Dan Savage is off to Italy this week—poor Dan!—so we make merciless fun of him while he’s gone and simultaneously install the great Sydney Brownstone in the chair formerly known as the Savage Muscle Throne.
Then, with the help of show stalwart Rich Smith, we discuss the big VICE presidential debate you probably didn’t watch this week; make predictions for this Sunday’s second presidential debate (including a prediction involving Roy Cohn that… well, you just gotta hear Rich explain it); and finally, we discuss the controversy over the recent unmasking of Elena Ferrante, the pseudonymous writer whose real name was allegedly dug up by an investigative journalist, resulting in rage on literary twitter (and in some parts of the real world, too).
Along the way, we also find out what’s inside of Rich’s people suit (and Hillary’s, too).
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