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Episode 384 - S17E18 - Unholiest Alliance
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1:38:22(00:00:00) Ear Cleaning Practices (00:09:13) Episode Review How does a show go from so good to so bad in the span of one episode? Exactly how much contempt does this show have for its audience? Won't someone talk to Olivia about her drinking problem? Find out today when we view and review season 17 episode 18, Unholiest Alliance.…
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Episode 383.1 - Smoothies Are Like Hand Jobs
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36:12Matt and Aviv discuss your emails, comedy, smoothies, hand jobs and remembering your lines.By Matthew Reuter
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Episode 383 - S17E17 - Manhattan Transfer
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1:02:16(00:00:00) Mamma Mia... Here We Go Again. (00:10:10) Episode Review Who's the number one SVU podcast according to Player.fm? What happens when Matt and Aviv actually like an episode? There's plenty to laugh it in season 17 episode 17 of SVU: Manhattan Transfer, but we're as shocked as you are to say that they made a pretty compelling ep! All that a…
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Matt and Aviv have a SPOILER FREE discussion of the new movie, Weapons. And discuss slurs for robots while reading your emails.By Matthew Reuter
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Episode 382 - S17E16 - Star-Struck Victims
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1:45:56(00:00:00) Matt is a Modern Day Andy Rooney (00:19:01) Episode Review Matt learns about trailers at the beginning of movies. Aviv learns about the war of 1812.By Matthew Reuter
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Episode 381.1 - A Good Boy, Good Boy, or Good Boy
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34:35Matt and Aviv read your correspondence and talk inspiration vs interpolation vs theft. We also tackle James Gunn, Sabrina Carpenter, and by popular request, Dean Cain.By Matthew Reuter
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Episode 381 - S17E15 - Collateral Damages
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1:34:00We're back and we're more depressed than ever. Matt discovers where his customer service rage comes from, and we have a few choice words for Hank Abraham's buddy Benjamin Netanyahu. Speaking of Hank Abraham, in this week's show, season 17 episode 15, he goes out in-- in our opinion-- a very character consistent way. But we never get to the most imp…
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Episode 380.2 - Two Hours of Our Most Problematic Takes
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1:53:51Aviv's back and brings with him some hot takes. Matt is as measured as always. Intro/Outro music is a cover of "Home Sweet Home" by Slysh, Aviv's favorite Icelandic emo band. FYI: Our podcast platform recommended we add 10 additional ad breaks to this episode. We did not do that. You're welcome.By Matthew Reuter
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A quick canyon day update for all who celebrate.By Matthew Reuter
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Episode 380 - S17E14 - Nationwide Manhunt
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1:39:59(00:00:00) Check Out Final Transmissions on Indie Go Go (00:19:52) Episode Review Greg Yates has escaped! Carl Rudnick has escaped! Erin Lindsey has a flashlight! Bronwyn Freed makes lasagna! Today we tackle the insanity that is Season 17 Episode 14: Nationwide Manhunt. If you'd like to donate to Aviv's indie-go-go for Final Transmissions head HERE…
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Episode 379 - S17E13 - Forty-One Witnesses
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1:35:34(00:00:00) How Was Your Week? (00:11:20) Episode Review Get in, losers. We're doing Kitty Genovese again! In Season 17, Episode 13: Forty-One Witnesses, we ask the tough questions: Why don't people take it upon themselves to get involved with police investigations. Why would someone sit in a cafe with a laptop and not be writing a screenplay? And e…
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Though it's the end of July, and the situation in Los Angeles and across the nation has gotten significantly worse, Aviv and Matt had some choice words for our newest secret police force all the way back in June.By Matthew Reuter
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Episode 378 - S17E12 - A Misunderstanding
