Recapping the week's news using the greatest poetic form of our time.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 8 hours 6 minutes
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episode 19: 19. “SAT won’t get you in (and neither will Lori Laughlin)” May 24, 2020
Boxing! Grokking! Things that make us mad! We give a LOT of lyrical real estate to the Picasso raffle lady. We revisit the question "WHAT IS NEWS?" and we also tease a new format for next week... Highlights: "Marciano," "British Politician Sex," Gil...
episode 19: Bonus: The "We Didn't Start the Fire" Music Video
What are those burning photos? Who is the baby? Why isn't Billy warning them?? Does the video predict THE FUTURE??? Bra burning! Pre-internet memes! Lucille Ball impersonations! Making up for things that aren't in the song! So many toys! Jack Ruby! T...
episode 18: 18. “Beer dump in Australia, British genitalia” May 17, 2020
Baseball! Sh*tty people resurfacing in the news! Playing the "meta game!" How many people in this song are still alive in 2020?? Highlights: Mickey Mantle, Designated Hitters in the National League, Bernie Goetz, Shkreli/Goetz/Manafort/Kabuga ----m...
episode 17: 17. “X Æ A-12, Cover shoot for Judi Dench” May 10, 2020
The word "slog" returns! What do Billy Joel and Puck from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" have in common? What about Giannis Antetokounmpo and George Stephanopoulos? Sam has no choice but to stan Colombo! Is an octameter just two tetrameters? Highlights...
episode 16: 16. “Thai king lives in luxury quar” May 3, 2020
Trochaic Octameter! The "We Didn't Start the Fire" music video! The Google News Archive! Rib injury! Disco ball batteries! Highlights: Missing great white sharks, Sudan bans genital mutilation, Ole Miss, England's got a new Queen
episode 15: 15. “North Korea’s ailing leada, ‘Quarantine Pinot’” April 26, 2020
We are getting INTO IT. Lowercase news words. Leslie Jamison! A unified theory of Billy Joel bias! Other songs?? Nobel Laureates! "Next Stop Greenwich Village!" Highlights: Pasternak, Dylan, Mark Warner's tuna melt, Travis Scott's Fortnite concert
episode 14: 14. “Pope scotch, Walkout, Climate-driven mega-drought ” April 19, 2020
Long toast! The rules of the song! Syllables! Our favorite TikTok account! How do you say "no-go" in French? And we can't take "I can't take it anymore" anymore! Highlights: Princess Grace, Chubby Checker, Poland protests, Chess upset
episode 13: 13. “'Speaking moistly,' Cats' butts, Why are people licking stuff?” April 12, 2020
We both had a lot to say this week. We discuss the impact of c*****v***s, the lyrical artistry of B***y J**l, toying with the chronological order, syllable stress, and the camera toilet. Highlights: Payola, Dacron, Cavallari Bahamas drama, Yemen Cea...
episode 12: 12. “Furloughs, Rent strikes, Can I teach my dog to drive?” April 5, 2020
We are... really enjoying this now? This episode was recorded as a video- we're gonna keep doing that. We talk about Nixon showing up in the song twice, which makes us feel better about our repeats. Also, we are filled with terror to learn that the s...
episode 10: 11. “No California baseball / Survivors of Thalidomide” March 29, 2020
Our first remotely recorded episode! The show was driving us insane- now it might be keeping us sane??? We discuss Cohen brothers spoilers, how we are breaking through the constant bad news, and we use the word "horny" a LOT. Highlights: Peyton Pl...
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