090 - We Bombed a Girls’ School and Raised Gas Prices

The Line Has a Podcast hits episode 90 and Jimmy and Alyssa finally admit the show can’t keep coasting. A rare “bonus show at the beginning” turns into a brutally honest talk about how the pod is technically operating at a loss, how Patreon is the only reason it’s still alive, and why they’re seriously considering a big format change before episode 100.​ They sketch out a live–recorded version of the show tied into Jimmy’s Monday call‑in stream and Skeptoc, with stricter start/stop times, pre‑recorded mid‑roll ads, and super chats helping keep the lights on. Alyssa admits she “sundowns like Joe Biden” at night while Jimmy tries to protect his only day off, and they debate whether bonus content should be pre‑show, post‑show, or totally separate.​ Then the heavy stuff: Donald Trump’s war with Iran, the U.S. literally blowing up an all‑girls school when killing the Ayatollah, and gas prices jumping past Biden’s post‑COVID highs. Jimmy goes off on voters who swore a vote for Harris was a vote for war with Iran, only to now defend regime change, a more radical successor, and $5–$8 gas in places like LA. Alyssa asks where all the “pro‑life” people are while little girls are dying in U.S. airstrikes.​ They also dig into post‑9/11 déjà vu: ISIS‑inspired attacks, a bomb thrown at a Muslim mayor’s residence, and Republicans like Andy Ogles openly saying Muslims don’t belong in America. Alyssa calls it what it is—Christian nationalist, white‑supremacist politics dressed up as patriotism—while Jimmy points out these same officials swore to uphold a Constitution they clearly don’t believe in.​ Between all that, there’s still chaos: Disney’s racist history and still‑fun theme parks, Hocus Pocus and hot cartoons, Pokopia as “Pokemon Animal Crossing,” and plans for sketch‑style merch ads and a future bonus episode on Under the Banner of Heaven. If you want in on shaping what this show becomes by episode 100, this is where that conversation really starts.