A Gentlemen’s Disagreement

We start this week's episode by reacting and responding to some listener thoughts on the Georgia election laws before going deep into the U.S. dealings with Afghanistan and Iran. We stay overseas to finish up by discussing the rapid rise and fall of the Super League this week.

 

0:30-28:43 Georgia Election Law Mailbag

29:09-1:12:51 U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East

1:13:16-1:30:05 European Super League

In this Boston/Massachusetts-centric episode, we discuss the current and future states of the T and give an overview of Boston's burgeoning mayoral race before talking to the newest elected member of the Republican State Committee, Nicaela Chinnaswamy, about her decision to enter politics and the wild story of her race for the RSC.

 

0:30-21:55 - The T

22:21-47:02 - Boston Mayoral Race

47:23-1:25:23 - Interview with Nicaela Chinnaswamy

In this week's episode we try to separate the wheat from the chaff with what's going on in Georgia. We bookend that discussion with a preliminary analysis of the proposed infrastructure bill and a look at where we stand in our collective fight against the coronavirus. 

 

0:30-26:01 - Infrastructure

26:13-1:01:01 - Georgia Voting Law & MLB All Star

1:01:20-1:18:41 - Vaccinations & Variants

In a week where President Biden thought he was going to be able to take a victory lap touting the passage of the latest COVID relief bill, he, instead, was confronted with two mass shootings and a rising crisis on our southern border.

 

3:42-33:05 Immigration

33:20-1:28:32 Gun Control, anti-Asian discrimination, and U.S. exceptionalism

Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!

 

This week we discuss the latest Covid Relief Bill, before we are joined by Jeff Kirchick, friend and author, to discuss his new book, Authentic Selling, and get his thoughts on cancel culture.

 

0:30-17:34 Covid Relief Bill

17:46-59:17 Interview with Jeff

59:26-1:06:30 Evolution of cancel culture

In this week's episode we dive into the voting rights battles that are being fought in both the national and state legislatures across the country. We are then joined by Vincent Cortellessa to talk about Trump's return to national politics at CPAC and where the future of the Republican Party lies. 

 

0:30-23:10 H.R. 1 & voting rights

23:21-1:06:35 Interview with Vince

1:06:48-1:11:27 Economic populism spectrum

We're back to current events in this episode, as we touch on our takeaways from the second impeachment trial of President Trump, the behavior of Governor Cuomo and Senator Cruz, and the confirmation hearing of Neera Tanden. We finish the episode by taking a deep dive into the situation in Texas.

 

0:21-41:56 -- Trump, Cuomo, Cruz, Tanden

 

42:10-1:16:06 -- Texas Disaster

 

 

We do something a little different in this episode, as we are joined by two of our best friends to engage in a Presidential "draft" in honor of Presidents Day. In the draft, we each select four Presidents to make up our respective Mount Rushmores. 

 

*This version has Ricky's first overall pick in it, which was accidentally omitted from the previously uploaded version.*

We do something a little different in this episode, as we are joined by two of our best friends to engage in a Presidential "draft" in honor of Presidents Day. In the draft, we each select four Presidents to make up our respective Mount Rushmores. 

This week we saw Republicans gamble on keeping the tent as big as possible and Democrats gamble their version of unity doesn't need Republican support.

 

0:23-31:33 Marjorie Taylor Greene & Liz Cheney 

 

31:50-48:24 Fox News Defamation Lawsuit 

 

42:42-1:10:40 Covid Relief Package