We get an update from our intrepid Puerto Rico correspondent Carlito Brigante on the streets of Old San Juan on the night that Gov. Ricardo Rosselló resigned his post. Very insightful stuff from a subject matter expert. We catch up with the absolute dog-shit reporting committed by the moronic television reporters in Manatee County, FL who spent their weekend harassing …
Episode 52 – Sir Have You No Indecency Sir
A powerhouse work of investigative journalism leads to another scandal in a southern state. PBS and ProPublica tell the story. Well it’s been a really stupid week, and we went a little long on this one but don’t act like you don’t love it and lap up every second of it. We’re back on the “Do I Have To”-thing and …
Episode 42 – Purple State Amendment Rundown Volume I – Nevada Edition feat. Reuben D’Silva
It’s a full-a$$ Purple State Amendment Rundown, highlighting the most important stuff on the ballots of the most important states. We kick off the series in the Silver State, the greatest state in the union! Along with past guest Reuben D’Silva III, we explore six critical questions facing Nevadans in the voting booth this year. We do the work so …
Episode 41 – It’s the End of the World as we Know It, and This Flood’s a Nuisance feat. Alex Harris
We’re joined by the Miami Herald’s Alex Harris, who reports on climate change. She talks with us about a recent private wealth management report that suggests, wait for it… Miami might be endangered by climate change! Crazy, right? You can follow her @harrisalexc and read her reporting here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/ Check her story on the Singer report here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article219359460.html The UN’s …
Episode 40 – Season Two!
Them Bird Boys are back after taking September off and boy does Jewish Dave have a lot of ideas for skits. We get back into the news of the day which involves the Supreme Courts and other fun things. We tell bad jokes. I literally just got done editing this episode and already can’t remember what we talked about in …
Episode 39 – The Florida Primaries and Andrew Gillum: We TOLD Y’all
Florida primaries. Toxic algae blooms. Daphne Campbell is awesome in her own way. John Cardillo probably got called “John Car-Dildo” a lot growing up. We’ve got all your critical election coverage and after listening to this show you’ll never need to know anything else, about anything, ever. Jewish Dave’s computer is a nightmare Rube Goldberg machine of outdated apps and …
Episode 37 – Draft Time: The Absolute Worst People Running for Office
Our most high profile guest ever stops by. Rick is only the tip of the Scott. Them Bird Boys make their picks of the absolute most trash candidates running for office in our respective neighborhoods, and explore precisely what makes them trash (aside from their trash faces). Oh, are we too politically intoxicated, Rep. Curbelo? In Good Use Of Meme, …
Episode 34 – The Big Payback feat. David Faris
Yo yo yo catch us at our booth at OzyFest this summer where we’ll be promoting Bird Water, water that has been soaked in birds, and see Jewish Dave during his breakout session, “How GG Alin Would Have Hearted Animojis” and “Democracy and dRUMPF: A Crisis in Civility.” In this episode, we talk to Roosevelt University professor David Faris, author …
Episode 28 – Avengers: Infinity Wolf
Can’t you see? She killed them. She killed them all, Dave. This week we catch up with friend of the pod Michael Weiss as he chili cook-offs (cooks-off?) his way to victory in his Nevada congressional bid. Meanwhile, we have new Do I Have To assignments for each other, and we talk about other things as well including bad traffic …
Episode 24 – Betsy DeVos, Donna Shalala and the Bae-Team feat. Jerry Iannelli
Betsy DeVos got somethin’ going on… It’s a mostly South Florida-centric episode as we talk with Miami New Times reporter Jerry Iannelli (@JerryIannelli) about the inevitability of Rep. Donna Shalala (D-Fla.) and the charred husks of scattered Dems she’s going to leave in her gilded wake. Also, never forget that all the water is poison, which means all the food …
Episode 20 – Would The World Have Ended If We Didn’t Do This Episode?
I don’t know why it took me so long to post this episode and i don’t care what you think about it. They say the metadata is an important part of podcasting but I don’t think I’m going to become better at it.