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EPISODE 27: 78 Degrees of Separation

An 87-year-old on OnlyFans, a rose toy, and a conversation about sexuality and ageing that sets the tone perfectly for an episode about people minding everyone's business but their own. New York City asks residents to set their thermostats to 78 degrees during a heatwave. The GOP calls it socialism. The Trump administration scrubs energy conservation guidance from the DOE website. We are living in a time.

In this episode:

• Opening conversation - Brendan on sex toys; Vuyanzi on an 87-year-old on OnlyFans, her rose toy, and what it means to own your sexuality at any age
• Whose America Is It Anyway? - the Presidential Commission on Election Administration, appointed by Obama in 2013 to improve the voting experience, has been gutted; Marsha Blackburn crushes fortune cookies and talks tough on China while the U.S. still owes China money; NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani asks residents to set air conditioning to 78 degrees during a heatwave to prevent grid collapse - the GOP calls it socialism, the Trump administration deletes federal energy conservation guidance in response
• Lost in Translation - Vuyanzi on the cleaner in the club and what that interaction revealed; Brendan misgenders Jane's spouse and has to sit with that
• All Joy Matters - Queer Joy: spotting Njeri wa Migwi on the plane - Usikimye does great work; Black Joy: boots on the ground at the BBQ

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