We continue to innovate the form by choosing to NOT have a third chair this week (might this experiment be the result of no one being available to record? we’ll never know), so it’s just Aleks and Jack discussing:
Jack doing a tight 10 on the Strait of Hormuz
Boots Riley’s latest film, I Love Boosters (we’re not fans)
Trump’s very convincing excuse for missing Don Jr.’s wedding to Bettina Anderson
Trump describing his son as “a person who I’ve known for a long time”
The DNC 2024 election autopsy is finally here (sort of) and everyone is mad at DNC Chair Ken Martin
And in our After Dark segment available only to subscribers, we chat about the recent reporting alleging that Bari Weiss’ reign over CBS News might be curtailed after the merger between Warner Bros.-Discovery and Paramount
This week’s cultural recommendations:
Jack recommends the DEBUT LP from Discourse Blog’s own Paul Blest and his band Long Relief, Win Some, Lose Some
Aleks recommends Charli XCX’s new songs, “Rock Music” and “SS26”
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