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In this week's episode, Alyssa and Taylor are back and somehow finding the humor in the absolute dumpster fire that is current events — while also getting real about some deeply alarming stuff. First, the serious: the Supreme Court rules that Louisiana must redraw its congressional map to create a second majority-Black district. Alyssa and Taylor unpack what this means for voting rights, gerrymandering, and the broader conservative agenda to roll back progress made in the 1960s. They connect this to Christian nationalism, the Joel Webin crowd that wants to strip women and minorities of the vote, and the disturbing silence of some on the MAGA side since Trump posted that Jesus/doctor AI image — including Alyssa's own MAGA aunt Kathy, who has gone suspiciously quiet. Then they pivot to the "silly" news: Trump's face might be going on limited-edition passports to celebrate America's 250th birthday (yes, really), and Taylor nearly had a meltdown rushing to renew hers before it happened. They discuss Trump's obsession with putting his face on everything — coins, statues, banners — and why his supporters' devotion is like nothing we've seen in modern political history. Riley Gaines enters the chat: she posted a TikTok complaining about her postpartum hospital bills while holding her baby — only to end the video by crediting Trump for pushing the hospital transparency act. The internet had thoughts. Alyssa and Taylor dig into the healthcare hypocrisy of the MAGA right and Taylor makes a genuinely compelling argument for why anti-government conspiracy theorists should actually WANT universal healthcare. Erica Kirk is in her Dark MAGA era and Alyssa and Taylor break down the bizarre video, the strange poster, the grifter energy, the fake casket photoshop, and why Charlie Kirk was never really about dialogue — just gotcha clips against college students. Jimmy Kimmel also makes an appearance — because apparently comedy is only legal when THEY think it's funny. Plus: Taylor is obsessed with ripping Pokémon cards, Alyssa is watching beige-house Amazon haul girls as a form of therapy, Dead Horse Bay may contain radiation but Taylor is going anyway, and Alyssa once followed debate star Tilly on Instagram and has never recovered from the honor. Bonus show on Patreon: YouTube guilty pleasures, Victorian fashion history, trend forecasting, and why the Pearl debate was Alyssa's personal Super Bowl.

Welcome back to The Line Has a Podcast with Jimmy Snow and Alyssa Ljub — Episode 101! This week is an absolute packed episode full of news, laughs, and some truly unhinged moments. We kick things off with Jimmy's unboxing of a new PTZ robot camera for his secret woodworking channel — yes, it's happening. Then we dive into the week's biggest stories: 🌪️ Tornadoes & Why They're Basically an American Exclusive — Did you know over 80% of documented tornadoes hit North America, and most of those hit the U.S.? Jimmy breaks down the science (Rocky Mountains, pressure systems, Coriolis Effect) while sharing his very real, very severe tornado phobia. And yes, pooping in traffic also came up. 🗺️ Virginia's Gerrymandering Referendum — Virginia voters approved a new congressional map that could flip seats blue — and one conservative judge is desperately trying to block it. AOC said "wah wah," Democrats grew a spine, and the hypocrisy of the GOP's anti-gerrymandering tantrum is laid bare. 📊 Trump's 600% Math (It's Not Math) — Donald Trump keeps claiming he cut prescription drug prices by 600%. The problem? That's not how percentages work. Elizabeth Warren grilled RFK Jr. in a Senate hearing. RFK tried to explain it. It got worse. Jimmy breaks it all down with the patience of a saint who is barely holding it together. 🤖 The MAGA AI Catfish: Emily Hart — A 22-year-old medical student in India created a fake blonde MAGA nurse named Emily Hart — big patriotic energy, AI-generated photos, a FanView page — and openly bragged about scamming "super dumb MAGA guys." This is at least the third time this has happened. There was also Jessica Foster. There was an OnlyFans. There were feet. 🔭 Palantir's Terrifying Manifesto — Peter Thiel's surveillance empire just released a manifesto basically arguing that the world needs AI weapons NOW and Germany should stop being limited by having been Nazis. Employees inside Palantir are reportedly asking if they're the bad guys. (They are.) 💊 Trump Reschedules Cannabis — It's a good thing! Cannabis has been moved from Schedule I to Schedule III, meaning it's no longer classified as more dangerous than heroin. Democrats promised this for years and didn't deliver. Trump did it, probably to win back Joe Rogan. We give credit where credit is due — and then immediately contextualize it. Plus: Girl Math explained, "Yesteryear" (the trad wife time-travel book Anne Hathaway just bought), R. Kelly's sentencing, The Boys series finale hype, AI spotting cancer 5 years earlier than humans, and a debate about whether liking girls is actually really gay when you think about it. Subscribe to The Line Has a Podcast on YouTube, follow on Spotify/Apple Podcasts, and support us at patreon.com/calltheline for ad-free episodes and bonus content!

