RAACN week 12

About this episode

In this episode, Rich and Ally explore the absurdities of current events, including Donald Trump's self-declaration as Jesus and various satirical news segments.

Monday 13th April 2026 Lord of the Dance - Donald Trump has declared himself the new Jesus, which is totally normal. But is he the real one? And who will challenge him on this? And why weren’t religious people annoyed about him before? You con’t get this on the grown-up news Tuesday 14th April 2026 - Who Doctor?- Sometimes on a fast moving show like Newsround we get it wrong. Today we make a sincere apology to anyone we have offended. It looks like tomorrow we might have to do more sincere apologies. But more up to the date news that you won’t see in the lamestream media. Wednesday 15th April 2026 - Tomb of Christ - Rich and Ally are back with an exclusive news story for everyone but mechanics, and a live report from the discovery of the tomb of our Lord Jesus Christ. Is he in there or not? Our reporter will tell you, but which reporter will it be today? Thursday 16th April 2026 - Beautiful Butterfly - Rich auditions for Saturday Night Live, but Ally is more interested in the revenge of Jesus in a very heavy Trump/Jesus week. Not too many songs if you don’t like that bit. Why would you only not like that bit, you idiot? Friday 17th April 2026 - Keir - back with all the genital…

People in this episode

Host: Rich

Guest: Ally

Topics covered

• politics
• religion
• comedy
• news satire
• current events
• media critique

Keywords

• Donald Trump
• Jesus
• satire
• news
• comedy
• religion
• politics
• current events

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Lord of the Dance, Who Doctor?, Tomb of Christ, Saturday Night Live

Places: Iran

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