421 - Drop the Boom On This F#@%ed-Up World

<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">We’re still here. The world spins on, at least for a time. In the aftermath of Election Day 2020, there are many variables. Will that loser leave the White House? Will the GOP’s slow-rolling coup pay off? Will a Trumpian shadow militia form, leading to an actual Civil War II? As is the norm, Paul and Arlo have no answers, but they ponder these questions and many others. The boys recount their Election Night spirals; Arlo gets tested for COVID; Paul goes to the severe county of Sevier County; and they discuss some pop culture too, like why the kitchen-sink melodrama of</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">This Is Us</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">works, why Baby Yoda being a monster on</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Mandalorian</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">is cool and good, and why Paul hates</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The Simpsons</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">NEXT: for the penultimate episode before our pregnancy-induced hiatus, Vickie Willis Navarra joins us for a</span> <strong>Four-Color Flashback</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">discussing</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Sandman Mystery Theatre: Book One</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">by Matt Wagner, Guy Davis, John Watkiss, and R.G. Taylor.</span></span></p> <p><br /> <br /></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>MUSIC</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“FDT (feat. Nipsey Hustle)” by YG,</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Still Brazy</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">(2016)</span></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Three Little Birds” by Bob Marley & The Wailers,</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;