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Hey PEPpers! Sadly, I was not only too sick to record Fireside Chat today, but also to make a PEP. So PEP176, our 2nd TRIpodcast (with Melina, Dave & I) will unfortunately not be recorded until Monday. Which means it will come out on Monday night or Tuesday. Til then, stay peppy!
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Sorry folks - I'm out of juice. Will return tonight and finish messing with PEP 171 then. But every week we learn more ways of not doing things - competence is coming! 🤞
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Hey folks, for those wondering about PEP - unfortunately like Icarus, we flew a little too close to the sun, and we had another audio disaster. So I'll get it out - but I'm having to do this the old-fashioned way, and it's going to take a bit of time. Sorry bout that!
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PEP 169 would love to come atcha. But it is somewhere lost in Tron World waiting for this stupid outage to end. Fingers crossed i can get it out to you tomorrow night!
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I'm sorry folks. But with us going LIVE tonight on the Friday Fireside Chat we haven't been able to record a PEP tonight. We'll try to get one out early next week - Mon or Tues. Will let you know here when it's coming!
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WE'RE BACK! Dr Dave and I have snuck back into the radio studio to begin the journey to next year's election - it's going to be quite a haul! And it all starts with PEP112, right here ->
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11 days and 1 pneumonia diagnosis later, PEP 176 is out - NOW with a BONUS
@melinawicks
! Featuring some of Dave's finest ever metaphorical putdowns, get into it before PEP 177 comes out at the end of the week with
@rgcooke
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LET'S GET PEPPY!! Dr Dave and I are back to peppify your runup to the midterms, starting with Ep 93 ->
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Hey folks! I was going to do a podcast today with Melina - Great Timing! But now she can't do it - Terrible Timing! Still doing a pod with Dave on Friday though, & judging by the flurry of texts I received this morning, he has plenty to say about the shenanigans in Congress!
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The outage might have knocked PEP 169 down - BUT IT GOT BACK UP, DAMMIT! Here it is in all its majesty - only 2 extremely long days aftrer we recorded it. The perfect end to your weekend!
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Well, people seem up for a Wokesmas - or just to hear me and
@melinawicks
rabbit on a bit more. So we'll be recording Part 2 of the final PEP podcast for 2021 on Wednesday! Speakya then!
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IT'S HERE! PEP 171 is finally through the world's longest audio cleanup - listen quickly before its completely out of date!
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Good News & Bad News re PEP138: The Hunter Biden Special -
@melinawicks
and I recorded for 2 hrs today & got about halfway through. So the Bad News is we need to record more on Saturday to get it finished. But the Good News is it’s gonna be doozy! It’ll keep you busy for a while!
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And this is an Impeachment Defence Lawyer PUP on a very short leash, after stuffing up his presentation on Day 1.
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Hey folks - for those who didn’t listen all the way to the end of the last pod, PEP 166 will be recorded on Monday, not today. It will be with
@rgcooke
and it will be HUGE! Just 2 topics: Biden and Supreme Court. Let’s goooooooo!
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WE'RE BACK! New PEP Podcast with Guest Podcast Bill Wyman. Today we're focussing on "The Insurrection" and all its non-impeachment ramifications. On Friday Dr Dave's back and we'll be talking Impeachments as well as some more topical stuff
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I don't know whether this means you've been especially good or bad but Santa's bringing you a 5.5 hr podcast this year, split into 3 parts! The infamous Hunter Biden Special has finally dropped! Starts here ->
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And this is our FINAL PEP of the year - brought to you by Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and Loki the Trickster God. For one last time in 2020, LET'S GET PEPPY!
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A July holiday treat for you, Peppers! I've just put up 2.5 hours with
@rgcooke
on the Biden situation at In about 20 hrs i'm putting up another 2.5 hrs of me raving about the Supreme Court. And on Friday Dave's back! That's an absolute PEPful of content!
