Pat tells Kath about Ken Paxton, a politician so corrupt even the Texas Republican Party can't stand him.

Are you feeling old, sad, tired, less horny than you'd like? RFK and manosphere podcasters say testosterone might make you feel better. Or maybe it'll render you infertile. Who's to say?

Most of the info in this episode comes from a NYT article by Azeen Ghorayshi. You can read it here.

Water scarcity has shaped everything about life in the Western US, including its criminal activities. Pat tells Kath about the lengths some people are willing to go to profit off of the American West's most valuable commodity: water.

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With gas prices reaching all time highs, Pat tells Kath about the creative methods gas thieves employ to obtain the blood of American life.

Kath tells Pat about the world of clipping, narrative campaigns, and other discursive manipulations that affect our algorithms, taste in music, and culture at large.

This episode is primarily a discussion of the Vulture article "The Feed is Fake" by Lane Brown. Read it here: https://www.vulture.com/article/social-media-feeds-chaotic-good-projects-clipping.html

We also discuss and quote from Eliza McLamb's article "Fake Fans", which kicked off this discussion a few weeks ago: https://substack.com/@elizamclamb/p-192801490

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Kath tells Pat about one of the easiest and most lucrative scams on the internet: Using AI to thirst trap MAGA men.

Pat tells Kath about Lost Boy Larry, a hoax (maybe?) that spawned the most expensive search and rescue mission in New Mexico history.

Kath tells Pat the story of a French woman living in England who's tale of being catfished has some surprising twists and turns.

The information in this episode comes from Jeff Maysh's article "A Catfishing With A Happy Ending", published October 2017 in The Atlantic. You can read it here.