Getting Hammered

We aren't sure who's still listening to Dr. Anthony Fauci, but he officially declared it safe to visit with family during the holidays. Businesses are changing shipping and packaging to fight supply chain woes, CNN takes a mostly unsuccessful drive around Brooklyn in a self-driving car, and a former Obama economic advisor gets real on inflation.Times 00:11 - Segment: Welcome to the Show 07:39 - Segment: The News You Need to Know 07:40 - Anthony Fauci says it's okay for the vaccinated to enjoy the holidays 22:00 - Britney Spears freed from conservatorship 27:14 - Shipping containers and supply chains 32:18 - CNN takes a self-driving car for a (mostly unsuccessful) spin in Brooklyn 39:14- Segment: You Love To Hear It 39:21 - Former Obama economic advisor gets real on inflation

There's drama in the White House—Kamala drama, that is. Mary Katharine and Vic talk about tumultuous relationships in the White House, as well as the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, a football miracle, dating while living with your parents, and Taylor Swift making money off of a relationship that ended more than a decade ago. Times 00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show 05:03 - Segment: The News You Need to Know 06:20 - Closing arguments of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial 14:40 - Kamala Drama 18:58 - The Detroit Lions did not lose 21:33 - The Atlantic story on dating while living at home 27:00 - The New York Times is concerned that there's no Covid vaccine for pets 29:39 - Decoding the Swifty drama

Kamala Harris fakes a French accent, Michigan's Attorney General has one too many Bloody Marys, and Morgan Ortagus rips Adam Schiff on the ViewTimes 00:13 - Segment: Welcome to the Show 06:06 -Segment: The News You Need to Know 06:45 - One too many Bloody Marys for Michigan's Democratic Attorney General 10:55 - Secretary of Education, teachers union head say no more masks outdoors for kids 17:08 - American campaign to vaccinate kids off to good start 20:37 - Updates on New Jersey State Senator Ed Durr 24:37 - Kyle Rittenhouse trial 34:57 - Car break-ins up in San Francisco 44:00 - Cotton Candy Lobster caught off the coast of Maine 46:14 - Bacon wrapped... presents? Feat. Coolio 51:11 - Segment: We Love to Hear It 51:49 - Morgan Ortagus rips Adam Schiff on the View

Is it Daylight Saving Time or Daylight Savings Time? Is inflation actually good for us? And will the BIF help with that? Mary Katharine and Vic answer these questions and talk T-Mac, breathalyzers, and mask mandates. Times 00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show 04:02 - Segment: The News You Need to Know 04:07 - 32nd anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall 07:40 - Our very own Vic Matus snaps a photo with Terry McAuliffe 12:47 - Daylight Saving(s) Time (and people complaining about it) 19:00 - MSNBC asks: Is inflation actually a good thing? 26:58 - Will the (very pricey) Infrastructure bill help with that? 33:00 - Mandates and masks 41:53 - An update on the diapered astronauts

Mary Katharine and Vic talk elections, and this week's biggest upsets, as well as the Supreme Court's latest concealed carry decisions and our hobby horse: vaccine mandates for kids. Times 00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show 06:15 - Segment: The News You Need to Know 06:33 - Results of the Virginia governor's election 11;15 - The Lincoln Project and the tiki torch stunt 24:50 - New Jersey democrat falls to unlikely challenger 29:50 - Winsome Sears wins the race for lieutenant governor in Virginia 31:13 - Supreme Court hands down decision on concealed carry 33:12 - San Francisco mandates vaccines for kids as young as five 39:37 - Space diapers 41:00 - Segment: Hosts in the Hot Seat

Mary Katharine and Vic are back to chat numbers, from the Virginia governor's race to spending bills to plummeting poll numbers for the Biden administration to the original prices for McDonald's hamburgers. Times 00:13 - Segment: Welcome to the Show 09:05 - Segment: The News You Need to Know 09:09 - The Virginia Governor's Race 14:06 - Tiki torch antics 16:47 - Updates on the Infrastructure and Reconciliation bills 22:03 - New Jersey governor's race 24:29 - Americans lose confidence in President Biden, Democrats, according to NBC Poll 28:40 - Let's Go Brandon 35:20 - Kanye West's Sunday Service featuring Justin Bieber and Marilyn Manson 37:50 - The original McDonald's menu

Mary Katharine Ham welcomed her third daughter into the world this weekend. So where else would she be four days after labor than the recording studio, with Vic, chatting about the experience?

A protests against Dave Chappelle's uncancellable (and very funny) Netflix comedy special, vaccine mandates for kids, an ad war in the Virginia governor's race, and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's wise words on race and education. Times 00:11 - Segment: Welcome to the Show 06:02 - Segment: The News You Need to Know 07:04 - Protests against Dave Chappelle's Netflix comedy special 17:41 - The not-so-nefarious list at Coastal Carolina 24:08 - Coronavirus vaccine mandates for children 32:21 - Update on the Virginia governor's race (and an ad war!) 38:47 - Richmond Public Schools will close schools during election week for the "emotional health of teachers" 40:44 - Donald Trump starts a new social network, Truth 41:54 - Wise words from former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice 45:12 - Segment: Hosts in the Hot Seat

The Virginia gubernatorial race is the b word. Bellwether, that is, for what's to come in 2022 and 2024. Mary Katharine and Vic pay tribute to the late Colin Powell, fact-check Fauci's football season fears, and talk about teens developing the TikTok tics.Times 0:10 - Segment: Welcome to the Show 05:59 - Segment: The News You Need to Know 06:02 - Rest in peace, Colin Powell 10:00 - Virginia governor's race 17:05 - Vice President Harris releases video for black churches endorsing Virginia Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe 19:00 - Allison Williams quits ESPN over vaccine mandate 22:58 - NFL free agent Cam Newton gets vaccinated 24:11 - TSA vaccination rates post federal mandate 27:41 - Biden administration reverses Trump's shower head deregulation 30:55 - Football and a Fauci Fact-Check 37:00 - Thomas Jefferson statue to get the boot from New York City's city hall 40:37 - Teens develop tics from TikTok 45:32 - Segment: Hosts in the Hot Seat

To McDonalds, to space, to Boston, to Barnes and Noble (to pick up a copy of Katie Couric's new book). Mary Katharine and Vic are "Going There." Times 00:20 - Segment: Welcome to the Show 10:06 - Segment: The News You Need to Know 10:15 - The great inflation situation 17:27 - Energy prices spike 20:34 - William Shatner goes to space (and not just in a Hollywood studio!) 25:58 - Katie Couric reveals in her new book, Going There, that she edited out parts of an interview to "protect" the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg 33:04 - The Boston Marathon winner's time 35:44 - Senator Kirsten Sinema's foot injury curbs a climate activists' protest during the Boston Marathon 37:57 - Segment: Hosts in the Hot Seat