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As viewers of Planet America will be about to find out, I’m quite sick. So I’m afraid there’s no podcast today. Fingers crossed we’ll get one out for Monday though. Because today’s a very important day to commemorate - the 1st anniversary of Bloomberg dropping out!
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Some people have previously requested a longer podcast. Be careful what you wish for. Today's podcast with special guest
@BrendonOConnor9
is taking an extra 60 mins or so to suck in and export because it is TWO AND A HALF HOURS LONG!!!
#PodcastedToDeath
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Hey folks! For the next few weeks I won’t get to edit the podcast till quite late on Friday, so it probably won’t be posted till midnight. But fear not - it IS coming! With a very very special exclusive Dr Dave Investigation! (sting TBA)
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At last - our very very very late Election Night Special!
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Sorry folks, I temporarily lost access to this account. But I finally sorted this out - and my apology comes in the form of a brand new, smoking hot PEP116!
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After a long week listening to people pontificate about The Debate why not kick back, relax and listen to Dave and I pontificate about The Debate? BONUS: The closest you’ll ever get to hearing Dr Dave sing! It’s PEP178!!
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Unfortunately I couldn’t find a compadre over the last few days (and I’m not going to drone at you for 90 mins by myself) so I can’t do a midweek pod, as hoped. It does look like we can do an extra this weekend though, so you will be hopefully getting a pod on Friday and Sunday!
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We are celebrating 100 PEPs the only way we know how - by spending an outrageous amount of time talking about the Inflation Reduction Act and climate change policy! WOOOT! ->
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Hey folks, PEP137 will NOT be today. I THINK we are going to record it tomorrow. So that PEPpy goodness is not far away!
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Hey folks! There won't be a PEP tonight. We will instead be putting one out after the trial is over (we're assuming Monday). In the meantime I'll tide you over with random photos of a PUP (only one letter removed from a PEP!)
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I know what you’re thinking: “How can I spend the next 2h41m being informed and entertained while also enjoying references to much-loved topical cultural phenomena such as Ween, Enigma & The Christian Television Association?” Well, PEP 157 is this way! ->
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So apparently YouTube thinks PEP97 contains "election misinformation". Even though we didn't discuss the election. And I conduct factchecks for a living. They've rejected my appeal but still haven't told me what part they object to. Wonderful system you run there,
@YouTube
!
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Fixing Dave's audio can be a little like frequenting 'Nude Africa' - it can be strange, challenging, and by the morning after it can leave you filled with deep regret. Unlike Mark Robinson though, I genuinely did my best. It's PEP 179 coming atcha!
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Sorry folks, I'm not fully back in the swing yet. So couldn't get a podcast done today. Will try to get one mid-week. But DEFINITELY next Friday. Lots to talk about!
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Wednesday Bonus Podcast this week! I'm going to be chatting with
@FlickRubicon
, who knows more about the Assange situation than all of us put together. So if you have any Assange questions you'd like answered, fire 'em off and I may put them to her!
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Imagine Lil Jon standing at the top of the stairs going “YEAHHHHHHH! LET’S GO!” PEP 175 is HERE!
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Slight hitch with todays’s podcast with
@HitsvilleOZ
- we have to finish it off tomorrow, so will be sending it out then. The good news is by then there will probably be 11 more baffling moments concerning Herschel Walker to talk about!
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BONUS PEP! In PEP 180 we're welcoming a new member to the PEP family, Dr
@EmmaShortis
She also has her own podcast 'After America', for a BONUS bonus! PEP 180 ->
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Hey look at this - a PEP link before 9.30pm..... it must be the end times! PEP 142 is right here ->
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It seems like only a few weeks ago that no-one had a clue who this Tim Walz fellow was - in fact it was exactly that - and now we’re spending 90 mins on the guy. The news cycle is becoming a 500cc! It’s PEP172 right here ->
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Alas! Dr Dave is double booked today. So PEP135 has been delayed to Tuesday, I’m afraid. Seeya then!
