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The men of GLoP (that's Jonah Goldberg, Rob Long, and John Podhoretz) return with another romp through pop culture and politics. This week, some thoughts upon the sunset of the primary season, the folks at Facebook are not our friends, of course some "Game of Thrones" commentary, a fond look back at the Steven Baldwin-Tom Berenger classic Cutaway, and should you write or watch something for free? A GLoP investigation. Finally, a farewell to a beloved friend.

Music from this week's episode: "Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime" by The Korgis

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Hosts:
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Discussion (40)

  • Austin Murrey@AustinMurrey

    It's nice to hear so many people agree with the point that a political party isn't owed allegiance despite personal feelings.

    However I feel this sense will be forgotten, immediately and without reflection, with the first non-Trump Republican presidential candidate.

  • Viruscop@Viruscop
    Let me just add that Gregor Clegane was not dead. He was dying, and Qyburn used some questionable techniques to keep him alive. He did not use magic in the sense that Melisandre used magic ( and this magic does not always work) to bring someone back to life. No mortal on the show has the ability to bring someone back from the dead at will.
  • RyanM@RyanM

    Haven't listened to this yet, but with all the ridiculous "Game of Thrones" commentary happening on this site of late, I'm longing for the good old days when Rob would just sit back and make fun of the guys for watching the stupid show in the first place.

    Rob, can you stop watching, just for the sake of those of us who think GoT is a giant waste of time, and have far better things to do than listen to our favorite political pundits wax philosophical about low-brow nonsense?

    (thanks in advance)

  • RyanM@RyanM

    ... and what in the bloody heck was that clip at the beginning??

    And ROB: wildland firefighters (and anyone else who cuts down trees) use chaps for chainsaw work, and they are not made of leather. Some of them (the super good ones) are, I think, even made of kevlar. Only cowboy and variety show chaps are leather.

    I used to wear those chaps every day, and have made many a joke about posing "nude" with just the chaps, the Hawthorne boots, and a pulaski in my hand... for the record, that picture never happened, but I did know a guy who actually submitted one almost exactly like it (adding the firefighter helmet) to "playgirl." It got published, but I never did see it.

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