Nancy and Sarah discuss a Netflix documentary called The Unabomber in His Own Words, which came out years ago but has taken on new depth in our current mess. Ted Kaczynski’s random violence and mythologizing finds echoes in the Luigi Mangione case and the bizarre heroizing of Lindsay Clancy, who killed her three children.

The journo babes talk revolutionaries vs. terrorists, how humans are still evolving, why American can never find the middle ground, and whether AI is an extinction-level event. So: A lighthearted episode! Still there’s no end of laughs, or Sarah’s nicotine gum pouches.

Also discussed:

* Supergraphics!

* Fetterman at the RNC

* I mean, Trump could’ve just thrown Trump steaks at the audience

* Nancy is was a Netflix freeloader

* The Unabomber-Antifa connection

* Going no-phone is the new straight edge

* Big love (always) for Bryan Burroughs

* The New York Times calls Assata Shakur a “revolutionary” in obit, SMH

* Sarah talks about wearing a “baklava,” because she’s a Dallas girl

* Nancy devotes her entire future to writing the definitive book on MovieFone

* The Babe-vegetarian connection

* “We can just f*ck off climate change then”

* Sarah jinxes herself in a contest by declaring if she wins, she’ll wear a white suit

Plus, are geniuses sadists (paging Jon Ronson), we love Pam Colloff (again and always), another installment of “This Week in Kyle Chandler” (finally!) and much more!

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