The Line has a Podcast

Alyssa and Jimmy bounce from the “State of the Funyun” to some of the darkest, funniest corners of politics, sex, and internet culture. They build a Trump State of the Union bingo card (lies about jobs, “affordability,” weird self-bragging, and the strong possibility of poopy pants) while tearing into MAGA economics and the idea that cheap gas fixes everything.​ They go hard on Casey Anthony’s attempt to rebrand as a TikTok “legal advocate,” Pam Bondi’s failure to protect victims, and Russell Brand’s Jesus-flavored redemption tour after accusations of predatory behavior. From there it’s YouTube drama and reality TV: Mr. Beast’s “live with your ex for 30 days” stunt that Alyssa turned down, why $100k isn’t worth public humiliation, and how The Circle tried to make her “sexy sex girl” while she just wanted to play the game.​ The second half dives into kink, therapy, and bodies. Alyssa explains the SAR (Sexual Attitude Readjustment) training where future sex therapists watch confronting porn—elderly couples, disabled folks, trans people—to uncover their own biases. Jimmy talks about his lifelong disgust with feet, sweat, and handshakes, plus OCD-adjacent cleanliness rituals that leave his hands cracked and bleeding. They also roast flash tattoos as “capitalism with a needle,” unpack why some people shouldn’t get a public redemption arc, and read Patreon comments that turn into their own bit.​ Get the extended episode and ad-free feed at patreon.com/calltheline.

Trump, aliens, and fake geniuses all collide in this episode as Jimmy and Alyssa unpack another cursed news cycle.​ They open with the Supreme Court blocking Donald Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to slap universal tariffs on imports, and how he’s already trying to route around it with other laws to re‑impose a 10% worldwide tariff anyway. They break down why trade deficits aren’t automatically bad (Jimmy’s grocery store analogy makes it obvious), why universal tariffs are awful for regular people, and what it means that $275 billion in unconstitutional tariff revenue now hangs with no clear plan to refund those who paid it.​ From there, they zoom out to Trump’s open contempt for the Constitution, his refusal to follow Supreme Court limits, and the viewer comment that haunts the whole episode: “Why do I follow any laws if he doesn’t have to?” That spins into authoritarianism, impunity, and how long people are expected to play by the rules when their leaders never do.​ The show then veers into aliens and Elon. After Obama gives a calm, scientific answer about extraterrestrial life, Trump responds like he’s handling classified intel he might have just leaked and promises to “declassify” UFO files. Jimmy and Alyssa explain why that’s nonsense, what “UFO” actually means, and why nobody should trust disclosure from a man who protects abusers.​ Finally, they torch the myth of Elon Musk as super‑genius: the fake top‑10 gamer flex allegedly propped up by paid grinders, a disastrous livestream that made his ignorance obvious, and a pattern of paying for other people’s excellence and taking credit. Sprinkle in K‑pop industry nightmares, aging bodies, brain fog, and weird canker sores, and you get a chaotic, furious, darkly funny hour about living in a world run by the dumbest possible villains.

Jimmy and Alyssa are back for Episode 86 of “The Line Has a Podcast,” starting with Threads’ chaotic “dear algorithm” feature, comment-section backseat hosting, and why some viewers want every host to sound exactly the same.​ They veer into sex-ed gaps and STI testing myths: what standard panels actually miss, why BV keeps coming back for some people, and the horrific historical “rod in the urethra” scare story Jimmy was told as a kid.​ Then it’s onto politics and media: the SAVE Act and how voter ID rules can quietly knock poor people and married women off the rolls, plus the FCC panic that kept a James Talarico/Colbert segment off broadcast TV.​ They close with true-crime influencer ethics, the James Van Der Beek GoFundMe debate, jet skis as “secretly Republican-coded,” and a setup for the Patreon bonus episode on the wild lies adults told to scare kids away from sex.