The big story: CNN recently exposed a global online "Rape Academy" operating through a site called Motherless - a platform hosting tens of thousands of videos of women being harassed, drugged, and assaulted, alongside boards where users openly share rape "tips." The story went viral when it was reported that 62 MILLION MEN visited the site - but that number isn't right. It was 62 million hits, not 62 million individual users. And Jimmy is deeply frustrated that instead of moving forward with how horrifying the actual problem is, the entire conversation has devolved into a misinformation fight between people who should be on the same side. Jimmy and Alyssa dig into why accuracy matters - even for the left. Even when it's uncomfortable. They explore rape culture, coercion, consent education, STI disclosure, and why every man in America has at some point been taught something that could have made them a danger to someone. Alyssa brings her full sex educator energy and absolutely delivers on the most important parts of this conversation. Also on this episode: Turning Point USA (or as Alyssa calls it, "Tee Pussay") couldn't fill a mid-sized arena for JD Vance and Trump, and then tried to blame it on "security threats" - until the Secret Service publicly said no such threat existed. Jimmy explains why JD Vance could NEVER do what Trump does and why the cult factor is the whole ballgame. The CDC is on its FOURTH director since last summer. Jimmy roasts RFK Jr.'s qualifications (being jacked is not a medical degree, people). Alyssa clocks that RFK looks like "a hot dog." Dave Chappelle is seemingly trying to distance himself from the right wing's weaponization of his trans jokes - and Jimmy has a hot take about whether we should give him space to grow. Plus: Pete Hegseth quoted Pulp Fiction as the Bible, good fake Bible verses from the live chat, Taylor Swift discourse, Gen Z not calling their senators, Elon Musk's baby mama exposing MAGA influencer operations, and the Sinclair Group's local news script problem. Oh, and Jimmy shows the live audience a massive mystery bruise that might be "a gay nation's flag" on his arm.

Episode 097 of Call the Line is one for the history books — recorded live on April 7th, 2026, because as Jimmy put it, "by the time this would've released, a nuclear bomb might have gone off in the Middle East." And honestly? He wasn't far off. Jimmy and Alyssa break down the most alarming Truth Social posts Donald Trump has ever written — including a declaration that "a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again" — posted just days after writing "Praise Be to Allah" on Easter Sunday. They dig into what it means when the sitting U.S. president openly uses genocidal language to threaten Iran, why the "it's just a bluff" defense doesn't hold up, and what this has to do with the Strait of Hormuz, oil prices, and Trump's poll numbers. The phone lines were open the entire show — and almost no MAGA supporters called in to defend it. Almost. John from Illinois finally called in, and things went sideways immediately — interrupting every sentence, debating the definition of "irony," insisting bombing Iran is secretly great for Taiwan, and eventually rage-quitting when the logic collapsed. Then Andrew from New Jersey called in saying he supports the war "100%" before admitting he can't afford health insurance. Then a 27-year-old from Texas says he's just "agnostic" on whether we should destroy a civilization and wait to see the results. Alyssa also shares news of a MAGA relative posting on Facebook, brings emotional perspective on a friend whose family lives in Iran and can't even be reached due to internet outages, calls out Meghan Kelly for staying on her knees for a man who mocked her menstrual cycle on national television, and opens a birthday present on air — a "Stay Salty" Morton Salt girl sticker (iconic).

