Best Character Smash Podcasts (2025)

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Sam Stein: This Is the Country They Want 52:44

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3d ago52:44

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Republicans are creating, and celebrating, an immigration police state financed by their megabill. Our cities will be militarized, we'll have prison camps, more masked agents, and more dehumanization—like their sicko alligator hats. And the motivation all seems to be so Trump has a win and the Dems don't. But this is Stephen Miller's administration…

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Galen Druke: Americans Do Not Like Trump's Deportations 1:05:22

3d ago1:05:22

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Trump has moved public opinion against his own immigration policy platform by sending masked agents out to nab people off the street. So, Democrats should skip the last war, and instead push for laws requiring ICE agents to show their faces and wear their names on their badge. And another no-brainer for the midterms, in light of the Big Ugly Bill: …

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E. Jean Carroll and Sarah Longwell: Such a Bad Man 1:26:16

4d ago1:26:16

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Ever the journalist, E. Jean took assiduous notes about her two civil suits against Donald Trump, the only occasions he has been held liable for his lies since he became president. And while the origin story of her cases is situated in an infamous department store dressing room, she managed to find a high comedy in the courtroom—her description of …

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Bill Kristol: Limp Opposition 55:12

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Thom Tillis finally showed some backbone and opposed Trump—because of the giant Medicaid cuts in the Big Fugly Bill—but now he has to self-deport from the Senate. Meanwhile, the bill funds a giant internal police force for Trump, and gives a handout to the Dr. Strangeloves of Silicon Valley who don't want AI regulated. It would also cripple wind an…

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Unrealistic Expectations…What We’re Reading…Real or Fake 1:13:49

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Welcome to the TIL Books Do Us Part podcast! This week- Justin reading: Red Rising and Dungeon Crawler Carl Jackie Reading: Grey After Dark by Noelle Ihli Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak Assassins Blade by Sarah J Maas What we’re watching: The Residence on Netflix We Were Liars on Amazon Prime Real or fake… https://www.facebook.com/GoodwillLibrari…

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Nicholas Kristof: Gratuitous Cruelty 1:13:16

8d ago1:13:16

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A miracle food paste that fights malnutrition in children, that taxpayers have already paid for, is collecting dust in warehouses. Donated drugs for parasitic infections remain undistributed and are nearing their expiration dates. American-purchased ambulances sit idle because they have no gas. USAID was shut down in the name of government efficien…

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Tweek Talks about Comicpalooza & Future Top Players - Episode 199 57:19

8d ago57:19

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In this episode we recap Shinymark's victory, the Donkey Kong Bananza direct, and more!

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Michael Weiss and Jonathan Cohn: Animal House at the Pentagon 1:12:24

9d ago1:12:24

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Trump was so awestruck by Israel's intel infiltration and air supremacy over Iran that he just had to give himself an executive producer credit. And he's casting his appointees to help create a Hollywood ending—including using his Val Kilmer-esque SecDef to spike the success of the long-teased, "secret" military operation. At the same time, Trump i…

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Derek Thompson: Winning Without Anger 1:04:32

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A DSA candidate winning a Democratic primary in New York City is not an ideal laboratory for other Dems to draw lessons from, but Mamdani sounded authentic, he successfully juggled our fragmented media environment, and he had the right message for this cost-of-living moment—as well as the proper amount of party heresy for this anti-establishment ag…

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Nicolle Wallace: The Silence of Republicans Is the Bigger Threat 55:53

11d ago55:53

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While Trump and his administration are the ones politicizing the rule of the law, ignoring due process, and annihilating democratic norms, it's Republicans leaders saying and doing nothing in response that poses a bigger threat to our country and democracy. Meanwhile, when it comes to the Middle East, we don't know who Trump is talking to—or listen…

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Bill Kristol: Trump Is Not the Right Man for a Crisis 51:18

12d ago51:18

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Tim and Bill may have different takes on the wisdom of the U.S. bombing of Iran's nuclear sites—and on potential regime change—but they see eye-to-eye on the risks of Trump's ego and his incapable advisers in a dangerous situation. And where is the missing enriched uranium? Meanwhile, Stephen Miller's masked goons violently assaulted an immigrant l…

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Character Ages… What We’re Reading… Fearless 1:00:08

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Welcome to the Til Books Do Us Part Podcast! Join us as we discuss our current reads and popular books topics. This week we discuss fantasy book character ages, discuss what we are reading and what we’re watching, sports minute Justin currently reading: Red Rising and Dungeon Crawler Carl Send us a text The Write Note Exploring the craft of writing…