Alyssa and Jimmy bounce from chocolate-covered strawberries and nerd clusters to the dark reality of American healthcare, TrumpRx, and Trump’s absurd claim that he lowered prescription drug prices by “600%.” They break down what that math would actually mean, compare TrumpRx to Canada’s essentially free-at-point-of-care prescriptions, and talk about why some common meds aren’t even available in the TrumpRx system while sketchy compounded Wegovy-style offers are everywhere.​ From there they dive into Reddit: “things women think about that men don’t,” like planning vacations and outfits around their cycle, antibiotics wrecking birth control and causing yeast infections, and constant vigilance about fabrics, detergents, and vaginitis. Jimmy counters with legendary “guy secrets” like “poop chipping” (cleaning skid marks with your aim), the compulsive need to carry all the groceries in one trip, and how deeply rare compliments land for men. They also talk about social anxiety, men avoiding looking like creeps when walking behind women, and how consent and sexual assault are experienced and processed differently by men and women.​ The episode widens out into pop culture and politics: James Van Der Beek’s death from colorectal cancer and how medical bankruptcy destroys families, Kim Jong-un naming his daughter as heir, and why conservative women with power often start behaving like the worst men.​ Finally, they unload on Pam Bondi’s catastrophic performance in the Epstein/DOJ hearings: her “burn book” of insults, lying under oath about Trump and underage girls, refusing to face victims behind her, clutching the Bible while protecting alleged pedophiles, and getting obliterated by members like Moskowitz, Balint, Raskin, Jayapal, Nadler, Jeffries, and Jasmine Crockett. If you like left-leaning political commentary, dark humor, way too-honest body and sex talk, and detailed takedowns of Trump, MAGA, and the U.S. healthcare system, this one is for you.

A chaotic episode that starts with zombie games, hairlines, and the eternal “gabagool” debate and quickly dives into America’s darkest realities. Jimmy and Alyssa unpack the Freedom 250 “celebration” as a thinly veiled bribe machine, where million‑dollar “donations” buy you face time with Trump and a stage slot at America’s 250th birthday party. They rip into Turning Point’s cringe Kid Rock pseudo‑halftime show, contrast it with Bad Bunny’s unapologetically Latin performance, and ask why the loudest “protect the children” crowd keeps platforming guys like Ted Nugent, who literally wrote a song sexualizing a 13‑year‑old. From there they dig into what members of Congress are saying after seeing the unredacted Epstein files: suspicious redactions around Trump, co‑conspirators with global power, and evidence that Trump’s favorite “I banned Epstein” story is a lie. If you want gallows humor, righteous anger, and a hard look at how power protects predators, this one’s for you.

Jimmy and Alyssa tackle the latest partial government shutdown, ICE funding fights, and why Democrats keep caving on healthcare while Americans’ costs explode. They go hard at ICE’s six‑figure bonus structure, deportation quotas, and the reality of sick five‑year‑olds locked in short‑term cages while right‑wing media pretends every deportee is a “pedophile.” From there they dig into Grammys “ICE OUT” moments, Bad Bunny’s historic album of the year win and upcoming Super Bowl halftime, and MAGA’s rage that a Spanish‑language artist they “never heard of” is massively more popular than their culture‑war darlings. The back half dives into the new Epstein document dump: Trump’s name all over redacted pages, Elon and Kimball Musk’s “wildest night on the island” emails, and why it matters that this administration fought to keep these files buried while failing to protect victims. Throughout, they hit power, abuse, religion, and political cults with jokes, swearing, and zero patience for fascists, boot‑lickers, or anyone still defending ICE or “Poopsident” Trump.

Jimmy and Alyssa open with “fuck ICE” and do not let up, unpacking the execution‑style killing of Alex Pretti by ICE officers and what it reveals about Trump’s second term, fascism, and the death of any pretense of “law and order.” They walk through the multiple video angles of how a VA ICU nurse trying to help a pepper‑sprayed friend ended up pinned, disarmed, blinded, and then shot repeatedly in the back while lying on the street. They contrast this with MAGA’s attempt to turn him into a drag‑queen supervillain using AI images, fake “iPhone gun” conspiracies, and made‑up accusations designed to make a state killing feel justified. They go after ICE “Gestapo cosplay” leadership, Greg Bovino’s trench‑coat threats, and the $40,000 average bonuses being allocated for ICE while Americans are told basic healthcare is too expensive. The conversation zooms out into Christian nationalism, purity culture, and white supremacy, and how evangelical propaganda plus the manosphere create the perfect conditions for authoritarianism. It’s raw, furious, and darkly funny: “tread on me daddy” boot‑licking energy, Kyle Rittenhouse vs. Alex Pretti, Stephen Miller as expired mayonnaise, and the bleak question of what resistance looks like when the state is literally gunning people down in the street.​

