7/27/23: GDP growth spikes, UFO hearings explode

Jul 27, 2023

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-- On the Show:

-- Valerie Fridland, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Nevada-Reno and author of the new book "Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English," joins David to discuss changes in language, the use of discourse-marking words, the relativism of language, and much more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3q7fw3e

-- Bidenomics continues to charge forward with Q2 GDP coming in 33% higher than expected at 2.4%

-- The House of Representatives holds its much-anticipated UFO hearings

-- Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appears to have a medical event during a press conference, inexplicably freezing in silence for about 30 seconds

-- Failed former President Donald Trump tries to explain Trumpism in a bizarre video and fails badly

-- 2024 Republican presidential candidate and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says that if he becomes President, he would put Robert F. Kennedy Jr in charge of either the FDA or CDC

-- 2024 Republican presidential candidate and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis attempts to reboot his failing campaign by replacing "woke" with "narrative" during his public statements

-- The Eggman jokingly wonders whether global warming might actually be the cause of myocarditis in men

-- On the Bonus Show: Judge declines to approve Hunter Biden plea deal for now, judge vacates Bowe Bergdahl's conviction and dishonorable discharge, Elon Musk's Twitter rebrand of "X" gets site blocked in Indonesia, much more...

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