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I keep meaning to send you

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pictures when I am back upstate.

1:03

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down the road, there is like a

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20-foot skeleton family that someone has erected

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in their front yard. God

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bless that skeleton family. God bless having

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lots of room. Right, we've

1:22

got a great show today. We

1:25

break down the VP debate that

1:27

happened on Tuesday night and discuss

1:29

the slipperiness of JD Vance and

1:32

the authenticity of Tim Walz.

1:35

He would be such a great vice president,

1:37

and we're really proud of how he did. We

1:40

also got to talk about the

1:42

judge in Georgia overturning an abortion

1:44

ban with a really fire

1:47

ruling. Am I allowed to say fire ruling?

1:49

Am I young enough? Am I too old?

1:51

Is that okay? What

1:54

are the kids saying nowadays? We also have

1:56

some interviews with some down-ballot candidates you're gonna

1:58

want to get to know. and

2:00

a fun little romp through Sanity Corner

2:02

slash I Feel Petty. You're

2:10

listening to Hysteria the podcast for people who stress

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ordered pa- I'm

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just seeing this. Whoever wrote this

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line for me, thank you. You're listening to

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Hysteria the podcast for people who stress ordered

2:21

Panda Express before the VP debate. That was

2:23

me. I did that. That tracks. I

2:26

did that. It was good. The

2:28

Panda Express near me is like

2:30

a good person. Panda Express is

2:32

delicious. It's not Chinese food. It

2:34

is specifically Panda Express. Panda Express.

2:36

It's its own thing. So

2:39

let's talk a little bit about the VP

2:41

debate last night, Alyssa. What are your thoughts

2:43

on it? Now we're 12 hours after the

2:46

debate. People will be listening to this a good

2:49

day and a half after the debate is done.

2:52

Now that you've been able to sit with it

2:54

for a little bit, what are your takeaways from

2:56

the debate? I thought

2:58

the debate was good for America. I

3:01

actually felt like the

3:04

sort of civil tone really did J.D.

3:06

Vance dirty because we could see what

3:08

he was saying. And

3:10

I think that for people who were looking

3:12

for actual information or

3:15

who were undecided, I think

3:17

that it

3:19

helped. I think it helped. I think we could

3:21

really hear what they both stood for and what

3:23

they were trying to explain.

3:25

And I will say I deeply enjoyed

3:28

watching J.D. Vance trying to defend some

3:30

of Trump's more batshit stuff. And

3:32

if we had had a drinking game for how

3:34

many times he would shriek open borders, I think

3:37

that we wouldn't have been able to do the podcast

3:39

today. But in general, I enjoyed

3:43

it. Hmm. It's interesting. I'm

3:45

glad I'm talking to you about this because I

3:47

had a totally different take. I

3:50

was uncomfortable watching it because J.D.

3:52

Vance is such a wriggly little

3:54

twerp. And I

3:56

know his type. I know his type.

3:59

The most exhaust person in your poli

4:01

sci class who's raising his hand to argue with

4:03

a professor two minutes before You're

4:05

supposed to be able to leave that

4:07

is his entire vibe He

4:10

does have as pundits were saying like he's

4:12

got finesse. He seemed more comfortable up there

4:14

He seemed more smooth up there, but of

4:17

course pundits Whose

4:19

job it is to sort of whiz

4:21

bang Wow people by saying a whole

4:23

lot of nothing Would be

4:25

impressed by somebody who's adept at saying a

4:27

lot of nothing this morning I woke up

4:29

and I was like, you know

4:31

what? J. D Vance didn't

4:34

say anything. He has no record.

4:36

He has he has no record to defend

4:38

He has no accomplishments as a member of

4:40

the Senate, which he's been a member of

4:43

for less than two years He has no

4:45

accomplishments and no record Tim

4:47

walls did get to speak about his

4:49

record his very successful record as a

4:51

governor of a state that is a

4:53

very successful State he

4:56

was able to talk about getting

4:58

paid family leave going He was

5:00

able to talk about the free

5:02

school meals program that got passed in the

5:04

state of Minnesota He was able

5:06

to talk about the way his heart

5:08

changed on gun violence

5:10

and gun control and I think

5:13

that pundits are going

5:15

to be impressed by somebody who seems

5:17

comfortable and smooth but voters are going

5:19

to be impressed by somebody who has

5:22

actual accomplishments and right Tim

5:24

walls has actual accomplishments. I also

5:26

found some of the coverage of

5:30

I was listening to NPR this morning and the

5:33

take on JD Vance was like Oh, he was

5:35

able to say if Kamala Harris's ideas are so

5:37

good then why hasn't she done them? I think

5:39

that is such a what that is such a

5:41

so dumb There are three branches of government my

5:43

dude like that is such a stupid take

5:46

and I think that that point If

5:48

Kamala really wanted to get them done. She would have gotten them

5:50

done explain how how

5:52

it was this was this was

5:54

the downside of the of the

5:58

civility right which was

6:00

that it did let J.D.

6:02

Vance kind of put lipstick on a

6:04

pig. Like, whereas Trump just comes off

6:07

as unhinged, I do worry that

6:09

for people who were not

6:11

intently listening to what he

6:13

said, that he made completely

6:16

unhinged policies sound civil. You

6:19

know, so I would say for me

6:21

personally watching it, I appreciated being able

6:23

to hear him say what he said.

6:25

But I think fundamentally, Tim Walz, of

6:27

all the candidates on the ballot, Trump,

6:29

Vance, Kamala Harris, and

6:32

Tim Walz, he

6:34

walked in with the highest favorability rating, and I

6:36

do not think that changed when he walked out

6:38

of the debate. I think that

6:40

he did a great job, and

6:44

I think especially, everyone's nervous the first couple of

6:47

minutes, but I think J.D. Vance fell apart at

6:49

the end, like when they were asking him about

6:51

January 6th, and he's like, let's talk about the

6:53

future. And it's like, okay, but you don't get

6:55

to do that, because everything you've said is about

6:58

the past. Like you've been saying,

7:00

well, Trump did this, and Trump did this, and

7:02

we haven't finished this, well, my dude, as you

7:04

would say, that's the past. And so you don't

7:06

get to say, but oh, January 6th, which by

7:08

the way is the most recent past of the

7:11

Trump administration, and that's the part

7:13

we're gonna ignore entirely. Yeah, and I

7:15

think that that sort of was

7:18

his mask off moment, was J.D. Vance's mask

7:20

off moment, especially when he was

7:22

trying to, he

7:25

I think at that point was like, oh yeah,

7:27

this is a Wrigley motherfucker. And I think every

7:29

single person watching has dealt with somebody trying to

7:31

get out of trouble by being like, well, what

7:33

we really need to be talking about is this,

7:35

and it's like, no, no, no. Right. You

7:38

were asked specifically about this. Answer that question, and

7:40

then we can move on to the next topic.

