Birthday Party On Mars

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is the Babylon Bee weekly news podcast special episode for 7/10/2020.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Editor-in-Chief Kyle Mann and Creative Director Ethan Nicolle are joined by The Babylon Bee Senior Writer</span> <a href="https://twitter.com/IMAO_"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Frank J. Fleming</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">to talk about the week's big stories.  Frank has a new book</span> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Superego-Fathom-Frank-J-Fleming/dp/0978683234/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1594316170&amp;sr=8-1"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Superego: Fathom</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">which is a sequel to</span> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Superego-Frank-J-Fleming/dp/0978683218/ref=pd_bxgy_2/144-9010601-1363455?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_i=0978683218&amp;pd_rd_r=b6008a1d-3410-424b-a471-c7c72c431a26&amp;pd_rd_w=e7oWw&amp;pd_rd_wg=kR6xF&amp;pf_rd_p=ce6c479b-ef53-49a6-845b-bbbf35c28dd3&amp;pf_rd_r=58JA9TZ0XBC0Q3GKWWWZ&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=58JA9TZ0XBC0Q3GKWWWZ"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Superego</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.  They talk about the week's big stories like Kanye West declaring a run for the Presidency, how modern Americans are definitely morally superior to slaveowners from 200 years ago, and why a Russian grandmother was caught smearing poo on playground swings.  They also talk about how the rich and the powerful can say whatever they want and then in the subscriber portion talk about all of Frank's problematic writings.</span></p> <p><strong>Show Outline</strong></p> <p><strong>Introduction</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kyle and Ethan come down from their high of celebrating freedom by almost blowing themselves up and letting their kids play with fire.</span></p> <p><strong>Weird News</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/driver-fights-snake-just-knife-22316577"> Driver fights off snake with just a knife and seatbelt while speeding at 76mph</a></strong></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="https://www.oddee.com/germany-goes-nuts-over-sausage-vending-machines-53350/https://www.oddee.com/germany-goes-nuts-over-sausage-vending-machines-53350/"> <strong>Germany goes nuts over sausage vending machines</strong></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2020/07/01/Alligator-with-missing-limbs-shows-up-on-Florida-familys-porch/7581593636118/"> <strong>Alligator with missing limbs shows up on Florida family's porch</strong></a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2020/07/02/Escaped-pigs-cause-traffic-chaos-on-Virginia-highway/2381593710234/"> Escaped pigs cause traffic chaos on Virginia highway</a></strong></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/cat-falls-asleep-washing-machine-22291292"> <strong>Cat falls asleep in washing machine and miraculously survives 12-minute cycle</strong></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/woman-90-caught-smearing-poo-22312221"> <strong>Woman, 90, caught smearing 'poo' on children's swings in bizarre protest</strong></a></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stomach-churning footage shows an elderly woman smearing what appears to human faeces on a children's swing she wants removed.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gavin Newsom could do this. Layering the skateparks with excrement.</span></li> </ul> <p><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8498579/Married-woman-32-used-fake-baby-scans-eBay-fool-18-year-old-lover-father.html"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Married woman, 32, used doctored baby scans bought on eBay to fool her 18-year-old lover into thinking he was the father of her child and let his family bring the boy up as one of their own</span></a></p> <p><strong>Stuff That's Good</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kyle likes Robot Jox.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ethan likes The Napoleon of Notting Hill by Chesterton.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Frank likes Hamilton.</span></p> <p><strong>Stories of the Week</strong></p> <p><strong>Story 1 -</strong> <a href="https://babylonbee.com/news/kanye-west-seizes-opportunity-to-be-most-rational-coherent-presidential-candidate"> <strong>Kanye West Seizes Opportunity To Be Most Rational, Coherent Presidential Candidate</strong></a></p> <p><strong>Summary:</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Noticing a lack of rational, coherent, sane presidential candidates, Kanye West announced this weekend that he will be running for president. The move surprised everyone who hasn't been paying attention to 2020 at all so far.</span></p> <p><strong>The real story:</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Kanye West actually announced his presidential run -- though it's not clear if he can actually still run.</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The</span> <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/randalllane/2020/07/08/kanye-west-says-hes-done-with-trump-opens-up-about-white-house-bid-damaging-biden-and-everything-in-between"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Forbes interview</span></a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Story 2 -</strong> <a href="https://babylonbee.com/news/nation-that-kills-3000-babies-a-day-feels-morally-superior-to-slaveowners-from-200-years-ago"> <strong>Nation That Kills 3,000 Babies A Day Feels Morally Superior To Slaveowners From 200 Years Ago</strong></a></p> <p><strong>Summary:</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Leftists who support killing 3,000 babies a day were trying to virtue-signal but quickly ran into a problem: there's no one alive to whom they can feel morally superior. So, the movement was forced to look to people from 200 years ago to find someone they could somewhat credibly criticize for moral failings: slave owners</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What is it about humanity that makes us think the sins of other ages are so much worse than the sins of our age?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Most people go with the crowd, how do you know you would not?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">It is like Chesteron's picture of the cad who climbs up to the top of a castle turret then kicks down all ladders that got him there. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Real abolitionists who paid the price at the time </li> </ul> <p><strong>Story 3 -</strong> <a href="https://babylonbee.com/news/new-app-kidsalive-reminds-you-to-look-up-from-your-phone-to-check-if-your-kids-are-still-alive"> <strong>New App Reminds You To Look Up From Your Phone To Check If Your Kids Are Still Alive</strong></a></p> <p><strong>Summary:</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">The tech world is abuzz after the announcement of a new smartphone app that could save millions of lives. The new app, called Kid-Alyve, will remind parents to look up from their phones every so often to confirm that their children are still breathing.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-Parenting is crazy</span></p> <p><strong>Topic of the Week</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cancel Culture / Harper's Letter</span></p> <p><strong>Hate Mail</strong></p> <p><strong>LOVE MAIL</strong></p> <p><strong>Subscriber Portion</strong></p> <p><strong>Bonus Frank Stories And The Ten Questions</strong></p> <p><strong>Story 1</strong></p> <p><a href="https://babylonbee.com/news/innovative-new-process-converts-vegetables-into-meat-by-feeding-them-to-cows"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Innovative New Process Turns Vegetables into Meat by Feeding Them to Cows</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Story 2</strong></span></p> <p><a href="https://babylonbee.com/news/superman-criticized-as-unrealistic-for-portraying-a-journalist-as-heroic"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Superman Criticized for Unrealistic Portrayal of Journalist as Heroic</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Story 3</strong></span></p> <p><a href="https://babylonbee.com/news/retraction-kids-accused-of-holding-a-kkk-rally-were-actually-just-playing-duck-duck-goose"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Retraction: Those Kids We Accused Of Holding A KKK Rally Were Actually Just Playing Duck, Duck, Goose</span></a></p> <p> </p>