This Week In Nope

We took a 23andMe test this week and discovered that not only are we related, but we’re more Cherokee than Elizabeth Warren! Together with documentary filmmakers Aaron Wolf and Michael Culyba, we shut down the worst news in what was a horrible week, including Facebook’s bizarre new political ads policy; the untimely death of a Republican pimp-turned-Nevada-State-Assembly-candidate; the New York Times real estate section burying the lede on Vag-china; Allbirds’ unicorn status; the haunted subways of New York; the shaming of 007’s papoose; and the emergence of Lindsey Buckingham from his sleeper cell.  HEAR US ON ITUNEShttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/id1312654524?mt=2  SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope BUZZSPROUT http://www.buzzsprout.com/208569 SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope  In this week’s episode:  Elizabet

Amid the worst week on record, and joined by journalist and digital native Kerry Flynn, we turned to fashion and technology for a shred of delight. But there was none. Designers were parading models in straitjackets down the runways of Paris, the iOS 12 update unleashed a flood of accidental animojis, and Apple’s sad attempt to portray the humble bagel was an epic fail. Also this week: a PhD candidate in France developed a robotic human finger that attaches to your iPhone, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman are re-branding short-form content as “Quibi," people are shredding their artwork and their money, and our greatest living actress, Drew Barrymore, was insulted by EgyptAir Magazine.  HEAR US ON ITUNEShttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/id1312654524?mt=2  SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope BUZZSPROUT http://www.buzzsprout.com/208569 SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks OVERCAST

This week, we took a break from liftin’ weights at Tobin’s with our pal Squi to dissect Lindsay Graham’s attempt to win a Tony Award (and perhaps a VP slot on the Trump 2020 ticket) in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. We also shut down another insane Lindsay--La Lohan--getting punched in the face after posing as an Arab man; a vomiting cannibal snake in India; Scrabble’s perplexing new additions to its dictionary; the first-ever robot brothel in Houston; Silicon Valley moguls’ ill-conceived Kiwi escape plan; and finally there’s Brexfit, the Brexit-inspired workout craze sweeping the UK. HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/id1312654524?mt=2 SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope BUZZSPROUT http://www.buzzsprout.com/208569 SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope In this week’s episode: Lindsey Graham throws a

Following the latest Kavanaugh revelations, we take a break from throwing up and realize we’ve been inadvertently embracing the Ikigai lifestyle. We also explore the drug habits of marine life; a shameful Bavarian all-you-can-eat sushi joint; a Halloween coffin competition in St. Louis; a spider sex party in Greece, and ultimately we lament the lost art of goat herding. HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/id1312654524?mt=2 SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope BUZZSPROUT http://www.buzzsprout.com/208569 SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope In this week’s episode: If you haven’t read Ronan Farrow and Jane Mayer’s latest Kavanaugh bombshell, here it is: https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/senate-democrats-investigate-a-new-allegation-of-sexual-misconduct-from-the-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaughs-colleg

Everything is terrible! Not even glamorous red carpet photos could distract us in a week where the glorious Angela Basset was mistaken at the Emmys for...Omarosa. In this episode, the cousins recount their harrowing visit to a drug store hall of mirrors pop-up; GOP Senators prepare to use female staffers as human shields; Hurricane Florence brings wetness and flying killer snakes to the Carolinas; a spider haunts an anonymous woman in Ipswich; Instagram influencers shriek about a restaurant; Stormy Daniels uncovers evidence that Donald Trump is related to the abominable snowman; and, finally, we discover the world’s first perpetual-motion machine, the wankband. HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/id1312654524?mt=2 SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope BUZZSPROUT http://www.buzzsprout.com/208569 SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes13126545

It’s primary day in New York and we are gagging over politicians’ peculiar food combination choices. Also in this episode: Barnes & Noble’s ill-fated foray into the charcuterie business, fishing in a Chelsea restaurant, a PTSD-inducing mall in Bangkok, deranged Minions at New York Fashion Week, an invitation to support wolf therapy, a feline railway executive, Gwen Stefani’s responsibility for the current White House occupant…and, last but not least, how to have a dream vacation just like Thelma & Louise did. HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/id1312654524?mt=2 SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope BUZZSPROUT http://www.buzzsprout.com/208569 SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope In this week’s episode: Listen as Sen. Orrin Hatch grills Brett Kavanaugh about his fondness for spaghetti with ketchup: https

