World's A Mess

EPISODE #152-- Today on World's a Mess we blow through some recent headlines and then we get into the meat (news meat, that is). We're talking the immortal battle of tenant v. landlord (or sword v. neck), a man's wondrous penis-in-waiting, and a stupid English cat that I hate. Support our show at Patreon.com/quality! Follow James on twitter @kislingtwits and Alex @giraffetermath. Follow us on tumblr at https://worldsamess.tumblr.com/. Donate directly to James at Ko-fi.com/T6T16E5D. Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art (http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com). Our theme music is "The World's a Mess" by X. Additional music by Andy Kneis. Thanks to our sources at the the CNN, BBC, Politico, Vice, and the New Zealand Herald. #Cats #Animals #England #SwordNews #Highlanders #Surgery #MedicalWonders #Reggae

EPISODE #151-- Today James is joined by Brandon Beck (of the band Inkblot and the podcast "You Might Be Into It") to talk news! We blast through the headlines and then we get to what you perverts came for: Brazil's terrible president, some bad Italian coke smugglers, a Ukrainian hostage situation with Joaquin Phoenix, and how best to prepare for God's judgment (tm). Support our show at Patreon.com/quality! Follow James on twitter @kislingtwits and Brandon @hellyesbrandon. Follow us on tumblr at https://worldsamess.tumblr.com/. Donate directly to James at Ko-fi.com/T6T16E5D. Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art (http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com). Our theme music is "The World's a Mess" by X. Additional music by Andy Kneis. Thanks to our sources at the the CNN, BBC, the Guardian, AFP, AP, The Hill, Euronews, and the AV Club.

EPISODE #150-- Today we talk about COVID-19's relations to the human erection, China's attempt to get in on the prison-industrial complex, Kanye West's latest public breakdown, New England's acceptance of polyamory, and local character Ch*efH*ntingB*ear. Support our show at Patreon.com/quality! Follow James on twitter @kislingtwits and Alex @giraffetermath. Follow us on tumblr at https://worldsamess.tumblr.com/. Donate directly to James at Ko-fi.com/T6T16E5D. Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art (http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com). Our theme music is "The World's a Mess" by X. Additional music by Andy Kneis. Thanks to our sources at the the CBS News, Forbes, and the Summerville Journal. #China #Covid #Coronavirus #Plague #CoronaWatch2020 #Erections #Peepees #SlaveLabor #HumanRightsViolations #PrisonIndustrialComplex

EPISODE #149-- Due to an overabudance of stories about our tiniest furry friends, this entire episode is about rodents! We got a chipmunk explosion in Philly, we got a bamboo rat cull in China, we got the Plague in Mongolia, and we got beavers in Essex. We got it all folks. Support our show at Patreon.com/quality! Follow James on twitter @kislingtwits and Alex @giraffetermath. Follow us on tumblr at https://worldsamess.tumblr.com/. Donate directly to James at Ko-fi.com/T6T16E5D. Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art (http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com). Our theme music is "The World's a Mess" by X. Additional music by Andy Kneis. Thanks to our sources at the the NPR, Philadelphia Inquirer, CBS News, Reuters, and the Independent. #Beavers #Rats #China #Plague #Mongolia #chipmunks #friendos #rodents #ourfurryfriends

EPISODE #148-- Today on this day of days we talk about Don Jr's expensive sheep murder trip, a loose alligator terrorizing a Virigina town, and an old story about an owl that I forgot to check the time stamp on. Find/Give help here: https://www.mutualaidhub.org/ Support our show at Patreon.com/quality! Follow James on twitter @kislingtwits and Alex @giraffetermath. Follow us on tumblr at https://worldsamess.tumblr.com/. Donate directly to James at Ko-fi.com/T6T16E5D. Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art (http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com). Our theme music is "The World's a Mess" by X. Additional music by Andy Kneis. Thanks to our sources at the the Daily Mail, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, NBC Washington 4, Associated Press, and KTLA. #NewOrleans #BigSwamp #Owl #Turtles #AnimalCrime #Trumpistan #InvestigateThePredator

