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Pure Conjecture

by James McCarrick

Life long millennial friends talking politics. Also, occasional rants about random shit because apparently ADHD is a thing. Perfect for background noise for commuting or that feeling that people are in the room when you're working remotely.

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  1. S7:E1 - Jim, Will, Andrew, Brian, and Pete

    2026 starting off strong with many predictions of doom.

  2. S6: Ep8

    Jim and Will discuss mostly the new Superman and Brian regrets not being on this episode

  3. S6 - Ep 7

    Jim, Will and Brian talk about thanksgiving plans among other things

  4. S6: E6

    Jim,Dave,Brian talk video games

  5. S6 Ep5

    Planning next cabin trip. I forget what else. Brian riding me to post this.

  6. S6 Ep4 - Jim Will and Brian talk about life

    The universe in all its wonder are discussed. Come see truly the most well informed, most charismatic, smartest people in all the land

  7. S6 Ep3 - Random postcast

    Some personal stuff. Some political stuff

  8. S6 Ep2 - Jim, Will, Dave, Andrew, Brian, and Pete talk DnD 2nd Edition

    Nostalgia is thy name

  9. S6 Ep1 - David, Will, Jim doing whatever

    There's some stuff we talk about. Best to just listen to figure out what.

  10. S5 Ep21 - McCarrick Computer Services & MobileLAN

    Dave, Andrew, Jim talk about the good ol days

  11. S5 Ep20 - Star Trek II Wrath of Kahn Review

    Does it hold up?

  12. S5 Ep19 - No politics on the horizon

    Dave gets what's coming to him

  13. S5 Ep18 - No more politics! Now what?

    Ramblings of a lost group of friends who want to avoid thinking about politics for as long as possible.

  14. S5 Ep17 - Post election discussion

    It's dark, do not recommend

  15. S5 Ep16 - Just before the election

    Let's goooo!

  16. S5 Ep 15 - Election is almost here! Jim rants and wanders between topics while Will tolerates it. Some news may be contained inside.

    No one checks this anyways

  17. S5 Ep 14 - Mass ballot initiatives! Musk probably breaking federal election law? Also some ramblings.

    Ballot Measures - https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/elections/publications/information-for-voters-24/quest_1.htm Elon Musk - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/20/us/politics/elon-musk-federal-agencies-contracts.html

  18. S5 Ep 13 - Trump/Kamala debate coming! Russia paying for right wing influence. Should we take up blacksmithing?

    Threat to democracy poll - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/04/fear-factor-is-now-hurting-trump/ RFK North Carolina - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/06/north-carolina-early-voting-rfk-court-ruling/ Russia/Influencers -...

  19. S5 Ep 12 - DNC is a big hit! More weirdness from Trump universe. RFP is just not a good person.

    Thomas Flights - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/05/supreme-court-clarence-thomas-harlan-crow/ Arizona Election - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/22/arizona-voting-citizenship-proof-election/ Billionaire Yacht -...

  20. S5 Ep 11 - Tim Walz is chosen! Trump campaign hacked. Paris Olympics wrap up.

    Crowd AI - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/11/trump-falsely-accuses-harris-campaign-fabricated-ai-crowd-photos/ Trump hacked - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/11/trump-hack-iran-elections/ Olympics Medals -...

  21. S5 Ep 10 - Special gaming podcast - Slay the Spire

    It's a game we've all played too much.

  22. S5 Ep 9 - Kamala taking the reigns! Who's gonna be the new VP? JD Vance is off to a bad start.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/26/trump-shark-ev-boat-electrocution/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/28/harris-200-million-fundraising-week/ https://www.newsweek.com/kamala-harris-fake-campaign-ad-elon-musk-1931222

  23. S5 Ep 8 - Biden drops out. Trump almost killed. What even is a workaholic?

    Quiz - https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/07/21/workaholic-addiction-perfectionist-traits-quiz/ Crowdstrike - https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/19/crowdstrike-suffers-major-outage-affecting-businesses-around-the-world.html Donor info -...

  24. S5 Ep 7 - Trump given immunity. UK and France elections show good signs for the left. Project 2025 is depressing.

    Project 2025 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/05/trump-project-2025-disavowal/ France Elections https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/07/07/france-election-result-2024-left-far-right/ Trump Immunity...

  25. S5 Ep 6 - We are back! Biden debate. Supreme court shooting their shot.

    We are back baby! More to come!

  26. S5 Ep 5 - Brian has notes from the last episode. ChatGPT accomplice to crimes. Laura trump named co-head of RNC.

    Just msg me if you want link.

