In episode 1869, Jack and guest co-host Blake Wexler are joined by comedian, actor, and writer, Titi Lee, to discuss… The Enhanced Games Are Coming to Vegas, A Punk Band Just Released An Album That Smells Like Gwenyth Paltrow’s Vagina Candle, Almost Half of Young People Would Prefer A World Without Internet--UK Study Finds, Will The Eighth Mission: Impossible Really Heal America? And More!
Titi Lee: Good Girl Gone Baddie
The Enhanced Games Are Coming to Vegas
Donald Trump Jr. Invests in Thiel-Backed ‘Olympics With Drugs’
Enhanced Games Promo
A Punk Band Just Released An Album That Smells Like Gwenyth Paltrow’s Vagina Candle
Gwyneth Paltrow Is Still Defending Goop’s ‘Smells Like My Vagina’ Candle: ‘Women Are Socialized to Feel a Lot of Shame and I Loved This Punk Rock Idea’
Almost Half Of Young People Would Prefer A World Without Internet--UK Study Finds
Tom Cruise Sidesteps Talk About Trump’s Hollywood Tariffs at ‘Mission: Impossible’ Press Stop: ‘We’d Rather Answer Questions About the Movie’
Simon Pegg - "Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning" | The Daily Show
Who is the enemy in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’? Let’s investigate
Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski: ‘Of all Tom Cruise’s characters, Maverick might be closest to his real personality’
The War on Our Screens
25 years later, how ‘Top Gun’ made America love war
Top Gun is the sleekest, horniest recruitment ad of the 1980s
TOPGUN: The Navy’s First Center of Excellence
‘Top Gun’ and the Complicated Legacy Facing ‘Maverick’
Why Tom Cruise Is Such An Effective Propaganda Tool
CIA may have used contractor who inspired ‘Mission: Impossible’ to kill RFK, new book alleges
MAHEU SAYS HE RECRUITED MAN FOR C.I.A. IN CASTRO POISON PLOT
ClandesTime 270 – The CIA and Mission: Impossible
How the CIA Hoodwinked Hollywood
Mission: Impossible—a Post-Cold War Deconstruction of the ’60s
Ideology and Cold War Identity in Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible Is 25 Years Old: Its Big Twist Would Cause Outrage Today
On “Mission: Impossible” and Unaccountable Government
Mission: Impossible - Fallout Is The Franchise's Most Political Movie To Date
The U.S. tried to change other countries’ governments 72 times during the Cold War
Mission: Impossible—Fallout’s Wolf Blitzer Cameo and the Possible Perils of Fake Fake News
Op-Ed: Journalists need to stop playing themselves in movies

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In episode 1869, Jack and guest co-host <a href="https://www.blakewexler.com/">Blake Wexler</a> are joined by comedian, actor, and writer, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/teresaleebot/">Titi Lee</a>, to discuss&hellip; The Enhanced Games Are Coming to Vegas, A Punk Band Just Released An Album That Smells Like Gwenyth Paltrow&rsquo;s Vagina Candle, Almost Half of Young People Would Prefer A World Without Internet--UK Study Finds, Will The Eighth Mission: Impossible Really Heal America? And More!
