Dimes in the Dozen

On this week's session … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, discuss: Joe Biden giving a pardon to Hunter Biden, Donald Trump's cabinet picks, how to build a “new left,” thoughts on Kendrick Lamar's new album, and so much more … Let's sort through it together! (0:00) - Intro - “I think some fans had the misconception that Jack Antonoff was producing these west coast bangers.” (7:30) - The hypocrisy of Joe Biden giving a full pardon to Hunter Biden - “You said ‘patriotism' wrong.” (18:43) - Reacting to Trump's cabinet picks: Robert F Kennedy Jr/Department of Health and Human Services - “You can hear the worm trying to work his mouth.” (32:04) - Reacting to Trump's cabinet picks: Elon Musk/Department of Government Efficiency - “Efficiency doesn't necessarily entail quality.” (49:16) - Reacting to Trump's cabinet picks: Kash Patel/FBI Director - “This is idolatry … and that's how you end up in trouble.” (54:38) - Explaining Trump's plan for appointing generals in the military - “If there's ever been a f**king puppet … This guys the puppet.” (1:02:42) - How to build a “new left” based around social policy - “We bully this f**king ‘center' out.” (1:12:54) - Thoughts on Kendrick Lamar's new album “GNX” - “Even top 5 is insulting.” (1:23:45) - Outro - “Don't forget to squabble up.”   Please, remember to share, rate, and review this podcast … Follow us on Tik Tok, X, Instagram, and Facebook @dimesinthedozen … Thank you for listening!

On this session … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, discuss how the Democrats lost the 2024 election … Including: Why the Democrats need to adopt Bernie's politics, the mistake of not separating Harris from Biden, how the Democrats can start showing respect to the working class, why Democrat leaders are to blame for the election results, and so much more … Let's sort through it together! (0:00) - Intro - “I wouldn't even call it ‘s**t' BECAUSE you have ‘things.'” (2:45) - The social conditions that CREATE “edgelord” culture - “There's no place that the left has made for young men.” (11:50) - The problem with Democrats AVOIDING “Bernie” politics - “Nerfed him and went conservative.” (23:36) - How Democrats LOST the American working class - “They f**ked up a lot of the messaging.” (27:47) - The costly mistake of not SEPERATING the Harris campaign from the Biden administration - “She had the most ‘f**k those Americans' attitude!” (43:40) - Why pushing the Left to the “center” will DESTROY the Democrats - “I don't want an a**hole like that leading the democrat party!” (51:54) - How the Democrats can start SHOWING the working class more respect - “Until we basically break the l**s of the billionaire class.” (1:06:44) - How the Left can start to CONNECT with young male voters - “The Democrats have been consistently saying to young men, ‘take a backseat.'” (1:17:03) - Why Democrat leaders need to shoulder the BLAME for the election results - “Stop pointing any other way than at yourself.” (1:20:31) - Reacting to the reality of a SECOND Trump presidency - “He's gonna put Cyber Truck technology in all of our equipment.” (1:25:45) - Finding ways to organize and PREPARE for the next four years - “Democrats need to bug the f**k out right now!” (1:33:42) - Outro - “Because the good things are gonna be fewer and farer in between and far more valuable.” Please, remember to share, rate, and review this podcast … Follow us on Tik Tok, X, Instagram, and Facebook @dimesinthedozen … Thank you for listening!

On this week's session of, The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, discuss the final days of the 2024 election season … Including: Reactions to early voting polls, a friendly back-n-forth about comedy at Trump's MSG rally, what the Harris campaign could do to improve voter turnout, sharing the truth about the immigration crisis, predictions for what will happen on Inauguration Day, and so much more … Let's sort through it together! (0:00) - Intro - “Precariously perched at the precipice of potential pandemonium.” (4:45) - The value of voting 3rd party in a presidential election - “Your vote should be a testament to your values as a human being.” (11:10) - Why Democrats are polling so poorly with young male voters - “I don't know how anyone could think that Donald Trump Jr is more of an American man than Hunter Biden.” (17:12) - Everything wrong with Tony Hinchcliffe's standup at Trump's MSG rally - “STOP! STOP! No, you will not categorize me like that … I am not defending him!” (31:43) - Why Harris should've leaned into Biden's “garbage” comment - “Be the mean girl … Dudes will bend the knee to a mean girl!” (42:45) - How Democrats could improve their poll numbers in key swing states - “Or are you willing to be f**king hoodwinked by any grifter in a ill-fitting suit with a s**tty tie and a diaper on.” (52:36) - The truth Americans need to know about the immigration crisis - “They are TRYING to be American … You were gifted it.” (1:00:13) - A tangent about the F35 fighter jet - “The reason that it's not combat ready is because we've been doing nothing but upgrading that b**ch.” (1:06:22) - Predictions and Theories: Election Day, Inauguration Day, and the future of the losing party - “Now that's looking at the worst case situation with this election through rose colored glasses.” (1:21:12) - Outro - “A return to McCarthyism … But for conservatives.” Please, remember to share, rate, and review this podcast … Follow us on Tik Tok, X, Instagram, and Facebook @dimesinthedozen … Thank you for listening!

On this week's session of, The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, return from an unintended hiatus but they're better than ever and ready to breakdown some of what they missed and what's currently happening this election season … They'll give their takes on topics like: Kamala Harris' policies, Tim Walz's character, the variable of JD Vance, Donald Trump's rallies, and so much more … Our hosts will also take a moment to discuss the escalating situation in Lebanon and Joe Biden's possible arms embargo against Israel … Let's sort through it together!   (0:00) - Intro - “You are such a classic millennial man!” (4:18) - Why Kamala Harris' position on immigration is conservative - “I mean, Obama was the original child jailor.” (22:43) - Why Kamala Harris will lose votes for her position on Gaza - “The MINIMUM requirement was to say, ‘NO MORE DEAD CHILDREN!'” (33:34) - The problem with Kamala Harris' “robotic” reciting of policy - “How about guaranteed federal hospital stays … You can afford a crib if you don't have to pay the bill.” (40:51) - Tim Walz's disappointing debate performance - “They just aren't the kind of lies that would make me lose faith in him as a politician.” (43:26) - Why JD Vance sucks but is still a credible threat - “Pence's classic American good ol' boy republican a**, couldn't do it … But Vance's class traitor a**, will do it!” (48:36) - America forgot that Donald Trump was almost assassinated … Twice - “I watched the first one happen live!” (58:40) - Donald Trump's “brocast” tour - “I sorta wish Desus & Mero was still around.” (1:03:15) - Donald Trump's rallies in Oaks, PA and Coachella, CA - “It's the Catalina f**kin wine mixer.”  (1:13:05) - The terrorist like use of boobytrapped pagers in Lebanon - “This is why people call Israel belligerent.” (1:20:40) - Joe Biden's threat of an arms embargo against Israel - “You're doing that to purposely screw Kamala!” (1:27:38) - Outro - “This podcast does not officially endorse any candidate for the record.”   Please, remember to share, rate, and review this podcast … Follow us on Tik Tok, X, Instagram, and Facebook @dimesinthedozen … Thank you for listening!

On this week's session of, The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, RETURN from break with a HEALTHY dose of political HOT takes … Our hosts discuss the FADING legacy of 9/11, react to Donald Trump's ARLINGTON cemetery CONTROVERSY, debate the ACT of flag BURNING, analyze the HARRIS vs. TRUMP debate, explain WHY Tim Walz is the NEW face of MASCULINITY, and so much MORE … Let's sort through it together!   (0:00) - Intro + Discussing the fading legacy of 9/11 - “A HOPIOID epidemic.” (11:23) - Reacting to the first interview with Harris/Walz - “You can TELL that after the DNC Kamala has been HEDGING her bets.” (13:46) - Reacting to Trumps controversial visit to the Arlington Cemetery - “That CRASSNESS isn't what people LIKED about him.” (21:12) - A short debate over flag burning - “But you CAN'T really drag him for it if you UNDERSTAND what he was doing.” (26:55) - Analyzing the Harris vs. Trump debate: Candidate performance - “30 SECONDS talking about his CROWD sizes … 30 SECONDS talking about EATING cats.” (47:34) - Analyzing the Harris vs. Trump debate: Public reaction - “I'm NOT undecided but I'm also NOT trying to be unaware.” (57:35) - Why Tim Walz could be the new face of American masculinity - “That's the FIRST evolution of the MASCULINE man who's EMBRACED feminism.” (1:02:11) - Analyzing the Harris vs. Trump debate: Concepts of policy - “He couldn't ANSWER the yes or no, he couldn't ANSWER what his plan was, and that means he's HONESTLY not thinking about it.” (1:06:02) - Pointing out Trump's unnoticed gaff during the debate - “What could you POSSIBLY be TALKING about other than a clandestine OPERATION to SABOTAGE.” (1:12:39) - Outro - “If you MAKE us your FAVORITE podcast … We'll MAKE this a PODCAST.”   Please, remember to share, rate, and review this podcast … Follow us on Tik Tok, X, Instagram, and Facebook @dimesinthedozen … Thank you for listening!

On this week's session of, The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, finish out their DNC coverage with a lengthy breakdown of Tim Walz's speech from day 2 and a shorter breakdown of Kamala Harris' speech from day 3 … Followed by our hosts reactions to the DNC's treatment of the Uncommitted Delegation … Plus, our hosts react to conservatives “infiltrating” the DNC before closing out this session with a short discussion about the online left … Let's sort through it together (0:00) - Intro - “You know the Lindell lore.” (6:25) - A lengthy breakdown of Tim Walz's speech from day 2 of the DNC - “Republicans gonna catch these hands for Gus, dawg.” (40:54) - A shorter breakdown of Kamala Harris' speech from day 3 of the DNC - “Everything is a chain reaction that starts somewhere … Nothing is in a vacuum.” (1:00:27) - Reacting to the DNC's treatment of the Uncommitted Delegation and denying Palestinian speakers - “They didn't clip us at the knees this time … They clipped us at the shins.” (1:15:08) - Reacting to conservatives “infiltrating” the DNC - “I am no longer Mike Lindell … I am Like Mindell.” (1:23:22) - The online left is cooked: A short discussion - “You are working against the g*d damn program … Get with it.” (1:29:33) - Outro - “Carlos Mencia, supporter of The Bird & The Bear." Please, remember to share, rate, and review this podcast … Follow us on Tik Tok, X, Instagram, and Facebook @dimesinthedozen … Thank you for listening!

