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Episode #1846: Sign up to support Allison's future BRAND-NEW podcast at patreon.com/allisonkilkenny for as little as $1/month! Rachel (@realslimchada) and Chloe (@itsthechew) join the show to discuss therapy and viewing recs Black Panther (no spoilers), End Of The F*ing World and Queer Eye. Also, some white people are lying about being attacked at Black Panther screenings, LeBron James doubles down and says he will not "shut up and dribble," thirteen Russians charged  with interfering in 2016 election, FBI says it failed to act following tip on Florida shooter, Nikolas Cruz espoused racist, homophobic, and anti-Semitic views in group chats, and student Emma Gonzalez calls out Trump, the NRA, and Congress in a stirring speech   The Fun Aunts have discovered leopard print and they're FREAKING OUT. Watch, subscribe, and comment! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikyE7pN1DjQ *** Desi calendars are available again for the Patreon supporters who sign up or upgrade to $10/month! patreon.com/allisonkilkenny

Episode #1845: Sign up to support Allison's future BRAND-NEW podcast at patreon.com/allisonkilkenny for as little as $1/month! Katharine Heller (@spkheller) joins the show to talk about the health consequences of constant sexual harassment and to recommend Riverdale. Also, the former wives of top White House aide Rob Porter both told the FBI he abused them and how it took photos of his ex-wife's bruised face for some men to believe her, Florida High School shooting: Nikolas Cruz is allegedly a white supremacist with a history of abusing women and still passed a background check, the FBI was warned about Cruz in September, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin asks Congress to "look at" gun violence, Trump attorney Michael Cohen says he paid Stormy Daniels $130,000, N.Y. Teamsters form "sanctuary union" to fight ICE agents, ICE lawyer in Seattle charged with stealing immigrants' identities, a second judge temporarily blocks Trump from ending DACA as Senate debate stumbles, and media recs for Queer Eye and

Episode #1844: Sign up to support Allison's future BRAND-NEW podcast at patreon.com/allisonkilkenny for as little as $1/month! Charles (@charlesrockhill) joins the show to discuss urban legends and to field a Patreon recommendation for Harry Potter and the Sacred Text. Also, media recs for Inside Psycho and Cougar Town, racist Arizona bill invalidates insurance contracts signed by non-English speakers, John Kelly says Trump's immigration plan would help Dreamers "too afraid" or "too lazy" to apply for DACA, the Department of Education will reject bathroom complains from trans students, and insurance companies are denying coverage to people on PrEP The Fun Aunts have discovered leopard print and they're FREAKING OUT. Watch, subscribe, and comment! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikyE7pN1DjQ *** Desi calendars are available again for the Patreon supporters who sign up or upgrade to $10/month! patreon.com/allisonkilkenny

Episode #1844: Sign up to support Allison's future BRAND-NEW podcast at patreon.com/allisonkilkenny for as little as $1/month! Charles Rockhill (@charlesrockhill) joins the show to help answer Patreon questions about dealing with sexism in your field of study, Ford's racism, the format of Allison's new podcast, and to talk about Black Panther and and the new Queer Eye. Also, Barack and Michelle Obama's official portraits are appropriately fresh and unconventional, figure skater Mirai Nagasu becomes first U.S. woman to land a triple axel at the Olympics and Adam Rippon wins the bronze along with America's heart, reminder: figure skating judges are extremely racist, Omarosa says Mike Pence thinks Jesus "Tells him to say things," Trump's Health and Human Services worked with Conservative group to draft letter rescinding Planned Parenthood funding, and the White House wants to deliver food to the poor, Blue Apron-style The Fun Aunts have discovered leopard print and they're FREAKING OUT. Watch, subscribe, an

Episode #1843: Sign up to support Allison's future BRAND-NEW podcast at patreon.com/allisonkilkenny for as little as $1/month! Erek (@erek_smith) joins the show to help answer Patreon questions about Net Neutrality, DACA, colonization, and center Democrats. Also, California police worked with Neo-Nazis to pursue "anti-racist" activists, here are all the white supremacists running for office in 2018, reading proficiency among third-graders has dropped nearly 75 percent in Flint schools affected by the water crisis, and there is nothing inevitable about Capitalism The Fun Aunts have discovered leopard print and they're FREAKING OUT. Watch, subscribe, and comment! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikyE7pN1DjQ *** Desi calendars are available again for the Patreon supporters who sign up or upgrade to $10/month! patreon.com/allisonkilkenny

