Plague Pals
10 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsPLAGUE PALS is a weekly podcast where writer and comedian Bill Corbett (MST3K / RiffTrax) chats with writer and activist Maura Quint (McSweeney's; The Onion; the Tax March; the popular @behindback account on Twitter) about the state of things in pandemic times and beyond. Mix of humor, news, culture, personal, political, and whatever comes up that week!
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Episodes
Ep. 9: Au Revoir
November 17, 2020 06:09 - 1 hour - 48.9 MBOur last episode, at least for a bit. Brief dog conversation: Maura's horrible dogsitting experience + Bill's L.A. movie star pup. COVID rampant everywhere, idiocy and greed also. Trump won't leave. Democrats won't change. Is there any hope? Spoiler: we do not know! But we will keep trying to find it. Until we meet again...
Ep. 8: One Week Later...
November 10, 2020 05:14 - 1 hour - 53.9 MBBiden officially POTUSed. Trump goes full Führerbunker. The war against AOC. Forgiveness, inclusion, nihilistic bullshit. The United States of Celebrity. Random psychological insights. Who is we, anyway? Healthcare plz.
Ep. 7: Plague Pals Premium Post-Polls Palaver PATREON EXCLUSIVE TEASER
November 05, 2020 06:32 - 1 minute - 1.28 MBThe day after the voting. Biden, maybe? Everything else, kinda not so good. Nuanced discussion regarding what the hell happened. Is this shit all worth it? Special guest star: pot legalization. Maura and Bill continue to go through it, only more tiredly.
Ep. 6: Happy Election Eve
November 03, 2020 02:21 - 57 minutes - 39.4 MBWell, here it is. Anxiety, fear, hope, plans, despair, dreams, alcohol. Actual human guest: pollster who knows a lot about what to expect. Bullshit in Pennsylvania. Triumph in Minnesota. Nobody knows anything. Maura and Bill go THROUGH IT.
Ep. 5: The Storm Before the Storm PATREON EXCLUSIVE TEASER
November 03, 2020 01:46 - 1 minute - 1.27 MBOur ignore-the-election-'til-next-week show. More Plague. SCOTUS scum. America's li'l Nazi sweetheart. Scott Baio. Hot gossip. BORAT. Is nice!
Ep. 4: Elections and Erections
October 20, 2020 17:48 - 1 hour - 45.6 MBVote. Vote! Vote? “Voting” is all the rage. Also: volunteers of America; sudden boner news.
Ep. 3: An Extremely Supreme Week
October 13, 2020 17:43 - 1 hour - 55 MBSupreme Court follies. Court packing. Catholic bashing. Racists have feelings too. That brand-new hot comedy show, "Saturday Night Live."
Ep. 2: Typhoid Donny
October 06, 2020 21:10 - 1 hour - 54 MBA week of madness. Dumb debate. Trump’s personal plague. Liberal civility junkies. Death?
Ep. 1: So Many Plagues, So Little Time
September 29, 2020 19:12 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBOur first show! Featuring: Trump's shady taxes. Police reform fail. The Comey show. Condoms.
Plague Pals Teaser: Premieres Next Week!
September 23, 2020 00:08 - 1 minute - 817 KBBill Corbett of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax is joined by writer and activist Maura Quint to discuss the stories that caught their attention each week. News, jokes, anger, fun, the normal plague stuff!