On this week's session of, The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, jump right into a correction and update to their coverage of Olympic boxing champion, Imane Khelif … Followed by a good ol' fashioned rant about individual rights and free speech … Next, our hosts dive into a conversation about the problems with nootropics, wellness influencers, and the supplement market … And, before closing out this session, our hosts react to highlights from day 1 and day 2 of the DNC … Let's sort through it together!    (0:00) - Intro - “It's when you take a t**ticle and put it on each eyeball.” (3:15) - Correcting our previous coverage of Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif - “The Brienne of Tarth” (8:19) - Reacting to Imane Khelif filing a lawsuit that names Elon Musk and J.K. Rowling - “Some people are just built differently … Imane Khelif is built to beat a b**ches a**!” (19:03) - Ranting about individual rights and free speech - “You're f**king rich, and you're preying on other people … That is Republican freedom.” (26:28) - Discussing the problem with nootropics and wellness influencers - “Stare into the sun's a**hole!.” (36:55) - Discussing the problem with the health supplement market - “You were talking about caffeine and lion's mane … F**k dude, I use those at a rave.” (45:29) - Discussing the problem with online intellectuals like Sam Harris or Jordan Peterson - “He's banned off YouTube and Twitch … That b**ch a Kick streamer.” (54:32) - Debating the dangers of biohacking - “F**k that … Let's party!” (1:01:59) - Reacting to speeches from day 1 of the DNC: Sean Fain, AOC, and Joe Biden - “My queen … My goat … Thank you.” (1:10:47) - Reacting to the roll call and speeches from day 2 of the DNC - “If your organization gets the licenses to music … You're probably doing something right.” (1:24:11) - Outro - “Smooth jazz for that a** … and the American people.”   Please, remember to share, rate, and review this podcast … Follow us on Tik Tok, X, Instagram, and Facebook @dimesinthedozen … Thank you for listening!

On this week's session of, The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, ease into the political commentary with a quick chat about their favorite crime drama films before covering a few new stories about JD Vance … Starting with Vance's connection to a failed startup, followed by Jesse Ventura's reaction to Vance's attacks on Tim Walz, and rounding off with Vance's CNN interview with Dana Bash … Then, our hosts will close out this session with their reactions to Elon Musk interviewing Trump … Let's sort through it together!   (0:00) - Intro - “There's a fire hydrant involved … That's all I say.” (6:57) - Discussing the failed startup, AppHarvest, and its connection to JD Vance - “This man has gone out of his way to s**t on this community he's 'from.'” (23:58) - Discussing class traitors and the problem with using class denominations in society - “I can fit five fingers in between your eyebrows and your hairline … Shut up.” (28:53) - Discussing Jesse Ventura's reaction to JD Vance's attacks on Tim Walz military service - “Private, why are you talking s**t to the Sergeant Major?” (49:06) - Reacting to JD Vance's interview on CNN with Dana Bash - “As Obama's preacher would say, ‘JD Vance's chickens coming home to roost.'” (1:01:15) - Reactions to Elon Musk interviewing Donald Trump on X - “Two very neurodivergent billionaires.” (1:14:19) - Outro - “Nest for the best and hibernate for health.”   Please, remember to share, rate, and review this podcast … Follow us on Tik Tok, X, Instagram, and Facebook @dimesinthedozen … Thank you for listening!

On this week's session of, The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, focus back in on politics as they give their passionate and satirical analysis of Governor Tim Walz, “bootstrap” politics, and conservative pundits reacting to the Walz pick … Our hosts will also try their hands at sports analysis as they discuss the misgendering of Olympic athletes, Turkey's Olympic hitman, and highlights of Team USA's biggest wins … Let's sort through it together!   (0:00) - Intro - “I mean, we're no professors … we're no historians.” (5:01) - Discussing Governor Tim Walz: Gun policy - “There's certain responsibilities that I understand that I'm going to have to take … as long as the government is responsible with my rights.” (13:41) - Discussing Governor Tim Walz: Social programs and healthcare - “More introspection than I think the people that are criticizing it are capable of.” (24:26) - Ranting about “bootstrap” politics - “But, no one can do that … No one could focus on the climate, focus on their job, focus on doing anything if they're fighting for their f**king lives.” (28:22) - Defending how Governor Tim Walz handled the George Floyd Protest - “Set it on fire … Go ahead … We'll wait till you calm down then we'll talk about it.” (33:51) - Analyzing conservative pundits reactions to Tim Walz - “I think one of the things that I would be most excited for out of a Harris/Walz administration … Is to have a vice president that was outspoken as Dick Cheney, but for good.” (43:05) - Reacting to Vivek Ramaswamy and his “managing class” theory - “He's trying to get away from what people are trying to call him.” (52:39) - Reactions to Olympic athletes being misgendered - “Look at women's rugby … Sturdy!” (1:07:34) - Olympic Highlights: Turkey sent a hitman - “This strikes me as one of those things where somebody just has a natural talent for something.” (1:13:13) - Olympic Highlights: US Men's victories - “That's what the Olympics is about, baby … Patriotism on high … Let's f**kin go!” (1:19:11) - Olympic Highlights: US Women's Victories - “If other people can only do one backflip and you do three … You're fundamentally better!” (1:29:47) - Outro - “Well I mean … Quit being Republican weird!”   Please, remember to share, rate, and review this podcast … Follow us on Tik Tok, X, Instagram, and Facebook @dimesinthedozen … Thank you for listening!

On this week's session of, The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, start things off with a special announcement before quickly covering some political topics including, a discussion about the Harris campaign and reactions to Trump distancing himself from project 2025 … Then, Sammy Ray dives into some personal updates about the gym and his resolutions before introducing his new recommendations segment … Wrapping things up on a heavier note, Daryl Lazer shares some personal turmoil he's been struggling with … Let's sort through it together!   (0:00) - Intro - “Payable On Bussy.” (3:33) - A special announcement about the future of this podcast - “We're just two guys … The Bird … and The Bear.” (11:29) - Discussing the effectiveness of the Harris campaign (so far) - “I was Lib'd the f**k up watching it, dude.” (26:06) - Reactions to Trump trying to distant himself from Project 2025 - “God, it's wild that people can do that and they'll be taken seriously.” (38:47) - Personal update: Sammy Ray's 2024 fitness goals - “With my people … With my f**kin lunks.” (54:17) - Personal update: Sammy Ray's 2024 resolution to become more patient - “Patience is a talent that you can teach yourself … and it just takes time to learn.” (1:03:04) - Personal update: Sammy Ray is going to his first Renaissance Faire - “Sir, you joust with thy javelin!” (1:07:24) - On The Word of A Bird: Sammy Ray shares some Anime recommendations - “If you want Shonen anime made for old people … this is for you.” (1:11:32) - On The Word of A Bird: Sammy Ray shares some music recommendations - “You smoking a blunt in the middle of like a hot summer night … Like, you got the Belve in the Dixie cup.” (1:22:28) - Personal update: Daryl Lazer shares some personal turmoil he's been dealing with - “It's exhausting being close to people that ask you to do work that they're not willing to do themselves.” (1:29:44) - Outro - “It's Lib'd up, bruh.”   Please, remember to share, rate, and review this podcast … Follow us on Tik Tok, X, Instagram, and Facebook @dimesinthedozen … Thank you for listening!

On this week's session of, The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, have become the common citizen's political pundits because their back with another round of political commentary … They react to Joe Biden dropping out, discuss the legacy Biden will leave behind, and react to Biden endorsing Kamala Harris for president … They'll also react to conservatives attacking Kamala Harris, discuss Harris' VP picks, and debate the funny vote … As an added bonus, Daryl explains the system outage caused by CrowdStrike … Let's sort through it together!   (0:00) - Intro - “All a sudden it's a Guy Ritchie movie.”   (7:27) - Reactions to President Joe Biden dropping out of the election - “My ornery is kicking in and I want to do this … but I can't do this.”   (16:29) - Updates on the attempted assassination of Donald Trump + More reactions to the RNC - “Rachel Dolezal … The GOAT.”   (22:31) - Discussing how Biden dropping out might save his legacy + RFK's reaction to the Biden news - “Debbie Wasserman Shultz is Ms. Frizzle and a Skeksis from The Dark Crystal.”   (32:58) - Biden endorses Kamala Harris for president + the Harris campaign's record breaking fundraising - “It's the perfect antithesis to ‘Make America Great Again.'”   (40:14) - Reactions to conservative pundits scrambling to attack Kamala Harris - “Dogwhistle! Dogwhistle!”    (49:57) - Discussing Kamala Harris' VP picks + debating the value of the “funny” vote - “That's why f**kin Harris/Buttigieg works! Harry/Butt works!”   (1:10:32) - Daryl uses his background in computer sciences to explain the system outage caused by CrowdStrike - “Somebody hit the god damn party button and shut down the world.”   (1:25:00) - Outro - “The Hulkster can't take it anymore, brother!”   Please, remember to share, rate, and review this podcast … Follow us on Tik Tok, X, Instagram, and Facebook @dimesinthedozen … Thank you for listening!

On this week's session of, The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, put their political pundit caps back on as they react to: the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, JD Vance being nominated as Trump's pick for VP, Sean O'Brien giving a speech at the RNC, Nikki Haley endorsing Trump, and a lot more in between … Let's sort through it together!   (0:00) - Intro - “Ain't no conservatives up in this room.” (2:48) - Reactions to the attempted assassination of Donald Trump - “I think the, ‘almost,' makes it so that I'm like, ‘I don't remember if I was poopin or workin.'” (13:01) - Discussing how the Secret Service failed to protect Trump - “That's probably what's gonna be the most frustrating thing for Trump about all this.” (18:39) - Explaining why you should still vote, even if it's not for Biden or Trump - “I love myself an armed gay man who's pro Palestinian.” (29:13) - Determining the statistical likelihood you'll be assaulted as President of the United States - “He's got a little period pad on his ear right now at the RNC.” (40:40) - Reactions to Trump naming JD Vance as his pick for Vice President - “Nah, you're talking about having teeth, but you got no f**king teeth!” (55:21) - Reactions to Teamster President Sean O'Brien speaking at RNC - “They love their union, but not when their union does leftist stuff.” (1:08:26) - Reactions to Nikki Hailey's RNC speech and endorsement of Trump - “This dumb broad over here don't believe in reproductive rights!” (1:19:45) - Outro - “Maybe, get high while you can?”   Please, remember to share, rate, and review this podcast … Follow us on Tik Tok, X, Instagram, and Facebook @dimesinthedozen … Thank you for listening!

