week, an invitation to support wolf therapy, a feline railway executive, Gwen Stefani’s responsibility for the current White House occupant…and, last but not least, how to have a dream vacation just like Thelma & Louise did. HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/id1312654524?mt=2 SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope BUZZSPROUT http://www.buzzsprout.com/208569 SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope In this week’s episode: Listen as Sen. Orrin Hatch grills Brett Kavanaugh about his fondness for spaghetti with ketchup: https://twitter.com/KMOV/status/1036997970061869056 Witness Cynthia Nixon’s controversial bagel order at Zabar’s: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/09/11/lox-her-up-controversy-swirls-after-cynthia-nixon-puts-fish-on-cinnamon-raisin-bagel/?utm_term=.206d19dc305d Booksellers should not get into the restaurant business. Here’s why: https://www.eater.com/2018/9/7/17831478/barnes-noble-kitchen-restaurants-failure Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime, unless he’s fishing in this Chelsea restaurant: https://ny.eater.com/2017/6/12/15785578/zauo-chelsea-fish-for-dinner In one of the worst ideas of all time, a Bangkok mall opens a display of a replica of the Thai cave that entrapped a young soccer team: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/sep/01/thai-cave-rescue-bangkok-mall-opens-exhibition-plastic-cave See Jeremy Scott’s pants-boot combination (aka Poonts) unveiled on the runways of New York Fashion Week: http://www.latimes.com/fashion/la-ig-jeremy-scott-nyfw-20180907-story.html Check out Wolf Connection, a non-profit that pairs at-risk children with wolves, because what could possibly go wrong? https://wolfconnection.org/ Read the Wikipedia page for Tama, the Japanese cat who rose through the ranks to become a renowned transportation executive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tama_(cat) The person responsible for Donald Trump’s election is...Gwen Stefani? https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2018/09/06/michael-moore-claims-trump-ran-president-because-gwen-stefani/1210403002/ Heed the advice of Sydney Morning Herald columnist Kerri Sackville and have the vacation of a lifetime with your best friend, just like Thelma and Louise: https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/how-to-go-on-holiday-with-your-best-friend-20180906-p50254.html Big #YUP to… India, for legalizing gay sex: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/06/world/asia/india-gay-sex-377.html U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka: https://ftw.usatoday.com/2018/09/naomi-osaka-serena-williams-us-open-ellen-told-her-video-tennis

    E42: Bob Woodward Performs a Riverdance! Sep 05, 2018

    We find ourselves trapped inside a zoo without walls, caught between a seal, a rat and a smoked watermelon ham. This week, the ‘90s have been reasserting themselves in some unsettling ways, with the sudden return to the cultural spotlight of Geoffrey Owens (aka Alvin from “The Cosby Show”), one-hit-wonder Vanilla Ice, and the Lord of the Dance himself, Michael Flatley. Also: universities explore the canon of e-sports and force students and teachers to cohabitate in a perverse new incarnation of AirBnb. HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/id1312654524?mt=2 STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope In this week’s episode: The elephant in the room is Bob Woodward’s book, “Fear: Trump In the White House.” You can (and should) pre-order it here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1501175513/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 Read David Remnick’s letter explaining why he had a change of heart about inviting human boil Steve Bannon to headline the New Yorker Festival: https://twitter.com/NewYorker/status/1036746441715277825 Get in on New York City’s most “viral” food--the smoked watermelon ham--here: https://ny.eater.com/2018/9/5/17823836/ducks-eatery-smoked-watermelon-viral Stop, collaborate and listen to Vanilla Ice stranded on the tarmac at JFK amid some kind of terrifying outbreak: https://twitter.com/vanillaice/status/1037395392315449344 See the Tweet from Tyler Perry offering Geoffrey Owens a job on a show on Oprah’s network (which he refused): https://twitter.com/tylerperry/status/1036944072836034560 Learn more about Michael Flatley’s self-financed spy thriller: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jul/06/michael-flatley-blackbird-film-self-financed-spy-thriller-what-you-need-to-know The University of Akron is phasing out 80 degree programs to focus on...the academic field of e-sports: https://www.chronicle.com/article/U-of-Akron-Will-Phase-Out-80/244293 Elsewhere in academia, UC Santa Cruz is encouraging students and teachers to shack up in some unholy AirBnB arrangement: https://sf.curbed.com/2018/9/4/17819898/ucsc-housing-faculty-crisis-santa-cruz-students-roommates Big #YUP to… “Crazy Rich Asians,” the hottest movie of the summer, for continuing its box office domination! Get tickets here: https://www.fandango.com/crazy-rich-asians-211315/movie-overview And read Rachel’s short NY Times profile of one of the film’s stars, Awkwafina, here: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/07/style/awkwafina-oceans-8-crazy-rich-asians.html The shrike, a tiny songbird which vigorously defends itself in the face of significantly larger predators using a newly discovered beak-and-jaw motion: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/09/this-tiny-songbird-rolls-its-head-to-break-its-victims-neck/569341/

