This Week In Nope

This week, Canadians got a warning not to let moose lick their cars. Donald Trump pardoned turkeys Corn and Cob as well as chicken Michael Flynn. And Flynn’s very sane lawyer Sidney Powell alleged that Georgia’s Republican Governor conspired with dead Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez to hack Dominion voting machines in order to keep Doug Collins out of the upcoming Senate runoff. Got that?    HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope  SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks POCKET CASTS https://pca.st/SrJY  RADIO PUBLIC https://radiopublic.com/this-week-in-nope-GAOx3N    In this week’s episode:  Read about Canada’s moose-licking-cars problem.     Big #YUP to… Janet Yellen, Joe Biden’s pick for Secretary of Treasury, the first woman to hold that position.  E.M. Forster’s 1910 nov

This week, an Irish farmer enlisted the help of two Druids to move a rock that was knocked over 10 years ago by a bull, leading to a string fo bad luck. Playgirl magazine relaunched to great fanfare and market confusion. A hunky doctor pursued a frivolous lawsuit against a scrubs manufacturer. A vacationer landed himself in a Thai prison after posting a negative hotel review on TripAdvisor. And finally, an ophthalmologist and his camping buddies were fined and banned from Yellowstone National Park after they violated park rules by cooking a couple of chickens in a hot spring.    HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope  SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks POCKET CASTS https://pca.st/SrJY  RADIO PUBLIC https://radiopublic.com/this-week-in-nope-GAOx3N    In this week’s episode

Following Joe Biden’s decisive win on Saturday, we’ve been ignoring the Nopes this week and focusing on the Yups. We discuss the Biden-Harris victory speech playlist, celebrate the heroism of Stacey Abrams and toast to MSNBC’s finest mathlete, Steve Kornacki. Finally, we delve into two strange happenings in Pennsylvania: Rudy Giuliani’s decision to host a press conference in the parking lot of a mulch business adjacent to a sex shop and a crematorium, and a Twitter scandal involving the Republican former Lehigh Valley commissioner and a relative of Patti LaBelle.     HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope  SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks POCKET CASTS https://pca.st/SrJY  RADIO PUBLIC https://radiopublic.com/this-week-in-nope-GAOx3N    In this week’s episode:  Yup to St

We decided to channel our anxiety about the election into a podcast about our anxiety about the election. Join us as we shut down the rat-filled sinkhole that is Trump’s America and pray for a better future.     HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope  SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks POCKET CASTS https://pca.st/SrJY  RADIO PUBLIC https://radiopublic.com/this-week-in-nope-GAOx3N    In this week’s episode:  Learn more about the Trump administration’s illegal failed attempt to spend $250 million of taxpayer money on a celebrity-studded propaganda campaign.     Big #YUP to… Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, who got our official endorsement.    In addition to Twitter, you can now also follow us on Goodpods, a new app that will help you discover great podcasts. 

This week, even the Vatican was trying to be a moderating influence as Handmaid Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme Court. The Trump Administration tried to enlist an unusual constituency to get early doses of the Covid-19 vaccine: professional Santas. A small Alpine town in Switzerland became a coronavirus hotspot following a dangerous yodelling competition. Finally, we have some film criticism. Rachel gives Sofia Coppola’s new movie “On the Rocks” a big NOPE, while Brian offers a YUP to “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” starring Sacha Baron Cohen and rising superstar Maria Bakalova of Bulgaria. It’s been a terrible week, but if Joe Biden and Senate Democrats can pull off an unambiguous, sweeping victory on Tuesday, next week’s episode will consist of only YUPs.    HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope  SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcas

This week, Judge Amy Coney Barrett bobbed and weaved her way through her SCOTUS confirmation hearings with the help of a fly, wine, Jenga and some good old divine intervention. Donald Trump went back on the campaign trail to dance it out to “Macho Man,” even though he still has Covid. Also: we explore orgies in the time of corona.    HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope  SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks POCKET CASTS https://pca.st/SrJY  RADIO PUBLIC https://radiopublic.com/this-week-in-nope-GAOx3N    In this week’s episode:  If you’re in the market for a Halloween orgy, New York’s hottest club is Snctm. This club has everything: Gwyneth Paltrow, Bill Maher, dachshunds in tophats, human fanny packs, etc. etc.    Big #YUP to… “Totally Under Control,” a new documentary

This week, as the White House remained shrouded in a cloud of Covid-19 particles and lies, Kamala Harris faced off against Mike Pence in the VP debate, which was overshadowed by the menacing presence a fly. We try our best to understand the mentality of undecided voters. In the Department of Innovation, we focus on two dangerous technologies: the “table sweater” for outdoor winter dining and a Bluetooth-enabled Qiui chastity belt, which unfortunately has some API vulnerabilities.       HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope  SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks POCKET CASTS https://pca.st/SrJY  RADIO PUBLIC https://radiopublic.com/this-week-in-nope-GAOx3N    In this week’s episode:  Learn more about the Qiui chastity belt.    Big #YUP to… “You and Me Both,” a new podcast h

