#63: Chip-Filled Rooms

Current Affairs

Comedy, Government, News, Culture, Politics

4.4 • 645 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2020

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

The panel dissects Obama's new memoir and what it says about his legacy, investigate the concept of 'cabals', and share their favorite competitive reality shows. The panel this week was made up of newsletter editor Nick Slater, lieutenant editor Brianna Rennix, poet-at-large Cate Root, and editor-in-chief Nathan Robinson. Your temporary host is Sparky Abraham. This episode was edited by Dan Thorn of Pink Noise Studios in Somerville, MA.

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0:00.0	Live from the current affairs world headquarters, it's current affairs.
0:06.1	Your ears, most titillating hour of politics and culture.
0:10.4	Tonight on the program, we discuss Obama and whether you should be mad, and Nathan will
0:18.1	make you mad.
0:18.9	We have our recurring segment, watch your cabal sack, where we discuss whether the world is run by
0:28.8	an international cabal of elite evildoers.
0:35.0	And Nick tries to convince us that it is and and he's probably right.
0:39.0	And finally, our recurring segment, what are they making on TV where we discuss what people
0:45.1	are making on TV and why we like it.
0:47.9	Tonight's panel includes newsletter editor, Nick Slater.
0:52.9	Hoy, hoi, lieutenant editor, Brianna Rennick.
0:56.8	Hi, guys.
0:58.0	Poet at large.
0:59.0	What is your title, Kate?
1:00.2	Poet at large.
1:00.8	My title is Poet at Large.
1:02.0	Poet at Large, Kate Root.
1:03.9	Hi, everybody.
1:06.2	And your editor-in-chief himself, Nathan J. Robinson.
1:10.4	Hello.
1:11.6	I'm your temporary host, Pete Davis.
1:14.2	I'm Sparky Abraham.
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