American Psychosis (Ep. 34)

Tom and Travis have been sitting a couple of weeks on America's latest elephant in the room - the assassination of a prominent political figure - with hope that by the time they record this episode, they would be calm, controlled and nuanced. The results.... well, you'll be the judge.

CORRECTIONS:

• 38:03: As you might have surmised afterwords, Travis meant to say “MLK” not “JFK”. However, anti-Catholic prejudice was (and still is) common down in the South at the time and Kennedy being the first Catholic president was significant for the time.
• 50:54: When Tom and Travis meant to say “conspiracy”, they meant to say, “Conspiracy THEORY”. Just to be clear, GUTLC doesn’t support conspiracy theories that suggest Israel was behind Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

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Clips Cited

• “Bill Maher Hilariously Mocks Trump’s Antifa Terrorist Label” YouTube, uploaded by fxcEatvideo, 22 September 2025. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eW27MDACChE
• “Cheers to the Tin Man” Creature Commandos, written & created for television by James Gunn, directed by Matt Peters, DC Studios, 2024.
• Hamilton, directed by Thomas Kail, performance by Jonathan Groff, Walt Disney Pictures, 2020.
• The Patriot, directed by Roland Emmerich, performance by Mel Gibson, Columbia Pictures, 2000.

Music Cited

• “Instant Karma (We All Shine On) (Ultimate Mix)” by John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Apple, 1970.