NOPE
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
PSA: New Nope Summer Schedule!
26 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's summertime and the living is....terrible. So we're grasping for some shreds of sanity by taking it a little easy in August. No new episod...
E87: Danny DeVito Has a Hot Girl Summer! (feat. John Jannuzzi)
18 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been a terribly confusing week, but luckily we were joined by a special guest, jack of all trades John Jannuzzi, who helped us clear up and shu...
E86: Whitney Houston Sends in the Lions!
11 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
You know it’s a terrible week when you wish there was an earthquake in New York so you’d have a legit excuse to be hiding under the table. We shut...
E85: Betsy Ross Leaks Her DeepNudes!
04 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Fourth of July weekend is upon us and it’s already turning out to be terrible. First we learned that Betsy Ross was not so much a patriotic seam...
E84: Hickenlooper-Buttigieg 2020! (feat. Lauren Mechling)
27 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We emerge from a hallway of horrors this week to shut it down with novelist and friend of the pod Lauren Mechling. If you’ve ever asked yourself “...
E83: Dog Spectacular! Jerry Falwell Jr. Officiates a Canine Wedding!
20 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been a terrible week, but only one of us was paying attention. Rachel hasn’t slept since she decided to adopt a St. Berdoodle puppy on Sunday...
E82: Meryl Streep Vibrates on a Higher Frequency!
13 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
After recovering from a fugue state, we shut down everything this week from Chernobyl to Twizzlers. Our finest living patron of the arts, Seth Fradkof...
E81: Tracy Morgan Mixes a Rat Cocktail!
06 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Much like a celebrity driving a brand-new Bugatti through Midtown Manhattan, this week we dealt with the consequences of terrible, yet predictable, si...
E80: Mandy Moore Inhales Molecules of Freedom!
30 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For our second-ever transatlantic broadcast, Brian was holed up in a bar in the north of England and Rachel was home in New York City--and if we had h...
E79: Donald Trump Wargs Into a Bathroom Monster!
23 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Our attempts to warg our troubles away were interrupted by an impromptu Donald Trump speech, in which the Victim-In-Chief announced that he was going ...
E78: Daenerys Stages a #SexStrike!
16 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been one of the most devastating weeks on record, as misogynist troglodytes in statehouses across the country mount an assault on women’s con...
E77: Nope Live in San Francisco! (feat. Elizabeth Holmes)
11 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Despite the Uber/Lyft strike and a Louis Vuitton fashion show taking over JFK Airport, we finally made it to San Francisco to perform live at Betabran...
E76: Arya Stark Gets All Snitty!
02 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
All week long, we cowered in an underground nook like Sansa Stark and Tyrion Lannister, emerging only to watch Bill Barr to run roughshod over the rul...
E75: Elizabeth Warren Boasts: I'm Baby! (feat. co-host Glace Chase)
25 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We thought it couldn't get worse than the fallout from the Mueller Report...but did we ever think Rachel would be airdropping Mueller dick-pics to...
E74: Beyonce Audits Her Mashed Potatoes
18 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been a terrible week. Things are only going to get worse when we see the Mueller report--with a rainbow of redactions--followed by the Giuliani...
E73: George Washington Extracts an Undercorn!
11 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been a terrible week, but at least we can finally see the black hole that is pulling us into space. Here on earth, a global fungus has hospital...
E72: Joe Biden Nuzzles Panty Pockets!
04 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
April is the cruelest month, especially when Google, Amtrak, Elon Musk and James Comey dabble in comedy. And if April Fool’s Day wasn’t terrible e...
E71: Theresa May Moisturizes with Tarantula Mayonnaise!
28 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It was the worst of times, it was the worst of times. Our hopes were dashed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s sudden bout of indecisiveness on the...
E70: Elizabeth Holmes Quaffs a Garfuccino! (feat. Andrew Goldman)
21 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Just in time for spring, we managed to crawl out from underneath our weighted blankets to make sense of this horrible week. Together with Andrew Goldm...
E69: Felicity Huffman Hatches a Mouse Mastodon!
14 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Like a Netflix crossover special of Full House, Desperate Housewives and Orange is the New Black, the college-cheating scandal known as Operation Vars...
E68: Michael Calamari Cheeses a Verminfluencer! (feat. Taylor Lorenz)
07 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We are in desperate need of therapy. Thankfully, we were joined by Taylor Lorenz, staff writer for the Atlantic and human embodiment of the Internet, ...
E67: Rami Malek Eats Salad With a Comb!
28 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As if trapped in the Netflix series “Russian Doll,” we keep dying and waking up in the bathroom. Recording this episode right after Michael Cohen’...
E66: Tucker Carlson Noshes on Filth Flies!
22 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Amazon’s much-ballyhooed New York City HQ2 was returned to sender faster than a Prime delivery. Meanwhile, a beige national emergency rea...
E65: Lady Gaga Harnesses Her Ribcage! (feat. Christina Binkley)
14 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s New York Fashion Week and it’s not just the cold weather that is keeping us from experimenting with the hottest trend at the Grammys (hint: i...
E64: Ashton Kutcher Gives Roger Stone a Manicure! (feat. Glace Chase)
08 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
There’s no good time to be incapacitated, but that’s what happened this week, and we’re still struggling to keep up with all the horrors. But wi...
E63: Mary Poppins Escapes from Dannemora
31 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week we find ourselves trapped in an upstate New York penitentiary of our own making. We shut down Trump’s continued insistence that he’s mor...
E62: Freddie Mercury Slurps Generously Buttered Noodles!
