5/1/26: New Iran Strikes Imminent?, Platner Beats Mills, AI UnderClass, JPMorgan MeToo
5/1/20261 hr 30 min
The BP Friday team looks at Trump considering new attacks on Iran this weekend, Janet Mills dropping out of the Maine Senate Dem primary as Graham Platner's momentum rises, a NYTimes piece on the fears of an AI Underclass, and bizarre allegations from a JPMorgan employee accusing another colleague of sexual slavery.
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[gentle music] When a group of women discover they've all dated the same prolific con artist, they take matters into their own hands.
Catherine Clark0:43
I vowed I will be his last target.
Griffin Davis· Host0:46
He is not gonna get away with this.
Speaker 40:48
He's gonna get what he deserves.
Krystal Ball· Panelist0:50
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Speaker 00:53
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Alex English1:02
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Sam Jay1:04
On the Look Back At It podcast.
Speaker 8· Soundbite1:08
1979, that was a big moment for me.
Ryan Grim· Panelist1:10
'84 was big to me.
Sam Jay1:11
I'm Sam Jay.
Alex English1:13
And I'm Alex English.
Sam Jay1:14
Each episode, we pick a year, unpack what went down, and try to make sense of how we survived it with our friends, fellow comedians, and favorite authors, like Marc Lamont Hill on the '80s.
Ryan Grim· Panelist1:24
Yeah.
Speaker 8· Soundbite1:24
'84 was a wild, I mean, it was a wild year.
Ryan Grim· Panelist1:27
It was a big year.
Alex English1:27
It was a wild year.
Speaker 8· Soundbite1:27
Yeah, and I don't think there's a more important year for Black people.