7:42

Like he tried to pivot from a lack

7:46

of peaceful transfer of power and

7:48

a lie that propelled an insurrection

7:50

at the Capitol to censorship. He

7:52

was worried about, that was so- When they're

7:54

banning books left and right. But

7:57

also like, even if the Democrats were

7:59

banning books, like. I'm sorry, they're both

8:01

very bad, but if the Democrats were

8:03

the ones physically taking books out of

8:05

people's hands, it would be less bad

8:07

than inciting an insurrection in order to

8:09

interrupt the peaceful transfer of power. And

8:12

the fact that he tried to draw that

8:14

false equivalency was such a misstep that it

8:17

made me think of his entire debate performance

8:19

in a different light. Looking

8:23

back on it, I'm like, oh, he

8:25

was just doing that constantly, but just

8:28

less dramatically. And that's the style of

8:30

a high school debate champion who can

8:32

win just by talking a lot and

8:34

talking really fast. Which is what he

8:36

did. Which is what he did. But

8:39

I think that he didn't really, he

8:41

didn't make a case for why the

8:44

Trump ticket has solutions.

8:46

What he was able to do

8:48

was identify problems that were really

8:50

anodyne, like, oh yeah, gun violence,

8:52

it's a problem. And then he

8:54

would identify an anodyne problem and

8:56

then pivot to an insane take

8:58

on the source of the problem.

9:00

Like, oh yeah, we agree. Hardening

9:03

doors. Right. Guns

9:05

are a problem. Oh yeah, uh-huh, nodding along. I agree with you

9:07

there, JD. We

9:10

need better doors. What? What?

9:12

Wait a minute, what? You said

9:15

doors? We need better doors? Okay. Did

9:17

a door factory just give you

9:19

a big donation? Like, why is

9:21

that the solution? Or like, housing

9:23

is unaffordable. Yeah, absolutely, JD. I

9:25

totally agree. Federal lands. Well, but

9:27

like, what federal lands are we

9:29

going to build plumbing hookups on, dude? Have you

9:31

ever been to Escalante? That shit is in the

9:33

middle of fucking nowhere. Especially because they already want

9:36

to drill for more fuel on federal

9:38

lands. Why are all the federal

9:40

lands? I mean, but there are a

9:42

lot, like a lot of federal lands

9:45

are simply just like not arable. Like

9:47

they're not, or they're the location of

9:49

really delicate ecosystems that should not be

9:52

bulldozed and built up. Right. Or

9:54

like housing unaffordable. Yes, JD. I totally

9:57

agree. It's because undocumented

9:59

people. are buying the houses.

10:01

What? Or taking the houses or being

10:03

given the houses by some untold

10:06

mechanism. What are you talking about,

10:08

my dude? I don't... But he

10:11

did that in a

10:13

way that was relatively undetectable until the

10:15

very end, where it's like, oh, you're

10:17

just... Okay, that's what you've been doing

10:20

all along. And also, I feel like,

10:23

you know, J.D. Vance, what

10:25

most Americans have seen is that...

10:29

and pundits, for that matter, is that

10:31

J.D. Vance is absolutely catastrophically bad on

10:33

the stump. And so while

10:36

people kept saying, well, Tim Walz is

10:38

like lowering his expectations, J.D. Vance had

10:40

been lowering his expectations for months, like

10:42

ever since Trump picked him. So the

10:44

fact that he coherently

10:46

spit out a lot of words, also

10:48

you have to be like to the

10:51

pundits who are like, he won. Did

10:53

he? Because he said sentences? No, I

10:55

mean, and that's the game that he's

10:57

playing. He is impressive to pundits because

10:59

he has a skill set that pundits

11:02

find impressive. But do voters find it

11:04

impressive? And I don't buy that voters

11:06

find it impressive that a person can

11:08

kind of slither around

11:11

the answer to direct questions.

11:14

I also think, you know, let's talk a little

11:16

bit about climate. There

11:18

were some questions about Hurricane Helene,

11:20

which the devastation is just like

11:23

unfathomable. We will not know the

11:25

extent of it for days, weeks,

11:27

months. And I don't know. It just

11:30

it's horrible. It

11:33

would not have occurred had

11:36

there not been conditions that encourage extreme

11:38

weather events. And extreme weather events are

11:40

more likely to occur because of climate

11:43

change. I

11:45

think that Vance got let off the hook a

11:47

little bit in talking

11:49

about like, of course, simply

11:52

by saying he likes clean air and water. Yeah,

11:55

like, but also they don't. He

11:58

likes it for himself because he's he's a millionaire. And

12:00

he's a millionaire who's always going to be able,

12:03

he thinks, always going to be able to buy

12:05

a house in a place with clean air and

12:07

water. The people who are stuck with the poison

12:09

water and the runoff are actually like his Appalachian

12:12

brethren who are forced to live in cities where

12:14

their water is polluted, where

12:16

the air is polluted, where people

12:19

are experiencing higher rates of cancer,

12:21

birth defects, issues with miscarriage and

12:25

stillbirth because of pollution. J.D. Vance

12:27

is never, ever, he thinks, going

12:29

to have to worry about

12:31

personally living in a place that is

12:33

polluted. But the thing that Hurricane Helene

12:35

shows us is that there are no

12:38

climate, there's no climate

12:41

havens, there's no place to go where

12:43

you're going to be protected from this.

12:45

And I think that Vance is

12:47

living under a delusion. And we see this

12:50

time and time again with him, but people

12:52

don't really hit him on it. He

12:55

isn't capable of caring for

12:57

people who he cannot directly,

12:59

personally relate to. Like

13:02

he doesn't care. And

13:04

that's pretty obvious in

13:07

his answer. The

13:09

other thing I just also think is

13:11

interesting that like the

13:13

moderators didn't make the point of or anything. One

13:16

of the worst hit areas is Asheville. Like Erin, we

13:18

know it's hurricane season, we know hurricanes usually come up

13:20

the coast. I mean, they do come up the coast,

13:22

that's how they happen. Asheville not

13:24

on the coast. In the mountains. Asheville

13:26

in the mountains. Decidedly not on the

13:28

coast. And so this idea that it's

13:30

like, that this is sort

13:33

of hurricanes as usual is, is, is

13:35

bullshit. And if you listen to the

13:37

people, which I'm sure he hasn't, who

13:39

are in Asheville, they're all like,

13:41

I've lived here my whole life. This has never,

13:43

this has never happened. There was 20 feet of

13:45

water in my house, like in the mountains. Yeah.

