Christine Blasey Ford is back with her memoir One Way Back, and Nancy took one for the team and read it. Sarah, meanwhile, re-watched the eight-hour 2018 trial, because she’s insane. The Kavanaugh trial was a real moment: squee, boof, “I like beer.” Beyond the memes, however, it was more: a reckoning, a moral panic; an education, a national disgrace. Five years have passed. What can we see — or say — that we couldn’t back then? A lot!
Plus:
An alt-weekly takes the pulse of the city, encourages public failure
Jerry Stahl, come on our podcast!
How 80s party movies like Animal House and Fast Times shaped culture
Not all lawyers are heavy drinkers, but many heavy drinkers are lawyers
Matt Damon’s brilliant Kavanaugh spoof
Christine Blasey Ford’s voice sounds very young
That time Nancy got punched
Is trauma a choice?
36 years is a long, long time
The madness of a high-school accusation in middle age: “Can you imagine trying to adjudicate what went down at the Travelodge kegger in 1992?”
Ford’s top credentials vs. her political naivete
“That’s bullshit. That’s BULLSHIT!” Kneejerk Nancy rides again
What is the revelation of Ford’s new book, and is the answer French fries?
Gwyneth, Oprah, Steph Curry
Little Nancy learns “the devil’s triangle”
Plus, a new horror satire that’s Network meets The Exorcist, the sweetener to end all sweeteners, and more!
Our First Sunday Zoom hang is April 7, 8pm ET/5pm PT. Watch The Long Goodbye (free on Tubi) and come join us to discuss it!
Ed. note: We’re testing new software, and the audio levels on this week’s pod are a bit off. Apologies to our audiophiles and their tender ears. Won’t happen again.
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