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<li><a href="https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/12064?tab=tickets">Titi Lee: Good Girl Gone Baddie</a><a></a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/may/21/enhanced-games-las-vegas-dates-trump-jr-thiel">The Enhanced Games Are Coming to Vegas</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.sportico.com/business/finance/2025/donald-trump-jr-enhanced-olympics-1234828087/">Donald Trump Jr. Invests in Thiel-Backed &lsquo;Olympics With&nbsp;Drugs&rsquo;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/enhanced-games_the-mainstream-media-has-said-the-enhanced-activity-7295812921744330753-aPRF/">Enhanced Games Promo</a></li>
<li><a href="https://consequence.net/2025/05/private-function-vinyl-smells-like-gwyneth-paltrow-vagina/">A Punk Band Just Released An Album That Smells Like Gwenyth Paltrow&rsquo;s Vagina Candle</a></li>
<li><a href="https://variety.com/2025/shopping/news/gwyneth-paltrow-smells-like-my-vagina-candle-shop-online-1236403508/">Gwyneth Paltrow Is Still Defending Goop&rsquo;s &lsquo;Smells Like My Vagina&rsquo; Candle: &lsquo;Women Are Socialized to Feel a Lot of Shame and I Loved This Punk Rock Idea&rsquo;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/20/almost-half-of-young-people-would-prefer-a-world-without-internet-uk-study-finds">Almost Half Of Young People Would Prefer A World Without Internet--UK Study Finds</a></li>
<li><a href="https://variety.com/2025/film/news/tom-cruise-sidesteps-trump-tariff-question-mission-impossible-1236392597/">Tom Cruise Sidesteps Talk About Trump&rsquo;s Hollywood Tariffs at &lsquo;Mission: Impossible&rsquo; Press Stop: &lsquo;We&rsquo;d Rather Answer Questions About the Movie&rsquo;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQq2mHQIXyI">Simon Pegg - "Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning" | The Daily Show</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-05-27/top-gun-maverick-enemy-explained">Who is the enemy in &lsquo;Top Gun: Maverick&rsquo;? Let&rsquo;s investigate</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/dec/22/top-gun-maverick-director-joseph-kosinski-interview-tom-cruise">Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski: &lsquo;Of all Tom Cruise&rsquo;s characters, Maverick might be closest to his real personality&rsquo;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://grantmagazine.com/22844/review/the-war-on-our-screens/">The War on Our Screens</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/25-years-later-remembering-how-top-gun-changed-americas-feelings-about-war/2011/08/15/gIQAU6qJgJ_story.html">25 years later, how &lsquo;Top Gun&rsquo; made America love war</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.avclub.com/top-gun-is-the-sleekest-horniest-recruitment-ad-of-the-1843324418">Top Gun&nbsp;is the sleekest, horniest recruitment ad of the 1980s</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2019/september/topgun-navys-first-center-excellence">TOPGUN: The Navy&rsquo;s First Center of Excellence</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/top-gun-complicated-legacy-facing-maverick-1225804/">&lsquo;Top Gun&rsquo; and the Complicated Legacy Facing &lsquo;Maverick&rsquo;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cracked.com/article_32297_why-tom-cruise-is-such-an-effective-propaganda-tool.html">Why Tom Cruise Is Such An Effective Propaganda Tool</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/02/09/cia-may-have-used-contractor-who-inspired-mission-impossible-kill-rfk-new-book-alleges/">CIA may have used contractor who inspired &lsquo;Mission: Impossible&rsquo; to kill RFK, new book alleges</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP88-01315R000300510062-8.pdf">MAHEU SAYS HE RECRUITED MAN FOR C.I.A. IN CASTRO POISON PLOT</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.spyculture.com/clandestime-270-the-cia-and-mission-impossible/">ClandesTime 270 &ndash; The CIA and Mission: Impossible</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/07/operation-tinseltown-how-the-cia-manipulates-hollywood/491138/">How the CIA Hoodwinked Hollywood</a></li>
<li><a href="https://filmobsessive.com/film/film-features/film25yl/mission-impossible-a-post-cold-war-deconstruction-of-the-60s/">Mission: Impossible&mdash;a Post-Cold War Deconstruction of the &rsquo;60s</a></li>
<li><a href="https://academic.oup.com/ccc/article-abstract/6/1/64/4054445?redirectedFrom=PDF">Ideology and Cold War Identity in&nbsp;Mission: Impossible</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/mission-impossible-is-25-years-old-its-big-twist-would-cause-outrage-today/">Mission: Impossible Is 25 Years Old: Its Big Twist Would Cause Outrage Today</a></li>
<li><a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/on-mission-impossible-and-unaccountable-government/">On &ldquo;Mission: Impossible&rdquo; and Unaccountable Government</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cbr.com/mission-impossible-fallout-political-movie/">Mission: Impossible - Fallout Is The Franchise's Most Political Movie To Date</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/12/23/the-cia-says-russia-hacked-the-u-s-election-here-are-6-things-to-learn-from-cold-war-attempts-to-change-regimes/">The U.S. tried to change other countries&rsquo; governments 72 times during the Cold War</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/07/mission-impossible-fallout-wolf-blitzer">Mission: Impossible&mdash;Fallout&rsquo;s Wolf Blitzer Cameo and the Possible Perils of Fake Fake News</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-oppenheim-journalists-shouldnt-play-themselves-in-movies-20180811-story.html">Op-Ed:&nbsp;Journalists need to stop playing themselves in movies</a></li>
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