13:49

And I think he got off the hook by just

13:51

saying a really bland

13:53

sentence that everybody can agree with.

13:55

Yeah. Like it was bad and

13:57

it's unspeakable amounts of human tragedy.

14:00

Yep. OK, cool. But like next

14:02

his his inability to offer literally

14:04

any solutions at all. I like

14:06

clean air and water. Cool. Me

14:08

too. How are we going to

14:10

achieve that, J.D.? Like no solutions,

14:12

no ideas. I

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in show notes, too, so

14:40

everyone can do that.

14:42

OK, let's pivot to abortion. Yeah.

14:45

Alyssa, I'm going to say

14:47

the low point of the debate, in addition

14:49

to that weird question about China and what

14:51

on earth? It's like, are

14:53

you? I mean, I don't like

14:55

to complain about the moderators. I think they were trying

14:57

to do something, but I don't know what it was

15:00

that they were trying to do. It's like,

15:02

is that the anyway? That was a weird

15:04

question. And

15:07

the abortion question, the parroting, obviously,

15:10

nine disinformation. Yeah.

15:12

Was egregious. We texted the second

15:14

it came out of their mouths.

15:17

Yeah. Waltz was asked to respond

15:19

to a false assertion from Trump

15:21

that the Minnesota governor supports abortion

15:23

in the ninth month. And

15:26

in and rather than just being like, this is

15:28

ridiculous, which I would have, I would have been

15:30

like, what on earth are you asking me this

15:32

stupid question for? He brought

15:34

up personal stories of women who faced

15:36

health crises or died due to state

15:38

abortion bans. And

15:41

he pointed out that in Minnesota they restored Roe

15:43

v. Wade. Now, here's what I wish he would

15:45

have said. People don't know that Roe v. Wade

15:47

means up the

15:49

point of fetal viability. Right. A person

15:51

can have an abortion past the point

15:53

of fetal viability. There are still reasons

15:55

that a person can have an abortion,

15:57

but they need to be. Harris

24:00

had three and a half years

24:02

to change the way the conditions

24:04

in which families live in this

24:06

country. I just want to point

24:08

out that the Build Back Better

24:10

plan, as it was originally written,

24:12

contained generous, incredible, revolutionary changes.

24:15

It contained grants to help

24:17

pay childcare providers, the Republicans,

24:19

and Manchin allowed to expire.

24:22

It contained a universal paid

24:24

family leave program. It

24:27

contained universal, I

24:29

think, pre-K or day care. I

24:32

think pre-K, yeah. It

24:34

was an incredible package for

24:36

families. Did Vance vote for

24:39

it? No. And

24:41

Aaron, he keeps saying things like, I think there's

24:43

a bipartisan solution here, because a lot of us

24:45

care about the issue. Really? Because all you do

24:48

is fucking talk about immigration. And there was a

24:50

bipartisan solution about six months ago on that. And

24:54

you all didn't support it, even though an

24:56

actual Republican sort of helped write it. So

24:59

don't fucking peddle that bullshit either. I

25:02

mean, this is what the GOP

25:05

loves to do. They love to

25:07

scream and throw a fit and demand a

25:10

compromise. And Democrats are like, okay, we'll compromise

25:12

with you. The ACA was originally written by

25:14

the Heritage Foundation, if you can believe it

25:16

or not. I mean, not the actual ACA,

25:19

but the inspiration for it was

25:22

written by the Heritage Foundation, because

25:25

universal healthcare was just completely abhorrent

25:27

to proponents of private industry and

25:29

profiteering on healthcare. So Democrats were

25:32

like, okay, cool. Yeah, sure. Yeah,

25:34

well, we'll do something like that

25:36

so everyone can get insurance. And

25:38

now they're acting like they're

25:41

screaming bloody murder that the ACA exists

25:43

and they think that it's a bad

25:45

idea. Right. You know what my favorite

25:47

part was on that exchange when Vance

25:50

got so antsy and he's like, Donald

25:52

Trump saved the Affordable Care Act. Oh

25:54

my God. Actually, my boy,

25:56

John McCain saved the Affordable

25:58

Care Act. with the Affordable

26:01

Care. Nancy Pelosi birthed that

26:03

thing. She was sleeves rolled

26:05

up, like pulling that thing

26:07

out. And

26:10

John McCain saved that, yes, absolutely. So get

26:12

out of here. Like that, I audibly, I

26:14

was alone in the living room. I just

26:16

like laughed out loud at that one. It

26:18

was such a falsehood, such a blatant falsehood.

26:22

I think that that also exposes a

26:24

weakness of the format of a debate

26:26

because the role of the vice president,

26:28

the job of the vice president is

26:31

not to win debates. The job of

26:33

the vice president is to actually

26:36

serve as the backup president in case

26:38

something happens. God forbid. But also an

26:40

important role of the vice president is

26:43

to be a messenger and to

26:46

communicate important, like

26:48

priorities of the American people

26:50

to help craft legislation and

26:52

policy. And this

26:56

isn't necessarily a good way to learn

26:58

what they're going to do because it

27:01

reminded me a little bit of like

27:03

the Brett Kavanaugh or the Amy Coney

27:05

Barrett confirmation hearings. Like there is no

27:07

consequence for just going up there and

27:12

lying your face off. Right. Not

27:14

at all. And saying whatever you need

27:16

to say to get through to the next stage.

27:18

Because there's not gonna be like the truth police

27:20

aren't gonna show up and be like, well, JD,

27:22

you actually said you wanted to make it easier

27:25

for people to have kids. That was

27:27

one funny part of the debate when

27:29

I think it was Margaret Brennan

27:31

was like, actually JD, the Haitian

27:34

migrants in Ohio are legal.

27:38

And he's like, I didn't think there'd be fact check. I

27:40

know. That was like another mask off

27:42

moment for him. He has a twerpy little narc. And

27:45

he's like, you're breaking the rules. And

27:47

it was like, oh my God, that's your state. Did you

27:50

hear what you just said? He did though.

