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Chas Licciardello and Dr David Smith discuss all the stories that weren't covered in Planet America.
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WYMAN SAYS! PEP with Chas and Guest PEPcaster Bill Wyman (Ep 160, May 29)
Chas & Guest PEPcaster Bill Wyman discuss The Demise of the NZ Sheep Rooting Joke, The Stagnation in Wig Technology and Bill Wyman is a Jealous Bitch.
1:48 - Grateful For (The NewsBiz/Connecting on the Internet/Bad Wigs)
10:13 - Correspondence (Louisiana Abortion Pills/Comedy Songs)
21:49 - Correspondence (Alito’s Flags)
37:52 - Interesting Polling
1:02:18 - Hush Money Trial Miscellanea
1:39:31 - The Ticketmaster/Live Nation Antitrust Lawsuit
2:01: 54 - Stats Nugget (NZ Sheep)
2:03:42 - Bill’s Crime Thoughts
2:14:09 - Bill and Drudge
2:22:15 - Bill Wyman v Bill Wyman
2:34:00 - Chas Unleashed (The Red Tie Brigade)
2:47:32 - Chas Unleashed (Stats Nugget - Social Security)
HOMEWORK/SHOWNOTES Bill's Novelty Songs Playlist!
* "Senator Bobby" singing "Wild Thing" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LE0aToTtGY
* Dr Demento Classic 1: "Shaving Cream" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8ffkDf0ol4
* Dr Demento Classic 2: "Fish Heads" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKDtUzRIG6I
Now a handful of so of Bill's last category - what he would term pretty good legit rock songs that happen to be funny, or funny songs that happen to be pretty good legit rock songs:
*"Clowns" — one of many nice humorous endeavors from Too Much Joy that really rock! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O52mNrTjYTE
*"Dead Skunk" is an immortal "one hit wonder" of the 1970s... though the artiste in question, Loudon Wainwright III, went on to a pretty distinguished career as a singer-songwriter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu5hzc2Mei4
* This guy had a brief celebrity. Bill doesn't support the overall message, but the verse about Jackson Browne is a keeper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSktY_6sL-4
* This is a group called Two Nice Girls. Hint: There aren't two, they aren't girls, and they are not nice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMiV27R1ZiI
Bill's top 3 Hall of Fame immortals:
* Mr Bo Diddley, with his maracas-playing foil, Jerome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45ZdKCFFR3I
* (Bonus! A sequel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHXDkLl7CCc )
* "I, Viv Stanshall, trumpet" is one of the most beautiful sentences in the English language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcrUuCDFLOQ
*And this could be the greatest of them all; Mojo Nixon, who died this year, was a great man. Bill once wrote about him, "He's like a friendly but not-quite-housebroken German shepherd: He means well but tends to make a mess, and he'll bite your leg if angered." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt81bVae4tQ -
BEGGING ABBOTT’S PARDON: PEP with Chas and Guest PEPcaster Melina Wicks (Ep 159, May 24)
Chas & Guest PEPcaster Melina Wicks discuss Giuliani Legal Case Bingo, Flying the Monsanto Flag, and Why The Old Thug's Doing Better Than Young Thug.
1:56 - Grateful For (NBA Playoffs/Courtney Gore)
10:00 - Correspondence (Worms/ Domes/ Comedy Songs/ Polling)
19:50 - Alan Lichtman’s 13 Keys Election Predictions
31:14 - Trump’s Legal “Unfairness”
40:31 - More on Hush Money Trial
1:05:34 - Greg Abbott’s Pardon
1:31:55 - Stats Nugget (Supreme Court Cases)
1:34:33 - North Carolina Masks Law
1:39:31 - Louisiana Abortion Laws
1:48:52 - Trump + Contraception
1:57:26 - Giuliani’s Birthday
2:05:05 - Stats Nugget (Woke Uni Syllabi)
2:08:40 - Consumer Finance Protection Bureau Supreme Court Case
2:18:31 - Alito’s Flag
HOMEWORK/SHOWNOTES:
* The ProPublica story that inspired my “Grateful For” about Courtney Gore https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-granbury-isd-school-board-courtney-gore
* Transcript of Michael Cohen getting caught out on the call to Keith Schiller (p3879-3899) https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/05648d6e0e415192/16f9b7bb-full.pdf
