Chas & Dr Dave discuss Rapping Judges, The Best Ironed Shirt in the WWF, and Happy 1000000th Birthday, Jimmy!
0:00 - Intro
2:29 - Grateful (Detroit Tigers/Stepping Back from The Brink
8:11 - Correspondence (Deepfakes/Rap/Heartbeat/Reagan/Twitter)
25:00 - VP Debate: First Thoughts
33:42 - VP Debate: Mid-Western Civility
49:43 - VP Debate: JD Gaslighting
1:12:52 - VP Debate: Vance & Walz Goals
1:20:09 - Will the VP Debate Change Things?
1:32:05 - Jack Smith Filing
1:47:57 - Trump v Harris: Immigration
1:59:09 - Immigration: ICE Letter Factcheck
2:14:59 - Jimmy Carter’s 100th
2:25:33 - Stats Nugget (Women in Politics)
2:27:49 - Trump Grifts
2:54:00 - Chas Unleashed (Musk Correspondence)
3:17:00 - Chas Unleashed (Policy Time: Police Immunity)

Chas & Melina Wicks and Bill Wyman discuss The REAL Pizzagate, Crazy John’s FBI, and Being Chased By Porn
0:00 - Introducing Lachy
7:53 - Welcome Bill & Melina!
10:06 - Grateful (Curb Your Enthusiasm/Robert Caro/Summer Music)
16:17 - Correspondence (Haitians/Hong Kong Mobile Phones/Abortion Law/Johnny SexPest)
28:15 - Mark Robinson Extra Thoughts
35:35 - Eric Adams Scandal
43:15 - Harris v Filibuster
54:40 - Stats Nugget (Reagan 1980)
56:11 - Gallup’s Bad News For Biden
1:07:16 - California Deepfakes Law
1:34:55 - Gangsta Rap Literalcy
1:56:39 - RFK – Olivia Nuzzi Affair
2:19:09 - RFK - North Carolina Ballot
2:33:12 - Who’s Gonna Vote?
2:50:20 - Duelling Crime Statistics

HOMEWORK/SHOW NOTES
* Gallup’s analysis of why this is the Republicans’ election to lose https://news.gallup.com/poll/651092/2024-election-environment-favorable-gop.aspx
* Melina’s article about rappers words becoming a sentence https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/30/opinion/rap-music-criminal-trials.html
* One of many gossipy articles about RFK/Nuzzi that Bill enjoyed a little too much this week https://www.thedailybeast.com/rfk-jr-tries-to-paint-himself-as-olivia-nuzzis-victim
* The NY Times on how to spot a likely voter https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/us/elections/registered-voters-vs-likely-voters.html
* Become a Crime Nerd! It’s the Real-Time Crime Index https://realtimecrimeindex.com/

Chas & Guest PEPCaster Dr Emma Shortis discuss Tom Gleeson Electoral Officers, Perspectives of The Digital Gulag, and The Segment That Was Too Confusing And Underwhelming For TV.
0:00 - Intro
2:57 - Grateful (Northern Winter Bands/ Venezuelan Journalists)
10:13 - Correspondence (Next Debate/Wokeness/Routh)
17:18 - Abortion as a Campaign Issue
44:57 - Duelling IVF Protection Bills
1:02:00 - Revisiting Springfield (Especially Haitian Numbers!)
1:27:55 - Christopher Rufo/Ashley Madison
1:31:35 - Laura Loomer + Trump
1:53:14 - Stats Nugget (Generic Drug Costs)
1:58:16 - Policy Time (SAVE ACT)
2:29:15 - Stats Nugget (Hong Kong Photos)
2:30:55 - Elon Musk

HOMEWORK/SHOW NOTES
* Who Is Behind the End Wokeness Account? https://youtu.be/8zZeZFs5KLQ
* A Good Explainer of Haitian Vodou https://youtu.be/VofAQYxcHHY

Chas & Dr Dave discuss The People Who Cast No Shadow, Romanian Newsweek's Brightest Star, and How Do You Feel About Black NAZIs?
0:00 - Intro
2:20 - Grateful For (Oasis Reunion)
10:44 - Correspondence (Correction!)
13:26 - No More Debates?
31:16 - Polling Check-In
46:21 - Assassination Attempt #2
1:05:38 - Is The Rhetoric Too Spicy?
1:30:12 - Mark Robinson, Black Nazi
1:52:08 - Pets In Springfield