Episode 095 of The Line As A Podcast drops on the final day of Jimmy's birthday month, and Jimmy Snow and Alyssa Ljub are not holding back. This week, the duo breaks down the Druski/Erika Kirk viral moment — why whiteface isn't the same as blackface, why that explanation is actually simple, and why the outrage machine is embarrassing itself. Then things get serious: new corroborating evidence has emerged in the sexual abuse allegations against former and current President Donald Trump, and Jimmy gives his most direct take yet on what the accumulation of evidence actually means. From there, they tackle Israel's new death penalty law for Palestinians, the terrifying Idaho bathroom bill that could land trans people in prison for life, Marjorie Taylor Greene's strange evolution away from MAGA, and the Epstein files that Pam Bondi's DOJ seems very uninterested in actually investigating. Jimmy connects the dots between the Iran war and the Epstein news cycle — and the pattern is as cynical as it sounds. On the lighter side: the new Mario movie is out, astronauts are orbiting the moon, and OpenAI's Sora is dead. Plus, the show reveals the name of an exciting new Saturday program coming to The Line Network — the Dvangelicals — featuring Justin from Deconstruction Zone and Sarah from Leaving Faith.

Jimmy and Alyssa spiral through politics, religion, YouTube drama, and death in one chaotic episode. They start with American healthcare and why a “Medicare for y’all” public option is a trap compared to true Medicare for All. Then it’s gas prices, a Georgia woman charged with murder for taking abortion pills, and Trump’s wildly inappropriate Pearl Harbor “joke” to a Japanese reporter. Jimmy jokingly connects Hitler’s death date to Trump’s birth and runs Trump through an Antichrist checklist while they roast the way conservatives once insisted Obama was the Antichrist instead.​ On the creator side, Alyssa talks about watching a Manosphere documentary and why some of her best content comes when she’s exhausted, while Jimmy rants about VR channels and a Christian woodworking YouTuber whose “game‑changer” thumbnails and constant Jesus branding make him want to debate the guy on God. They also dig into Alyssa’s lingering YouTube strike and why you have to fight bogus hits instead of waiting for them to expire.​ The second half gets darker: Trump deploying ICE to airports and using chaos to pressure Democrats into backing the SAVE Act, Trump celebrating Robert Mueller’s death, and Jimmy’s line between celebrating a villain’s natural death and condemning assassination. They hit Bill Cosby’s $19.3 million judgment, billionaire hoarding, and the deaths of figures like Chuck Norris and the OnlyFans CEO.​ In the extended Patreon episode, they go deep on “Under the Banner of Heaven,” the Brenda Lafferty murder case, Mormon history, blood atonement, and what it means to waste your one certain life chasing an afterlife that never comes.

Trump promised “no new wars” and “cheap gas,” but now the U.S. is bombing Iran, gas prices are spiking, and even his own MAGA counterterror official resigned saying there was no imminent threat and the war was pushed by Israel’s lobby. Jimmy and Alyssa dig into how we got here, how much of this is about distraction from Trump’s Epstein‑adjacent scandals, and why his base doesn’t seem to feel the consequences of any of it.​ They also talk about debate culture and platforming: why shows like Jubilee put literal Nazis on camera, how “hate‑watching” once accidentally revived dying Christian reactionary channels, and why The Line is trying to be a counter‑force with a new debate gimmick Jimmy spent all weekend “vibe coding.”​ Alyssa then tells the story of getting slapped by YouTube for a totally standard vulva/vagina medical diagram in a sex‑ed video—only to be forced into a policy training that showed even more explicit diagrams than the one she used. That launches a bigger conversation about America’s fear of real sex education, why so many people don’t know where the cervix actually is, and how creators who teach responsibly get nerfed while porn‑adjacent content thrives.​ Finally, they hit the Florida story: a bill to ban first‑cousin marriage failed, leaving Florida as one of the states where marrying your first cousin is still legal, even as other red states can’t pass basic child‑marriage bans. Along the way they talk about attraction to people who look like our relatives, why that gives them both the ick, and what it says about a culture that will protect cousin weddings before it protects kids or sex ed.​ If you want the extended cut, bonus tangents, and ad‑free episodes, head to patreon.com/calltheline.