  27. S5 Ep 4 - So much news. Too many tangents. Survey of middle class. Candyman Jackson. Trump's lawsuits crossing 1/2 Billion. Dems take back Santos seat.

    Midddle class - https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/02/15/middle-class-financial-security/ Candy Man - https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/02/16/white-house-medical-unit-pharmacy-ronny-jackson/ Sneakers - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/18/trump-sneaker/ 350…

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  28. S5 Ep 3 - Superbowl Psyop. Supreme court weighs in on Trump ballot. Boebert flees district in search of safe space. Biden guilty of being old

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/11/us/politics/biden-hur-special-counsel-age.html https://www.newsweek.com/colorado-newspaper-mocks-lauren-boebert-cartoon-1866626

  29. S5 Ep 2 - Trump 83M lawsuit. Border crisis. Elon blocking from 55B CEO package.

    Trump - https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/01/26/trump-e-jean-carroll-defamation-trial-closing-arguments-jury/ Border Crisis -https://www.npr.org/2024/01/25/1226883552/bipartisan-border-deal-at-risk-of-collapse-under-pressure-from-trump

  30. S5 Ep 1 - Congress pushing new/same budget. Ukraine in need of help. A whole lot of ramblings.

    Congress new budget - https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/01/07/congress-budget-deal/ Elon Replacement theory - https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/elon-musk-great-replacement-conspiracy-theory-1234941337/ Ukraine/Russia war -...

  31. S4 Ep 20 - Voting rights act gutted. David hates the new podcast name. Everyone needs a Dudesy Mug.

    OpenAI - https://time.com/6338789/sam-altman-openai-return-timeline/ Voting Rights - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/20/voting-rights-act-lawsuit/ Republicans Vaccines - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/17/covid-vaccine-partisan-gap/ Tesla Auto-Pilot -...

  32. S4 Ep 19 - Trump deemed not credible after 3 minutes of testimony. Who the hell is Mike Johnson? LecturnGate!

    LecturnGate - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/14/us/arkansas-foia-huckabee-sanders.html Hide n Sweep - https://www.wayfair.com/appliances/pdp/executive-wood-products-hide-n-sweep-ewp10000.html Mike Johnson -...

  33. S4 Ep 18 - House Speaker Hot Potato. Effective altruism vs Prisoner's Dilema. Blank Check is the craziest kids movie ever. Seriously you have no idea.

    11-year-old Preston Waters laments his relative lack of money compared to his entrepreneurial older brothers and his working class father, an investor. His situation regularly leads him to humiliating situations including having his brothers, 16-year-old Damian and 15-year-old Ralph, commandeer…

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  34. S4 Ep 17 - McCarthy looses seat. Abba inspired ship sails. Planning a trip to Iceland.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6HmBN7G5Ik

  35. S4 Ep 16 - Congress kicks can on funding the govt. Trump found liable for fraud. Menedez claims ignorance about surprise golden bars in safe. New X CEO off to a rough start.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/10/01/trump-trials-case-tracker/ https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-letitia-james-fraud-lawsuit-1569245a9284427117b8d3ba5da74249 https://apnews.com/article/menendez-bribery-senate-indictment-19e927d60aa5a014889ceb76ef756e56...

  36. S4 Ep 15 - Boebert goes to Broadway. Trump wins another a golf tournament without showing up. Elon sues the ACLU.

    Russell Brand - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/russell-brand-rape-sexual-assault-abuse-allegations-investigation-v5hxdlmb6 Danny Masterson - https://time.com/6314436/ashton-kutcher-steps-down-thorn-danny-masterson/ Trump Idictments -...

  37. S4 Ep 14 - A big nothingburger. MTG loves those biden nudes. Barbenheimer is here. Musk is suing twitter lawyers for notprotecting him from himself. Michigan looks to punish fake electors.

    https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/21/politics/michigan-fake-electors-charging-documents/index.html https://www.axios.com/2023/07/15/elon-musk-twitter-wachtell-lipton-rosen-katz https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66252781

  38. S4 Ep 13 - New Podcast name! Supreme Court hypothesizes on rulings, we hypothesize on how the law works. Musk and Zuck wanna duke it out. Then the last bit is Ted Lasso and other random shows.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/01/technology/elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg-cage-match.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/03/us/politics/same-sex-marriage-document-supreme-court.html https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/russias-accidental-no-good-very-failed-coup

  39. S4 Ep12 - Trump indictment released! PGA sells out to MBS. Apple released a VR headset for 10X the price of everyone else. I predict 5 minutes for pre-orders to sellout.