24 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s one of the most horrible weeks in recent memory, and we return to a nation engulfed in carnage, both human and animal. We shut down Tales from ...
E61: NOPE LIVE! Rachel & Brian Humiliate Themselves in Front of Superfans!
18 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when you put 30 Nope superfans in a room with a cheese influencer and our finest living text-message dramaturgist? Your terrible week sud...
E60: Kevin Hart Has a Blended Orgasm at CES!
10 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The best thing about a cleanse is ending the cleanse--and thankfully our Trump cleanse is over. This week, Rachel reveals how the Trump administration...
E59: Chrissy Teigen Marries a Hologram!
03 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
2019 is here and it’s already off to an abysmal start, as the major TV networks featured an anti-vaxxer and a vaginal steamer on their New Year’s ...
E58: 2018 - The Year in Nope!
28 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It was our first full year of podcasting, and what a year it was. As we recover from the latest romaine lettuce panic and sip ersatz Lacroix with “c...
E57: Lil Jon Weaves a Hair Amulet! Plus Holiday Gift Guide feat. Lauren Goode
20 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
One step forward, two steps back. The Holland Tunnel’s holiday décor debacle was fixed following a public outcry, yet we find ourselves reckoning t...
E56: Poopsie Splatters The "Holland Tonnel"!
14 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Emerging from glamorous Art Basel, where we rubbed shoulders with everyone from former Real Housewife Kelly Bensimon to grifting Commerce Secretary Wi...
E55: Ed Sheeran Flips a Fiery Bicycle!
06 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the most horrible time of the year, and in the spirit of radical self-care, we are instituting a new policy: Trump-Free December. There are eno...
E54: Bradley Cooper Reveals His Tiny Turtle! (feat. Bevy Smith)
29 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We’re recording live from the 10013 zip code, recently declared the tiny-turtle complaint capital of New York City. With the help of media maven Bev...
E53: Ariana Grande Rakes America Great Again!
23 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It’s Thanksgiving week and the world is a very dangerous place! Donald Trump couldn’t even pardon two turkeys, believes that Finnish leaf-raking t...
E52: Jeff Bezos Cooks a Turkey in His Mouth!
15 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It’s our one-year Nope-aversary and the ceiling can’t hold us. We’re traversed a wormhole back to the year 2000 and we’re reliving election tr...
E51: Jim Acosta Accosts a Garbage Panda!
09 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A day late and a Euro short, here we are with our first-ever trans-Atlantic #Nope, recorded in Duck, North Carolina and Lisbon, Portugal. In a week th...
E50: Robert Mueller Fails the Rectal Test!
01 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It’s Halloween and we are broadcasting from a vomitorium inside a bicameral House of Horrors. This week, indisputably the worst on record, we shut d...
E49: MBS Faps on the New Jersey Turnpike! (feat. Katie Rosman)
25 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
After staggering around, riddled with pre-midterms polling anxiety, we sat down with New York Times reporter Katie Rosman to discuss the worst news in...
E48: Chris Evans Straps On James Bond's Papoose! (feat. Aaron Wolf and Mike Culyba)
18 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We took a 23andMe test this week and discovered that not only are we related, but we’re more Cherokee than Elizabeth Warren! Together with documenta...
E47: Taylor Swift Fingers a Tantric Pouch! (feat. Kerry Flynn)
11 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Amid the worst week on record, and joined by journalist and digital native Kerry Flynn, we turned to fashion and technology for a shred of delight. Bu...
E46: Lindsey Graham Unfurls the Snake Within!
04 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we took a break from liftin’ weights at Tobin’s with our pal Squi to dissect Lindsay Graham’s attempt to win a Tony Award (and perhap...
E45: Adam Driver Tangles with a Fright Fest Freak!
27 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Following the latest Kavanaugh revelations, we take a break from throwing up and realize we’ve been inadvertently embracing the Ikigai lifestyle. We...
E44: Brett Kavanaugh Wears a Wankband!
20 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Everything is terrible! Not even glamorous red carpet photos could distract us in a week where the glorious Angela Basset was mistaken at the Emmys fo...
E43: Serena Williams Zips Up Her Poonts!
13 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It’s primary day in New York and we are gagging over politicians’ peculiar food combination choices. Also in this episode: Barnes & Noble’s ...
E42: Bob Woodward Performs a Riverdance!
05 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We find ourselves trapped inside a zoo without walls, caught between a seal, a rat and a smoked watermelon ham. This week, the ‘90s have been reasse...
E41: Rupert Murdoch Craves Donut Prune Salad!
29 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 103 degrees in New York City and we’re mourning the loss of two cultural icons: John McCain and Aretha Franklin. We shut down Russia’s new ...
E40: Michael Cohen Gets a RazzleDazzle Mullet (feat. Walt Mossberg)
23 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we find ourselves tethered to the blockchain in the struggle for truth and justice. Joined by multi-hyphenate guest Walt Mossberg, we shut ...
E39: Omarosa and Grimes Microdose in the Panic Room!
15 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a dry ice world and we’re just living in it. This week we address horrors such as dragon breath, cocaine nuns, Gumball 3000 confusion, the As...
E38: Alex Jones Wears a Chicken Diaper! (feat. Lauren Goode)
07 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We’re back on our regular schedule with a special guest, WIRED Senior Writer, Lauren Goode. We all endured a horrible week in which YouPorn finally ...
E37: Bigfoot Convicted of Vomit Fraud!
01 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Our ambitious summer schedule went haywire, so we’re attempting to harness technology and record remotely, capping off a horrible week that brought ...