NOPE

Rachel Dodes and Brian Hecht
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Rachel Dodes and Brian Hecht are cousins who enjoy dissecting the most abominable news of the week and shutting it all down, usually over whiskey, sometimes with a guest. But don't despair...they always end with a YUP or two, beacons of hope amid all the #NOPE.

  1. We Report to Nobody!

    01/13/2022

    We Report to Nobody!

    This episode speaks for itself.

    7 min
  2. Nopes of the Year! And the Losers Are...

    12/30/2021

    Nopes of the Year! And the Losers Are...

    We decided to pull together a Year in Review episode, but first had to address some pressing Nopes, like GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who is quite possibly a Russian agent. Also: the woman who breastfed a hairless cat on a Delta flight. The fancy building in Tribeca infested with rats because it has no fire-proofing in the walls, which might be an even bigger problem. And finally, an online magazine published an article with the following headline: “Joan Didion didn’t play golf, but her writing had qualities for which all golfers should strive.”  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 Madison Cawthorn explain how he met his wife at a Russian casino.  Read about Joan Didion’s nonexistent relationship to golf.  Big #YUP to… Don’t Look Up on Netflix  Hawksmoor Steakhouse in New York City

    1h 15m
  3. Nancy Reagan: The OG Throat GOAT (feat. Glace Chase)

    12/17/2021

    Nancy Reagan: The OG Throat GOAT (feat. Glace Chase)

    This week we shut down Mark Meadows and his run-out-the-clock hail Mary strategy to evade accountability for his role in Donald Trump’s attempt to overthrow the government. Former Senate candidate Max Linn, the first person to get COVID in Maine, died in a hot tub following a dispute over (what else?) cryptocurrency. Our roving Australian correspondent, playwright Glace Chase, explains why “Throat Goat” was trending on Twitter and what this all has to do with former first lady Nancy Reagan. And finally, 40 camels in Saudi Arabia were disqualified from a beauty pageant after it was revealed that they took performance-enhancing drugs: Botox and fillers.  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:  Here’s the Twitter post that kicked off the whole Throat Goat conversation.  If you live in Australia, stop what you’re doing and get tickets to Glace Chase’s play, Triple X at the Sydney Theater Company.  Big #YUP to… Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder  The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow

    54 min
  4. Recycling? So Gay!

    11/24/2021

    Recycling? So Gay!

    This week, just in time for Thanksgiving, we review the bountiful cornucopia of unusual characters running for governor next year, including Dr. Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania) and Matthew McConaughey (Texas). We also shut down a sociological study that revealed why men resist recycling: because they are afraid people will think they are gay.       HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope  SPO TIFY 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:  Actor Matthew McConaughey is leading polls in the Texas gubernatorial race.  Big #YUP to… Curb Your Enthusiasm, Season 11 - now on HBO Max The First Wave, a new documentary about the pandemic by Matthew Heineman  In addition to Twitter, you can now also follow us on Goodpods, a new app that will help you discover great podcasts

    35 min
  5. Nancy Pelosi, Always a Bridesmaid!

    11/11/2021

    Nancy Pelosi, Always a Bridesmaid!

    This week, we shut down heiress Ivy Getty’s San Francisco wedding, featuring a Galliano dress made of shards of glass, IV bags for guests and a City Hall ceremony officiated by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Meanwhile in New Zealand, the winner of an annual Bird of the Year competition was a bat, and a couple discovered the world’s largest potato in their backyard. Two new Manhattan buildings–30 Hudson Yards and One Vanderbilt–are fighting to see which edifice’s observation deck reigns supreme.    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:  By the end of this Vogue story about Ivy Getty’s wedding, you will be a communist.  Big #YUP to… Founderland “Dirty” by Grandson In addition to Twitter, you can now also follow us on Goodpods, a new app that will help you discover great podcasts.

    50 min
  6. Facebook: The Metaverse Musical!

    10/28/2021

    Facebook: The Metaverse Musical!

    We’re reeling and retching after watching the internal Facebook music video about health insurance open enrollment. But we attempt to collect ourselves and shut down anti-goverment militia members who happen to work for the government as well as anti-mask/anti-vaxx NYC police officers marching for “freedom of choice.” Also: we discuss why guns are ever allowed on movie sets amid the golden age of CGI.     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 Pooja Bhatia’s account of working at Ozy Media, in the London Review of Books. Big #YUP to… Hulu’s drama about the opioid crisis, “Dopesick.” Read Rachel’s interview in Esquire with the actor Michael Stuhlbarg who is playing Dr. Richard Sackler. HBO Max’s “The Other Two.”

    48 min
  7. No Kidneys for the Chunky Monkeys!

    10/15/2021

    No Kidneys for the Chunky Monkeys!

    This week, we shut down the Bad Art Friends Sonya Larson and Dawn Dorland. We’ve got the latest on the scandal involving Ozy Media and its founder Carlos Watson. Also, a passel of feral hogs attacked Shakira in a park and took her mobile phone, and a zeal of zebras continues to run amok in Maryland.    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 “Who Is the Bad Art Friend?” by Robert Kolker in the New York Times magazine.  Big #YUP to… Adele  Succession’s J. Smith Cameron for being a Spelling Bee whistleblower regarding the word “undaunted.”  In addition to Twitter, you can now also follow us on Goodpods, a new app that will help you discover great podcasts.

    52 min
  8. We're Amazon Prime’s Fastest-Growing Podcast!

    09/30/2021

    We're Amazon Prime’s Fastest-Growing Podcast!

    This week, former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham revealed in her memoir that a staffer known as The Music Man would blast show tunes to soothe Donald Trump’s nerves when he was going nuclear. An executive at a media company we never heard of called Ozy Media impersonated a YouTube executive on a conference call with Goldman Sachs. Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’s new father-in-law, hotelier Bill Evans, went undercover as a automotive-enthusiast-turned-media-watchdog named Hanson at her trial. Finally, we explore a highly unusual $14 million real estate listing in Maryland. bop!     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 Rachel’s article about Elizabeth Holmes in The Conversationalist here.  Big #YUP to… The Indigo Girls  Del Mar, CA  In addition to Twitter, you can now also follow us on Goodpods, a new app that will help you discover great podcasts.

    52 min
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About

Rachel Dodes and Brian Hecht are cousins who enjoy dissecting the most abominable news of the week and shutting it all down, usually over whiskey, sometimes with a guest. But don't despair...they always end with a YUP or two, beacons of hope amid all the #NOPE.

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  • Creator
    Rachel Dodes and Brian Hecht
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2022
  • Episodes
    152
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    ℗ & © 2018 This Week in Nope
  • Show Website
    NOPE