Clavicular's Arrest & the Manosphere Pipeline, Nolan Wells Autopsy Update & A Massachusetts Lesbian Bar's Very Public Implosion
The Moment LIVE! Politics & Culture, ExplainedShow Notes
Bulwark senior reporter Will Sommer joins to break down Clavicular's arrest on sexual assault charges in Massachusetts: the pattern of escalating behavior, how he got kicked out of Sacred Heart University for giving unlicensed med spa treatments in the dorms, his connections to the Israeli mafia, his recent drug overdose, and what happens to the manosphere pipeline when red pill darlings are charged with rape. Then, the Nolan Wells autopsy: the official state report leaves the cause of death undetermined, documents two bruises on the back of his head, and finds no fluid in his airways. The Mississippi grand jury declined to bring charges, calling it consistent with drowning. Attorney Ben Crump and Colin Kaepernick, who funded the independent autopsy, are pushing for a civil case.
Then, The Last Ditch in Western Massachusetts, one of only a handful of remaining lesbian bars in the country, decided to make Saturday night mask-optional to stay financially afloat. The community meeting that followed, covered by the Boston Globe, revealed one owner’s clown school crashout, the remaining owner’s $50,000 of debt and sleeping in her car to keep the bar open, and a shakeup in the community.
Comedian Megan Gailey co-hosts today's show, fresh off her new special Live From My Driveway.
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00:00 The Moment LIVE: Clavicular Charged, Nolan Wells Autopsy & The Last Ditch Lesbian Bar Drama ft. Megan Gailey
00:45 Megan Gailey on Filming Live From My Driveway Eight Months Pregnant
02:14 Today's Show: JTT, Clavicular, Nolan Wells & the Massachusetts Lesbian Bar That Broke the Boston Globe
04:54 Jonathan Taylor Thomas Was Arrested: Here’s What We Know
06:16 Raising Boys in the Age of Clavicular: What Do You Actually Say?
10:15 Will Sommer on Clavicular's Arrest: Unlicensed Med Spa Treatments, Israeli Mafia & Sacred Heart
12:40 What Happens to the Manosphere Pipeline?
24:51 Nolan Wells Autopsy: Cause of Death Undetermined, Two Head Bruises, No Fluid in Airways
28:01 Deleted Texts and Coverup Claims in the Nolan Wells Case
31:34 Why the Nolan Wells Case Needs a Spotlight, And the Ben Crump Civil Case
33:39 The Last Ditch: A COVID-Conscious Lesbian Bar Made Saturday Mask-Optional and the Internet Exploded
40:49 The Left Can't Give Anyone Grace, And That's Why the Lesbian Bar Burned
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