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Says Who?BORIS JOHNSON'S NO GOOD VERY BAD WEEKSaysWhovia, things are afoot across the pond, and ace sleuth Maureen Johnson is here to tell us all about it. Which is good because Dan's been traveling and has his head in the clouds and heart on the road instead of paying attention to current events. Shame on Dan. Good thing Maureen's on the case!
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Says Who?15 FLUSHES TO MIDNIGHTGrab a plate, SaysWhovia. Dan and Maureen have been busy cooking up some news and are ready to dish it out. What would you like? Some hot, buttery Trump leaving NATO after getting picked on? Got it. We’re passing around some FBI documents, if you want to grab a few. Would you like some UK election news on that? Let us pour some on. We’ll be slicing up the impeachment any moment.Which is our way of saying, it’s a lot. We’ve got it. But more importantly, we’ve got flushing, Tic Tacs, Irish Spri...2019-12-111h 11
Says Who?AND IMPEACHMENT IN A PEAR TREEJingle, jingle, SaysWhovia! Dan and Maureen had a few issues getting the recording done this week. Dan threw a pair of scissors, then the internet broke, like, twenty times. So our friends are not as well as they might be. But it’s all fine, for this is the season of glad tidings and joy. That is what Maureen is here to remind Dan. Dan has other things to remind Maureen.He wants her to know, for example, that Rudy’s son has a job at the White House as a sports consultant or something. And that Trum...2019-12-0459 min
Says Who?A MESSAGE TO YOU RUDY with Helen RosnerOh, hello, SaysWhovia. We were just putting out the plates. There’s turkey and pie, and potatoes, and, why, I think we have a little impeachment left in the fridge.Yes, it’s Thanksgiving! The holiday of feasting! Of pie! Of traffic! Of jumping over the table to wrestle another relative to the ground! Here in SaysWhovia, we celebrate communally. Everyone is invited. Dan and Maureen have been cooking all day and they want you to eat up. And Helen Rosner, food writer for The New Yorker, has stopped by for her annual visit! She talks tradition, fami...2019-11-271h 09
Says Who?ALL THE LARGE FAILSONSOh no. Oh dear. It’s finally happen. We’ve broken Dan. It’s too much. It has been a week of hearings and news, and a very long day of hearings and news, and now Dan and Maureen are recording after twelve hours of hearings and they are not okay.What have they learned? They are not sure. But they’ll try to explain it anyway.Please help them. ***Dan's tracking impeachment news and sending out updates every day. Sign up at impeachment.fyiWatch Let it Snow...2019-11-201h 01
Says Who?NO JACKET REQUIRED: A SAYS WHO IMPEACHMENT SPECIALDing ding! It’s a special Says Who bonus episode. As we’ve entered into the impeachment hearings, Dan and Maureen are here to watch and walk you through. Because this is going to be a lot.A lot of what? Well, a lot of bow ties, and recitation of things we’ve heard, and bullshit. And a lot of water. So much water. Giant bottles of water. Listen to the story of two nerds doing their duty, dealing with questions from increasingly insane carnival employee Jim Jordan and last-pick mental volleyball star Devin Nunes. Why doesn’t Jim Jo...2019-11-1457 min
Says Who?BURNER PHONEGreat googliemooglies, SaysWhovia, are we in for a week! Impeachment time is here. This will be a week of hearings, tweeting, and a whole lot of info dumps and nonsense. It’s also going to be cold all get out for a lot of us, so we will be huddled indoors, watching democracy or something! Who knows?Who knows? Well, Dan knows! Probably. He seems to. This is going to be a big week for impeachment.fyi. He’s going to need a whole lot of conspiracy wall to keep up! As for Maureen, well, she’s been w...2019-11-131h 01
Says Who?THE GREAT ESCAPEOh, hey there. How have you been? Dan and Maureen have both just gotten off planes. Dan was in Disney World with his family, where his wife ran a race. And Maureen was in Hollywood, going to a movie premiere. So, just another week.Of course not, SaysWhovia. We kid. This was a special week, the calm before the storm. This week marked the one year mark before the 2020 election, and the week before the start of the televised impeachment hearings. It is only fitting that Dan and Maureen spent the time in La La Land and...2019-11-071h 00
Says Who?A NOTE TO TIMJeepers creepers, SayWhovia! It’s Halloweentime again. It’s time for candy, costumes, spooky movies, butt dialing reporters, and shitposting! Yes, it’s been a weird one. How weird? Weird enough that Rudy’s butt dials to reporters aren’t even close to being the thing that caused Dan’s mind to snap like a twig.Oh yes. Dan has been working hard on impeachment.fyi. His mind is always spinning out with news, and his eyes roll in different directions. He is deep into the soup. Maureen has been in Texas and preparing to go to LA for the p...2019-10-301h 05
Says Who?SPACE HORSEHowdy, partner. Dan and Maureen are just riding around on some space horses, russlin’ up some news. Lots of news going on, lots of talk around the saloon.But first, Maureen is traveling a lot! Not right now, but soon she’s going to that there Los Angeles. Dan has a new computer, so that is also very exciting. This means he can keep up with all things impeachment without his computer catching on fire. And there is a lot of impeachment news. There’s a fake French connection, an outright confession, and lots of bullshit from up the...2019-10-231h 01
Says Who?CHEW THE NEWSWhatever will we talk about this week? Oh right. Literally everything. At once.Dan and Maureen are ready to break it down--they have been training for this moment, SaysWhovians. But first, they have to parse how any child in the '70s or '80s survived. And Maureen needs to know how much a Whopper costs. And Dan has a story about a talking pile of clay. And also there's a thing about chocolate cake. And the pup is sick.But after that, everything. Definitely we get to that.We c...2019-10-091h 00
Says Who?THE WHISTLEBLOWER COMETHOh hello there, SaysWhovia. Come sit beside us on the porch. We’ll have some lemonade and tell stories about the old days, like a week ago. It was a different world then. Back then, sometimes we only had two news cycles a day! Things were slower. Life crept along.Now, of course, the news cycle is… well, there’s been a new one while you were reading this! We’re on a water slide! Are we going into a fun pool or a shark-infested pool or a fun, shark-infested pool? Who knows! But there’s SOMETHING at the end...2019-10-021h 01
Says Who?IN-GREECE-MENT PROCEEDINGSMaureen is in Greece, Dan is back in his basement, there's a eight hour time difference and also mountains and dolphins and while it sounds like paradise, well, it is.And yet, and yet there is trouble around the edges--the news won't stop. At the time of this recording (the halcyon days of yesterday morning), Brexit had been thrown once again into question and Donald Trump was getting in too deep with the Ukraine.Of course since then, well, Pelosi spoke and now impeachment has begin. Or something--that bit's still a little foggy if we're b...2019-09-251h 00
Says Who?WIZARD SH*THere we are again, on the eve of the third year anniversary of Says Who. Dan and Maureen have gotten together to parse the events of the week. They have been--and this is painful to say--weirder than most.