EPISODE #147-- Today we talk New York's attempt to control the Cornovirus via cruising, the anti-fascist attack that wasn't, and the cannibal rats in your city. Plus we talk other dumb stuff. It's World's a Mess. You know what it is. Find/Give help here: https://www.mutualaidhub.org/ Support our show at Patreon.com/quality! Follow James on twitter @kislingtwits and Alex @giraffetermath. Follow us on tumblr at https://worldsamess.tumblr.com/. Donate directly to James at Ko-fi.com/T6T16E5D. Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art (http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com). Our theme music is "The World's a Mess" by X. Additional music by Andy Kneis. Thanks to our sources at the the Guardian, Yahoo News, Peninsula Daily News, War is Boring, and Newsweek. #BLM #Fuck12 #RatNews #Friendos #GloryHoles #Cruising #AntifaSuperSoldiers #1312 #ACAB

EPISODE #146-- We celebrate these shambolic times with an especially shambolic episode. We talk about an adult actor's run-in with the law (and psychedelics), "antifa" in Forks, k-pop stans saving America, and the death of a legendary lizard. Oh, that and how stupid and screwed up our leadership is from top to bottom. Black Lives Matter. Defend the Police. Find/Give help here: https://www.mutualaidhub.org/ Support our show at Patreon.com/quality! Follow James on twitter @kislingtwits and Alex @giraffetermath. Follow us on tumblr at https://worldsamess.tumblr.com/. Donate directly to James at Ko-fi.com/T6T16E5D. Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art (http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com). Our theme music is "The World's a Mess" by X. Additional music by Andy Kneis. Thanks to our sources at the the Guardian, Yahoo News, Peninsula Daily News, War is Boring, and Newsweek. #BLM #Fuck12 #HitlerNews #KPop #PornoNews #AntifaSuperSoldiers #1312 #ACAB

EPISODE #145-- Well, hey, how about some news? Anyways, today we take on doctors being defenestrated in Russia, Jim Bakker's apocalyptic scam town, Brian May's blown out buttocks, and Wales' #1 drunk dude. All this and more. Support our show at Patreon.com/quality! Follow James on twitter @kislingtwits and Alex @giraffetermath. Follow us on tumblr at https://worldsamess.tumblr.com/. Donate directly to James at Ko-fi.com/T6T16E5D. Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art (http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com). Our theme music is "The World's a Mess" by X. Additional music by Andy Kneis. Thanks to our sources at the CNN, Daily Basis, LA Times, and Grimsby Telegraph. #Russia #CoronaVirus #Queen #Butts #scammers #drinkin'

EPISODE #144-- Today we talk about the possible whereabouts of Kim Jon Un (again), a person who is making bells off of perverts in Animal Crossing, a fraternity's failed invasion of Venezuela, and the precautions weirdos are taking to protect our sasquatches. All this and more dumb old sitcom talk! Support our show at Patreon.com/quality! Follow James on twitter @kislingtwits and Alex @giraffetermath. Follow us on tumblr at https://worldsamess.tumblr.com/. Donate directly to James at Ko-fi.com/T6T16E5D. Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art (http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com). Our theme music is "The World's a Mess" by X. Additional music by Andy Kneis. Thanks to our sources at the NY Post, NY Magazine, Pink News, Guardian, Bellingcat, and Vice. #venezuela #switch #animalcrossing #DSPlay #PayPigs #NorthKorea #Roar

#143-- What's this? NEWS? That's right. Today we follow-up on the sundry of reasons that Elon Musk sucks and is the worst, a man lockdown with ghosts in California, and Trump, the scammer president, getting scammed by grifting church weirdos. Plus we talk Die Antwoord's philanthropy, old sitcoms, theme parks, and other things! Support our show at Patreon.com/quality! Follow James on twitter @kislingtwits and Alex @giraffetermath. Follow us on tumblr at https://worldsamess.tumblr.com/. Donate directly to James at Ko-fi.com/T6T16E5D. Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art (http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com). Our theme music is "The World's a Mess" by X. Additional music by Andy Kneis. Thanks to our sources at the Guardian, The Hill, and the NY Post.

