Noam and Jen try very hard to fit the past week into an hour and….we did pretty well! We discuss Luigi Mangione and how he is not qualified to make final decisions on anyone in the healthcare industry, Biden’s mass pardon / commutation of prisoners on house arrest since COVID and how some non violent offender really do belong in prison, the silline…

Jen and Noam do their very best to tackle all of the important news stories from last week. We have everyone’s favorite segment the Taylor Lorenz Minute where she has given us the concept of rawdogging air and a charming meme celebrating the murder of UHC’s CEO Brian Thompson. From there we talk about the aforementioned murder of Thompson, the vile…

Noam and Jen go over the surprisingly successful offense that anti-Assad forces have mounted in Syria over the past few days, including their retaking of Aleppo (that’s a city in Syria) and their unimpeded march toward Damascus. We discuss what this means as far as downstream effects of actions that Ukraine and Israel have taken, how Iran and Russi…

Jen and Noam discuss Matt Gaetz withdrawing from the Attorney General nomination at Trump’s request and what does it mean, the Ethics report and what could possibly be in it that is so bad that Gaetz gave up his political career to keep it from coming out, the exodus to Bluesky, how skeeting is working out for everyone, how to terraform Mars, and i…

Noam and Jen try to dissect Trump’s bizarre Cabinet nominations, from the stupid to the desperate to the dangerous. We speculate on recess appointments, how everyone hates Matt Gaetz, who will actually make it through confirmation, if any Republican will actually go against Trump on his picks, and the weird hazing of RFK Jr. At the end, we give a b…

Jen and Noam discuss the only thing that happened this week - Donald Trump is officially going back to the White House. We don’t try to unpack all of the things because nobody needs to get in all of their takes in the first week but we give initial thoughts on what the election does and does not mean, how we don’t really have enough hard data to kn…

Noam and Jen spend this last episode before the election discussing the intricacies of the popular anime Neon Genesis: Evangelion, how its themes refer back to the Old Testament, and the value of subjugating one's personal desires to the greater good. Nah, just kidding. They discuss the accusation leveled by Nate Silver and Nate Cohn that the 2024 …

Jen and Noam discuss the decision made by…well not the employees of the Washington Post to not endorse a candidate this election cycle and their disagreements on the importance of it, their agreement that Israel’s strike on Iran’s long range missile and drone manufacturing plants is very important for both the situation in the Middle East and in Uk…

Noam and Jen discuss the dispatching of Yahya Sinwar to the next realm, the deification of him by Western idiots, bricks of cash, Birkin bags, and the hypocrisy of “freedom fighting” while wearing luxury cologne. They also discuss the abysmal state of election polling and why it’s like that now. Jen tries to interest Noam in discussing impromptu da…

Jen and Noam wade into Ta-Nehisi Coates’ wading into the Israeli - Palestinian conflict, Noam compares Coates to an etrog (look that up kids), the CBS struggle session, human safaris, Harry Truman, Jeffery Epstein, the ongoing back and forth at the Israel - Lebanon border, how the UN just sucks so bad, when and how Israel will attack Iran, the alle…

Noam and Jen start the pod discussing the one year anniversary of the 10/7 massacre in Israel and where the various wars stand now, the rather hilarious update on Israel’s penetration of Hezbollah’s communications, the lies circulating about the aftermath of hurricane Helene, AI imagery, the misinformation economy, thoughts on the revised indictmen…

Jen and Noam discuss all things foreign policy - the escalation of Hezbollah leadership to the afterlife, what does it mean for Iran, the US being kept out of the loop by both Israel and Ukraine as to their big military moves, the paper tiger of “escalation”, the US being a crappy ally as of late, Zelensky visiting the US, the propriety of writing …

Noam and Jen are back with a hot, spicy, and sexy episode of Ambitious Crossover Attempt! The pair explore the scandalous tale of young, sexy star reporter Olivia Nuzzi engaging in a tawdry textual affair with RFK Jr., internet muckraker Chris Rufo’s email showing up in the Ashely Madison leak, North Carolina’s GOP gubernatorial candidate Mark Robi…

