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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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#142 The Third Safdie Brother 0
Apr 25, 2020

EPISODE #142-- Prep your butts for a roller coaster of news! We're talking drug busts in Florida, Kim Jong Un's medical woes, a return of the barbaric body brokers, and dirt bikers V. COVID-19. Plus we talk terrible old sitcoms, body horror, Fight Island, and our ongoing struggles with Fagins and Fagin-adjacent malarkey. Support our show at Patreon.com/quality! Follow James on twitter @kislingtwits and Alex @giraffetermath. Follow us on tumblr at https://worldsamess.tumblr.com/. Donate directly to James at Ko-fi.com/T6T16E5D. Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art (http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com). Our theme music is "The World's a Mess" by X. Additional music by Andy Kneis. Thanks to our sources at WPTV5, CNN, High Country News, and the OC Register.

#141 Florida in the Age of Coronavirus 0
Apr 18, 2020

EPISODE #141-- We're back! Today we tackle a typical trove of topics, starting with the question "Florida: Why?" We tackle the case of an Italian-hating rapscallion, a far right psychopath dummy trying to foment a race war, and Dana White's attempt to become that one-handed guy from Enter the Dragon. Stay safe out there! Support our show at Patreon.com/quality! Follow James on twitter @kislingtwits and Alex @giraffetermath. Follow us on tumblr at https://worldsamess.tumblr.com/. Donate directly to James at Ko-fi.com/T6T16E5D. Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art (http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com). Our theme music is "The World's a Mess" by X. Additional music by Andy Kneis. Thanks to our sources at NBC News, MSN, and NY 101.5.

#140 Social Distancing Special 0
Apr 4, 2020

EPISODE #140-- After a quarantine-induced delay, we're back-- remotely! This time with Good Witchs, Bad B*itches' own Deanna Greif. We catch up with what's been going on and talk about a murderous choo-choo man, the feckless Elon Musk, and a few other dumb things in the world! Stay safe out there! Support our show at Patreon.com/quality! Follow James on twitter @kislingtwits and Alex @giraffetermath. Follow us on tumblr at https://worldsamess.tumblr.com/. Donate directly to James at Ko-fi.com/T6T16E5D. Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art (http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com). Our theme music is "The World's a Mess" by X. Additional music by Andy Kneis. Thanks to our sources at ABC7 and the Financial Times.

#139 Small Hadron Collider 0
Mar 6, 2020

EPISODE #139-- Hey, we're not actually back, but here's the last of our back stock! Sorry! We need to our act together! Anyways on this episode we talk a kid who messed up a Denny's with punk rock, how drone-using gangsters are wreaking havoc with GPS, a terrible monkey island in Florida, and an Australian dog who is doing his best to help with the wild fires! Plus we talk about our hit new TV show coming to CBS All Access or whatever it's called! Support our show at Patreon.com/quality! Follow James on twitter @kislingtwits and Alex @giraffetermath. Follow us on tumblr at https://worldsamess.tumblr.com/. Donate directly to James at Ko-fi.com/T6T16E5D. Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art (http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com). Our theme music is "The World's a Mess" by X. Additional music by Andy Kneis. Thanks to our sources at Stereogum, South China Morning Post, Guardian, and LVN. Please support real journalism. #Florida #GPS #Cyberpunk #China #Pigs #PunkRock #LongBeach #Music #CBS #GoldenGlobe #Australia #Fires #Nintendo

#138 Slav Pot and Squat 0
Jan 31, 2020

EPISODE #138-- Again: We're back! Today on the news we got a man who got eaten by a gator, the case of the Crimean commode caper, and the biggest Bostonian heist since Affleck won that Oscar for some reason. All this and more Hugh Dancy talk. Support our show at Patreon.com/quality! Follow James on twitter @kislingtwits and Alex @giraffetermath. Follow us on tumblr at https://worldsamess.tumblr.com/. Donate directly to James at Ko-fi.com/T6T16E5D. Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art (http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com). Our theme music is "The World's a Mess" by X. Additional music by Andy Kneis. Thanks to our sources at NBC News, War is Boring, and Boston Marathon. Please support real journalism. #Florida #Russia #Crimea #Ukraine #News! #Boston #Heist #Seafood #BiNewEnglandPride #BidetCurious

#137 Return of the Wack 0
Jan 6, 2020

EPISODE #137-- After an uneventful couple of months Alex is back and READY TO NEWS. Today we talk a gregarious bank robber, a bunch of large adult Amish sons, and what a preacher thinks he can get with an Arby's gift card (LOL). Plus we talk about the stress of the holidays, massacres, conspiracy theories, and the disposal of bodies. Support our show at Patreon.com/quality! Follow James on twitter @kislingtwits and Alex @giraffetermath. Follow us on tumblr at https://worldsamess.tumblr.com/. Donate directly to James at Ko-fi.com/T6T16E5D. Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art (http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com). Our theme music is "The World's a Mess" by X. Additional music by Andy Kneis. Thanks to our sources at Daily Mail, New Now Next, Kirksville Daily Express, Colorado 11, an Independent. Please support real journalism. #drinking #crime #Amish #TheWitness #Bodies #Arbys #Grinder #XMas #Christmas #CrimeNews #Heist

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