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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, 2021
Mar 27, 2021

EPISODE #178-- Today we take it to the tech bros by talking about irresponsible deep fakes, DDT trolling drone in the Pacific, and dumb idiots with their schemes of getting rich (and quick!). Plus we babble about Sublime, Mars, and the best way to get a stray load out of your eye. 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. Outro is "Firestarter" by The Prodigy. Additional music by Andy Kneis. Our sources are Los Angeles Times, Pennsylvania Real-Time News, Philadelphia Inquirer, and CNN. #Tech #Bros #TechBros #NFT #WTF #Scams #PyramidSchemes #MLM #Drone #Pollution #Robots

Mar 17, 2021

EPISODE #177-- Good day, sunshine! It's more news! Today we talk about the ultimate good morning: cocaine, as well as a lost (and found) Viking horde and Vladimir Nabokov's failed foray into fan fiction. That and we make fun of metal detectors and the horrorshow that is the British royal family. 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. Outro is "Night Train" by The Kills. Additional music by Andy Kneis. Our sources are the Guardian, The Hill, and Artnet News New Yorker, and Times Literary Supplement. #Russia #Cocaine #WarOnDrugs #Poetry #Vikings #Gold #England #RoyalFamily #InbredWeirdos #FlipperPeople #Gold!

Mar 9, 2021

EPISODE #176-- Today we talk bears biting bottoms in bathrooms, as well as what it's like to suck up to America's worst vampires for rent money. Plus we talk vaccines and penile pee-styles. 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. Outro is "Fuckin' in the Bushes" by Oasis. Additional music by Andy Kneis. Our sources are the Associated Press, Scripps National, The Denver Channel, and Washingtonian Magazine. #Trumpistan #WashingtonDC #Alaska #Bears #Camping #Animals #UnitedStatesOfMeatHooks #VaccineTalk

Mar 4, 2021

EPISODE #175-- Today on the show the newsboys rap about who needs to get cancelled post-humously, and on the news front they talk about another YouTube prank gone wrong, a war criminal geezer finally seeing justice, and some old timers making the best of things. 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. Outro is "Strictly 4 My Jeeps" by Action Bronson. Additional music by Andy Kneis. Our sources are WMTV NBC 15, BBC, Associated Press, and WKRN. #WarCrimes #WWII #Crime #Clout #OldTimers #GeezerNews #Germany #Wisconsin #Tennessee

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