Fun Magician extended universe lore - this was the podcast that broke my liberal brain and pushed me towards communism.

From Wikipedia:

Mueller, She Wrote is a political podcast hosted by Allison Gill, a military veteran who worked at the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. It mixes comedy, legal commentary and political analysis, from a liberal perspective, and centers on the Mueller investigation. The original co-hosts were San Diego comedians Jordan Coburn and Jaleesa Johnson; the latter has since left the show due to a pay dispute.

I remember feeling lost after trump got elected and hoped that something would come of the Mueller report. It's wild to think I believed an FBI investigation run by a Republican would to anything to shake up the system, but there were plenty of people who believed it.

These hosts would give updates on the investigation and other bits of news, but it started feeling hollow around the third 'this time he's really in trouble!' story.

The simping for Mueller like he was going to solve things felt hollower and hollower until I stopped listening altogether.

I read up on them a few years later and saw them vote shaming people who were considering withholding their vote for healthcare and student debt forgiveness. I also found out they benefited from PPP loans they didn't have to reimburse. Hypocrisy exposed is an empty victory, but it felt vindicating to know leaving that whole bubble was a good decision.

Finally, I hate the logo so much. Like they were doing investigative journalism or something by collecting headlines from news websites.

I dunno. I just wanted to air out my vitriol while it was fresh.

Did anybody else follow it or similar podcasts before moving left?

  • Des [she/her, they/them]
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    9 months ago

    sadness first political podcast i ever listened to was pod save america.

    i was full berniepilled at the time and i turned away from it pretty quickly after realizing there was just one token pro-bernie guy and the other two were worse

    • casskaydee [she/her]
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      9 months ago

      My first was The Weeds starring Ezra "Vox" Klein and our fav neolib ghoul Matt "Matty" Yglesias

      • Beaver [he/him]
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        9 months ago

        I started listening to Chapo and The Weeds at the same time in the lead up to the 2016 election.

      • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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        9 months ago

        I wondered what he was up to. The usual shit. Here's a tweet that's a few hours old.

        Right now rebotaxis are driving around San Francisco so the clash is with dingbat leftists, but when it goes mainstream the real struggle with be with manly men (and truckers) who don’t want to take their hands off the wheel.

        https://nitter.poast.org/mattyglesias/status/1778178193150591254#m

        • Magician [he/him, they/them]
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          9 months ago

          Can't reckon with why people would have a problem with robo taxis in a city that had decent public transit once.

    • RyanGosling [none/use name]
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      9 months ago

      Childhood is when you listen to Pod Save America

      Adulthood is when you listen to Pod Damn America