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**PEP with Chas and Dr Dave**

Chas Licciardello and Dr David Smith discuss all the stories that weren’t covered in Planet America.

Latest Episodes:

THE TRADE-Y BUNCH: PEP with Chas & Dr Dave (Ep 205, 11 Apr) Apr 11, 2025

Show notes

Chas & Dr Dave discuss Smoot-Hawley's Wife, The Oztürk Challenge, and Who The Hell Ran in Wisconsin?

0:00 - Introducing: Dr Dave, Hourglass, Coco

4:13 - Grateful (Great Gatsby, Generous Peppers)

7:51 - ABC Update

10:04 - Car Tariffs

19:27 - Liberation Day

59:15 - The Case For Tariffs

1:36:21 - The "Tariff Pause"

2:10:11 - TikTok Deal

2:16:28 - Wisconsin Elections

2:32:21 - Vance in Greenland

2:42:02 - Unleashed (Trade War Updates)

3:24:51 - Unleashed (Deportations)

4:40:59 - Updates (Stefanik, Crockett, Ukraine, AP, Eagle's Nest, Eric Adams)

HOMEWORK:

* Donald Duck teaches you the merits of income taxes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMU-KGKK6q8

* Dave's Recommended Great Gatsby Article

https://www.contrabandcamp.com/p/gatsbys-secret

* The Oztürk Challenge

https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024/03/4ftk27sm6jkj

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APPY KILLMORE! PEP with Chas & Dr Dave (Ep 204, 28 Mar) Mar 28, 2025

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Chas & Dr Dave discuss Used Car-Fire Salesmen, Great Names for Metal Bands, and That's Not A War Plan, THIS Is A War Plan!

0:00 - Introducing: Dr Dave

2:08 - Grateful (A Present for the Pod, Mia Love, Weight Loss Coaches)

10:38 - Updates (Portraits, Gulf of America)

14:47 - Correspondence (Democrats, Singapore, Tesla)

35:58 - Signal Gate

1:42:09 - Alien Enemies Act Update

2:33:43 - Ukraine Ceasefire Negotiations

2:48:21 - While We're Away (Wisconsin Court Election)

2:51:30 - Unleashed (Wisconsin, Greenland, Canada)

3:16:00 - Unleashed (While We're Away + A Few Good Things)

HOMEWORK:

* Dr Dave's piece about the Australian Christian Right https://bitly.cx/taDr

* THE FDA's Chemical Contaminants Transparency Tool https://bitly.cx/0hRJX

SHOW LINKS:

*Chat with the PEPpers on the Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/WxDD2PPvaW

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INTERVIEW W/ A PEPPER: PEP with Chas & Guest PEPcaster Lara Buhagiar (Ep 203, 25 Mar) Mar 25, 2025

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A PEP poderview with PEPper Lara Buhagiar aka @TheFrollickingNerd

0:00 - Introducing: Lara Buhagiar

2:08 - Grateful (Town Hall, Portrait)

5:58 - Bits & Peepers (Education Dept, Law Firm Exec Orders, LNG Update, DOGE, USAID)

37:09 - LIVE CORRESPONDENCE

39:46 - Talking Trans (The Current Vibes)

1:17:06 - Conservatives vs Trans

1:34:29 - The Cass Review

2:20:12 - Trump's Trans Exec Orders

3:44:09 - Trans State Bills

3:48:58 - Final questions for Lara

HOMEWORK:

Dr Gideon's Cass Review Explainer - https://bitly.cx/JmwE7

Yale's Cass Review Critique - https://bitly.cx/ALLN

SHOW LINKS:

*Chat with the PEPpers in the Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/WxDD2PPvaW

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FLIGHT CLUB! PEP with Chas & Melina Wicks (Ep 202, 21 Mar) Mar 21, 2025

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Chas & Melina Wicks discuss America's Most Dangerous Tattoo Parlour, An Invasion Of Farts, and TB Or Not TB?