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1:56:27(00:00:00) Ant Juice (00:20:52) Episode Review Aviv tells a story that had to be heavily censored. Lily sends a clarification email that doesn't actually clarify anything. Matt lets us in on his history with pre-mature ejaculation. Our hosts share their darkroom experiences. What does this all have to do with 9/11? Find out as we view and review SV…
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Episode 377 - S17E11 - Townhouse Incident
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1:59:12(00:00:00) Matt and Aviv Have Nothing To Say (00:25:02) Episode Review That sure is a nice townhouse you've got there. Would be a shame if there were some sort of... incident. No joke, Aviv and Matt talk about so many things that don't matter that we had to fade out their rants. Not even worth a bonus episode. Yet, you still get to hear Aviv descri…
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Episode 376 - S17E10 - Catfishing Teacher
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1:58:41(00:00:00) Matt Rants about Rich Blonde Women (not the one you think!) (00:22:23) Episode Review Matt has some thoughts about Sydney Sweeney's new bathwater soap and they are 'yum yum. give me that sexy bathwater'. We also are visited by the corpse of Christmas Present, Judge Jeanine Pirro in this week's episode, Catfishing Teacher…
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Episode 375 - S17E9 - Depravity Standard
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1:18:20(00:00:00) Aviv is Getting Ready for His Honeymoon (00:08:36) Episode Review Is this episode good? No. But is it interesting? Also no. But do our detectives learn from their past mistakes when a child murderer may walk free because of their interogation techniques? We'll let you guess. Tom Sizemore and B.D. Wong return on this week's episode of SVU…
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Episode 374.1 - Matt Has a Bone to Pick with Hollywood
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37:32Aviv likes the new Mission: Impossible, but Matt hates the new Fear Street. Can these two ever get along? We recorded this episode in May of 2025, so the people whose voices you hear have no idea that we've just bombed Iran. Have pity on them.By Matthew Reuter
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Episode 374 - S17E8 - Melancholy Pursuit
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1:40:46(00:00:00) Aviv is Vitamin D Deficient and Matt Hates Babies (00:24:33) Episode Review This week we learn to be cool girls instead of pool girls, Matt gets ready to immigrate to Canada, and Aviv learns about the Dodgers. Also, Mike Dodds his getting a little too close to a case of a missing, murdered girl and another guy named Ray that can't stop f…
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Episode 373 - S17E7 - Patrimonial Burden
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1:54:13(00:00:00) Week Recaps, Aviv Broke His Toe (00:18:05) Episode Recap Could a family of 12 have not one, not two, but four pedofiles in their orbit? You know it! Would a pastor try to marry his 13 year old victim in order to shield himself from consequences? You bet! Aviv broke his toe. Matt went to Walla Walla. All this, and I guess we talk about an…
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Episode 372.1 - Phroggers and Donkey Lovers
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13:47In which we decide which donkey humping erotica cover is better, discuss phroggers, and read your correspondence.By Matthew Reuter
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Episode 372 - S17E6 - Maternal Instincts
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1:31:56(00:00:00) Recommends, Eat Shit, and The New Pope (00:26:52) Episode Review Finally, it's Matt who gets to eat shit, and you'll never guess why. Also a couple recommends and our first impressions of the new Pope. Oh yeah, and also Kim Rollins is back gaslighting, gatekeeping, and girlbossing.By Matthew Reuter
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Episode 371 - S17E5 - Community Policing
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1:54:52(00:00:00) Discussion of Impending Fascism! (00:20:37) Episode Review SVU finally tackles Black Lives Matter... How, you might be asking yourself. In the stupidest way possible. Olivia becomes a whole-ass villain. Carisi plants evidence. And Barba does maybe too good of a job prosecuting cops that shot an unarmed, innocent black man 35 times. Rearr…
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Episode 370.1 - Should We Watch Another Simple Favor?