    E41: Rupert Murdoch Craves Donut Prune Salad! Aug 29, 2018

    It’s 103 degrees in New York City and we’re mourning the loss of two cultural icons: John McCain and Aretha Franklin. We shut down Russia’s new Khalashnikov chicken robot, InfoWars’ theory about John Kerry’s Antarctic laser beam, a new Hollywood con queen, Oreo’s new disgusting flavor combinations, Dunkin’ Donuts rebranding and Procter & Gamble’s trademark overreach. Also: a Maryland woman’s quest to sequence the dog poop genome. HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/id1312654524?mt=2 STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope In this week’s episode: Read “An Ode To One of the Worst GOP Candidates In Recent Memory,” about Kelli Ward, the GOP Senate candidate who accused John McCain’s family of sabotaging her campaign by announcing that he was ending his treatment for brain cancer: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/08/29/an-ode-one-worst-gop-candidates-recent-memory/?utm_term=.c978eaeeb4d5 Learn more about Aretha Franklin’s 3 outfit changes: https://pagesix.com/2018/08/29/outfit-change-for-aretha-franklin-on-second-day-of-public-viewing/ The New York Times had an interesting report on the latest technological innovations from the Russian firearms manufacturer Khalashikov: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/world/europe/kalashnikov-car-robot-tesla.html InfoWars has a word-salad theory about John Kerry’s involvement in splitting a hurricane in two by laser beam: https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2018/08/24/infowars-host-hurricane-threatening-hawaii-has-been-split-two-energy-beam-shot-antarctica-possibly/221094 Get up to date on the FBI’s investigation of the Hollywood Con Queen: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hollywood-con-queen-fbi-opens-investigation-1137720 Here’s the recipe for Donut Prune Salad - don’t forget the mayo! http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4310/3032/1600/donut1003.2.jpg Read about Jeanne Fisher and her quest to solve her condo’s dog poop mystery using DNA kits: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/condo-spends-2500-on-dna-kits-to-solve-dog-poop-mysteries/2018/08/23/d8cee31e-a715-11e8-ad6f-080770dcddc2_story.html?utm_term=.fdd5d54cdd77 Big #YUP to… “Succession” on HBO - watch it here: https://www.hbo.com/succession Aretha Franklin and George Michael’s 1986 duet, “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me).” Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBCWLhlJV0Y

    E40: Michael Cohen Gets a RazzleDazzle Mullet (feat. Walt Mossberg) Aug 23, 2018

    This week, we find ourselves tethered to the blockchain in the struggle for truth and justice. Joined by multi-hyphenate guest Walt Mossberg, we shut down wild animal crackers, the Cohen-Manafort-Duncan guilty grifter trifecta, goats on the lam, mullets in Tribeca and ultimately come to grips with the overwhelming odds that we are living in a virtual reality simulation. HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/id1312654524?mt=2 STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope In this week’s episode: We are living in a circus, but at least the animal crackers have been liberated: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/business/animal-crackers-barnums-nabisco-mondelez.html Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen has a side hustle as a Birkin bag broker: https://www.thecut.com/amp/2018/08/michael-cohen-income-birkin-bag-guilty-plea-trump.html Learn more about Paul Manafort’s taste for luxury: https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/08/maximilian-katzman-paul-manafort-ostrich-jacket-in-flagrante Highlights from Rep. Duncan Hunter’s 47-page criminal indictment: https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/22/politics/duncan-hunter-indicted/index.html Jon Stewart is an urban goat herder: https://people.com/pets/jon-stewart-rescues-goats-subway-tracks-nyc/ The hottest new book is about Goat Yoga: https://www.amazon.com/Little-Book-Goat-Yoga-Practice-ebook/dp/B07B8DFWMK/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1534996362&sr=1-1&keywords=the+little+book+of+goat+yoga Check out this video, in which Elon Musk, on stage with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, declares that we are probably living in a virtual reality simulation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KK_kzrJPS8&feature=youtu.be Big #YUP to… Walt Mossberg and the News Literacy Project, a national education nonprofit offering nonpartisan, independent programs that teach students how to distinguish fact from fiction in the Internet age. Walt’s on the board and we really can’t think of a better cause to support right now. Donate here: https://newslit.org/donate/