27:52

He did hear what he said. Yeah. I

27:56

think that the debates without fact checking

27:58

are kind of useless. Totally.

28:00

And look, like last night it was whatever

28:02

time, my time was like 10 30 and

28:06

they're like, we'll be back. And I was like, oh

28:08

my God, this is going on. But I do think

28:10

years and years ago they used to break the debates

28:12

up by topic. You know, like there would be a

28:14

foreign policy debate, there would be a domestic policy debate.

28:17

I do think like last night that was the thing

28:19

that was a little frustrating. Just when

28:21

they were like getting

28:23

into like real differences, they're

28:25

like, well, we need to get on to the next topic

28:27

because we have so much to cover. And it's like, I

28:29

don't know, maybe you need to cover last. So do a

28:32

climate change. Honestly, the world right now would benefit from a

28:34

climate change debate. Mm hmm. 100%.

28:36

But I don't know that a Republican would

28:38

agree to it. Why would they agree to

28:40

do that? I mean, just for

28:42

the same reasons, I wouldn't agree to

28:44

a unicorns debate. Like they don't think

28:46

it's real. But then again, it would

28:49

be like if I were currently being stabbed

28:51

by a unicorn and refuse to participate in

28:53

a unicorns debate because I'm like, it's not

28:55

real. I'm not getting stabbed. Get out of

28:57

here. Fuck this. Yeah.

28:59

So that's that's my I think that's pretty much

29:01

all I wanted to. Oh, do you want to

29:03

talk about anything else about the debate or do

29:05

we want to move on? No, I

29:08

feel like, you know, we covered what needed to

29:10

be covered. I also think let me just say

29:12

this. I think that

29:14

the pundit take is that Vance won because he

29:16

was more pundit-y. I think that

29:18

whether it I don't think that any

29:20

damage was done by any by either

29:23

side. None whatsoever. Then

29:25

I don't think the needle was

29:27

moved at all. I still think

29:29

that people maybe come out

29:31

and they're like, oh, J.D. Vance can speak faster

29:33

than I thought, you know, but I think that

29:35

Tim Walz, like the thing that I always think

29:37

comes through is authenticity. I think

29:39

it is so incredibly rare you ever see

29:41

it in a debate because people are prepped

29:44

to fuck and then they just spit out

29:46

lines. And the thing that I

29:48

did appreciate is like you straight up saw

29:50

Tim Walz thinking, you know what

29:52

I mean? You could literally he was taking notes

29:55

and he was responding in kind. And I just

29:57

I was like real proud of him.

30:00

That is, especially because that day all

30:02

the cable networks were playing the

30:05

interviews of people who had moderated his

30:07

debates before and basically said how much

30:09

he sucked. So I was like,

30:11

I thought he fucking killed it. He did great. Yeah,

30:14

I thought he did a good job. And I also want to point

30:16

out that even if it had been

30:18

a really decisive victory or embarrassment, Donald Trump

30:20

cannot stand to not be the center of

30:22

attention for even a moment, even if it

30:24

serves him well. So I'm

30:26

sure he's going to be yapping, doing wild shit,

30:29

standing in a photo op behind a ... He

30:31

already is. Oh, good. I can't wait

30:33

until we're done with this so I can see

30:35

what yaps he has yapped. You

30:38

know, we're a month out. A

30:41

month out. A month out. A

30:43

month out. I also want to say, speaking of

30:45

Donald Trump, yapping, haven't really heard him talk about

30:47

the IVF thing since he just promised that he

30:49

was going to cover IVF 100%. He's

30:52

like, I'm on it. I got it. And then

30:55

he's just like, I hope this never comes up

30:57

again. Except, you know what? Gavin Newsom won't let

30:59

him get away with that. Yeah,

31:02

Gavin Newsom signed a bill over the

31:04

weekend that would require insurance companies to

31:06

cover IVF treatments for Californians. So

31:09

the bill expands IVF inclusion for LGBTQ

31:11

plus families by changing the definition of

31:13

infertility for insurance purposes to be a

31:16

person's inability to reproduce either as an

31:18

individual or with their partner without medical

31:20

intervention. Do you know what I think's

31:22

so funny about this? What?

31:24

So if you are New York state, if you're a blue

31:26

state, you're like, you know what? This is the right thing

31:29

to do. We're going to try and figure it out. Even

31:31

if we can't cover it all the way, like we're going

31:33

to try and figure it out. So

31:35

like, what do you think this does to like, if

31:37

you're deciding whether to live in a red state or

31:39

a blue state, I just think it's really funny that

31:42

this could like displace populations across the country from people

31:44

who are like, you know what? It just seems safer

31:46

and like better for me over there. Yeah.

31:49

Good luck finding an apartment because

31:52

it's expensive. It's like my first apartment when

31:54

I moved to LA in 2018, I just

31:56

like was just out of Looked

32:00

at my old building double the price. No

32:02

double what I was paying. That's

32:05

crazy Yeah, it is really

32:08

not it's not affordable guys. It's

32:10

not affordable to live here You

32:13

might find some deals in the inland Empire though. Okay

32:16

Let's talk before we take a quick break

32:18

about the Georgia abortion ruling Alyssa

32:21

you want to take it away? Yeah, so Aaron little

32:23

bit of good news. We talked about it earlier On

32:27

Monday a Georgia judge struck down the state

32:29

six-week abortion ban that had gone into effect

32:31

directly after Roe was overturned So

32:34

as we said, this is temporary win because the issue

32:36

is likely going to go on to the state Supreme

32:38

Court But for now a win nonetheless The

32:41

case was decided by Judge Robert

32:43

C. I. McBurney of Fulton County

32:45

Superior Court and Aaron Should

32:47

we just do two quick dramatic readings of

32:49

the? Decision sure.

