Ethan and Ryan are back and discussing matters of controversy, including, but not limited to:

* Video evidence reviewed by the San Diego DA appears to debunk "gang rape" accusation against punter Matt Araiza. Why no media mea culpa? Why so much anger at, say, a Substacker who pointed this out?

* On the Grand Narrative being more important than whatever happened

* What's with the media trying to establish a standard where accusations alone = consequences?

* On how nobody knows how to talk about college athletes and group sex at parties leading to bad outcomes

* The sad news about Grant Wahl out of Qatar

* Ryan's noticed a pattern where a lot of traveling sports writers die young

* Viktor Bout traded for Brittney Griner: The reaction

* Who else: Elon Musk. Is he in the Tyson Zone?

* The circular debate over the Twitter Files

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