CIB mostly aimlessly meanders through the news of the week in this episode, with thoughts on the ongoing fallout from the leaked Signal group chat, Trump’s executive orders to defund public and state-sponsored media, and plenty of other headlines. Also, though this doesn’t come up in our discussion of The White Lotus—if we’re right in suggesting that the audience’s appetite is what drives content on various news media platforms, what does The White Lotus’s various weird incest plotlines say about that audience’s appetite? Yeesh. Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it by joining the conversation on our Substack or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!

Show Rundown
Open — Abe wrestling a mountain in Syphilis Town, GA
11:41 — WGAS NewsBag; Voice of America defunded, other executive orders, SignalGate continues
1:03:03 — Quitting social media won’t make your life better; lawyer claims client deported to El Salvador not a gang member; Marine La Pen banned from running for public office; NYT’s article on US involvement in Ukraine’s fight against Russia
1:30:11 — Wrap-up! A Working Man; Scream 5; The White Lotus

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