Monday, January 15 – Touching on the
stupid Internet challenge of eating Tide pods, I loved the disclaimer on the
screen (for the benefit of Trevor’s mom!) that the pod he ate wasn’t real. There was only time to briefly mention the
hush money Trump allegedly paid to a porn star before getting back to his
immigration comments. I really liked the
parallel Trevor drew to the Access Hollywood tape, that for some, the specific
vulgarity Trump used (pussy/shithole) is overshadowing the intent behind those
words (sexual assault/racism.) Good
story on the accidental alert sent of an impending nuclear strike on Hawaii – I
think they did a nice job exploring what would go through your head in a time
like that. Author Vashti Harrison was
the guest, promoting her new illustrated book on Black women leaders. She had a lovely story tying together
Nichelle Nichols from Star Trek and
Mae Jemison, the first Black woman in space.
Tuesday, January 16 – The navy doctor
signing Trump’s clean bill of health perplexed me, as he evidently did
Trevor. Nice retrospective on Chris Christie’s time as governor of New Jersey; I liked the observation that he
didn’t run for president when he should have and then ran when he shouldn’t
have. Ronny had a new tech piece on the
latest innovations, which were great as always.
I loved his fear of “brain-to-vehicle” technology accidentally driving
him to his ex-girlfriend’s house, his worries about what targeted ads he’d get
from a smart toilet, and his plan to blame any erectile dysfunction on Russia
hacking his smart underwear. The guest,
Ricky Martin, was awesome. He was
clearly passionate about the Gianni Versace project he’s involved in, as well
as his efforts to help Puerto Rico since the hurricane, and I really liked what
he said about his journey toward coming out.
Wednesday, January 17 – More on Trump’s
medical exam, with Trevor questioning how a 70-year-old man managed to grow an
inch (that conveniently keeps him from being classified as obese) and how “find
the rhino” is a valid test of a president’s mental fitness. The show covered a recent congressional
oversight hearing, where Cory Booker went off on Kirstjen Nielson for being
“unable to recall” Trump’s words on immigration. I loved Trevor calling her out for refusing
to admit that Norway was a majority-white country, as well as looking at how
Trump’s people continually attempt to spin his racism. We revisited the “Trump camp paid hush money
to a porn star” story, wherein Trevor applauded Trump’s “progress” in having an
apparently-consensual affair. I liked
the interview with Anthony Bourdain, who used his experiences filming his food
travel show to refute Trump’s ugly claims about immigrants.
Thursday, January 18 – Excellent story on
the ongoing immigration question. Today,
we looked at the real facts about the diversity visa lottery and what Trump
refers to as “chain migration,” contrasted with the staggering ignorance Trump
displays at the programs he’s crusading to do away with. I really appreciated Trevor’s words as an
immigrant himself, watching Trump is move on from cracking down on illegal
immigration to attack legal immigration as well. Next was an In Other News featuring North
Korea’s two Olympic athletes (dwarfed by their 200+-member cheering squad,)
Google’s new app that matches your face to a portrait, and Saudi Arabia
allowing cinemas (I liked Trevor’s riff on how weird it will be for them
starting with new movies and working backwards.) Ricky Gervais was the guest. In between promoting Child Support, he tried to wrap his head around Trump.
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