Censored
Mary Katharine and Vic have recovered from their Thanksgiving feasts and they're back to discuss Disney's decision to censor an episode of the Simpsons, as well as the new covid variant, fact-checkers, and some very unlucky pub dwellers in England
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Mary Katharine and Vic have recovered from their Thanksgiving feasts and they're back to discuss Disney's decision to censor an episode of the Simpsons, as well as the new covid variant, fact-checkers, and some very unlucky pub dwellers in England
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- 00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
- 11:24 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
- 11:26 - The new coronavirus variant, Omicron
- 24:52 - Journalists and Harvard academics work to identify misinformation in the news
- 31:44 - Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey steps down
- 35:19 - Disney censors Simpsons episode with Tiananmen Square reference in Hong Kong
- 39:48 - Matthew McConaughey announces he will not run for governor of Texas
- 43:00 - England revelers stuck in pub for three days after snowstorm
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