Episodes

  • 231: Skepticrat231 - Occupy Walz Treat Edition

    231: Skepticrat231 - Occupy Walz Treat Edition
    Aug 12 2024
    On this week's episode: Tim Walz is proud of you, slugger ... Eli texts us in an attempt to get special dispensation to say slur words on the air (we said no) ... And despite being part oompa loompa and part cotton candy, Donald Trump is baffled by the existence of multiple races.

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    Headline Sources:

    JD Vance tries to Swift Boat Tim Walz: https://apnews.com/article/walz-national-guard-military-ae43d684bf1319e535f9f620552155d7

    Liverpool Sends a Message to Far-Right Rioters - "Not Here": https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/09/world/europe/liverpool-protests-southport.html

    Trump said Harris "happened to turn Black" and he keeps talking about it: https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/31/politics/donald-trump-kamala-harris-black-nabj/index.html

    Chinese company accused of stealing thousands of corpses over decades: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/chinese-company-steals-thousands-of-corpses-for-organ-transplants-and-rakes-in-53-million/ar-AA1ovFvK?ocid=BingNewsVerp

    MAGA Republican says anyone who didn’t vote for her is a “fa***t” after losing primary: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/08/maga-republican-says-anyone-who-didnt-vote-for-her-is-a-fat-after-losing-primary/

    Trump threatens to sue the NYT over helicopter story he got wrong: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/10/us/politics/trump-helicopter-crash-willie-brown.html
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    37 mins
  • 230: Skepticrat230 - Veep State Edition

    230: Skepticrat230 - Veep State Edition
    Jul 29 2024
    On this week's episode: Our presidential candidate can touch their toes ... They somehow didn’t have a contingency plan if Brandon let’s goed ... And we find a movie nemesis for Cocaine Bear.

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    Headline Sources:

    Kamala Harris takes over and the GOP is in a panic: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/07/24/us/politics/harris-biden-republican-reactions.html

    Newsom Orders California Officials to Remove Homeless Encampments: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/25/us/newsom-homeless-california.html

    Harris list of potential VP candidates: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/23/kamala-harris-vp-pick/

    JD Vance doing badly despite delightful couch rumor: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/jd-vance-couch-sex-rumor-explained-1235068142/
    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/15/us/politics/27-facts-about-jd-vance.html

    Gab CEO says Trump shooter had a pro-Biden account: https://nypost.com/2024/07/25/us-news/trump-gunman-thomas-crooks-used-gab-to-support-biden-ceo/

    Two words...Cocaine Shark: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/24/science/cocaine-sharks-brazil.html
    Also, komodo dragons have iron teeth: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/24/komodo-dragons-iron-coated-teeth
    And alligators are mustering for an attack: https://www.yahoo.com/news/video-hundreds-gators-swarming-georgia-140000080.html#:~:text=Hundreds%20of%20alligators%20swarmed%20Okefenokee,see%20it%20to%20believe%20it
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    56 mins
  • 229: Skepticrat229 - Labor of Love of Labour Edition

    229: Skepticrat229 - Labor of Love of Labour Edition
    Jul 15 2024
    On this week's episode, we’ll record a little too early to discuss the events in Pennsylvania. Missed it by just a little bit. Such a shame. That we recorded too early.

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    40 mins
  • 228: Skepticrat228 - Debated Breath Edition

    228: Skepticrat228 - Debated Breath Edition
    Jul 1 2024
    On this week's episode: The Tory party will have some bad luck at the bookies ... Boeing will take aircraft failure to new heights ... And the New York Times editorial board wants to take Joe Biden to a farm upstate.

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    Another amazing word of the day from Susie Dent:
    https://twitter.com/susie_dent

    Headline Sources:

    Biden vs Trump debate: https://apnews.com/live/presidential-debate-2024-updates#00000190-5cdc-dd31-aff9-fefed7f50000
    https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/538-ipsos-june-2024-presidential-debate-poll
    https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/28/politics/debate-poll-cnn-trump-biden/index.html

    Sunak aide admits placing bet on general election: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c722eyxxknro

    Nigel Farage claims "We provoked war in Ukraine": https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c8vv3vgngd0o
    Reform UK defends candidates as more comments emerge: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx77lvd6e73o.amp

    Boeing astronauts still stuck in space: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/27/why-are-two-boeing-astronauts-stuck-in-space
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    52 mins
  • 227: Skepticrat227 - Sobs Tory Edition

    227: Skepticrat227 - Sobs Tory Edition
    Jun 17 2024
    On this week's episode: Rishi Sunak shows us what the Normandy landing looked like in reverse ... Donald Trump tries his luck with word-saying again ... And a bombshell revelation in the world of cylindrical food contract law ROCKS the community.