We find ourselves trapped inside a zoo without walls, caught between a seal, a rat and a smoked watermelon ham. This week, the ‘90s have been reasserting themselves in some unsettling ways, with the sudden return to the cultural spotlight of Geoffrey Owens (aka Alvin from “The Cosby Show”), one-hit-wonder Vanilla Ice, and the Lord of the Dance himself, Michael Flatley. Also: universities explore the canon of e-sports and force students and teachers to cohabitate in a perverse new incarnation of AirBnb. HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/id1312654524?mt=2 STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope In this week’s episode: The elephant in the room is Bob Woodward’s book, “Fear: Trump In the White House.” You can (and should) pre-order it here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1501175513/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 Read David Remnick’s le

It’s 103 degrees in New York City and we’re mourning the loss of two cultural icons: John McCain and Aretha Franklin. We shut down Russia’s new Khalashnikov chicken robot, InfoWars’ theory about John Kerry’s Antarctic laser beam, a new Hollywood con queen, Oreo’s new disgusting flavor combinations, Dunkin’ Donuts rebranding and Procter & Gamble’s trademark overreach. Also: a Maryland woman’s quest to sequence the dog poop genome. HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/id1312654524?mt=2 STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope In this week’s episode: Read “An Ode To One of the Worst GOP Candidates In Recent Memory,” about Kelli Ward, the GOP Senate candidate who accused John McCain’s family of sabotaging her campaign by announcing that he was ending his treatment for brain cancer: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/08/29/an-ode

This week, we find ourselves tethered to the blockchain in the struggle for truth and justice. Joined by multi-hyphenate guest Walt Mossberg, we shut down wild animal crackers, the Cohen-Manafort-Duncan guilty grifter trifecta, goats on the lam, mullets in Tribeca and ultimately come to grips with the overwhelming odds that we are living in a virtual reality simulation. HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/id1312654524?mt=2 STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope In this week’s episode: We are living in a circus, but at least the animal crackers have been liberated: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/business/animal-crackers-barnums-nabisco-mondelez.html Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen has a side hustle as a Birkin bag broker: https://www.thecut.com/amp/2018/08/michael-cohen-income-birkin-bag-guilty-plea-trump.html Learn more about P

It’s a dry ice world and we’re just living in it. This week we address horrors such as dragon breath, cocaine nuns, Gumball 3000 confusion, the Asian nations of Nipple and Button, armpit advertising, pork-skinned billionaires and White House sorceress, Omarosa. HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/id1312654524?mt=2 STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope In this week’s episode... A good backgrounder about the Grimes-Musk-Banks hostage saga: https://www.thecut.com/2018/08/azealia-bankss-feud-elon-musk-grimes-explained.html Check out Michael Cohen providing exculpatory Tweet evidence that Donald Trump is a paper eater: https://people.com/politics/michael-cohen-denies-omarosa-claim-trump-ate-paper-oval-office/ Learn about armpit ads here: https://www.adweek.com/creativity/this-japanese-company-believes-that-renting-space-on-armpits-is-the-n

We’re back on our regular schedule with a special guest, WIRED Senior Writer, Lauren Goode. We all endured a horrible week in which YouPorn finally decided to ban lunatic Alex Jones, and Lauren spun around on a 3D scanner like a cat on a Roomba. We also shut down the Green Party candidate from outer space, voting on the blockchain, Magic Leap, luxury chicken diapers and the Oscars’ desperate attempt to boost ratings. HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/id1312654524?mt=2 STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope In this week’s episode... Read Lauren Goode’s review of Naked Labs’ 3D body scanner in WIRED: https://www.wired.com/story/naked-labs-3d-body-scanner/?mbid=social_twitter_onsiteshare Check out this thoughtful op-ed by David French detailing a legitimate rationale as to why Alex Jones should be banned: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08

Our ambitious summer schedule went haywire, so we’re attempting to harness technology and record remotely, capping off a horrible week that brought us Bigfoot erotica, vomit fraud, fast-food lifestyle brands, men bound together in a web of fleece vests, and a 3,000-year-old coffin that may or may not have put a curse on the people of Egypt. We apologize in advance for the sub-optimal audio quality - next week we’ll be back in full swing, sounding like buttah. We promise! HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/id1312654524?mt=2 STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope In this week’s episode: If you’re as horrified as we are by Denver Riggleman, a craft distiller turned B igfoot erotica author who is running for Congress in Virginia’s 5th Congressional District, you can check out his Democratic opponent Leslie Cockburn here, and donate to her