Ice storms, ICE the agency, Trump’s bruised hands, Nazi anthems in clubs, hentai discourse, and cursed engagement art: this episode is a chaotic tour through everything broken and absurd in America right now.​ Jimmy and Alyssa start with a full‑blown “war on ice” after another Texas ice storm dredges up 2021 grid‑collapse PTSD, joking about flamethrowers, crunchy half‑inch ice on every blade of grass, and “fuck ICE” shirts that feel risky to wear in Trump country. They pivot into politics and media decay: Trump’s obvious health decline, Jack Smith’s testimony, YouTube “journalists” like Nick Shirley getting congressional shine, and why it feels like Idiocracy with Joe Rogan as a trusted thinker.​ They unpack divorce stats, religious shame, and how past generations of women were trapped in marriages with no economic exit, contrasting that with relationships that actually make your day better just by waking up next to your person. There’s introvert‑hell content on social batteries, kicking guests out with timers, and needing 12 hours to recover from one hang, plus a furious segment on Uvalde, “good guys with guns,” Nazi apologists online, and influencers blasting “Hail Hitler” in clubs.​ The episode also hits Elon’s “spicy mode” pornifying normal photos, hentai vs loli and pedophile “propaganda,” US healthcare costs that are thousands a month, and the saga of Alyssa’s Coke‑collecting fiancé and the cursed sausage‑finger engagement portrait. If you like dark humor, left‑politics, internet culture, and two very tired people trying to stay sane, this one’s for you.

Donald Trump wants to “take over” Greenland, build a “Board of Peace” with Vladimir Putin, and is throwing a tantrum because Norway didn’t give him a Nobel Peace Prize. Yes, this is real life. Alyssa and Jimmy unpack one of the dumbest stretches of political news in recent memory, from Trump’s Greenland fantasies to his delusional Nobel letter, and what it says about American power, ego, and the total collapse of seriousness in politics.​ Then they dive into the viral clips of Andrew Tate, Nick Fuentes, Myron Gaines (Fresh & Fit), Tristan Tate, Sneako and friends at a Miami club, happily singing along to Kanye’s “H.H.” (“Hail Hitler”) and throwing Nazi salutes on camera. Alyssa lays out exactly why the “but sometimes they make good points” defense of Tate and other red‑pill creators is dead forever after this, and why people are still so desperate to gaslight themselves into believing these guys aren’t exactly what they say they are.

Jimmy and Alyssa dive into the killing of Renee Nicole Good by ICE officer Jonathan Ross and the flood of lies used to justify it. They break down the video of Ross stepping in front of her car against DHS policy, drawing his gun, shooting her three times in the head, and calling her a “fucking bitch.” They dismantle a fake “rap sheet” circulating online—wrong name order, wrong birthday, bad math, and impossible dates—along with AI and media smears focused on her being a lesbian poet with pronouns in her bio.​ The episode zooms out to ICE agents allegedly kicking over Renee’s memorial, door-to-door “papers” checks, and Christian nationalists cheering on “comply or die” policing. Jimmy and Alyssa then connect this to Trump pressuring institutions: going after Fed Chair Jerome Powell to hijack interest rates, fantasizing about Greenland’s resources, and even getting museum language softened about his impeachments.​ Dark humor, ADHD life talk, and absurd Trump/Melania moments thread through the rage, making this a brutally honest but strangely cathartic listen.

Trump promised “no new wars.” Instead, the U.S. literally invaded Venezuela, kidnapped Maduro, and dragged him to New York without a congressional declaration of war, while Americans struggle with healthcare costs and rising prices. Jimmy Snow and Promise Backland connect Trump’s open fascism abroad to state violence at home, focusing on the ICE killing of Renee Nicole Good in her own neighborhood.   Multiple videos show her slowly maneuvering, wheels turned away, arm out the window waving ICE vehicles around her, and one vehicle successfully going around before an agent steps in front of her car and fires three shots. Her wife screams, a physician begs to help and is refused, and Trump’s FBI cuts Minnesota out of the investigation.   Jimmy also roasts “OnlyPatriotJake,” a MAGA creator who demands people pay him or have more followers to debate—until Jimmy’s 352k subs appear and Jake suddenly blocks him and Promise