On this week's session of, The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, are hitting their variety stride … Starting things off with some more stories of Sammy's Electric Forest experience … Followed by a very unserious discussion about Biden's debate performance … Then the show takes a more focused turn as our hosts discuss possible replacements for Biden … Before wrapping up the session with a warning to Democrats … Let's sort through it together!   (0:00) - Intro - “You crush the first one, you sip the second.” (3:53) - The “Sprouting” trend at Electric Forest - “A rave featuring an American WW2 veteran who stormed the beaches of Normandy??” (15:39) - Miniature gifting at Electric Forest - “And it's like horses, and explosions, and beer.” (24:42) - Regular porta-potties Vs. flushable porta-potties at festivals - “The cacophony of catastrophic thoughts.” (44:08) - I eat day 4 a$$: a discussion - “But I'ma make it day one a$$ … Or at least day 1 1/2 a$$.” (48:26) - How sunning could increase Biden's energy levels - “Let the sun gape you.” (1:03:14) - Discussing a possible replacement for Biden - “Because now everything doesn't feel right … Nothing feels justified.” (1:16:12) - What it means for Democrats if they continue to support Biden - “Lesser of two evils, is still the most evil motherf**ker on the planet.” (1:24:44) - Outro - “B**ch down ballot.”   Please, remember to share, rate, and review this podcast … Follow us on Tik Tok, X, Instagram, and Facebook @dimesinthedozen … Thank you for listening!

On this week's session of, The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, are hitting their variety stride … Starting things off with some more stories of Sammy's Electric Forest experience … Followed by a very unserious discussion about Biden's debate performance … Then the show takes a more focused turn as our hosts discuss possible replacements for Biden … Before wrapping up the session with a warning to Democrats … Let's sort through it together!   (0:00) - Intro - “You crush the first one, you sip the second.” (3:53) - The “Sprouting” trend at Electric Forest - “A rave featuring an American WW2 veteran who stormed the beaches of Normandy??” (15:39) - Miniature gifting at Electric Forest - “And it's like horses, and explosions, and beer.” (24:42) - Regular porta-potties Vs. flushable porta-potties at festivals - “The cacophony of catastrophic thoughts.” (44:08) - I eat day 4 a$$: a discussion - “But I'ma make it day one a$$ … Or at least day 1 1/2 a$$.” (48:26) - How sunning could increase Biden's energy levels - “Let the sun gape you.” (1:03:14) - Discussing a possible replacement for Biden - “Because now everything doesn't feel right … Nothing feels justified.” (1:16:12) - What it means for Democrats if they continue to support Biden - “Lesser of two evils, is still the most evil motherf**ker on the planet.” (1:24:44) - Outro - “Bitch down ballot.”   Please, remember to share, rate, and review this podcast … Follow us on Tik Tok, X, Instagram, and Facebook @dimesinthedozen … Thank you for listening!

On this week's session of, The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, return from their summer break, and after a quick life update from Daryl, our hosts will take a deep dive into Sammy's experience at Electric Forest 2024 … If you'd like to check out some photos and videos from Electric Forest, you can check out Sammy Ray's personal IG page @wizard_of_wub … Let's sort through it together!   (0:00) - Intro - “For the homies that couldn't be here!”   (4:04) - Daryl discovers an infestation -  “If you know what you're looking at, you know s**t is in the walls.”   (12:16) - How life experiences make it easier to deal with aging - “You get a priceless memory for a price … and that's real f**kin hard to find.”   (20:06) - Traveling to Michigan for Electric Forest - “The train was scarier than the plane?”   (25:40) - Day one of Electric Forest (Food tour, secret rooms, and DJ sets) - “You have not stopped speaking my language since you have been talking about this f**kin festival.”   (47:48) - Day two of Electric Forest (Dream Emporium, surprise wrestling match, and more DJ sets) - “It is f*king remarkable how quickly human beings go absolutely feral at a sanctioned brawl.”   (55:45) - Day three of Electric Forest (Storm delay, midnight entry, and missed DJ sets) - “We had 4 hours to party it up.”   (1:02:28) - Day four of Electric Forest (Scavenger hunt reward, emergency evacuation, and a legendary after party) - “Someone gave me a random f**kin Franzia bag; I slapped it.”   (1:09:34) - Final thoughts and questions about Electric Forest 2024 - “It is an amazing place to get feral and feel safe, but at the same time you wanna be smart about it.”   (1:16:54) - Outro - “The forest will lead you.”   Please, remember to share, rate, and review this podcast … Follow us on Tik Tok, X, Instagram, and Facebook @dimesinthedozen … Thank you for listening!

On this week's session of, The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, are feeling the pride … They discuss Donald Trump's 34 felony convictions and Hunter Biden's 3 felony convictions … Give their reactions to Jordan Peterson's latest comments on the LGBT+ community … And throw their opinions into the “No Straights at Pride” debate … Let's sort through it together! (0:00) - Intro - “Have you seen when he's doing the interview in the wig?” (7:08) - Trump's impromptu speech during jury deliberations - “MAGA to the dome; ain't going home.” (15:27) - Trump's criminal conviction isn't politically motivated - “Simultaneously a criminal mastermind, but dumb.” (21:54) - Trump's lawyer says he doesn't have to prove Trump's innocence - “Trump seems impervious to the verdict of public opinion.” (31:06) - Hunter Biden convicted on all 3 counts - “That actually is a good question … Like, when do you smoke crack? (36:05) - Hunter Biden's nepotism and AMTRAK - “Hunter's crack tour of America.” (41:08) - Telecommuting and the cost of living in cities - “Now you have people that don't need to live in the city, living in the city.” (49:51) - Reacting to Jordan Peterson's gross takes on gay Pride - “I will be happy with who I am … and you can't stop me from being happy with who I am.” (57:55) - The downfall of the “intellectual” dark web - “They started with philosophy, and thought, and empathy … and then they lost it.” (1:04:50) - The “No Straights at Pride” debate - “It's a good thought, it's a fun thought, but it doesn't help anything.” (1:13:47) - Outro - “Straights at Pride … Yeah, but be smart about it.” Please, remember to share, rate, and review this podcast … Follow us on Tik Tok, X, Instagram, and Facebook @dimesinthedozen … Thank you for listening!                        

On this week's session of, The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, are brining back the variety … Opening the show with life updates; progress at the gym, personal resolutions, breakthroughs in therapy, upcoming adventures, and music recommendations … They'll also discuss; the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Russia's role in WW2, and Joe Biden's speech … Finishing the session off with their reactions to Snowd4y's “Wah Gwan Delilah (featuring Drake)” and Cash Cobain's “Grippy (featuring J. Cole)” … Let's sort through it together!   (0:00) - Introduction - “The futures intriguing, but it's f**king weird.” (4:28) - Updates on Sammy's fitness goals - “No one‘s going outside and sunning their b**thole.” (12:16) - Sammy's struggle with a personal resolution - “Forget patience; I need to say what I need to say.” (19:27) - Daryl's recent breakthrough in therapy - “You can't have the conversation about the reasons unless they consent to the conversation about the reasons.” (27:39) - Daryl's progress with career goals - “But it's real hard to go from like, napping in the middle of the day … To not.” (31:42) - Sammy is going to Andrew Schulz in Seattle - “For a second my brain said, ‘How the f**k did you hear about him through GEICO?'” (36:38) - Sammy is heading to Electric Forest - “So like, if you dig it … I know that I'll go there and be like, ‘Oh, this is home.'” (38:38) - Sammy shares some new music recommendations - “Great to lift to, guys … Great lifting music.” (41:10) - The 80th anniversary of D-Day - “World War 2 is the MLK of comparisons.” (50:00) - The Allied Forces needed Russia to win - “Russia kinda carried.” (53:52) - Joe Biden's D-Day anniversary speech - “War hero? Yes … Piece of s**t neighbor.” (1:00:11) - China's success and the American dream - “They sold us a line and we bought it because we didn't have a choice.” (1:05:43) - Reactions to Drake's “Wah Gwan Delilah” feature - “Kendrick Lamar broke these dudes.” (1:09:44) - Reactions to J. Cole's “Grippy” feature - “Wah Gwan Grippy.” (1:14:29) - Outro - “And the most American charges on top of that.”   Please, remember to share, rate, and review this podcast … Follow us on Tik-Tok, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @dimesinthedozen … Thank you for listening!

On this week's session of, The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, bring you the final installment of their 4-part CIA deep dive series … In part 4, our hosts discuss the 1954 Coup in Guatemala, it's connection to United Fruit Company, and how the CIA was involved … Content cited in this session: “The CIA's Secret Genocide” by Rare Earth on YouTube, “How the US Stole Central America (With Bananas) by Johnny Harris on YouTube, “How CIA overthrew Guatemala's elected president for United Fruit Company (with historian Aaron Good)” by Geopolitical Economy Report on YouTube, and “Guatemala Coup Fails | Marco Fonseca | TMR” by The Majority Report on YouTube … Let's sort through it together!   (0:00) - Introduction - “I am not saying, factually, that c**aine was involved in most of the CIA's decision around this time, but…” (6:43) - Guatemala's social hierarchy in the 19th century - “They're free, but they're not f**kin free.” (8:59) - United Fruit Company takes control of Guatemala - “Man did not have a marketing team … No PR relations.” (15:12) - The Guatemalan spring and the 1954 coup - “Hitler was the GOAT … I'm the Hitler of Guatemala … What's good?” (19:37) - Some banana facts - “The dude who ran the camp across from us, the bondage camp, that was called The Spank Bank … His name was Big Mike.” (24:25) - Wages for Untied Fruit Company laborers - “You just lose your job if you're ever off the line for more than 30 seconds.” (28:19) - A tangent into FDR's presidency - “Tippin' the hat … Ticklin' the balls.” (35:26) - The United Fruit Company's violent history - “That's no better than a banana republic … Our crop is stocks.” (41:17) - Panama Disease and the rise of the Cavendish - “Also, very American that within a matter of like, 60 years we've absolutely gutted a destroyed a natural resource.” (47:55) - Chiquita executives funding Colombian militants - “How do you get off calling yourself the United Fruit Company, when all you f**k with is bananas?” (53:41) - The results of Guatemala's most recent presidential election - “But sometimes you kind of have to do a positive thing so that you can keep doing negative things.” (1:01:23) - How the United States creates the immigration crisis - “Like, there's f**king avocado cartels now.” (1:07:25) - Getting mad at capitalism for almost 10 minutes - “Compete or die … Compete or suffer … There is no simple life.” (1:16:58) - Outro - “Now we got the worst kind of herpes.”   Please, remember to share, rate, and review this podcast … Follow us on Tik-Tok, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @dimesinthedozen … Thank you for listening!

