S6 Ep23: Allyship and Call-Out Culture, 'Love, Victor,' Statewide Face Mask Requirements

Pam and Marc are back this week, and it's a good thing, because we have a lot of ground to cover. Welcome to the mid-season finale of 2020, where news ranges from Disney bleeping Hamilton to Trumpster Fire 2020. Apple's WWDC introduces some features to help deal with your annoying friends when they blow up group messages, and Apple Watch will soon be providing a countdown when it detects hand washing happening. Laura and Marc are playing Last of Us 2 and ignoring the haters. Let's kill some zombies! Andrew delights himself by purchasing new music beds for our show segments. While California is requiring everyone to wear masks in public spaces, several southern states are seeing the consequences of re-opening too soon. This week in Trumpster Fire 2020: Americans can turn off political ads on Facebook and Instagram (thank god), Scumbag John Bolton is not a patriot, SCOTUS decisions, and Trump's "very sad" rally taken down by Gen Z and Kpop stans. You love to see it. Marc provides his insights on call-out culture and having meaningful dialogues with potential allies surrounding discussions of #BlackLivesMatter and police brutality. When and how is it productive to call someone out, and what is the end goal in doing so? This week's recommendations are all art, baby! Hulu's 'Love, Victor' (Pam and Andrew), Black Girl Unlimited by Echo Brown (Laura), and the upcoming Spiderman 2: Miles Morales for PS5 (Marc). Stay tuned in past the end music for a couple of bloopers! This week's episode is sponsored by listeners like you. Support the show for as little as $2 per month, and gain instant access to loads of bonus content. We're so thankful for your support! And in this week's installment of After Dark, available on Patreon: It's time to Surprise Bitch! listener Drew, who clues us in about how the dog walking business is faring under COVID-19. Inspired by our Facebook group, we come clean about the common knowledge we've only recently discovered. It turns out we're really dumb when it comes to car knowledge. "Whores de-vors." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices