Monday, January 7 – Trevor tsked at
Rashida Tlaib calling Trump a motherfucker, disappointed that she hadn’t come
up with a more specific insult. We
looked at a failed attempt to clean up a garbage patch in the ocean (which
Trevor predicted as the big bad in the next Aquaman,)
then moved onto the government shutdown.
Great story. Trevor covered Trump
assuming the furloughed government workers care more about the wall than
getting paychecks, and I loved his response to news that people are pooping on
the ground at national parks – “Who’s the shithole country now?” Roy discussed R. Kelly’s streaming numbers
increasing after a documentary about his sexual abuse allegations, blaming news
stories that pair reports on the allegations with clips of his music. Malala Yousafzai was the guest, talking about
understanding refugees by listening to their stories and generally being
awesome.
Tuesday, January 8 – Open blubs on far
more people thinking they have food allergies than actually do, hospitals now
having to publicly post the price of every service, and a self-driving car
hitting a robt at the consumer electronics show – loved the speculation that the
robot revolution might actually involving them fighting each other. Next up was Trump floating the idea of
declaring a national emergency to get the wall built. I liked the comment that Trump governs like a
man standing on a ledge – “I haven’t done it, but I might!!!” – and good
remarks about Trump inadvertently shining a “black light” on holes in the
Constitution. Michael had another piece
on Swiss gun ownership, visiting the world’s largest gun festival; the most
telling moment for me was the fact that schools there don’t have active-threat
drills. The guest, author and advocate
Marc Mauer, discussed why life sentences are an ineffective eway to reduce
crime.
Wednesday, January 9 – Crazy that redacted
info was leaked because Paul Manafort’s lawyers couldn’t edit a PDF. We also got quick jokes on Tiffany’s being
more open about its diamond sources (featuring Trevor’s still-fresh annoyance
at Leonardo DiCaprio’s South African accent in Blood Diamond) and a weird factoid from J.K. Rowling about what
wizards did before toilets – why?? We covered
Trump’s address, which Trevor maintained should’ve come with an adult content
warning, along with the Democratic response; I laughed at Trevor saying,
“Seriously, guys, you’re sharing a
podium? They really are socialists!” After a montage of CNBC pundits struggling to
talk about Jeff Bezos’s divorce, Desi low-key proposed to the former Mrs.
Bezos, who’s just come into $66 billion.
Nice interview with director Barry Jenkins, talking about the importance
of exploring the full range of characters’ humanity in If Beale Street Could Talk.
Thursday, January 10 – We opened with Beto O’Rourke Instagramming a dental cleaning, Rep. Steve King asking what’s so
wrong about white supremacy, and a French restaurant for nudists going out of
business (surprising no one.) More on
the shutdown. Michael talked to
protesting federal workers, and Trevor looked at Trump’s border visit and the revelation
that the “steel slats” barrier can be sawed through with common tools. I loved Trevor’s plan for merit-based
immigration to reflect the skills immigrants use to get past the wall. Next, Trevor meditated on The Upside and the controversy over an
able-bodied actor playing a disabled lead character. Disappointing that he hadn’t seen the big
deal about that, but good that he understood after listening online to a disabled
actor’s experiences. The guest was John
David Washington, discussing the extraordinary true story of BlacKkKlansman and working with Spike
Lee.
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