Two And A Half Straight Men is a bonus episode of the podcast, Boonta Vista. This episode was released on 03-Dec-2019.
Andrew, Ben & Theo delve into the many, many, many, many crimes of our largest banks, leading to some of the worse conservative political cartoonery we've seen in a while.
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Cold open with nine news clip about Nangs found on the beach at the Gold Coast during schoolies. No intro scenario. |
No guests this episode.
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0:04:50 | Paedo Watch | The Australian Financial Intelligence Agency has launched action against the bank Westpac for fraud including some connected to child abuse |
0:32:00 | Unnamed Segment | The reactionary press's reaction to the financial fraud story in the first segment, including a slightly inscrutable cartoon from Johannes Leak and the idea that the corporate bare minimum lip-service to social responsibility lead to overlooking enormous financial crimes instead of it being a calculated decision to commit crime because it will make more money. |
0:57:10 | Breaking News | They have to start shutting the toilet lid in Theo's house. Returns to previous segment at 00:58:50 |
We go over what the hosts names are short for again. The hosts, especially Ben, struggles with quanitfying 23 miillion crimes. There's the obligatory mention of Bill Leak's balcony fall.
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Movies Referenced | Thor:The Dark World (2013), Walk Hard (2007), Aliens (1986), Arrival (2016), K-PAX (2001), Contact (1997), Powder (1995) |
Fad Diets | No |
Crime Passes | Commit 23 million acts of financial fraud |
Hundredth Episode Gong | N/A |