Jen and Noam discussed last week’s events the way a four-year-old eats; we mashed everything together on the plate and consumed it. From the Trump - Harris debate to Haitians not eating cats in Ohio (or anywhere else apparently), turning eating the dogs and eating the cats into a meme, another crazy person trying to assassinate Trump, and Laura Loo…

Noam and Jen discuss notable conservative podcasters / YouTubers getting busted taking Russian money, the silliness of the “I was deceived!” defense, who is getting a better ROI on their disruption spending, the Tucker / Darryl Cooper interview, the absolute silliness of the idea that the origins and motivations of the players in WWII are simply un…

Jen and Noam discuss the joyful DNC, the rejection of the progressive keyboard warriors and their dumb demands, the contrast between Team Happy and whatever the hell is going on with Republicans, Barack Hussein Obama, RFK Jr. dropping out of the race (kinda) to support Trump, Disney+ canceling The Acolyte after one boring season, the limits of an e…

Noam and Jen enjoy the relative calm of the past week, where the most controversial take was Walz’s taco recipe. They (well at least Jen) enjoyed that there was an actual discussion about economic policy despite it being price controls vs tariffs, Vance is still weird not for the stuff he did in high school and college, the upcoming DNC, a Taylor L…

Jen and Noam are exhausted, and it’s not even mid-August. We cover the Walz as VP drama, stolen valor, word coping mechanisms, The Vibes Election, when is anyone going to interview Kamala, Trump’s wild helicopter rise with a black guy, is Trump mentally slipping, the debates that both will and will not happen, weird goings-on in Trumpland,a nd othe…

Noam and Jen waited for Kamala, but she (or at least her VP nominee announcement) didn’t come. No matter, there was still plenty to talk over; the assissinations of Hamas head Ismael Haniyeh and Hezbollah senior member Fuad Shukr, what it all means for what comes next in the Middle East, the massive prisoner exchange between the US / Germany and Ru…

Jen and Noam do not have to throw a week’s worth of notes in the fire! Hooray! The past week has still been quite eventful; Kamala (or Nancy, really) gets the thumbs up from all the major Democratic players, Joe says goodbye to the campaign trail, the Democratic veepstakes begins, J.D. Vance is confronted with his own statements, and the Normies st…

Noam and Jen ONCE AGAIN have to preempt a whole week’s worth of news to discuss breaking news, this time to discuss Biden’s announcement that he is dropping out of the presidential race (but not resigning) and endorsing Kamala Harris to be the nominee. We give our initial thoughts on Biden’s bow out, where this leaves the pundit class, how this cha…

Jen and Noam once again have to preempt a whole week’s news due to the news of an attempted assassination of Trump. We discuss what we don’t know (and may never know) about the motive for the shooting, The Picture, the weirdness of an assassination attempt being a crime of opportunity, what Trump may or may not have learned from his near-death expe…

Noam and Jen start with the SCOTUS presidential immunity decision (the real news of the week) and Trump already testing the boundaries of the ruling before we move to basically ripping the press to shreds for being a bunch of unserious clout-chasing hacks (except for Alex Thompson) when it comes to the topic of Biden dropping out of the presidentia…

Jen and Noam discuss The Debate, the Debate Discourse, is it cynical for the press to want to yeet Biden into the sun, does Biden yeet himself from the race, the other guy that was at the debate, where does Kamala fit into this conversation, the importance of a good VP pick, who is Trump gonna pick as his running mate, and will we be talking about …

Noam and Jen kick off the official beginning of Election Season by giving our pre-debate thoughts, Jen shares her doubts on if this debate will happen as planned, how Trump is basically the luckiest SOB ever, Jen makes a HotD joke that spirals into a discussion on monarchical succession, how “anti-Zionism” reached new lows, a brief history of Israe…

