Episode 23- Ms. New Rudy

Please take a second to like, subscribe, rate, and review us on iTunes. Rudy Giuliani’s marriage may be over, but we’re just getting started. We’ve got quick hits on Scott Pruitt, Sinclair media, and all the Twitter drama, from Kurt Eichenwald to Kevin D. Williamson. In terrible takes, we have Tucker Carlson afraid of the fairer sex, Preet Bharara loving on Jeff Bezos, and Ezra Klein flattering our soulless information overlord, Mark Zuckerberg. For a marathon pop culture corner, we’re talking about Nnedi Okorafor’s Binti trilogy, John Hodgman’s Vacationland, Warren Beatty’s Reds, HBO’s Silicon Valley, and the ignominious rebirth of the most foul-mouthed friend of Israel, Roseanne Barr. For story time this week, Sam will tell you about getting into a fight with someone aggressively asserting their right to recline on a transatlantic flight.

Linkz:

LOVE IS DEAD
http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/381680-rudy-giulianis-wife-files-for-divorce?rnd=1522874846&

Deadbeat Scott Pruitt “The Kato Kaelin of Capitol Hill”
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/382006-pruitt-overstayed-his-welcome-at-condo-rental-report

Never stop stealing: the DEA edition
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/03/29/since-2007-the-dea-has-taken-3-2-billion-in-cash-from-people-not-charged-with-a-crime/?utm_term=.4ebc8059a502

The Sinclair unison supercut is the demonic voice of corporate monoculture
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/04/anchors-reciting-sinclair-propaganda-is-terrifying-in-unison.html?utm_campaign=nym&utm_medium=s1&utm_source=fb

Seattle Times Investigation of Sinclair
https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/tv/turmoil-inside-komo-news-as-conservative-owner-sinclair-mandates-talking-points/

Eichenwald Mania
https://www.mediaite.com/online/the-kurt-eichenwald-ben-shapiro-drama-takes-bizarre-turn-there-are-no-words/
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/381519-vanity-fair-distances-itself-from-kurt-eichenwald-after-journalist-launches
https://theoutline.com/post/749/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy-of-kurt-eichenwald?zd=1&zi=lxj6oy3a

Tucker Carlson the virgin thinks there are too many girls on campus
https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2018/03/28/tucker-carlson-laments-success-women-college-campuses-america/219771

Ezra Klein’s Embarrassing Softball Interview With Zuckerberg
https://www.vox.com/2018/4/2/17185052/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-interview-fake-news-bots-cambridge

Long read about the making of Reds
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2006/03/reds200603

HBO’s Silicon Valley
https://www.critmediations.com/essays/2018/3/27/silicon-valley-hbo

Roseanne’s descent to Edgelord
https://www.alternet.org/grayzone-project/roseanne-barrs-bizarre-evolution-national-comic-sensation-racist-twitter-troll
http://www.vulture.com/2018/04/remember-when-roseanne-ran-for-president.html
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/roseanne-boss-asks-viewers-separate-revival-controversial-stars-persona-1099523?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/opinion/roseanne-reboot-trump.html
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/black-ish-creator-kenya-barris-plots-exit-abc-studios-pact-clashes-1099582
http://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/381395-roseanne-is-bringing-conservative-american-women-out-of-the-closet