The Skewer 13: December 2016

The Skewer takes ONE MONTH off and the country goes to shit. I can't trust you people for one second. Yes, it's the first edition of The Skewer live news revue since the election of Donald Trump, and we're going to wring every scrap of comedy and satire that we can out of the last few months in which dissent is legal. Elaine Phillips leads off with a discussion on language, comedy, and the truth. Chris Rife takes us on a very serious and real look at the storied life of Fidel Castro. Cory O'Brien couldn't make it to the show, so Tom read his piece about failling in and out of love with FIveThirtyEight. Peter-john Byrnes dismantles the myth of the underrepresented middle American and ruins Field of Dreams (not that it needed much help there). Claire Linic teaches us how to raise hell in a world that traps us in metaphorical and sometimes actual cages for no reason. And in The Skewer Debate, Ilana Gordon faces off against erica dreisbach to decide the future editiorial direction for The Skewer: keep parroting bland leftist opinions, or abandon politics in favor of beer and fart jokes? Guys! This one is especially fun and good. In times as fraught as these, where so much is at stake and anxiety hangs thick in the air, I kinda needed a show like this. Enjoy!! Tom Harrison - 1:42 Elaine Phillips - 12:32 Chris Rife - 24:01 Cory O'Brien (as read by Tom) - 31:57 Peter-john Byrnes - 41:07 Claire Linic - 51:35 THE SKEWER DEBATE: Ilana Gordon vs. erica dreisbach - 58:15