197: Skepticrat197 - Indictment Edition
The Skepticrat
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🗓️ 10 April 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Headline Sources:
Trump Indictment: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/31/nyregion/alvin-bragg-trump-investigation.html https://www.salon.com/2023/03/31/reportedly-caught-off-guard-by-34-count-indictment--melts-down-all-night-on-truth-social/ https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/30/desantis-trump-indictment-00089865
Gwyneth Paltrow wins her trial even though she’s a crazy person:
https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/3/28/23660309/gwyneth-paltrow-ski-court-trial-utah
Ron DeSantis got tricked so hard by Disney: https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/3/30/23663345/disney-desantis-florida-board-reedy-creek
Scientists make mammoth meatballs: https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/28/world/mammoth-meatballs-cultured-meat-climate-scn/index.html
Lauren Boebert is wrong about public urination so many times in a row: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/lauren-boebert-obsesses-public-urination-crime-hearing-1234705824/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGPxOD5X_5Q
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| 0:00.0 | It's Monday. |
| 0:13.9 | It's April 10th. |
| 0:14.9 | And the word of the day is Snollygaster, which means one who relentlessly pursues their |
| 0:20.4 | own agenda at the expense of everyone else. |
| 0:23.6 | Using a sentence, if you enjoyed Atlas Shrugged, but the libertarian message was a little |
| 0:28.6 | too subtle, you will love the virtue of Snollygasterism. |
| 0:33.0 | It feels like there's a lot of very serious conversations we're calling somebody a Snollygaster |
| 0:37.4 | wouldn't really serve you. |
| 0:38.9 | Yeah, which is exactly what a Snollygaster would want. |
| 0:41.7 | Ooh, this one's tricky. |
| 0:43.1 | I'm no illusions. |
| 0:44.5 | I'm Eli Bosnick. |
| 0:45.5 | I'm Ethan Wright and Broadcasting Delayed from America's Far-Center. |
| 0:49.4 | We are the Skeptocrats. |
| 0:51.1 | Oh, this week's episode, the image of Donald Trump and an orange jumpsuit is my patronus. |
| 0:56.4 | Gwyneth Faltrow will win the homeopathic equivalent of a $3 billion settlement. |
| 1:01.2 | She will. |
| 1:02.4 | And Lauren Bobert puts the P in GOP. |
| 1:06.2 | But first, the rest of the intro music. |
| 1:17.1 | Joining me for headlines tonight are my fellow Skeptocrats, no illusions in Eli Bosnick. |
| 1:21.1 | Gentlemen, with A.A. Khan and Phoenix were recording extra early this time around, but |
| 1:25.8 | also because happy indictment week, that's right. |
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