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Well I screwed up the tech completely on this Zoom PEP with
@ellehardy
But it seemed like an appropriate day for me to be confused, hard to understand & completely out of my depth. It's PEP 165: Beyond Debate!
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SURPRISE! It's a two PEP week! Join newly Aussie Guest PEPcaster
@HitsvilleOZ
for PEP 173. It'll keep you going till Saturday night when I'll be posting PEP 174 with Dr Dave!
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Bad news folks! The big midweek podcast with
@ellehardy
has been postponed due to the tenacious, repeated intrusions of robotic/alien sounding internet gremlins. It is some indication of where the UK is at that we are going to try again when Elle is in Ethiopia instead!
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PEP 174 is here. But much more importantly, so is the new sting for 'Tangent Treehouse'. This will be like the Moon Landing for a new generation!
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Sorry folks. Both Dave and I are a bit sickly this week. So I'm going to push the podcast back to Tuesday.
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Honestly, you can’t tell me PEP doesn’t have the best listeners. PURE. SHIMMERING. GOLD.
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The catch-up pod is HERE! My old mate
@rgcooke
dropped by for a casual TWO HOUR FIFTEEN MINUTE chat (sorry Rich, the line between podcast and hostage situation can get quite blurry)
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Dr Dave and I get back in the studio for our post-post-Election Episode. Our antepenultimate PEP for the year (thanks for the Word of the Day, Dave!) so get into it!
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It's nice of the govt to call a public holiday to celebrate the release of PEP 152. And it is a pretty good podcast - but honestly, it's probably not quite THAT good. It's all you've got for two weeks though, so enjoy it!
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A delightful midweek Surprise PEP95 for you, featuring Bill Wyman, aka
@HitsvilleOZ
. Hopefully there's another one coming on Friday, cause TOO MUCH PEP IS NOT ENOUGH!!
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Dr Dave is back - with a walruslike cough! And a decidedly un-walruslike thirst for explaining historical context! It's PEP102 ->
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Easter Break DONE - The (14) long nights without PEP are OVER with PEP 153! Featuring all you could possibly want to know about Second Chance Month, not to mention The Month of The Military Child! So good Dr Dave yawned about 10 times in a 5 minute period!
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The more we can talk about PEP177 being out and the less we talk about the Dogs-Hawks Elimination Final, the happier I am. See me in realtime slowly coming to grips with the Dogs getting pumped (SPOILER: I still haven't!)
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PEPisode 78 is here! Only FOUR short days after you expected it! Well, at 2hrs20 you'll be too comatose to be irritated. Seeya in 3 more days!
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Sorry folks, the chaos in Kabul meant we had to rejig a lot of our show, and i didn’t have time to record a podcast today. But I’ll hopefully be able to get a zoom-based podcast with
@melinawicks
out early next week!
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I don't generally post about non-PEP matters here. But a few Peppers have been asking me about the podcast that I did this week. This is it ->
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OK, I admit both Dave & I are a little too delighted by the Wonka story, which has nothing to do with the US. Consider it your semi-regular installment of Planet Britain! And it still leaves 2 hrs of nerdy US political goodness in PEP 146. Right here! ->
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Woops! This SURPRISE PEP was so surprising I fell asleep halfway through posting it! (In surprise.) PEP 132 is here -> with Special Guest PEPcaster
@HitsvilleOZ
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THE TRIPODCAST IS HERE! Join
@rgcooke
and
@dtsmith_sydney
for PEP 168 as WE MAKE (pep) HISTORY! The audio is a bit hot, and so too are these spicy takes!
