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- 04 / 02 / 24 -
Kyle and Emmanuel are in Virginia near a town called Lorton where their Auto Train adventure is about to begin, how the Auto Train connects Virginia to Florida, driving to Lorton is the furthest possible train station not accessible from another train in New York, Emmanuel is doing all of the driving since Kyle's renewed license is still in transit, the process of boarding this train takes hours, this is also the longest passenger train in the country and perhaps the world, there are 17 passenger cars and 27 cargo cars, the sound of the Auto Train passing, Kyle and Emmanuel are now on the Auto Train the next morning approaching Sanford, an issue getting the car on board, some of what's unique about this train, this might be the longest nonstop train in the world, facts about Superliners, an announcement explaining what the train is now passing, some of the people met during meal times, remembering an incident in a previous dining car where a passenger was treated unfairly by the staff, Emmanuel wonders if he actually got any sleep on the train, an update after leaving the train, Kyle and Emmanuel are standing on a median on a road in Florida, some of the strange creatures that inhabit this area, trying to figure out why there are so many angry drivers in Florida, Emmanuel describes various acts of aggression on the highway that all involved pickup trucks, shouting out some trigger words, this is a stand-your-ground state, Kyle's impressions of Florida, the latest insanity from Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman that involves deputizing anyone with a gun, questioning why Trump is never targeted by pro-Palestinian demonstrators, the tendency of the left to attack those closest in ideology, trying to come to terms with Trump actually leading in polls after all of the damage he did, how jokes about Biden's age have stopped after his State of the Union performance, Kyle's concern that even a Democratic win won't make all of the negativity disappear, Emmanuel's worry that the country is doomed if Trump returns to power, the show will not be on next week after the eclipse, Emmanuel finds out the eclipse won't be visible in Florida.
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April 2
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- 04 / 16 / 24 -
Kyle and Emmanuel have driven to Texas to see the eclipse near Austin, how the weather seems to have caught everyone by surprise, there really is a place called Ding Dong in Texas, it's one hour before the eclipse, Kyle and Emmanuel have driven two hours west to a place called Fredericksburg, standing in the town with around a thousand people as the eclipse approaches, totality will last four minutes, Bill Nye the Science Guy is at this viewing, monitoring the weather, the beginning of what looks like twilight, the sky is clear in places like Maine and Canada where clouds were initially predicted, the moment approaches, it has become really dark, the sun emerges for a few seconds and the crowd erupts, it's so much darker than it was in Tennessee in 2017, a total of four brief appearances, the darkness quickly dissipates, how Fredericksburg was the perfect place to be a part of this, Kyle and Emmanuel are now back in Florida next to a fountain, the incredible weather adventure experienced on the return trip, Kyle describes the Spirit of Communication statue at AT&T headquarters in Dallas, how this statue used to be in New York City, how Kyle and Emmanuel drove through severe thunderstorms approaching Dallas, listening to WBAP to hear around a dozen activations of the Emergency Alert System, another storm the next day on the way to Shreveport, a relaxing evening in New Orleans followed by "life threatening" flash flooding the following day, getting updates from WWL while driving, how Kyle and Emmanuel found a really good place to stay in New Orleans that was also cheap, recalling a hotel in a small town in Louisiana called Slidell that had been abandoned by the front desk staff late at night, another hotel adventure in Austin, a tornado hit later in Slidell, yet another storm hits in Tallahassee, Emmanuel's laptop battery expires in the middle of a power outage, a worrying amount of hate radio that was heard on this trip, how religious stations take up valuable noncommercial space while spouting the same rhetoric as right-wing talk stations, Kyle describes the dangers of monoculture, why the media is particularly culpable here, a WUSB promo made by kids.
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April 16
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- 04 / 23 / 24 -
An appeal for pledges after a helpful PSA, the entire theme nearly plays, the show is back in the studio after several weeks, Kyle and Emmanuel made a stop in Washington DC on the way back, sitting in on both the House of Representatives and Senate, what is required in order to be able to do this, passing through all sorts of security checkpoints, how C-SPAN doesn't control the cameras in the chambers, what isn't seen in the chambers on C-SPAN, the thumbs-up way of voting in the Senate, visiting the offices of local representatives, the Trump hush money trial is in its sixth day, how the way someone behaves in court reflects on how they will behave in an important position, how Kyle and Emmanuel traveled through the country without having any issues with people who had very different opinions, how conservative radio stations make it sound like there's a civil war in progress, Tesla is not doing well due to Elon Musk's actions, Emmanuel sees Cybertrucks for the first time in Florida, a needed coffee break, pro-Palestinian demonstrations appear on campuses all over the country, why this is a good thing, the shameful way most universities have dealt with this, Stony Brook had demonstrators arrested last month, how Stony Brook was known as the "Berkeley of the East" in the 1960s, how it's unavoidable to get Gaza casualty figures from Hamas, looking for the evidence of demonstrators being in the wrong, wondering how Jewish students can be accused of being anti-Semitic, how the situation on campuses is being distorted, Emmanuel's memories of a protest on campus that involved camping out, how there are legitimate idiots in any gathering, what the intifada is, going through various accusations against the demonstrators, the various definitions of Zionism, how Israel always seems to have an excuse for bombing civilians, why both the Israeli and Iranian regimes need to go, the similarities between the two governments, Iran's slow-motion response to Israel's assassination attack, parallels to junior high school, wondering what the end goal is, how Netanyahu is taking advantage of the situation, a call to not be intimidated for speaking your mind, a famous outro.
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April 23
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- 04 / 30 / 24 -
Emmanuel is still recovering from driving across the country, how you keep seeing the same people on the highway and the various communications that take place, the need to protect your fellow drivers, the Justice Department is forwarding a recommendation to Biden to change the way marijuana is treated, why this is good news, another example of how Long Island is moving in the wrong direction, lawsuits against the governor for allowing more people to vote, trying to follow the logic behind this, students at Columbia University take over a building, a suggestion for a better chant, Emmanuel has trouble addressing listeners, the media's fascination with Iran's reaction to student demonstrations in the United States, a history of Hamilton Hall takeovers, how some Republicans are calling for troops to be sent in against student demonstrators, a call to see specific evidence of anti-Semitism, how Mayor Adams is speaking as if he was a part of the police force, why the word genocide is completely appropriate, Kyle explains how policing words takes away the discourse, why students should be in charge of campus demonstrations, how a pro-Israel demonstrator shouted something anti-Semitic and had it blamed on a pro-Palestinian group, how the Orthodox community in Williamsburg rejects Israel, how the whole situation is so much more complex than most people realize, an apropos song by Phil Ochs.
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April 30
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