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World's a Mess

Every week or so, Alex Smith and James Kislingbury wade through the cesspool is that is the modern news cycle to find you chunks of solid gold-- Meaning mostly stories about crows and drunken brawls at fast food joints.
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Now displaying: March, 2017
Mar 27, 2017

EPISODE #28-- Alex and James are joined by Quality Assurance Officer, Cruz Flores in today's episode. The crew of News Tower 7 then gets into it with the death of swimming pigs, the decadence of Floridian criminals, a heist in South Africa, and another story about the undignified personage of Sean Spicer, and a return of bird crime. It's a hot one. It's a spicy one. Better get the milk. Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art. Thanks to Andy Kneis for the "Sean Spicer Road" theme song. Our theme music is "The World's a Mess (It's In My Kiss)" by X. Thanks to our sources at Cosmopolitan, LA Times, BBC, TC Palm, and the AV Club. #SeanSpicer #Florida #JoBerg #Chappie #Battletoads #Hawks

Mar 19, 2017

EPISODE #27-- Alex and James are back and they brought a new segment with them! Today our newsboys deal with further North Korean intrugue, stray hand grenades, Sizzler, and, more importantly, our new ongoing segment on Tom DeLonge. We also talk about Metallica, how dumb our politicians are, and the importance of Five Iron Frenzy stickers. Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art. Thanks to Andy Kneis for the "DeLonge and Winding Road" theme song. Our theme music is "The World's a Mess (It's In My Kiss)" by X. Thanks to our sources at Atlas Obscura, New Scientist, Noisey, and the AV Club. #FIF #Blink182 #SETI #VXGas #NorthKorea #MASTEROFPUPPETSRULES

Mar 13, 2017

EPISODE #26-- Alex and James round off another cluster of episodes with some humdingers. This episode we get into it about drug catapults on the border, meatloaf escapades with your boy Chris Cristy, more stuff on narcs, more dumb Nazis, and a fancy boy alligator. We also ramble on about what it means to be a grandpa and how dumb the War on Drugs is (it's real dumb). Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art. Our theme music is "The World's a Mess (It's In My Kiss)" by X. Thanks to our sources at USA Today, Vice, the Boston Chronicle, AP, and NY Daily News. #Meatloaf #NewJersey #WarOnDrugs #WarOnNarcs #Ricin #DumbNazis #RIPAlexSmith

Mar 8, 2017

EPISODE #25-- We made it to the Silver (?) Episode Anniversary and boy does it feel good to be here! Today Alex and James get back into the news with a story about drone-killing eagles, mole-related arson, Myanmar monk meth madness, some BS from some racists, and why orgies are, ostensibly, against Church teaching. Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art. Our theme music is "The World's a Mess (It's In My Kiss)" by X. Thanks to our sources at the Vice, Agence-France Presse, Mic, Al Jazeera, Fox 4KC, . Support real journalism. Support real art. #EccumenicalGetDowns #MoleHunt #WhatWouldSmileyDo #Burma #Myanmar #WarOnDrugs #Florida

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