We’re ringing in one full year of Trump’s second administration with Katherine back in the third chair to discuss how we’re all coping (not well), the key differences we’re noticing between Trump Era 1 and Trump Era 2 (spoiler alert: more organized, vicious fascism), and important digressions into:
An exciting new segment called Katherine’s Snack Box
We remember some political cartoons (I could not find the one Katherine mentions; if you know which one she’s talking about, PLEASE GET IN TOUCH)
What radical acts of self-preservation we’re performing to keep ourselves from sliding into unending abyss of defeat and nihilism that might only end by going full Bell Jar mode
Make sure to read Katherine’s Big Piece about Tony Dokoupil’s miserable tenure leading The CBS Evening News in The Intercept
This week’s cultural recommendations:
Jack recommends Kleber Mendonça Filho’s The Secret Agent
Katherine recommends The Format’s new record, Boycott Heaven
Aleks recommends the new season of the HBO and BBC series, Industry
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