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The News Never Ends

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This is The News Never Ends, and we're your hosts, Dan Ackerman and Peter Ronson!We record our 'cast out of Chicago and release a new episode every Thursday, serving up the hottest takes from a panel of our funniest and most online friends, Chicago-based and nationwide, professional comedians and weirdos in our chatgroups. We cover everything from what happened this week to what happened last week and everything in between, including interviews with authors, journalists, activists, workers in the comedy industry, and freakish combinations of all of the above.We are so grateful to all of our listeners and encourage all of you to contact us at [email protected] with any feedback, tips for topics, or just to say hi. We're especially grateful to our listeners who contribute to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thenewsneverendsJust like the news, you will never end.

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  1. #152: On a High Note (2021/8/16)

    This is Dan (@DarnArckerman) and Peter (@petertariat), coming at you one more time. Thank you to all the fans, all the haters, all the Galaxy Brain Club members, all the guests, and all the friends. Glad I took a while to edit this so we could get in an opening montage on Afghanistan. And stick...

  2. #151: Pokémon Go Home (2021/7/9)

    Obamas-produced music, classical poetry, and post-colonial pokymans. What more could you want? Timestamps: 0:00: Ben Garrison and Don Quixote 24:06: Haiti 30:54: Pokémon Gyms Falling to the Taliban 48:40: We The People Links: Ben Garrison’s Quixotic Reality...

  3. #150: Lindyman Creepypasta (2021/6/22)

    We need a vacation from our leaders' vacations! Overtimes here!: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Links: On the need to invent NATO & Israel https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1404452816379338760 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYLNCcLfIkM Andrew Yang on the mentally ill...

  4. #149: From the River to the Tea (2021/5/28)

    Biden's do-nothing presidency, Eve Fartlow, and, you guessed it, we go off on Jewish history. And the coming global population crash only on Overtime!: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Links: Neturei Karta demonstrator https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMecScvLJ/ Neturei Karta pic...

  5. #148: Apartheid Israel or Free Palestine (2021/5/14)

    On the 2021 assaults on Sheikh Jarrah, Al-Aqsa, Gaza, and all Palestinians. We actually have some Overtime this week!: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Links: Dammi Falastini https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7LE-8QQG2Y The US house thief in Palestine...

  6. #147: Hikiko & Morty (2021/4/29)

    On declining empire, markets, and population growth. Getchur Overtime here!: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Links: Biden address to Congress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-AqSYODI-Y Harris scolds Guatemala https://twitter.com/dilemmv/status/1386879356924989440 Tom Lehrer: “What Ever Became…

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  7. #146: New Deal of the Ages (2021/4/9)

    We took a quick break, so we just strap on our 33rd-degree aprons to check in. Oh and there's actually an Overtime this week!: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Theme song credit: "Robobozo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License...

  8. #145: Switchin Them Positions Of Strength (2021/3/20)

    Reporting live from Anchorage, Alaska, it's the Yang Jiechi fan club. From war on China to pogroms against Asian workers, the US has no idea what it is unleashing on the world. Next week I promise we'll have an Overtime!: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Links: ALASKA FULL VIDEO (except for...

  9. #144: Cuomosexual Predators (2021/3/5)

    The butcher of Albany isn't the only Democrat out for blood this week. We talk the death of the $15 minimum wage, the ever-expanding child immigrant concentration camps, and the Democrats' plan to lose forever. And we do some successful propagandizing on Overtime! www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends...

  10. #143: Why Did We Bomb Syria? (2021/2/28)

    Pandemic's over, concentration camps are opening, minimum wage will never go up, the Great Satan is bombing Syria, it's 2017 again, and all's right in the world. Just chilling on Overtime: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Links: Witness at the Border facebook group...

  11. #142: Everything's More Broken in Texas (2021/2/20)

    Texas freeze, debt forgiveness, and a review of Judas and the Black Messiah! Get access to Overtime and archived eps!: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Theme song credit: "Robobozo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License...

  12. #141: Last Season's Ideologies (2021/2/13)

    Nathan Robinson, Brooklyn 99, the whole Biden purge is underway. What horror will replace it? Can't hear us on Impeachment 2 except on Overtime!: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Theme song credit: "Robobozo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0...

