Chas & Dr Dave discuss The Stuffed Corpse of Robert Menzies, Stirring A Brackish Pool With A Stick, and Dave has Lead Poisoning 0:00 - Intro 1:57 - Grateful For Wests Tigers/Phil Donohue 5:01 - Correspondence (Colbert/ Raygun/ Leadership Spills/ Dark Shadows/ Unreliable Sources) 22:50 - The Democratic Convention 41:47 - Stats Nugget (Afghanistan Lead Poisoning) 46:20 - Trump’s New Strategy 1:04:05 - RFK Dropping Out? 1:18:15 - Polling Update 1:23:34 - Crypto Correspondence 1:35:32 - Policy Time (Harris Price Gouging) 1:58:20 - Odds And Ends 2:02:21 - Stats Nugget (Presidential Linguistic Complexity) 2:09:25 - Chas Unleashed (Harris Cost of Living/Housing Policies) 2:41:54 - Chas Unleashed (QuietSkies) HOMEWORK/SHOWNOTES * Raygun's Conversation article https://breaking-the-newest-olympic-sport.netlify.app/ * John McWhorter's article about "weird" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/22/opinion/the-hidden-grammatical-reason-that-weird-works.html

Chas & Dr Dave discuss Captain Policies, An Insult To Fawns Everywhere, and Don’t Mess With Nick Cave! 0:00 - Intro 2:37 - Grateful For (Gluten-Free Tim-Tams/ The PEPpers!)7:05 - Correspondence (Transgender Culture War/ Walz Military/ Raygun)36:22 - Trump and Elon Musk 1:27:57 - Stats Nugget (Crime) 1:32:24 - Polling 1:51:45 - Policy Time: No Taxes on Tips 2:01:10 - Harris Campaign Messages 2:27:59 - Chas Unleashed (Supreme Court Reforms) SHOWNOTES/ HOMEWORK * The politics of Breakdancing https://www.news.com.au/sport/olympics/travesty-how-the-olympics-breaking-farce-was-allowed-to-happen/news-story/b6ff855d78232f4e6d7da82e7475bc64

Chas & Guest PEPcaster Bill Wyman discuss An Adoption Journey, Greg Gutfeld’s Metrics and Is Chas The Next RayGun?  0:00 - Intro2:00 - Grateful For (Citizenship/Climbing) 5:32 - Tangent Treehouse (Raygun) 11:43 - Correspondence (Handball/ Live PEP/ Right To Repair/ Falconing) 23.00 - Bill on Biden 28:49 - Bill on the Harris Takeover (The Pelosi Factor) 41:37 - Polling Update 55:55 - How Has Harris Created This Bump? 1:32:05 - Trump Spinning Out 1:41:43 - Willie Brown’s Helicopter + Trump’s Presser 2:03:09 - Policy Time (Harris/ No Social Security Taxes) 2:23:24 - More Tim Walz

Chas & Dr Dave discuss Going Down Lawyer Road, Arabic Mick Molloy, and Teaching Your Bird To Say “Bush Did 9/11” 0:00 - Intro 2:05 - Grateful For (Mic Lessons/Masters Losing) 8:07 - Correspondence (Bible/ Tweets/ Crows/ Handball/ Olympics Hack) 18:14 - Tim Walz (NOT “Woltz”) 34:50 - Why Wasn’t Josh Shapiro Picked? 1:07:18 - The Knocks On Walz 1:35:36 - Kennedy Kapers 1:48:09 - KSM Deal 2:03:07 - The Politics of Crypto 2:27:00 - Chas Unleashed (Assassination Update) 2:54:00 - More Correspondence (RussiaGate)

Chas & Dr Dave discuss The Underpants Gnome Vote, Dave overexplains Trump jokes correctly, and Chas Schemes About European Handball 0:00 - Intro 2:38 - Grateful For (Return of Winter/European Handball)9:55 - Correspondence (Biden Effective/Harris Strengths & Weaknesses/Long Elections)23:08 - Trump Tells Christians They Only Need To Vote One More Time 43:20 - JD Vance Struggling 1:18:03 - “JD Vance Is Weird” 1:39:44 - Kamala Not Black 2:00:33 - Polling Update 2:12:05 - Project 2025 Done 2:26:25 - Stats Nugget (Immigration) 2:30:55 - Veepstakes 2:43:07 - Chas Unleashed (More Correspondence) HOMEWORK/SHOW NOTES: * Dr Dave's article about Trump's "Never Need To Vote Again" comments https://theconversation.com/past-shootings-of-us-presidents-led-to-new-gun-controls-this-one-probably-wont-234657