Final episode of 2025, and it’s a wild one. The hosts look back on a year that started on Inauguration Day and spiraled into assassinations, fascists with social media, male loneliness discourse, purity culture, and the weirdest podcast arguments they’ve ever had. They talk about launching the show on inauguration day, surviving 76 episodes, and plotting how “The Line” could actually grow into a legit Daily Wire–level competitor in 2026 without becoming the thing they hate. ​   Politics and culture collide hard here: Donald Trump’s obsession with staying in the headlines, the ACA and SNAP being on the chopping block, egg prices, CEO greed, and the White House website as “dog shit propaganda” all get dragged.   The Charlie Kirk assassination comes up multiple times: how they knew from the footage he was “100% dead,” how social media amplified it within minutes, and how surreal it was that it happened on Jimmy’s relationship anniversary. ​ There’s also a darkly funny but serious dive into grooming, Epstein, and predatory adults. One former caller gets fully written off after defending “consensual” sex between adults and minors, which launches a whole riff on why “you’re so wise beyond your years” is actually a grooming line and not a compliment. Mormon bishop confession stories, “pray the pedo away,” and the way patriarchy shields abusers all feed into that conversation. ​   On the more personal side, the hosts unpack their own growth arcs: Alyssa’s shift on the “male loneliness epidemic,” from “I’m tired of helping men” to “we need a goal‑oriented strategy that actually works.” They connect patriarchy, toxic masculinity, and purity culture, and how centering men’s self‑interest might be the only realistic way to dismantle a system that hurts everyone. They also share relationship highs: engagements, an unexpectedly emotional engagement party where both families finally meet, and the weirdness of planning a life, a move to LA, and a YouTube strategy in the middle of fascism, shootings, and family health crises

Donald Trump is slapping his name on everything from the Kennedy Center to warships, “TrumpRx” drug plans, Trump-branded kids’ accounts, and even the Institute of Peace—and Jimmy argues that might actually be a long‑term win, because those names will still be there when the pendulum eventually swings back and future leaders start scraping them off. Alyssa pushes on what it means to permanently attach Trump to the policies, money, and bloodshed of this administration when they inevitably try to blame it all on someone else.​ From there, they dive into the economy gaslighting: promises that cheaper gas and “fixed” supply chains would bring prices down versus the reality that corporations simply kept prices high because no one is forcing them not to, with eggs as the perfect example of a crisis‑spike that never returned to pre–bird flu levels. They talk about how this regime loves to boast about affordability while grocery bills and basic costs still squeeze everyone, and how that disconnect is already threatening them in upcoming cycles.​ Then it’s Epstein time. The two walk through how the newly released Epstein files are a mess of black bars and technical incompetence: PDFs that can be unredacted with simple copy‑paste or contrast adjustments, obvious Trump‑related material missing, and photos removed even when those images are already public elsewhere. They point out how the administration promised transparency but is now clearly more interested in protecting powerful friends—especially Trump himself—than in exposing any alleged pedophiles or abusers, even as survivors who once supported him now call for impeachment.​ Jimmy and Alyssa also dig into Barry Weiss taking over CBS News, killing a 60 Minutes segment that was reportedly unfavorable to the administration, and what it means when “we can’t air this without a White House quote” effectively hands veto power over critical reporting to the very people being investigated. They talk about how Weiss has built a career on “I left the left” grifts, curated outrage, and a brand of “both sides” that always seems to break in favor of power, Zionism, and clicks over integrity.​ Israel and Gaza run through the center of the episode: Alyssa describes watching a longtime friend post thirst‑trap vacation stories from Tel Aviv—beet juice by the beach, shirtless runs, murals demanding hostages be brought home—while people a short drive away are starving and entire neighborhoods are rubble. They talk about selective outrage over antisemitism, how criticism of Zionism and a US‑backed genocide gets relabeled as hatred of Jews, and why it’s obscene to demand perfectly “equal” emotional energy for oppressed people and those with vastly more resources, power, and safety.​ They also hit the weird celebrity MAGA pipeline: Nicki Minaj’s fall from a once‑beloved queer‑adjacent figure to someone courting reactionary stages, despite her music being full of lyrics the same crowd would deem degenerate if they weren’t so desperate for star power. They compare that to Russell Brand’s new charges, the P. Diddy doc, and the way fading celebrities often pivot to right‑wing audiences to launder reputations, distract from allegations, or cling to relevance.​ On the domestic front, they cover the University of Oklahoma firing a professor for giving a zero to a student who turned a psychology assignment into a “multiple genders are demonic” sermon instead of doing the actual work. Alyssa and Jimmy ask what happens to education when any critical standard can be reframed as “religious discrimination,” and joke darkly that by this logic you could answer “2 + 2 is Jesus” on a math test and get your teacher fired.​ Finally, the extended segment goes deep into Pluribus, a bleak sci‑fi near‑future where a unity virus links humanity into a shared consciousness, wipes out loneliness and inequality, but slowly kills the bodies it inhabits. Jimmy and Alyssa unpack the ethics of a world where everyone is happy and resourced, where a handful of uninfected “twelves” can ask the collective for literally anything—from grenades to nukes to all‑you‑can‑eat groceries—and where consent, exploitation, and utopia blur in very uncomfortable ways