But first! The Says Who U experiment continues. There are benefits to getting away from this stuff from time to time! Dan is pouring concrete and making yogurt! Maureen is...
...listening to Parliamentary debate. Because Brexit rages on to its conclusion.* Parliament is grasping back some control just as Boris Johnson tears it away, and a figure...2019-09-1158 min
Says Who?SQUALOR AND CHAOSSo it begins. We've passed Labor Day and now we're in that exciting transition from summer to fall--a time to new starts and getting back to work.
Maureen has just finished a book! And now she is getting some new furniture so she can stop storing clothes in a VHS tape cabinet. Dan has returned to his house, which is filled with dust and ghosts. Both have taken time each day to get away from screens, and they like it!
But. This is Says Who, which means that they must look upon the news. Dan...2019-09-051h 03
Says Who?SAYS WHO UAh, the end of summer. The back to school sales. The backpacks. The books. The pencils. The premature PSLs. The cooler weather ahead. Nuking hurricanes. Calling yourself the Chosen One. It's all classic stuff.
Dan and Maureen are easing into the fall with this summer wrap-up. They are taking the time to look back and look ahead. It's been almost three years of Says Who. What will the fourth year bring? They decide to talk to their August 2020 selves and let them know it's all very normal and very cool.
But remember: this is a...2019-08-281h 04
Says Who?THE FIRST ONE HUNDREDWell, we did it! We did the thing we didn't mean to do, probably didn't want to do, and certainly never expected to do. Welcome to EPISODE ONE HUNDRED of Says Who, the podcast that was only supposed to last for eight episodes.
Dan and Maureen take a look back--first at the last two weeks of news, and then at the last hundred episodes. What have they learned? What wisdom can they impart to their 2016 selves? Is this coping? It gets personal, and then it gets weird.
It's triple-digit time, SaysWhovia.
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Says Who?99 PROBLEMSGreat Googliemooglie.
Dan and Maureen meet once again, this time both on American soil. Maureen is home in New York, and Dan wandering the west, though he no longer spends his time in hot cars outside of pyramids. The summer of 2019 rages on. Rage being the operative word.
It was not, to put it mildly, the best week ever. Things in the US are not going great. There have been two mass shootings in 24 hours. And there were two debates. Terrible twos. Dan and Maureen are having a hard time making sense of it all...2019-08-071h 00
Says Who?THE DARK TEATIME OF THE SOULPip pip! Maureen is in England, trying to enjoy life for a second. But Dan is lurking, and he has notes. He was been following the news. Maureen cannot hide in butterflies and sunshine and tea. There are Events to Process. There's no running away.
So what has been happening? Well, Trump is turning up the racism, which is not news--it's just turning everything up to eleven. But racism. So much. Things are rolling downhill faster and faster.
Maureen is desperate. She'll talk about anything but the news. Anything. Literally anything.
Things go...2019-07-311h 02
Says Who?BAD NEWS EVEWhat can we say, really.
Summer burns on, and things continue to brew. Dan is in Colorado, and Maureen is about to go to England. The UK has a new Prime Minister. Mueller is about to testify. We're on the verge of everything and nothing. And Dan and Maureen are...well, not well. Their brains are turning to gravy.
Here follows are two people trying to make it all make sense. How does it end? Impeachment? Change? More of the same? Or...IN A MUSICAL?
Stay vigilant, SaysWhovia. We're in the Weird Times.2019-07-241h 00
Says Who?THE GREAT GARBAGE FIRE OF THE MINDIt's the height of summer! Time for fun! Time for swimming and cookouts! Time to get out there and have a good time!
So Dan and Maureen hear. But they do this podcast, which means they track the news. And this week, Maureen has decided to rebel. No more news. She is done. She has decided to go to the moon.
But Dan has rented a booth in a co-working space in Santa Fe and demands that the journey continue. What are we learning, SaysWhovia? How does one process 2019, in particular this last week of 2019...2019-07-1753 min
Says Who?DAN IN A HOT TIN CARHey, SaysWhovia! It's summertime! It's time for picnics, swimming, lounging, and...checks notes sitting in a hot car at noon in New Mexico recording a podcast!
Yes, Dan, a Podcasting Professional, has once again found internet on the road. Sure, it's in a hot car, but when have hot cars ever been a problem? There's lots to talk about as Says Who took the holiday week off. Maureen also rode in a car! And swam in a pond! She does not want to talk about politics. But this is Says Who, and we do it so you...2019-07-1059 min
Says Who?A BAKED POTATOLast week, Dan and Maureen were in dire straits. Dan was in the back of a hot car near a pyramid, and Maureen got punched by a dog. This week, things are much better. Dan is now in a hot trailer, and Maureen dog is sleeping, so nothing can go wrong.
In fact, things are looking up and getting spicy. A hero emerges in Chicago and spits on Eric Trump. NRATV goes down. Mueller's public testimony is scheduled. And the two Democratic debates are about to begin.
In preparation, Dan has a list of every...2019-06-261h 03
Says Who?MEET US BY THE PYRAMIDWe've had lots of times together, SayWhovia. We've experienced many moments together. Today, we are going to experience more, for today is one of the stranger recordings we've ever done in the town square.
Dan is sweating in the back of a car near a pyramid. Maureen is doing just fine in New York. She is talking about things like the departure of Sarah Sanders, the race for a new Prime Minister in the UK, and the 2020 Democratic debates. Dan is sweating a lot, like, a lot, because he is recording in a back seat in Tennessee.2019-06-191h 04
Says Who?Rolling OutSummer's here, and everyone's hitting the road! Dan's back in his trailer, Maureen's done with her book, and Trump is off making a great impression across the Atlantic. Surely nothing can possibly go wrong.
Wait for it: Everything kinda went wrong.
Trump insulted royalty, he threatened to take away the national health service, his large adult sons skipped out on their bar tab, and someone gave him an enormous hat to wear. Plus, he sat down for a meal that contained zero things he might actually eat.
Put on extra sunscreen, order an...2019-06-1258 min
Says Who?LIVE FROM POD XLive from Pod X in beautiful Nashville Tennessee, it's Maureen and Dan out of their closet and basement and instead sitting right next to each other doing an episode! In front of people! Really!
But whatever could they talk about? Thankfully ROBERT MUELLER HIMSELF spoke! Also in front of people! Really! Did he have the voice of an angel? What did he say? Let's discuss, shall we?
And then Donald Trump got on an airplane and traveled to Japan to give a sumo wrestler the President's Cup, which was a thing that did not exist...2019-06-0558 min
Says Who?NOSFERATU 2020When we last left them, Dan was in Chicago in the cold drizzle and Maureen was in the puppy pen. Dan is still in the drizzle. Maureen, however, has made it on to the sofa! The puppy is asleep. All is peaceful and calm. Things are good.
But ARE they, SaysWhovia? Is this situation under any kind of control? What happens when the people who are in charge just stop abiding the law? At what point do we stop tolerating this and fight back? When is enough enough? Where is the line in the sand? WHITHER IMPEACHMENT?2019-05-221h 04
Says Who?LEGAL IS OPTIONALWe are between worlds, SaysWhovia.
In some sense, everything is calm and normal. People go to work and shop and eat. Kids ride bikes. But, much like on Stranger Things, something lurks beneath. The Report has arrived, except no one can get it. William Barr is called by the House and...doesn't show up. Tax records and requested and not provided. It turns out you don't have to follow the law! Or something! Whatever!
Maureen and Dan try to work out this new reality. Can you just do whatever now? Are 2020 elections canceled, or have...2019-05-081h 03
Says Who?GAME OF SCROTESHere's the thing...
...it seems kind of normal out there. Or so Dan thinks. It's quiet. Too quiet. This weekend, everyone enjoyed some Thrones and Avengers. It almost felt normal. Things must be...
noises
Oh. Maureen got a puppy! SaysWhovia has a new resident! Her life is on fire, but good fire! But fire. And, as you will see, she has a different take on this period. And she has brought textual evidence from the SaysWhovian readings, from the Book of Bannon. And she's not in the closet.
Life seeps in...2019-05-011h 09
Says Who?FRIENDS ON THE OTHER SIDE with Akilah HughesWe're in it now. It's stupid noon and the town has gathered on the square. The gunfighters are facing off. The sheriff is holding a copy of the Muller Report. Everything is quiet, except Fartin' Joe who eats all the beans. Impeachment? Or more crimes? All crimes? Are we ceding the town to the varmints?
Oh, we could wonder about that, or we could spend a blissful hour with Akilah Hughes who was an ACTUAL DISNEY PRINCESS AND KNOWS ALL THE SECRETS OF THE KINGDOM! Guess which we do.
Guess guess guess guess guess.
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Says Who?NO REALLY NOW IT'S MUELLER TIMEWelp. Here we go.
THE MUELLER REPORT IS OUT. THE MUELLER REPORT IS OUT. THE MUELLER REPORT IS OUT. This is not a drill.
Dan has spent the morning speed-reading a shitty PDF. Maureen has spent the morning recovering from a late-night arrival back from Los Angeles. Two after the report's release, they get together to talk over the sound of drills and hammering at Maureen's apartment and sort out WTAF is going on.
Strap in SaysWhovians, it's go time.
SHOW NOTES
Maureen's new book The Vanishing Stair is...2019-04-181h 11
Says Who?JUST STICK IT IN THERE, CHADIt's important to do your homework. Maureen knows this. Dan knows this. You know it. Study. Be prepared. Learn.
Which is how we come to this week, in which Britain crashes headlong into a brick wall of its own making as it tries to condense one of the most colossal decisions in their history into two days. A week in which a President who has a vocabulary that could be written out on six flashcards gutted the Secret Service--a Secret Service who found a bunch of really hinky spyware drives and asked the question, "What if we...2019-04-101h 05
Says Who?POD SAVE THE QUEEN with HAYES BROWNHere in SaysWhovia, we frequently sit on our porches of an evening, talking to our neighbors about whatever ****ery Trump has done that week. Like, claim his dad is from Germany, or threaten to shut the border or blow up all of healthcare. Or, you know, a normal Wednesday.
But how often do we look over at the tremendous ****ery that's going on with our British Cousins, in SaysWhovia, UK? Because, as it turns out, A LOT IS GOING ON, and we've got Hayes Brown from Buzzfeed in for our BREXIT BREAKDOWN.
Plus, Maureen had...2019-04-031h 09
Says Who?MUELLER, MUELLER ON THE WALLFinally, a week without news.
SHOW NOTES
Maureen's new book The Vanishing Stair is OUT NOW. NOW! FOR REAL NOW!!!
Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or more if you want!
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Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker
Our awesome theme is courtesy of Ted Leo
We...2019-03-271h 06
Says Who?LET'S TAKE FLORIDAIt's been a full TWO WEEKS since the last episode. This is because both Dan and Maureen have been traveling. Dan has been going west! And Maureen has gone to Florida, and Florida, and Canada!, and Florida.
In fact, she's still in Florida! And her mic doesn't work!
Why so much Florida? Many reasons, Sayswhovians. One of them is for research. Because, if we are going to win, we are going to need to take Florida back. Maureen is studying its ways, watching golfers and yacht-buyers and people with hats. The Says Who Revolution starts...2019-03-201h 06
Says Who?THE MYSTERIOUS MR. CALAMARITrump has been busy in Hanoi, getting...well, nothing done! He is mad! He is sad! Things are bad! Everyone and everything in his life is about to be examined. He's going to need to talk to some food about this. Yes, the hamburger buffet is back!
Maureen has had a busy few days, which means that again, Dan has been looking into things. And he's found something. Or, he's found...well, he's found the Mysterious Life of Mr. Calamari, the COO of Trump Inc. What's with this squid? Dan has much to tell in that he...2019-03-0653 min
Says Who?THINGS ARE COHEN YOUR WAYWhat's this? Maureen was at Disney over the weekend? It's true. The reason was sad, but it was therapeutic. Disney is there to embrace us at our time of need. So once again, Dan was steering the Good Ship SaysWho into the seas of news. AND THE SEAS ARE CHURNING.
As we record, we are on the eve of Michael Cohen Mania. The President's former lawyer and professional goober is about to spill the beans on TV. He has a story he wants to tell, a song he wants to sing. Meanwhile, the President is going to...2019-02-2753 min
Says Who?A DOG AND BONER STORYMaureen is back from Costa Rica and Dan is happy. Dan wants to bring her back into the fold, to share his suffering. But is it so simple? Maureen has seen a monkey. She is on a different wavelength now.
Dan has so much to share with her. For example, the President had his physical, and once again, he is strong like Iron Man despite a diet of cheeseburgers, candy, and rage tweeting. We have been subjected to stories of Jeff Bezos's dick pics. Roger Stone has merch. And Donald Trump tried to ruin the entire concept...2019-02-131h 00
Says Who?STATE OF THE WHOVIANThis week, Maureen comes to you from Costa Rica, where she is recording outside, while an ocean breeze blows and the birds call from the trees. She has not had good Wifi and therefore doesn't know much about what has been going on.