0:00 - Introducing: Melina Wicks

1:41 - Grateful (Audio Articles, Countdown)

7:43 - Correspondence (Games, Eagle Nest, Stablecoins, NOAA, Musk, AFD)

31:19 - Schumer Shutdown

1:03:22 - More Schumer - Dem's Anger + Consequences

1:17:31 - Biden's Autopen

1:28:94 - Trump's Senility Evidence?

1:43:20 - Bonus Grateful (I'm The Final Boss)

1:46:56 - USAID & DOGE + Eagle

2:11:59 - Alien Enemies Act

2:58:54 - Unleashed (More Alien Enemies Act)

MUST-WATCH HOMEWORK: Move Aside! I'm The Final Boss

https://bitly.cx/c37Xc

SHOW LINKS:

*Chat with the PEPpers on the Discord Server

THE (UPDATED) DR DAVE BOOK CLUB MASTERLIST:

Geoffrey Blainey - The Causes Of War (Mentioned 43:49, Ep 198)

Margaret Levi - Of Rule And Revenue (Mentioned 1:11:16, Ep 195)

Margaret Levi - Consent, Dissent, and Patriotism (Mentioned 1:11:16, Ep 195)

Sayaka Murata - Convenience Store Woman (Mentioned 2:14, Ep 194)

Sid Meier - Sid Meier's Memoir! (Mentioned 16:30, Ep 178)

David Simon & Ed Burns - The Corner (Mentioned 8:40, Ep 178)

Maurice O. Wallace - King's Vibrato (Mentioned 14:26, Ep 164)

Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent - (Mentioned 32:12, Ep 164)

Robert Plunket - My Search For Warren Harding (Mentioned 1:49:12, Ep 158)

Ian Lambot & Greg Girard - City of Darkness Revisited (Mentioned 39:25, Ep 157)

Max Chafkin - The Contrarian (Mentioned 32:18, Ep 155)

Claire Conner - Wrapped In The Flag (Mentioned 31:42, Ep 155)

Rita Abrahamsen, Mike Williams et al - Global Right (Mentioned 31:12, Ep 155)

Philip Gorski and Samuel Perry - The Flag And The Cross (Mentioned 30:49, Ep 155)

Cynthia Miller-Idriss - Hate In The Homeland (Mentioned 30:10, Ep 155)

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PEP201 EXTRA! (PEEP 201) Even MORE of PEP 201 + Interview with Jim Holding Mar 18, 2025

Show notes

0:00 - Intro (This is NOT PEP)

4:38 - Bits and Peepers: Perkins Coie

14:00 - B&P: 2026 Midterms

24:33 - B&P: Authoritarian

32:16 - B&P: Khalil/Columbia University

56:39 - B&P: Deportations

1:03:35 - B&P: Sell the Musk

1:11:43 - B&P: Measles

1:19:55 - B&P: The Eagle's Nest

1:24:25 - Interview: Jim Holding

2:32:11 - Correspondence (Romney, NOAA, Veterans, Social Security, Mining, Child Abuse, Conspiracists, Video Games, Raygun) SHOW LINKS:

*Chat with the PEPpers on the Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/WxDD2PPvaW

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THE TRADE WAR ON EVERYTHING! PEP with Chas & Dr Dave AND Richard Cooke (Ep 201, 14 Mar) Mar 14, 2025

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Chas & Dr Dave AND Guest PEPCaster Richard Cooke discuss Political Hey! Hey!, Dishonouring The Fentanyl Veterans, and The Dave Smith Who Went To Buffalo 0:00 - Introducing: Dr Dave, Richard Cooke 8:11 - Grateful (Life, Violent J, Kevin Drum) 18:53 - Correspondence (Cooke's Law) 24:46 - Dept of Education (Cuts) 49:35 - Trump Speech Wash-Up 1:09:19 - Trump Foreign Policy Theory 1:33:45 - Autism, Vaccines, Measles, and RFK 2:03:01 - Trump's Vengeance on Law Firms 2:35:57 - Trade War 2 2:59:46 - Correspondence (Days Are Not Days) 3:03:28 - Toilet Break (Brett Baier & Tariffs) 3:09:11 - Columbia University & Mahmoud Khalil 4:05:02 - Correspondence (Congestion Tax, Newer Media, Gen. Caine, The F-35 Program, Gold Cards, Oval Office Meltdown, Musk, 538, and Lachy PEPper) HOMEWORK: * My favourite (free) eulogy for Kevin Drum https://bitly.cx/OAwb * The best eulogy for Kevin Drum (requires free trial) https://bitly.cx/cN57z * Nate Silver's weighted poll average https://bitly.cx/UMa7 SHOW LINKS: *Chat with the PEPpers on the Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/WxDD2PPvaW

