Monday, January 13 – We started with the Oscar nominations
(Trevor was impressed at how saltily Issa Rae congratulated the all-male
nominated directors,) followed by Cory Booker dropping out of the presidential
race and a Galapagos tortoise that helped restart the island’s tortoise
population (great remarks about all the praise for the male tortoise but no
love for the females who gave birth to the 2,000
babies.) I’m glad the show went further into Harry and Meghan’s step back
from the royal family. The part on tabloid coverage was especially good
(“Prince Andrew’s having sleepovers at Jeffrey Epstein’s and the media is like,
‘Meghan Markle just ordered avocado!!!’”)
Next was Trump’s BS-ing on the “imminent threat” posed by Qassem Soleimani. I
liked Trevor’s point that saying, “I can reveal that I believe…” tells you
nothing. David Alan Grier was the guest, promoting the Broadway revival of A Soldier’s Play.
Tuesday, January 14 – Debate time again. I loved Trevor’s
take on Warren’s response about a woman’s electability: “Forget the wealth tax,
she just took two balls from every
man on that stage!” He also had strong remarks on money in the race, with Tom
Steyer receiving astonishing-good numbers in early-polling states because he’s
flooded the airwaves with millions of dollars’ worth of ads (he’s spent more in
one state than multiple candidates combined
have spent on their entire ad campaigns!) Jordan did a great field piece on the
upcoming Iowa caucus, with everyone awkwardly trying to explain how they’re
diverse in their hearts if not in
actual reality. The guest, conservative author Rick Wilson, laid out how he
thinks Democrats can beat Trump in 2020, which boiled down to, “Talk less, /
Smile more. / Don’t let them know what you’re against or what you’re for.”
Wednesday, January 15 – Opening blurbs on a Delta flight
dumping fuel on schoolchildren (“LA, this is God’s punishment for not
nominating any female directors!”), a man using a still-on-the-books law to
request a “trial by combat” divorce, and some chilliness between Elizabeth
Warren and Bernie Sanders after the last debate. We covered the House
“marching” the articles of impeachment to the Senate floor like “the most
somber pizza delivery ever.” Ronny reported on this year’s CES, featuring a
smart faucet of dubious usefulness, some unimpressive AIs (“Why do I have to
ask the guy to ask the robot a question? Imagine if that
was how Siri worked!”), and a DNA-based healthy-shopping assistant. Guest Yara Shahidi discussed her long tenure playing Zoey on Black-ish and Grown-ish;
I liked what she said about viewing Zoey as almost another aspect of herself at
this point.
Thursday, January 16 – Great bit on the two Popes’ dueling
opinions on celibacy – I liked Trevor’s theory that God was pranking Benedict
this whole time. We also covered news that Boeing knew about problems with the
737 Max, and I loved the bit on Spotify making playlists and podcasts for dogs
(“You’re an up-and-comer, your numbers are blowing up, you go on tour, and you find out all your fans are dogs!!”)
The latest impeachment stuff was Lev Parnas’s claim that Trump knew everything
he and Giuliani were doing. I liked the part about Parnas threatening to
release another picture of the two of them each time Trump denied knowing him.
New sports piece from Roy and Michael, touching on Odell Beckham Jr.’s arrest,
the Houston Astros being caught cheating, and the Olympics banning protests.
The guest was Susie Essman, who talked about the unique environment of working
on Curb Your Enthusiasm.
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