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To avoid making this episode any longer I didn't add any sound clips. Also, it seems like Spotify removed my show from their listings. They didn't alert me to this, it just vanished. Hmm. Maybe this happened a while ago and I only just noticed, or maybe Air was the straw that broke the camel's back.
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This episode features a clip of Ezra Klein on Real Time with Bill Maher’s Overtime talking about what ails news in the US, and his theory which is also mine, which is that “fake news” and facebook misinformation campaigns by Russia or anyone else had a marginal effect at best on the 2016. The real problem is how the legitimate media covers “real” stories.
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This episode features a clip from HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher’s New Rules where Bill talks about how people think authoritarianism begins vs how it really does. I don’t quite share the fear, but I’d say he makes a good case for that view.
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This episode features a clip from Real Time with Bill Maher where Rick Wilson explains the perils of leading a policy-oriented campaign vs a bumper sticker slogan one, and Radio Sweden reports on what Brits in Sweden are thinking in a post-Brexit world.
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This episode features a clip from Netflix' I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson. In particular, a lawyer who's there to help when you have a very specific legal problem.
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Season Finale!
This episode features a couple of clips from standup comedian Kellen Erskine's Dry Bar Comedy special. Here he talks about the questionable legality of bike locks and a neighbor with a baby monitor.
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This episode features a clip from Late Night with Seth Meyers taking a Closer Look at the right’s newest lunacy: The War On Thanksgiving! I guess The War on Christmas is played out. I’d say Seth’s Closer Look segments are the best thing on TV these days.
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