Episode 84: Frederick Joseph, As Himself, In: The McKaren Park Karen, And An Interview With Paige Harden About Genetics (Early Access, Ad-Free)

The word here is "Bigoteer" - One who makes false or exaggerated claims of bigotry (racism, sexism, homophobia, etc.), usually for self advantage. Frederick Joseph seems to be a professional bigoteer. I guess that's a career options now?

Was just listening to Katie on The Fifth and I wonder who said “hood” first. Was it the women or did she say “Long Island ” only for Joseph to rephrase it to make it worse and she drunkenly accepted his phrasing.

Michael

In the story, the flight attendant offers the woman $1,000 voucher as an apology for having to deal with the guy in the seat next to her being an asshole. It's literally his fault the airline offered to give her money 😆

Nac Mac Feagle is a Terry Pratchett reference, fyi.

Susannah

Just finished this episode with Paige Harden. Looking forward to the patrons-only episode where I assume the two of you dive into The Bell Curve - can’t wait!

Michael

Did anybody else read all the way down Anna Merlan’s smug, condescending piece and find the true ironic gem of the article in the smug, condescending author correction at the very end? The one that isn’t about acknowledging the error of her central thesis (those had to be added by editor’s at the top)? You think she ever once even had the thought of putting her own personal correction in?

That's definitely sexist of you.

"Jesse interviews Kathryn Paige Harden"- Yeah, I found that very hard to listen to, her Valley Girl way of upspeak was very off-putting, I found it hard to take what this person had to say. Maybe that's sexist of me, but she sounds very young and doesn't realize how that upspeak or vocal fry or whatever they call it makes her sound casual, unserious, unprofessional and to me, hard on the ears. I don't know why it is, but compared to British professional women, American women can sound so shrill and affected and don't seem at all aware of this. The upspeak, the vocal fry, the general loudness. Like, the partriarchy is oppressing them so they need to speak louder, seems to be the thinking.

Arundel

I hate to say it, but whenever I hear about a hate crime, I immediately think it's a hoax. I've spent too much time on gay blogs reporting hate crimes, stoking outrage, and then the crime is discovered to be a hoax.

Does Katie’s treatment of her neighbor make her not just a racist-coddler but an actual massagynist? Wakka wakka wakka…

Has Kmele written anything about the dog park video?

Grace M-Thérèse

Hannah Nicole Jones returns.

The Frederick Joseph leaning on his car while looking for his keys is such an obvious slice of bullshit. That BMW has keyless entry and keyless start. It's touch controlled. The door is open. Take a look at the picture.

Why would it be worth $1000 to a flight attendant for someone to put their feet down? They wouldn’t give a shit. They don’t have to sit there.

I think the bit about being black in the context of the messed up AirBNB may be referring to the cultural idea that black people don't mess around with occult/magic/satanic stuff. I think it was on the first season of Keye & Peele where one of the bits they do between sketches talks about it.

Yeah. I noticed that too. I wonder i wonder what the ratio is. He's my favorite author. I even got a Death Of Rats tattoo.

I use ‘hood’ all the time. My hood; your hood; this hood is awful; my hood has more interesting garbage than your hood; Little Red Riding Hood; check under the hood… and it isn’t about race at all. Clearly that guy is a con artist trying to promote himself by policing other people’s language on social media. Woke types who fall for it are saps.

With regards to the "hood" comment: I guess it depends on how that woman usually speaks. If she always refers to neighbourhoods as "hoods". I think we can give her the benefit-of-doubt that it wasn't a racist comment. If she only used the word "hood" in an apparently derogatory reference to a black person's home. Maybe it's fair to suspect her of racism.

Shout out to the Pratchett Fan who I believe I got mentioned twice in this episode or else you have two of them