Topic: Rugby

President Joe Biden's commencement speech at the Naval Academy included several anecdotal claims that have come under scrutiny. Biden claimed he was appointed to the Academy in 1965 by Senator J. Caleb Boggs, though records show he was in law school at the time. He also claimed to have played rugby in law school, a detail that researchers have been unable to verify in university athletic records.

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, 84, announced his engagement to 61-year-old former model Jerry Hall. The announcement triggered a wave of "gold digger" and "whore" comments on social media. The segment highlights the hypocrisy of these attacks, noting that Hall is a wealthy woman in her own right and that the age gap is being used to fuel misogynistic tropes.

A listener-submitted audio clip from a South African rugby broadcast features a commercial for Sasfin Bank mentioning a "New World Order" 129 years in the making. The hosts attempt to decode the significance of the number 129, researching historical events from 1883, including the Boer War and the birth of the Ontario Rugby Football Union, while jokingly referencing conspiracy theories about Napoleon and Hitler.

Listeners from various locations, including Brooklyn and British Columbia, contributed to the show's "value for value" model. One donor confessed to feeling guilty for propagating "biodiversity memes" in their professional life. Another listener donated the money they would have spent on Rugby World Cup tickets in New Zealand. The segment emphasizes the community's role in funding independent news analysis.