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This week in Personal BS, Michael thanks everyone who voted for his Drunk History, Stumble into History entry. Ali talks about frustration with the graduation application process at school. We wrap up with a brief story about our cat and a recent non-adventure she had.True Tale of Clinic Escorting is a little long this week, so buckle up.We round out the episode with a bunch of Arkansas stuff because we had to. Arkansas State Rep Justin Harris has been makingheadlinesfor the last week for "rehoming" children headopted. There are a lot of reallyweird and awfuldetails, but the worst part is that one of the girls he "rehomed" was sexually abused by the new "father" she was shunted to. But thereal victimshere are the Harrises, of course.This Week in Abortion is more Arkansas. In completely unsurprising news, the state is trying toforce doctorsto follow the extremely outdated FDA protocols for medication abortion. NPR has a good piece on this issueand how it's playing out in other states.

We may be announcing a new schedule soon. Maybe. In this week's Personal BS, Michael reminds everyone to go VOTE for him in Drunk History's 'Stumble Into History' contest.Vote here!Ali talks about theTake Rootconference she attended last weekend.Arkansas's shiny new anti-LGBTQ law has passed without comment or effort from the governor. Wal-Martcame out against itat the very last minute. Our friends over at Arkansans for Equality have printed upwindow stickersfor businesses that don't discriminate and those that do!This Week in Abortion: Kansas is attempting to outlaw an common procedure used in second trimester abortion and miscarriage management.Thanks for listening!~ Ali and Michael

In this week's Personal BS, Michael gives a reminder about the Drunk History contest. Voting starts on Monday, February 23rd. Ali promotes Planned Parenthood's 3rd annual Arkansas Lobby Day, on Tuesday, February 24th.Ali has more True Tales of Clinic Escorting. It's pretty much same crap, different day, but we manage to wring out plenty of observations.We spend the second half of the episode bemoaning the stupidity that is the Arkansas State Legislature. Exhibit A: they passed an anti-anti-discrimination ordinance law. Sigh. Exhibit B: Idiot Rapert wants to nuke ISIS. Literally, he wants to launch a nuclear weapon at ISIS "strongholds". Yeah; this is the state we live in.Thanks for listening!~ Ali and Michael

In this week's Personal BS, Michael gives details about the contest Drunk History is running and his submission to the contest. Don't forget to vote, starting Sunday, February 22. Next, Michael and Ali discuss the likelihood that they will get a new kitten in the near future. They also give a brief rundown of some of the nonsense the Arkansas state legislature has gotten up to in the new session. Ali wraps up with True Tales of Clinic Escorting.This Week in Abortion: South Dakota ups the weirdness witha new law that would ban "pre-paying" for abortion. 'Cause we're sure that's happening a lot in the first place.We do a Give it to Me Cold, wherein Ali tells Michael the insane story of aBrazilian women's prison break. Really.Shockingly (not really), Arkansas is chocked full of50 Shades of Grey fans.Thanks for listening!~ Ali and Michael

We're back! We're really, really back! As the episode title implies, this week is ALL personal BS.We talk about our big move and the troubles therein. Michael talks about shooting Everything's OK: Ten Years After Fracking. Ali talks about the 5th Annual Reproductive Justice Rally.We'll be back to our regular format next week. Thanks so much for hanging in there!~ Ali and Michael

We're in the thick of our relocation, so we have another rerun for you. We reach back to July of this year and revisit Episode 57: Legitimate Outrage. However! Due to the extended 'Personal BS' in the original version, we recorded a brand new 20 minutes to intro the episode. We even include a mini This Week in Abortion.Thanks for listening!~ Ali and Michael

