NOPE
196 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 123 ratingsRachel Dodes and Brian Hecht are cousins who enjoy dissecting the most abominable news of the week and shutting it all down, usually over whiskey, sometimes with a guest. But don't despair...they always end with a YUP or two, beacons of hope amid all the #NOPE.
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Nopes of the Year! And the Losers Are...
December 30, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 68.4 MBWe decided to pull together a Year in Review episode, but first had to address some pressing Nopes, like GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who is quite possibly a Russian agent. Also: the woman who breastfed a hairless cat on a Delta flight. The fancy building in Tribeca infested with rats because it has no fire-proofing in the walls, which might be an even bigger problem. And finally, an online magazine published an article with the following headline: “Joan Didion didn’t play golf, but her writin...
Nancy Reagan: The OG Throat GOAT (feat. Glace Chase)
December 17, 2021 12:00 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBThis week we shut down Mark Meadows and his run-out-the-clock hail Mary strategy to evade accountability for his role in Donald Trump’s attempt to overthrow the government. Former Senate candidate Max Linn, the first person to get COVID in Maine, died in a hot tub following a dispute over (what else?) cryptocurrency. Our roving Australian correspondent, playwright Glace Chase, explains why “Throat Goat” was trending on Twitter and what this all has to do with former first lady Nancy Reagan. ...
Recycling? So Gay!
November 24, 2021 12:00 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBThis week, just in time for Thanksgiving, we review the bountiful cornucopia of unusual characters running for governor next year, including Dr. Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania) and Matthew McConaughey (Texas). We also shut down a sociological study that revealed why men resist recycling: because they are afraid people will think they are gay. HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope SPO TIF...
Nancy Pelosi, Always a Bridesmaid!
November 11, 2021 12:00 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBThis week, we shut down heiress Ivy Getty’s San Francisco wedding, featuring a Galliano dress made of shards of glass, IV bags for guests and a City Hall ceremony officiated by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Meanwhile in New Zealand, the winner of an annual Bird of the Year competition was a bat, and a couple discovered the world’s largest potato in their backyard. Two new Manhattan buildings–30 Hudson Yards and One Vanderbilt–are fighting to see which edifice’s observation dec...
Facebook: The Metaverse Musical!
October 28, 2021 11:00 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBWe’re reeling and retching after watching the internal Facebook music video about health insurance open enrollment. But we attempt to collect ourselves and shut down anti-goverment militia members who happen to work for the government as well as anti-mask/anti-vaxx NYC police officers marching for “freedom of choice.” Also: we discuss why guns are ever allowed on movie sets amid the golden age of CGI. HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST ...
No Kidneys for the Chunky Monkeys!
October 15, 2021 11:00 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MBThis week, we shut down the Bad Art Friends Sonya Larson and Dawn Dorland. We’ve got the latest on the scandal involving Ozy Media and its founder Carlos Watson. Also, a passel of feral hogs attacked Shakira in a park and took her mobile phone, and a zeal of zebras continues to run amok in Maryland. HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5b...
We're Amazon Prime’s Fastest-Growing Podcast!
September 30, 2021 11:00 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBThis week, former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham revealed in her memoir that a staffer known as The Music Man would blast show tunes to soothe Donald Trump’s nerves when he was going nuclear. An executive at a media company we never heard of called Ozy Media impersonated a YouTube executive on a conference call with Goldman Sachs. Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’s new father-in-law, hotelier Bill Evans, went undercover as a automotive-enthusiast-turned-media-watchdog named H...
Corral the Zebras! (feat. Nicki Minaj’s Cousin’s Friend’s Fianceé)
September 17, 2021 11:00 - 43 minutes - 40 MBThis week, we shut down Kraken lawyer John Pierce, who resurfaced following a mysterious two-week absence from court, and issued a statement that raised even more questions than it answered. Headlines from the annual Met Gala were stolen by someone who wasn’t even there: rapper Nicki Minaj, whose cousin’s friend in Trinidad was left by his fianceé because he has swollen testicles. Kim Jong Un has emerged as a fashion icon as journalists kvell over his new svelte look. And a pack of zebras is...