Trump’s big “prime time” address lands with a thud in this episode as Alyssa and Jimmy tear through his latest lies on inflation, unemployment, immigration, and his totally made-up “war dividend” for veterans. They dig into his fantasy math about cutting prescription drug prices by “400, 500, 600 percent,” break down why that literally makes no sense, and connect it to a broader pattern of economic gaslighting on tariffs, wages, and the housing crisis.​ The episode opens in classic unhinged fashion with mug teases, OnlyFans-adjacent cash-tag schemes, and blackmail jokes, then pivots into the looming Epstein files deadline and the obvious attempts to distract from it with manufactured drama and war talk around Venezuela and oil. They talk about Dan Bongino stepping down, the expectation of “Redact City” when the files actually drop, and the grotesque WhatsApp and Lolita-quoting photos surfacing from the Epstein universe while somehow nobody of consequence is going to jail.​ From there, Alyssa and Jimmy go hard on MAGA culture: why Trump supporters feel like arguing with a wall, why a former MAGA insider says you have to treat them like toddlers, and how purity-culture, “natural woman” conservatives are quietly pumping filler into their faces while screaming about virtue. Swing voters get dragged as “really dumb,” the fake patriotic framing of politicians’ salaries gets dismantled with insider trading and post-office grift, and Trump’s doubled-and-redoubled net worth through office and crypto scams gets laid out in plain language.​ They also roast Trump’s White House “history” plaques, including his own self-written Golden Age fanfic, the petty digs at Obama and Biden, and the hilariously bad Vanity Fair photo spread of the new regime—down to Caroline “Kiki” Leavitt’s visible lip-filler bruises and JD Vance posing next to a thermostat. A long sidebar hits Elon Musk’s absurdly inflated net worth, speculative bubbles, ketamine discourse, and why the richest men on earth are not actually making anything most people use.​

This episode of The Line is a full-on girls-only chaos session with Alyssa and Promise taking over while Jimmy is sick, and it might be the most unhinged, on-topic episode yet. They open with exactly 1% production ability, accidental buttons, Patreon reads, and a plea for viewers to keep them employed, then dive straight into the worst kind of “news day”: mass shootings, hate crimes, Trump’s deranged social posts, and the Christian nationalist circus around Charlie and Erika Kirk.​ The conversation starts with gun culture in the United States, the Brown University shooting, and the horrifying reality that the country has had more mass shootings than days in the year. Alyssa bluntly argues that no one needs a gun ever, while Promise contrasts U.S. gun obsession with heavily regulated gun culture in places like Finland, where gun ownership is high but mass shootings are not. They tackle the hypocrisy of a political right that screams “safety” about immigrants and trans people while ignoring the one demonstrable safety crisis actually killing thousands: guns.​ From there they move to Trump’s reaction to the murder of Rob Reiner and his wife Michelle, and his completely unhinged Truth Social post turning their deaths into a Trump Derangement Syndrome bit and a “golden age of America” promo for himself. Alyssa reads the post in full and both hosts rip into the narcissism, third-person self-worship, and the way Trump weaponizes tragedy to imply that criticizing him puts you at risk of violence. They connect it to his long history of bizarre celebrity commentary, including his old Kristen Stewart/Robert Pattinson tweets, and the cult-like messaging of the current White House website branding the present as “the golden age.”​ The episode then shifts to the anti‑Semitic terrorist attack in Australia at a Hanukkah event, where a Muslim man, Ahmed Al Ahmed, was shot while disarming the gunman and likely saving many lives. Alyssa and Promise praise his courage, tear into attempts to fold this into simplistic Israel/Palestine talking points, and highlight how quickly Australian officials move toward tightening already strict gun laws—versus endless U.S. “thoughts and prayers.” They dig into the idea of shared humanity, criticizing both religious and atheist spaces when “us vs them” rhetoric becomes an excuse to dehumanize and harm.​ They also revisit Adriana Smith’s case in Georgia, where her body was effectively used as an incubator under abortion bans, leaving her baby Chance in the NICU, severely underweight, with major medical issues and a GoFundMe that still hasn’t hit its goal. It’s a brutal example of forced birth, the cost of Christian nationalism, and how quickly stories vanish from the news while families are left with lifelong consequences.​ In the back half of the episode, they deep dive into the right‑wing soap opera: Erica Kirk’s bizarre media tour, her hyper‑intense interviews, the “stop” message to Candace Owens, and Candace’s conspiracies that Turning Point USA is covering up an assassination related to Charlie Kirk’s death. Promise explains the alleged Egyptian flight patterns, texts about Charlie supposedly changing his stance on Israel, and the book Erica is now touring for—Charlie’s Sabbath book “Stop in the Name of God,” which paints him as a restful family man despite his constant online presence. They explore how evangelical culture demands that women commodify their grief, suppress vulnerability, and become public symbols rather than humans, and how that likely shapes Erika’s robotic, haunting media persona.​