On this week's session of, The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray & Daryl Lazer, return  … They discuss the ICC's warrants for Israel and Hamas, the man vs. bear hypothetical, Joe Biden's Moorhouse speech, Trump's latest unhinged social media post, podcasts schilling for big tech, and so much more … Let's sort through it together!   (0:00) - Introduction - “I'd let that thin lipped broad do so many things.” (6:02) - The ICC seeks arrest warrants for leaders of Hamas and Israel - “I think the term is, bleach blonde butch body built…” (13:06) - Applying the man vs. bear hypothetical to Israel and Palestine - “Women more often see humanity in things that men don't.” (20:44) - Analyzing the ICC's evidence against Israel - “They have terror treasure chests in the water that they fish out.” (29:19) - Debating the enforceability of the ICC's warrants - “It's just the boogeyman they've created...” (35:42) - Reactions to Biden's Moorhouse speech - “It's something different, Jack.” (44:53) - A Biden vs. Trump discussion turns into a debate about the F22 - “And, the reason I agree with that is because he wouldn't handle it.” (56:33) - Reactions to Trump posting unhinged campaign ad - “So I'll take it the other way, be stupid … Look at it and go, ‘I'm dumb.'” (1:02:36) - Discussing Semi Bird, a conservative candidate for Washington State Governor - “Mr. Little Boots? We're only calling him that from now on.” (1:15:42) - Large podcasts schilling for big tech - “This just reminds me that AI isn't being developed to make our lives easier…” (1:22:08) - Outro - “So you introduce democracy … to Ghandi.”   Please, remember to share, rate, and review this podcast … Follow us on Tik-Tok, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @dimesinthedozen … Thank you for listening!

On this week's session of, The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, present part three of their deep dive on the CIA … In part three, our hosts will discuss the history of Project MK Ultra, it's greater effect on society, and some of the notable names who participated in the project … Content mentioned in this session: “Human Experiments, Torture, and Mind Control: The CIA's Project MK-Ultra” by Eleanor Neale (YouTube), and The Joe Rogan Experience #1459 - Tom O'Neil (Spotify) … Let's Sort Through It Together!   (0:00) - Introduction (Discussing updates on the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef) - “It sounds French enough to be right.” (10:03) - The origins and evolution of Project MK Ultra - “That's patriotism with it's f**king boots up and buckles on.” (19:43) - The CIA's failed attempt to acquire LSD - “No, I didn't say I could get you ‘10 kilograms' … I said I could get you ‘10, killer grams!'” (23:01) - The utilization of prison inmates for Project MK Ultra - “They probably were like, ‘You've done enough acid to live in your head.'” (29:58) - The doctor who ran MK Ultra experiments on his mental health patients - “But, it also would've been the perfect group of people to test sleeper cells on.” (35:13) - How the CIA infiltrated the hippie movement - “One thing I've learned through my own clandestine operations … You don't do anything but get better at it.” (43:18) - Analyzing the justifications for Project MK Ultra - “We probably would've found a lot more at Guantanamo Bay if we dosed them with LSD and Molly.” (53:00) - How the CIA inadvertently created political movements during the 1960's - “What do you mean? They marched on the DNC in Chicago and people died!” (1:03:41) - Theorizing the real reason for Operation Midnight Climax - “Just enjoying a brewski themselves … Ya know, maybe a little half a tab.” (1:08:40) - Charles Manson and the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic - “As time goes on, I realize that what I was taught about them was bills**t.” (1:20:32) - The impact and legacy of Project MK Ultra - “Even if you can't draw a straight line; there's some squiggles.” (1:33:21) - Outro - “Do you think they knew about Ayahuasca?”   Please, remember to share, rate, and review this podcast … Follow us on Tik-Tok, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @dimesinthedozen … Thank you for listening!

On this week's session of, The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, talk beef … The Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef to be specific … Join us, as our hosts discuss the diss tracks, the allegations, and what the hell this all means for both the artists, and the fans … Let's sort through it together!   (0:00) - Introduction - “We haven't seen a beef this intense since the days of Eminem and 50 Cent.” (5:43) - How Kendrick and Drake made the beef so accessible - “I don't think he puts as much weight on whether or not he wrote the verse, as he does, he delivered the verse.” (13:15) - Noticing how the quality of Drake's music has declined - “There is not a band or an artist worth their f**king salt that has put out that much music in the span of 12 months … And had it be good.” (17:28) - How J Cole's short engagement with the beef damaged his legacy - “He gets to be ‘Third Person Shooter' now.” (20:01) - Drake's allegations Vs. Kendrick's allegations - “I've learned to like Drake … And that was my mistake.” (27:39) - Analyzing their respective diss tracks and visuals - “When you put it into the context of beef … All of his punches were thin.” (33:25) - How Drake might recover from losing the beef - “Because he's got a guaranteed deal, he can flail all he wants to … And as long as he's getting gassed up, he's gonna keep doing it.” (41:20) - Suggestions for Drake's possible career change - “Maybe he goes down to Memphis with Dennis, his dad … And they make twelve-button suits together.” (45:10) - Analyzing Drake's relationship with his biracial identity - “It leads you into f**king trouble … It leads you into making f**king AI videos of Tupac.” (52:34) - Questioning Drake's motivations for escalating the beef - “Drake had to claim a whole a** child.” (58:40) - What fans need to remember about the Kendrick and Drake beef - “The absolute best response that Drake could have right now … Is rapping over ‘BBL Drizzy.'” (1:02:47) - Outro - “Imagine falling into a river, basically a life or death moment, to Macklemore.”   Please, remember to share, rate, and review this podcast … Follow us on Tik-Tok, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @dimesinthedozen … Thank you for listening!

On this week's session of, The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, return from their short break to deliver life updates, new music recommendations, new anime recommendations, and their final review of Amazon's “Fallout” series … Join us, and get to know our hosts a little better as they open up about their lives and interests … Let's sort through it together!   (0:00) - Introduction - “The country is not ‘thiccc' right now” (4:19) - Daryl talks about his success at the gym - “Now, when I see myself in the mirror … I can kind of start to repeat what other people were saying and shut that back of my brain up.” (8:21) - Daryl talks about managing his alcohol consumption - “I need to find a way to stop excusing myself in moments when I would normally overindulge.” (12:30) - Daryl talks about his first cabin “trip” of 2024 - “Did overindulge quite a bit … Did kind of a lot of DMT.” (18:51) - Daryl shares his experience attending the Sick New World music festival in Las Vegas - “You made a fisting joke, they doubled down on it, and asked us to follow them.” (36:41) - Sammy talks about managing soreness and hitting PRs at the gym - “I love a good set of balls on my back.” (53:30) - Sammy talks about how inspiring it was to watch his partner complete a half marathon - “It's attractive in a way that you can't really describe.” (55:51) - Sammy's been listening to new music and has some recommendations - “I'm a 31 year old man, so you can take that how you want to.” (1:01:27) - Sammy's newest list of Anime recommendations - “It's no bulls**t … It's no filler, all fun.” (1:07:15) - Reviewing Amazon's “Fallout” series - “She's pre-war … Meaning, she has that dog in her!”  (1:21:59) - Discussing the huge update for Fallout 4 - “That sounds like a glitched model.” (1:25:26) - Outro - “Keep protesting. Keep fighting.”   Please, remember to share, rate, and review this podcast … Follow us on Tik-Tok, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @dimesinthedozen … Thank you for listening!

On this week's session of, The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, present their second deep dive on the CIA … They'll discuss the beginnings of the CIA, a timeline of the CIA's most notable operations, why the CIA is a terrorist organization, and give their reactions to a group of YouTubers sneaking into a CIA base … Content cited in this video; “The Deep State is Real, Here's why it matters” by Johnny Harris, “The CIA is a Terrorist Organization” by Second Thought, and “We Snuck Into a CIA Base In The Aussie Outback” by Boy Boy … Let's sort through it together!   (0:00) - Introduction - “Definitely balls to the wall for the next 30 years after that … Not to say they're still not going balls to the wall now.” (4:24) - JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis - “They want to make the money, they want people around to make them the money, and they want people around to buy their crappy products.” (18:05) - The creation of the CIA and it's earliest operations, starting in 1945 - “If your defending the ideals of America, you can do anything you want … But, if the ideals you hold determine what you defend, you're severely limited.” (30:21) - The CIA's operations from the late 1950's to the Church Commission in 1975 - “The CIA makes for history's greatest fall man.” (37:49) - The CIA post 9/11 - “The real power is in the authority to do s**t without presidential or congressional oversight.” (42:22) - Is the CIA a terrorist organization? - “You terrorize them with explosions, and discourse, and chaos.” (50:21) - Does America need the CIA? - “Most people don't want to be a part of any one of the organizations that has the track record that we do.” (1:00:06) - How the actions of the CIA mirror lore in the Fallout universe - “No one really wants to destroy the f**king world … Then the capitalism ends, baby.” (1:13:18) - Reacting to YouTubers, Boy Boy, sneaking into a CIA base in Australia - “I did not f**king know that America pulled what is essentially a coup on Australia.” (1:22:47) - Boy Boy's attempts to sneak into the CIA base known as Pine Gap - “Just all of sudden black bags and bands … That kid still has a SIM card in his butt.”   Please, don't forget to share, rate, and review … Follow us on all social media @dimesinthedozen