32:52

Can we just say that that McBurney

32:54

is a great net last name for

32:56

somebody who had perfect So many McBurns

32:58

in this in this decision, but it

33:00

is Okay, so I

33:02

think so here's my favorite. My

33:04

favorite is a review of our

33:06

higher courts interpretations of Liberty demonstrates

33:09

that Liberty in Georgia includes in its

33:11

meaning in its protection and in its

33:13

bundle of rights the power of a

33:16

woman to Control her own body to

33:18

decide what happens to it and in

33:20

it and to reject state interference with

33:23

her health care choices That power is

33:25

not however unlimited when a fetus growing

33:27

inside a woman reaches viability when society

33:29

can assume care and Responsibility

33:32

for that separate life then and

33:34

only then may society intervene

33:37

Love that love that's a McBurney

33:40

of that and that's that that's McBurney

33:42

and he also had some choice words

33:44

for Originalism which is

33:46

a very stupid way to interpret laws But

33:48

anyway He said the meaning of the Constitution

33:50

is no more fixed than the composition of

33:52

the majority in the highest courts in the

33:55

land Especially when formerly bedrock principles such as

33:57

stare decisis appear to be on the wane

34:00

Given that less majestic but undeniable reality,

34:02

the more logical approach to assessing whether

34:04

a legislative enactment is void at the

34:07

time of its passage is to rely

34:09

on the then controlling constitutional interpretations. Otherwise,

34:11

ghost laws from years or decades past,

34:14

enacted by legislators long since voted out

34:16

of office, can spring to life when

34:19

our ever-changing politics yields a new majority

34:21

on our high courts, a majority which

34:23

in turn imparts a new meaning to

34:25

supposedly unchanged and unchanging Constitution. But here

34:27

we are. But

34:29

here we are. Take that, Sam Alito. I

34:32

also want to point out that McBurney is

34:34

a Republican appointee. Yep,

34:38

he is very important. I was like, I

34:41

got to the end of the ruling

34:43

and I was like, Robert McBurney. And

34:45

then I googled it and I was

34:47

like, he's white. And then I kept

34:49

reading and I was like, I'm appointed

34:51

by a Republican. That is wild. Well,

34:53

Mr. McBurney, Judge McBurney, you are welcome

34:55

on hysteria. You can be- Anytime.

34:57

Anytime. You can be a guest then. You can

35:00

just come read your opinions. We'll listen. That'd be

35:02

fine. That's a McBurney, we'll call it. All right,

35:04

we've got to take a quick break. When we

35:06

come back, we've got some interviews with some down

35:08

ballot candidates you're going to want to meet. And

35:11

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We're running for office tour. All summer, we have road

40:29

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40:32

ladies running for office in 2024. And

40:34

we're doing a last hurrah with five

40:36

incredible candidates. They're grinding nonstop to protect

40:38

their states and make America a little

40:40

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40:55

are kicking off the road trip with

40:57

a stop in the Grand Canyon State

40:59

with Stephanie Simichek, who is running for

41:01

the legislative district to state house seat.

41:04

The Arizona State House is currently Republican

41:06

controlled. If Democrats flip two seats in

41:08

each chamber, they will control the legislature

41:11

for the first time in over three

41:13

decades. And so we need to get

41:15

Stephanie in that seat. Stephanie, you

41:18

have a background in education and even served

41:20

on the Deer Valley School Board. What

41:22

background in education prompts you to run this cycle?

41:24

Yes, thank you so much for having me. As

41:27

a parent and a public school teacher, I

41:29

taught first grade and was a regular substitute

41:31

teacher for Deer Valley and a

41:34

current school board member. I really

41:36

have seen firsthand how a lack of

41:38

funding has been detrimental to our state.

41:42

As a teacher, I would use my

41:44

own money so that I could create

41:46

a wonderful and, you know, interactive experience

41:48

for my students. And we all know

41:50

that's just not possible to keep up

41:52

with. When

41:54

our educators and when I say educators, I

41:57

want to make sure I'm clear that I'm

41:59

talking about teachers. in Paris and bus

42:01

drivers and office staff and our cafeteria

42:03

workers, because we all work together for

42:05

the success of our students. And

42:08

when they are not making a livable wage,

42:10

along with the increase of housing that we're

42:12

seeing here, mortgages

42:15

are no longer affordable, people cannot afford

42:17

their rent. They

42:20

are not able to be successful,

42:22

we have to do better. Arizona

42:24

now ranks 51st in the country for

42:27

funding. This includes teacher

42:29

salaries, it includes per people

42:32

spending, and we really just have

42:34

to do better. And my

42:36

background in running, to flip

42:38

this legislature from its one seat majority,

42:41

that really just continues to defund

42:43

public education and refuses to hear

42:45

any bills that would support everyday

42:47

Arizona's basic needs, to a

42:49

majority that will put Arizona first, that

42:52

includes our children, and no matter what

42:54

zip code they live in, that's

42:56

really important to me. So the

42:59

other week, let's talk a little bit about

43:01

school funding. The other week, Alyssa and I

43:03

talked about some of the insanity around the

43:05

deficit vouchers have created in Arizona. When

43:08

the state has spent too much money on

43:10

vouchers, what programs do they take money from

43:12

to make up for the shortfall? Sure.

43:15

Well, the universal ESA voucher program

43:18

is currently funded out of the

43:20

general state fund. So that's

43:22

a big reason why our state has gone

43:24

from what we had a surplus to a

43:26

deficit over the last several years. And

43:29

in order to balance the budget from

43:31

pulling that money out for vouchers, we've had

43:34

to take money from public safety and our

43:36

roads. 300 million came

43:38

out the budget this year for water

43:40

infrastructure and conservation. The state's

43:42

also taken money from our opioid

43:44

settlement funds that was supposed to go

43:47

towards helping people with opioid addiction to

43:49

help balance the state budget now. And

43:52

so rather than investing in public

43:54

education, which 90% of

43:57

Arizona families choose, we're bleeding money out

43:59

of it. our general fund to

44:02

pay for these types of programs that I

44:04

want to add do not require any

44:07

accountability and transparency. So

44:09

what I mean by that is where

44:11

our public schools have to account for

44:13

every penny that is spent and

44:16

show growth through state testing, which is

44:18

how it should be, right? We're using

44:20

taxpayer dollars for this, but

44:22

those that are receiving voucher money

44:24

are turning it over to private

44:26

schools who do not have to

44:28

provide this type of accountability and

44:30

transparency. So they're spending it

44:32

on things in addition to

44:35

the private schools where we see this happening.