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Mark Cuban: Character Is Destiny 57:08

16d ago57:08

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What if it had been a Harris-Cuban ticket in 2024? Well, it turns out the billionaire entrepreneur had been seriously considered for the VP slot—and we can all dream of a potentially different outcome in the election. Meanwhile, the current guy in the Oval Office is failing spectacularly at the number one job of a president: to reduce the stress of…

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Mark McKinnon and Dan Shapiro: Mid-Wreckage 55:31

16d ago55:31

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Because half the country so desperately wanted Trump back, we may now be on the verge of attacking Iran because the fake peacenik president wants some credit for Israel's military accomplishments against Tehran. Meanwhile, decent, hard-working people are being swept up by his anti-American deportation policy, consumers—and home buyers— are continui…

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Tweek Talks about CEO 2025 - Episode 198 1:22:02

17d ago1:22:02

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In this episode we recap CEO 2025, along with preparing for the upcoming Nintendo Direct.

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Ben Rhodes: The World We Made 59:54

17d ago59:54

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Iran is in a vulnerable spot for a variety of reasons, and Israel sees this as a stars-aligning moment to decapitate the Iranian state. But if the U.S. helps out, we'll face the same questions we did with Iraq and Afghanistan: Who will run the place? As Tucker had to embarrassingly school Ted Cruz, Iran is a giant country. And it could descend into…

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Zohran Mamdani: FYPod Crossover 1:23:27

18d ago1:23:27

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NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani joins Tim and Cam for a special edition of the daily pod to discuss making the city more affordable, building more housing, and ending food deserts—as well as antisemitism and Islamophobia. Plus, the murky picture on Iran with a lunatic in the White House, and New York magazine's Kerry Howley on the paranoia and…

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Bill Kristol and Terry Moran: True American Spirit 1:26:32

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In contrast to the saddest military junta parade in history, millions of patriotic people took to the streets on Saturday to defend American values and principles against Trump. But the deflated birthday boy now wants to ramp up the militarization of our largest cities on a completely partisan basis to achieve his mass deportation. Meanwhile, folks…

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Tom Nichols: Remember the Split Screen 1:04:45

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On Saturday, Trump would like nothing more than images from Los Angeles of tear gas and balaclava-clad anarchists throwing bottles at Marines to complement video of himself in the stands at his military parade, saluting the troops amid a field of flags. That's part of the reason why he chose LA to federalize the Guard—home to numerous adversaries w…

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Tweek Talks about SF6 & New Fighting Games - Episode 197 1:12:28

22d ago1:12:28

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This episode was a bit free flow as we were worried about not much Smash going on, but we ended up really enjoying it. We hope you do too!

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Andrew Weissmann: Outlandish and Outrageous 57:38

23d ago57:38

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Trump is outright fabricating a justification for sending Guard troops into Los Angeles, and his directive is not limited only to LA. So, if someone acts violent during a 'No Kings' protest on Saturday somewhere in America, would he deploy the National Guard there too? The potential chilling effect on our First Amendment rights to protest is enormo…

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Mark Hertling: Contrary to American Values 46:11

24d ago46:11

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Trump keeps wrapping himself in the American flag while while behaving in a very anti-American way—like threatening to shut down protests at his $45 million birthday parade or giving a highly partisan speech in front of soldiers in violation of military policy. And as the haphazardly deployed Marines join federalized Guard troops in LA, Trump seems…

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Bill Kristol: People Should Be Mad 56:00

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Where is Obama? Where is George W. Bush? A Marine battalion and the National Guard have been deployed in response to a spark Trump set off by sweeping up people who aren't doing anything illegal besides being present here. And the administration may ramp up the tension if it uses the military for domestic law enforcement purposes. At least Gavin is…

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S2 Ep1060: Ta-Nehisi Coates: A Natural Human Reaction 1:21:09

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Trump and Stephen Miller wanted a backlash against the immigration raids, because even they know that humans will respond when the federal government is snatching people off the street. But the tenor of modern protests is not going to be like the Civil Rights Movement, because activists back then were trained to suppress their natural inclination t…

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Best Book to TV Adaptations… Smash Marry Kill… What We’re Reading 59:20

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Welcome to the Til Books Do Us Part Podcast! Join us as we discuss our current reads and popular books topics. This week we discuss the best book to tv adaptations, play Smash Marry Kill, What are we reading / watching, and more. Justin currently reading: Red Rising and Dungeon Crawler Carl Jackie currently reading: Finished Ruthless Boys of the Zo…

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S2 Ep1059: Sam Stein: The Divorce 58:43