Chas & Dr Dave discuss The Worst Political Movie Of All Time, Generals In The Meme Wars, and Fifty…. Five….. Dollars. 0:00 - Intro 7:39 - Biden’s Final Week 18:49 - Why Did Biden Have To Go? 35:03 - The Moment Joe Biden Dropped Out 43:10 - The Kamala Koronation v An Open Konvention 1:15:26 - Harris Polling 1:22:47 - Kamala Opportunities 1:24:31 - How Dems Want To Run This Election 1:27:38 - Harris’ Record as VP 1:39:10 - Kamala Strengths & Opportunities 2:02:57 - Kamala Weaknesses & Concerns 2:09:09 - Kamala Veepstakes 2:14:06 - Chas Unleashed (More Veepstakes) 2:31:19 - Chas Unleashed (More Weaknesses & Concerns) 2:56:26 - Chas Unleashed - Should Biden Remain President?

Chas & Dr Dave discuss Gareth Evans on Halloween, Our National Gun, and May You Never Find Yourself In An Argentinian Lamb Pit 2:25 - Grateful For (Chas’ Dr Dave impression/Bob Menendez Guilty 5:57 - Correspondence (Correction/RFK/Trans Polling/Comedy Songs/Minimum Wage) 21:01 - Trump Assassination Attempt 58:22 - Assassination Conspiracies 1:10:14 - Assassination Rhetoric 1:36:43 - Stats Nugget (Inflation) 1:39:04 - J.D. Vance 2:14:01 - Chas Unleashed (More J.D Vance) 2:26:25 - Chas Unleashed (Aileen Cannon Fodder) HOMEWORK/SHOW NOTES:  * Dave's Conversation piece on mass shootings not leading to gun reform https://theconversation.com/past-shootings-of-us-presidents-led-to-new-gun-controls-this-one-probably-wont-234657

Chas & Dr Dave & Guest PEPcaster Richard Cooke discuss How To Kill A Monster, The Mal Meninga Presidency, and Do As Dave Says Not As He Does 0:00 - Intro 4:08 - Gratitude (The TriPodCast/Chengdu/The PEP Audience) 10:09 - Correspondence (Fruit Company/Young Male Voters/Nitrous Oxide/Populism/ Immunity) 34:40 - Biden Nomination Questions 55:09 - Biden’s Week Of Interviews 1:28:19 - Biden Health Questions 1:43:05 - Which Democrats Are Opposing Biden? 1:55:35 - Clooney v Biden 2:10:20 - Trump + Project 2025 2:32:26 - The GOP Convention Platform 2:47:11- RFK’s Struggles HOMEWORK/SHOWNOTES  * The Project 2025 policy article Dave recommended https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-project-2025-the-policy-substance-behind-trumps-showmanship-reveals-a-radical-plan-to-reshape-the-world-227161  * The article about young men moving right internationally (except for in Australia!) https://theconversation.com/australias-young-people-are-moving-to-the-left-though-young-women-are-more-progressive-than-men-reflecting-a-global-trend-222288

Chas rants about Last Week's Supreme Court Rulings, all on his lonesome! 2:44 - SEC v Jarkesy 17:40 - Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo 38:09 - Ohio v EPA 57:04 - Corner Post v Board of Governors 1:07:40 - Fischer v USA 1:26:35 - Trump v USA 2:43:27 - Stats Nugget (Supreme Court)

Chas & Guest PEPcaster Richard Cooke discuss The Bedwetting Brigade, Halloween Masks for Faces and What is the Collective Noun For A Group Of Bidens? 3:18 - Grateful For 6:12 - Biden's Debate 1:25:10 - Kamala Harris: The Heir Apparent 2:07:05 - Someone Else?: The Heir Apparent 2:27:47 - Richy Plays Talk Show Host 2:38:40 - Odds & Ends SHOW NOTES/HOMEWORK * The RFK Debate https://twitter.com/RobertKennedyJr/status/1806462171892895808