DR DAVE'S HOMEWORK/SHOW NOTES
* Aaron Blake’s 'violent rhetoric' digest https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/17/trump-uses-dangerous-rhetoric-more-often/
* Everything you ever wanted to know about "Nude Africa" https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/09/19/politics/kfile-mark-robinson-black-nazi-pro-slavery-porn-forum
* Far, far too much explanation of how one tries to verify whether a cat has been BBQed https://x.com/realchrisrufo/status/1835354219454533862

Chas & Dr Dave discuss America’s Sleepiest Voiceover Guy, Beach Boy Dave, and Why Biden Needs a Flava Flav Clock

0:00 - Intro
3:48 - Grateful For (Patrice Highsmith/ Safe Streets)
9:12 - Correspondence (Lichtman/Civilization/Harris Earphones/Biden Watch)
26:35 - Sanewashing Part 2
45:56 - The Debate!
1:11:51 - The Debate (Getting Inside Trump’s Head)
1:29:07 - The Debate (Where Trump + Harris Failed)
1:38:27 - The Debate (Moments That Will Live On)
1:40:35 - The Debate (The Moderators)
1:53:27 - The Debate (The Reaction)
2:02:48 - Election Forecasting
2:17:24 - Polling Context
2:27:11 - Chas Unleashed (More debate Stuff)
2:44:15 - Chas Unleashed (Policy Time - United Steel)

Chas & Guest PEPcaster Richard Cooke discuss Mike Pence’s Greatest Achievement, Why The Hawks Are Worse Than The Nazis, and How Does one Spell Eduard Gregoriann?
0:00 - Intro
1:50 - Grateful For (Richy/The PEPpers/A New Sting)
5:42 - Correspondence (Australian Equivalents of Biden Down/Betting Agencies/IVF/Home Demos)
21:55 - Arlington Follow-Up
44:58 - Campaign Tactics (Who’s The Incumbent?)
52:40 - Campaign Tactics (Trump’s Basement Campaign)
1:03:46 - Campaign Tactics (The Harris Media Campaign)
1:47:24 - Russian Influencer Indictment
2:19:41 - Mark Zuckerberg Letter
2:33:09 - “Sane”washing Trump
2:45:38 - Campaign Spending

Chas & Dr Dave AND Melina discuss The Art of Sitting on Ron DeSantis’ Head, What is Big Village when it is Home?, and A Dead Bird In A Wheely-Bin of Dead Mice
0:00 - Intro
2:25 - Grateful For (Knowa/Civilization Game/YouTube Demos)
14:02 - RFK joins Team Trump
1:04:55 - Trump and Abortion
1:23:55 - Arlington Cemetery Controversy
1:47:59 - Tangent Treehouse (Musicians Who Refuse Trump to Use Their Music)
1:58:37 - Breonna Taylor Case Latest
2:13:55 - $35 Insulin
2:26:11 - Stats Nugget (College Prices)
2:33:49 - The UNEMPLOYMENT REVISIONS!! (YAY!)
2:47:02 - Random Thoughts on Kamala Harris

*Young George Michael carelessly whispering https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EVQAfhknDY
*Young Avril Lavigne breaking away https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyM_gqiE6wY
*See if you’re on Dave or Chas’ side with RFK’s speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxNAdilyqow
*FUN with Graphs! The Brookings’ Real Cost Slider for College Prices is here https://www.brookings.edu/articles/ignore-the-sticker-price-how-have-college-prices-really-changed/

Chas & Dr Dave discuss The Stuffed Corpse of Robert Menzies, Stirring A Brackish Pool With A Stick, and Dave has Lead Poisoning
0:00 - Intro
1:57 - Grateful For Wests Tigers/Phil Donohue
5:01 - Correspondence (Colbert/ Raygun/ Leadership Spills/ Dark Shadows/ Unreliable Sources)
22:50 - The Democratic Convention
41:47 - Stats Nugget (Afghanistan Lead Poisoning)
46:20 - Trump’s New Strategy
1:04:05 - RFK Dropping Out?
1:18:15 - Polling Update
1:23:34 - Crypto Correspondence
1:35:32 - Policy Time (Harris Price Gouging)
1:58:20 - Odds And Ends
2:02:21 - Stats Nugget (Presidential Linguistic Complexity)
2:09:25 - Chas Unleashed (Harris Cost of Living/Housing Policies)
2:41:54 - Chas Unleashed (QuietSkies)

HOMEWORK/SHOWNOTES
* Raygun's Conversation article https://breaking-the-newest-olympic-sport.netlify.app/
* John McWhorter's article about "weird" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/22/opinion/the-hidden-grammatical-reason-that-weird-works.html