Dan knows what is going on. He has followed all the news, read all the stories and reports and supporting documents. He watched the State of the Union. Maureen could not, because the Wifi went out completely on Tuesday night for about twelve hours, so there was no contact with the outside world. She...2019-02-061h 03
Says Who?F***NUT SUPERGROUPMaureen was away on a book tour last week. Luckily, it was a quiet week in which nothing happened.
Oh wait! Things DID happen, and Dan wanted to talk about them. It's all been building up inside of him. Trump folding, and then Trump folding, and then Roger Stone getting carted off. All of this is a fascinating prelude to the week's BIG story--Maureen's Panel of Sister Husbands. Yes, all of Maureen's paramours formed a F***NUT SUPERGROUP for one night only to win her heart. There's Michael, the smart one; Jerome, the emotional one; Sam, the...2019-01-301h 04
Says Who?LIVIN ON A PRAYERHold your head high, SaysWhovian, because you, YOU, have made it through the halfway point of the Trump presidency. It hasn't been easy, sure, and the government may be shut down, there may be a bucket in the window of the White House, Rudy Giluiani may be just spouting bullshit all the time but look: nobody said it would be easy.
But here we are! We are halfway there! We are living on a prayer! Take our hand, we'll make it we swear! Whoa, oha, that's all the lyrics we remember.
All this, plus Maureen...2019-01-2358 min
Says Who?HAMBERDERSHamberders.
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SHOW NOTES
See the table arrangement and where the hamberders were.
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Says Who?PRIME TIME, CRIME TIME with Lisa TozziIt's so late, Sayswhovia. It's nearly...ten o'clock! But Dan and Maureen have stood sentinel by the television and waited. And watched. And they saw the speech. All ten stupid minutes of it. How could A MERE TEN MINUTES be that dumb? It was like the TARDIS OF STUPID. Did you know that a wall could pay for a wall? DID YOU KNOW IT?
But that's not all the stupid today held! Paul Manafort's lawyers made an oopsie. And some Russians sold a painting. So many marvels! Dan and Maureen examined them all and return to you...2019-01-091h 00
Says Who?HERE WE GO!Should old acquaintance be forgot and never talk to mimes...
It's something something something some thing some thing it's Says Who Time!
Dan and Maureen are back after the holiday. They had a good time, unlike SOME PEOPLE. Since the last Says Who, most things have been quiet, except for major resignations, the government shutting down, and the stock market crashing. Donald Trump had the holiday sads at the White House, where he rattled around, waiting for three ghosts to show up. But no one wants to work there, not even a ghost. So he did...2019-01-021h 03
Says Who?THE NAUGHTY LISTHo ho ho! HAPPY HOLIDAYS, SAYSWHOVIA! Let's all gather around the fire with a cup of hot chocolate and talk about the wonders of this last week. Or just Tuesday. Tuesday was a lot. There was the official Michael Flynn ass-handing ceremony, and the lighting of the Trump Foundation bonfire. But does Santa have other surprises in his sack?
Dan has compiled a list of the current wonders that are going on with all things Trump. It has not been a good year for Fearless Leader, and things are coming to a boil. Also, it seems that...2018-12-191h 04
Says Who?BARRON TRUMP, BOY DETECTIVE with SARAH WEINMANThe game is afoot! The dice are cast! The candles are in the wind! Other detective-y things!
Look, there's a lot of questions right now. Like: What is Mueller up to? Is there anyone in the Trump family not deeply dedicated to criming? Who can lie more, Michael Cohen or Paul Manafort? What's a convenient way to get a single potato mailed to my house?
You have questions? WELL WE HAVE ANSWERS.
This week on Says Who, Maureen and Dan pull in an ACTUAL MYSTERY EXPERT to help us crack this case wide...2018-12-051h 04
Says Who?HOLDING DOWN THE MANAFORT with CHARLOTTE CLYMERWell, shucks! We've crossed the Rubicon from Thanksgiving into the holiday period. Did everyone have a good Thanksgiving? The President did! He had a totally normal time with checks notes a salad bar and "barbed wire plus."
Dan and Maureen have scoured the news this week, looking for clues in the perpetual case of What The Hell Is Happening Now. And it seems like something? May? Be? Happening? It is hard to say. But it looks like Paula Manafort might have been doing some lying? You are shocked, we know. "Not MY Paul Manafort," you said, aghast.2018-11-281h 03
Says Who?NO PIE FOR YOU, CHAD with KAT KINSMANGood gravy! It's Thanksgiving again! Time to sit with the family and pass the turkey and stuffing. And the pie! Oh, the pie. Cousin Chad would like pie! Cousin Chad is wearing a MAGA hat and is trying to own the libs. NO PIE FOR CHAD.
Come to SaysWhovia instead and sit at our table. Come. Have some gravy. Relax. And we have a special guest at the table today! It's Kat Kinsman, who has come to talk about food! And anxiety! And food! FOOD.
Dan and Maureen have, of course, been paying attention to...2018-11-211h 03
Says Who?HOPE OR GAS? with IMANI GANDYHey, did you bring a surfboard? Because we're still on a BLUE WAVE.
When Dan and Maureen recorded last week, it was right on the high of the election of the night before. No sooner had they left the basement/closet, then all heck broke loose. Trump did a weird, weird press event and then stormed into the depths of the castle to boot Jeff Sessions from the parapet. And while we all enjoy the sight of a flying Jeff Sessions, we also had to wonder: WITHER MUELLER? And what do these rolling election results mean?
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Says Who?THE 2018 ELECTION SPECIALIt's morning in SaysWhovia. Grab yourself a cup of coffee and sit down, because Dan and Maureen are going to go through the events of last night--and this morning. Dan hasn't slept much. Maureen made double-strength coffee. It's time for some HOT news, still unfolding. Let's go through it together.
What IS this feeling? Is it HOPE? Is it EVERYTHING NOT SUCKING?
It's group hug time.
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Support Says Who and become a citizen of SaysWhovia by joining our Patreon today! You really can join for just a dollar. Or...2018-11-0757 min
Says Who?SAYS BOO with HAL LUBLINoooooOoOOOOooOoOOOoOOOOoohhhh it's ONE WEEK until the midterm elections and everything is fine. Absolutely fine. Except for everything that is not fine, which, apparently, is most things.
It was not a good week out there. Things are rough. Which is why we need to keep it together, make a plan, and get the job done next week.
In SaysWhovia, Dan has lost track of when and where he is, so Maureen decides to take him on a trip to Disney World. And she's invited their friend Hal Lublin along! The only problem is...it's Halloween. Disney...2018-10-311h 03
Says Who?SAVE YOUR BRAINMEAT with SWING LEFT'S AARON HUERTASOh no! Dan and Maureen are broken! The reason? 2018 has eaten their PRECIOUS BRAIN MEAT. It's too much. Too much news. Too much information. Too many polls and attacks on sanity. IT IS TOO MUCH AND NOW WORDS DON'T WORK.
