Yeah, that’s the thing--most of his other offenses have been to “others,” whereas this one was clearly directly aimed at the entirety of the US. It’s a little harder to duck that (although I’m sure some of his fans will).

I completely agree with you....but I will say this. I have one friend who has defended Trump about everything thus far, regardless of how awful. But even he had to take a step back after that press conference where he basically said the US sucks and Russia is the tops. I can’t imagine that anyone who considers…

This pushed her over the edge? He’s said and done, like, a lot of stuff in the last...what has it been, five hundred years since he was elected?

Honestly? I saw the whole thing as something John B had engineered, an elaborate reveal of all his secrets in the final act of his life, an act of narcissism and a cry out to be seen. He was a genius surrounded by idiots and liars, and he brought an NPR reporter literally into his Shithole of a Town to uncover truth,…

Phillip is just as much a bigot and asshole as Trump is. They would have gotten along well.

William knows which side his bread is buttered on and stayed in line.

Didn’t the orange one both comment on Kate’s topless sunbathing pics and try (fruitlessly) to date Diana after her divorce? I would have been shocked if William had met with him after that bullshit. 

In other words, the Queen took one for the team. I am sure she didn’t want to be around someone like him, so why would anyone else. Also, it just doesn’t look good for the crown. 

There was never a suggestion that other members of the royal family would take part.

They went to Wimbledon, which prefered choice 

Sure, he may have “wanted a story told,” but that doesn’t mean he wanted them to turn around and make him the story, let alone dig up all kinds of extraneous private details of his personal history. I haven’t listened to the podcast, but going on some of the other comments, it sounds like they took their curiosity…

Same. My husband and I were on a road trip and listened, and after John B died I really didn’t want to listen anymore. Every new thing they brought to light made me squirm, but my husband kept saying “oh, there must be another twist where they get permission for all this” so we made it to the end feeling very mis-used…

Exactly. At one point I even told a friend of mine that was also listening “This feels gross and exploitative. I feel gross listening.” I kept listening, though, for the original promise to eventually be kept.

I’ve often said S-Town was a podcast that didn’t need to be a podcast. NPR teased & promoted S-Town as a story about a town that was so corrupt that a murder had been completely glossed over in favor of protecting the powerful. THAT was the story I wanted to hear and it wasn’t the story they delivered. Yes, McLemore…

seriously... one of the major themes from the show is that John B. felt he didn’t have any family that cared about his welfare, just the potential of the gold he’d hid.

So this was filed by those shady cousins from FL, right?

I would imagine the dozens of emails and recorded phone calls McLemore sent to/made to Brian Reed probably count as something, yes? He was practically begging Reed to come to Woodstock and cover the “killing.” Is that implied consent?

That was my first thought too. 

Who wants to bet it’s those cousins from Florida who weren’t portrayed in the greatest light? They came across in the podcast as making a cash-grab anyways.

Ugh, I was afraid of this after listening to it. There is DEFINITELY a slightly . . . exploitative feel to the final two episodes