  13. #140: The Yemen-Ending Story (2021/2/5)

    Now all those troops can come home from their video game murder booths in Las Vegas! We did that bad discourse on Overtime!: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Links: Biden on Iran with Yemen (around 8:30) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVcxWv_tMDU Kimmel thread...

  14. #139: Hot Stonks Tips, or: Spekulation (2021/1/31)

    BUY! BUY! BUY! A monthly subscription to our patreon ;) Eek!! It's the Terror on Overtime!: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Links: Thomas Friedman on Gamestonk https://twitter.com/ianbremmer/status/1355200896385343490 Chamath vs Ken https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/1354091262505340929…

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  15. #138: What Just Happened? (2021/1/22)

    Wasn't there a weird president? I think it was just more of the same on Overtime: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Links: Biden’s arms https://twitter.com/dailycaller/status/1351673463891775491 Lucy Flores https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHbusG3dDrA Amanda Gorman...

  16. #137: I'm Being Told This Isn't Funny (2021/1/15)

    As the narratives on The Events of January 6th mutate and splinter, we check in on the 2nd Impeachment & some of the suspicious characters at the storming of the Capitol. Watch what you tweet! Trump social media ban on Overtime!: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Links: @politicalwilli breaks down...

  17. #136: One More Police Riot (2021/1/11)

    And a Capitol cop just killed himself? What's up with that? The Rollout disaster at Overtime!: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Links: Cops taking selfies in the riot...

  18. #135: The Coverup Era (2020/12/18)

    Rolling blackouts. We talk about that Medicare for All vote (Jimmy Dore) thing on Overtime!: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Links: Official Lightfoot meme https://twitter.com/royalpratt/status/1339236714552946691 “The only white boy you know who did it”...

  19. #134: The Feinstein & Fall of the Amerikan Empire (2020/12/13)

    Critical support for the septuagenarian wing vs the octogenarian clique. We talk Vaush, Hakim, & Destiny on Overtime!: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Links: Jane Mayer: “Dianne Feinstein’s Missteps Raise a Painful Age Question Among Senate Democrats”...

  20. #133: Biggle Back Better (2020/12/4)

    I'm sorry, I shouldn't'a said that... With Neera Tanden on Overtime!: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Timestamps: 0:00: Intro 1:25: The Bet into the Dem reign 19:58: Morebama 25:00: The non-coups will never end Links: Biden can't name a progressive in his cabinet...

  21. #132: Turkey Day Purge (2020/11/29)

    If your party's lifeblood is clogged from the feast... Plus new books from Obama & Jordan Peterson on Overtime!: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Theme song credit: "Robobozo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License...

  22. #131: Dark Winter Wonderland (2020/11/14)

    Reindeer swim back and forth from the Island of Misfit Toys all the time... We drain the swamp once more on Overtime!: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Links: Biden says “Dark Winter” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjOEHA_rXnQ Whitney Webb’s “All Roads Lead to Dark Winter”...

  23. #130: The Third Thumb (2020/11/8)

    We recorded this Friday morning, still stand by it. We just talk more of the same on Overtime: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Theme song credit: "Robobozo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  24. #129: Only In Hell (2020/11/1)

    Last call for takes. On Overtime we talk Aaron Sorkin's Chicago 7 Trial movie!: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Links: I LOVE TEXAS https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1322700188624932869 Bobulinski on Carlson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z4FyhdQJd8 Biden explodes at Bo Erickson...

  25. #128: Cube 2: Back in the Cube (2020/10/16)

    We become the last people on earth to sound off on Trump getting covid, but we make up for it with the Return of Cube. The FBI-entrapped Plot Against Michigan on Overtime!: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Timestamps: 0:00: Intro 1:08: Covid in the Republican Party, gerontocracy, & other nonsense...

  26. #127: Trump has covid (2020/10/2)

    Well, we thought the debate would be the big story. Comey Rule on Overtime! www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Links: “Inshallah” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Phv4RW56sg Trump on stupid bastards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmmoLOrbUag Biden stupid bastards...

  27. #126: Death's Court (2020/9/25)

    We are ruled by the dead Louisville after Breonna Taylor on Overtime: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Timestamps: 0:00: Intro 1:21: RIPRBG 22:42: Dueling color revolutions 33:31: Debate prep Links: RBG clerk army...