EPISODE #142-- Prep your butts for a roller coaster of news! We're talking drug busts in Florida, Kim Jong Un's medical woes, a return of the barbaric body brokers, and dirt bikers V. COVID-19. Plus we talk terrible old sitcoms, body horror, Fight Island, and our ongoing struggles with Fagins and Fagin-adjacent malarkey. Support our show at Patreon.com/quality! Follow James on twitter @kislingtwits and Alex @giraffetermath. Follow us on tumblr at https://worldsamess.tumblr.com/. Donate directly to James at Ko-fi.com/T6T16E5D. Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art (http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com). Our theme music is "The World's a Mess" by X. Additional music by Andy Kneis. Thanks to our sources at WPTV5, CNN, High Country News, and the OC Register.

EPISODE #141-- We're back! Today we tackle a typical trove of topics, starting with the question "Florida: Why?" We tackle the case of an Italian-hating rapscallion, a far right psychopath dummy trying to foment a race war, and Dana White's attempt to become that one-handed guy from Enter the Dragon. Stay safe out there! Support our show at Patreon.com/quality! Follow James on twitter @kislingtwits and Alex @giraffetermath. Follow us on tumblr at https://worldsamess.tumblr.com/. Donate directly to James at Ko-fi.com/T6T16E5D. Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art (http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com). Our theme music is "The World's a Mess" by X. Additional music by Andy Kneis. Thanks to our sources at NBC News, MSN, and NY 101.5.

EPISODE #140-- After a quarantine-induced delay, we're back-- remotely! This time with Good Witchs, Bad B*itches' own Deanna Greif. We catch up with what's been going on and talk about a murderous choo-choo man, the feckless Elon Musk, and a few other dumb things in the world! Stay safe out there! Support our show at Patreon.com/quality! Follow James on twitter @kislingtwits and Alex @giraffetermath. Follow us on tumblr at https://worldsamess.tumblr.com/. Donate directly to James at Ko-fi.com/T6T16E5D. Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art (http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com). Our theme music is "The World's a Mess" by X. Additional music by Andy Kneis. Thanks to our sources at ABC7 and the Financial Times.

EPISODE #139-- Hey, we're not actually back, but here's the last of our back stock! Sorry! We need to our act together! Anyways on this episode we talk a kid who messed up a Denny's with punk rock, how drone-using gangsters are wreaking havoc with GPS, a terrible monkey island in Florida, and an Australian dog who is doing his best to help with the wild fires! Plus we talk about our hit new TV show coming to CBS All Access or whatever it's called! Support our show at Patreon.com/quality! Follow James on twitter @kislingtwits and Alex @giraffetermath. Follow us on tumblr at https://worldsamess.tumblr.com/. Donate directly to James at Ko-fi.com/T6T16E5D. Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art (http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com). Our theme music is "The World's a Mess" by X. Additional music by Andy Kneis. Thanks to our sources at Stereogum, South China Morning Post, Guardian, and LVN. Please support real journalism. #Florida #GPS #Cyberpunk #China #Pigs #PunkRock #LongBeach #Music #CBS #GoldenGlobe #Australia #Fire

EPISODE #138-- Again: We're back! Today on the news we got a man who got eaten by a gator, the case of the Crimean commode caper, and the biggest Bostonian heist since Affleck won that Oscar for some reason. All this and more Hugh Dancy talk. Support our show at Patreon.com/quality! Follow James on twitter @kislingtwits and Alex @giraffetermath. Follow us on tumblr at https://worldsamess.tumblr.com/. Donate directly to James at Ko-fi.com/T6T16E5D. Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art (http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com). Our theme music is "The World's a Mess" by X. Additional music by Andy Kneis. Thanks to our sources at NBC News, War is Boring, and Boston Marathon. Please support real journalism. #Florida #Russia #Crimea #Ukraine #News! #Boston #Heist #Seafood #BiNewEnglandPride #BidetCurious