Final Jeopardy: Who is Bob Ross? (feat. Josh Rofé
August 27, 2021 11:00 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBRudy Giuliani shaved his beard in a restaurant. Matt Gaetz got married. Dr. Tenpenny believes that Covid vaccines magnetize people. Mike Richards, who is not the guy who played Kramer on “Seinfeld,” resigned as the new host of “Jeopardy!” after holding the job for less than one day. A San Francisco chef created $72 fried rice as a joke, only to that demand for the dish eclipsed everything else on the menu. Also: special guest Josh Rofé joins us to talk about his fascinating new documentary, ...
Hall & Oates: Live from Babylon!
August 13, 2021 11:00 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBThis week, we shut down former assistant attorney general Jeffrey Clark, a Trump appointee who believes that votes in the 2020 election were changed by Chinese thermostats. Also, Ed Solomon, the “mathematician” who told OAN that there aren’t enough atoms in the universe to explain Joe Biden’s victory isn’t so much a mathematician as he is former drug dealer now employed as a swing-set installer. Meanwhile, pharmacists are fending off Covid truthers who are requesting a poisonous anti-parasit...
Peacock Struts Past Tokyo!
July 29, 2021 11:00 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBThis week we discuss all things Olympics, ranging from the series of scandals plaguing Japan’s Olympic organizing committee to the pictogram pantomime performance at the opening ceremony. Also, Jeff Bezos had an environmental epiphany while in orbit: let’s pollute space. For the Summer Music Series, we examine Michael Jackson’s understandably forgotten “Liberian Girl.” HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes13126545...
A Podcast About a Podcast About a Blogger!
July 15, 2021 11:00 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MBThis week, we have gone super niche, covering a controversial episode of an obscure fashion podcast, The Cutting Room Floor, featuring a former fashion-blogger-turned-CEO, Leandra Medine aka Man Repeller. Meanwhile, a SoftBank-funded humanoid robot named Pepper is slacking on the job and getting fired all over Japan, but may nevertheless be called upon to represent the country at the Tokyo Olympics. Finally, we turn our attention to the worst song-video combination ever to hit No. 1: the Ste...
Cancel the Yoga Debt!
July 01, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBAs New York City’s Board of Elections struggled with tabulating ranked-choice votes, we shut down Bill Barr’s attempts at a reputational glow up and “pastel Qanon,” aka California yoga instructors who are embracing bonkers right-wing conspiracy theories. Sea snot is taking over the Turkish coastline and threatening to disrupt NATO. Finally, the latest installment of our Summer Music Series, in which we explore the meaning and message of Billy Idol’s iconic video for “Dancing With Myself.” ...
‘Ultimate Slip ‘N Slide’ Explodes On the Scene!
June 18, 2021 11:00 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBThis week, CNN legal analyst and public masturbator Jeffrey Toobin was suddenly back on the air, much like an unexpected erection popping up in a Zoom conference call. Over at NBC, production of the reality competition “Ultimate Slip ‘N Slide” was shut down after 40 members of the crew came down with explosive diarrhea. A lobsterman in Cape Cod said he was swallowed and spit out by a humpback whale. And our Summer Music Series is back as we deconstruct Bonnie Tyler’s classic video for “Holdi...
Thigh Guy Summer! (feat. Steven S. Rogers)
June 03, 2021 11:00 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBJoined this week by a new friend of the pod, retired Harvard Business School professor Steve Rogers, we shut down the French Open as well as a Canadian member of parliament who can’t seem to stop getting naked on Zoom. Also, the hottest new fashion trend for men: 4” inseams. We talk to Steve about his excellent new book, “A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues: What You Can Do Right Now to Help the Black Community.” HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-...
Phil Collins Remembers the Alamo!
May 28, 2021 11:00 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBThis week, GQP congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene compared mask mandates to being sent to the gas chambers in Germany. Rand Paul received a mysterious package containing white powder and blamed it on 1980s pop icon Richard Marx. Mullets and skinny jeans were banned in North Korea. Phil Collins, musician and historian of the Alamo, donated his extensive memorabilia collection to Texas only to discover that it might be counterfeit. A former “Bachelor” contestant rebelled against new CDC guid...