Jen and Noam discuss SCOTUS deciding that the ATF doesn’t have the authority to enforce the bump stock ban, Hunter Biden’s potential future as a 2A champion (if his dad doesn’t pardon him), 2020 amnesia, AOC and others realizing they are indeed surrounded by antisemites, the recently renewed COVID debate, and doing time on the hunger strike rotatio…

Noam and Jen spend the whole episode discussing K-pop and anime. Just kidding. They spend the entire episode discussing the breaking news that four hostages taken from the Nova music festival were found and rescued by the IDF, including Noa Argamani. From the news itself to the operation that resulted in the freeing of the hostages, and of course, …

Jen and Noam note that it is officially Rainbow Capitalism Season, discuss the Trump guilty verdict, the latest Israel - Gaza ceasefire plan (?), the fate of the floaty pier and its humanitarian aid, and life during wartime before near-instant communication was a thing. Ambitious Crossover Attempt has a Twitch channel! Hooray! More streaming for us…

Noam and Jen sit down on a lazy Monday to chat all things Trump. Jen does her very best to explain the Trump debacle at LP National without giving you two years of backstory and internecine drama, they discuss Alito flag situation and does it mean Mrs. Alito is part of the J6 Club, non predictions on the Trump hush money trial and how this will all…

Jen and Noam discuss the breaking news that the president and foreign minister of Iran are…dead. Maybe? Missing, at the very least, after their helicopter crashed. We also finally discuss the Trump trial currently underway in New York, the other trials that will not be happening before the election, the depressing specter of a presidential debate s…

Noam and Jen talk all things Israel - Eurovision, 90s Jew Goths, Hamas agreeing to its own ceasefire deal, Biden’s big military aid announcement, the walkback of Biden’s big military aid announcement, the UN walking back the number of dead civilians in Gaza, how Ambitious Crossover Attempt is always ahead of the curve, and Noam’s lack of cool toys …

Jen and Noam get a bit philosophical on the topic of the campus protests, the obsession with masks, the difference between Columbia and USC, what happens when cops and civilians don’t hold up their end of the bargain, how the encampers are just like Gazans (lol), and the burgeoning backlash to the pro-Palestinian protests. Ambitious Crossover Attem…

Noam and Jen chat about Kristi Noem’s insane story about how she shot a puppy instead of doing literally anything else, lore from election years past, the escalation of campus encampment protest, when calling the police is and is not warranted, body cam videos, the possibility of Donald Trump having to submit a picture of his junk in his criminal t…

Jen and Noam revisit the Iran - Israel conflict now that Israel retaliated by coming thisclose to hitting a nuclear facility in Iran, Ukraine finally getting funding from the US, how stupid the Chaos Caucus looks now that they achieved absolutely nothing, the rapidly escalating antisemitic protest situation at Columbia and who is responsible, and o…

Noam and Jen try to make sense of Iran’s drone/missile strike on Israel, Hamas walking back their own death toll count in Gaza, what happens when you’re filmed tearing down hostage posters, and what happens when you threaten an elected official in real life. Ambitious Crossover Attempt has a Twitch channel! Hooray! More streaming for us (and you)! …

Jen and Noam make it back in front of their mics to talk about the IDF holding itself accountable for its WCK screwup, Jen messing up the WCK’s name a few times, absolutely illogical statements and theories that fall apart under basic rationality, the lack of accountability from literally anyone else anywhere, university students being held account…

Noam and Jen discuss brainworms. All the brainworms. From the insane DoorDash Discourse and how it has pitted the “food delivery is exploitative” crowd against the “how dare you discriminate against disabled people” crowd, how the terrorist attack in Moscow was done by anyone other than the ISIS group that committed it, and Candace Owens finally ge…

Jen and Noam discuss Westerners not being impressed with the MREs that the US has airdropped into Gaza, a continuation and deeper dive into our thoughts on the TikTok divestment bill, and everyone - once again - getting worried about the wrong thing when it comes to the words coming out of Trump’s mouth. Ambitious Crossover Attempt has a Twitch cha…

