Ambitious Crossover Attempt

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 trial, and “Jews” who don’t seem to know how Pesach works. Ambitious Crossover Attempt has a Twitch channel! Hooray! More streaming for us (and you)! We are slowing figuring out a streaming schedule but for now make sure to follow us on Twitter for updates. https://www.twitch.tv/ambitiousxover

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 our thoughts on Civil War. Also, Jen makes the Pesach discovery that matzo sheets can be turned into damn near anything with enough imagination and water. Ambitious Crossover Attempt has a Twitch channel! Hooray! This means more streaming for us (and you)! We are still figuring out a streaming schedule, but for now, make sure to follow us on Twitter for updates. https://www.twitch.tv/ambitiousxover

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)! We are slowly figuring out a streaming schedule, but for now, make sure to follow us on Twitter for updates. https://www.twitch.tv/ambitiousxover

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 accountable for breaking the law, ads in ASMR videos, and our final thoughts on season one of Three Body Problem. Ambitious Crossover Attempt has a Twitch channel! Hooray! More streaming for us (and you)! We are slowing figuring out a streaming schedule but for now make sure to follow us on Twitter for updates. https://www.twitch.tv/ambitiousxover

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 getting shown the door at Daily Wire for leaning a bit too far into conspiracy theories. They also spent some time discussing the Netflix adaptation of The Three Body Problem and the changes made to make the story work better in a TV show format. Ambitious Crossover Attempt has a Twitch channel! Hooray! More streaming for us (and you)! We are working on creating a streaming schedule but for now make sure to follow us on Twitter for updates. https://www.twitch.tv/ambitiousxover

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 channel! Hooray! More streaming for us (and you)! We are working on creating a streaming schedule but for now make sure to follow us on Twitter for updates. https://www.twitch.tv/ambitiousxover

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 channel! Hooray! More streaming for us (and you)! We are working on creating a streaming schedule but for now make sure to follow us on Twitter for updates. https://www.twitch.tv/ambitiousxover

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 Crossover Attempt has a Twitch channel! Hooray! More streaming for us (and you)! We are working on creating a streaming schedule but for now make sure to follow us on Twitter for updates. https://www.twitch.tv/ambitiousxover

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 has a Twitch channel! Hooray! More streaming for us (and you)! We are working on creating a streaming schedule but for now make sure to follow us on Twitter for updates. https://www.twitch.tv/ambitiousxover

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. Ambitious Crossover Attempt has a Twitch channel! Hooray! More streaming for us (and you)! We are working on creating a streaming schedule but for now make sure to follow us on Twitter for updates. https://www.twitch.tv/ambitiousxover Show Notes: Here’s a story, about a lovely lady, who was convinced to put $50k cash in a shoebox - https://www.thecut.com/article/amazon-scam-call-ftc-arrest-warrants.html

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 under UNRWA’s headquarters, and Noam talks about The Curse (which he watched without Jen). Ambitious Crossover Attempt has a Twitch channel! Hooray! More streaming for us (and you)! We are working on creating a streaming schedule but for now make sure to follow us on Twitter for updates. https://www.twitch.tv/ambitiousxover

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 Crossover Attempt has a Twitch channel! Hooray! More streaming for us (and you)! We are working on creating a streaming schedule, but for now, make sure to follow us on Twitter for updates. https://www.twitch.tv/ambitiousxover

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 next, and Trump’s $83M L. We also get back to our roots a bit and review a movie, Poor Things, which is quite the adventure. Ambitious Crossover Attempt has a Twitch channel! Hooray! More streaming for us (and you)! We are working on creating a streaming schedule but for now make sure to follow us on Twitter for updates. https://www.twitch.tv/ambitiousxover

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. BTW, the piece Jen mentioned wasn’t in Military Times, it was Task and Purpose - https://taskandpurpose.com/news/desert-storm-lessons/ Ambitious Crossover Attempt has a Twitch channel! Hooray! More streaming for us (and you)! We are working on creating a streaming schedule but for now make sure to follow us on Twitter for updates. https://www.twitch.tv/ambitiousxover

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 if it’s postcolonial. Ambitious Crossover Attempt has a Twitch channel! Hooray! More streaming for us (and you)! We are working on creating a streaming schedule but for now make sure to follow us on Twitter for updates. https://www.twitch.tv/ambitiousxover

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, judicial activism, reading skills, dumb arguments, and if Claudine Gay will be staying or going at Harvard and why. And as we alluded to at the end of the episode, there may be some schedule disruptions over the first few weeks of January, but we will keep you informed. Ambitious Crossover Attempt has a Twitch channel! Hooray! More streaming for us (and you)! We are working on creating a streaming schedule but for now make sure to follow us on Twitter for updates. https://www.twitch.tv/ambitiousxover

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, there may be some schedule disruptions over the first few weeks of January (no, it’s not gonna be THAT kind of scheduled interruption) but we will keep you informed. Ambitious Crossover Attempt has a Twitch channel! Hooray! More streaming for us (and you)! We are working on creating a streaming schedule but for now make sure to follow us on Twitter for updates. https://www.twitch.tv/ambitiousxover

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, and some other stuff we’re forgetting. And as we alluded to at the end of the episode, there may be some schedule disruptions over the first few weeks of January (no, it’s not gonna be THAT kind of scheduled interruption), but we will keep you informed. Ambitious Crossover Attempt has a Twitch channel! Hooray! More streaming for us (and you)! We are working on creating a streaming schedule, but for now, follow us on Twitter for updates. https://www.twitch.tv/ambitiousxover

Noam and Jen discuss the silliness of using a DNA test to identify one’s nationality, the Israeli military intelligence failure that led to 10/7, viewing Gaza and the West Bank as two separate entities, the rise of 10/7 truthers, conservatives being weird about gay couples having children, George Santos being kicked out of Congress, Representative Jayapal trying to weasel her way out of condemning Hamas, the death of Henry Kissinger, and the developing situations in Venezuela and the Red Sea. Ambitious Crossover Attempt has a Twitch channel! Hooray! More streaming for us (and you)! We are working on creating a streaming schedule, but for now, follow us on Twitter for updates. https://www.twitch.tv/ambitiousxover

Jen and Noam pick up where they left off last week with a discussion about the Israeli hostage swap, how Egypt is getting sick of Hamas, how Jen is sick of Hamas sympathizers being gross on the internet, the newest revelations of what lies beneath Al-Shifa hospital, evidence never being enough for the people asking for evidence, pizza not being a traditional Palestinian dish (but is indeed awesome), and the meaning of community in Israel. Ambitious Crossover Attempt has a Twitch channel! Hooray! More streaming for us (and you)! We are working on creating a streaming schedule but for now make sure to follow us on Twitter for updates. https://www.twitch.tv/ambitiousxover