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COHEN PLACES! PEP with Chas and Dr Dave (Ep 158, May 17)
Chas & Dr Dave discuss The Bradman of Wasted Money, Ron DeSantis' Fingering, and The 1800-SMILES Stadium of the 20s
2:41 - Grateful For (ABC MakeUp/Comeuppance for Gaetz Mates)
9:13 - Correspondence (Camping/ Tapeworm/ Vietnam War/Eurovision/Comedy Songs)
36:08 - NYT/Siena Disaster Poll for Biden
59:20 - Stats Nugget (Biggest Money Wasters)
1:06:48 - Trump Hush Money Trial Latest
1:34:34 - Trump’s Fundraiser With Oil Men
1:42:39 - RFK Jr on Abortion/Vaccines
1:55:59 - DeSantis Bans Lab-Grown Meat
2:18:51 - Chas Unleashed (Israeli Weapons Hold/Human Rights Report)
SHOW NOTES/HOMEWORK
All The Comedy Songs I Talked About:
* Crazy Ex-Girlfriend - The Math Of Love Triangles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck-UhvbCDAk
* Crazy Ex-Girlfriend - Let’s Generalize About Men https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa_QtMf6alU
* Simpsons - When I Was 17 (I Drank Some Very Good Beer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptrmW51ed58
* The Lonely Island - Jack Sparrrow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI6CfKcMhjY
* The Lonely Island - Shy Ronnie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX4vzKH4les
* The Lonely Island - Shy Ronnie Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_W_xLWtNa0
* I Think You Should Leave - The Bones Are Their Money https://vimeo.com/359233381
* Extras - David Bowie Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUOeMtF_-bc
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THEY CALL HIM DR BRAINWORM! PEP with Chas and Dr Dave (Ep 157, May 10)
Chas & Dr Dave discuss What Happened To Weed Culture?, Why Tom Cotton Should Join The National Guard, and Leaving No Sex Offender Behind
3:53 - Grateful For (Courtroom Artists/Orthokeratology)
9:00 - Correspondence (Immunity/Marijuana/Documents Case/Trivia/
27:19 - College Protests
58:59 - Biden, Netanyahu and Rafah
1:12:11 - Hush Money Trial Recap
1:24:19 - Harvey Weinstein Conviction Overturned
1:29:37 - Polling
1:42:54 - RFK’s No Spoiler Pledge/BrainWorms
2:02:51 - Toilet Break (Printing Money)
2:09:18 - More Kristi Noem Shenanigans
2:30:50 - New Title IX Revision
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THAT DOG WON'T HUNT! PEP with Chas and Dr Dave (Ep 156, May 3)
Chas & Dr Dave discuss Panhandling Dhoni, Trump’s BIG Statement in 14 Days, and At What Point Does This Become A Spree?
2:16 - Grateful For (Michael Moorcock/TextFile Transcripts/No Iran-Israel War)
13:28 - Correspondence (Non-Compete Clauses/Trump’s Bond/Cricket/Corrections/Music)
29:49 - Student Protests
1:14:52 - Kristi Noem’s Dog
1:36:06 - Policy Time: Airline Refunds
1:41:58 - Policy Time: Marijuana Rescheduling
1:55:44 - Arizona (Abortion/Indictments)
2:04:55 - Stats Nugget (Population Dropping)
2:08:45 - UAW success in Volkswagen Factory
2:17:06 - Third Eagle!
2:20:52 - Chas Unleashed (Supreme Court Trump Immunity Hearing) -
IT’S NOT EASY BEING GREENE! PEP with Chas and Dr Dave (Ep 155, April 26)
Chas & Dr Dave discuss Jim’s Online Spaces, Trump’s Playboys and How Christopher Columbus Was An Arsehole!
2:00 - Grateful For (Causation/ MS Dhoni/ The Denton B-Side)
19:36 - Correspondence (Eclipses/Libraries/Weather Girls/Inflation/Good Books)
33:30 - The Conviction of The Crumbleys
40:58 - Trump’s NY Trial’s First Week
1:04:51 - Congress: Foreign Aid Votes
1:18:16 - The All-New Mike Johnson
1:28:20 - Comstock Act
1:32:08 - James Comer Wants Biden’s Audio
1:34:42 - 2024 Polling/RFK
1:46:34 - Supreme Court: Grants Pass Homelessness Case
1:58:05 - Arizona Abortion Law
2:00:33 - Weird Florida Law
2:02:40 - Stats Nugget (Crime Rates)
2:07:17 - Terrible Political Songs
2:14:15 - Chas Unleashed: Non-Compete Clauses Banned
2:29:39 - Chas Unleashed: New Federal Overtime Rules
2:39:30 - Chas Unleashed: Supreme Court EMTALA Case (Emergency Abortions)
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