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19:39We discuss the mailbag, Another Simple Favor, and some lighter viewing recommendations, the 1981 TV movie about fascism in an American High School: The Wave. Should we watch Another Simple Favor? Will Matt die? You get to decide. [email protected] Matthew Reuter
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Episode 370 - S17E4 - Institutional Fail
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1:27:05(00:00:00) Show Intro: Aviv's Got a Leak (00:22:00) Episode Review Whoopie Goldberg is either unbelievable or unbelievable in this episode. You get to decide which. Aviv has sprung a leak in his apartment, and Matt has sprung one in his brain as we discuss how Barba got so ripped and Rollins got so pregnant so fast on this week's episode: Season 17…
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We read Matt's birthday messages and find out that bees don't have lungs.By Matthew Reuter
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Episode 369 - S17E3 - Transgender Bridge
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1:18:07(00:00:00) AC/DC Rules, Canada Also Rules (00:17:49) Episode Review Is it problematic? Yes. Is it emotional? Also yes. Does AC/DC still rock? Triple yes. Season 17 Episode three: Trangender Bridge. We repeatedly ask the question: why do we extend grace and understanding to a guilty perp only when the victim is trans. Must just be a coincidence.…
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Episode 368.1 - The Very Much Alive Delroy Lindo
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23:03In which we read the mailbag, talk about the movie Sinners, and honor our very-much-alive-king, Delroy Lindo.By Matthew Reuter
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Episode 368 - S17E2 - Criminal Pathology
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1:36:36(00:00:00) Matt's Rant (00:28:26) SVU Review Matt has BDS. No not that one. In his case, it stands for Blakelively Derangement Syndrom. His news embargo is not going well, so we have a vintage Matt Reuter Rant (an MRR) for you this week. Aviv needs help vetting a podcast. Oh, and we've also got part two of the season 17 opener, Criminal Pathology. …
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Episode 367 - S17E1 - Devil's Dissections
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1:27:00(00:00:00) Intro/Catch Up (00:19:48) SVU Breakdown What is an egg? What is pasteurization? What is tomato sauce? And what's with all this traffic? Also part one of the two part season 17 premiere. Who's creepier Yates or Rudnick? Also, we've now figured out how to do chapters. So you can skip right to the episode if you don't care about our weeks.…
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Episode 366.1 - Secret Apartments, Hidden Basements, and Mailbag
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27:54In which we talk about secret dungeouns, apartments, the Kool-Aid man's sexual habits, and all the things we got wrong in the last episode.By Matthew Reuter
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Episode 366 - S16E23 - Surrendering Noah (ad at 29:00)
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1:32:19We wrap up season 16 with the big finale: Surrenduring Noah. The episodei is bad. But it also seems like everyone knows the episode is bad. Olivia makes decisions for reasons. And Matt can't name a single city outside of Canada. Aviv insists on a new game: Guess the Froot Loop color...By Matthew Reuter
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Episode 365 - S16E22 - Parents' Nightmare (ad at 29:09)
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1:17:51We're back at it after a week off. No one is happy. Especailly not us. Season 16 Episode 22 involves the world's worst mom weaponizing the police against her Iranian ex husband just because he maybe kidnapped their son. But it all would have been fine if she had just answered her phone. Also, Aviv eats sour patch kids.…
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Episode 364.1 - More Porngun Than Porngun
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37:14We were off for a week, sue us... But please don't sue us. We've got a lot of "Recommends" for you, some mail bag, and some people who need to eat shit.By Matthew Reuter
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Episode 364 - S16E21 - Perverted Justice
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1:19:27On this week's episode hosts Aviv and Matt view and review season 16 episode 21 of SVU - Perverted Justice! Holy fucking hell people this actually could have been a great episode of SVU and then they just decide to drive the car off the edge of a cliff. This proves, yet again, we cannot have nice things. Aviv, justifyably, nearly punches a dude in …
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Episode 363.1 - Bonus - Mailbag, Is Lily Okay?
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21:52On this week's very special bonus episode hosts Aviv and Matt dive into the mailbag....that is primarily reading emails from listener Lilly. All this and more! Give us a rate and review wherever fine podcasts are sold, get at us on BlueSky @svupodcast and send us an email [email protected]…
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Episode 363 - S16E20 - Daydream Beliver (24.42)
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1:29:03On this week's episode hosts Aviv and Matt view and review season 16 episode 20 of SVU - Daydream Believer! Boy, Chicago PD is just recycling all the stuff SVU has already done. This is just getting a bit egregious Dick Wolf, C'mon. All this and more! Give us a rate and review wherever fine podcasts are sold, get at us on BlueSky @svupodcast and se…
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On this week's very special bonus episode hosts Aviv and Matt dive into the mailbag, and the guys debate the use of prosthetic dicks in TV and cinema. All this and more! Give us a rate and review wherever fine podcasts are sold, get at us on BlueSky @svupodcast and send us an email [email protected]…