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    Headline Sources:

    Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion pill mifepristone: https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/13/politics/supreme-court-rejects-challenge-abortion-pill-mifepristone/index.html

    PM apologises for leaving D-Day commemorations early: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c722zv2myjro
    Reform UK candidate apologizes over Hitler neutrality comments: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjmmrwexv4ko

    US ran anti-vax campaign under Trump: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/

    Champion hot dog eater excluded from Coney Island contest over veggie franks:
    https://www.reuters.com/world/us/champion-hot-dog-eater-excluded-coney-island-contest-over-veggie-franks-2024-06-12/
    Joey Chestnut to face rival Takeru Kobayashi in hot dog eating contest on Netflix: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5559677/2024/06/12/joey-chestnut-takeru-kobayashi-hot-dog-contest-netflix/

    Gove’s replacement caught out on claim he moved to Surrey Heath as home found on Airbnb: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/conservative-general-election-surrey-heath-michael-gove-b2559359.html
    Voters Laugh At Esther McVey After She Says 'Tories Always Get The Country Back On Its Feet': https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/voters-laugh-at-esther-mcvey-after-she-says-tories-always-get-the-country-back-on-its-feet_uk_66669940e4b0a01ba85b4df2

    Trump’s teleprompter goes out again, leads to rant about sharks and electric boats: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/11/trump-electric-boats-sharks/
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    59 mins
  • 226: Skepticrat226 - Convictory Lap Edition

    226: Skepticrat226 - Convictory Lap Edition
    Jun 3 2024
    On this week's episode: Eric Adams turns Manhattan into an empty refuge for cyborg billionaires ... Alvin Bragg finds a witch ... And Rudy Giuliani gets served a witch indictment while hiding behind his broomstick.

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    Headline Sources:

    Trump convicted on 34 counts: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/31/hush-money-next-for-trump

    Congestion pricing in NYC: https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/congestion-pricing-in-nyc-everything-you-need-to-know-including-start-date-exemptions-and-map-030124

    Sunak has to call for election amid abject failure and the announcement is an abject failure: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/29/uk-general-election-what-you-need-to-know-4-july

    Google AI experiment goes not great: https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/24/24164119/google-ai-overview-mistakes-search-race-openai

    Florida civics training links "cancel culture" to mass murder: https://popular.info/p/florida-civics-training-links-cancel

    Nothing is going well for Rudy Giuliani:
    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/two-hours-mocking-arizonas-attorney-general-rudy-giuliani-served-birth-rcna152905
    https://www.newsweek.com/rudy-giuliani-donald-trump-ruby-freeman-bankruptcy-new-york-florida-debtors-rudy-coffee-1905811
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/05/31/rudy-giuliani-disbarment-dc/
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    48 mins
  • 225: Skepticrat225 - Debate and Switch Edition

    225: Skepticrat225 - Debate and Switch Edition
    May 20 2024
    On this week's episode, the Tories will lose more seats than a Boeing jetliner, Justice Alito plans for his new job as inquisitor supreme a LITTLE too early, and we’ll debate the debates about the pre-debate debates.

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    Headline Sources:
    Biden and Trump agree to two presidential debates: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/us/politics/biden-trump-debates.html
    Justice alito flies his flag upside down in a nod to stop the steal
    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/justice-alito-upside-down-flag.html?partner=slack&smid=sl-share
    The Observer view on the London mayoral video: dog-whistles and lies show Tories will stop at nothing to win
    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/31/the-observer-view-on-london-mayoral-campaign-video-dog-whistles-and-lies
    Boris Johnson turned away from polling station after forgetting ID
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68947834
    Nick Fuentes accidentally streams gay porn: https://www.jpost.com/omg/article-801627
    Scottie Scheffler, hours after arrest, tees off in PGA Championship second round
    https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5500927/2024/05/17/scottie-scheffler-arrest-pga-championship/
    Tory MP loses whip after claims he used party funds to pay ‘bad people’
    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/17/tory-mp-loses-whip-after-claims-he-used-party-funds-to-pay-bad-people
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    30 mins
  • 224: Skepticrat224 - Justice For Cricket Edition

    224: Skepticrat224 - Justice For Cricket Edition
    May 6 2024
    On this week's episode: MTG swears revenge on things for happening ... The other side is literally killing their dogs now ... And we talk about the best worst campaign ad of all time.

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    Headline Sources:

    David Pecker's testimony at Trump hush money trial: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-trial-takeaways-key-moments-david-pecker-testimony-1235011613/
    Trump's teleprompter turns sideways and he has a meltdown: https://www.rawstory.com/trump-teleprompter-meltdown/

    MTG moves to oust Mike Johnson for doing a thing: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/05/01/house-gop-mike-johnson-speaker-mtg-vacancy/73261761007/
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/30/marjorie-taylor-greene-mike-johnson-democrats

    Kristi Noem brags about puppy murder: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/03/kristi-noem-just-wont-stop-talking-about-killing-her-dog/

    Alleged Ex-GOP evil CEO convicted felon Don Blankenship puts out INSANE campaign ads: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Blankenship
    https://www.facebook.com/DonLBlankenship

    TikTok ban: https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-divestment-ban-what-you-need-to-know-5e1ff786e89da10a1b799241ae025406

    Ted Cruz tries to rebrand as bipartisan: https://www.alternet.org/ted-cruz-allred-democrats/
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    44 mins