Jimmy and Alyssa go from video game brain rot to full political chaos in this episode. Jimmy explains how the new Pokopia game is basically Pokémon‑meets‑Animal Crossing‑meets‑Minecraft and is perfectly designed to destroy years of ADHD progress, while Alyssa talks about why she can’t risk losing her attention span to another hyper‑fixation.​ They dive into Kristi “Crusty Gnome” Noem’s disastrous hearing, taxpayer‑funded luxury jets, the weird “Shield of the Americas” promotion, and Markwayne “jacked thumb” Mullin stepping in as Trump’s new loyalist. They also unpack U.S. airstrikes, bombed schools, and the sinking realization that “we might actually be the bad guys.”​ Jimmy then retells a wild live caller named Tony who starts polite, pivots to “have you served in the military?”, and ends in a full meltdown about Iran, 9/11, liberals, and trans people after Jimmy calmly pushes back. Alyssa and Jimmy break down toxic patriotism, weaponized anger, and why some guys completely disintegrate when you don’t treat their service like a trump card.​ On the personal side, they get into sleep schedules, dog‑parent life, and a big tattoo debate: Jimmy’s “tattoos are colorful scars and ruin nudity” take versus Alyssa proudly defending being a tattooed person and loving flash and matching tattoos. Plus: “Fuck Your Birthday” merch, inside jokes, and Patreon/Discord chaos.​ If you like political commentary, unhinged caller stories, neurodivergent brain talk, and messy tattoo discourse, this one’s for you.​

Trump, aliens, and fake geniuses all collide in this episode as Jimmy and Alyssa unpack another cursed news cycle.​ They open with the Supreme Court blocking Donald Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to slap universal tariffs on imports, and how he’s already trying to route around it with other laws to re‑impose a 10% worldwide tariff anyway. They break down why trade deficits aren’t automatically bad (Jimmy’s grocery store analogy makes it obvious), why universal tariffs are awful for regular people, and what it means that $275 billion in unconstitutional tariff revenue now hangs with no clear plan to refund those who paid it.​ From there, they zoom out to Trump’s open contempt for the Constitution, his refusal to follow Supreme Court limits, and the viewer comment that haunts the whole episode: “Why do I follow any laws if he doesn’t have to?” That spins into authoritarianism, impunity, and how long people are expected to play by the rules when their leaders never do.​ The show then veers into aliens and Elon. After Obama gives a calm, scientific answer about extraterrestrial life, Trump responds like he’s handling classified intel he might have just leaked and promises to “declassify” UFO files. Jimmy and Alyssa explain why that’s nonsense, what “UFO” actually means, and why nobody should trust disclosure from a man who protects abusers.​ Finally, they torch the myth of Elon Musk as super‑genius: the fake top‑10 gamer flex allegedly propped up by paid grinders, a disastrous livestream that made his ignorance obvious, and a pattern of paying for other people’s excellence and taking credit. Sprinkle in K‑pop industry nightmares, aging bodies, brain fog, and weird canker sores, and you get a chaotic, furious, darkly funny hour about living in a world run by the dumbest possible villains.

Alyssa and Jimmy bounce from chocolate-covered strawberries and nerd clusters to the dark reality of American healthcare, TrumpRx, and Trump’s absurd claim that he lowered prescription drug prices by “600%.” They break down what that math would actually mean, compare TrumpRx to Canada’s essentially free-at-point-of-care prescriptions, and talk about why some common meds aren’t even available in the TrumpRx system while sketchy compounded Wegovy-style offers are everywhere.​ From there they dive into Reddit: “things women think about that men don’t,” like planning vacations and outfits around their cycle, antibiotics wrecking birth control and causing yeast infections, and constant vigilance about fabrics, detergents, and vaginitis. Jimmy counters with legendary “guy secrets” like “poop chipping” (cleaning skid marks with your aim), the compulsive need to carry all the groceries in one trip, and how deeply rare compliments land for men. They also talk about social anxiety, men avoiding looking like creeps when walking behind women, and how consent and sexual assault are experienced and processed differently by men and women.​ The episode widens out into pop culture and politics: James Van Der Beek’s death from colorectal cancer and how medical bankruptcy destroys families, Kim Jong-un naming his daughter as heir, and why conservative women with power often start behaving like the worst men.​ Finally, they unload on Pam Bondi’s catastrophic performance in the Epstein/DOJ hearings: her “burn book” of insults, lying under oath about Trump and underage girls, refusing to face victims behind her, clutching the Bible while protecting alleged pedophiles, and getting obliterated by members like Moskowitz, Balint, Raskin, Jayapal, Nadler, Jeffries, and Jasmine Crockett. If you like left-leaning political commentary, dark humor, way too-honest body and sex talk, and detailed takedowns of Trump, MAGA, and the U.S. healthcare system, this one is for you.