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Dr Dave and I are taking a Veep Dive into the Biden-Harris transition in PEP 170. And just like the Olympics, it dropped while you were asleep! But admittedly the comparisons to the Olympics kind of end there…
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Finally, constructed painstakingly over 2 extraordinary, never-to-be-repeated days, the mighty PEP101 has come together - (not at all) LIVE and (very much not) EXCLUSIVE with Special Guest Podcaster
@HitsvilleOZ
. It's here! ->
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PEP111, The FINAL PEP for 2022 has dropped! The BAD News: I spent a LOT of time fooling with the Zoom audio, but it's still crappy. The GOOD News: It's still
@melinawicks
and she is being very Melina-y! Merry Xmas to all, and see you in June 2023!
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DR DAVE'S BACK....and he's doing that thing where he screws up his face with absolute contempt for some doofus - I missed it so! Today we're doing some more catch-up, as well as talking Impeachment, Gamestop and the Oklahoman Bigfoot Hunters!
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A bit late tonight, but PEP 103 is here It's must-play stuff for any party you happen to be at. Get the place ROCKING!
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Hey PEPPERS! We've teed up PEP91's guest podcaster
@melinawicks
But we won't be putting it out for a few days. Planning to end 2021 on a high note!
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I referred in PEP 143 to a very readable
@Noahpinion
column, which incorporated a bunch of solid climate-change related information. There's so much bullshit out there - if you're interested in the topic, here's a good place to start.
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SURPRISE PEP! We not only finally got the Tucker-Russia -Navalny stuff covered, but it's with someone who (unlike me) has some relevant experience,
@ellehardy
! And after 36hrs of our customary technical issues, here it is! PEP145 ->
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BAD NEWS: We finished recording too late today to do a podcast.
GOOD NEWS: I recorded one with Bill Wyman on Wednesday that you can pretend we recorded today
BETTER NEWS: Dave and I plan to record one on Monday. So not too long to wait. Happy Thanksgiving!
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PEP 163 has hit the streets! Sadly this week we fell scandalously short of the 2:59:59 running times we’ve been maintaining lately. So you’ll have to find some other way to occupy the last minute of your time. But for the first 2:59:58 head here ->
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This week's
#PEPFest
continues with PEP 167 - The Supreme Court Special! Sorry, I got myself a little worked up in this one. Maybe a tad TOO "Unleashed"? PEPFest concludes on Friday with the rare and exotic TriPodCast feat.
@rgcooke
and
@dtsmith_sydney
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Oops, almost forgot to tell you that PEP154 is right here I can promise you two things: 1. The worst political song you are EVER going to hear. 2. A cheat code for pub trivia. Get into it!
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THE DROUGHT IS BROKEN! PEP 135 is here! And we made this one extra long as an apology of sorts. This should definitely tide you over for the 48 hours till we make PEP 136!
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Hey folks! I almost forgot to mention that PEP 131 is out here -> I would recommend watching at last for a minute just to see Dr Dave's hair when it isn't in a ponytail. An awe-inspiring sight!
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Just what you needed - 2 fellows with extremely low ethics discussing a bunch of other people with extremely low ethics. It's PEP 120 with me and Dr Dave!
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WAKE UP! PEP 156 is here -> Watch/Listen to it or I'll get Kristi Noem to deal with you!
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We're on a Planet America break. But PEP NEVER SLEEPS (Um.... apart from next week.) So for PEP 151 we've got
@rgcooke
in to talk firsthand about the challenges facing newsmedia today & what politics looks like in an impending post-media era. Good stuff!
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@alvinsdesign
That’s awesome Alvin! Thanks! The only thing inaccurate about it is I don’t look tired enough!
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WE'RE BACK! After an eternity (or 3 weeks) Dr Dave and I are talking Woke Corps, Dodgy Russkies & Yellow Boxes of Doom!
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Hear Ye! The PEP Supreme Court Special is in session, with Guest PEPcaster
@melinawicks
Sorry she peaks a bit at times - it's not cause we COMPLETELY screwed up her audio levels. It's cause when she gets into US mode she becomes enraged like The Hulk ->
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WE'RE BACK! (Not very) Tanned, (At Least We're) Ready & (Not Even Slightly) Rested. Dr Dave and I are back with PEP 73. Direct from Lockdown Central, ABC Sydney!