EPISODE #137-- After an uneventful couple of months Alex is back and READY TO NEWS. Today we talk a gregarious bank robber, a bunch of large adult Amish sons, and what a preacher thinks he can get with an Arby's gift card (LOL). Plus we talk about the stress of the holidays, massacres, conspiracy theories, and the disposal of bodies. Support our show at Patreon.com/quality! Follow James on twitter @kislingtwits and Alex @giraffetermath. Follow us on tumblr at https://worldsamess.tumblr.com/. Donate directly to James at Ko-fi.com/T6T16E5D. Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art (http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com). Our theme music is "The World's a Mess" by X. Additional music by Andy Kneis. Thanks to our sources at Daily Mail, New Now Next, Kirksville Daily Express, Colorado 11, an Independent. Please support real journalism. #drinking #crime #Amish #TheWitness #Bodies #Arbys #Grinder #XMas #Christmas #CrimeNews #Heist

EPISODE #136-- Hey, we're back! Kind of! For now! The watch word for today's episode is "Crime!" We talk Hitler's last living relative being a pervert, a GOLD GUNDAM in China, a grabby Elmo goes to jail, the last moments of Jamal Khashoggi, and the legend of Grandpa Catburglar. All this and some more dumb stuff on today's World's a Mess. Support our show at Patreon.com/quality! Follow James on twitter @kislingtwits and Alex @giraffetermath. Follow us on tumblr at https://worldsamess.tumblr.com/. Donate directly to James at Ko-fi.com/T6T16E5D. Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art (http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com). Our theme music is "The World's a Mess" by X. Additional music by Andy Kneis. Thanks to our sources at Mirro UK, Comic Book dot com, Gothamist, LA Times, ABC News, and CNN. Please support real journalism. #BloodSport #Gundam #AnimeCrime #HitlerCrime #Germany #SaudiArabia #OilMoney #Muppets #NYC #Crime #TroopsInBlue #PresidentGrandpa #AppaSadnessScale #Thief

EPISODE #135-- A certain somebody is out of town, so that means we're back to dripping out episodes one at a time! But we're back with a banger of an episode. Today on World's a Mess we talk about a poacher getting got by lions, day drunk raccoons, the marsupials that are dying to mate, and NY's new rat "plan." All this and more! Support our show at Patreon.com/quality! Follow James on twitter @kislingtwits and Alex @giraffetermath. Follow us on tumblr at https://worldsamess.tumblr.com/. Donate directly to James at Ko-fi.com/T6T16E5D. Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art (http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com). Our theme music is "The World's a Mess" by X. Additional music by Andy Kneis. Thanks to our sources at Live Science, Guardian, and Newsweek. Please support real journalism. #NewYorkNews #FriendoNews #Australia #AnimalNews #AllAnimalSpecial #Raccoons #Drinking #Drunks #FancyRat

EPISODE #134-- In what is easily our most upsetting episode to date we discuss pig essence smugglers, what happens when you send meemaw's body to the wrong facility, and the dangers of unlicensed dark web surgeons. This one is a doozy, folks. Support our show at Patreon.com/quality! Follow James on twitter @kislingtwits and Alex @giraffetermath. Follow us on tumblr at https://worldsamess.tumblr.com/. Donate directly to James at Ko-fi.com/T6T16E5D. Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art (http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com). Our theme music is "The World's a Mess" by X. Additional music by Andy Kneis. Thanks to our sources at Live Science, Guardian, and Newsweek. Please support real journalism. #Florida #Arizona #DarkWeb #BodyHorror #BlackMarket #Australia #Crime #Surgery #Medicine #OhDearGodNo #WorstEpisodeEver #TheOnion

EPISODE #133-- Today the newsboys rap about Blink 182's search for extraterrestrial life, a missing man found in a freezer, and the mysterious case of Turkmenistan's president. Plus we talk a bunch about Werner Herzog. Support our show at Patreon.com/quality! Follow James on twitter @kislingtwits and Alex @giraffetermath. Follow us on tumblr at https://worldsamess.tumblr.com/. Donate directly to James at Ko-fi.com/T6T16E5D. Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art (http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com). Our theme music is "The World's a Mess" by X. Additional music by Andy Kneis. Thanks to our sources at the Popular Mechanic, The Takeout, and ABC News (the Australian one). Please support real journalism. #Freezergeezer #Turkmenistan #TheStans #PresidentCoolGuy #Herzog #WorkRelations #Blink182 #TomDeLonge #Aliens #UFOs #Extraterrestrials #AliensAntfarms