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Episode 362 - S16E19 - Granting Immunity (25.56)
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1:49:45On this week's episode hosts Aviv and Matt view and review season 16 episode 19 of SVU - Granting Immunity! Raw milk!? Antivaxxers? The guys let loose their feelings on the Antivaxxx movement, they marvel at the fact that in this ep someone was held to account for endangering others as a result of not getting vaccinated. The guys decide that really…
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On this week's very special bonus episode the guys dive into the mailbag, which see's the birth of a new bit: ask Aviv and Matt a question, and a return of ask Matt's mom a question. All this and more! Give us a rate and review wherever fine podcasts are sold, get at us on BlueSky @svupodcast and send us an email [email protected]…
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Episode 361 - S16E18 - Devastating Story ([email protected])
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2:00:07On this week's episode, hosts Aviv and Matt are back after a brief hiatus to review season 16 episode 18 of SVU - Devestating Story! Aviv tells Matt what THOT means, Matt takes a victory lap on the death of Snack or Wack, all this and more! Give us a rate and review wherever fine podcasts are sold, get at us on BlueSky @svupodcast and send us an em…
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Episode 360.2 - Bonus - Long Live Snack or Wack
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20:47On this week's very special bonus episode, snack or wack is dead, long live snack or wack. Give us a rate and review wherever fine podcasts are sold, get at us on BlueSky @svupodcast and send us an email [email protected] Matthew Reuter
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Episode 360.1 - Bonus - Oscar Picks and Oscar Dicks
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1:13:24On this week's very special bonus episode hosts Aviv and Matt give their annual Oscar's picks and dive into the mailbag. No regular ep this week due to scheduling problems, we will be back next week! Give us a rate and review wherever fine podcasts are sold, get at us on BlueSky @svupodcast and send us an email [email protected]…
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Episode 360 - S16E17 - Parole Violations (17.06)
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1:21:24On this week's episode hosts Aviv and Matt view and review season 16 episode 17 of SVU - Parole Violations! Aviv apparently has loose Oxy just layin around his place, not much happenig with Matt, and there is quite a bit of drama surrounding a flyer for Aviv. Matt and Cassie read through the amended complaint in the continuating It Ends with Us sag…
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Episode 359.1 - Bonus - Eat Gay Love (or Swifties in the Mist)
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32:59On this week's very special bonus episode Aviv takes the movie Eat, Pray, Love to takedown theater and discover that strongly worded emails are accepted as currency in Bali apparently. All this and more! Give us a rate and review wherever fine podcasts are sold, get at us on BlueSky @svupodcast and send us an email [email protected]…
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Episode 359 - S16E16 - December Solstice (25.57)
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1:23:55On this week's late episode hosts Aviv and Matt view and review season 16 episode 16 of SVU - December Solstice! This title makes no sense, and man what a waste of Marcia Cross. Give us a rate and review wherever fine podcasts are sold, get at us on BlueSky @svupodcast and send us an email [email protected]…
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On this week's very special and late bonus episode Hosts Matt and Aviv discuss the difference between arms and tenticles. Give us a rate and review wherever fine podcasts are sold, get at us on BlueSky @svupodcast and send us an email [email protected] Matthew Reuter
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Episode 358 - S16E15 - Undercover Mother ([email protected])
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1:04:51On this week's episode hosts Aviv and Matt view and review season 16 episode 15 of SVU - Undercover Mother! This episode is wild in a way only SVU can be as the police actively pair with a criminal who claims to be undercover while not being a cop yet somehow faces no consequences for this? Wild. Give us a rate and review wherever fine podcasts are…
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Episode 357.1 - Bonus - Rubinstien Recommends The Herricaines and other Horrors
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32:18On this week's very special bonus episopde the guys check in on the Justin and Blake saga, and Aviv has a very special reccomends that is related! All this and more! Give us a rate and review wherever fine podcasts are sold, get at us on BlueSky @svupodcast and send us an email [email protected]…
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Episode 357 - S16E14 - Intimidation Game (32.17)
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1:33:33On this week's episode hosts Aviv and Matt view and review season 16 episode 14 of SVU - Intimidation Game! Boy, this is an episode tonight that Aviv loves in an old man yells at clouds kind of a way. The ep is hammy as all get out and is weirdly full of moral panic....but it's also chillingly accurate. Aviv has a clean draft of a screenplay that i…
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Episode 356 - S16E13 - Decaying Morality (21.55)
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1:25:25On this weeks episode hosts Aviv and Matt view and review season 16 episode 13 of SVU - Decaying Morality! Boy oh fucking boy is episode is particularly infuriating! Aviv was in super denial about the cheeto in chief taking office and is having just a real tough one dealing with it. He also fields work calls while trying to enjoy himself at Disneyw…
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