Monday, January 28 – First was Starbucks
CEO Howard Schultz possibly running for president – I liked the bit about the
ballots spelling his name wrong. We also
had a few jokes on Facebook merging with Instagram and WhatsApp, and the U.S.
agreeing to tentative peace terms with the Taliban (good joke on how long that
war’s been going on, the “Grey’s Anatomy
of wars”: “I think we all lost track
around season 9.”) The big story was the end of the shutdown, with billions of dollars lost to the economy, the IRS
being behind for up to a year, and the chance that this could all happen again
in three weeks. I liked the piece on Roger Stone’s arrest,
especially Trevor comparing the Fox News pundits’ critiques of the FBI raid
with their indifference to police brutality against Black people. The guest, comedian Mo Amer, talked about the
20 years it took him to get citizenship and trying to travel the world as a
comedian with no passport.
Tuesday, January 29 – Good jokes on how
nervous Matt Whitaker looked talking about the Mueller probe – my favorite was,
“Is this press conference in a sauna?” A
couple quick tech bits: an app in China
that alerts you to debtors in your immediate vicinity(???) and a FaceTime bug
that lets callers spy on you until you respond.
More on Howard Schultz, with Democrats not wanting him to split the vote
and Trump eager at the prospect. I loved
the bit about Trump using “reverse psychology” (insulting Schultz on Twitter to
get him to run) and then announcing
that’s what he was doing (at a rally.)
Crazy story from Desi on fracking wells going up next to a school; that’s
despicable, especially the news that the wells got moved from their first
planned site (near a fancy charter school.)
Great interview with Sallie Krawcheck, talking women in business and the
drastic actions needed to bust up the systemic sexism across industries.
Wednesday, January 30 – Opening blurbs on
Fyre Festival, an anti-vaxxer-driven measles outbreak (loved the bit about a
doctor saying, “Oh, so now you want
my advice?!”), a chicken nuggets recall, and an art installation blasting
Toto’s “Africa” in the desert (great joke about someone lost thinking they’ve
found civilization, only to discover that it’s just a giant iPod.) Next was the polar vortex – we looked at news
anchors who go out into dangerous weather to report on it and Trump’s stupidity
over climate change. I loved Ronny’s
attempt, once more, to explain the difference between weather and climate,
which ended in a fit of rage. We also
got Trump at odds with his own intelligence community; fun bit on how he lists
the now-fired “bad ones” like Santa’s reindeer.
Chris Christie was the guest. No
doubt Trevor could’ve gone further, but it was interesting to get a glimpse of
someone who continues to support Trump.
Thursday, January 31 – I loved Trevor’s
impression of Mitch McConnell getting huffy at making Election Day a federal
holiday, “because if all the maids and butlers go vote, who will iron my
toast?” More on Republicans worrying
over Roger Stone, a fun bit on social media as a factor in insurance premiums,
and Trump cracking down on not calling the wall a wall (when he was the main
one wavering over what we were calling it.)
Michael and Roy did a pre-Super Bowl piece – the bit about the
“line-back” coach was so funny, great visuals.
Neal Brennan had an amusing piece proposing “common-sense social media
control,” like background checks (i.e. making sure your baby isn’t in your
thirst trap photos) and mental health assessments (“#3. Do Jews control the
weather?”) Minnesota’s Ilhan Omar was
the guest. I really liked what she said
about her remarks on Israel and the difference between criticizing a government
and its people.
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