    E39: Omarosa and Grimes Microdose in the Panic Room! Aug 15, 2018

    It’s a dry ice world and we’re just living in it. This week we address horrors such as dragon breath, cocaine nuns, Gumball 3000 confusion, the Asian nations of Nipple and Button, armpit advertising, pork-skinned billionaires and White House sorceress, Omarosa. HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/id1312654524?mt=2 STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope In this week’s episode... A good backgrounder about the Grimes-Musk-Banks hostage saga: https://www.thecut.com/2018/08/azealia-bankss-feud-elon-musk-grimes-explained.html Check out Michael Cohen providing exculpatory Tweet evidence that Donald Trump is a paper eater: https://people.com/politics/michael-cohen-denies-omarosa-claim-trump-ate-paper-oval-office/ Learn about armpit ads here: https://www.adweek.com/creativity/this-japanese-company-believes-that-renting-space-on-armpits-is-the-next-great-ad-frontier/ People are eating liquid nitrogen and things are getting ugly: https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/greenville/2018/08/14/anderson-man-claims-intense-pain-trying-haywood-malls-dragon-breath/985594002/ If you are interested in digging into the Gumball 3000 mystery, here’s some information: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6024053/Gumball-3000-Rally-2018-need-know-20th-anniversary-race-London-Tokyo.html The tragic story of a Missouri nun who traveled to Sydney to smuggle cocaine for a man she met on the Internet: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/08/15/missouri-woman-busted-at-sydney-airport-for-smuggling-cocaine-inside-high-heels-officials-say.html Avoid eating salads at McDonald’s: https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/mcdonalds-salad-parasite-400-sickened-in-15-states Hear more about the lunch ladies who ran a $500K cafeteria heist: https://www.npr.org/2018/08/14/638486873/lunch-lady-larceny-cafeteria-workers-allegedly-stole-half-a-million-dollars Big #YUP to… Stephen Miller’s uncle David Glosser: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/08/13/stephen-miller-is-an-immigration-hypocrite-i-know-because-im-his-uncle-219351 Bob Goodlatte’s son, Bobby Goodlatte: https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/13/politics/bobby-goodlatte-jennifer-lewis/index.html Tootsie the Musical - get your tickets now: https://tootsiemusical.com/