  28. #125: Everyone Loots (2020/9/14)

    Revolutionaries loot. Counterrevolutionaries loot. Imperialists loot. Anti-imperialists loot. As Rumsfeld said, "Stuff happens!" One stuff is we reviewed Vicky Osterweil's In Defense of Looting. On Overtime we talk about the disappearing funding gap between Trump and Biden!...

  29. #124: The Hairy Knoll (2020/9/4)

    There literally was a second stylist. Navalny on Overtime!: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Timestamps: 0:00: Jessica Krug intro 1:09: Markey, JK3, elections 30:08: Pelosi’s haircut Links: Jessica Krug https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n40wEIFtImU Joy Ann Reid on Muslims...

  30. #123: ok, rnc (2020/8/28)

    Kenosha, RNC, basketball strikes. Overtime on all kinds o' nonsense: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Timestamps: 0:00: Intro 1:10: RNC 19:35: Kenosha 32:38: Basketball strike Links: ARE YOU LISTENING YET? https://twitter.com/vinguyen/status/1298332008565952512 Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared 2 - Time...

  31. #122: ok, dnc (2020/8/21)

    It's the thing this week. Still getting out pod legs back, so no overtime this week, but still subscribe!: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Timestamps 0:00: Intro & horserace 9:59: DNC 37:23: A little more on Belarus 43:16: Laura Loomer, Madison Cawthorn, and the next gen Republicans Links Trump…

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  32. #121: Cop Top (2020/8/16)

    Kamala Harris and Alex Morse, you know. Overtime we give an already-outdated Chicago update: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Timestamps: 0:00: Biden remix intro 1:02: Veepstakes review 27:07: Alex Morse Links: Biden’s stand on testing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2OZpH8bVcE WAP...

  33. #120: The Portland Method (2020/7/22)

    To close out before our summer break, we assess the state of the crackdown. Stay safe out there, friends! Plus, finally a new Overtime, and it's a great one! What's new with Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, Judge Esther Salas, Roy Den Hollander, and one comedic name too powerful to speak:...

  34. #119: Bye Bye Bari (2020/7/19)

    Bari's out, Disneyworld's open, and Cuomo has woven the eternal cycle of life and death out of the very flesh of this world! You know you wanna subscribe: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Timestamps: 0:00: Intro 1:57: Twitter hacks 11:59: Bye Bye Bari 37:11: Corona update Disney 49:42: Corona...

  35. #118: NOlympics 2020 w/ Gigi Droesch & Collin Lapinsky (2020/7/12)

    We check back in on NOlympics LA with new comrade Gigi Droesch and old friend Collin Lapinsky. Gonna put the first 50-ep archive on the Galaxy Brain feed in the coming weeks, including the original NOlympics ep, so subscribe to get it all!: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Info about the teach-in...

  36. #117: Alright, We Did The Letter (2020/7/10)

    Sincerely, JK Rowling, Bari Weiss, Jesse Singal, and ... DAN AND PETER??? It'll take a couple days, but we're opening the vault on Overtime!: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Timestamps: 0:00: Opening, Bari Weiss on Joe Rogan 1:24: Bullshit 3:32: The Letter 39:23: Bountygate update Links: Weiss…

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  37. #116: Bounty Fair (2020/7/6)

    The quicker picker upper: Racist fantasy. No overtime this week, but we got some good reasons to subscribe: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Timestamps: 0:00: Intro & Ghislaine Maxwell 7:25: Fall of CHAZ, rise of Occupy City Hall 16:31: Afghanistan & the “bounty” lie Links: Biden says, “I’m…

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  38. #115: Firework Show (2020/6/26)

    Bang bang. Bang bang bang! On Overtime, the return of Jon Stewart and the death of JFK: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Timestamps: 0:00: The Hollywood Ten 6:27: Douthat’s “Second Defeat of Bernie Sanders” 25:31: Chariton’s “Bernie’s ‘Magical Thinking’” 38:21: Fireworks 44:46: Shake Shack cops...

  39. #114: Unified Theory (2020/6/19)

    Dan can’t remember the word “twine”. He calls it "yarn". And we talk World War Four. The Comedy Apocalypse on Overtime!: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Timestamps: 0:00: Lesser Evil 10:31: Tucker Carlson & where is the right’s head at? 24:33: Second Wave 33:47: Chinagate 45:55: Unified Theory...

