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We decided to pull together a Year in Review episode, but first had to address some pressing Nopes, like GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who is quite possibly a Russian agent. Also: the woman who breastfed a hairless cat on a Delta flight. The fancy building in Tribeca infested with rats because it has …

This week we shut down Mark Meadows and his run-out-the-clock hail Mary strategy to evade accountability for his role in Donald Trump’s attempt to overthrow the government. Former Senate candidate Max Linn, the first person to get COVID in Maine, died in a hot tub following a dispute over (what els…

This week, just in time for Thanksgiving, we review the bountiful cornucopia of unusual characters running for governor next year, including Dr. Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania) and Matthew McConaughey (Texas). We also shut down a sociological study that revealed why men resist recycling: because they are …

This week, we shut down heiress Ivy Getty’s San Francisco wedding, featuring a Galliano dress made of shards of glass, IV bags for guests and a City Hall ceremony officiated by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Meanwhile in New Zealand, the winner of an annual Bird of the Year competitio…

We’re reeling and retching after watching the internal Facebook music video about health insurance open enrollment. But we attempt to collect ourselves and shut down anti-goverment militia members who happen to work for the government as well as anti-mask/anti-vaxx NYC police officers marching for …

This week, we shut down the Bad Art Friends Sonya Larson and Dawn Dorland. We’ve got the latest on the scandal involving Ozy Media and its founder Carlos Watson. Also, a passel of feral hogs attacked Shakira in a park and took her mobile phone, and a zeal of zebras continues to run amok in Maryland…

This week, former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham revealed in her memoir that a staffer known as The Music Man would blast show tunes to soothe Donald Trump’s nerves when he was going nuclear. An executive at a media company we never heard of called Ozy Media impersonated a YouTube ex…

This week, we shut down Kraken lawyer John Pierce, who resurfaced following a mysterious two-week absence from court, and issued a statement that raised even more questions than it answered. Headlines from the annual Met Gala were stolen by someone who wasn’t even there: rapper Nicki Minaj, whose c…

Rudy Giuliani shaved his beard in a restaurant. Matt Gaetz got married. Dr. Tenpenny believes that Covid vaccines magnetize people. Mike Richards, who is not the guy who played Kramer on “Seinfeld,” resigned as the new host of “Jeopardy!” after holding the job for less than one day. A San Francisco…