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If there's bloviating to be done, PEP will be there. And today there is DEFINITELY bloviating to be done! PEP 161 coming atcha!
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HAPPY PEPSQUICENTENARY!! - PEP 150 is here! Hope you've heard of The Hamburglar, cause Dr Dave has a McDonaldland-related theory he's very proud of!
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Dr Dave's back. New podcast is out now!
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Hey folks, apologies for screwing up the audio upload for the pod last night. Have just re-uploaded, so hopefully that will do the trick!
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PEP104's pushing the boundaries of space and time with our first ever pre-PEP!
@melinawicks
& I actually recorded it last week - but COVID and abortion laws haven't changed too much in the meantime, so I think we'll be OK. You be the judge right here! ->
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Well, we pulled it off - we squeezed a wee mini PEP in straight after the Fireside Chat before we started the edit. While John's away, making these will be tough. But we all know NKOTB - Hangin' Tough is Dr Dave's favourite song. So we'll find a way!
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It's here - at the perfectly reasonable hour of 5.15am! The PEPultimate ep for 2021. See Dr Dave smile because his team won a football game - it's really something! See me drone on about policy for 52 mins - it's really not something!
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Just in case you haven't heard enough about that lil trial that ended last week, PEP 162 is out and we talk an awful lot more about it! PLUS you get to find out why Joe Biden is apparently Hitler!
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Love a surprise midweek PEP! Well, not really a surprise cause I said last week I'd try to organise this with
@melinawicks
. Well SURPRISE! WE DID!! PEP 126 IN DA HOUSE!!
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'TIS THE SEASON TO BE LENGTHY! Yes, the final PEP of 2021 is here - the much promised Wokesmas Special - all 3 hours 48 mins of it! Special guest Doctor
@melinawicks
really brought the goods, so hopefully this will tide you over till we're back in '22!
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PEP 134 is here - featuring one of Dr Dave's finest monologues on fascism, the much-promised and not-at-all anticipated Biden v Missouri section, and a mysterious ghostly intervention at 23:13 that I still don't entirely understand!
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Dr Dave and I spent way too long talking about the Invasion of the Ramasw-army. But count yourself lucky - we could have been talking about Asa Hutchinson instead! It's a GOP Debate wrap on PEP117, right here ->
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Boo! It's a surprise PEP, featuring Guest Podcaster
@HitsvilleOZ
As well as the eagerly anticipated return of Australia's favourite contest, "What The Hell Does This Cartoon Mean?" Dr Dave will be back on Friday.
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So many world problems to solve, so little time (even though our podcasts seemingly go for days) - It's PEP 121! We've got solutions for the Supreme Court, Problems for the 14th Amendment, and Fatal Flaws fro Impeachments!
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Turns out that I literally can't make podcasts longer than 3 hrs at the ABC! So I've hack-cut 20 mins out of this one. Sorry about that, but there's plenty of pod to distract you with! Starts with Dr Dave, then onto Guest Podcaster
@FlickRubicon
->
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OK folks, this isn't happening. 8 hours is enough time for me to beat my head against a wall trying to get this video to work. Tomorrow night I might try breaking the file up into two and seeing if i can get it to work then. Otherwise you can listen to the podcast on spotify etc.
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PEP105 is here, and I am struggling with a) Getting the audio balancing straight; and b) Getting it straight that it's 2022 and not 2020. I must say it's 2020 about 10 times in this podcast! Anyway, here's the link ->
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The news cycle seems to be trying to give us a stroke, but we're clinging on by our fingernails with PEP 155. Right here Only 6-and-a-bit short months till November!
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Well this was quite late, wasn't it? Our final podcast before the Midterms. It's PEP106! Content Warning for 19th Century Vicars - I seem to have developed a potty mouth in this one. Elections make me ornery!
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