Jimmy and Alyssa tackle the latest partial government shutdown, ICE funding fights, and why Democrats keep caving on healthcare while Americans’ costs explode. They go hard at ICE’s six‑figure bonus structure, deportation quotas, and the reality of sick five‑year‑olds locked in short‑term cages while right‑wing media pretends every deportee is a “pedophile.” From there they dig into Grammys “ICE OUT” moments, Bad Bunny’s historic album of the year win and upcoming Super Bowl halftime, and MAGA’s rage that a Spanish‑language artist they “never heard of” is massively more popular than their culture‑war darlings. The back half dives into the new Epstein document dump: Trump’s name all over redacted pages, Elon and Kimball Musk’s “wildest night on the island” emails, and why it matters that this administration fought to keep these files buried while failing to protect victims. Throughout, they hit power, abuse, religion, and political cults with jokes, swearing, and zero patience for fascists, boot‑lickers, or anyone still defending ICE or “Poopsident” Trump.

Ice storms, ICE the agency, Trump’s bruised hands, Nazi anthems in clubs, hentai discourse, and cursed engagement art: this episode is a chaotic tour through everything broken and absurd in America right now.​ Jimmy and Alyssa start with a full‑blown “war on ice” after another Texas ice storm dredges up 2021 grid‑collapse PTSD, joking about flamethrowers, crunchy half‑inch ice on every blade of grass, and “fuck ICE” shirts that feel risky to wear in Trump country. They pivot into politics and media decay: Trump’s obvious health decline, Jack Smith’s testimony, YouTube “journalists” like Nick Shirley getting congressional shine, and why it feels like Idiocracy with Joe Rogan as a trusted thinker.​ They unpack divorce stats, religious shame, and how past generations of women were trapped in marriages with no economic exit, contrasting that with relationships that actually make your day better just by waking up next to your person. There’s introvert‑hell content on social batteries, kicking guests out with timers, and needing 12 hours to recover from one hang, plus a furious segment on Uvalde, “good guys with guns,” Nazi apologists online, and influencers blasting “Hail Hitler” in clubs.​ The episode also hits Elon’s “spicy mode” pornifying normal photos, hentai vs loli and pedophile “propaganda,” US healthcare costs that are thousands a month, and the saga of Alyssa’s Coke‑collecting fiancé and the cursed sausage‑finger engagement portrait. If you like dark humor, left‑politics, internet culture, and two very tired people trying to stay sane, this one’s for you.

Jimmy and Alyssa dive into the killing of Renee Nicole Good by ICE officer Jonathan Ross and the flood of lies used to justify it. They break down the video of Ross stepping in front of her car against DHS policy, drawing his gun, shooting her three times in the head, and calling her a “fucking bitch.” They dismantle a fake “rap sheet” circulating online—wrong name order, wrong birthday, bad math, and impossible dates—along with AI and media smears focused on her being a lesbian poet with pronouns in her bio.​ The episode zooms out to ICE agents allegedly kicking over Renee’s memorial, door-to-door “papers” checks, and Christian nationalists cheering on “comply or die” policing. Jimmy and Alyssa then connect this to Trump pressuring institutions: going after Fed Chair Jerome Powell to hijack interest rates, fantasizing about Greenland’s resources, and even getting museum language softened about his impeachments.​ Dark humor, ADHD life talk, and absurd Trump/Melania moments thread through the rage, making this a brutally honest but strangely cathartic listen.