So this week we are here to talk about how to repair YOUR PRECIOUS BRAIN MEAT. We do that by talking to Aaron Huertas from Swing Left. He brings enthusiasm, clarity, research, and an ACTUAL PLAN to help us deal with and assist in these last two weeks before the 2018 election.
This one matters. It...2018-10-241h 02
Says Who?GARBAGE RUMSPRINGAOh dear.
Last week, all six thousand years of it, lurks around us, its events still unfolding. You know the ones--Brett, Tobin, weightlifting, boofing, Beach Week, ralphing, Yale Law School, and beer. These are all things we had to deal with after a courageous woman put herself on the line and told the story of her assault to a largely sneering, indifferent panel of ghouls.
None of us wanted to know about the Bro Adventures of Brett, but here we are, in 2018 America. Dan is broken. Maureen tries to help, but Maureen is also broken...2018-10-031h 03
Says Who?SAYS TWO! WITH ANA MARIE COX!HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US! WE'RE TWO YEARS OLD!
Yes, it's the Says Who two year anniversary show! This was never supposed to happen! We should have been done in 2016. But here we are, "celebrating" two years of doing whatever it is we do! And to celebrate with us, our first guest, Ana Marie Cox, joins us again to talk about where we're at. We talk service, politics, and beans.
Also, Dan and Maureen have ACTUAL BIG NEWS TO SHARE. No, really. We have NEWS that will rock SaysWhovia to the core!
PLUS! A...2018-09-191h 03
Says Who?FALCON, RABBIT, SHARKIt's a funny thing, recording a podcast every other week in 2018. You just never know. Maybe you record on a quiet Sunday night thinking that everything will be chill for a day or two and then EVERYTHING HAPPENS, EVERYTHING.
It's September! Dan is back in Chicago! Maureen is...flat on her back in New York with the return of the Terrible Stomach Flu Or Some Kind Of Poisoning. To entertain Maureen as she is in her bed of pain, Dan recounts the many events that have transpired. Michael Cohen. Paul Manafort. The death of Senator McCain and...2018-09-051h 01
Says Who?THE SAYS WHO SUMMER READING REPORTHey! Anything interesting going on? Dan and Maureen have been off doing their summer homework. Dan is finishing up his trip around the country. Maureen has been in New York having stomach flu. Because of this, they recorded another Sunday Summer Special!
Because nothing was going to happen between Sunday and Tuesday, right? RIGHT????
So this episode is our BOOK REPORT on Unhinged! We read it so you didn't have to! Find out: who loves Don Jr. (hint: no one), the terrible process of getting on to The Apprentice, and how Omarosa hides things by...2018-08-2259 min
Says Who?MOUNTAIN DANHe's got a big beard, a skillet full of beans, a loyal dog, and he's in an Airstream trailer in the middle of Montana. It's MOUNTAIN DAN, and his sidekick, METROPOLITAN MAUREEN. Together, they solve crime!
Okay. They don't solve crime. They record podcasts. And in Dan's case, they do it sitting on the floor of the trailer, by tethering a phone to a computer. This is the most rough and rustic Says Who yet--the last, fullest expression of summer. Dan is out experiencing America. Maureen is doing what she always does--sitting around in New York.
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Says Who?VLAD TO HAVE YOUEvery time Dan and Maureen say that too much has happened in the two weeks since the last episode, but this time they mean it, they really, really do. Because it has been too much. When you try to drill down into it, you find there is no it and no drill and you've just been falling while pretending to drill like a CHUMP.
But that won't stop Dan and Maureen. Why would they stop? Or did they mean to say why wouldn't they stop? lol. That's a Trump joke. Everything is funny now.
Obviously...2018-07-251h 00
Says Who?INTO THE WOODSWhat's that sound coming from the trees? Why, it's Dan and Maureen, emerging in podcast form! Maureen was in England, doing more marriage things. She was in the English woods, where the WiFi is not so good. (Hence the delayed episode.) Dan is almost three weeks into his Airstream tour of America.
So what have our travelers learned? Well, while Maureen was in England, it decided to fall apart. Brexit is not going well, and the government is splintering. England is also preparing for Trump's visit with a giant balloon!
Meanwhile, Dan reflects on our...2018-07-1345 min
Says Who?THE DAY OF THE JACKETYodelheeehoooo! Put on your hat because it's time for another trip up Bullshit Mountain with your pals Maureen and Dan. Both Maureen and Dan have done good Life Things in the last two weeks, but news gotta new and it continues to break headlines and spirits. Maureen is now married. Dan is cruising around America in a sweet airstream trailer. Trump is ripping families apart.
While this episode was being recorded, news of the Muslim Ban broke in, so there is real time reaction. How do we do good things while bad things keep happening? This is...2018-06-2758 min
Says Who?BRIDE OF SAYS WHO with Peter SagalDING DONG DING DONG DING DONG! It's WEDDING TIME at Says Who! Maureen is getting married and everything is fine. She has everything ready to go, nothing weird is happening in the world, and...
Well, no. It's not exactly like that. But she is getting married. And so is guest Peter Sagal of NPR's Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me! Peter drops in to talk about hoping, coping, and making the news funny when everything is a raging garbage fire. Oh, and weddings! Peter is getting married first, so he wins. There's some real talk about depression and...2018-06-131h 05
Says Who?THE DAYS OF OUR LIESSummer summer summer! It’s here! Time for sand, sun, fun, and cooking s’mores on the dying embers of democracy and our sanity!
Dan and Maureen convene once again to take stock of what is happening to all of our minds. Why, for example, is our President pointing at an Invisible Melania? How do we respond when we’re straight-up told that Spygate is made up? Whither the bag o’phones?
Nothing makes sense. Which is why it’s time to choose our own summer adventure. Dan tells a story about wrestling. Maureen also tells a st...2018-05-301h 01
Says Who?FIFTY SHADES OF SAYIt was never supposed to be this way. Says Who, the little eight-episode podcast, is now on its 50th EPISODE! FIFTY!
Dan has returned from Disney and has tales of Dole Whip and the Haunted Mansion. Maureen did not go to Disney and has tales of being at home watching the news, which mostly means watching Rudy Giuliani do whatever it is Rudy Giuliani does.
What have we learned over the course of 50 Says Whos? How are we coping? What would we tell our past selves? And how can we get a sponsor?
...2018-05-161h 00
Says Who?DAYS OF FUTURE PASTHey hey hey! It's the cast from the past! This week, Dan is at DisneyWorld and Maureen is not. Because Dan is at the Happiest Place on Earth, this podcast was recorded early. So you know things we don't! No spoilers!
