072- Trump’s Tiny Mashroom, Cybertrucks & Soy Boys: A News Pileup

The world is “on the brink of collapse,” and this episode leans into the chaos. The crew dives into everything from economists warning about a looming recession to Donald Trump getting richer, sporting mysterious “infusion bandages,” and somehow walking away with a FIFA “peace prize” while talking about putting critics on lists for “anti‑Christian language.” They roast his ego, his tiny “mashy mushroom,” and the Christian nationalist fantasy of silencing dissent, all while unpacking how dangerous that rhetoric actually is.​

From there, the conversation veers into viral weirdness: a sun bear attacking its exhausted trainer, AI‑generated “bear content,” and the internet’s obsession with wild animal videos that always seem to be shot on cameras straight out of early‑2000s night‑vision porn. That leads into a darkly funny but serious detour through Paris Hilton’s “One Night in Paris” tape, revenge porn, Pamela Anderson, and how misogyny in the 2000s shaped the lives and reputations of young women in ways that still echo today.​

On the personal side, Alyssa is deep in wedding‑registry hell, spiraling over $400 silverware sets and people asking for $600 vacuums, while Promise confesses to one of the “most evil thoughts” she’s ever had: the urge to mark someone’s wedding registry items as “purchased” just to mildly ruin their day. They spin that into a broader bit about Amazon wishlists, group‑funding big items, and all the creative ways people could (but shouldn’t) weaponize these systems out of petty spite.​

Then it’s on to culture and politics: the Cybertruck “cyber‑fucked” by light off‑roading, Elon Musk’s path to becoming a trillionaire while tampons are still treated as a taxable luxury, and a proposed show topic: “Tampons are not luxuries. Disagree?” inviting callers to defend one of the dumbest policy positions imaginable. They talk about ED meds being generously covered while basic menstrual products are not, and kick around how callers would try to justify that on air.​

Media nerds get a full course too. The hosts break down Trump’s attempts to control media via allies like Jared Kushner, Paramount’s attempt to grab Warner Bros., and what that means for DC, HBO, Yellowstone, and the streaming wars. They drag Paramount+ for hinging everything on Yellowstone and limp spin‑offs, compare it with Netflix, Apple TV, and Fallout on Amazon, and debate Marvel fatigue versus the sheer amount of source material that still exists. Alyssa complains that Marvel movies are too loud, too CGI, and not “Alyssa‑coded,” while still admitting she loved Tobey Maguire’s Spider‑Man and even watched the new multiverse stuff.​

The episode also hits: Derek Chauvin stans trying to get him off the hook, MTG’s “true believer” energy and likely future book grift, Erica/Erika (?) Kirk’s bizarre public grieving tour and hairline, right‑wing cancel‑culture hypocrisy over books and speech, and terrible online Christian comments warning that hosts are “sending generations to the lake of fire.” Along the way, there are riffs about chewed‑gum calls, “your mom” jokes that triggered a solidarity‑caller, chiropractors and ghost‑seance pseudoscience, and the fine line between bullying callers and holding fascists to account.​

If you like politics, media analysis, internet drama, sex‑tape history, wedding chaos, and deranged Christian comment sections all in one place, this is your episode.