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MISSED CONGENIALITY! PEP with Chas & Guest PEPCaster Bill Wyman (Ep 200, 7 Mar) Mar 07, 2025

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Chas & Guest PEPCaster Bill Wyman discuss The Jeff Bezos in the Coal Mine, Low Budget Sopranos and The War on Does 0:00 - Introducing: Bill Wyman 4:27 - Grateful (Chicago, Nicholas Enrich) 9:46 - Correspondence (Gulf of America, Bill) 20:27 - ZelenskyGate: Background 57:45 - ZelenskyGate: The Oval Office 1:46:38 - ZelenskyGate: Bill's Take 1:49:37 - ZelenskyGate: Trump & Russia 2:05:05 - WAPO and Bezos 2:36:13 - Bill's Oscars Take 2:48:44 - Stats Nugget (Education) 2:59:54 - DOJ Is Terrible 3:06:21 - Eagle Ed Martin Jr SHOW LINKS: *Chat with the PEPpers on the Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/WxDD2PPvaW

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PEP199 EXTRA! (PEEP 199) Even MORE of PEP 199 + Interview with Jessica Riedl Mar 03, 2025

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0:00 - PEEP Intro 0:45 - Correction (Debt Correspondence) 4:47 - Bits & Peepers (Gold Card, Gitmo, Musk Email, Medicaid, Parliamentarian, Gen Caine, Trump Cabinet, US Attorney Purge, Eric Adams) 50:35 - Interview: Jessica Riedl 1:38:39 - Stats Nugget (Social Security Savings) 1:39:51 - Smell The Musk (DOGE Sackings) 2:13:04 - Chas' Extra DOGE Thoughts HOMEWORK: *Marvel at just how much insane shit went down in just 5 days last week https://radleybalko.substack.com/p/trump-roundup-five-days SHOW LINKS: *Chat with the PEPpers on the Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/WxDD2PPvaW

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IT'S FUDGE-IT TIME! PEP with Chas & Dr Dave (Ep 199, 28 Feb) Feb 28, 2025

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Chas & Dr Dave discuss DOGE Theatresports, Highway to the BIDEN ZONE, and Two Guys Who Can't Drive Tell You To "Catch The Train" 0:00 - Introducing: Dr Dave 2:10 - Grateful (NRL, Truth Social) 8:58 - Correspondence (Bankrupt, JD Catholicism, Left v Right) 31:58 - (Policy Time) Congestion Pricing 48:20 - Long Live the King 1:15:08 - Trump Polling & Inflation 1:40:35 - House Budget Bill 2:16:03 - Shutdown 2:34:15 - Smell the Musk (150-Year-Olds, Musk's Email, DOGE Dividends) DR DAVE'S HOMEWORK: * JD Vance Ordo Amoris article https://bitly.cx/0lsA * The Atlantic piece about Patrimonialism https://bitly.cx/a15sO SHOW LINKS: *Chat with the PEPpers on the Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/WxDD2PPvaW

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PEP198 EXTRA! (PEEP 198) Even MORE of PEP 198 + Interview with Lanhee Chen Feb 24, 2025

Show notes

0:00 - Introducing New PEEP Theme 3:43 - Immigration: Past and Present 36:22 - Immigration: The ICE Raids + How Things Can Get Worse 1:26:59 - Immigration: The GITMO Solution + Sanctuary Cities 1:43:08 - Interview: Lahnee Chen 2:23:43 - Correspondence (JD, Stereo, Big Beetroot, Sovereign Wealth, Guido, Gila Monster, Trump Lawsuits, Mineral Deal, Aus Election)

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