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Masking for Trouble w. Sen. Tammy Duckworth

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Hysteria

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4.77.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2021

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

This week Erin Ryan and Alyssa Mastromonaco discuss Simone Biles' choice to sit out the rest of the Olympics and the clout chasers trying to use her to get attention, and break down the chaos and pain swirling around the January 6th commission. Plus, Erin sits down with Senator Tammy Duckworth to talk about her newest bill that would give parents paid leave following a pregnancy loss. Next: Megan Gailey and comedian Nori Reed join for a cathartic conversation about the pandemic and give those choosing to be unvaccinated a piece of their mind! Finally, what classic metal band are Alyssa and Erin listening to this week? Find out in Sanity Corner.


 

Show Notes:


Sanity Corner:

Megan: Love Island UK (available on Hulu)

Erin + Alyssa: Metallica and other 90’s hard rock

Nori: On the hunt for a mini bag!



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0:00.0

Hello and I'm Alyssa Master Monaco.

0:07.0

Alyssa, I heard that you were having some problems with a bat this morning.

0:16.0

Do you care to share that with our listeners?

0:18.0

Aaron, I was having a problem with a bat and I'm happy to share with our listeners.

0:22.0

The first person I came to my

0:24.0

problem with was you! I was like I'm sure she knows about bats. So I went outside

0:30.6

this morning and when I turned around I saw that there was a bat hanging upside down on my front stoop.

0:37.0

Now I'm not going to lie I know a lot about like mice and deer and other things I'm not like super versed in bats so you and

0:47.3

I were both concerned since it was daylight that there was something very

0:50.3

wrong with the bats should not be out in the day they shouldn't not should not be out in the day they should not be out in the day and we were like

0:55.7

shit it might have rabies so I called George the problem wildlife guy up here and he was like oh girl he's like good that you call he's

1:06.0

fine it's been so cloudy up here that he got caught off guard by the sunlight

1:11.0

he'll be gone at dark he's like back into the barn. I was like, are you sure?

1:16.2

And then I texted my upstate pest people and they were like, oh girl, he's sleeping. It's okay.

1:21.5

And I found out it was definitely a dude because the ladies are in maternal dens right now

1:26.8

So I'll report back on Twitter to let you know if he did in fact Vaminos

1:32.1

Okay, good. Yeah, so he's basically sleeping on the bat couch or he's sort of like me in one of my first jobs when I came into work and I was very hung

1:39.9

over, not recommended, but you know.

1:42.4

And... I'm not going to lie. the picture of him looks hung over yeah

1:45.5

right well I came into work very hung over and I was like look I'm not going to get

1:49.0

through this day unless I take a nap so I went into one of the conference rooms and took a nap and that's essentially what the bats doing it's like whoa just upside down just upside down

2:10.0

This week we're joined by Senator Tammy Duckworth, Norie Reed, and Megan Galey to tackle the following questions. Is Simone Biles dropping out of the all-around competition actually saving gymnastics?

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