This episode, we answer your questions. How did we know Michael Cohen would be such a star? How do you get through the day when things get hard? Will Maureen's wedding be broadcast on PBS? What do we do first at DisneyWorld? So many questions. We'll tell you our answers, and you can tell us how...2018-05-021h 00
Says Who?WORKIN FOR A LIVINAre you looking for work? Have you considered the White House? They've got some openings and don't seem to check qualifications, so why not. Maureen and Dan earn their podcast living today by looking at the recent upheaval at the White House and discuss the weird jobs that they've had that maybe make them just as qualified as the rest of these jokers. I mean, it couldn't be worse than working in a haunted restaurant right?
Plus, Maureen and Dan take it to the maxx by talking about the March for Our Lives and Stormy Daniels, the...2018-04-041h 00
Says Who?GOOD GRAVYDan and Maureen are sleepy. Very sleepy. They would like a nap. There has been too much 2018 this week. But in SaysWhovia, we sleep in 2019, at Disneyworld.
What have we learned in the last two weeks? We learned that Rex Tillerson uses a toilet, that Trump's lawyers are the weirdest people in the world, that Russia is acting like a serial killer in a movie, that you don't fire a guy the day before he retires, and you never play games with Stormy Daniels. Also, Dan has a new catchphrase! And we have a new sponsor!
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Says Who?GET THEE TO SAM NUNBERGERYWhat light is this? What strange sparks? Why, it is a train of goons! Goons!
This week, Dan and Maureen gaze in wonder and awe at the universe of 2018. This two week period began with Marco Rubio getting nailed in his big, dumb face at the CNN town hall and it ended with a beautiful trail of sparks as one of the brightest lights in the sky flew past. Yes. Sam Nunberg, a.k.a. Mr. Maureen Johnson, entered our lives. We need to grab this comet by the tail and ride.
Did other things...2018-03-071h 00
Says Who?A CASE OF THE WHOOPSIES IN THE PANTSIES with Ashley FeinbergThere's a lot to wrestle with these last couple weeks. There's the awful, heartbreaking news that came out of Parkland Florida. There's the surprise indictments by Robert Mueller. There's the continued awful sh*tposting from Trump in Florida. And then there's a news report that Maureen was perhaps born for: That the government is proposing creating a "Blue Apron-type program" to replace food stamps. How terrible an idea is that? Let Maureen take you there (if Dan will let her).
In addition to struggling with the news, Dan and Maureen are joined by Ashley Feinberg, a reporter...2018-02-211h 08
Says Who?IN MEMO-RIAM with Spencer AckermanMaureen and Dan have had a busy couple of weeks, not because they've been keeping up with the news--the memo stuff has admittedly been pretty confusing--but because they've been making things. Maureen has a book out and Dan just launched a Kickstarter and they spend some time talking about how hard it is to actually make things right now with the whole world amped up to 11. Come for the conversation about creation, stay for the dog completely losing her sh*t in the middle of it.
Now about that memo: Maureen and Dan weren't kidding about being...2018-02-071h 08
Says Who?PAGING DOCTOR CHILL M.D.Maureen has been away on a tour for her new book and hasn't been keeping up with events. What has been going on? Dan has been keeping up with events from hospital waiting rooms and from his basement in Chicago and he is...not handling it well. It's been the most Trumpy two weeks of all time.
What's on the menu? Shithole countries, fake photo ops, 22 minutes of trying to mute a call, a missile warning in Hawaii, MLK day spent on the golf course, Starburstgate, a cognitive test, a question of height, the Fake News Awards...2018-01-241h 01
Says Who?THE SAYS WHO BOOK CLUB with Eve PeyserGreetings book lovers! Grab a bag of Big Macs and Fillets o Fish and join us over here in the book nook because things get pretty literary this week. First off Maureen has a NEW BOOK and you should pick it up. But Maureen's not the only author with a new book in stores, nope. Michael Wolff's Trump tell-allish Fire and Fury came out this week and Maureen and Dan forced themselves through it so that you don't have to. Really. You don't have to.
Not the hoity-toity literary type? Don't worry because this episode we're also...2018-01-101h 06
Says Who?Potty Magnet New YearsDan and Maureen come together by the fire at the end of December to ring out the old year and welcome the new (DEAR GOD YES PLEASE THE NEW). They show 2017 the door with much less patience than Maureen explaining the pee tape to her mother while at the bank, which, yes, happened. This because of a truck with a window decal that decidedly did not read "potty magnet".
But this episode isn't just about shedding the curse of 2017, it's also about talking about what's been learned and how it's changed the way we're thinking about 2018. Sayswhovians...2017-12-2757 min
Says Who?THE BLUE APRON HOLIDAY SPECIAL* with Parker MolloyHO HO HOLLLLLY SHIT! We've almost made it through 2017, Sayswhovians! It's time for HOLIDAY CHEER! Let us sing songs, and feast, and count our blessings. Dan and Maureen are ready. Sort of. Maureen has flooded her apartment and Dan has a fever. But they're still ready to jingle all the way to the Alabama special election results! Or something! Look, there is singing.
Just when you think it couldn't get more merry, Parker Molloy comes down the chimney to spread GOOD CHEER. We talk coping and rabbit poop. And, once again, our friends at Blue Apron bring...2017-12-131h 02
Says Who?KATAMARI DEMOCRACYIt's been a couple weeks since the last full-politics episode of Says Who and... a lot has happened. Life stuff, Trump stuff, good stuff, bad stuff--just lots and lots of stuff.
So this episode, Dan and Maureen just roll it all up into a ball that keeps getting bigger and bigger and bigger. How did Dan's Thanksgiving tacos turn out? It's in the ball! What was Maureen's sex-ed class like in high school? It's in the ball! Is Eric Trump the stupidest of all the adult Trump children? It's in the ball! Which princesses are official Disney...2017-11-291h 04
Says Who?THANKSGIVING STARDEWCASTIt's THANKSGIVING, Saywhovians! It's a special episode just for the holiday, and it contains NO TRUMP. Dan and Maureen talk food and holiday tradition for a bit, and then they are rejoined by Helen Rosner to take a trip to Stardew Valley.
What's Stardew Valley? Only the best, most peaceful video game. Is it even a video game? It is actually a way to discover who we really are? If you don't know it, then you're about to find out about it. And if you do know it, then you are about to go deep. Can you...2017-11-221h 05
Says Who?THE KETCHUP CONNECTION with Helen RosnerDan and Maureen are not playing around anymore. The yarn is all around the room and there are pins all over. The crazy wall is showing a pattern, and that pattern is based on ketchup. Food writer and all around amazing person Helen Rosner is back to help break the case. What does it all mean? Does Trump eat fried mushrooms? What about ranch dressing? WHY ALL THE BEEF? We are THISCLOSE to cracking this wide open.