Noam and Jen tackle the whispery yet shouty State of the Union address, Alabama senator Katie Britt’s bizarre and creepy kitchen SOTU rebuttal, the Congressional effort to make ByteDance divest from TikTok US, and the curious case of Jeff Yass and the flip-flopping Republicans. And, of course, Dune 2. Ambitious Crossover Attempt has a Twitch channe…

Jen and Noam spend way too much time discussing Aella’s birthday…uh…party, Adam Rubenstein’s Very Bad Sandwich Answer and how the NYT totally lied about the series of events leading to the infamous Tom Cotton op-ed, and sandwiched in the middle is a serious discussion about SCOTUS’s decision to take up the presidential immunity case. Ambitious Cros…

Noam and Jen give their opinions on the Google Gemini’s utterly failed launch and how it happened, how to know when the GPTs really become sentient, Alabama bringing the fight over IVF to the forefront of political discussion, what Jews think of recreational sex, the death throes of CPAC, and how streaming is super hard. Ambitious Crossover Attempt…

Jen and Noam talk about Alexei Navalny’s sad but all too predictable death at the hands of the Russian government, how said government isn’t even trying to come up with believable cover stories anymore, the absurdness of Tucker Carlson’s Moscow adventure, and how it is that a financial advice columnist ends up handing over $50k in a shoebox. Ambiti…

Noam and Jen discuss the burning questions surrounding the Super Bowl that had not yet taken place when they recorded, the growing tension about Biden’s and Trump’s mental fitness, Jen finally finds her Biden voice and also points out that Democrats are falling into the same deus ex machina trap that Republicans have, Hamas having a server room und…

Jen and Noam take a break from the wars abroad to focus on the wars at home. We’ve got Woke Kids in San Francisco who still can’t pass their standardized tests, Terminally Online Conservatives (including Trump) vs Taylor Swift, and a disagreement on the practicality, useability, and desirability of the recently released Apple Vision Pro. Ambitious …

Noam and Jen discuss how 2024 is an absolute disaster, and it’s not even February. From backward hard hats, the very serious and urgent but also not very pressing situation at the Texas border, how the SCOTUS decision is being misrepresented to push a narrative, our initial thoughts on the death of three US servicemen in Jordan, what does the US do…

Jen and Noam discuss waves hands around. We are truly in the 2024 primary muck, with DeSantis dropping out, Trump getting Nikki Haley and Nancy Pelosi confused, figuring out how magnets work, a Black activist wondering why Passover has to be so Jew-centric, progressives wishcasting Trump as a Gaza dove, and the lessons learned from Desert Storm. BT…

Noam and Jen finally make it back into the podcast…well it’s a room now, albeit an unfishined one. While we know we missed 231 news cycles during the few weeks we were gone, we’re back in time to discuss the kickoff of the 2024 primary season, Trump’s big Iowa win, the strange new simping for Houthis and their Red Sea piracy, and how slavery is OK …

Jen and Noam make it to 100…episodes, that is. Not that we don’t feel 100 years old here at the end of 2023. Man, we’re a long way from Episode 0. We discuss Briahna Joy Gray showing up out of nowhere to prove she lies about the death toll in Gaza, the Colorado ruling that Trump is ineligible for their ballot, what SCOTUS may or may not do, judicia…

Noam and Jen tackle the issue of inflation and How Much Does It Cost To Make Chicken Soup At Home, a staffer having sex in a Congressional hearing room, the horribly sad friendly fire deaths of three Isralei hostages, and our thoughts on the Apple+ show Silo at the halfway point of the first season. And as we allude to at the end of the episode, th…

Jen and Noam discuss how Hanukkah is pretty awesome, the Israel - Palestine war bringing the chickens home to roost at elite US universities, idiots not knowing what from the river to the sea means, rape apologists, current Argentinian president and recent Jewish conversion candidate Javier Milei, Jen makes a pitch for Jews to become libertarians, …