Episode #1842: Sign up to support Allison's future BRAND-NEW podcast at patreon.com/allisonkilkenny for as little as $1/month! Erek (@erek_smith) joins the show to answer questions about Magic: The Gathering and gun culture on the left, and to talk about New Coke. Also, Bret Stephen's terrible Woody Allen take, Bill Maher says the #MeToo movement is creating a "police state" for sex, Steve Bannon warns the movement against sexual harassment and assault will "undo ten thousand years of recorded history," White House officials knew about Porter's abuse allegations and scrambled to protect him and a second White House official resigns over domestic abuse allegations, Trump says "lives are being shattered" in the wake of Porter's resignation, and media recs: Black Panther soundtrack, The Festival of Dead Deer, Unwound, and Self Deconstruction The Fun Aunts have discovered leopard print and they're FREAKING OUT. Watch, subscribe, and comment! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikyE7pN1DjQ *** Desi calendars are ava

Episode #1841: Sign up to support Allison's future BRAND-NEW podcast at patreon.com/allisonkilkenny for as little as $1/month! Parker (@parkermolloy) joins the show to give listening recs (Explosions In The Sky and The Books) and to discuss how Facebook is killing comedy. Also, Amazon patents wristband that tracks warehouse workers' movements, an actual Nazi is about to get the Republican nomination for a Congressional seat, John Kelly calls domestic abuser Rob Porter a "man of true integrity," Hope Hicks, who is dating Porter, reportedly helped craft White House response to abuse allegations, Nancy Pelosi's eight-hour speech on immigration, the Pentagon is actually planning Trump's grand military parade, Trump's National Prayer breakfast speech infused with God-and-country references, and openly gay figure skater Adam Rippon declined chance to speak with Mike Pence The Fun Aunts have discovered leopard print and they're FREAKING OUT. Watch, subscribe, and comment! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikyE7

Episode #1840: Sign up to support Allison's future BRAND-NEW podcast at patreon.com/allisonkilkenny for as little as $1/month! Chloe (@itsthechew) and Rachel (@realslimchada) join the show to discuss a Patreon comment about transphobia on RuPaul's Drag Race. Also, Trump's lawyers are worried he could get caught lying to Mueller, U.S. stocks plummet, a reminder that the stock market and the economy are not the same thing, more U.S. teens than previously thought are transgender or identify themselves using other nontraditional gender terms, Quentin Tarantino's gross misunderstanding of consent (shockingly, he defended Roman Polanski, claiming the 13-year-old victim "wanted to have it"), Terry Crews claims he was threatened by Expendables producer to drop his sexual harassment lawsuit against Stallone's agent, a comic accused of rape sues UCB for reverse gender discrimination, and media recs including: Once Upon A Time, This Is Us, Grief Is The Thing With Feathers, and The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide. Th

Episode #1840: Sign up to support Allison's future BRAND-NEW podcast at patreon.com/allisonkilkenny for as little as $1/month! Chloe (@itsthechew) and Rachel (@realslimchada) join the show to discuss ghosts, murder-suicide, and street harassment. Also, the "crunch-free" Doritos chips for women was a myth but the real story is also sexist as hell, the Eagles win the Super Bowl and the media defines a "celebration" versus a "riot" (hint: it has to do with race), three Eagles players said they will boycott the White House Super Bowl visit, Justin Timberlake's underwhelming halftime show, don't use MLK's speeches about advertising's evils in ads to sell cars, Trump accuses Democrats of "treason" for not clapping for him, and threatens a government shutdown if Dems don't cave to his immigration demands The Fun Aunts have discovered leopard print and they're FREAKING OUT. Watch, subscribe, and comment! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikyE7pN1DjQ *** Desi calendars are available again for the Patreon supporters

Episode #1839: Sign up to support Allison's future BRAND-NEW podcast at patreon.com/allisonkilkenny for as little as $1/month! Chloe (@itsthechew) and Erek (@erek_smith) join the show to discuss listening recommendations Iron & Wine and Alexi Murdoch. Also, White House plans to withdraw "conspiracy theorist and anti-science extremist" pick, ambassador candidate dropped for warning against a preemptive strike on North Korea, father of three girls abused by Larry Nassar tries to attack him in court, FEMA to end food and water aid for Puerto Rico, and a very special fuck you to ICE: ICE agents were at the Super Bowl for some reason, ICE deports Palestinian man living in the U.S. for almost 40 years despite outcry and arrests a Kansas chemistry instructor while he was taking his daughter to school, green card veteran facing deportation starts hunger strike, and Paul Ryan deletes tweet about tax cuts after Twitter backlash The Fun Aunts have discovered leopard print and they're FREAKING OUT. Watch, sub

