CIB's Various Dubious Growth Strategies
This week we make a conscious decision to lighten the mood a bit after last week’s slog through issues of guns and child murder, and definitely not just because we spent all week focused on YOUTH SPORT rather than preparing for a show in line with our usual high standards. Whatever the reason, we’re explaining inside jokes at great length, doing a Little League Season Recap, discussing Dave Weigel’s suspension from the Washington Post, and are quite skeptical about the upcoming televised January 6th committee hearings. Listen, if you must! 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!
Show Rundown
Open — How to grow an audience without actually telling anyone you have a podcast
10:16 — CIB / The Buffer Content Crossover Extravaganza, and lengthy, digressive joke explanations
40:52 — Little League Season Recap
55:26 — Dave Weigel suspended for retweeting a bad joke
1:30:25 — Predictions about the 1/6 hearings
1:35:26 — Screenshot-Trawling for CONTENT: Kavanaugh assassin, Ibram X. Kendi’s new book, GOP heroism
1:39:11 — Stop letting Matt Walsh and his ilk win!
1:47:11 — Wrap up! Twitter updates, more joke explanations, The First Lady, Norm’s Nothing Special
Relevant Linkage
Abe’s other podcast The Buffer, or The Biffler, or whathaveyou, here’s their YouTube page
I don’t trust any of the links from this Google search result, but I can assure you this Drake hot sauce condom story was an actual thing
CNN: The Washington Post suspends reporter David Weigel over sexist retweet
Reason Magazine, Emily Yoffe: 'I'm Radioactive' Journalist Jonathan Kaiman is one of the least famous, least powerful men to be brought down by the #MeToo movement. A year later, the fallout continues.
AP: Armed man arrested for threat to kill Justice Kavanaugh
New York Times: N.Y. Republican Drops Re-Election Bid After Bucking His Party on Guns
Prominent Shithead Matt Walsh: gorging on the lowest-hanging fruit imaginable
National Review: Matt Walsh Stumps the Left with One Simple Question
Google search results: Note how few, and which, outlets are willing to touch this with a ten-foot pole