Everything Is Awful
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Friday, May 15, 2026
0:30 - Trump's summary of the talks sitting next to Xi
15:33 - Angel mom Cheryl Minter testifying before House committee on behalf of daughter Stephanie
33:38 - "Everything is Awful" Lego parody song on Karen Bass
50:19 - Tom J. Stewart
53:00 - Senior Legal Fellow at Advancing American Freedom Hans von Spakovsky weighs in on election mapping and the fight over election integrity. Follow Hans on X @HvonSpakovsky
01:11:13 - Defense Priorities fellow Daniel DePetris says he’s not surprised by the lack of tangible agreements between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump, arguing “that’s not how statesmanship works.” Stay updated with Daniel on X @DanDePetris
01:32:38 - Ezekiel Emanuel, oncologist, a bioethicist, and a vice provost of the University of Pennsylvania shares his six rules for a long, healthy life from his new book Eat Your Ice Cream. Dr. Emanuel will be appearing as part of the Chicago Humanities Festival this Sunday - for details chicagohumanities.org
01:50:59 - Aaron Brown, long-time risk manager in the hedge fund space, pits Gamblers against Intellectuals in his new book Wrong Number: How to Extract Truth From a Blizzard of Quantitative Disinformation
02:08:01 - Open Mic Friday!
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