Episode #1838: Sign up to support Allison's future BRAND-NEW podcast at patreon.com/allisonkilkenny for as little as $1/month! Chloe (@itsthechew) and Erek (@erek_smith) join the show to discuss their Super Bowl plans, Magic: The Gathering, and somehow segue into plugging The Dixie Chicks. Also, the Nunes memo accidentally confirms the legitimacy of the FBI's investigation, Trump is already using the memo to undermine the Russia investigation, Uma Thurman says Harvey Weinstein assaulted her (and Maureen Dowd's terrible piece about the accusations), and a 12-year-old girl shoots schoolmates in L.A. The Fun Aunts have discovered leopard print and they're FREAKING OUT. Watch, subscribe, and comment! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikyE7pN1DjQ *** Desi calendars are available again for the Patreon supporters who sign up or upgrade to $10/month! patreon.com/allisonkilkenny

Episode #1837: Sign up to support Allison's future BRAND-NEW podcast at patreon.com/allisonkilkenny for as little as $1/month! Meredith Clark (@MeredithLClark) joins the show to discuss the trailer for Hereditary, Halt and Catch Fire, The Good Place, Finnish weird literature, and Mudbound. Also, SOTU: Trump clapped a lot for himself, everyone loved Trump's horrifying story about the nice white couple taking a homeless addict's baby, Trump skipped over his racist history of dealing with immigration and announced plans to keep Guantanamo Bay open, the Congressional Black Caucus wasn't having it when Trump mentioned black unemployment, Trump overheard saying he'll "100%" release the Nunes memo as Nunes is being accused of making "material changes" to the secret memo and the FBI expressed "grave concerns" about its accuracy, Hope Hicks may have obstructed justice when she told Trump that Tump Jr. emails with Russians "will never get out", Mika Brzezinski shuts down Michael Wolff interview during spat over

Episode #1836: Sign up to support Allison's future BRAND-NEW podcast at patreon.com/allisonkilkenny for as little as $1/month! Charles (@charlesrockhill) joins the show to discuss busted eye blood vessels, Three Billboards, Shape of Water, and I, Tonya. Also, Chris Christie joins ABC News as a contributor, ICE is about to start tracking license plates across the U.S., two dads nabbed by ICE in New Jersey as they drop off kids at school and a third takes shelter in a church, Jay-Z slams Trump's "shithole" comment as "hurtful," Trump's shocker statement: "I wouldn't say I'm a feminist," and Alec Baldwin claims Dylan Farrow is trying to "shame" public into believing Woody Allen abused her The Fun Aunts have discovered leopard print and they're FREAKING OUT. Watch, subscribe, and comment! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikyE7pN1DjQ *** Desi calendars are available again for the Patreon supporters who sign up or upgrade to $10/month! patreon.com/allisonkilkenny

Episode #1835: Sign up to support Allison's future BRAND-NEW podcast at patreon.com/allisonkilkenny for as little as $1/month! Charles (@charlesrockhill) joins the show to discuss dodgeball, the MTA, becoming a mole person, Electric Dreams, and I, Tonya. Also, Grammys 2018: #MeToo shoutouts, white roses, Kesha's emotional performance, Kendrick Lamar's powerful message about racism, and Hillary Clinton reads an excerpt from Fire And Fury; FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe steps down, Dems block 20-week abortion ban, Indians removing Chief Wahoo logo from uniforms in 2019, Fox and Friends host goes anti-vaxxer amid deadly flu epidemic, and Illinois ordered a doctor to tell women where to get abortions and now he wants the whole state to suffer The Fun Aunts have discovered leopard print and they're FREAKING OUT. Watch, subscribe, and comment! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikyE7pN1DjQ *** Desi calendars are available again for the Patreon supporters who sign up or upgrade to $10/month! patreon.com/allison

Episode #1834: Sign up to support Allison's future BRAND-NEW podcast at patreon.com/allisonkilkenny for as little as $1/month! Erek (@erek_smith) and Chloe (@itsthechew) join the show to discuss wisdom teeth and the little, everyday things parents do that shape their kids. Also, Larry Nassar is sentence to 40 to 175 years in prison, Michigan State President Lou Anna Simon resigns following Nassar sentencing, Casey Affleck withdraws from presenting the Best Actress award at the Oscars, RNC Finance Chair Steve Wynn accused of decades of sexual misconduct, Garrison Keillor allegedly did a whole lot more than touch a woman's back, and Hillary Clinton chose to shield a top adviser accused of harassment in 2008 Check out Sorry Mom's latest vid about the 5 stages of grief! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCycWJeDyJo&t=1s *** Desi calendars are available again for the Patreon supporters who sign up or upgrade to $10/month! patreon.com/allisonkilkenny