We're back! This week's Personal BS starts with a story about an old man (Michael) and the kids these days. Ali rejoices that the fall semester is over and gets you all caught up with True Tales of Clinic Escorting. There's also a really weird turn with discussion of an 11 year old girl who took a cab across state lines in pursuit of boy. Also, we preview the next segment with a reminder about the 5th Annual Arkansas Rally for Reproductive Justice.We spend the second segment talking about the recent wave of killings of unarmed black men by police and why we don't tend to give really big stories really big coverage.This Week in Abortion is an "Arkanthaw" story. The Arkansas legislature is planning to introduce more anti-abortion bills in the 2015 session.There's more bad news from "Arkanthaw". In response to efforts by the Fayetteville city council to pass an LGBTQ civil rights ordinance, state Sen. Bart Hester plans to outlaw civil rights ordinances.We wrap up with good news for Lucie's Place, the Little Rock homeless shelter for LGBTQ youth.Welcome back and thanks for listening!~ Ali and Michael

Another pants blasting blast from the past this week.  Lots on our plates right now folks and we explain all that in the intro.This week we turn the Way Back Machine to August 8, 2014 and Episode 61.  It's a doozy and is up there in the short list of one of our most listened to episodes of Season 2.Bon appétit!-- Ali and Michael

You know the drill.  It's a rerun. It's a good one though.Ali and Michael

We're taking a break this holiday week, but we don't want you to be out in the cold without some outrage.This week we take you back to our most listened to episode of Autumn 2014, Episode 66.  Happy Thanksgiving and enjoy!-- Ali Michael

This week's Personal BS starts with Michael's review of his recent show in Conway, AR. He then promos his upcoming show in Memphis on Thursday, November 20. And we're in the final push for the Kickstarter for Everything's OK! Ali promotes the 5th Annual Rally for Reproductive Justice and another upcoming event, Wave for Women. Next, Ali discusses a journalist friend who is writing a story about crisis pregnancy centers and is looking to speak with women who have visited one. Please see this Facebook post for more info. Lastly, come out to the state Capitol on Wednesday, November 19th at 11:00 am to support marriage equality!This Week in Abortion: a Georgia town banned all abortions, even in cases of rape and incest. 'Cause protesters. After having it pointed out that this is completely unconstitutional, the town is kinda, sorta reconsidering.We wrap up with another story about religious persecution in Arkansas. As usual, it's the "Christians" doing the persecuting. Also, Anonymous is messing with the KKK in a spectacular way.Thanks for listening!~ Ali and Michael 

This week's Personal BS starts out with a reminder about the Kickstarter for Everything's OK: Ten Years After Fracking. Michael will be performing in a charity show on Wednesday, November 12, for the benefit of Arkansas' Children's Hospital. He also has a show in Memphis on Thursday the 20th, more details to come. Michael and Ali compare their approach to voter ID and compare and contrast the voting process in Arkansas and New York. Ali wraps up with True Tales of Clinic Escorting.This Week in Abortion: the Arizona Health Department steps way over its bounds and is called out by the ACLU.The results are in and most of them are bad. The good results in reproductive rights are: North Dakota and Colorado (for the 3rd time) rejected fetal personhood measures. The bad news in reproductive rights is: Tennessee's Amendment 1 passed. More good news in marijuana legislation: Oregon, Alaska, and DC passed legalization measures. In bad news: Florida's medical marijuana measure failed due to a super-majority requirement for Constitutional amendments.In Arkansas, it was pretty much all bad news.Thanks for listening!~ Ali and Michael

This week's Personal BS starts out with our "review" of the Pow Wow's launch party, which we promo'ed last week. Next we talk a little more about theKickstarterforEverything's OK: Ten Years After Fracking. True Tales of Clinic Escorting is very short and is followed by ranting about a particularly awful anti-abortion truck that rolled around Central Arkansas this week. Last, we have a tribute toThe Cat, Stevens.This Week in Abortion: three states areconsidering ballot measurethat could lead to extreme restrictions, or flat out bans, on abortion and even some forms of birth control.We wrap up with discussion about the status of marijuana legalization and the states that have ballot measuresthis election.Thanks for listening!~ Ali and Michael