On this week's session of, The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, go over a variety of topics as they discuss foreign TV, updates on Gaza, Young Biden Vs. Old Biden, the concept of “Exurbia,” the Donghua Jinlong Glycine Factory, and much more … Let's sort through it together!   (0:00) - E-40's lingo, foreign television, and Amazon's new Fallout series - “So, It's Star Wars … But, they cut the commercials into Star Wars.” (10:10) - Active US Airmen Larry Hebert going on a hunger strike in solidarity with the people of Gaza - “As somebody that considers themselves a patriot … America continuously breaks my heart.” (20:32) - All major updates coming out of Gaza as of April 9th, 2024 - “Any commons sense American, who isn't a f**king war hawk or a hog, they see the writing on the wall … This is untenable.” (30:03) - Comparing Joe Biden's past position on apartheid South Africa to his current day position on Israel - “Because there is something to be said about what the commander-in-chief can do … And says they will do … And then realize they can't do” (41:50) - The concept of “Exurbia” and it's effect on the modern political landscape - “The American Dream was, get away from the minorities … Sold under the idea of, you should have a Cadillac.” (51:11) - Describing “Exurbanites” and what “Exurban” communities look like - “It's also really easy to hide your political beliefs the less you live on top of other people … The denser you are, the more tolerant you have to be” (58:54) - Why companies use the concept of minimum viable product, as a production model - “They make things and expect the user to be the one that finishes it.” (1:06:59) - The Donghua Jinlong Glycine Factory meme - “That s**t sounds biologically beneficial … I should probably do it.”   Please, don't forget to share, rate, and review … Follow us on all social media @dimesinthedozen

Please, don't forget to share, rate, and review … Follow us on all social media @dimesinthedozen   On this session of, The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, present the first installment in their next deep dive series on the history of the CIA … Starting with a discussion about the CIA's first official mission, Operation Paperclip … Content cited in this session: “Operation Paperclip: The Secret Recruitment,” Available on Tubi and PlutoTV - “Annie Jacobsen, ‘Operation Paperclip,'” presented by Politics and Prose on YouTube - “Joe Rogan | The Harsh Truths of Operation Paperclip (NASA & Nazi's) w/ Annie Jacobsen” presented by JRE Clips on YouTube … Let's sort through it together!   (0:00) - The session opens with our hosts explaining what lead them to do a deep dive on the history of Operation Paperclip - “It was hungry hungry hippos for Nazi war criminals.” (11:07) - Our hosts discuss the documentary, “Operation Paperclip: The Secret Recruitment“ - “The world's biggest superpower ever … The richest country in history … That has 1600 scientists … That know nothing other than how to create s**t to kill people.” (17:50) - Our hosts breakdown how Germany exploited a loophole in the Treaty of Versailles - “Even to this day, how western governments still make bad, near sighted policy decisions that ignore the harm that emerging technology almost always creates.” (30:00) - Our hosts focus their conversation on Wernher von Braun and comments he made about the use of V2 rockets in WW2 - “Who does that sound like? Who said, ‘There's good people on both sides.'” (36:37) - Our hosts tangent for a moment as Daryl explains the multiple decisions that lead Germany to defeat in WW2 - “Like, World War 2 will be a topic as long as humanity exists because it was such a turning point.” (41:28) - Our hosts continue to discuss Wernher von Braun's actions during WW2 and how he ended up in the hands of the Allied Forces - “I have never seen somebody suck America's d**k so hard … Trying not to die.” (52:26) - Our hosts discuss the ethics of brining Wernher von Braun and other Nazi scientists to America - “Tactically speaking, I think we made the better play … Ethically speaking, I think we made the worst play.” (1:00:57) - Our hosts discuss Annie Jacobsen's presentation of her book, “Operation Paperclip” hosted by Politics and Prose - “If your a civilian and you do something really impactful, heroic for the US government, this is the highest honor you can get … Highest f**king honor you can get … And we gave it to a Nazi.” (1:15:31) - Our hosts criticize America for protecting the legacies of Nazi scientists brought over to the US in Operation Paperclip - “Why is it so hard for people to understand this? For liberals, to understand this … That people in power do evil things.” (1:23:47) - Our hosts discuss a dark truth about the Nuremberg Trials before closing out the session with their final thoughts on Operation Paperclip - “I'd rather be the ancestors of this s**t than actually be living in those f**king moments because at least now I can try do what I can to correct the past.”

Please, don't forget to share, rate, and review … Follow us on all social media @dimesinthedozen   On this session of, The Bird and The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, are once again back with the variety as they discuss Diddy's legal troubles, life updates, 2024 resolutions progress, The Baltimore bridge collapse , and Donald Trump's Bible grift … Let's sort through it together!   (0:00) - The session opens with our hosts discussing Diddy's legal troubles - “This is how I wanted to … pun intended, touch on the Diddy story.” (8:19) - Our hosts discuss their life updates from the last month, starting with Sammy Ray - “Would I recommend it? Is this part of Sam's movie recommendations? Ehh … I give it 3 wing flaps out of 5.” (16:56) - Our hosts spend some time discussing the progress and setbacks Sammy's had with his resolution to be more attentive - “Almost like your attention span has been systematically taken from you by algorithms attempting to sell you things?” (28:16) - Sammy explains how the biggest hurdle in the way of his resolution to be more patient is dealing with what feels like a lack of patience coming from our post-pandemic society - “When you're also not having your patience tested you don't know how fragile it might be.” (36:24) - Sammy explains how he's successfully maintained his everyday routines and how he can improve them by making more time for personal enjoyment - “I've just found that like, definitely, I'm a list person … Like, I like my lists … I like lists that I can check s**t off of.” (41:55) - Daryl's life updates are pretty short this month but he takes a minute to explain the trouble he's having with maintaining his motivation at both the gym and work - “When you want to have momentum, and you want to have drive and a goal … It's hard to be told, ‘Hey, now's not the time for that.'” (53:39) - Our hosts have a lengthy discussion about the recent collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland - “It really does go to show just how fragile our infrastructure is … What little of a mistake can turn into a big mistake … Real fast.” (1:13:48) - Our hosts wrap up the session with a quick reaction to Donald Trump's bible grift - “Like, I really hope Tom MacDonald is sitting at home in his recliner with his Never Surrender 1's on, flipping through his ‘God Bless The USA Bible'”

Please share, rate, and review … Follow us on all social media platforms @dimesinthedozen   On this session of, The Bird and The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, close out their Deep South series of sessions with their reactions to Peter Santenello's 5th installment in his YouTube series on the Deep South called, “Inside Alabama's Blackest Region” … Then, as an added bonus, our hosts take one final trip to the south and react to a special video by Peter Santenello called, “Alabama's Biggest Secret - Operation Paperclip” … Let's sort through it together!   (0:00) - The session opens with Daryl explaining Terrance Howard's “math” obsession and it leads our hosts into a conversation about dismantling masculine stereotypes - “B.O.B was right, the earth is flat … Neil deGrasse Tyson, suck my d**k.” (12:39) - Our hosts react to the YouTube video, “Inside Alabama's Blackest Region” by Peter Santenello - “I feel like this was one of his worst ones …. Because, he's not a dude with nothing to say.” (16:02) - As Peter travels through the Black Belt of Alabama he reaches the town of Beatrice and the community's condition makes our hosts question where the Black Belt's economic opportunities went - “They're getting better in that … Yeah, you might tolerate black people in your community and around you … But your blind to the fact that black communities do not have the same access to resources.”  (21:24) - Peter reaches Selma, Alabama and our hosts react to a conversation Peter has with a women cleaning up a heavily damaged home - “And, it made me think of my dad … Because she wasn't talking in facts, she was talking in folksy feelings.” (31:22) - Our hosts react to a second conversation Peter has in Selma with a man who's home was one of the few to survive a “recent” tornado - “No, the f**king government didn't come actually come in there! Are you kidding me? Did you not learn anything from any of the natural disasters over the last 20 f**king years since Katrina?” (41:45) - Our hosts tangent into a conversation about what might happen to the homes that FEMA purchases after natural disasters - “And they're not gonna sell it … They're never gonna sell it … They're just gonna keep it … They're gonna turn us into a country of f**king renters.” (51:30) - Our hosts react to Peter's final thoughts as he wraps up the video and makes a comparison between Alabama's Black Belt and the communities of Appalachia - “In the south, you're talking about trade schools, rebuilding the community … Appalachia, you're talking about trade schools, rebuilding the thought process around energy.” (1:02:48) - Our hosts react to the YouTube video, “Alabama's Biggest Secret - Operation Paperclip” by Peter Santenello - “What are you saying sir? Are you just a rocket nerd? Or are you a Nazi nerd?” (1:08:54) - Our hosts react to Peter as he's taken around an old rocket test site by a man named Theo, who's a descendent of an Operation Paperclip engineer - “No, your talking about the strategic implementation of scientific principles towards the goal of destruction” (1:18:51) - Peter meets Theo's mother and our hosts notice some important information she omitted from her story of immigrating to America - “They were Hitler youth! They needed to get that sh*t out of their heads as quickly as possible … They were about to send them to the black south!” (1:28:26) - Our hosts challenge some of Theo's takes on history before reacting to the last moments of Peter's video where Theo shows Peter a car trunk full of documents that belonged to his grandfather - “And to remember that those were possible American targets is absolutely the clue into, that your grandpa was a f**king Nazi!”

Please share, rate, and review … Follow us on all social media platforms @dimesinthedozen   On this week's session of The Bird and The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, have a little political palooza as they discuss the 2024 Primaries, Nikki Haley's campaign status, the Tik Tok ban, the uncommitted vote, Joe Biden's SOTU speech, Israel's assault on Gaza, The GOPs response to the SOTU, and finally, the border crisis … Let's sort through it together!   (0:00) - The session opens with our hosts discussing the results of Super Tuesday and Nikki Haley suspending her campaign - “Individuality is so valued that you assimilate to a group to protect this idea of individuality that you think you have and hold” (12:00) - Our hosts go on a tangent about the United States Congress possibly passing a Tik Tok ban - “When's the last time 81% of them agreed on f**king anything? Like, that's the biggest sign that it should probably stick around” (26:28) - Our hosts wrap up their thoughts on Nikki Haley with some theories on who she'll support for President - “Trumpians aren't reasonable people … So, they're not going to look at your politics with reason and any type of like, intellectual fervor” (32:42) - Our hosts discuss how the uncommitted votes are impacting the primaries and how it's a powerful tool helping Americans bring attention to the call for a ceasefire in Gaza - “The thing I would like to see the most is for him to do something regardless of how it affects his votes” (41:16) - Our hosts react to Joe Biden's recent State of The Union (SOTU) address - “I do like Biden's ability to deal with hecklers … When f**kin, Majorie Taylor Face Mask, is up there screaming whatever the f**k she's screaming in her whack a** outfit” (49:56) - Our hosts react to Joe Biden getting caught on a “hot mic” just moments after the SOTU address discussing what to do about the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu - “He wants the people at home to hear it, not the people in the room to hear it, and that's what's under handed about it … Sure, you said it, but say it with your f**kin chest to the room! You're the commander-in-chief!” (58:53) - Our hosts tangent into a debate over who truly holds the rights to the land that Israel is currently occupying - “Fine, it's the Hatfields and McCoys but guess what, the Hatfields were backed by the U.S. government” (1:08:32) - Our hosts react to the GOP's response to the SOTU given by Alabama state senator, Katie Britt - “More serious conversations happened in random contexts rather then they did in some ceremonial event around the kitchen table” (1:19:04) - Our hosts wrap up the session with a discussion about the battle over border policy between Joe Biden and Donald Trump - “We just want reasonable actionable solutions to these problems that we are being told are there but … I don't know anyone who's been a victim of migrant crime”

