2205: Toil and Trouble

Show Notes

• — Power To The People: Ted Alexandro, Keith’s fellow ally, is in studio
• — Rape Therapy: Ted talks about his experience filming an episode of Oz
• — Ted Talks: The group discusses Ted’s recent article he wrote about white privilege, which moved Keith into realizing he shouldn’t try that hard anymore. Ted also gives his takes on such hot button issues as gay rights, the Confederate battle flag, black lives, white lives, quinoa, and more.
• — Thick Mint: The Girl Scouts returned $100,000 they received from a transphobic donor, but the Indiegogo campaign they started since has raised $300,000 in 3 days. Did they make the story up for publicity?
• — Family, Courage, And Good Times: The KKK is planning a pro-Confederate flag rally
• — Legalize Everything: Ted believes all recreational drugs should be legal and that that won't change the status quo much. Keith is hung up on making heroin legal.
• — Smear Campaign: The man who filmed the NYPD's murder of Eric Garner has been arrested 29 times
• — Who Do We Vote For, Ted?: The gang discusses the electoral political climate, including the news-making Bernie Sanders. Presidential hopeful Donald Trump, after having been dropped by partners and sponsors, is doubling down on the racist opinions that got him in trouble. 75% of the audience would rather have President Larry King than President Donald Trump.
• — Shame Shame Shame, Germany: The number of Jews alive today (roughly 14,000,000) is just now at pre-Holocaust levels.
• — HUAR: A robot in a German Volkswagen plant killed a factory worker by grabbing and crushing him against a metal plate
• — The Ol' Gorilla Bug: Google Photos has been accidentally tagging pictures of black people as gorillas
• — I'll Shoot You An Email: A hot new phone case has been designed to make iPhones look like handguns
• — That's Too Bad: Keith reviews Terminator Genisys