Chas & Guest PEPcaster Elle Hardy discuss The Dalek of Rage, Hanging With the Jeff Cranks, and Bert Newton’s Racist Relative 1:55 - Grateful (New Series of Fargo/ Assange Freedom) 14:56 - Debate Reaction 32:02 - Correspondence (WaterGate/Mormon BirthRate/CheapFakes/Biden Slogan/No Tax on Tips) 49:30 - More on Louisiana Ten Commandments 1:04:56 - Stats Nugget (National Debt) 1:06:59 - Campaign Primaries (Jamaal Bowman/Lauren Boebert/Trump Disappointments) 1:37:26 - Campaign Tidbits (Trump Execution Threats/ Dirty Pool Mail-in Ads) 1:46:32 - Trump’s Ground Game and Charlie Kirk 1:57:30 - The Elle Zone (Ukraine) 2:15:35 - The Elle Zone (Catholics and Hispanics) 2:23:27 - Chiquita Bananas Ruling 2:29:57 - Supreme Court (Rahimi) 2:47:30 - Biden Student Debt Forgiveness Plan Blocked

Chas & Dr Dave discuss The REAL Watergate, The Gun's Perspective, and The Benefits of a Tribe of Half-Men 2:16 - Grateful For (Vermont’s WaterGate/MLK’s Back)16:10 - Correspondence (Community Service/Gooner/Lankford/Economy/Caitlin Clark/Election/IslamoFascism/Noam Chomsky)34:36 - Stats Nugget (Ozempic) 35:37 - Polling Tidbits 1:02:29 - The Campaign (Old Biden Videos/ Trump and CEOs/Biden’s Big Ad/Detroit’s Comeback/ No Tax on Tips) 1:32:47 - Biden’s Immigration Executive Order 1:43:05 - Southern Baptists + IVF 1:51:54 - Louisiana Ten Commandments Law 2:06:20 - Stats Nugget (Families) 2:08:48 - Bump Stocks Supreme Court Case 2:32:14 - Chas Unleashed (The Campaign - Tariffs Instead of Taxes) 2:42:59 - Chas Unleashed (Polling Tidbits - Old People/Young People/Unlikely Voters) HOMEWORK/SHOW NOTES * For some reason Dave wanted me to put this old article of his in here, so here it is! https://www.ussc.edu.au/why-it-still-pays-to-chase-the-us-religious-vote

Chas & Dr Dave discuss Matt Gaetz’s Insatiable Work Ethic, The Alito’s Miaow, and Jesse Watters’ Parenting Advice 2:15 - Grateful For (Jiawei Shen/Supreme Court Clean Sweep)10:50 - Correspondence (Trump Verdict/Jury/Ninjas/Akron/”Doctor”/MTG/Ranked Choice)28:35 - Hunter Biden Verdict Reaction57:24 - Steve Bannon v Merrick Garland Contempt-Off1:09:46 - Congressional Expensing & Nancy Mace1:15:29 - The Alito Recordings1:30:14 - Clarence Thomas’ Many Gifts1:36:10 - Stats Nugget (IVF) 1:39:24 - Aileen Cannon + Her Calibresi Hearing1:54:31 - Biden’s Immigration Executive Order 2:22:19 - Caitlin Clark Olympics Snub 2:36:28 - Chas Unleashed (Elon vs Australia) HOMEWORK/SHOWNOTES * Sakura Killers!!! GET INTO IT! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Az9aVQyoig * The Caitlin Clark article Dave was referring to https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/06/04/caitlin-clark-chennedy-carter/

Chas & Dr Dave discuss The Party of Dogs, The Soft Pecker and Dave HATES Akron Ohio! 3:13 - Grateful For (Indian Elections/Chas’ New Sting) 9:15 - Correspondence (Deadly Force Warrant/EVs/Youth Polling/Supreme Court) 23:10 - Trump at the UFC 28.33 - Trump Conviction: The Verdict 33:33 - Trump Conviction: Why Did He Lose? 46:35 - Trump Conviction: Were The Charges Too Minor? 57:55 - Trump Conviction: Was It A Political Stitch-Up? 1:14:58 - House Hearings with Fauci + Garland 1:32:12 - Trump Conviction: The Political Ramifications 1:44:47 - Trump Conviction: Will This Provoke Retaliation? 2:05:09 - Biden and Netanyahu 2:18:27 - Trump Conviction: Sentencing 2:30:14 - Chas Unleashed (Trump Conviction: Damage To Faith In Legal System) 2:41:16 - Chas Unleashed (Trump Conviction: Grounds For Appeal) HOMEWORK/SHOWNOTES * A collection of Trump-related comments by Alvin Bragg when campaigning in 2021 https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/apr/12/heres-what-manhattan-district-attorney-alvin-bragg/ * Why Joe Biden is Hitler - A History Lesson by Newsmax’s Carl Higbie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtACPxGJvfU

Chas & Dr Dave discuss Sam Alito - Super Feminist, Chuckles GPT, and How Trump Nearly Escaped Death! 2:09 - Grateful For (Rishi Sunak/Generous PEPpers) 5:41 - Correspondence (VP/Plea Bargain/Campaign/Charlottesville/Stats/EV Tariffs) 32:36 - The Libertarian Convention 1:00:07 - Stats Nugget (Recycling Plastics) 1:03:24 - Trump Trial Verdict 1:38:10 - Alito’s Flags AGAIN 1:59:26 - Push to Hold Garland in Contempt/Congressional Clusterf*ck 2:20:48 - Biden Tried To Assassinate Trump!?! 2:36:29 - Correspondence (Theocracy/National Service) 2:45:48 - Are All The Recent Poll Trends Explained By “Low Trusters”? HOMEWORK/SHOWNOTES * The article about how Obama 2012 overcame their economic messaging issues https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/05/30/biden-absolutely-should-take-credit-for-the-economy/ * The FBI's "Use of Deadly Force" Official Policy https://www.justice.gov/jm/1-16000-department-justice-policy-use-force * The "Use of Deadly Force" Policy on the Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant  https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7a6c0630-82a7-4d0f-91d5-b403c514a9d7_1097x816.png * The VOX article about "low trusters" that I purloined from https://www.vox.com/politics/351563/one-explanation-for-the-2024-elections-biggest-mystery * Elle Hardy's article about the New Apostolic Reformation  https://newrepublic.com/article/167499/new-apostolic-reformation-mastriano-christian * The Yes Minister National Service segment https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=ahgjEjJkZks

Chas & Guest PEPcaster Bill Wyman discuss The Demise of the NZ Sheep Rooting Joke, The Stagnation in Wig Technology and Bill Wyman is a Jealous Bitch. 1:48 - Grateful For (The NewsBiz/Connecting on the Internet/Bad Wigs)10:13 - Correspondence (Louisiana Abortion Pills/Comedy Songs) 21:49 - Correspondence (Alito’s Flags) 37:52 - Interesting Polling 1:02:18 - Hush Money Trial Miscellanea 1:39:31 - The Ticketmaster/Live Nation Antitrust Lawsuit 2:01: 54 - Stats Nugget (NZ Sheep) 2:03:42 - Bill’s Crime Thoughts 2:14:09 - Bill and Drudge 2:22:15 - Bill Wyman v Bill Wyman 2:34:00 - Chas Unleashed (The Red Tie Brigade) 2:47:32 - Chas Unleashed (Stats Nugget - Social Security) HOMEWORK/SHOWNOTES Bill's Novelty Songs Playlist! * "Senator Bobby" singing "Wild Thing" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LE0aToTtGY * Dr Demento Classic 1: "Shaving Cream" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8ffkDf0ol4 * Dr Demento Classic 2: "Fish Heads" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKDtUzRIG6I Now a handful of so of Bill's last category - what he would term pretty good legit rock songs that happen to be funny, or funny songs that happen to be pretty good legit rock songs: *"Clowns" — one of many nice humorous endeavors from Too Much Joy that really rock! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O52mNrTjYTE *"Dead Skunk" is an immortal "one hit wonder" of the 1970s... though the artiste in question, Loudon Wainwright III, went on to a pretty distinguished career as a singer-songwriter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu5hzc2Mei4 * This guy had a brief celebrity. Bill doesn't support the overall message, but the verse about Jackson Browne is a keeper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSktY_6sL-4 * This is a group called Two Nice Girls. Hint: There aren't two, they aren't girls, and they are not nice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMiV27R1ZiI Bill's top 3 Hall of Fame immortals: * Mr Bo Diddley, with his maracas-playing foil, Jerome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45ZdKCFFR3I * (Bonus! A sequel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHXDkLl7CCc  ) * "I, Viv Stanshall, trumpet" is one of the most beautiful sentences in the English language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcrUuCDFLOQ *And this could be the greatest of them all; Mojo Nixon, who died this year, was a great man. Bill once wrote about him, "He's like a friendly but not-quite-housebroken German shepherd: He means well but tends to make a mess, and he'll bite your leg if angered." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt81bVae4tQ