Episode #1833: Sign up to support Allison's future BRAND-NEW podcast at patreon.com/allisonkilkenny for as little as $1/month! Erek (@erek_smith) and Chloe (@itsthechew) join the show to answer a Patreon question about political music, discuss the O.K. Corral and mass shootings, and give media recs including Kitchen Nightmares, Hell's Kitchen, and Tame Impala. Also, Trump says he's "looking forward" to speaking under oath with Robert Mueller, who he reportedly tried to fire in June, Sean Hannity's brutal reality check on live TV, Trump offers the most unenthusiastic apology for racist retweets, and Tronc may be building a shadow newsroom full of scabs Check out Sorry Mom's latest vid about the 5 stages of grief! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCycWJeDyJo&t=1s *** Desi calendars are available again for the Patreon supporters who sign up or upgrade to $10/month! patreon.com/allisonkilkenny

Episode #1832: Sign up to support Allison's future BRAND-NEW podcast at patreon.com/allisonkilkenny for as little as $1/month! Parker (@parkermolloy) joins the show to recommend 90s emo music and to share stories about Mr. Snickers and cat outfits. Also, Kentucky attack was 11th school shooting in 23 days of 2018, man repeating accusations of "fake news" threatened to kill CNN employees, 8 humanitarian activists face federal charges after leaving water for migrants in the Arizona desert, Sunday shows barely mentioned the 2018 Women's March, Viola Davis slays her 2018 Women's March speech, Logan Paul returns to YouTube with video about suicide following controversy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg reflects on the #MeToo movement and points out there wasn't always a term for sexual harassment, Larry Nassar victims says MSU is billing her for her sexual assault, and Florida voters will be able to restore voting rights to over a million former felons in November Check out Sorry Mom's latest vid about the 5 stages of

Episode #1831: Sign up to support Allison's future BRAND-NEW podcast at patreon.com/allisonkilkenny for as little as $1/month! Parker (@parkermolloy) joins the show to discuss her trip to L.A. and Allison offers some recs: Call Me By Your Name, End Of The F****ing World, and Grace & Frankie. Also, the 2018 Oscar nominations are here: Get Out's enduring popularity, Mudbound's female cinematographer Rachel Morrison becomes the first woman director of photography to receive a nomination, James Franco misses out on a Best Actor nod but it's probably not because he's been outed as a predator, Mueller probe zeroes in on Trump's inner circle, Trump reportedly asked acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe who he voted for, Democrats sell out Dreamers and agree to reopen government, ICE arrests Polish doctor after 40 years of living in the U.S., these women have spent years cleaning up after Senators who now want to deport them, and Trump imitates Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's accent Check out Sorry Mom's

Episode #1830: Sign up to support Allison's future BRAND-NEW podcast at patreon.com/allisonkilkenny for as little as $1/month! Faith (@bohemianfaith) and Erek (@erek_smith) join the show to discuss aura readings, help answer a Patreon question about raising a radical leftist, and offer media recs: Gender Trouble, french comedy Playtime, Halsey, Grace & Frankie, Black Eyes, and Drive Like Jehu. Also, the Los Angeles Times votes to unionize, White House's latest religious freedom protections could allow doctors to withhold abortion and gender reassignment procedures, Aly Raisman tells Nassar "You are pathetic" after he complains about sentencing hearing, more than a dozen Michigan state staffers were told of Nassar's sexual abuse and nothing happened, prosecutor asks judge to let 19 more women testify that Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted them, and Hungarian police have a warrant out for former Trump adviser Sebastian Gorka Check out Sorry Mom's latest vid about the 5 stages of grief! https://www.yo

Episode #1829: Sign up to support Allison's future BRAND-NEW podcast at patreon.com/allisonkilkenny for as little as $1/month! Faith (@bohemianfaith) and Erek (@erek_smith) join the show to discuss lots of witchy stuff. Also, White House slams Democrats as "obstructionist losers" following shutdown, and the horrific case of child abuse in the Turpins story and the dark side of the homeschooling movement Check out Sorry Mom's latest vid about the 5 stages of grief! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCycWJeDyJo&t=1s *** Desi calendars are available again for the Patreon supporters who sign up or upgrade to $10/month! patreon.com/allisonkilkenny