Oh, and ELECTION DAY! We won! We have hope again! We are full of good news! Also, Dan has built...2017-11-151h 10
Says Who?INDICTMENT DAY EARLYCAST!Oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy. Today was such an amazing day that Dan and Maureen sat down to record early. Copetober had one more surprise in store, and it was a big one. It was the Great Pumpkin, Saywhovians! And Dan and Maureen are here for it. In fact, the import of this day may have evicted them from the remains of their minds. What is this warm and glowing feeling? Is it HOPE?
Yes, it is INDICTMENT DAY!!
Manafort woke up bright and early this morning and drive himself...2017-10-3157 min
Says Who?PUMPKIN SPICERSo, this year, huh? RIGHT????
Dan and Maureen share some personal info, and then they dive right into a crisp pile of Copetober leaves. Maureen has a new idea for a service. Dan likes boxes. Dan likes boxes so much more than you will ever know. We get a new Says Who recipe, and Maureen delivers another story about her aunt who had the suicidal bird. Dan learns what PSL stands for.
YOUR questions are answered. Need a funny book? A good pie? How about a mental image that will never, ever go away? It's...2017-10-181h 01
Says Who?COPETOBER!Okay. So. Even by 2017 standards, the last two weeks have been a bit much. So Dan and Maureen are stepping back and devoting an entire episode to COPING and YOUR QUESTIONS. First, Dan and Maureen take a quick trip to Puerto Rico with the President. Maureen talks about the potato chip van. Dan remembers the World's Finest chocolate bar. You ask: how do you get things done in 2017? How do you cope with right-wing co-workers? Should there be more debates? Is the Disney Dining Pass worth it? And is there an official Says Who cocktail?
We get...2017-10-0459 min
Says Who?THE SAYS WHO BACK TO SCHOOL WHOTACTULAR with Laura MoserWell, we've had a nice, quiet summer during which nothing happened. It was all good times and cookouts and swimming in the old swimming hole and also...no, everything happened, that's right. Everything happened. Our mistake. Like that one day the other week when literally everything happened at once? Remember that? Of course you do.
But it's back to school time! Maureen is excited about school supplies! Dan is not! Dan copes by driving Route 66. Maureen will clean your computer and she saw pizza falling from a tree. These are magical times we live in. Our hosts...2017-09-061h 02
Says Who?DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONSIt's an end of summer Says Who, and Dan and Maureen are coasting it out before the fall comes and we all go back to school. We talk about swimming pools! Doughnuts! DisneyWorld! Nazis!
Oh yeah. Nazis. How the hell did we all end up talking about Nazis--is something we all ended up asking ourselves. And the Confederacy. Things we thought, you know, we'd worked out.
Maureen explains how she threw herself down a Facebook hole into a bad conversation, because the weird, the bad, the difficult...these things can't be avoided. There's no looking...2017-08-231h 02
Says Who?THE PROFESSOR IS IN with Roman Mars and Elizabeth JohIt hasn't been an easy two weeks. Dan has been going through some serious stuff, which means he has been away from the news. Maureen has been keeping up, but she was also attacked by a fish, a cough, and a dog leash. Both try to parse the many feelings and sensations this news cycle brings about.
To help bring clarity and actual INFORMATION, Radiotopia's Roman Mars and Constitutional law professor Elizabeth Joh come by to explain things like collision, obstruction of justice, the 25th Amendment, and lupus. (That last one, they do not explain, actually. But...2017-07-121h 06
Says Who?WHY IS THIS STILL HAPPENINGIt's time for an old-fashioned dose of your friends Dan and Maureen losing their minds in real time! Dan has had a legitimately terrible few weeks, so its just no guests, mics on, and GO.
It's time to talk coping, healthcare, fake Time Magazine covers, rubbing your school bus driver's shoulders as you careen down a hill, the latest scandals at Disney's Hall of Presidents (complete with EXCLUSIVE SAYS WHO SOURCES)--you know all the stuff you'd expect in this, the darkest timeline.
Plus, Maureen thinks up a new revenue stream because Blue Apron never...2017-06-281h 06
Says Who?THE SAYS WHO DISNEY SPECTACULAR with Hal Lublin and Mark GagliardiIt's been a long two weeks and Dan is done. It's all just gotten to be too much. Maureen is ready to talk about Comey and sentient banjo Jeff Sessions but Dan cannot do it any more. How can we save Dan Sinker before he is sunk? Maureen has an idea: A FULL-ON DISNEY SPECTACULAR with podcast superstars (and Disney superfans) Hal Lublin and Mark Gagliardi!
We've long promised that when Trump leaves office--by resignation, impeachment, massive constipation from too much beef--we are off to Disney World. Well today we decide that a wish is a dream...2017-06-141h 06
Says Who?A HEDGE SALAD IS A SALAD with Clara JefferyWell that escalated quickly.
Maureen and Dan play catch up with the events surrounding the sudden firing of FBI Director James Comey. Sure, he didn't do well by Clinton's emails, but all indications are he was leading pretty deep investigations into all this Trump Russia stuff.
Aaand, now he's not. That's convenient.
Oh, and the Russia stuff? Now they're in the Oval Office too. Sure, why not.
We also learn about Trump's dessert preferences, what he likes on his salad (surprisingly, not Russian Dressing), and Maureen begins to build a Stranger...2017-05-171h 05
Says Who?A NEW SALAD IN TOWN with Tarini PartiHappy 100 days of Trump! And what a hundred days they have been, full of...wait. Forget all that. Maureen has an important salad report. She's gone back to 1972 and brought back something green. Green and fluffy.
But it's not all salad. Maureen and Dan are joined by Buzzfeed's Tarini Parti to talk about about the creeps and hustlers in orbit around Trump. How did the local bars around Mar-a-lago suddenly become a nexus of political gossip, scams, and all around strange happenings?
Back in the hundred days... why hasn't anyone looked into the Civil War...2017-05-031h 07
Says Who?OH SHIP!Ahoy! Maureen is on a boat. Specifically, she is on the Joco Cruise—a ship full of musicians, podcasters, comedians, artists, and nerds, which is happily sailing the Baja peninsula. She’s been a little out of touch, what with all the shows, games, and taco bars she has to attend. Dan is left to fill her in on what’s been happening. And what has been happening? Oh, nothing. It’s been super quiet since last Tuesday. Except for the news about Russia, Jeff Sessions, the accusations of wire tapping, the new travel ban, and the Trumpcare bill. Just tho...2017-03-0843 min
Says Who?CUT AND RUNDan spent last night sitting up watching Trump’s speech. Maureen spent last night in the emergency room getting her finger sewn up and missed Trump speech. How did Maureen hurt her finger? On a Dole Whip. Who had the better night? We know the answer. Maureen did. She is living the Says Who dream.