The world is “on the brink of collapse,” and this episode leans into the chaos. The crew dives into everything from economists warning about a looming recession to Donald Trump getting richer, sporting mysterious “infusion bandages,” and somehow walking away with a FIFA “peace prize” while talking about putting critics on lists for “anti‑Christian language.” They roast his ego, his tiny “mashy mushroom,” and the Christian nationalist fantasy of silencing dissent, all while unpacking how dangerous that rhetoric actually is.​ From there, the conversation veers into viral weirdness: a sun bear attacking its exhausted trainer, AI‑generated “bear content,” and the internet’s obsession with wild animal videos that always seem to be shot on cameras straight out of early‑2000s night‑vision porn. That leads into a darkly funny but serious detour through Paris Hilton’s “One Night in Paris” tape, revenge porn, Pamela Anderson, and how misogyny in the 2000s shaped the lives and reputations of young women in ways that still echo today.​ On the personal side, Alyssa is deep in wedding‑registry hell, spiraling over $400 silverware sets and people asking for $600 vacuums, while Promise confesses to one of the “most evil thoughts” she’s ever had: the urge to mark someone’s wedding registry items as “purchased” just to mildly ruin their day. They spin that into a broader bit about Amazon wishlists, group‑funding big items, and all the creative ways people could (but shouldn’t) weaponize these systems out of petty spite.​ Then it’s on to culture and politics: the Cybertruck “cyber‑fucked” by light off‑roading, Elon Musk’s path to becoming a trillionaire while tampons are still treated as a taxable luxury, and a proposed show topic: “Tampons are not luxuries. Disagree?” inviting callers to defend one of the dumbest policy positions imaginable. They talk about ED meds being generously covered while basic menstrual products are not, and kick around how callers would try to justify that on air.​ Media nerds get a full course too. The hosts break down Trump’s attempts to control media via allies like Jared Kushner, Paramount’s attempt to grab Warner Bros., and what that means for DC, HBO, Yellowstone, and the streaming wars. They drag Paramount+ for hinging everything on Yellowstone and limp spin‑offs, compare it with Netflix, Apple TV, and Fallout on Amazon, and debate Marvel fatigue versus the sheer amount of source material that still exists. Alyssa complains that Marvel movies are too loud, too CGI, and not “Alyssa‑coded,” while still admitting she loved Tobey Maguire’s Spider‑Man and even watched the new multiverse stuff.​ The episode also hits: Derek Chauvin stans trying to get him off the hook, MTG’s “true believer” energy and likely future book grift, Erica/Erika (?) Kirk’s bizarre public grieving tour and hairline, right‑wing cancel‑culture hypocrisy over books and speech, and terrible online Christian comments warning that hosts are “sending generations to the lake of fire.” Along the way, there are riffs about chewed‑gum calls, “your mom” jokes that triggered a solidarity‑caller, chiropractors and ghost‑seance pseudoscience, and the fine line between bullying callers and holding fascists to account.​ If you like politics, media analysis, internet drama, sex‑tape history, wedding chaos, and deranged Christian comment sections all in one place, this is your episode.

