Episode

5/17 The Handmaid’s Tale Becomes A Reality w/ Benjamin Dixon & Things Get Awkward w/ H. Jon Benjamin

May 17, 2019

Benjamin Dixon (@BenjaminPDixonand H. Jon Benjamin (@HJBenjamin) join us for Casual Friday.

On today’s show: The real reason the religious right is attacking abortion rights. Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh says abortion = “destruction of evidence” in cases of rape and incest.

Benjamin Dixon (@BenjaminPDixon), host of the Benjamin Dixon Show, joins us to break down the news. How can the left fight these draconian abortion laws? The Democrats’ kabuki theater. The media’s attempt to manufacture consent for Joe Biden. Bill De Blasio enters the race. Will we be saved from war with Iran by John Bolton stepping on Trump’s toes? 

Sam and H. Jon Benjamin have a very uncomfortable interview about Benjamin’s newish book, ‘Failure Is An Option: An Attempted Memoir.’ We’re talking decades’ worth of simmering resentment bubbling up to the surface uncomfortable. Seriously, why do we keep doing this?

On the fun half: Conrad Black on Laura Ingraham after Trump pardons him of his financial crimes to let people know his pardon has nothing to do with his support or ass-kissing of Trump. Fox & Friends guest explains why we have to go to war with Iran. Laying out the new immigration plan, Trump says it will be merit-based. AOC questions pharma exec why they price gouge on PrEP drug Truveda. Plus, your calls and IMs!

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