Episode One

431 - The Congressional Writing Club (ft. Julian Feeld & Jake Rockatansky)

Mar 26, 2026
Bob Dome, an eccentric Pennsylvania senator known for surreal children’s tales. Max Stink, conservative lobbyist and condiment entrepreneur, pitches a violent crowdfunded graphic novel. Noam Atterhoo, a New York congressman, reads alternate-history political fiction. They trade provocative readings, comic-book pitching, bizarre kids’ stories, revisionist Lincoln scenes, and darkly humorous political rewrites.
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ANECDOTE

Founding The Congressional Writing Club

  • Gilroy Monsanto starts a Congressional Writing Club where elected officials and lobbyists share fiction, poetry, and erotic writing privately.
  • He frames it as a closed space in the Senate chamber to avoid public exposure and encourages members to bring written work.
ANECDOTE

Senator's Erotic Fanfiction Reading

  • Jumbo Cazadores reads erotic fiction about Senator Jojo Siero and an intern named Afrodella, describing explicit attraction and fantasies.
  • The excerpt mixes sexualized imagery with political context, prompting laughter and crude praise from the group.
INSIGHT

Children's Books With Surreal Dark Humor

  • Bob Dome presents children's books about mental health using animal allegories, aiming to teach kids to 'think better.'
  • His style blends earnest aims with surreal, crude humor that unsettles and amuses the group.
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