Irreverent Testimony

The myth of the NCAA "Student Athlete"

Today we have on former University of Miami football player Austin Pfenninger to discuss life as an FBS fotball player, the lack of athlete compensation, the major gaps in healthcare, and the conflict of interest in treating player injuries and the push to get injured players back on the field. 

Later we touch on the fire and fury over Fire and Fury, the book Trump hates so much that he can't help but remind everyone every 5 minutes exists, and then embodies every trait clamied in the book he denies. So much 5-dimensional chess with this guy. Also, yea, Hawaii thought they were getting nuked while we were recording and we didn't know. Sorry. 

Austin Pfenninger on Twitter: https://twitter.com/apfenny3

Goodbye 2017. You sucked ass

Well, that sure sucked. We recap the year that was 2017 and rifle through some current-ish events. What more is there to say? 2017 made 2016 look like a party. Will 2018 be better? it almost can't help but be, but prepare for the worst with us. 

Meet The Deplorables with Harmon Leon

Harmon Leon is back and he has a new book: Meet The Deplorables. We talk all about it and stuff and I grill him for personal anecotes and pick his brain like the drooling fanboy I am. Sorry.

Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/harmonleon immediately now. 

On the second half, Rachel and I mourn for our terrifying reality and ponder how many shots of cheap vokka it would take to forget all about 2017, remembering we felt the exact way this time of year last year. Merry Christmas!

And attached, here's my amazing tree, just to show you we aren't participants in the War on Christmas. Maybe we'll get a Hannukah bush next year. 

 

Roundtable discussion of Flynn/Taxageddon

Sarah Burris joins us live and in the flesh along with our friend Lindsay to discuss the awful/no good/everyone hates it but we're gonna do it anway cause MAGA who cares whatever lol tax bill, along with the Flynn/Russiagate news, Roy Moore stuff, and all kinds of other tasty morsels of abject sadness and incredulity. Mimosas were consumed. There's more profanity and fuckallery in this one than in the new Frances McDormand Billboards movie. 

Sarah Burris and Molly talk gross men shenanigans

Sarah and Molly join us to discuss the latest in the unearthing of the awful gross perv men and how it's bringing up a lot of memories and repressed feelings for women everywhere. In the 2d half Sarah helps us unpack the latest on Trump/Russia and the awful, no good, retch-inducing tax bill. 

The floodgates are open

Now it's Al Franken. Who's next? He won't be the last. A silent epidemic is being revealed, and it knows no bounds of party or political persuasuion. This is going to be rough.. We try to unpack it for you. 

Do Republicans draw the line at child molestation?

Only a few? Mostly not really? They'll totally seat a child predator in Congress to lower the taxes for their donors and take away your healthcare? Yea.. it adds up. Also we unpack the Louis C.K revelations and and talk more about the new era of coming forward with harrsment/assault horror stories. 

Donna Brazile has something to sell you

Who ratfucks itself better than anyone? That's right it's us Democrats. We recutnatly cover that crap, then it's onto the Meuller indictments and a whole lot more on breaking sexual harrsment and assault charges against lots of famous men. **Podcast from 11/4/16**

The first shoe drops..

Meuller has the cuffs out and it's not for his FetLife profile, although that would be his business.. Someone's going to hoosehow and the walls tighten a little more on Trump. Meanwhile, pervy rich gross men are still pervy gross and rich becasue of course they are, and this topic will be probably take up half our show until the end of time because it's an endlesss trove of gross. 

Gold Star jackass

Trump keeps insulting Gold Star families, Republicans cheer, 'cause you know support the troops and stuff. Also, General Kelly, media darling, is a lying asshole... surprise surprise. Meanwhile Nazis invade the University of Florida and more from the Weinstein fallout.