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Fake the Nation

222. Weekend at Bernie’s: SCOTUS Edition (w/ Judah Friedlander, Jody Avirgan)

Fake the Nation

Headgum & Negin Farsad

Current Events, Panel, News, Politics, Comedy

4.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Judah Friedlander and Jody Avirgan join Negin to break down Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court confirmation hearing and Trump’s decision to participate in a town hall competing with Joe Biden. They debate whether the SATs are helping or hurting students. Judah opens up about his dislike of school and discusses why memorizing facts isn’t enough. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

Fake the Nation, episode 222.

0:04.0

Hello, hello and welcome to Fake the Nation, where we talk about news, we talk about politics,

0:08.0

and where we take the stale bread that is America, we dip it in the light egg wash of democracy, encrust it with pecons and

0:15.6

cinnamon and a dash of mail-in ballots, and fry it up till it turns into a French toast that is

0:21.2

fit for a queen, or some sort of head of state that is not

0:25.8

monarchical. I am your host Naguin Varsad and I feel that for some of excitement in the air a little bit of fear the mostly excitement

0:36.3

because motherfuckers were doing it right the elections are happening people in

0:42.3

parts of the country are voting.

0:44.2

They're voting.

0:45.2

It has already started ballots are out.

0:48.0

People are sharpening their ballpoint pens.

0:50.4

Democracy is in action.

0:52.0

It's so exciting. And today we're going to talk about the

0:53.8

elections. We'll also talk about the confirmation hearings in which Amy Koney

0:57.2

Barrett is perfectly open and transparent about her views and the SATs. Are they one of education's great failures or should I be asking a less click-baty question?

1:08.0

Okay, folks, I'm so excited by this panel.

1:11.0

This is a really great panel. We have joining us as he's done

1:18.8

before many times an alum of the show, a beloved alum of the show beloved alum of the show he's done so much radio and

1:27.7

podcasting that I've enjoyed over the years he's host of this day an esoteric political history from radiotopia.

1:35.0

Folks, it's Jody Avergan. Hey Jody!

1:38.0

Hey there, are we expected to do all of our metaphors as brunch metaphors throughout the rest of the show?

1:44.0

Yes that is an expectation I hope you saw that in the email.

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