This week, we shut down the debate from hell and Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s endorsement from Atilla the Hun. Brian unearths a letter he wrote to President Carter in 1980. And we explore a new service that bills itself as the Uber of bodyguards.      HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope  SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks POCKET CASTS https://pca.st/SrJY  RADIO PUBLIC https://radiopublic.com/this-week-in-nope-GAOx3N    In this week’s episode:  Watch Kelly Loeffler’s campaign ad that compares her to Atilla the Hun.     Big #YUP to… The New York Times investigative team for getting Trump’s tax records.  “The Good Fight” on CBS All Access.    In addition to Twitter, you can now also follow us on Goodpods, a new app that will help you discover great podcasts. 

This week, Michael Caputo had a meltdown on Facebook, Donald Trump was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize and–spoiler alert–90-year-old retired Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a pardoned criminal, came out on Cameo as a member of the “furry” subculture. Also: we decide which animals emerged as the biggest winners and losers of the Covid-19 pandemic.    HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope  SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks POCKET CASTS https://pca.st/SrJY  RADIO PUBLIC https://radiopublic.com/this-week-in-nope-GAOx3N    In this week’s episode:  Watch Joe Arpaio endorse the Arizona Furry Convention.  Watch “Unfit” a disturbing documentary featuring Brian and Rachel’s cousin, Dr. Lance Dodes.    Big #YUP to… Fresh dill, the perfect blank canvas for any stew or braise...or something

This week, in between bouts of hurling soup cans at passersby, we shut down the controversial theories of two renegade orthodontists in Britain who have become a sensation in the incel community. A woman learned of her ex-husband’s infidelity in his New York Times wedding announcement, leading her to tell her own story in the New York Post. Finally, for our final Summer Music Series we discuss Quarterflash’s “Harden My Heart” with NOPE’s corridor correspondent, Lauren Mechling.    HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope  SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks POCKET CASTS https://pca.st/SrJY  RADIO PUBLIC https://radiopublic.com/this-week-in-nope-GAOx3N    In this week’s episode:  Watch “Harden My Heart” by Quarterflash.  Read the FT column, Why are we so scared of corridors?

The RNC kicked off this week with a trifecta of debacles: Steve Bannon was arrested by U.S. Postal Service Inspectors on a yacht, Republican Senator Martha McSally asked supporters to starve themselves and donate their food money to her campaign and–as we long suspected–evangelical leader Jerry Falwell Jr. was revealed to have been in a throuple with his wife and a pool boy. And then there was the RNC event itself, which featured a demonically posessed Kimberly Guilfoyle screaming in an empty room, (possibly) cocaine-addled Don Jr. sweating and barking nonsense and a woman named Mary Ann Mendoza whose speech was pulled after she tweeted an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory right before showtime. Also on the docket: Abby Johnson and the “household vote,” Tiffany Trump’s Elvis impersonator ensemble, the gun-toting McCloskeys and so much more. Finally, for our Summer Music Series we discuss Prince’s underrated 1989 hit, “Batdance.”   HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST

This week, Donald Trump pardoned another dead person to score political points with anti-choice activists, two maniacs won Republican Congressional primaries in Florida and Georgia, and the CEO of MyPillow is touting a new-yet-unproven miracle cure for Covid-19. A Melbourne artist is self-inseminating for a lockdown livestream performance art piece. To top it off–quite literally–we’re in the throes of a global pepperoni shortage.  Finally, for our Summer Music Series we discuss another Italian adaptation, Laura Branigan’s 1984 hit, “Self Control.”   HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope  SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks POCKET CASTS https://pca.st/SrJY  RADIO PUBLIC https://radiopublic.com/this-week-in-nope-GAOx3N    In this week’s episode:  Watch the video for “Self C

This week, we shut down Donald Trump’s ongoing attempts to steal the election by dismantling the U.S. Postal Service. (On the plus side, he’s rolling back water-pressure regulations so he can powerwash his surgically implanted toupee.) Also on the docket: Jerry Falwell, Jr. gets caught with his pants down and a marauding band of wild boars strikes again, stealing a naked man’s laptop in Berlin. For our Summer Music Series this week, we discuss the disastrous video for an amazing song: Tina Turner’s “Typical Male.”   HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope  SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks POCKET CASTS https://pca.st/SrJY  RADIO PUBLIC https://radiopublic.com/this-week-in-nope-GAOx3N    In this week’s episode:  Watch the video for “Typical Male” by the great Tina Turner  