This week's Personal BS starts out with good news! The KickstarterforEverything's O.K.is off to a great start! Please donate if you can. Next, we have sad news. Our cat, Stevens, is very sick. We will give updates as available. We saw somenice greeting cardsin Kroger. Michael mentions an upcoming show; stay tuned for more details. Lastly, come on out to thelaunch partyfor Little Rock's funniest new morning show,The Pow Wow with Amy Pannell!In the second block, the voting block, we start out with two 'Arkanthaw' stories: the Arkansas Supreme Court struck down the state's Voter ID lawand Tom Cotton's campaign appears to be makingrobocalls to registered voters, telling them they're not registered. An idiot on Faux News says that young women are too stupid to bother with voting. Finally, Republicans freak out about a non-existent caseof blatant voter fraud.We wrap up with a discussion ofGamerGateand its latest target,Felicia Day. Also, it turns out that this "movement" that claimed it was all about "journalistic ethics" is really just about trying to put women in their place. Go figure.Thanks for listening!~ Ali and Michael

This week's Personal BS is mostly aboutEverything's OK and its Kickstarter! Help make the dream become a reality! In lieu of True Tales of Clinic Escorting, Ali recommends this 3-part story from Insider Louisville.This Week in Abortion, the Supreme Courtput a hold on one provisionof Texas' extreme anti-abortion law.We wrap up with a twist on Give it to Me Cold: Ali provides the title of a 'list' articleand Michael has to guess a few of the items on the list.Thanks for listening!~Ali and Michael

In this week's Personal BS, Michael talks a little more about Everything's OK: Ten Years After Fracking. Watch the teaser here and stay tuned for more info! Next, we praise Libertarians for being the only political party that had a booth at Pride Fest. Ali announces the 5th Annual Arkansas Rally for Reproductive Justice.We transition from True Tales of Clinic Escorting into a discussion about the couple who gave their doomed pregnancy a bucket list and had their baby so the whole family could watch him die.This Week in Abortion, Alabama puts pregnant minors on trial for the crime of needing abortions. There are lawyers involved, but not for the minor.Thanks for listening!~ Ali and Michael

This week, Personal BS is all Little Rock Pride! Michael and Ali give a rundown of pre-Pride festivities and the day of Pride. Check out the We are the South project.This Week in Abortion: The Fifth Circuit Court upheld the Texas law that would close the majority of abortion clinics in the states.We wrap up this episode by questioning the intentions of the open carry group that staged a protest in support of the man shot by police in the isle of a Walmart. Thanks for listening!~ Ali and Michael

In this week's personal BS, we spend a lot of time singing the praises of Hulu Plus. Use this link to sign up for a free 2 week trial and help us get some free Hulu time. We also spend a few minutes on True Tales of Clinic Escorting.Buckle up; the rest of the episode is SCOTUS fever! Thanks to this great piece from Think Progress, we review several important cases that the court will hear starting this week.Thanks for listening!~ Ali and Michael

This week, Personal BS consists almost exclusively of the Scotland independence vote and True Tales of Clinic Escorting.This Week in Abortion, Vice did a great report on "Crisis Pregnancy Centers" and we have plenty more to say about these deceptive facilities.Be sure to catch the 2014 Little Rock Pride Fest. Ali will be representing ACRJ in the parade and at the festival, and Michael will be performing during the festival. Check out more details here.A young business owner in Front Royal, Virginia is being harassed by some in her community because SATANISM! And HUSSIES!Thanks for listening!Ali and Michael

This week's personal bullshit includes Michael's show at Gusano's,the 2014 Little Rock Pride Fest, Ali's upcoming NOW meeting/voter registration drive and True Tales of Clinic Escorting.This Week in Abortion: Missouri passed a totally unnecessary 72 hour waiting period for women trying to access abortion services.We wrap up with a story about a Pennsylvania teen who is facing 2 years in juvenile jail for desecrating an object of veneration. Yeah, that's totally unconstitutional.Thanks for listening!~ Ali and Michael