29d ago58:43

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Elon went nuclear, accusing Trump of being a pedo, taking credit for his election victory, and calling for his impeachment. Trump in return may try to destroy Musk's businesses, or worse. While the public feud is entertaining—Thursday was one of the best days for Twitter and Steve Bannon—their meltdown is also frightening. It shows that we are at t…

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S2 Ep1058: Matt Yglesias: Elon's Smash and Grab 1:07:23

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Trump's and Musk's very public breakup may be amusing, but don't lose sight of the fact that DOGE was a failure—despite what the manosphere says. Elon's ego trip found no fraud and cut only a minor amount of spending. But those cuts are meaningfully hurting the global poor as well as scientific research at home. And now, Republicans are trying the …

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Tweek Talks about the Carried Characters in Ultimate - Episode 196 1:02:54

1M ago1:02:54

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In this episode we go over a "Carried" stats list. What is Incineroar doing up there?!

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S2 Ep1057: Rahm Emanuel: Trump Is a Chump 1:08:31

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The lovelorn TACO trader has been hanging by the phone at 2am hoping China's Xi will call him to make a tariff deal. But that call is not coming without America paying a very high price— because world leaders know that Trump is a feckless, desperate negotiator. Meanwhile, Republicans are blowing off Elon's take-down of the reconciliation bill and p…

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S2 Ep1056: Catherine Rampell: Slow Burn 53:21

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Jamie Dimon is spooked about the bond market, business uncertainty about tariffs is dragging the economy, and it seems like no politician will get serious about our nation's debt until it's too late. Meanwhile, Republicans don't even like their own spending bill since they only lie about it—it's just in service of making Trump happy. Plus, Stephen …

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S2 Ep1055: Bill Kristol: The Grotesqueness of It All 55:42

1M ago55:42

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Mike Johnson and Russ Vought outright lied on camera about the proposed Medicaid cuts and the impact they would have on millions of Americans. Marco Rubio lied about the children who are dying because of USAID cuts. And Joni Ernst is reimagining Christianity to be about Jesus teaching his followers not to care about the sick and the poor because th…

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What Fantasy World Would You Want to Live in...Real or Fake...Would You Rather 1:01:57

1M ago1:01:57

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Welcome to the Til Books Do Us Part Podcast! Join us as we discuss our current reads and popular books topics. This week we discuss what ideal fantasy world we would want to live in, play real or fake and would you rather! Justin currently reading: Red Rising and Dungeon Crawler Carl Jackie currently reading: Warrior Fae (Book 5 of Ruthless Boys se…

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S2 Ep1054: Adam Serwer, Lauren Egan, and Justin Jones: The Attack on Knowledge 1:00:58

1M ago1:00:58

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The Trump administration is trying to exert ideological control over every knowledge-producing institution in the country. And the assault on colleges is not only about having fewer highly-educated voters, but also depriving Americans of trusted sources of information—much in the way Trump in 2020 wanted to stop counting Covid cases so it looked li…

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Tweek Talks about Momocon 2025 (ft. Larry Lurr) - Episode 195 1:07:14

1M ago1:07:14

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In this episode we recap BeastModePaul's victory at MomoCon!

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S2 Ep1053: Live from Chicago 43:56

1M ago43:56

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Adam Kinzinger joined Tim on stage in the Windy City Wednesday night to dis Chicken Trump, who's made bitcoin bros, private prisons, his family and friends—and himself—the main winners in his 'TACO' trade economy. Meanwhile, Obama's nuclear deal with Iran may be getting resurrected, and Trump finally seems to realize that Putin is a warmonger. Plus…

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S2 Ep1052: George Packer: JD, Hollow Man 1:17:19

1M ago1:17:19

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Our VP used to think his path to power was through the ruling class at Yale Law School. But after 2016, he saw that his route was through Trump, so he swapped one set of elites for another. And now as a lord among the MAGA ruling class, he's embracing his true cruel, lying self—and railing against the globalists who nitpick about this silly due pro…

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S2 Ep1051: Pete Buttigieg: Dream Bigger, Talk More Boldly 1:04:16

1M ago1:04:16

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Democrats need vastly more imagination to confront the enormous challenges the country faces politically, economically, and on climate. The party can't just focus on stopping what is happening in Washington. Meanwhile, Trump can't stop insulting the intelligence of the American people, every part of the political spectrum has something to hate abou…

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Book Quality...Real or Fake..What We're Playing?! 50:14