Our NYC Mayoral Endorsement Goes To...
May 21, 2021 11:00 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBAs the weather warmed up and trillions of sex-crazed Brood X cicadas emerged from the earth, we shut down Mar-a-Blogger’s latest screed against New York Attorney General Tish James and asked the only question that needs to be asked about Rep. Matt Gaetz: how is he still in Congress? Meanwhile, Scott Stringer tried to persuade us to vote for him in the NYC Mayoral primary by featuring a child named Benjamin Bridgntunnel on a large campaign postcard with no explanation of who this person was a...
Banana Peel Pie: A Taste of Home!
May 14, 2021 11:00 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBThis week, the uncertain flight path of a wayward Chinese rocket added to our anxiety payload. Two New York City mayoral candidates said they thought that the median price of a home in Brooklyn was around $100,000. A man was arrested in Houston on murder charges, but his bengal tiger and two monkeys are still on the lam. And Nigella Lawson scandalized Britain with a recipe for...banana peel curry. HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST https...
From the Wee Desk of a Tiny Man!
May 06, 2021 11:00 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBThis week, we discuss Donald J. Trump’s reemergence as a blogger. A furniture company discovered that a third of people in England wash their sheets only once a year. A man in Japan was arrested for dating 35 women simultaneously in a bid to get birthday presents. HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://ww...
Scromiting Through the Ages!
April 22, 2021 11:00 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBThis week we shut down the America First Caucus, designed to “protect Anglo-Saxon traditions,” and the garbage monsters who are now trying to distance themselves from it. Demi Lovato deployed asymmetrical warfare against a mom-and-pop frozen yogurt joint. A mystery animal that terrified a neighborhood in Krakow, Poland wound up being a croissant. And finally, in honor of 4/20, we look at the wave of cannabinoid hyperemisis–aka scromiting–that Tucker Carlson believes is sweeping the nation. ...
Find Us on Wikifeet! (feat. Jessica Winter)
April 15, 2021 11:00 - 50 minutes - 45.8 MBThis week, we shut down the Republican Party’s silence as Matt Gaetz becomes further engulfed in scandal. A daring journalist confronted the stranger who was posting photos of her feet to a foot-fetish website without asking. A person posted an extremely honest ad online in the hopes someone would adopt Prancer, a chihuahua mix described by his current owner as a “haunted Victorian child.” Also: we talk to special guest Jessica Winter about her excellent new novel, “The Fourth Child.” H...
Gaetz Part II: Into the Eye of the Wormnado
April 09, 2021 11:00 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBThis week, Rep. Matt Gaetz was promoted from alleged interstate sex trafficker to alleged international sex trafficker owing to a story involving a hand surgeon and a trip to the Bahamas. The Trump campaign’s fundraising arm was revealed to have been a Ponzi scheme in which Peter was robbed to pay Karen. A man in New Mexico found 15,000 bees in the backseat of the Buick he borrowed from a friend. A woman in New Jersey discovered a cyclone made of worms. And a Georgia auto body shop paid a fo...
Florida Man: The Musical, Starring Matt Gaetz!
April 01, 2021 11:00 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBThis week, we try to unpack the convoluted scandal involving Congressman Matt Gaetz, who is under investigation for child sex trafficking but claims he is actually the victim of a $25 million extortion plot involving his father and an FBI agent who was kidnapped in Iran and presumed dead. The National Academies of Science is interested in investigating how to reverse the effects of climate change by...dimming the sun. What could possibly go wrong? Also, we unearth an underappreciated 1980s v...
Honey, There's Shrimp in My Cereal!
March 25, 2021 11:00 - 55 minutes - 51.3 MBThis week, we shut down former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell’s strategy to fight a defamation lawsuit, which is to argue that nothing she says should be taken seriously by any reasonable person. Meanwhile, a Los Angeles man named Jensen Karp found shrimp tails, a pistachio nut and other flotsam and jetsam in a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch. YouTubers attempted to answer the one question nobody ever asked, which is how many slaps does it take to cook a chicken? And the Suez Canal remains blocked ...
