Jesse and Brittany discuss the ongoing conflict in Israel-Gaza with an email from a longtime listener and emails on luck and police culture and the ongoing chaos with House Republicans struggling to find a new Speaker of the House.
Jesse and Brittany discuss their recent episodes and Swee’Pea’s trip to the emergency vet (she is doing great!), a timely listener email on abortion, Jordan B. Peterson’s desperate attempts to avoid being held accountable for his online troll behavior, Donald Trump’s insulting complaints about the Fulton County Jail and the incessant praise of his opponent Vivek Ramaswamy, and the Biden Campaign’s new political ad responding to Republican candidates on abortion.
Jesse and Brittany welcome Robert P. Jones, founder and president of the Public Religion Research Institute, to discuss his new book, “The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy and the Path to a Shared American Future.” Together, they discuss the origins of the white supremacy problem in America, which Robert tracked back to the Doctrine of Discovery with a focus on the brutality against indigenous people, including their forced removal and killing. In the book and the discussion, there is a particular focus on historic events for indigenous and enslaved people in Mississippi, Minnesota, and Oklahoma. Together, they discuss the lasting impact of the white supremacy problem in America today and the steps we can take to work toward righting the wrongs of the past.
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Jesse and Brittany discuss the chaos that was the first GOP primary debate featuring Mike Pence, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, Chris Christie, Vivek Ramaswamy, Doug Burgum, and Asa Hutchinson, with a special focus on Vivek’s seemingly positively reviewed performance from the perspective of Republicans and his wild lies about his own story and history, Ron DeSantis’ wild lies about abortion, Chris Christie’s inability to gain traction, and Donald Trump’s competing appearance with Tucker Carlson.
Jesse and Brittany discuss their upcoming mini-trip to Boston, listener emails and voicemails related to eye twitches and police abuse, the state of the Republican primary, including Ron DeSantis’ fascist tendencies and removal of an elected prosecutor in Florida, Donald Trump’s continued legal woes and the search warrant executed on his Twitter account, and Chris Christie’s direct challenge to Trump for the debate, Fox News’ continued backing of Donald Trump and election lies, and the Ohio special election which proved to be a major win for the left!
Jesse and Brittany interview Lucas Kunce, a Democrat running to unseat Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO). Together, they discuss Lucas’ background growing up in Missouri and the formative life experiences that drew him to run for the Senate, including early childhood struggles with family medical bills and finances and his experience in the Marine Corps. Lucas dissects Josh Hawley’s abysmal record in the Senate and lays out his vision for his own future work in the Senate. Lucas makes it clear he comes from a much different background than Josh Hawley, which has created within him a desire to give back to his community and ensure Josh Hawley is no longer in a position of power!
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Jesse and Brittany discuss their week of birthdays, listener emails and voicemails related to Swee’Pea and other pets and free school lunch, additional clips that give context into Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s anti-vaccine and anti-science views, the audio released by CNN from the 2021 conversation at the center of Donald Trump’s classified documents case and the subsequent Republican response, Southern Baptist Convention’s decision to expel churches with female pastors, a cancer drug shortage in the United States, a funny exchange with Bernie Sanders and a reporter, and A$$hole of Today feat. Jesse Watters.
