Nov 20, 2020
This is the Babylon Bee Weekly News Podcast for the week of 11/20/2020.
In this episode of The Babylon Bee Podcast, Kyle and Ethan talk about the week’s biggest stories like Disney cleaning up that shocking Mandalorian scene where Baby Yoda ate an unfertilized egg, Biden slapping some BLM stickers on attack drones, and Target making marketing decision based on single tweets. Get a behind the scenes look at The Babylon Bee’s sweet new animation studio taking flight and listen to Kyle and Ethan talk about weird real news, stuff that’s good, and glorious hate mail.
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Introduction
Kyle went to Texas and experienced Buc-ee’s, guns, and freedom.
Stuff That’s Good
Kyle likes Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt.
Ethan likes the Roald Dahl Audio collection.
Weird News
Sri Lankan Lawmaker bites raw fish to bolster slumping sales
Japanese Town Deploys Growling Robot ‘Wolves’ to protect residents from Bears
School asks parents to stop throwing late students over closed gate
Botched carving restoration on Spanish building ridiculed online
Video shows unauthorized man with flamethrower atop NYC bus
Egg fight at Tesco after woman was shushed for two minute silence
7th Grade Language Art teach “living in the forest” and doesn’t have adequate internet to host.
Stories of the Week
Disney Edits Controversial Mandalorian Scene So Baby Yoda Just Eats An Unborn Baby
Summary: Disney has edited its controversial scene from The Mandalorian, where The Child eats an unfertilized alien egg, so that the creature affectionately known as "Baby Yoda" will simply eat an unborn human baby instead.
Progress: Biden Administration To Apply 'Black Lives Matter' Decals To All Attack Drones
Summary: Now this is progress: in a move to bring attention to issues of social justice in the United States, the Biden administration has announced that all attack drones used to bomb countries in the Middle East will have "Black Lives Matter" decals applied to them. Inspiring!
Target Immediately Pulls Bible From Shelves After Church Of Satan Complains
Summary: After the Church of Satan complained on Twitter that Target was selling Bibles, the retailer quickly apologized and pulled the Bible from its shelves. The Church of Satan complained that the book was "Satanophobic." Its tweet got 666 retweets, and Target jumped into action, immediately responding to the tweet that the book was pulled from shelves.
Topic of the Week: Bee Animation
Hate Mail
We got an email from someone who normally likes our stuff.
Subscriber Portion
Subscriber exclusive updates from The Babylon Bee
Mailbag
Gavin asks Kyle and Ethan about changes to old hymns.
Bonus Hate Mail!
Patrick or “laugh track” as he is affectionately called reads hate mail about his laugh.
Subscriber Headlines of the Week
Ethan’s “friend” has a really funny story.