Show Notes
Chas & Guest Pepper Mari Koeck discuss Calvin + Hobbes Diplomacy, The Comey Clown Car Caucus, and Gross Larry Can't Get Horizontal WARNING: This episode of PEP may contain explicit language.
Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:26 - Welcome Mari 07:46 - Mari's Grateful (Josh Johnson) 12:24 - Chas' Grateful (Marie Gluesenkamp Perez) 21:41 - Correspondence (50 Year Mortgages, Pardons, Pelosi) 28:31 - Shutdown Update 36:53 - Ukraine Peace Plan 59:55 - Comey Update 1:21:05 - Epstein Week! 1:38:33 - Epstein (Hungry Like The Wolff) 1:46:07 - Epstein (Wet Hot American (Larry) Summers) 1:56:04 - Epstein (A Bannon Year) 1:58:31 - Epstein (Stacy Plaskett Gives Chas The Shits) 2:26:24 - Epstein (The Ehud Barak Connection) 2:31:01 - Epstein (Releasing The Files) 2:44:51 - Epstein (Correspondence: Tampered Evidence) 2:49:23 - MTG vs Trump 3:16:20 - Goodbyes [Recorded: Friday 21 November 7:40 PM AEST / 21 November 3:40 AM, US EST]
SHOW LINKS: *Chat with the PEPpers on the Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/WxDD2PPvaW
HOMEWORK: * Josh Johnson on Charlie Kirk https://youtu.be/o4ZuXfl4yi8?si=Gk0Moq1KyolIlAp2 * Josh Johnson on Epstein https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5M16u2bAeA * That Justice/Security blog Chas likes, Empty Wheel https://www.emptywheel.net/ * That Harvard Crimson article about Gross Larry Summers https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/11/17/summers-epstein-wing-man-woman-described-as-mentee/
MORE MARI KOECK: * USSC Briefing Room: https://www.ussc.edu.au/podcasts/ussc-briefing-room * USSC Insider: https://www.ussc.edu.au/about/newsletters
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