Programming Note: “So This Just Happened” is going to go on a brief hiatus after this episode, but we wanted to make it an extra special one so we invited Lisa Curry, Matt’s co-host on “Doomscroll” for a live recording. Please enjoy and we’ll see you in a while!

Headlines

00:00 — House Republicans finally pass an impeachment, and it's going nowhere

07:42 — Kansas City Chiefs victory parade becomes latest site of mass shooting

18:18 — New poll shows some Trump voters will believe conspiracy theories upon first hearing them

24:00 — Beyoncé Knowles doing country songs proves very triggering to some people

31:21 — Stung by stepped up criticism about his decaying mental state, Trump now claims his gaffes are on purpose

36:13 — Kentucky Republican state legislator claims that her white father was a slave, despite having been born in 1933

41:06 — Democrats win George Santos’s former congressional seat

44:56 — African Methodist Episcopal Church calls for ceasefire in Gaza

49:51 — STJH is going on a hiatus for a bit and we wanted you to know

51:32 — Group that provided basis for Dinesh D’Souza’s “2000 Mules” admits in court it has no evidence of election fraud in Georgia

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Theme Song

Easy Lover: “The End of Our Deceit”

Lyrics and Vocals by Kali Holloway

Music by Jeremy Wimmer

Cover photo: Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Deputy Secretary John Tien attend the raising of the Pride Flag at DHS Headquarters in Washington, DC, alongside other component members. June 1, 2022. Photo: DHS

Headlines

00:00 — Mormonism is a lot more varied that most non-Mormons realize

06:26 — Exploring how Mormons invented Christian nationalism but also are not fully onboard with Trumpism

12:01 — Mormonism and the 1980s “Satanic Panic”

23:46 — Why sexual and gender hypocrisy is endemic to reactionary thinking

28:57 — Fear of differences is ultimately what motivates reactionaries, and that they know they are losing

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Easy Lover: “The End of Our Deceit”

Lyrics and Vocals by Kali Holloway

Music by Jeremy Wimmer

Cover photo: A publicity photo from the musical “The Book of Mormon.”

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Headlines

00:00 — Nicki Minaj escalates her toxic feud with Megan Thee Stallion

07:46 — “A*****e gravitation,” the right wing’s new outreach mechanism to awful celebrities

18:07 — Snoop Dogg debases himself with praise for Donald Trump

22:30 — Quick Hits: Desperate to execute people, Alabama used nitrogen gas to kill an inmate

25:26 — Brittany Watts opening up about persecution by Ohio for having miscarriage

27:25 — Joe Manchin keeps making noises about a third-party presidential run

28:52 — Nancy Pelosi foments absurd conspiracy theory about Russia and anti-Gaza war protesters

31:58 — Charlie Kirk slanders NYC council member as he steps up racist and soulless marketing strategy

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Theme Song

Easy Lover: “The End of Our Deceit”

Lyrics and Vocals by Kali Holloway

Music by Jeremy Wimmer

Cover photo: Rapper Nicki Minaj poses for a publicity photo to promote her fragrance line Pink Friday 2.