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Jun 2024
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Rodent Boys, Panda Meat and Wild Bulls

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About this episode

Watch this episode on YouTube. Are there any “hot rodent men” in your life? If you don’t know what that means, NBC News has an important breakdown for you on today’s episode. We are also covering Justice Alito’s “hot mic,” turmoil at The Washington Post, and the British invasion of American newsrooms. Wretch on!


Time Stamps:

2:03 Front Page

50:50 Obsessions

58:49 Reader Mail 

1:02:19 Favorite Items


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Show Notes:

NYTimes: In Secret Recordings, Alito Endorses Nation of 'Godliness.' Roberts Talks of Pluralism. 

Poynter: Was it unethical to secretly record Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito?

NYT: Washington Post’s CEO Promised Interview for Squashing Story, NPR Reporter Says

WaPo: The Post at a crossroads: Existential questions in a dire season for news 

Axios: Scoop: New Brit regime atop Washington Post aims to boost local coverage 

NYT: The British Aren’t Coming. They’re Here.

WaPo: More than 200 Palestinians Killed in Israeli hostage Raid in Gaza

BBC News: Jonathan Conricus on Israeli hostage rescue

WSJ: Gaza Chief’s Brutal Calculation: Civilian Bloodshed Will Help Hamas

USA Today: Why was Trump talking about sharks at a campaign event?

WaPo: Why scientists fear a second Trump term, and what they are doing about it 

WaPo: Hunter Biden’s trial pulled back curtain on family’s dark moments

NYT: Biden Loves to Tell Tall Tales. We Cut Them Down to Size.

NYPost: CNN staffers fear layoffs as network inks deal with the Associated Press

WaPo: Opinion How one delightful channel soothed my election-year angst 

NBC News: Where did the hype over 'hot rodent men' come from?


Obsessions: 

NYT: Ibram X. Kendi Faces a Reckoning of His Own

The Ringer: Jerry West and the Burden of Being the Logo


Favorite Items: 

NYT: Howard Fineman, Veteran Political Journalist and TV Pundit, Dies at 75 

Free Beacon: Columbia Administrators Fire Off Hostile and Dismissive Text Messages, Vomit Emojis During Alumni Reunion Panel on Jewish Life

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