#49: Go Visit Old People (Once It's Safe)
Current Affairs20 Maj 2020

#49: Go Visit Old People (Once It's Safe)

The panel discusses the viability of forming a breakaway third party, things that are secretly political, and our society's contempt for the elderly.


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The panel this week consisted of a group of sentient jellies imitating the shapes of amusements & managing editor Lyta Gold, newsletter editor Nick Slater, finance editor Sparky Abraham, and editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson. Your temporary host is Aisling McCrea (who was just out of hospital at time of recording, and struggling a little to form sentences).


This episode was edited by Dan Thorn of Pink Noise Studios in Somerville, MA.

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