Please share, rate, and review … Follow us on all social media platforms @dimesinthedozen   On this session of The Bird and The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, continue their discussion about the Deep South with their reactions to the next two installments in a YouTube documentary series on the Deep South by Peter Santenello, “Inside Inner-City America - Breaking Hood Mindset” and “Exploring Wealthy Alabama” … Let's sort through it together!   (0:00) - The session opens with some elite snack picks from our hosts before they introduce the first YouTube documentary they'll be discussing, “Inside Inner-City America - Breaking Hood Mindset,” by Peter Santenello - “If you were raised right, you would realize that being an American means that you should you care about your f**king fellow man … So yeah, it is your responsibility to care about this community" (16:10) - A man named Tommy shows Peter Santenello around Jacksonville, Mississippi and as they walk through Tommy's old neighborhood Peter compares crime in Jacksonville to crime in Bangladesh - “His tiny statistic that he used to prop up an entire conversation … Is only good in that narrow window” (24:32) - Peter and Tommy make their way to a community garden and Tommy has a bit of a back-and-forth with an old man at the garden - “There's no one at the top … They can't elect anyone who's gonna lead the charge … To be a communal leader … To, you know, rally the people into change … Like, Tommy is a good example of someone who can help but you need bigger figures than Tommy” (33:23) - Sammy notices that Peter keeps coming back to the argument that kids need their fathers if they want a chance at being successful - “No guarantee that the next generations of fathers is going to step up, is going to fix the problems of today … You can have a crystal ball and go, ‘Look, all the fathers in the future are gonna be there' … Great, what do we right now?” (44:51) - Tommy takes Peter to his alma mater, Tougaloo College, and it sparks a short conversation between our hosts about traditional colleges versus HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) - “Where as, if your black in America … You have a sturdy vein of understanding, and culture, and experience … You have that thread that immediately connects you” (55:26) - The first documentary wraps up with Tommy taking Peter to a local soul food restaurant where they spoke with more of the locals before driving through one of the nicer neighborhoods in Jacksonville - “The people of Jacksonville have made the most out of what they have but they clearly deserve a chance to have more” (1:05:08) - Our hosts introduce the second YouTube documentary they'll be discussing, “Exploring Wealthy Alabama,” by Peter Santenello - “These motherf**kers rebuilt a whole 800 square-foot house and it's gonna be gone in three years” (1:10:51) - A man named Doug shows Peter Santenello around Fairhope, Alabama and they slowly make their way through the coastal town as Doug explains some of it's history - “No, you f**king haven't … You live in a white isolated bubble in southern f**king Alabama … Where rich people rebuild there piers, regularly, and the only black guy in town was a bartender … that DIED!” (1:16:22) - Daryl points out another problem with Peter Santenello's documentaries and the hosts go on to debate Doug's past life - “Why can't the philosophy of this place propagate outside of this place? Why can't this be all of Alabama?”  (1:22:45) - The second documentary wraps up with Doug taking Peter to the beautiful home of his friend Michelle where they have a conversation about life in Fairhope - “Didn't see the Chinese guy and the black guy is dead”

Please share, rate, and review … Follow us on all social media platforms @dimesinthedozen   On this session of The Bird and The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, go wild with the variety as they talk signature scents, share their life updates from the past month, and react to the news of Aaron Bushnell's self-immolation and Donald Trump's sneaker drop … Let's sort through it together!   (0:00) - The session opens with Daryl telling us about his signature scent and it leads into a quick conversation about the origins of cologne - “It was called, ‘The Sweet Shop,' and it was the coolest s**t I'd ever walked into … I felt like I was in a foreign land.” (15:13) - Daryl shares his life updates from the past month, starting with his trip to Utah and the drama that followed - “I think that learning to respect my own boundaries is going to push me in the direction of one of my New Year's resolutions of respecting other peoples boundaries … Like, my extreme lack of boundaries means that some boundaries are invisible to me.” (28:05) - While in Utah, Daryl attended his first Friday Night Smackdown - “I don't know if I'd go to another live wrestling event … At least not like a professional one.” (35:36) - Daryl wraps up his life updates by sharing some of the progress he's making with his career resolutions for 2024 - “Saying that my technical skills are well placed with that type of impact, does not incentivize me doing that caliber of work anymore.” (49:33) - Sammy shares his life updates from the past month, starting with his experience at Thunderdome - “The way it shoots on camera looks a lot better because the camera kinda picks up on like the 3D action more … Where as like, your standing in the crowd kind of underneath the screen, you can kinda see the pixels and everything kinda move at you a bit more … It's almost like when people talk about going to The Sphere.” (1:01:29) - Sammy briefly talks about the elite dinning experience he had for his six year anniversary with his partner before wrapping up his life updates with some of the progress he's made with his fitness and festival goals for 2024 - “Those are the small things in life that make you feel good.” (1:05:27) - Reactions to the news of Aaron Bushnell's self-immolation in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington D.C. - “If this man gives his life in a foreign land for a war that actually isn't protecting us as Americans, it's just servicing capital and the greater military industrial complex, then that seems like dying for nothin.” (1:37:18) - Reactions to Donald Trump unveiling new cologne and shoe line - “HA! They got the Prince of Persia 1's.”

Please share, rate, and review … Follow us on all social media platforms @dimesinthedozen   On this week's session of The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, recap the last four sessions they released in honor of Black History Month, talk interracial relationship with the help of F.D Signifiers video, “SWIRLCONOMICS (The truth about black people and interracial relationships), then they close out the show with some thoughts on Kanye West's newest album … Shoutout to these YouTube creators for helping add context to the Kanye conversation … “unreviewable l” (theneedledrop), “The Fantano Vultures Review” (ShawnCeeLIVE), “When you can't separate the art from the artist” (F.D Signifier)   (0:00) - Intro into the Black History Month recap starting with Session 75's discussion on cultural appropriation and Session 76's discussion on black representation in Anime - “We should call it, ‘The Bird Bear Black Flash.'” (13:27) - Daryl explains how he feels about  using the phrase “people of color” and the recap continues with Session 77's discussion about “Uncle Toms” and minstrel shows - “So, saying that stereotypes of people of color are damaging, while true, does not communicate the veracity with which white America has destroyed the image of black Americans…” (22:43) - Recap of Session 78's discussion about the Deep South of Mississippi and Sammy shares his perspective on being a white man speaking about black issues - “Which is understanding the appropriation points, how to avoid appropriation, and how you as a white person who feels like and wants to be an ally can step in motion with that.” (31:02) - The discussion on F.D Signifier's video “SWIRLCONOMICS,” begins with Daryl sharing the experiences both he and his parents have had with interracial relationships - “I was in relationships with people where because my blackness wasn't important, I never felt like an accessory … But when I started to make my blackness important, I started to deal with women that wanted to use me as an accessory.” (45:59) - Daryl pushes back on the idea of “unconditional” black love and Sammy explains why he's never been in a interracial relationship - “White people used to take away my blackness and I had to stop my friends from taking away my blackness … And now, if I don't just blindly support a black business, I'm also not black?” (56:45) - The problem with Dr. Umar and anti race mixing philosophies - “I don't want just black people to love black people … I want black people to be loved because being loved is what starts black love in the first place.” (1:09:18) - The “SWIRLCONOMICS” discussion wraps up with commentary on the way white people fetishize black people and why we shouldn't let our personal ideas of beauty be manipulated - “The fettuccine of white people knows no bounds.” (1:26:09) - The show closes out with a discussion about Kanye West's new album and why you can no longer separate the are from the artist - “I'm praying on this podcast, live and on air … God, please save Kanye from that antisemitic bulls**t.”

Please share, rate, and review … Follow us on all social media platforms @dimesinthedozen   On this week's session of The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer discuss Super Bowl ads and the Deep South … The Deep South portion of their discussion is based off to two YouTube documentaries by Peter Santenello, “Deep South - First Impressions” and “Deep South's Poorest Region - What's It Like?”   (0:00) - The session opens with a short discussion about the Super Bowl that's mostly focused on the weird “He Gets Us” ads that ran during the commercial breaks - “Money made off of selling crap s**t for your home … Period” (11:40) - Our hosts share their personal experiences with the south before introducing the first documentary they'll be analyzing, “Deep South - First Impressions” by Peter Santenello - “M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I … I said that cause I wanted to know if I knew how to spell it correctly” (20:34) - The subject of the documentary, Booker T, starts to show some negative feelings towards welfare recipients - “Not, I had to get out of here because somewhere else was less racist … I had to figure out a place that was racist in a different way” (26:11) - A conversation about people's guarded attitudes in the Deep South turns into a debate over just how much Booker T's community really likes him - “They take that line of, ‘He hasn't been through anything that I haven't been through … Why's he important?'” (34:44) - The age, condition, and historical significance of the small communities in parts of the Deep South - “Even if their communities were poorly constructed and poorly made, they worked so hard to make what they had last” (42:28) - Critiques of the documentary turn into a second, but productive debate about combating prejudice - “If I cannot be black, you better stand on business and be not black with me” (51:44) - As the documentary focuses in on Booker T's personal life, our hosts give their final thoughts on what his true character might be - “He makes sure everybody knows him … So that nobody can cross him … He's jivin” (1:06:00) - Our hosts move onto a second documentary on the Deep South, “Deep South's Poorest Region - What's It Like?” by Peter Santenello - “Those names couldn't be more old America … Of course, Mr. Bruno and Mr. Brimm Brimley … Monopoly characters … Put alligators in the lake” (1:12:40) - The mayor of Alligator, Mississippi and his desire to bring a dollar store to the community - “They have the land to be self-sufficient … They can have the barter system” (1:20:10) - Our hosts discuss the many issues that have left the Deep South economically stunned and give their final thoughts on both documentaries - “They don't want you … They took it away from you … They patented your ability to make a living”

