Kevin Conroy, Gerrymandering, Ally McBeal

Love Hate Relationship

Love: Kevin Conroy

For this episode, Andy takes some time to remember the late voice actor, and definitive Batman, Kevin Conroy. He talks about Conroy’s acting bona fides, his importance to 90’s kids, and his late-in-life decision to come out as a gay man. Alex meanwhile talks about his sobriety, and the best 9/11 story that ever there was.

Hate: Gerrymandering

Alex takes the Hate segment to discuss the universal awfulness that is gerrymandering. He talks about the origins of the terms, how ubiquitously it’s used by all sides of the political spectrum, and some proposed alternatives. Andy, meanwhile, marvels at the comical Tetris geometry of congressional mapping, and everyone walks away a little angrier.

Relationship: Ally McBeal

The question for this episode sees an asker wondering if there’s some way in which they can make a contract to legally enforce no cheating to ease their partner’s insecurities. Alex makes an honest effort to answer with some degree of seriousness before both he and Andy lay into the toxicity of external trust measures.