What in the ever-loving fuck has Trump been doing in Iran? Maya and Rebecca try to unpack Trump and Netanyahu’s recent misadventure in the Middle East, as it becomes clear that, in fact, no one involved understands what the fuck they’re doing in Iran.

On the release date of Michael, the (by all accounts terrible) Jackson-estate approved hagiography of the Gloved One, Rebecca and Maya revisit our episode from a year ago about Cirque du Soleil’s insane Michael Jackson show, and unpack what it teaches us about how to make a spectacle out of a very bad man.

Maya and Rebecca deploy their years of expertise at ruining the Manosphere to ruin Louis Theroux’s new Netflix documentary, INSIDE THE MANOSPHERE. We pinpoint what Theroux missed, what he got right, and what’s going on with sad, angry men these days.

Was Star Wars Antifa all along? Rebecca finally convinced Maya to watch ANDOR, and they both have a lot of thoughts. Can a show about fighting space fascims in a galaxy far, far away shed light on our current moment, and maybe even help inspire the IRL rebellion?

Maya and Rebecca talk about Ryan Coogler’s Sinners with special guest David F. Walker, author of Black Film, a new illustrated history of Black cinema and Hollywood. Together we uncover how Sinners fits into that long, illustrious, yet definitely under-appreciated history.

Maya and Rebecca ruin ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, Paul Thomas Anderson’s Oscar-littered opus, outlining just what made it such irresistible bait for Academy voters (hint hint: prestige white guys being “political”).

This week, we’re joined by friends in Minneapolis to hear eye witness reports of a city under siege by its own government. Maya and Rebecca welcome very special guests, artists/professors/activists Lisa Channer and Sonja Kuftinec, who join to talk life under federal occupation, how hyper-local mutual aid networks are saving the day, and how art and activism operate together to make effective organizing possible.

Is “everyone is 12” the unifying theory of our times? Through the power of dramatic reading and drawing upon their experience wrangling actual 12-year-olds, Maya and Rebecca explore whether we can survive the immaturity of those currently in power and holding guns. Drinking highly recommended.