CIB is keeping HOT PODCAST SUMMER going with an episode full of Mario Golf praise, America’s ongoing slow infrastructural collapse, the problem of trusting anyone at all, and the absolute horror of what THE YOUTHS are getting up to on Twitter. Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it on Facebook or Twitter, leave a comment on the show’s page on our website, or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!

12:41 —> The Surfside condo collapse
30:00 —> Why can’t we do the obvious things we should do to make things better?
44:34 —> The weaselly language of punditry, and what else is wrong with Adam Serwer’s The Cruelty is the Point
52:17 —> Biden’s weird about face on a bipartisan infrastructure deal
1:04:08 —> The New York Times debuts new advice column RACE MATTERS
1:14:08 —> How it feels for the MODERN MAN to get his oil changed, and general talk of questions of broader societal trustworthiness
1:26:54 —> The perils of following THE YOUTHS on Twitter

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