It’s not the fault of voters that they’re surrounded by crazy

Narrated by Jared Moore

A new all-books, all-the-time show premieres

Log on for some things. Stay off for most things

Narrated by Jared Moore

On Mother’s Day, public media cheers parenting-as-self-actualization. It’s all about you, adults!

Narrated by Jared Moore

Art by Daniel Medina

The online fallout from the Correspondent's Dinner shooting has been an epic national Rorschach Test

Narrated by Jared Moore

Both Matt and Michael agree that the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey over his “8647” Instagram post is a weak case. The conversation then takes an unexpected and somewhat heated turn, shifting into a debate over prosecuting Russiagate and the role of the criminal justice system.

Casual lies told by the news media for commercial and political reasons spawn all sorts of horrors, making its phony rectitude insufferable

Narrated by Jared Moore

Matt, Michael, and guest Justin Robert Young of “Politics Politics Politics” discuss Michael’s run-in with Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown — and Jim Acosta’s suggestion that he and Michael “step outside.” They also discuss the false media narratives included in the manifesto left by Cole Tomas Allen, the suspected shooter at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.

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