Episode 40- Gather Around The Hanukkah Bushu-suru

After 94 years of cheating death, George H. W. Bush has finally left this mortal coil, and you know we have a few thoughts on his life, legacy, and lexiconical contributions. The alt-right has been protesting Twitter, conferencing in DC, and, in friend of the show Steve Bannon’s case, teaming up with dissident billionaires and other hacks to bring down the Chinese Communist Party. Also in politics: we prematurely name the pros and cons of some of the frontrunners for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020 and evaluate the ways in which PETA and Quartzy want us to revolutionize our language. In pop culture, we will explore why it is that Hanukkah underperforms by the metrics of our capitalist Oracle of Delphi known as the Market. We also have some thoughts on the podcasts The New Yorker and other outlets have chosen for their year-end best-of lists, and we shout out our favorite independent shows like @streetfightwcrs, @thisishellradio, @theDCSentinel, @yourkickstarter, @CitationsPod and @thedollop. We close out the pop culture corner with Sam’s theories on where Hank and Peggy Hill of King of the Hill fame would be today, in the age of Qanon, Never Trumpers, and Bernie Bros. For story time, Sam shares an all-too-close encounter with baby boomers in the dimly lit, mercurial atmosphere of New Orleans’ Maple Leaf Bar. Follow @plunge_podcast @spaventacular @wagstank NOTEZ: GHWB Rememberence: Vomiting on Japanese PM’s Genitals BUSHU-SURU https://splinternews.com/lets-not-forget-george-h-w-bushs-true-legacy-barfing-1830833077?utm_source=splinter_twitter&utm_campaign=socialflow_splinter_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow Bannon teams up with Guo Wengui https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/04/business/stephen-bannon-guo-wengui-china.html Anti-animal language guide from PETA https://twitter.com/peta/status/1070066047414345729?s=21 Apparently we need to treat our lives like startups https://qz.com/quartzy/1486110/if-your-personal-life-has-ceased-to-inspire-you-try-treating-it-like-a-startup-says-esther-perel/ Bizarre article about the lack of capitalist frenzy around Hanukkah https://apple.news/AW-q5je63Q-aygOTyeoTzzw Podcast best of year lists that suck https://www.newyorker.com/culture/2018-in-review/the-best-podcasts-of-2018 https://www.vulture.com/2018/12/the-10-best-podcasts-of-2018.html https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/182283/apple-lists-top-podcasts-for-2018