Please share, rate, and review … Follow us on all social media platforms @dimesinthedozen   On this week's session of The Bird & The Bear … Sammy and Daryl discuss men's health, bad Manosphere advice, and why it's important to call out “Uncle Toms” … The latter half of this episode is based on a YouTube video by F.D Signifier, “This 20 Year old classic film might take your Black Card…”   (0:00) - The session opens with Daryl getting some bad news that sparks a conversation about the fragility of men's health and how easily stress can age them - “But I don't know too many, if any men that can successfully handle emotional or environmental change” (13:47) - Criticizing health advice from Manosphere influencers and how the Manoshpere ends up targeting young black men the most - “Liver King … More like liver cancer” (22:52) - Looking back at a Tik Tok trend that had white people wearing face paint during the George Floyd protests - “It took me a minute to realize I was looking at a face … I was like, ‘Is this somebody's ass? What am I looking at here?” (36:56) - The discussion on the 2000s movie Bamboozled begins with Daryl explaining his own experience with “Uncle Toms” and Sammy giving a quick rundown of the movie's plot and cast - “They purposely separated us from what would have been our black identity because of what the state of the black identity was then” (50:51) - Breaking down the funniest elements of Bamboozled and discussing who the current day “Uncle Toms” might be - “He does provide resources … But, so did Sammy Davis” (1:07:20) - Finale thoughts on Bamboozled and the movies overall message - “That's why there's nothing to say about it … You can't articulate it … You have to feel it”

Please share, rate, and review … Follow us on all social media platforms @dimesinthedozen   On this week's session of The Bird & The Bear … Sammy and Daryl are supplying the variety with a life update from both hosts, reactions to Tom MacDonald and Ben Shapiro's new song, and a great conversation about black representation in Anime … Shoutout to these content creators on YouTube for providing the backing to our Anime discussion: “Is Anime Racist?” (ibz), “How To Do Black Representation in Anime” (Jet The Prophet), “Why Anime is for Black People - Hip Hop x Anime” (Beyond The Bot), and “Why Do Black People Love Anime?” Blxxk Anime … Let's sort through it together   (0:00) - The session opens with our hosts sharing their life updates from the past month, starting with Sammy talking about the progress he's made with his 2024 resolutions, seeing the film Iron Claw, the “do's” and “don'ts” of drinking in public, and how excited he is to once again attend Thunderdome - “ALWAYS with the tired ass millennial rap references!” (28:36) - Daryl talks about his upcoming trip to visit a friend in Utah, the progress he's made with his fitness journey, his spontaneous choice to go to Sick New World 2024 in Las Vegas, and his experience at the Astra Lumina art display in the Seattle Chinese Garden - “What are you gonna do? Fight me over the Goodwill's policy?” (42:02) - Sammy and Daryl update Session 75's white rapper discussion with their reactions to Tom MacDonald and Ben Shapiro's new song, “Facts” - “I guarantee that Tom MacDonald has at one point in time talked about how negative participation trophies are, and he's in ‘Hip-Hop' b**chin about how he's not getting his participation trophy” (1:18:54) - Sammy and Daryl discuss black representation within Anime, specifically why black people have a connection to it and how they're portrayal in the art form has evolved - “For whatever reason a certain culture latches on to a specific art form and wants to see themselves in it”

Please share, rate, and review … Follow us on all social media platforms @dimesinthedozen   On this week's session of The Bird & The Bear … Sammy and Daryl breakdown the problem with white rappers … This conversation being based on two YouTube videos by F.D Signifier, ‘Eminem and the White Rapper Problem' and ‘The REAL greatest white rapper of all time' … Let's sort through it together    (0:00) - Sammy and Daryl jump right into this session's discussion on white rappers - “Basically, you cannot stop the inexorable advance of white colonialism on any culture” (6:00) - The problems with gatekeeping art - “So if you expect me to follow your formula, youre dated and youre wrong” (15:48) - The early history of white rappers in Hip-Hop - “My personal theory on how you get a Rappin' Rodney…” (23:24) - Snow's ‘Informant,' Jim Carey's time on the TV show ‘In Living Color,' and the white Hip-Hop group, Young Black Teenagers - “Speaking of white people in black spaces…” (35:33) - Arsenio Hall questioning Vanilla Ice about his presence in Hip-Hop - “I won't lie, my mind drifted off for just a second because I was thinking about, ‘I really wonder what the Young Black Teenagers are doing now?'” (43:37) - Eminem's influence on white rappers - “I'm more so pointing to the trends that he set for white rappers going forward … It stagnated white rappers because they just thought they either needed to be an edge lord or rap really fast on the beat” (56:36) - Rock-Rap and comparing the impact of Limp Bizkit versus Linkin Park - “If you get down to the roots of it, your taking two black art forms and just mashing them together and on it's face value; that can work” (1:06:08) - The rise of Nerdcore in Hip-Hop - “That's why you can't say that like Nerdcore and white kids rappin' about white s**t is not at its core Hip-Hop” (1:10:55) - The short lived rap career of John Cena - “But one thing that all this reminds me of is that at one time the WWE had this tag team group called, ‘Crime Tyme'” (1:15:50) - Lil Dicky and the experience Sammy and Daryl had at one of his concerts - “I though it was really f**king stupid how he started the show with the national anthem” (1:20:32) - The negative effects Macklemore has had on the Seattle Hip-Hop scene - “He made us lose a lot of credibility…” (1:25:41) - Mac Miller's Legacy and why Eminem probably listens to Joe Rogan - “But I think he was on his way to be a GOAT, and his sudden death left his legacy at more of a respectable legend level” (1:30:36) - Why El-P is the greatest white rapper of all time - “Adult Swim was low key one of the most influential segments on TV…” (1:36:36) - Sammy and Daryl close out the show with their final thoughts on white rappers and the future of Hip-Hop - “Also, notice how we didn't even touch on Kid Rock…”

Please share, rate, and review … Follow us on all social media platforms @dimesinthedozen   On this session of The Bird & The Bear … Sammy and Daryl discuss the latest updates on the 2024 presidential campaign, the discovery of a unmarked mass gravesite in Mississippi, and the “controversy” surrounding the new Lil Nas X song … Let's sort through it together!   (0:00) - Sammy opens the show with a pitch for a new business venture - “It's called … Cakes for Vivek” (4:59) - Sammy and Daryl discuss Donald Trump winning the Iowa Caucus and his removal from the ballot in Colorado and Maine - “Anytime you have that caliber of character that just is unrelentingly irreverent and ostentatious … You don't know what's gonna happen … He's like the Flugtags” (20:30) - Sammy and Daryl discuss Ron DeSantis and what his loss in Iowa means for his campaign - “So to constantly simplify things to back to how people voted in 2016, or 2020, or whatever, isn't gonna give you true metric of how people are looking at the President of the United States … They want someone likable, they can have a beer with, and makes them forget that their government exists in the first f**kin place” (43:29) - Sammy and Daryl discuss Vivek Ramaswamy's performance in the Iowa Caucus - “Ok, here's how it went … Vivek was simultaneously 69ing Trump … While also trying to take a dump on his face” (56:12) - Sammy and Daryl discuss the biggest issue hurting Joe Biden's chances for reelection - “Shit like that is directly where the apathy comes from … I physically do not know a world without an America in conflict” (1:09:42) - Sammy and Daryl discuss the recent discovery of a mass unmarked gravesite near a prison outside Jacksonville, Mississippi - “We cannot stand on any of our morals as a country, as long as we have for-profit prisons … As long as prison is an industry … I don't wanna hear any politician say anything about American exceptionalism” (1:25:53) - Sammy and Daryl react to the controversy surrounding the new Lil Nas X song, ‘J CHRIST' - “It's like yeah, that's cause it was the Inquisition … We don't have the f**king Inquisition on purpose … So I don't need to hold myself to the standards of the f**king Inquisition”

(0:00) - Sammy and Daryl open the show with some quick life updates - “Thirty-fun as I like to call it” - (9:03) - Sammy and Daryl start their discussion on resolutions for 2024, beginning with Sammy's personal resolutions - “I'm a very, ‘What about tomorrow?' person” - (21:22) - Daryl runs through his entire list resolutions for 2024 - “You can't be an almost 40 year old man saying this to me right now” - (39:56) - Sammy finishes his 2024 resolutions list with a few social resolutions and Daryl riffs off a few of Sammy's ideas - “I freeze up … My activist heart, my bleeding liberal heart freezes up and I can't make the decision” - (54:08) - Sammy and Daryl move the discussion into a conversation about their goals for 2024, starting with Sammy and Daryl's fitness goals for the year - “I kinda want there to be a level of enjoyability that comes back to drinking” - (1:06:30) - Sammy moves to the next goal on his list which is about the podcast and what he'd like to accomplish with it in 2024 - “There's dominos in effect is what I'm trying to say” - (1:14:43) - Sammy and Daryl breakdown their career goals for 2024, starting with Daryl - “I don't want to not do what the f**k I was hired to do” - (1:31:06) - Sammy wraps up the show with his hobby goals for 2024 - “4 and 76”

(0:00) - Sammy opens the show introducing the topics for this session, quickly followed by a life update from Daryl - “Got a whole NPR swag going on there” - (11:23) - Sammy shares his life update and it leads Daryl to spark a conversation about omens and the fear of success - “My dad always use to say, ‘You have to be ready for mothership.'”   (20:13) - Sammy and Daryl begin the discussion of their first topic, Henry Kissinger - “It doesn't matter that he's dead … The things he did will have an impact for millennia” - (26:58) - Sammy quickly runs through some of the more notable war crimes of Kissinger - “It's so surprising they like America as much as they do…” - (33:18) - Sammy argues against the justification that Kissinger's war crimes are just things Cold War leaders had to do - “I don't think genocide is just a little Cold War oopsie” - (39:13) - Sammy and Daryl breakdown how Bernie declaring he's not friends with Kissinger most likely gave the DNC candidacy to Hillary in the 2016 primary - “They played every single dirty republican trick in the f**king book to get Hillary Clinton as the nominee … No nobody wanted Hillary!”   (45:41) - Sammy and Daryl move on tot he second topic for this session, George Santos expelled from Congress - “You mean the absolute sufferer of borderline personality disorder, George Santos” - (50:51) - Sammy and Daryl point out just how truly horrible George Santos is at lying - “I'm gonna make a guess here that Zoomers don't like you because they think your a ground breaking politician … They like you because your great f**king meme” - (56:59) - Sammy and Daryl react to George Santos' claims of corruption in congress - “It's almost like Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and George Santos are the conservative response to The Squad” - (1:04:18) - Sammy and Daryl give there final thoughts on George Santos - “It makes for good entertainment but doesn't make for good policy”   (1:10:00) - The last 25 minutes of the session Sammy and Daryl give their 2024 predictions for a handful of current events including Donald Trump's legal troubles, Elon Musk's Twitter, and if Kanye West can make a comeback - “I stand by my statement that Hunter Biden is quite possibly the pinnacle example of a true American”