    E38: Alex Jones Wears a Chicken Diaper! (feat. Lauren Goode) Aug 07, 2018

    We’re back on our regular schedule with a special guest, WIRED Senior Writer, Lauren Goode. We all endured a horrible week in which YouPorn finally decided to ban lunatic Alex Jones, and Lauren spun around on a 3D scanner like a cat on a Roomba. We also shut down the Green Party candidate from outer space, voting on the blockchain, Magic Leap, luxury chicken diapers and the Oscars’ desperate attempt to boost ratings. HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/id1312654524?mt=2 STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope In this week’s episode... Read Lauren Goode’s review of Naked Labs’ 3D body scanner in WIRED: https://www.wired.com/story/naked-labs-3d-body-scanner/?mbid=social_twitter_onsiteshare Check out this thoughtful op-ed by David French detailing a legitimate rationale as to why Alex Jones should be banned: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/07/opinion/alex-jones-infowars-facebook.html We are living amidst the Summer of Grifting, and no beverage has been spared. Here’s the story of the Las Vegas coffee grifter: https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/ne5d4g/mysterious-coffee-grifter-has-sent-the-same-weird-handwritten-letter-to-hundreds-of-roasters Check out Green Party space alien Joe Manchik’s bio here: https://www.facebook.com/manchikengineering/about?lst=570510487%3A701693075%3A1533779673§ion=bio Here’s where Democracy dies, on the blockchain, with a tiny startup called Voatz: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/08/smartphone-voting-is-coming-just-in-time-for-midterms-voatz Lern more about Magic Leap, the startup that raised $2.3 billion and then released a product that was...meh. https://www.wired.com/story/magic-leap-one-creator-augmented-reality-inside-story/ Need diapers for your pet chicken? Look no further: https://theoutline.com/post/5608/bury-me-in-chicken-diapers?zd=1&zi=sygi2a2k Here’s why #OscarsSoNope https://www.npr.org/2018/08/08/636743517/changes-are-coming-to-the-oscars-heres-what-we-know Big #YUP to… Lauren and her cat Nougat, who is the proud owner of a $139 item called Modkat, described as “the iPhone of litter boxes” on the ultimate episode of the “Too Embarassed to Ask” podcast. Check it out here: https://www.recode.net/2018/8/3/17646320/lauren-goode-kara-swisher-final-episode-too-embarrassed-to-ask-podcast-finale And you can subscribe to Lauren’s current podcast, Gadget Lab, here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gadget-lab/id266391367?mt=2 “The Song of Achilles,” which Brian says is a cross between “Call Me By Your Name” and “Love, Simon” but set in Ancient Greece and with more violence: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006IE2IO8/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Australian and Kiwi firefighters who flew all around the world to help put out the California wildfires: https://www.sacbee.com/latest-news/article216206915.html

    E37: Bigfoot Convicted of Vomit Fraud! Aug 01, 2018

    Our ambitious summer schedule went haywire, so we’re attempting to harness technology and record remotely, capping off a horrible week that brought us Bigfoot erotica, vomit fraud, fast-food lifestyle brands, men bound together in a web of fleece vests, and a 3,000-year-old coffin that may or may not have put a curse on the people of Egypt. We apologize in advance for the sub-optimal audio quality - next week we’ll be back in full swing, sounding like buttah. We promise! HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/id1312654524?mt=2 STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope In this week’s episode: If you’re as horrified as we are by Denver Riggleman, a craft distiller turned B igfoot erotica author who is running for Congress in Virginia’s 5th Congressional District, you can check out his Democratic opponent Leslie Cockburn here, and donate to her campaign if you feel so inclined: https://www.lesliecockburnforcongress.com/ (And if you want to see Riggleman’s Instagram post about bigfoot, you can’t because, following a public outcry, he made his account private. But here’s Leslie Cockburn’s screenshot: https://twitter.com/LeslieCockburn/status/1023701334434959362) To learn more about the perils of vomit fraud, check out this New York Magazine explainer: http://nymag.com/selectall/2018/07/vomit-fraud-beware-uber-drivers-fake-puke-claims.html Background on why Chipotle is focusing less on preventing E. coli and more on becoming a lifestyle brand: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/29/business/media/lifestyle-brands-marketing.html Men across the nation are woven together in a garment of destiny: a fleece vest. The Wall Street Journal explains how it all happened: https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-fleece-vest-became-the-new-corporate-uniform-1532442297 Learn more about “feline telepathy” and how an Oregon woman got rid of a rogue mountain lion in her living room: https://foxsportsradio.iheart.com/content/2018-07-25-woman-says-she-used-feline-telepathy-to-shoo-mountain-lion-away/ Sign one man’s petition to drink the red liquid from a 3,000-year-old Egyptian sarcophagus: https://www.change.org/p/let-people-drink-the-red-liquid-from-the-dark-sarcophagus Big #YUP to… Parker Posey, the Gen-X star of the stage and screen who has a fantastic new memoir out called “You’re On An Airplane.” Get it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N11RHPM/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Intrepid seven-year-old entrepreneur Brendan Mulvaney, whose lemonade stand was shuttered by state regulators: https://nypost.com/2018/07/31/cuomo-crackdown-on-kids-lemonade-stand-ridiculous/

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