1M ago50:14

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Welcome to the Til Books to Us Part Podcast! This week we play real or fake and guess the book titles that are real from the ones that are made up! We discuss our current reads which leads us to the discussion of book quality... are you a book snob? What we're watching leads into what we're playing...find out what video game we started playing toge…

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S2 Ep1050: Bill Kristol: Something Worth Fighting For 32:05

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Despite our missteps in some of our more recent wars, we were fighting to bring freedom, democracy, and self-governance to others. Now, Trump's mercantilist agenda is showing us what it looks like to not have an American-led world order. And even after Russia's largest aerial assault on Ukraine since the war began, he still won't threaten Putin—onl…

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S2 Ep1049: James Comey: Uncomfortably Numb 52:59

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Public corruption used to be a congressman hiding $90,000 in his freezer. Now, we have a president taking "me time" to rake in $40 million from a Chinese crypto billionaire who was facing fraud charges under POTUS 46. And that's just a drop in the bucket of some of Trump's recent haul. Of course, today's FBI will do nothing about it, and his buddie…

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S2 Ep1048: Jonathan Chait: House GOP Doesn't Care How Bad the Bill Is 1:02:01

1M ago1:02:01

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Republicans moved at such lightning speed that even they don't know how many people would lose health insurance— or how much they'd be spiking the deficit with their highly risky and big, ugly turd of a bill. And they don't care because they're cosmically committed to stopping the government from making rich people pay for healthcare for people who…

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S2 Ep1047: Susan Glasser: American in Name Only 51:14

1M ago51:14

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On deportations and on foreign policy, the Trump administration is swapping out American values and violating everything the U.S. has stood for in exchange for kleptocracy and transactionalism with the world's worst tyrants. But at the same time, Trump can't even seem to grasp that Putin has been waging war for decades to accomplish his goals and i…

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Tweek Talks about Kagaribi 13 & what's next - Episode 194 1:32:23

2M ago1:32:23

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In this episode, Tweek goes over his runs at both Kagaribi and Kowloon!

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Tweek Talks about Kagaribi featuring VoiD! | Tweek Talks Episode 193 1:14:29

2M ago1:14:29

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In this episode, we recap things in Japan while Tweek is gone!

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S2 Ep1046: David French: Schizo-in-Chief 1:08:26

2M ago1:08:26

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One day Trump sounds like Bernie promising the government will provide for everything. Then the next, he's like Paul Ryan the belt-tightener, prepping for austerity. And Code Pink was the order of the day when Mr. Tough Guy was in Saudi Arabia—attacking the foreign policy of the United States in the land of the 9/11 hijackers. Plus, Trump's SCOTUS …

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S2 Ep1045: Bill Kristol: A New Gilded Age 50:56

2M ago50:56

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No, the Trump administration is not focused on the forgotten man or bringing industrial jobs back. Instead, the real estate developer is handing out threats left and right—fresh off his Middle East trip, where he scored numerous deals with Islamofascists for himself, his family, and his cronies. And no matter what he says, the 'Palace in the Sky' i…

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Spicy Books & Sex Lives...Real or Fake...What We're Reading and MORE 51:55

2M ago51:55

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Welcome to the Til Books Do Us Part Podcast! Check out our new format: Justin's Real or Fake book titles segment What we're reading and what we're watching Hot topic of the week: Spicy books and sex lives- why do women love the spice? We finish up with our Venin and Throne of the week! Link to article mentioned in the episode: Making myth of female…

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S2 Ep1044: Peter Hamby: All in Service of Kissing Trump's Ass 1:26:38

2M ago1:26:38

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MAGA is having a performative tantrum calling for James Comey to be jailed over a seashell meme because the daily job of Trump's supporters and Cabinet members is to try to warm his heart—that includes Kristi Noem changing her face and Tulsi firing top intel officials because they told the White House the truth it doesn't want to hear. Meanwhile, f…

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S2 Ep1043: Michael Weiss: All Bribes Accepted 48:00

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American taxpayers may have flown Donald Trump to the Middle East, but he's not there to negotiate on behalf of our strategic or national interests—he's on the prowl for goodies, and happy to make policy changes in return. Like, the new Syrian president offering a Trump Tower in Damascus: Zap, sanctions on Syria are over. Or the jumbo jet-giving Qa…

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S2 Ep1042: Leah Litman and Andrew Egger: Grievance All the Way Down 1:05:39

2M ago1:05:39

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The five men on the Supreme Court are so easily triggered and seem to be making law based on their emotional needs. Meanwhile, they also see discrimination in some of the best things about America—like equality or the First Amendment's Establishment Clause. And at the White House, the press office got totally bored with the worshipful questions fro…