The B Word

10/20/21 • 49 min

The Virginia gubernatorial race is the b word. Bellwether, that is, for what's to come in 2022 and 2024. Mary Katharine and Vic pay tribute to the late Colin Powell, fact-check Fauci's football season fears, and talk about teens developing the TikTok tics.

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0:10 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
05:59 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
06:02 - Rest in peace, Colin Powell
10:00 - Virginia governor's race
17:05 - Vice President Harris releases video for black churches endorsing Virginia Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe
19:00 - Allison Williams quits ESPN over vaccine mandate
22:58 - NFL free agent Cam Newton gets vaccinated
24:11 - TSA vaccination rates post federal mandate
27:41 - Biden administration reverses Trump's shower head deregulation
30:55 - Football and a Fauci Fact-Check
37:00 - Thomas Jefferson statue to get the boot from New York City's city hall
40:37 - Teens develop tics from TikTok
45:32 - Segment: Hosts in the Hot Seat

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0:10 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
05:59 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
06:02 - Rest in peace, Colin Powell
10:00 - Virginia governor's race
17:05 - Vice President Harris releases video for black churches endorsing Virginia Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe
19:00 - Allison Williams quits ESPN over vaccine mandate
22:58 - NFL free agent Cam Newton gets vaccinated
24:11 - TSA vaccination rates post federal mandate
27:41 - Biden administration reverses Trump's shower head deregulation
30:55 - Football and a Fauci Fact-Check
37:00 - Thomas Jefferson statue to get the boot from New York City's city hall
40:37 - Teens develop tics from TikTok
45:32 - Segment: Hosts in the Hot Seat

Previous Episode

We're Going There

To McDonalds, to space, to Boston, to Barnes and Noble (to pick up a copy of Katie Couric's new book). Mary Katharine and Vic are "Going There."

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00:20 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
10:06 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
10:15 - The great inflation situation
17:27 - Energy prices spike
20:34 - William Shatner goes to space (and not just in a Hollywood studio!)
25:58 - Katie Couric reveals in her new book, Going There, that she edited out parts of an interview to "protect" the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg
33:04 - The Boston Marathon winner's time
35:44 - Senator Kirsten Sinema's foot injury curbs a climate activists' protest during the Boston Marathon
37:57 - Segment: Hosts in the Hot Seat

Next Episode

Uncancellable

A protests against Dave Chappelle's uncancellable (and very funny) Netflix comedy special, vaccine mandates for kids, an ad war in the Virginia governor's race, and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's wise words on race and education.

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00:11 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
06:02 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
07:04 - Protests against Dave Chappelle's Netflix comedy special
17:41 - The not-so-nefarious list at Coastal Carolina
24:08 - Coronavirus vaccine mandates for children
32:21 - Update on the Virginia governor's race (and an ad war!)
38:47 - Richmond Public Schools will close schools during election week for the "emotional health of teachers"
40:44 - Donald Trump starts a new social network, Truth
41:54 - Wise words from former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
45:12 - Segment: Hosts in the Hot Seat