44:37

We also see that parents are spending it

44:39

with their child is homeschooled

44:41

or spending it on things that are

44:43

claimed to be educational. And this is

44:46

a big stretch. So for example, purchasing

44:49

an espresso machine so that your child

44:51

can, you know, learn to be a

44:53

barista or it's

44:56

true. It's very true. There's a

44:58

current case going on for

45:01

purchasing ATVs for outdoor recreation

45:03

as part of a student's

45:05

curriculum. And the state, you

45:07

know, kind of finally started to step in

45:09

a little bit, but this particular person is

45:11

pushing back very hard to say that they

45:13

can use voucher money for that. And

45:16

obviously they don't have to account for anything. And

45:19

when this money is going directly to

45:21

the private schools who don't have to

45:23

have the same requirements for state testing

45:25

and don't have to fingerprint for

45:28

the safety of their staff to let, you

45:30

know, parents know that their child who will

45:32

be interacting with an adult is not, has

45:35

not had a formal background check. It's

45:38

really concerning. And

45:40

so we call this welfare for the wealthy

45:42

because the majority of people who

45:45

use voucher money were actually planning on

45:47

sending their child or children to private

45:50

schools anyway. So at

45:52

minimum the accountability and the transparency

45:54

should be a requirement, I believe,

45:56

for receiving vouchers from our taxpayer

45:59

dollars. And I just want to

46:01

add the importance of all of this is

46:03

that a well-educated

46:05

workforce, it

46:07

does everything for Arizona. It tracks

46:10

new business. So our strong public

46:12

education system is not just an

46:14

education issue. It's an

46:16

economic issue for our communities and our state

46:18

as well. Tell

46:21

us about your opponent and why it's so

46:23

important, given your opponent, that you are elected

46:25

in November. Sure.

46:28

I'm running to flip the legislature from

46:31

its one-seat majority that continues to

46:33

not support everyday Arizonans. So

46:36

I'm the only candidate who

46:38

supports properly funding public education,

46:40

holding those that receive voucher

46:42

money from taxpayer dollars accountable

46:44

for spending, supporting reproductive

46:46

health care for all women.

46:48

I strongly believe that the

46:50

government has no business in

46:52

the exam room with a woman and her

46:54

doctor to make health care decisions.

46:58

For me, holding and winning this seat,

47:00

and for others around the state, we're

47:02

working so hard. It means that we'll

47:04

be able to put Arizona, all

47:06

Arizonans first. And

47:08

that means investing in water conservation

47:11

and infrastructure for our future generations.

47:14

We must also find solutions for

47:16

our affordable housing crisis and continue

47:18

to invest in public safety. So

47:20

that's really, truly why it is important that

47:23

I am elected in November. We've got to

47:25

flip the legislature this year. Yeah,

47:27

we also need more teachers in public service,

47:29

I think. Yes, we do. They

47:31

know what's going on in a way that a

47:34

lot of people who are elected officials do

47:36

not. Stephanie, thank

47:38

you so much for

47:40

joining me today. Listeners,

47:42

please check out simachekforaz.com,

47:44

that's s-i-m-a-c-e-k-f-o-r-a-z.com to see

47:46

how you can help.

47:49

And don't forget, votesaveamerica.com/vote to

47:51

make sure you're registered. Now,

48:00

let's drive 800 miles up

48:03

north to Colorado where Congresswoman

48:05

and Dr. Yedira Caravallo is

48:07

running for reelection in Colorado's

48:09

most competitive district. Last

48:11

election, she won by a razor-thin margin, so

48:13

it's vital that we put the pedal to

48:15

the medal and keep her in office. Congresswoman,

48:17

welcome to hysteria. Hello. Thank

48:19

you for having me today. Your list

48:21

of accomplishments is intimidating at

48:23

first. You're the first Latina elected

48:26

to Congress in Colorado. You're a

48:28

pediatrician and you're an extremely effective

48:30

legislator. Oh, well, thank you. Yes,

48:33

I decided from a young age that I

48:35

wanted to be a doctor. Never really thought

48:37

that that would parlay into politics. You're

48:40

like, you know, when like a kid

48:42

is like, I want to be a princess doctor,

48:45

veterinarian, astronaut, you actually got to do all of

48:47

it. Okay,

48:49

so you won your seat by only 1% in 2022. How's

48:52

your race shaping up this cycle? You know,

48:54

it's going to be tough again. It was

48:57

designed to be a toss-up seat. This is

48:59

the first time that Colorado used an independent

49:01

redistricting commission and they decided to put

49:03

all of the competitiveness in the state into

49:05

this one seat. So we expect it to

49:07

be close again. So as I mentioned,

49:10

you're a pediatrician. What prompted you to first run

49:12

for office? You know, I

49:14

think when you go into medicine, you think

49:16

that you're going to fix things for families

49:18

and for patients. And once

49:20

you go into private practice, you quickly realize

49:22

that there's lots of things that you can't

49:24

fix as a doctor. And so

49:26

it was frustrating trying to take

49:28

care of kids and having to

49:30

deal with issues around homelessness and

49:32

poorly funded schools

49:35

and having to talk to families

49:37

about the cost of health care and whether they

49:39

could access it and not just whether they could

49:41

follow the treatment plans

49:44

that I had come up with. And so that

49:46

led me to run for the state house to

49:48

see if, you know, outside of clinic, I would

49:50

be able to fix a lot of those social

49:52

determinants of health. Mm hmm. And

49:55

you were first elected in 2018 and had

49:57

some incredible legislative successes. Can you tell us

49:59

about it? stop

58:00

any of the progress that we've made

58:02

and push their progress forward. This is

58:04

the first time in almost four decades

58:06

that we've had a democratic trifecta, and

58:08

because of the work that we've done

58:10

in our legislature, we can push these

58:12

priorities all the way to the governor's

58:14

desk. And this will create almost like

58:16

a stalemate where we won't be able

58:18

to do more. We will kind of

58:20

be stuck. Mm-hmm. You're a

58:22

teacher. We love teachers on hysteria.

58:25

Your students actually inadvertently inspired you

58:27

to run. Can you tell us

58:29

that story? Yes. So I was

58:31

like, it was around

58:33

the holidays and we had like, my classroom

58:35

was a mess. We did like cookie decorating.

