Normal Country
59 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsEvery week until the inevitable heat death of the planet from manmade climate change, comedians / cat dads Zach Heltzel and Grant Pardee give you a 30,000 foot view of a nation where nothing weird is going on right now.
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Episodes
Ep. 8 - USA 2k19
January 07, 2019 04:41 - 1 hour - 40.2 MBZach and Grant wake up from their respective naps and catch each other up on what's going on with the government shutdown, the 2020 presidential election, and the historical precedent for all the breathtakingly stupid things that are probably about to happen. Also, teens confronting fear!
Ep. 7 - Mailbag Vol. 1
December 24, 2018 03:00 - 1 hour - 70.1 MBGrant asked if we could edit out the part where I revealed to America that he's endowed like a caffeinated Four Loko can but I refused to oblige. In the words of Julian Assange as portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch in the Bill Condon film The Fifth Estate, this is information the world needs to know.
Ep. 6 - Big Meaty Calves
December 17, 2018 03:43 - 1 hour - 31.9 MBThe good small bois talk this week about how the government murdered a seven-year-old, a conservative judge tried to take away your healthcare, and Lorne Michaels colluded with Weezer to hurt Donald Trump's feelings. Also, Sonic the Hedgehog is a thicc bih now and John McAfee tried to screw a whale!
Ep. 5 - Female Presenting Nipples
December 10, 2018 05:18 - 1 hour - 31 MBZach and Grant dive head first into the shallow end of Tumblr's decision to remove NSFW content from its platform and the implications that has for sex workers and vulnerable online communities who have defined the platform over the last decade.
Ep. 4 - No Country for Laura Loomer
December 03, 2018 03:18 - 1 hour - 38.7 MBGeorge H.W. Bush is dead, Mueller's going hard in the paint, deplatforming fascists is super effective, society is on the verge of collapse, and Grant still hasn't played a handheld Pokemon game!
Ep. 3 - O'Malley Would Have Won (with Zach's Mom!)
November 25, 2018 23:53 - 1 hour - 29.4 MBZach and his mom run down the 2020 Democratic primary clown car while Grant gets a week off to be a happy married homeowner and Robert Mueller continues to not drop the album.
Ep. 2 - True Gritty
November 19, 2018 05:19 - 1 hour - 39.3 MBZach gets mad at big tech companies while Grant professes his love and admiration for Gritty as the spectre of Detective Pikachu looms over the Russia investigation.
Ep. 1 - The Beginning of the End
November 12, 2018 07:34 - 1 hour - 44 MBZach and Grant dance around the 2018 midterm elections as flakes of ash from the burning hills of Malibu fall around them like winter snow.
Ep. 1 - The Beginning of the Beginning
November 12, 2018 07:34 - 1 hour - 44 MBZach and Grant dance around the 2018 midterm elections as flakes of ash from the burning hills of Malibu fall around them like winter snow.