Chas & Guest PEPcaster Melina Wicks discuss Giuliani Legal Case Bingo, Flying the Monsanto Flag, and Why The Old Thug's Doing Better Than Young Thug. 1:56 - Grateful For (NBA Playoffs/Courtney Gore) 10:00 - Correspondence (Worms/ Domes/ Comedy Songs/ Polling) 19:50 - Alan Lichtman’s 13 Keys Election Predictions 31:14 - Trump’s Legal “Unfairness” 40:31 - More on Hush Money Trial 1:05:34 - Greg Abbott’s Pardon 1:31:55 - Stats Nugget (Supreme Court Cases) 1:34:33 - North Carolina Masks Law 1:39:31 - Louisiana Abortion Laws 1:48:52 - Trump + Contraception1:57:26 - Giuliani’s Birthday2:05:05 - Stats Nugget (Woke Uni Syllabi) 2:08:40 - Consumer Finance Protection Bureau Supreme Court Case 2:18:31 - Alito’s Flag HOMEWORK/SHOWNOTES: * The ProPublica story that inspired my “Grateful For” about Courtney Gore https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-granbury-isd-school-board-courtney-gore  * Transcript of Michael Cohen getting caught out on the call to Keith Schiller (p3879-3899) https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/05648d6e0e415192/16f9b7bb-full.pdf

Chas & Dr Dave discuss The Bradman of Wasted Money, Ron DeSantis' Fingering, and The 1800-SMILES Stadium of the 20s 2:41 - Grateful For (ABC MakeUp/Comeuppance for Gaetz Mates) 9:13 - Correspondence (Camping/ Tapeworm/ Vietnam War/Eurovision/Comedy Songs) 36:08 - NYT/Siena Disaster Poll for Biden 59:20 - Stats Nugget (Biggest Money Wasters) 1:06:48 - Trump Hush Money Trial Latest 1:34:34 - Trump’s Fundraiser With Oil Men 1:42:39 - RFK Jr on Abortion/Vaccines 1:55:59 - DeSantis Bans Lab-Grown Meat 2:18:51 - Chas Unleashed (Israeli Weapons Hold/Human Rights Report) SHOW NOTES/HOMEWORK All The Comedy Songs I Talked About: * Crazy Ex-Girlfriend - The Math Of Love Triangles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck-UhvbCDAk * Crazy Ex-Girlfriend - Let’s Generalize About Men https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa_QtMf6alU * Simpsons - When I Was 17 (I Drank Some Very Good Beer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptrmW51ed58 * The Lonely Island - Jack Sparrrow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI6CfKcMhjY * The Lonely Island - Shy Ronnie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX4vzKH4les * The Lonely Island - Shy Ronnie Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_W_xLWtNa0 * I Think You Should Leave - The Bones Are Their Money https://vimeo.com/359233381 * Extras - David Bowie Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUOeMtF_-bc

Chas & Dr Dave discuss What Happened To Weed Culture?, Why Tom Cotton Should Join The National Guard, and Leaving No Sex Offender Behind 3:53 - Grateful For (Courtroom Artists/Orthokeratology) 9:00 - Correspondence (Immunity/Marijuana/Documents Case/Trivia/ 27:19 - College Protests 58:59 - Biden, Netanyahu and Rafah1:12:11 - Hush Money Trial Recap1:24:19 - Harvey Weinstein Conviction Overturned1:29:37 - Polling1:42:54 - RFK’s No Spoiler Pledge/BrainWorms2:02:51 - Toilet Break (Printing Money) 2:09:18 - More Kristi Noem Shenanigans 2:30:50 - New Title IX Revision

Chas & Dr Dave discuss Panhandling Dhoni, Trump’s BIG Statement in 14 Days, and At What Point Does This Become A Spree? 2:16 - Grateful For (Michael Moorcock/TextFile Transcripts/No Iran-Israel War) 13:28 - Correspondence (Non-Compete Clauses/Trump’s Bond/Cricket/Corrections/Music) 29:49 - Student Protests 1:14:52 - Kristi Noem’s Dog 1:36:06 - Policy Time: Airline Refunds 1:41:58 - Policy Time: Marijuana Rescheduling 1:55:44 - Arizona (Abortion/Indictments) 2:04:55 - Stats Nugget (Population Dropping) 2:08:45 - UAW success in Volkswagen Factory 2:17:06 - Third Eagle! 2:20:52 - Chas Unleashed (Supreme Court Trump Immunity Hearing)