58:38

And there's always this lag time after

58:40

you have like a celebratory party the

58:42

parents had left. And there

58:44

was like a bunch of paper plates on my

58:46

desk and I had given them a writing assignment

58:48

like, okay, what are three wishes that you have

58:51

that you would want to do when you grew

58:53

up? Because I need to do something academic

58:55

for those little pieces of time that I

58:57

had left. And I was reading those stories

58:59

at my desk after all the kids had

59:01

gone home to their winter vacation. And I

59:03

had like these cookie paper plates on

59:05

my desk and I was like, I should do

59:07

this. Like what am I going to do this

59:10

for the rest of my life? Or like what

59:12

more do I want for my life? Or do

59:14

I want to be an elementary school teacher my

59:16

whole life? Which I love that job. But

59:19

I wrote down my three dreams and being

59:22

a state rep was one of them and it was like the

59:24

one of them that scared me the most. Oh

59:26

my gosh, that sounds like the inciting

59:29

incident of like an inspiring

59:32

movie. Democrats

59:34

have had complete control in Lansing, which can

59:36

be a double edged sword. What issues are

59:38

your constituents talking about most and what are

59:41

you doing to address their problems? Yeah, so

59:43

I mean, I think in my district is

59:45

a little hard to say like, what is

59:48

it most? Because my district is so, it

59:50

has a vibrant perspectives, both Democrat and

59:52

Republican perspectives. So a lot of more

59:55

Democrat perspectives are like

59:57

protecting abortion care, expanding

1:00:00

access to reproductive care for women in

1:00:02

our state. I'm actually working

1:00:04

on that personally as a priority

1:00:06

to expand reproductive care for

1:00:10

women who are pregnant, for women who

1:00:12

are having a hard time becoming pregnant,

1:00:14

and families developing in any

1:00:16

way they want. And then we also

1:00:18

have more conservative perspectives, which people are

1:00:21

worried about immigration, more federal issues. So

1:00:23

listening to them, like, why are you

1:00:25

concerned about this? Where are you hearing

1:00:28

these talking points from? And

1:00:30

I think a lot of

1:00:32

it is just about feeling heard and

1:00:35

seeing that I'm a person, not

1:00:37

a political figurehead for

1:00:39

a party, that I'm a community member. So I

1:00:41

think it's just, they want to be able to

1:00:43

pay for their families, they want to be able

1:00:45

to have families, and they want to feel safe

1:00:48

in their community. Listeners,

1:00:50

Jamie's race is critical. It's considered one

1:00:52

of the four most competitive state rep

1:00:55

races in 2024, and

1:00:57

Governor Whitner, big Gretch, is up for

1:00:59

re-election in 2026. We have

1:01:01

to make sure that Dems maintain control.

1:01:03

Please check out jamiechurches.com and

1:01:06

see how you can help keep Michigan blue. Thank

1:01:08

you so much, Jamie. Thank you for having me.

1:01:19

We are rounding out our trip with a

1:01:21

visit to the Keystone State to chat with

1:01:23

Congresswoman Susan Wild. Wild is up for re-election

1:01:25

in her district, which she won by only

1:01:28

4,713 votes and

1:01:31

a 2% margin last election. Let's

1:01:33

hear about the fantastic work Susan is

1:01:35

doing. Congresswoman, welcome to Hysteria.

1:01:37

First, let me say, as someone who

1:01:39

loves a garden, reading about your victory

1:01:42

garden gave me FOMO. Yeah. What's

1:01:45

your best crop this year? Tomatoes.

1:01:49

All kinds of tomatoes. Oh yeah, great, great

1:01:51

tomatoes. Oh my gosh, I can't stop killing

1:01:53

my tomato plant, so I'm gonna need to

1:01:55

take tips from you off this interview. As

1:01:58

a member of Congress, you've said getting things... done

1:02:00

and working across the aisle takes hard work

1:02:02

and you prioritize listening to your constituents, what

1:02:05

are the issues most concerning to your constituents

1:02:07

and why is it so important we make

1:02:09

sure you're reelected to Congress? The

1:02:12

things that are common to my

1:02:14

or that are most

1:02:16

of most concerned to my constituents actually

1:02:18

pretty much the same across the board.

1:02:21

I have a very diverse district. A

1:02:24

lot of people don't know that and

1:02:26

by that I mean ethnically diverse

1:02:28

with many ethnic

1:02:30

minorities but they're substantial, none of

1:02:33

them are close to a majority.

1:02:35

I will tell you across the

1:02:37

board all of these

1:02:39

constituencies have the same kinds

1:02:41

of concerns and it's generally

1:02:44

their economic freedom, their jobs,

1:02:47

good jobs, good paying jobs,

1:02:50

making sure that the schools are

1:02:53

of good quality in our district. They

1:02:57

all try to be good quality, let me say. In

1:03:02

general, healthcare is a huge concern for

1:03:05

folks, mental healthcare included

1:03:07

in that. I

1:03:09

would say it's the same kind of kitchen table

1:03:11

issues that Americans everywhere are talking

1:03:13

about. You're

1:03:16

the original author of the Access to

1:03:18

Family Building Act which would codify the

1:03:20

right to IVF but has been impossible

1:03:22

to pass in the GOP controlled house.

1:03:25

What are your hopes for the future of that

1:03:27

bill? Well, that bill, the Access

1:03:29

to Family Building Act, the companion bill

1:03:31

is in the Senate with Tammy Duckworth

1:03:33

as they lead

1:03:36

on it and it simply codifies

1:03:38

the right to have IVF. It

1:03:41

creates a federal right to in

1:03:43

vitro fertilization. We

1:03:47

have a lot of Democratic cosponsors,

1:03:49

almost all of them. We've got

1:03:52

four Republican cosponsors and it is

1:03:54

currently the subject of a discharge

1:03:56

petition but we need to get to 218 on

1:03:58

that. in order

1:04:00

to force a vote and it's not there yet.

1:04:03

I don't think it's gonna see a vote

1:04:05

this Congress, but I do believe that that

1:04:08

bill is going to be part of the

1:04:10

Democratic majority's very,

1:04:12

very top priorities, which

1:04:15

will include the Women's Health Protection Act. And

1:04:18

I think this will probably be a portion

1:04:20

of that with a number of tweaks to

1:04:22

it that will make it

1:04:24

even better. And when

1:04:26

you're reelected, because we're not playing with ifs here,

1:04:28

when you're reelected. I only say when. What

1:04:32

will your top legislative priorities be for your next

1:04:34

term? Thanks for asking me that because I have

1:04:37

to tell you, I'm really excited to, I mean,

1:04:39

all the things that I've been working on will

1:04:41

continue to be priorities, making sure

1:04:43

that we are continuing to drive down prescription

1:04:46

drug prices and getting that Medicare negotiation piece

1:04:48

solidified so that we're doing more drugs and

1:04:50

that kind of thing. But

1:04:52

I'm really excited to start working on

1:04:55

childcare. I think we have

1:04:57

neglected this issue in this country for

1:04:59

way too long. People are really struggling.