The People vs. Beeple!
March 18, 2021 11:00 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MBThis week, Generation X waded into the cancel culture wars only to find itself ratioed on Twitter. An artist named Beeple sold a digital work of art, and its corresponding NFT, for $69 million to a person called Metakoran who has a spokesman named Twobadour. Scientists want to send 6.7 million sperm samples to the moon to replicate the animal kingdom. We delve into the insanity that is local Trenton, NJ politics as well as the bananas race for Staten Island borough president. Finally, Alabam...
Madea Saves the Royals!
March 12, 2021 12:00 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBAlive with the spirit of the American Revolution, we shut down the entire British monarchy this week following Oprah’s incredible tea-spilling interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. Meanwhile, on this side of the Atlantic, a lotion insurrection broke out in a Bath & Bodyworks in Scottsdale. Elizabeth Banks is directing a movie called “Cocaine Bear.” An elderly saxophonist told his harrowing story of being lured into a Scientology jazz band in his youth. And finally, we look into the ...
Who Will Speak for the Neanderthals?
March 05, 2021 12:00 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBThis week, we shut down the Nazi-insignia-shaped stage at CPAC, on which a woman performed a most unusual rendition of our national anthem. Mr. Potato Head, Dr. Seuss, the Muppets and Neanderthals were all allegedly cancelled (except they weren’t). New York State, which will allow weddings of up to 150 people starting on March 15, offered some interesting restrictions on dancing. Meanwhile, Cuomosexuals are doing some soul searching after the governor of New York was credibly accused by thre...
We Demand Justice for Snowflake!
February 25, 2021 12:00 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBThis week, two historians went on television to participate in a segment about how one of Joe Biden’s dogs looks insufficiently “presidential.” Meanwhile, the real dog drama was happening in Texas, where Ted Cruz abandoned his poodle amid freezing cold temperatures while fleeing to Cancún. Just in time for Purim, organizers of this year’s CPAC conference–entitled “America Uncanceled”–nevertheless canceled the appearance of rapper Young Pharaoh over his anti-Semitic tweets. The Golden Globes,...
Gorilla Glue Girl Unravels!
February 18, 2021 12:00 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBThis week, we puzzle over Donald Trump’s two-page statement blasting Mitch McConnell for not smiling enough. 432 Park Avenue, a fancy tower for billionaires, was revealed to be a “horrifying hellhole.” A mayor in Texas resigned after telling his struggling constituents to “think outside the box” as they froze to death amid a power outage. Qanon Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene had an affair with a polyamorous tantric sex guru. And a woman in Louisiana had to go to the emergency room afte...
The Cat Lawyer's Closing Argument! (feat. Andrew Goldman)
February 11, 2021 12:00 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBThis week, we are joined by friend-of-the-pod Andrew Goldman, host of LA Magazine’s podcast “The Originals,” who helped us shut down Donald Trump’s new impeachment defense team as well as the truly bizarre letter Trump wrote to SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris (aka Andrea Zuckerman of “Beverly Hills 90210”) to renounce his union membership. Finally, we uncover some shocking revelations about 90-year-old paparazzo Ron Galella and the late Marlon Brando involving rabbits and cats, respec...
Fetch the Jewish Space Lasers!
February 04, 2021 12:00 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MBThis week, we shut down Marjorie Taylor Greene, the new face of the Qpublican Party. A man’s most private parts were held hostage after his wifi-enabled chastity belt was hacked by a Bitcoin-hungry maniac. A woman was rejected via text message by a guy she was dating because he met someone who got the Covid vaccine. Meanwhile, rapper-turned-jeweler Azealia Banks dug up a dead cat, boiled it and turned its bones into earrings. And a Chinese restaurant in Montreal decided to embrace a policy o...
