That Hearty Yankee Bullshit

The only podcast of consequence is back with a quick run through the week in news courtesy of the ever-bulging WGAS NewsBag, a look at some bad movie criticism, and a spoiler-heavy discussion of the end of season two of HBO’s excellent The White Lotus. Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it on Facebook or Twitter, leave a comment on the show’s page on our website, or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!Show RundownOpen — On the reparability and and modularity of modern life, or the distinct lack thereof10:45 — WGAS NewsBag: Commonly Misspelled and Mispronounced Names Edition. First up, Brittney Griner and Viktor Bout26:49 — Raphael Warnock defeats Herschel Walker in Georgia Senate runoff35:40 — Kyrsten Sinema breaks with the Democrats, declares herself independent of your binary, man48:58 — Possible major breakthrough in fusion technology54:09 — Ongoing “Twitter Files” media meltdown1:01:35 — A bad review of The Whale from Slate1:14:12 — Another example of content owners behaving badly in Our Bogus Future1:19:45 — Wrap-up! Lawrence Krauss chats with Cormac McCarthy, thoughts onViolent Night, The Fabelmans, Emancipation, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, and Don’t Worry Darling, along with an extended conversation about the abiding cynicism at the heart of The While LotusRelevant Linkage can be found at the page for this episode on our website at https://www.brainiron.com/podcast/episode0123