Michael and Us: Enemy at the Gaetz

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🗓️ 6 July 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

The HBO documentary THE SWAMP (2020) follows three "maverick" Republican congressmen who seek to fulfill Donald Trump's promise to "drain the swamp," even if that means alienating their party leaders. But what you really need to know about this documentary is that the main one is Matt Gaetz, and he is a huge doofus. PLUS: thoughts on Canada Day, Alex Gibney's Agents of Chaos, and a look back at the media coverage of the War in Iraq.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, before we begin today's show, just a quick reminder that Michael and us has
0:08.7	a lot more content available at patreon.com slash Michael and us. We post an extra episode
0:14.0	there every week, along with bonus content, including though not limited to interviews
0:18.2	that I do in my day job, a recent highlight being my conversation with the author and science
0:23.0	fiction writer Cory Docturo, with whom I discussed Bill Gates. Recent Patreon episodes include
0:28.8	an episode, an operation, coffee cup, and the LP once recorded by Ronald Reagan attacking
0:33.5	socialized medicine, and a crossover episode with the Real Politics podcast in which we
0:38.4	discussed the Bruce Springsteen Barack Obama collab Renegades, a podcast I hear is almost
0:43.5	as popular as ours. You'll also get access to our full archive of well over 100 past episodes.
0:49.6	So if you enjoy the free shows and want to hear more, please consider supporting us at patreon.com slash Michael and us.
0:55.7	We're very grateful to be able to partner with Jacob and Radio, so please don't miss other
0:59.8	great podcasts on the Jacob and Network, like the recently launched Primer, a labor podcast
1:04.6	about Amazon hosted by my colleague Alex Press. Now without further ado, on with this week's
1:09.6	free episode of Michael and us.
1:26.7	Got to say I'm feeling a little self-conscious because I cut my hair one more time because
1:32.3	barbershop still aren't open here, or maybe they maybe they're opening very soon. I don't know.
1:37.4	I don't I don't think it turned out too well. I don't know. I think you look as handsome as Matt
1:42.0	Gates. I bet you say that to all the boys. Well everyone, welcome back to Michael and us. As always,
1:49.4	I'm Luke Savage and with me is Will Sloan. Thank you very much. So a few things I want to talk about
1:54.8	off the top. I watched a movie last night, actually kind of thinking I was doing field research,
2:00.8	perhaps watching a documentary that we could do on a future episode. I don't think I'd like to do
2:05.7	this one. It's called Agents of Chaos by a great filmmaker when we've talked about a few times on
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