1:05:02

We aren't giving our children the kind

1:05:04

of advantage that they could have with

1:05:06

universal preschool, which we absolutely need to

1:05:09

incorporate. And

1:05:11

we need to make sure that

1:05:14

our childcare workers, early childhood education

1:05:16

workers are being fairly paid. We

1:05:18

are literally entrusting them with our

1:05:20

greatest resource, our greatest asset, our

1:05:22

children, and yet we pay

1:05:25

them terribly. And so there is a

1:05:27

bill called the Child Care for Working

1:05:29

Families Act that is bicameral

1:05:32

and which I really am hoping

1:05:34

we can get moving on so

1:05:36

that we can get some really

1:05:38

good results for our children, for

1:05:40

our working families, frankly, for our

1:05:42

economy, because it would benefit employers

1:05:44

as well if more people had

1:05:46

this kind of benefit.

1:05:48

And let me just say, child care

1:05:50

next to student loan debt and housing

1:05:53

expense is the third largest, or

1:05:55

not even the third, it's in the top three

1:05:57

expenses for Americans. So

1:06:00

it's really, you know, when you start talking about

1:06:02

birth rates and stuff, which matters. Our

1:06:05

birth rate is on the decline. No

1:06:07

wonder people are wondering how the hell they're going to

1:06:09

afford child care if they have student

1:06:11

loans or if they want to buy a house. So

1:06:14

we've got to get this done. And it's just long,

1:06:16

long overdue. Mm hmm. I mean,

1:06:19

as a mother of two or under three, got to

1:06:21

say, I agree with you. I

1:06:24

feel you. I feel that I am minor now, 28

1:06:26

and 31. But I

1:06:28

can still remember those days vividly. And boy, were

1:06:30

they challenging and stressful. Yeah, yeah. Well, oh, my

1:06:32

goodness, Susan, we really hope that you get reelected.

1:06:34

We can't wait to see what you're going to

1:06:37

do in your next term. Listeners, Susan

1:06:39

won her seat by only 4,700 votes in 2022. So

1:06:44

please head over to wild for congress.com

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to Sandy Petty, some announcements for the class.

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when Trump was just a guy on reality

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Yeah, I love the hysteria hat. Super

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I've gotten compliments every time I've worn a

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Sandy Petty. Alyssa, you go first. Erin,

1:11:03

I have some breaking news for you. Okay.

1:11:06

Do you know that rats in New York City are getting birth control

1:11:08

for free? Are

1:11:11

women? Are human women? No, no, no,

1:11:13

no, no, no. But the rats are. This

1:11:16

is, so Erin, breaking news. Breaking

1:11:18

news here in New York City this week where we

1:11:21

all know the rats are a problem. And

1:11:23

instead of baiting traps with

1:11:26

murder sauce, they're baiting traps with

1:11:28

birth control and it's free. It's

1:11:31

free. They don't need a prescription.

1:11:33

They don't have to go to their provider. Rats

1:11:35

are getting birth control for free. I want to

1:11:37

thank the person who pointed it out was a

1:11:40

friend of hysteria, Dr. Heather Irabunda. But then I

1:11:42

went down my own rabbit hole to find out

1:11:44

how it was being implemented. And

1:11:46

I'll say this, Erin, I think you and I both know

1:11:48

as people who've lived in New York, I

1:11:51

would rather the birth control, like nothing's worse

1:11:53

than a live rat than a dead rat.

1:11:56

Yeah. Oof. At least live

1:11:58

rats sometimes have some character, like one time. I was

1:12:00

trying to catch the subway at J Street in Brooklyn,

1:12:02

and there's always a place where I would wait for

1:12:05

my train every morning because that was near the

1:12:07

exit. You know how it is. Of course, you

1:12:09

always have your spot. Yeah. So I was walking

1:12:11

to my spot and I saw a rat standing

1:12:13

right near where my spot was. As I got

1:12:15

closer, the rat just stood up and looked at

1:12:17

me like, I'm waiting. Hey,

1:12:19

bitch. I'm waiting here. Are you going to

1:12:21

get too close to me? I was like,

1:12:23

okay. Then it looks like it

1:12:25

was waiting for a train and it was so cute. Even

1:12:27

though rats are responsible for some of the

1:12:30

most... A lot of disease. A lot of human

1:12:32

devastation. Bad things. But here's my question, Alyssa. Could

1:12:35

rat birth control work on people? They do

1:12:37

test a lot of pharmaceuticals on rats. So

1:12:40

you know I Googled this. Okay. And the

1:12:42

jury is still out. I am waiting for

1:12:45

a Reddit thread on this or something. But

1:12:48

according to several New York outlets, it

1:12:50

was not clear. Okay.

1:12:52

Okay. Okay. Okay.

1:12:54

So I'm going to... I

1:12:56

don't know if this is a sanity corner. I

1:12:59

guess it doesn't make me feel good, but

1:13:01

I really love justice. I really love when

1:13:03

people get what's coming to them. And

1:13:06

following the Diddy

1:13:08

revelations and all of

1:13:10

the unfolding of that

1:13:12

story is really making

1:13:14

me feel glad that we are living

1:13:17

in an era where justice is coming

1:13:19

for these people. The

1:13:21

most recent article that I saw was that

1:13:23

a lot of celebrities are very scared. I

1:13:26

feel like there is going to be

1:13:28

an entire generation of music, Hollywood famous

1:13:31

people who now are going to be

1:13:33

folded into this. And frankly,

1:13:35

if they're acting like abusive monsters,

1:13:37

they fucking deserve it. And love

1:13:40

to watch justice unfold. I feel like I'm in the

1:13:43

final 10 minutes of a Scorsese movie. Yeah.

1:13:45

It's all coming together. You know, like the perp walks are

1:13:47

about to start. It's like they're

1:13:49

going to be working in their office and suddenly looking

1:13:51

up from their desk and there's like three feds and

1:13:54

they know what's coming, you know? And

1:13:57

the FBI with the boxes behind them. to

1:14:00

take out all the criminal documents. It's

1:14:02

like, it is, I couldn't agree more.

1:14:04

Yeah, yeah. I'm glad, it's horrible that

1:14:06

it happened, but I'm glad that it's

1:14:08

over, and I hope everyone responsible is

1:14:10

just taken

1:14:12

to the woodshed, legally, so to

1:14:15

speak. Okay, that is all the time we have

1:14:17

for this week's episode of Hysteria. Listeners,

1:14:19

we love you, we love hearing from you. If you

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1:14:39

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1:14:43

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