We Risk it All! (feat. Bevy Smith)
January 28, 2021 12:00 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBThis week, we are joined by TV and radio host and “Bevelations” author Bevy Smith, with whom we shut down the manufactured scandal surrounding President Biden’s Rolex, Rolling Stone magazine’s “Culture Council” and Forbes’s ill-fated 30-under-30 retreat to Bermuda. Seditious Senator Josh Hawley swooped in to defend all the helpless Karens from the predations of a woke mob, and former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced she’s running for governor of Arkansas on an ant...
My #Antifa Lover: A Book Review
January 22, 2021 12:00 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBThis week, we toast to the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as we simultaneously bid farewell to the disgusting family of garbage monsters departing the White House. We speculate on Karen Pence’s future as a towel charm entrepreneur, as well as possible synergies with MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, the crackhead-turned-businessman-turned-seditionist who, according to the Daily Mail, may have been romantically involved with the actress Jane Krakowski. Finally, we delve into an emerging...
E149: Javanka: Time to Flush Twice!
January 15, 2021 12:00 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBWhat a week. After we decided not to record last Wednesday because of the ongoing assault on our Democracy, we’re back to discuss the insurrection and describe the cast of coup characters like the Qanon Shaman and his pelt-clad henchmen. In the midst of the rioting, Rudy Giuliani and Donald Trump each accidentally dialed Sen. Mike Lee looking for another Senator–Alabama’s Tommy Tuberville–and asked him to help them in their harebrained scheme to overturn the election. Meanwhile, Trump suppor...
PSA: So It's Come to This
January 08, 2021 12:00 - 1 minute - 1.07 MBWith this week's horrific and shameful acts of terrorism in the nation's capital, we decided it's just not a week for comedy. Besides, we're exhausted. We'll be back next week, and hopefully by then Donald Trump will no longer have access to the nuclear codes.
E148: All I Want for Christmas is NOPE!
December 24, 2020 12:00 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MBThis week, as the Great Conjunction brought Saturn and Jupiter into alignment and kicked off a new astrological epoch, we say “Bye Felicia!” to 2020. We shut down the interregnum period, Presidential pardon power and cannibal sandwiches (a Wisconsin specialty). Finally, we delve into the three best Christmas songs of all time -- and Brian treats us to a rare live performance of Mariah music theory. HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST h...
E147: Dr. Biden Will See You Now! (feat. Alana Hope Levinson)
December 17, 2020 12:00 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBJoined this week by a special guest–MEL Magazine deputy editor Alana Hope Levinson–we shut down the election denial holdouts, the Wall Street Journal’s misogynist editorial page, the two worst Christmas songs of all time, and a new mode of speaking known as “hustle husk.” HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHE...
E146: Quadrillions of Lawyers!
December 11, 2020 14:25 - 34 minutes - 32 MBThis week, the Texas attorney general filed a highly unusual lawsuit to overturn the election results in four states–none of which is Texas–because why not shoot the moon? Piers Morgan was mistaken for an actress to whom he bears a striking resemblance: The Pigeon Lady from “Home Alone 2.” Mario Lopez scored the role of a lifetime, playing Colonel Sanders in a KFC-sponsored “mini-movie” on Lifetime. And a man stuck in quarantine caused a sensation on TikTok with his haute cuisine created us...
E145: Sisterhood of the Traveling Monolith!
December 04, 2020 12:00 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MBThis week, a metal monolith appeared in Southern California after visiting Northern Romania and the inside of a canyon in Utah. In possibly related news, a 7-foot sculpture of a penis went missing in Germany without a trace. An orgy in Brussels attended by government officials from nine European nations got out of hand when police arrived on the scene and were mistaken for strippers. And a woman in New Jersey resigned from her job on the Hackensack Board of Education after attending a Zoom m...
E144: Pardon the Kraken!
November 26, 2020 12:00 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBThis week, Canadians got a warning not to let moose lick their cars. Donald Trump pardoned turkeys Corn and Cob as well as chicken Michael Flynn. And Flynn’s very sane lawyer Sidney Powell alleged that Georgia’s Republican Governor conspired with dead Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez to hack Dominion voting machines in order to keep Doug Collins out of the upcoming Senate runoff. Got that? HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST https:...
E143: Itchy Cows and Boiled Chickens!
