- With the impending US Presidential election, we’re doing some light coverage at the top of each episode: latest developments, voting tips and tricks, and spotlighting a down ballot candidate of the week: this week, we’re featuring Sally Duvall, who is running for the Texas State House in Texas’ 73rd district.
- A new conversation is brewing about the use of trigger warnings, and it may not be about what you think: is the increased usage of trigger warnings potentially causing spoilers for viewers?
- We get creative about the ways that streamers can address a) the need for trigger warnings and b) technology-driven solutions to prevent them from causing spoilers for general populations.
- Matt Smith thinks an over reliance on trigger warnings has led to certain content being limited in the range of depth and topics it can explore – have we ever seen cases where we wondered why a trigger warning was needed?
- Do we have Netflix’s ’13 Reasons Why’ to blame for networks’ inconsistent usage of trigger warnings to cover their butts?
- While we’re on the topic of trigger warnings and their impact of pop culture, we have to touch on the latest developments with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, who was arrested last Monday after being indicted on charges of racketeering and sex trafficking.
- Pam gives us a history lesson on how Diddy led transforming the image of rap and hip hop in the 90s from the raw, truthful life stories represented by Biggie and Tupac to featuring more images of opulence and wealth.
- Diddy’s behavior is nothing new, but scrutiny of it reached a fever pitch after his former girlfriend, singer and model Cassie filed a lawsuit last November alleging patterns of assault and abuse.
- Do we think justice will be served, in light of the recent developments in which rulings against Harvey Weinstein and Bill Cosby were overturned?
- As always, we’ve got you covered with our week’s best recommendations: ‘Arcane’ on Netflix (Laura), Footsouls (Converse insoles) (Pam), and ‘Chimp Crazy’ on Max (Andrew).
And in this week’s installment of After Dark:
- Surprise bitch! We’re calling listeners again to ask unhinged questions, hold onto your butts!
- We get a solid order of operations solution to a challenging FMK question. Bravo!
- Mic drop: a subtle sign of a bad friend is someone who only shows up to have their needs met. BOOM!