Congratulations, the Best Is Over by Eric Thomas

In this episode of The More You Know, we deliver a full yikes report straight from the latest news in pop culture. From Lizzo's legal dance-offs, to TikTok canceling true crime podcasts, to Netflix promising us a full slate of mediocrity, we've got it all covered in "The More You Nope". Plus Erin of Grievances pops in for a special moment. 

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• NO CHEF // Lizzo versus her dancers (Indi Aside: I’m not going to look up how someone shoots something out their pikachu because I don’t need the FBI thinking that’s something I’m personally considering.) | Leave us a nice review on Apple Podcasts to counterbalance what Macybee had to say about our salvation | RenWeb | Aliens are real and no one cares! | Sid Degrees of Separation | reality stars want to strike, too | Spy Kids: Armageddon (see also: Gina Rodriguez IMDb | Zachary Levi IMDb | Tom Ellis IMDb | Dylan Sprouse got married to Barbara Palvin) | Should we rethink true crime podcasts? (Not that we want you to listen to other podcasts, but we liked: Serial | Gone South | Accused | Tom Brown’s Body. We also liked the docuseries The Keepers) | It’s t-i-p-i? | Billy Jenson, woof | Fact check: Jimmy Carter is still alive and he once saw an alien! | this is supposedly Obama’s summer playlist | Netflix is super profitable and its most watched properties include Ginny and Georgia (Taylor Swift dissents) and The Mother | upcoming Netflix releases (mentioned: A Family Affair)
• Red light mentions: Lane Kiffin is engaged (see also: Joey Freshwater) | Over Under Achievers | Why do some people dislike the US women’s soccer team? 

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GREEN LIGHTS

• Jamie: book- Congratulations, The Best Is Over by R. Eric Thomas (other essayists Jamie likes: Knox McCoy, Mary Laura Philpott) | book- The Heaven & Earth Grocery Story by James McBride (Previous green lights: The Good Lord Bird, Deacon King Kong. See also: The Montgomery Riverfront Brawl) 
• Knox: book- The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder by David Grann

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