Jake Tapper’s career trajectory is an object lesson in how to succeed in corporate media. The formula generally goes like this: go after the fringes of the left and the right––but mostly the left. Never offend any traditional centers of power. Mug. Constantly mug for the camera. Hitch your brand to “The Troops” And-always, always––attack from the neoconservative right.
 
As previously discussed in our John McCain News Brief, the issue with John McCain was less so about the man himself but what he represented: posturing National Security state jingoism at the heart of America’s civic religion; a phony notion of self-importance that animates US militarism. Just the same, this week’s episode is less about Tapper and more about what he represents: the dead center of American corporate media; hollow, faux-adversarialism marked by military worship; less interested in original reporting than serving as a bouncer for Club Acceptable Opinion.  

We are joined on this week's episode by journalist Natasha Lennard.

Episode 55: Jake Tapper and the Art of Faux-Adversarialism

Lord Alphonsis Sedgwick (@necrobranson)—hailing from Vorpal Manor on the isle of Asphyxia, resting just off the Wedgewick Coast of the Black Lake, just south of Terre Haute—tries to summon death to do his bidding and return Terre Haute to feudal monarchist control, but instead he receives the otherworldly bureaucrats Desmond (@intellegint) and Bone (@charlesraustin).

125 - The Grim Incident at Vorpal Manor

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Z 034 - Hats Are Everything w/ Max Ogle

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Z 036 - We Unleashed The Lion

Z 037 - Samurai X Natural Male Enhancement

Z 038 - Frieza's Juicing w/ Chad Vigorous

Lucy, Andrew, and Ben are boldly stepping up to the current events of the week and slapping them right in the face. In this episode: Eating out did not help out, the rat hole, getting toilet cucked, and a podcast that is even worse than this one.
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EPISODE 173: Toilet Cucked On Father's Day

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Lucy, Theo, and Andrew tackle Andrew Bolt's unflinching commitment to being the wrongest man in the room, Google's crackdown on Dutch seasonal racism, and Western Australia's disappearing time capsule problem. Plus: Theo very nearly does his famous "anthem rant" again.
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EPISODE 174: Ha Ha (Uh Oh)

Z 040 - Ball Me By Your Name w/ Alex Worldwide Kellar

Andrew, Lucy, and Theo are joined by journalist Jim Malo to talk about Australia's (alleged) war crimes in Afghanistan, our dipshit media's response to those war crimes, and China using those war crimes to own Australia on Twitter.
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EPISODE 177: Lifetime Bitch Award

EPISODE 177: Lifetime Bitch Award (Feat. Jim Malo)

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Z 036 - We Unleashed The Lion

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