  40. #113: CHAZ CHAZ Revolution (2020/6/12)

    All power to the CHAZ! Down with the DC Commune! We take responsibility! Talking police abolition and more on Overtime!: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Timestamps: 0:00: Red CHAZ 34:43: Black Cube 50:21: Orange Counterrevolution Links: CHAZ control map...

  41. #113: CHAZ CHAZ Revolution (2020/6/12)

    All power to the CHAZ! Down with the DC Commune! We take responsibility! Talking police abolition and more on Overtime!: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Timestamps: 0:00: Red CHAZ 34:43: Black Cube of Saturn 50:21: Orange Revolution Links: CHAZ control map...

  42. #112: Kettler-Colonial State (2020/6/6)

    We found out after recording that Chicago's already walking the eightfold path. Ready to fight to make every police department more like CPD?: https://twitter.com/chicagosmayor/status/1269000528807092226 No Overtime this week, but as always, check out: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Links:...

  43. #111: George Floyd's Country (2020/5/30)

    Recorded on Thurs. May 28 before the 3rd Precinct fell. Couple quick minutes on Trump v Twitter on Overtime: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Follow Minnesota Freedom Fund for places to give: https://www.facebook.com/mnfreedomfund Links: CNN logo wrecked...

  44. #110: Too Good To Be Jew? (2020/5/22)

    The Establishment is timing these scandals on Fridays so TNNE can't cover it when Biden tells Charlamagne tha God "you ain't Black". Anyway, we talked about the planned demolition of Ronan Farrow and how Democrats want to bone their politicians. And things get X-rated in our Overtime on the new...

  45. #109: OBAMAGATE! (2020/5/15)

    It's not going away! Solar Opposites and the campaign to get us to change the name of "Overtime" on Overtime!: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Timestamps: 0:00: Ripping off Chapo 12:18: DSA vanguard 16:43: JK3 24:24: OBAMAGATE! Hope you had fun investigating me...

  46. #108: Meltdown Maiorum (2020/5/8)

    We talk about the lynching at the end. Otherwise, this one is just a break to talk about some nonsense. Happy meltdowns, people. Face the end of quarantine on Overtime: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Timestamps: 0:00: The baby 3:33: Meltdown May 14:20: Biden tries to go viral 35:32: The…

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  47. #107: tfw no comment (2020/5/1)

    We recorded the day before Biden went on Morning Joe to talk about Tara Reade, but we still got a lot of updates on the story in. Then, Peter and Dan talk about the new documentary “tfw no gf”. Then it’s more like Woman-vertime with Mrs. America!: https://www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends...

  48. #106: Smash the UCB Gang of Four (2020/4/27)

    UCB RIP. Go sicko mode and subscribe to us on Patreon! Overtime this week's on the Labour report: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Timestamps: 0:00: Assorted bullshit 17:44: UCB RIP 26:06: Non-place 30:35: Jesse Ventura 33:54: Donna Shalala Links: Gang of Four...

  49. #105: We'll Always Have Fort Detrick (2020/4/19)

    We have some fun and run down the best and worst alternative views of the coronavirus pandemic. Support this kinda thing! I swear, Overtime's back next week: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Timestamps: 0:00: Intro audio montage 11:25: Theory 0, Operation Gridlock 1:57: Mark Fisher 21:32: Theory…

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  50. #104: Bernie Out (2020/4/13)

    Bernie's out! Wisconsin was an atrocity. A little shell-shocked this ep, but we're bouncing back. No Overtime this time, but we're soooo close to $69/month!: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Links: Biden endorses in-person WI election once https://twitter.com/Jamie_Maz/status/1247705643194224654...

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This is The News Never Ends, and we're your hosts, Dan Ackerman and Peter Ronson!We record our 'cast out of Chicago and release a new episode every Thursday, serving up the hottest takes from a panel of our funniest and most online friends, Chicago-based and nationwide, professional comedians and weirdos in our chatgroups. We cover everything from what happened this week to what happened last week and everything in between, including interviews with authors, journalists, activists, workers in the comedy industry, and freakish combinations of all of the above.We are so grateful to all of our listeners and encourage all of you to contact us at [email protected] with any feedback, tips for topics, or just to say hi. We're especially grateful to our listeners who contribute to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thenewsneverendsJust like the news, you will never end.

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