We forgot to mention this in the episode but today the 8 billionth person is being born on planet Earth. To celebrate, the fat cats at FIFA have decided to throw a World Cup in the most improbable of seasons. Soccer expert Noah Davis joins us for the second time in four years to preview the tournament — and unlike last time, there’s actually a US team to speak of.

The male urge to podcast cannot be stopped at any age. Topics: A deep dive into an experiment with TikTok and the announcement of frustration with a once-favored sports franchise.

Chattin about fat boys in baseball and the wisdom of sports gambling in a society without ethics. Also might no longer identify with bitcoin as a movement, we'll see.

People, it is time we finally talk about Covid-19. Lenny is back from Covidlombia and Brian is raising a child of what will surely be called "the covid generation." Vax drama and more inside :)

Life updates: Brian's new son is making him tired and Lenny is part of the solution not the problem in Colombia. Brian talking about fatherhood: "I need a longer refractory period." Time capsule pt. 4: At covid's end, the libs begin to eat themselves (6m) Three times we got an accidental window into how the world is run - Substack (21m) - CIA's generalized anxiety (28m) - The Super League (38m)

Trumpism is not going away — which begs the question, what exactly is Trumpism? We debate the issue and take stock of what the sunsetting era will mean for future charlatans. We also remember the highs and lows of the Trump years and celebrate a moment in history in which everyone was convinced they could achieve anything while knowing nothing.

The wheels are coming off and the IL boys are here to mumble about it. Covid at the (emotional) halfway point — Labor Day Weekend 2020 — social dissolution, and left's rightful subsuming of sports.

Quarantine life begins with a remotely-conducted podcast talking about the current crisis, the shitty Dem race that basically ended before it began, and eating each other. Sicko Mode > Somebody I Used To Know get it.

IL is taking a long walk off a too-short, badly planned sidewalk into the realm of urban planning. Hear why cars are bad, how a certain Brooklyn moped company is free to operate, and the one time an urban planner ever got angry at a bicyclist.

What's the role of identity and demagoguery in politics? Should we be capitalists? How important is representation in art? Can three white guys talk about this stuff intelligently and not sound pretentious? Let's find out. Join us as we set the Left as straight as we are on these questions and more. Our spirit guide in this discussion is Griffin Sharps, someone who over the last decade has moved from being a dogmatic Communist to a mainstream, capitalism-loving Democrat.