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Kieran Parnell

Correction/clarification: there are actually SEVEN marsupials found in North American! Of those, four (grayish mouse opossum, Mexican mouse opossum, northern four-eyed opossum, and of course the Virginia opossum) are endemic, with Derby’s woolly opossum, common and water opossums having a large South American range. The misconception probably arises from the Virginia opossum (what most USians think of as a “possum”) is the only species in THE UNITED STATES. It’s not even endemic! My beautiful lads have populations all the way to Costa Rica. A distinction between North and Central America is a political construction and isn’t useful to evolutionary biology. Challenging these frameworks is a big issue in conservation right now. It’s a very common misconception and while that does reflect on how the US views the rest of the world, it’s also on opportunity to look at pictures of the Mexican mouse opossum omg look at its widdle eyes 🥺

John Her

My personal speculation is that there was no grand conspiracy about it, no one wanted the possibility of having Osama grandstand in court or through lawyers at Gitmo, or some bad knockoff of Independence Day that hurts the administration politically

John Her

The Intercept covered Operation Neptune Spear under The Crimes of Seal Team 6. In short, Osama was unarmed when they shot him, and the order was specifically kill only. Any talk about possible live capture was probably a deliberate lie

Martin

What is this about???

Kai Sales

We wouldn’t know it then but this was the last bonus episode

Jack Yarnton

want to submit an episode idea, the Gavle goat in Sweden is a a giant wooden goat constructed in Gavle Sweden every Christmas since 1966 and has been destroyed pretty much every year by the locals. methods of vandalism and fuckery have included destruction by fireworks, attempted theft by helicopter, burned to death during a blizzard, and ignition by a man from Ohio who thought he was taking part in a local Christmas tradition

Lily Lechler

begging on hands and knees for November's new podcast to do an episode on latoya cantrell, current mayor of new orleans and first class flight enthusiast

GSpring

yeah ticketmaster is so sketchy I think they sell the hell outta our information because every time after I buy tix offa tmaster I get computer venereal disease

Brandon P

Australia's worst industrial accident, with the bridge's later popularity as a -redacted- spot adding a bleak addendum to the tale. It'd be a good episode. I'd also recommend the Manongah Mine disaster. The US's worst mining disaster. Largely forgotten today, I only know about it from - of all things - Fallout 76 devoting a surprising amount of attention to the tragedy.

Kathy

A follow-up on one of the cave disaster stories for November: https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2024/11/23/nutty-putty-cave-accident-john/

Andrew Geske

what is the name of the nonprofit supporting trans people leaving dangerous places ?

Mark K Mondol

Just bought 2 tickets for 30 April 2025 show in Somerville, venue site took me to Ticketmaster, tickets $35 each with $19 in service fees. Wish it had been Eventbrite instead, hope I didn't just get scammed.

Mark K Mondol

The Somerville show tickets are now on a variety of scalping sites for $67 each minimum of 2 tickets plus fees for a total >$180.

Josht

Either there are an enormous number of WTYP fans here in the Boston area or they booked a space the size of my living room. Hope they do a second date.

Santa Klawz

I appreciate the team not getting sidetracked with jokes about the throat of the hot thrust gutters.

Mark K Mondol

May Day show in Somerville is already sold out! Bummer. I guess waiting a 2 days to listen to the announcement was a mistake. Or is it possible that Arts at the Armory web site is wrong?

Jørgen Lund

KJB has its own Patreon where they very occasionally take suggestions, but generally they already have a theme ready. Norwegian Ninja would be a funny pick, though, even if it is a little hard to sell the Arne Treholt joke outside Norway, the best analogy I have is it's like putting Guy Burgess in a buddy cop movie (However, if we *are* suggesting movies, Sound of Noise would also be a funny off-the-wall pick for a robbery/heist movie)

LeobaL

Is there anywhere where we can suggest episodes? I would love to hear Roz' take on the 1970 West Gate Bridge collapse in Melbourne Australia. I've just been reading about it and my personal WTF?! meter has blown.

John Hieronymus

Side note, to whoever is monitoring the Patreon comments: want to see if a movie is on Nova’s radar for KJB, a wonderful spy movie called “Norwegian Ninja” something like if Wes Anderson directed an 80’s Chuck Norris flick, but with much better politics. Here’s the trailer it I think would be KJB gold: https://youtu.be/4wNVjI9bJIk?si=jGvGzIqqOTO_8IAQ

Sai

I have, I've enjoyed many many episodes. Novas political analysis is consistently terrible. I calls em like I sees em. Take for instance that time she shit on Matt Christman, a theorist/ commentator entirely beyond her calibre. Or on the recent episode where she regurgitated submental imperialist propaganda. Maybe I wouldn't call her one if she didn't spew the same nonsense any radlib would. God willing she proves me wrong in shows to come.

Parker Test

I had to Google what an AES state was. What states do you believe qualify under that, besides Cuba?

Parker Test

Have you ever even listened to this podcast? Calling November a radlib is the dumbest thing I think I've seen in a comment section in years.

Sai

Subscribed to comment that this is a good show except for November's radlib imperialist political analysis. What a tool. The main guy's (Roz?) analysis is superior in every way. She was soft on Israel's pager attack, claiming (without evidence) that it only affected Hezbollah members. Truly despicable to carry water for Israel in this way. Wanted to say something because her analysis is consistently bad.

Rozphorus!

omfg Nova's reaction to "very pretty little drone" caught me SO off guard, nearly choked on my water at work

Andrew Dunn

A lot of people get radicalized by serving in the US military. It's not "rich" if they weren't anti-imperialist before joining

Andrew Dunn

It would be "almost" unfair to nuke DPRK? Lol. Just a hair

Collin Willis

As someone who grew up in dc, always here for the pro Marion Barry content: https://www.vice.com/en/article/marion-barry-108-guide-dc-richmond/

Kristaps Porzingis

The apoplectic rage over Israel is pretty rich coming from someone who works for the US military. Maybe she was lured in under false pretenses? Jingling the cool plane keys in front of the autistic person so she wouldn't think about what they're used for?

jackson macpherson

Towards AES states like Israel and the Russian Federation?

London

Cannot wait to hear the NASA episode

John Her

The Seal Team 6 commander either went rogue and ordered for no live capture or relayed Obama's real orders. Either way feels a little treason-y

John Her

Actually the guy who nominally killed bin Laden is doing a bit of stolen valor. He came in after someone else shot him to land a headshot just to say he did. That's why they couldn't take any photos

John Her

The Intercept story "The Crimes of Seal Team 6" really covers how badly the Bin Laden raid actually went down. Half the team had to be medically discharged from that crash, and Obama lied to the whole country about the whole "capturing alive to stand trial bit." His gun was unloaded and under the bed I think

Peter 'power__mac' MacDonald

"That's not smoke, that's steam." Thanks Nova, I appreciate you immensely.

Lain of the Wired

playing the forever winter as i listen to this and feeling very normal about it

Off-label Botanist

The Spirit of Pennsylvania is "like Ontario but more so"

Thomas Layton

Right when I was starting a long drive. Cheers!

nlnkwlsk

28:11 "thrust gutters" was my nickname in college

Chance Kahle

Observe how the Anglo leftist redirects their criticism toward AES states when they feel that their own comfort in the imperial metropole is being threatened.