In this episode, Jimmy and Promise spiral through the “golden age” of Trump’s America, where casual war crimes, collapsing healthcare, and AI-driven cruelty somehow count as a slow news week. They open with the surreal reality that Donald Trump has only been back in office for 11 months and yet feels like a permanent fixture of scandal, treason-adjacent behavior, and open corruption that would have ended any other presidency overnight. From Alina Habba’s disqualification in New Jersey to Trump’s crypto grift and his allies personally cashing in on AI data centers, it’s all treated as background noise in a country that has lost the capacity for shock.​ The conversation dives deep into AI as an existential threat, not just in sci‑fi terms but in how it’s already being deployed by private health insurance to deny care at staggering rates and filter sick, desperate people out of the appeals process. Jimmy and Promise compare capitalism’s usual “creative destruction” narrative to the coming wave of automation that targets every job at once, asking what happens when the system’s only real remedy for those who can’t adapt is to die quietly off-camera. They talk through ERs that now effectively triage by asking only “are you dying right now?” and how AI is being used to maximize profit, minimize liability, and treat human suffering as an acceptable externality.​ From there, they zoom out to fascism, war, and immigration: Trump’s reaction to a National Guard killing by an Afghan man who once worked with the CIA, the call to collectively punish all Afghans, and the total refusal to do the basic math on what wars actually cost if you abandon the locals who risked everything to help you. They tear apart the hypocrisy of those who want sweeping deportations over statistically rare crimes by immigrants, yet cannot tolerate the idea of collective responsibility when you point out that men commit the vast majority of violent crime. The same people screaming about “cancel culture” and “free speech” are happily cheering on bans, visa freezes, and state repression when it targets the right scapegoats.​ Promise brings in the perspective from Finland, where she’s now being interviewed by Finnish media about Christian nationalism, Trump, and the American far right, as Finns start to notice similar far‑right and Christian nationalist currents creeping into their own politics. They talk about how it feels to “escape” the U.S. for a moment only to watch the fireline of fascism and religious extremism inch closer to Europe, and how global warming and AI ensure that no country is really isolated from these crises. There’s also a brutal takedown of people who posture as persecuted truth-tellers while dropping slurs, Nazi references, and anti-trans talking points—and then call it “cancel culture” when others simply refuse to tolerate them.​ The episode also spotlights the ecosystem that rewards bigotry directly with cash, including “Nazi GoFundMe”‑style sites like GiveSendGo that shower six-figure payouts on people caught using racist slurs or abusing children, bolstered by coded “14/88” style donations and anonymous white supremacist support. Jimmy and Promise scroll through campaigns resisting mosques, funding the “canceled,” and laundering fascist politics through the language of religious liberty and “free speech,” showing how these platforms function as a shadow economy for hate. It’s a rare, detailed look at how reactionary movements turn online outrage into material power, all while claiming they’re the real victims.​ Finally, they turn to the Trump White House’s official “media bias” and “media offender of the week” tracker on WhiteHouse.gov, which literally names individual journalists and outlets to sic the base on anyone who tells the truth about the administration. Promise describes the front page pop‑up declaring “Welcome to the Golden Age” with Trump posed beside a McDonald’s‑flavored “America’s back” slogan, while Jimmy points out that weaponizing the official White House site to target journalists is both authoritarian theater and a real threat to press safety. In between, there are lighter moments—Finnish language struggles over Prosecco, dreams of everyone frolicking in Finnish fields, and an extended “would you rather” segment—but even the jokes land against the backdrop of global warming, AI doom, and the slow normalization of fascism.

