Show Notes
Is the government dangling confirmation of human contact with aliens to divert our attention from more pressing matters? Langston and David are joined by actor Malcolm Barrett to discuss how convenient the timing of alien news is for those in power as well as the possibility of extraterrestrial life at large.
0:00 Cold open: The lore of Yakub
2:59 Have you ever been dunked on?
6:38 The art of the scam
9:38 Intro: The term “wifey”
21:30 Pop-a-shot at home
28:31 David is anti-whimsy
40:18 Conspiracy theory: They’re trying to distract us with aliens
48:01 Coolest American presidents
56:52 Would aliens even want to meet us?
1:01:45 Asian people with non-American accents
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