NO PAIN, NO MAINE! PEP with Chas & Dr Dave (Ep 264, 5 June)

NO PAIN, NO MAINE! PEP with Chas & Dr Dave (Ep 264, 5 June)

From PEP with Chas and Dr Dave by Chas Licciardello

June 5, 2026 · 3h 36m

About this episode

Chas & Dr Dave discuss various current events and societal issues with a humorous twist.

Chas & Dr Dave discuss Stealing A Dolphin, The Forced Labor Penguins, and Why You Must Suffer The Consequences! WARNING: This episode of PEP may contain explicit language. Timestamps: 0:00 - Introducing: Dr Dave and George 4:29 - Grateful (Kennedy Centre, FIRE, Marx) 27:57 - Updates (Alabama, USAID) 41:52 - Iran: This Week In Bullshit 1:07:30 - Stats Nug (Women's Jobs) 1:15:15 - Freedom 250 1:35:30 - Slush Fund, We Hardly Knew Ye 1:55:42 - Midterm Primaries (Alaska, Alabama) 2:00:41 - Platner Sexting Controversy 2:16:14 - Return of the Tariffs 2:27:27 - Unleashed: Housekeeping 2:30:04 - Unleashed: Platner Cont. 2:53:23 - Unleashed: Insider Trading 3:11:48 - Unleashed: E. Jean Carroll Investigation 3:19:25 - Unleashed: Pulte Time Homework: * Crime in DC thinkpiece: https://www.niskanencenter.org/washington-dc-crime-decline-and-its-lessons-for-american-policing/ *Jim Carrey's Vanilla Ice impression: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdtKBe7sM48 *Justin Wolfers' Platypus Economics substack: https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/ SHOW LINKS: *Chat with the PEPpers on the Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/WxDD2PPvaW THE (UPDATED) DR DAVE BOOK CLUB MASTERLIST: Danny Funt…

People in this episode

Host: Chas Licciardello

Guest: Dr Dave

Topics covered

Keywords

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kennedy Centre, FIRE, USAID

Books & works: Doomsday Book, To Say Nothing of the Dog, Revolutionary Road, Who Is Government?, Everybody Loses, The Great World, Platypus Economics

Places: Alabama, Iran, DC

More episodes of PEP with Chas and Dr Dave

Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the PEP with Chas and Dr Dave podcast page.