    Trump - https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/09/trump-indictment-takeaways-00101376 ChatGPT - https://apnews.com/article/artificial-intelligence-chatgpt-courts-e15023d7e6fdf4f099aa122437dbb59b Golf -...

  40. S4 Ep11 - Debt Ceiling deal passes! People in Utah use anti-woke policies to ban Bible. Brooklyn trying out community policing.

    Debt Ceiling - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/03/biden-debt-ceiling/ Utah - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/03/tennessee-drag-law-unconstitutional/ Brooklyn - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/04/nyregion/brooklyn-brownsville-no-police.html

  41. S4 Ep10 - Depressing news podcast. I dunno what happened here. We spiraled and then went off into random topics. Some stuff about DeSantis, Santos, Russia, Disney, Abortion. Fun times...

    Russia - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/21/world/europe/russia-sanctions-trump.html Wyoming Abortion - https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/3/23/23653183/abortion-wyoming-obamacare-barack-obama-supreme-court-johnson George Santos -...

  42. S4 Ep9 - Episode recorded 4/23/23

    I forget what we talked about. Uploading now so my girlfriend doesn't kill me.

  43. Breaking Greggs - Succession Review - S1 Ep1 & 2

    Jim and Will are going through Secession and discussing their thoughts on each episode.

  44. S4 Ep8 - SO MUCH NEWS. Trump indictment released. GOP generally being awful. Abortion bans. Clarence Thomas hangs out with the villain from Indiana Jones. SO MUCH MORE

    Clarence Thomas - https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-scotus-john-roberts-investigation-crow Tennessee Three - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65182502 Abortion Pill ban - https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/doj-asks-appeals-court-emergency-stay-abortion-pill/story?id=98472583…

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  45. S4 Ep7 - Trump indicted! Elon gonna Elon. Desantis can't beat the mouse. Dominion exposes fox

    Trump indicted - https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/31/politics/trump-indictment-what-to-know/index.html Desantis & Disney - https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/04/disney-king-charles-iii-ron-desantis-rule-of-perpetuities-royal-lives-clause.html Twitter Blue -...

  46. S4 Ep6 - Netanyahu shooting his shot. Desantis dropping in the polls. Book banning. Then Jim rants about succession.

    Israel - https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/26/israel-netanyahu-gallant-defense-minister/ Utah Bible - https://nypost.com/2023/03/23/utah-parent-wants-bible-removed-from-schools-its-pornographic/ maralago -...

  47. S4 Ep5 - SVB gone belly up. Trump prosecution imminent. Dominion lawsuit exposes fox news. A special friend (of a friend) runs for congress.

    CPAC - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/03/haley-trump-cpac-2024-presidential/ Jenna Ellis - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/09/jenna-ellis-colorado/ Child labor Laws - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/08/huckabee-sanders-arkansas-child-labor/ Boy…

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  48. S4 Ep4 - Good news pod (mostly). Jobs are up. Democrats shuffle up dem primaries. Trump losing more support. COVID surge has peaked!

    COVID - https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/02/03/1153970427/u-s-covid-winter-surge-fading-fast Jobs - https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/03/jobs-report-january-2023-.html Netflix -...

  49. S4 Ep3 - George Santos plot thickens. Ukraine getting support in tank form. Never piss off internet nerds who pay for shit. Buzzfeed automates listicles to ChatGPT. Paul Pelosi video released.

    Wizards - https://www.axios.com/2023/01/27/dungeons-dragons-publisher-abandons-controversial-license-changes Buzzfeed - https://www.wsj.com/articles/buzzfeed-to-use-chatgpt-creator-openai-to-help-create-some-of-its-content-11674752660 Ukraine tanks -...

  50. S4 Ep2 - George Santos history coming out. Biden keeps finding more secret documents. Gas stoves come under fire. Elon breaks record for losing money the fastest. DnD OGL license fiasco.

    Elon - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/12/elon-musk-breaks-world-record-for-largest-loss-of-personal-fortune-in-history#:~:text=2023%2022.05%20EST-,Elon%20Musk%20has%20broken%20the%20world%20record%20for%20the%20largest,%24200bn%2C%20the%20report%20said. Gas Stoves -...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Life long millennial friends talking politics. Also, occasional rants about random shit because apparently ADHD is a thing. Perfect for background noise for commuting or that feeling that people are in the room when you're working remotely.

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James McCarrick

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