November 19, 2020 12:00 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBThis week, an Irish farmer enlisted the help of two Druids to move a rock that was knocked over 10 years ago by a bull, leading to a string fo bad luck. Playgirl magazine relaunched to great fanfare and market confusion. A hunky doctor pursued a frivolous lawsuit against a scrubs manufacturer. A vacationer landed himself in a Thai prison after posting a negative hotel review on TripAdvisor. And finally, an ophthalmologist and his camping buddies were fined and banned from Yellowstone Nationa...
E142: Live from Four Seasons Total Landscaping!
November 12, 2020 12:00 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBFollowing Joe Biden’s decisive win on Saturday, we’ve been ignoring the Nopes this week and focusing on the Yups. We discuss the Biden-Harris victory speech playlist, celebrate the heroism of Stacey Abrams and toast to MSNBC’s finest mathlete, Steve Kornacki. Finally, we delve into two strange happenings in Pennsylvania: Rudy Giuliani’s decision to host a press conference in the parking lot of a mulch business adjacent to a sex shop and a crematorium, and a Twitter scandal involving the Repu...
Bonus Episode: Last Chance Poll Dance!
November 03, 2020 12:00 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBWe decided to channel our anxiety about the election into a podcast about our anxiety about the election. Join us as we shut down the rat-filled sinkhole that is Trump’s America and pray for a better future. HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope SOUN...
E140: We're Packing the Supreme Court!
October 29, 2020 11:00 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBThis week, even the Vatican was trying to be a moderating influence as Handmaid Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme Court. The Trump Administration tried to enlist an unusual constituency to get early doses of the Covid-19 vaccine: professional Santas. A small Alpine town in Switzerland became a coronavirus hotspot following a dangerous yodelling competition. Finally, we have some film criticism. Rachel gives Sofia Coppola’s new movie “On the Rocks” a big NOPE, while Brian offers ...
E139: Covid Update: From 'Roids to Raves!
October 16, 2020 11:00 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBThis week, Judge Amy Coney Barrett bobbed and weaved her way through her SCOTUS confirmation hearings with the help of a fly, wine, Jenga and some good old divine intervention. Donald Trump went back on the campaign trail to dance it out to “Macho Man,” even though he still has Covid. Also: we explore orgies in the time of corona. HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope SPOTIFY ...
E138: Flies in Our Eyes!
October 09, 2020 11:00 - 40 minutes - 37 MBThis week, as the White House remained shrouded in a cloud of Covid-19 particles and lies, Kamala Harris faced off against Mike Pence in the VP debate, which was overshadowed by the menacing presence a fly. We try our best to understand the mentality of undecided voters. In the Department of Innovation, we focus on two dangerous technologies: the “table sweater” for outdoor winter dining and a Bluetooth-enabled Qiui chastity belt, which unfortunately has some API vulnerabilities. H...
E137: $750 is Less than Zero
October 01, 2020 11:00 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MBThis week, we shut down the debate from hell and Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s endorsement from Atilla the Hun. Brian unearths a letter he wrote to President Carter in 1980. And we explore a new service that bills itself as the Uber of bodyguards. HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com...
E136: You'll Never Believe Who's a Furry!
September 17, 2020 11:00 - 44 minutes - 40.3 MBThis week, Michael Caputo had a meltdown on Facebook, Donald Trump was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize and–spoiler alert–90-year-old retired Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a pardoned criminal, came out on Cameo as a member of the “furry” subculture. Also: we decide which animals emerged as the biggest winners and losers of the Covid-19 pandemic. HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope SP...
E135: Life is Just a Bag of Soup! (feat. Lauren Mechling)
September 03, 2020 11:00 - 58 minutes - 54 MBThis week, in between bouts of hurling soup cans at passersby, we shut down the controversial theories of two renegade orthodontists in Britain who have become a sensation in the incel community. A woman learned of her ex-husband’s infidelity in his New York Times wedding announcement, leading her to tell her own story in the New York Post. Finally, for our final Summer Music Series we discuss Quarterflash’s “Harden My Heart” with NOPE’s corridor correspondent, Lauren Mechling. HEAR U...