This week, we shut down the scourge of “mystery seeds” being sent to unsuspecting customers via Amazon. Amy Adams gets another shot at Oscars glory with a new film called “Nightbitch.” Jeffrey Epstein’s New York City mansion hits the market for $88 million. And finally, the latest edition of our Summer Music Series features “Obsession,” a 1984 hit by Animotion.     HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope  SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks POCKET CASTS https://pca.st/SrJY  RADIO PUBLIC https://radiopublic.com/this-week-in-nope-GAOx3N    In this week’s episode:  Watch the video for “Obsession” by Animotion.    Big #YUP to… Walkabout, a 1971 Australian New Wave film directed by Nicholas Roeg, available on the Criterion Channel  The Australian military, for rescuing three m

This week, we shut down Donald Trump’s new trusted medical advisor, Dr. Stella Immanuel–aka Dr. Demon Sperm. Also on the docket: we explore the controversial #IAcceptTheChallenge black & white selfie campaign, the Chainsmokers concert/super-spreader event in the Hamptons, and a tour of Gigi Hadid’s apartment, where everyone is welcome. Last but not least, our latest Summer Music Series installment, featuring “Torture” the 1984 song off The Jacksons’ Victory album -- one of the worst videos of all time.    HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope  SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks POCKET CASTS https://pca.st/SrJY  RADIO PUBLIC https://radiopublic.com/this-week-in-nope-GAOx3N    In this week’s episode:  Watch “Torture” by The Jacksons.  Check out Gigi Hadid’s apartment h

This week, we shut down the Trump campaign’s nonsense ‘911’ ad, a fish with luscious lips and Disney World’s draconian rules prohibiting walking while eating. We have some breaking news out of Italy about the death of Renaissance painter Raphael. Also: our Summer Music Series installment, featuring Go West’s 1990 hit, “The King of Wishful Thinking.”    HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope  SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks POCKET CASTS https://pca.st/SrJY  RADIO PUBLIC https://radiopublic.com/this-week-in-nope-GAOx3N    In this week’s episode:  Watch Go West’s “The King of Wishful Thinking Video” here.  Here’s Jimmy Fallon and Paul Rudd’s frame-by-frame remake.    Big #YUP to… The Wall of Moms in Portland. Follow them on Twitter here.  Michael Franti and Spearhead’s “I

This week we are joined by special guest Conor Dougherty, New York Times reporter and author of the new book “Golden Gates,” about the California housing crisis. We shut down the Battle of the Beans, a man-bites-seagull story out of England and the casting call for a Lord of the Rings prequel. Also: Deniece Williams’s iconic “Let’s Hear it for the Boy” is the latest installment in our NOPE Summer Music Series.    HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope  SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks POCKET CASTS https://pca.st/SrJY  RADIO PUBLIC https://radiopublic.com/this-week-in-nope-GAOx3N    In this week’s episode:  Watch “Let’s Hear it for the Boy” here.    Big #YUP to… Conor Dougherty for his fascinating book “Golden Gates,” which you can buy here.    In addition to Twitter, y

Rachel's got shingles (the shingles?) and Brian's on vacation (the vacation?) ... which is to say we'll be back next week with a great #NOPE episode including the latest installment in our critically acclaimed Summer Music Series! And, oh yeah, we threw in some bonus content: two YUPs to get you through the break!

This week, we are joined by a very special guest: Erin Geiger Smith, author of the new book “Thank You For Voting.” We shut down Nazi Bronies, Mel Gibson’s antisemitic cocktail-party banter and Trump’s latest series of meltdowns over ramps, John Bolton and his long-lost niece Mary. Also: Captain and Tennille’s “Love Will Keep Us Together” is the latest installment in our NOPE Summer Music Series.    HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope  SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks POCKET CASTS https://pca.st/SrJY  RADIO PUBLIC https://radiopublic.com/this-week-in-nope-GAOx3N    In this week’s episode:  We discuss various different interpretations of Captain and Tennille’s 1970s hit “Love Will Keep Us Together” over the years:  The original: https://youtu.be/_QNEf9oGw8o?t=16 Mae

This week, Rachel attempts to give a Zoom tarot card reading and things are not looking good. Anti-bathing cult members were arrested in Hawaii for violating quarantine. A woman in China says her car was damaged by falling tofu. eBay executives were arrested for sending a middle-aged Massachusetts couple “unwanted and disturbing deliveries” including live spiders and a bloody pig’s face because they said negative things about eBay in their newsletter. And finally, the Nope Summer Music Series revisits the 1980s hit “Xanadu,” featuring Olivia Newton John and Gene Kelly on roller skates.    HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope  SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks POCKET CASTS https://pca.st/SrJY  RADIO PUBLIC https://radiopublic.com/this-week-in-nope-GAOx3N    In this week