Author: Nebulous Media

Dr. Anthony Fauci is the science, according to... himself. But Mary Katharine and Vic aren't so sure he—or the Biden administration, for that matter—knows how to tackle the Omicron variant. The Supreme Court hears oral arguments on the Mississippi abortion case, the Women's Tennis Association takes a stand against China, and we learn the history of the golf course beverage cart.

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• 00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
• 09:45 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
• 09:56 - The Omicron variant is here
• 16:00 - Fauci faces his foes
• 19:27 - Segment: You Love to See It
• 19:34 - Reporter asks Fauci a tough question
• 25:20 - Oral arguments at the Supreme Court on the Mississippi abortion case
• 33:12 - Women's Tennis Association quits China over Peng Shuai's disappearance
• 37:40 - Kids are increasingly cutting ties with their parents
• 44:35 - Golf.com tells the history of the golf course beverage cart

Mary Katharine and Vic have recovered from their Thanksgiving feasts and they're back to discuss Disney's decision to censor an episode of the Simpsons, as well as the new covid variant, fact-checkers, and some very unlucky pub dwellers in England

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• 00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
• 11:24 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
• 11:26 - The new coronavirus variant, Omicron
• 24:52 - Journalists and Harvard academics work to identify misinformation in the news
• 31:44 - Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey steps down
• 35:19 - Disney censors Simpsons episode with Tiananmen Square reference in Hong Kong
• 39:48 - Matthew McConaughey announces he will not run for governor of Texas
• 43:00 - England revelers stuck in pub for three days after snowstorm

Happy Thanksgiving from Mary Katharine and Vic! The hosts are here to talk about their Thanksgiving traditions and the topic they wish they were talking about all the time: food.

We aren't sure who's still listening to Dr. Anthony Fauci, but he officially declared it safe to visit with family during the holidays. Businesses are changing shipping and packaging to fight supply chain woes, CNN takes a mostly unsuccessful drive around Brooklyn in a self-driving car, and a former Obama economic advisor gets real on inflation.

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• 00:11 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
• 07:39 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
• 07:40 - Anthony Fauci says it's okay for the vaccinated to enjoy the holidays
• 22:00 - Britney Spears freed from conservatorship
• 27:14 - Shipping containers and supply chains
• 32:18 - CNN takes a self-driving car for a (mostly unsuccessful) spin in Brooklyn
• 39:14- Segment: You Love To Hear It
• 39:21 - Former Obama economic advisor gets real on inflation

There's drama in the White House—Kamala drama, that is. Mary Katharine and Vic talk about tumultuous relationships in the White House, as well as the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, a football miracle, dating while living with your parents, and Taylor Swift making money off of a relationship that ended more than a decade ago. 

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• 00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
• 05:03 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
• 06:20 - Closing arguments of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial
• 14:40 - Kamala Drama
• 18:58 - The Detroit Lions did not lose
• 21:33 - The Atlantic story on dating while living at home
• 27:00 - The New York Times is concerned that there's no Covid vaccine for pets
• 29:39 - Decoding the Swifty drama

Kamala Harris fakes a French accent, Michigan's Attorney General has one too many Bloody Marys, and Morgan Ortagus rips Adam Schiff on the View

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• 00:13 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
• 06:06 -Segment: The News You Need to Know
• 06:45 - One too many Bloody Marys for Michigan's Democratic Attorney General
• 10:55 - Secretary of Education, teachers union head say no more masks outdoors for kids
• 17:08 - American campaign to vaccinate kids off to good start
• 20:37 - Updates on New Jersey State Senator Ed Durr
• 24:37 - Kyle Rittenhouse trial
• 34:57 - Car break-ins up in San Francisco
• 44:00 - Cotton Candy Lobster caught off the coast of Maine
• 46:14 - Bacon wrapped... presents? Feat. Coolio
• 51:11 - Segment: We Love to Hear It
• 51:49 - Morgan Ortagus rips Adam Schiff on the View

Is it Daylight Saving Time or Daylight Savings Time? Is inflation actually good for us? And will the BIF help with that? Mary Katharine and Vic answer these questions and talk T-Mac, breathalyzers, and mask mandates.

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• 00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
• 04:02 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
• 04:07 - 32nd anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall
• 07:40 - Our very own Vic Matus snaps a photo with Terry McAuliffe
• 12:47 - Daylight Saving(s) Time (and people complaining about it)
• 19:00 - MSNBC asks: Is inflation actually a good thing?
• 26:58 - Will the (very pricey) Infrastructure bill help with that?
• 33:00 - Mandates and masks
• 41:53 - An update on the diapered astronauts

Mary Katharine and Vic talk elections, and this week's biggest upsets, as well as the Supreme Court's latest concealed carry decisions and our hobby horse: vaccine mandates for kids. 

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• 00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
• 06:15 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
• 06:33 - Results of the Virginia governor's election
• 11;15 - The Lincoln Project and the tiki torch stunt
• 24:50 - New Jersey democrat falls to unlikely challenger
• 29:50 - Winsome Sears wins the race for lieutenant governor in Virginia
• 31:13 - Supreme Court hands down decision on concealed carry
• 33:12 - San Francisco mandates vaccines for kids as young as five
• 39:37 - Space diapers
• 41:00 - Segment: Hosts in the Hot Seat

Mary Katharine and Vic are back to chat numbers, from the Virginia governor's race to spending bills to plummeting poll numbers for the Biden administration to the original prices for McDonald's hamburgers.

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• 00:13 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
• 09:05 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
• 09:09 - The Virginia Governor's Race
• 14:06 - Tiki torch antics
• 16:47 - Updates on the Infrastructure and Reconciliation bills
• 22:03 - New Jersey governor's race
• 24:29 - Americans lose confidence in President Biden, Democrats, according to NBC Poll
• 28:40 - Let's Go Brandon
• 35:20 - Kanye West's Sunday Service featuring Justin Bieber and Marilyn Manson
• 37:50 - The original McDonald's menu

Mary Katharine Ham welcomed her third daughter into the world this weekend. So where else would she be four days after labor than the recording studio, with Vic, chatting about the experience?