After two strange weeks in the gaslit fog of the Trump presidency, we gather once again to discuss haunted mansions, bizarre speeches, lies, deceit, ketchup on steaks, and yes, Dan’s personal favorite, Mar-a-Lago!
Who let KellyAnne put her feet on t...2017-03-011h 06
Says Who?A WEDGE SALAD IS NOT A SALAD[Note: there is some strong language in this podcast, as the hosts are losing their grip. If you are a teen listening to this: STAY IN SCHOOL.]
Like many of you, Dan and Maureen have lost all sense of what time means. Now that every day feels like a year, they are struggling to compress two weeks of Trump news into one podcast. This is a near-impossible task, but that won’t stop them.
We visit Dan’s Crazy Wall, where he is pointing his laser pointer to the new Mar-a-Lago and Michael Flynn wings. Maur...2017-02-151h 08
Says Who?THE SILVER TRACKWhat the hell just happened? Is something you might be asking yourself. Because something is happening every damn hour. This is Trump's America now, where if you stop for a minute, you're catching up for a year.
Dan has returned from a week in Disneyland and LA; no longer able to escape into Dole Whip heaven, he has run directly into the fire. Maureen has been here all along and is charred all over. She never had a Dole Whip.
Together again, they drill down into coping and action and take a journey through the...2017-02-0158 min
Says Who?INAUGURATION BATTLE STATIONSWell, here we are. We’ve gotten on the roller coaster car, the bar has come down, and now it’s making that tick-tick-tick as it takes us up the big hill. This is happening.
Dan and Maureen discuss the glories of the inauguration entertainment lineup. Maureen is kind of obsessed with it. Dan’s is thinking about his escape to Disneyland. His hotel sells Dole Whip. IN THE HOTEL.
But most of this episode features YOU, the listeners, calling in and telling us what you plan to do for the inauguration.
The only w...2017-01-1855 min
Says Who?THE SAYS WHO HOLIDAY SPECTACULARHo Ho Ho holiday pals! Maureen and Dan don their kerchiefs and caps, force their faces into a grin-like shape and settle down for a long winter's nap.
Sure, Santa stops by for a moment, but then he finds out about Trump. And then Dan and Maureen are left to talk about cults, conspiracy theories, and the insane, awful reality we all now find ourselves in.
But it's not all gloom: They also bring you the first annual Says Who Holiday Gift Guide--full of actually useful ideas for ways of supporting journalism, the arts, your...2016-12-241h 06
Says Who?Nanocast: A WISH IS A DREAM YOUR HEART.... ah forget itIt's an Audio Update from Dan. We have to take a couple weeks off the show so Maureen can finish your new favorite book, so Dan slides into your headphones to let you know we're alive and also to give you some Says Who Approved charities and organizations that we're supporting here in the post-election holiday season. Wish upon a star or whatever you do this holiday season and we'll see you soon!Organizations we're helping out right now:From Maureen:The American Civil Liberties Union fights for your constitutional rights. They're gearing up...2016-12-0904 min
Says Who?DAWN OF THE DONALDOnce again, Dan and Maureen set up mics and record their rough impressions of the 21 days after the election. We’ve woken up in a weird new world.
Much like people in a zombie movie, Americans are wandering around wondering what the hell is going on and trying to figure out how to make tools to fight. Life went on as Trump floated above like a demented Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon from hell.
Dan has been at breakfast buffets in Iowa. Maureen couldn’t outrun the news in Dublin. Now, they’re back and having a raw...2016-11-3057 min
Says Who?THREE IS A MAGIC NUMBER with Molly BallSubscribe on iTunes here. We are also available on most podcatching platforms, so you can listen to us however and wherever you like!
We did it! We made it through the third debate! Everything is fine now. Except, who is at the door? What’s that strange machine? Did you know that there have been twenty-five debates in this election cycle? Did you want to know that? Neither did we.
Dan is eating too much pie. Maureen has been up to something. And Molly Ball from The Atlantic speaks to us, fresh off a plane fr...2016-10-2145 min
Says Who?THE GHOST OF TWOoOoOoo DEBATES with Jamelle BouieSubscribe on iTunes here. We are also available on most podcatching platforms, so you can listen to us however and wherever you like!
After living through the leaked Trump tape and the second debate (not to mention the VP debate that feels like a million years ago but was actually a week ago), Maureen and Dan try to get out of covering the election, but a spectral visitor brings sets them back on task. The ghost that visits them is nowhere near as terrifying as reality, as the Republican party splits with Trump and the second debate...2016-10-1233 min
Says Who?SEX, TAXES, AND AUDIOBOOKS with Farai ChideyaSubscribe on iTunes here. We are also available on most podcatching platforms, so you can listen to us however and wherever you like!
Maureen has been listening to audiobooks at night; Dan has some serious questions about where she’s been getting them from. No one has been sleeping much, not Maureen, or Dan, or Donald Trump. It has been a week of midnight creeping, late night tweeting, and general mayhem. Debate meltdowns, imaginary sex tapes, leaked taxes, and increasingly inflammatory proclamations--how to cope with it all? Enter 538’s Farai Chideya, who has been traveling the country this...2016-10-0544 min
Says Who?THE GREAT DEBATE COASTER with Chris HayesSubscribe on iTunes here. We are also available on most podcatching platforms, so you can listen to us however and wherever you like!
Something strange is happening in the Says Who? studio. Dan and Maureen are visited by a terrible spectre with a strangely familiar voice. Dan isn’t sleeping and Maureen walks through her troubled theme park past. MSNBC’s Chris Hayes comes along and talks about his favorite gum! Also the election. He definitely talks about the election too. Learn what happens behind the scenes on MSNBC, and get a measured take on the debate. Chri...2016-09-2848 min
Says Who?MAKE ANY OTHER YEAR GREAT AGAIN ALSO with Ana Marie CoxSubscribe on iTunes here. We are also available on most podcatching platforms, so you can listen to us however and wherever you like!
In this inaugural episode of SAYS WHO, Dan and Maureen talk to senior political correspondent for MTV news and creator of Wonkette, Ana Marie Cox.
We sing some songs. We talk of tacos, hats, haunted mansions, and balloons. Oh and also the grinding reality of the 2016 Presidential election. Also that. Ana brings the facts. Maureen sings a few times. Dan tries to find the light in a time of shadow.
...2016-09-1440 min
Says Who?Trailer: 537 Days? Dear God. 537 Days.Subscribe on iTunes here. We are also available on most podcatching platforms, so you can listen to us however and wherever you like!Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker say hello, grapple with time being unforgivingly linear, and introduce Says Who? the new podcast dedicated to surviving the last eight weeks of this never-ending election cycle.This episode is just a taste of what's to come, with full-length episodes dropping weekly starting this week. Stock up on your election survival gear, but don't forget to pack your podcast player because we're getting through this election together.2016-09-1104 min