On this Thanksgiving episode, Jimmy and Alyssa go fully off the rails in the best way, bouncing from family gratitude to fascism, from Hawaii beaches to the DC National Guard shooting, and from 23andMe results to the absolute absurdity of American politics and media. They open by talking about spending the holiday in a “capitalist hellscape” that’s sliding into fascism while people argue online about whether it’s morally acceptable to eat turkey with your family. Alyssa pushes back on liberal over-correction and virtue signaling around Thanksgiving, while still acknowledging how brutal the actual history is for Indigenous people and how weird it is to celebrate that on stolen land.​ Jimmy tells a story about being scolded for watching fireworks with his nieces after Roe v. Wade fell, and they both unload on the type of liberals who micromanage their own side’s behavior instead of fighting actual fascists and MAGA extremists. From there they dive into gratitude practices, mental health, and why “let people have things” might be one of the healthiest political positions left in a relentlessly depressing environment.​ The episode then shifts into a deeper segment on myths white families tell themselves about being “part Native” or “part Black,” using Elizabeth Warren’s DNA test and Jimmy’s own 23andMe story to highlight how often these stories fall apart under scrutiny. They talk about white people grabbing at other people’s victimhood as a shield, the way family lore gets racialized, and why it matters to actually know where you come from instead of hiding behind convenient ancestry myths.​ In the main political section, Jimmy offers a “coming in hot” take on the Washington, DC shooting of two National Guardsmen, reportedly by a Muslim immigrant whose asylum claim was tied to working as an interpreter for the U.S. in Afghanistan. They unpack how conservatives instantly weaponize one brown shooter to justify sweeping anti-immigration crackdowns while doing nothing after countless school shootings by white Americans. Alyssa brings up a documentary about kids carrying “active shooter kits” in their backpacks, and they compare the massive political reaction to a non-fatal attack on armed military personnel with the total inaction after massacres of children in classrooms.​ They dig into common-sense gun control, licensing, insurance, safe storage, and how Republicans would rather arm teachers and kids than hold gun owners accountable. They also talk about the cost of unjust wars, why the U.S. has a moral obligation to protect interpreters and allies, and how both parties quietly accept that the immigration system is broken even as the right drags the conversation into outright fascist territory.

MAGA snowflakes, AI country songs, Jewish space lasers, and Jesus’ hand holes… it’s that kind of episode. Jimmy and Alyssa kick things off with a Threads post that absolutely sends MAGA into meltdown, complete with unhinged DMs, death threats, and the eternal question of whether Republicans are actually capable of irony. From there they detour into the bizarre world of Trump-world grifters: the ultra‑performative Erika, her creepy interviews about “the enemy,” her JD Vance/Trump hugs, and even an AI “We Are Charlie Kirk” song that conservatives genuinely think is a bop.​   The conversation spirals delightfully into neurodivergence, scripting, and autistic people speaking in clichés, with Jimmy breaking down how “Love on the Spectrum” and childhood TV earworms (Arthur’s “Jekyll Jekyll Hyde” and the aardvark spelling song) live rent-free in his head. Alyssa adds her own cursed childhood soundtrack (Strawberry Shortcake, anyone?), and they invite listeners to share the songs they can’t get out of their brains.​ Then it’s back to politics and rage-bait: MAGA replies on Threads, accusations about “cancel culture,” and Republicans setting their own shoes on fire while calling everyone else “snowflakes.”   They dive into location-tagged MAGA accounts that aren’t even based in the US, plus rumors of GOP House members bailing before the midterms and the narrative war over whether “MAGA is falling apart.”​ There’s policy and power talk too: the “quiet piggy” press secretary spin, immigration deflections, the dropped James Comey/Tish James cases “without prejudice,” and what that actually means for trying Trump and his orbit again. They tear into Elon’s doomed “Doge” government efficiency project, fake “billions saved,” and why it’s actually evidence the federal bureaucracy is less wasteful than right‑wing talking points claim.​ Trump as current president looms large: Mamdani’s controversial White House visit, whether Trump is a fascist, and the fascinating body-language / PR dynamics of standing vs sitting with a hunching Trump who thinks he looks powerful. They unpack what that meeting signals to MAGA, liberals, and the broader narrative about the movement fracturing.   From there, it’s Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resignation, her likely podcast / media pivot, insider trading, and why staking your future brand on treating women badly is a terrible long game.

Welcome to Call the Line, episode 068! Join hosts Alyssa Ljub and Jimmy Snow as they tear into the latest political chaos engulfing America in November 2025. This week, we're breaking down Trump's blatant hypocrisy on the Epstein files, his suspicious pardon of crypto founder Changpeng Zhao (who Trump later claimed he didn't even know), and the terrifying Truth Social post suggesting sedition should be punishable by death. We discuss MAGA's convenient short-term memory loss, manufacturing job losses despite Trump's campaign promises, the manipulated unemployment reports, healthcare credits expiring for millions, Trump's cozy dinner with the Saudi Crown Prince, and why "common sense" politics is intellectually bankrupt. Plus: why being a blue-collar Trump supporter is like thinking the stripper has a crush on you, the death of critical thinking in America, and our hot takes on little people representation in the new Wonka movie (yes, really).