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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: December, 2017
Dec 30, 2017

EPISODE #77-- As we round the year out, let's remember what matters most in our lives: The Wu Tang Clan. We also have stories about undersea blood explosions and the war on ISIS (via porno). All this and more. Get it. Support our show at Patreon.com/quality. Follow James on twitter @kislingtwits and Alex @giraffetermath. Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art (http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com). Our theme music is "The World's a Mess" by X. Thanks to our sources at CNBC, Vice, and Motherboard. #Shaolin #WuTang #Blood #Canada #WarOnTerror #WarOnXmas #RastaLife

Dec 23, 2017

EPISODE #76-- Today (almost) all of our stories are from the Guardian. Our stories include a sleepy bandit, a jerk drinking poison thirty years too late, dumb installation art, and Judge Ghost Hunter. All this and more on today's World's a Mess. Support our show at Patreon.com/quality. Follow James on twitter @kislingtwits and Alex @giraffetermath. Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art (http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com). Our theme music is "The World's a Mess" by X. Thanks to our sources at Guardian, Reuters, and Vice. Support real journalist. #XMas #CandleNights #Holidays #Christmas #CrystalMass #Crimbles #Krimbus

Dec 16, 2017

EPISODE #75-- Today Alex and James celebrate the season by talking about the most terrifying and dumb news that they can find (and also the New Kids on the Block). Today they got stories about Special Forces V. Special Forces murder, a weed bazooka (naturally), and Narcs V. Narcs (where everybody wins). Also some other dumb stuff. Get it. Support our show at Patreon.com/quality. Follow James on twitter @kislingtwits and Alex @giraffetermath. Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art (http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com). Our theme music is "The World's a Mess" by X. Thanks to our sources at Daily Beast, Vice, and FOX 2 Detroit. #SOCOM #BROCOM #RogueWarrior #Detroit #Cops #WarOnDrugs #Mexico #Donnie #Rastalife

Dec 9, 2017

EPISODE #74-- Today we talk about gunmen at McDonald's, Mexican cartels making pesos off of octopuses, and a dude shooting himself in the wee-wee. We also talk about the effulgent Lizzo, 'Nam, Jim Ladd, and how transphobes should be headbutted non-stop, always. Amen. Support our show at Patreon.com/quality. Follow James on twitter @kislingtwits and Alex @giraffetermath. Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art (http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com). Our theme music is "The World's a Mess (It's In My Kiss)" by X. Thanks to our sources at MSN, WTAE, War is Boring, and Food Beast (and see our Facebook page for more sources!). #FastFoodWars #DingDongs #Pennsylvania #WarOnDrugs #Octopussy #Rastalife

Dec 1, 2017

EPISODE #73-- Beyond failed palindromes, we got the news! Today we tackle Louisiana's horrifying justice system, Alex Trebeck doing the drogas, and what kind of smut and games Osama Bin Laden was into shortly before 45 different Navy SEALs shot him in the face and butt. Support our show at Patreon.com/quality. Follow James on twitter @kislingtwits and Alex @giraffetermath. Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art (http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com). Our theme music is "The World's a Mess (It's In My Kiss)" by X. Thanks to our sources at AP, CBS News, Onion AV CLub, and NY Post (and see our Facebook page for more sources!). #PrisonIndustrialComplex #McGruff #NavySEALs #UBL #WarOnTerror #Jeopardy #RastaLife

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