Cliff Schecter (@cliffschecter) and H. Jon Benjamin (@HJBenjamin) join us for Casual Friday.
On today’s show: Sam recalls meeting Carter Page and hearing him say “dodgy dossier.” Trump congratulates Roseanne Barr on her high ratings.
Cliff Schecter (@cliffschecter) joins us to talk about the latest from the Trump White House. Fired VA head David Shulkin and efforts to privatize the VA. Trump’s unqualified celebrity appointees. Laura Ingraham’s unwise attack on David Hogg and subsequent backhanded apology. Sam takes Cliff to task for giving a platform to David Frum, a man who wrote speeches for a war criminal, and a lively debate ensues.
Voice actor H. Jon Benjamin (@HJBenjamin), author of Failure Is An Option, joins us to talk about his book, his short career in academia, his terrible jazz album, and more. Sam and Jon recall their time as roommates. Long simmering rivalries are brought to the surface. Bill O’Reilly babbles drunkenly about race.
On the fun half: Jeb Bush accidentally makes a good joke at Trump’s expense. Trump compares US infrastructure to that of “a third world country.” Mad Dog Mattis gives John Bolton a warm welcome. The crew discusses religion as a force in the world. A caller gives insight into the minds of two Mexican-American MAGA guys he used to live with. The ins and outs of automatic voter registration. Boris Johnson gets taken to task for sexist comments. A caller tells us about Lindsay Shepherd, a grad student who went full alt-right via the “free speech” Jordan Peterson route. Do we hate Pod Save America?
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