(0:00) - Sammy and Daryl open the show by introducing the topic of this session, pirates - “I feel like there's a good amount of swashbuckling” - (4:24) – Sammy has some follow up commentary on a story Daryl told in Session 71 - “TELL ME YOU WANTED TO F**K ME!” - (6:22) - Sammy and Daryl don't have a lot of personal updates other than their shared excitement for a highly anticipated birthday party they'll both be attending - “I'll stay sober all night if I get throw people into a van”    (13:16) - Sammy and Daryl begin their discussion on pirates with their reaction to Johnny Harris' video, The Rise and Fall of Somali Pirates… But first they tangent into a conversation about Will Smith - “This is going to be the most contradictory statement I've ever made but your knowledge of Will Smith's music is washed” - (18:58) - After a five minute tangent into Will Smith, Sammy and Daryl get back to their reaction to Johnny Harris' video, The Rise and Fall of Somali Pirates - “Excellent use of exacerbate, facetious, and fallacy” - (25:14) - Daryl explains why people shouldn't be surprised by the existence of pirates, “Piracy is pulling yourself up by your f**king bootstraps, Republican” - (34:41) - Daryl explains the role that cooperations play in creating piracy and how they might be able to deter it from happening - “You had the HIV… The HIV organized… And now you have AIDS” - (42:29) - Sammy and Daryl challenge the idea that the Somali people were simply “left behind” by their government - “Both of those statements are the equivalent of watching someone get beat up and say, ‘Why aren't you fighting back?'”   (49:48) - Sammy and Daryl move into the second portion of their pirate discussion with a reaction to a NAVY Productions video, What Happens when PIRATES attack MASSIVE US Navy ships? | Somali Pirates Documentary - “Their like, ‘They're trying to protect the coral reefs!' The fuck they are, you know what a depth charge is?” - (54:28) - Sammy and Daryl talk about how the money spent on the Navy protecting the interests of corporations in the Horn of Africa could be used to benefit the people living there - “But you have boat, you can get a gun, and you know at least ten other motherf**kers that are just hungry as you are”   (1:12:41) - Sammy and Daryl move onto the final portion of their pirate discussion with their reactions to a documentary called, How Modern Pirates Are Still a Threat in The Coast of Africa - “He's speaking from a position of assumed authority and calling someone else a criminal… That's exactly what's colonialism is” - (1:21:25) - Sammy and Daryl go deep into the motivations of the Nigerian pirates presented in the documentary - “These people are not just inherently criminal, they're not just inherently pirates, they're pirates because they're watching you f**k them”

(0:00) - Sammy and Daryl open the session with their life updates from the Thanksgiving break - “COVID, f**king hunts me…” - (6:56) - Sammy watched The Ballad of Song Birds and Snakes over the break and gives his review - “I'm just a movie watcher… I've enjoyed the movies… I thought it was super good” - (8:30) - Sammy and Daryl talk about some parties they attended over the break - “Everybody was like, ‘Spray him with the champagne! Spray him with the champagne!'”   (13:53) - Sammy and Daryl begin this sessions main discussion with a conversation about the mistake liberals have made in undermining conservative intelligence - “I'm very serious about the idea of knowing what the hell your enemies are up to” - (23:21) - Daryl breaks down some of the nuances in understanding the roots of the Republican Party - “Like him freeing the slaves doesn't make him a good man… It makes him a pragmatic and practical man” - (27:39) - Daryl gives his theory on where the liberal misconception of conservatives comes from - “Ignorant and redneck are not mutually exclusive terms… You can be a redneck and be highly intelligent… You can be ignorant and not be a redneck” - (33:44) - Sammy uses his initial reaction to the 4th GOP primary debate as an example of how liberal bias can creep into our way of thinking - “Yeah, your right, the deep state did do it… The president did it” - (38:29) - Sammy and Daryl talk about the ways we can be more aware and even combat our bias in politics - “Because it doesn't matter how stupid I think they are… If enough people think they're not stupid… That dumb motherf**kers in the White House now” - (43:53) - Sammy and Daryl point out how often fringe political conversations are happening in the mainstream - “As we've seen in the last couple years all that crazy stupid stuff has become platformed politics”   (51:43) - Sammy and Daryl move onto the second portion of this sessions discussion with a conversation about Project 2025 - “They published their f**king plan… So for us to not be aware of it would be incredibly irresponsible” - (59:29) - Sammy finds some serious hypocrisy in a particular passage form Project 2025s mandate - “Hey, keep the government out of my home but put them in my soul instead…” - (1:03:29) - Daryl makes an important observation of the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025 - “Any political group putting out a 900 page agenda that basically strips 90% of the rights away from Americans, basically including the freedom of religion… That's a terrorist organization”

(0:00) - Sammy and Daryl react to the 3rd GOP primary debate - “For every anecdote like that, just go, ‘Yeah, but Hitler…'” - (5:22) - Sammy and Daryl react to Ron DeSantis' take on why he should be the GOP nominee over Donald Trump - “He's going back to more obscure, far from home but at our doorstep threats” - (11:27) - Sammy and Daryl react to a few of the candidates takes on what they would be urging the Israel prime minister in this moment - “The goblins on this stage are so blood thirsty, dude … It's crazy” - (20:25) - Daryl points out one of the weaker talking points from Vivek Ramaswamy before they quickly react to Ron DeSantis' take on giving Ukraine more funding - “Nobodies interests got advanced? Nobodies? Absolutely Nobodies? F**k off…” - (25:12) - Sammy and Daryl react to Chris Christie's take on what he would say to Muslim Americans who are feeling afraid - “The comparison is Hamas and Israel... The conflation is Hamas and Palestinian citizens” - (27:46) - Sammy and Daryl react to Nikki Haley's take on abortion rights - “And that's just coded religious speak for pro-life stuff” - (30:28) - Sammy and Daryl discuss the candidates obsession with making border security a major talking point - “I think we far too easily, and this is the problem with politics, we f**kin rip the humanity from people… In a heartbeat” - (34:25) - Sammy and Daryl tangent for a moment and discuss the ways that America has misused it's wealth and power - “We don't recognize as a country how terrifying we are and how much humility we should have around it…” - (41:34) - Sammy and Daryl react to the candidates takes on what they would say to Jewish students who feel unsafe and college campuses who don't condemn Hamas - “Take Jewish out, what do you say to any student in America right now?” - (43:48) - Sammy and Daryl start giving their final analysis of the 3rd GOP primary debate - “Not innovative with their answers in anyway… Not even a slight inch of progressive modern thought… It's all reductive and it's all regressive…” - (50:00) - Sammy and Daryl give one final react to Vivek Ramaswamy's dream debate moderator line up - “The most 4chan online motherf**ker ever to be platformed in politics”

(0:00) - Sammy and Daryl open the session with a little conversational edging - “Oops, we didn't get there…” - (6:01) - Daryl shares his life updates and it turns into a deeper conversation about the importance of social connections - “My cousin met his wife at a yo-yo convention … Just on a whim” - (16:41) - Sammy takes Daryl on a tangent into some internet drama surrounding a date to Cheesecake Factory - “This is the one adjacent Manosphere take I think is good for ANY person out there dating someone…” - (22:09) - Sammy shares his experience taking his partner to the new Taylor Swift movie - “The last like four days … I've just been singing random Taylor Swift songs from the movie in my head”   (29:34) - Sammy and Daryl begin this sessions main discussion with their reactions to Last Week Tonight's latest segment on abortion rights - “It's interesting to see over the course of your lifetime how pervasive the urge to regress is…” - (39:31) - Sammy gets on his soap box for a moment and cements his position on reproductive rights - “Women are owed our respect, full reproductive rights, and any medical service they need to maintain those rights, and most importantly, their health … Full stop” - (49:45) - Daryl uses the history of Planned Parenthood to explain the true intention behind the abortion ban - “I don't see the banning or prohibition on abortions as anything other then a way to control the masses through just … Throwing spaghetti at the wall”   (58:43) - Sammy and Daryl begin the second part of this sessions discussion with their reaction to Leeja Miller's video about the Heritage Foundation, The Shady Nonprofit Trying To Ruin Our Democracy - “Was the Conservative Party always this shitty? Or was it the corruption of the Nixon era that really turned the party towards the direction it's in now?” - (1:04:56) - Sammy quickly points out how the Heritage Foundation has tried to control America's politics since President Reagan - “That's when he SWEPT black America!”   (1:12:30) - Sammy and Daryl reach the final part of this sessions discussion with their reaction to Second Thought's video, The Growing Threat Of Christian Nationalism - “Thin Lipped Colonizers … TLC” - (1:19:03) - Sammy and Daryl wrap up the show by breaking down the flawed logic of believing we're gifted by God - “Christian Nationalism is the product of land being tangible and God being intangible…”

(0:00) - The boys open the show with some answers to the question, what would send a Victorian man into a coma? - “A Sybian … You know what that is?” - (5:06) - The boys tangent into a quick conversation about mixing alcohol with caffeine - “Caffeine so dense that they have to put different flavors that still suck on top of it” - (7:57) - Sammy finally has some gossip to share from his weekend, “So they have a pole in their house to practice, and they're really good at it, and they have friends that also work them, and they're all really good at it…” - (14:53) - Daryl talks about his experience attending  Haunted Forest in Portland, Oregon, and it tangents into a deeper conversation about  empathy - “Because if you had one hundred percent true empathy, if you heard anybodies heartbreaking story you would be absolutely debilitated…”   (26:34) - The boys begin this sessions discussion with a update on the Israel/Hamas War - “If you wanna make an example, get the guy your looking for … Don't be the example of f**king war crimes” - (36:05) - The boys react to Steven Crowder's latest take on the Israel/Hamas War - “It's easy to fight something you don't see as human” - (44:11) - Daryl points out the similarities and differences between the public's reaction to the Vietnam War and the Israel/Hamas War - “You can not hide information … If somebody puts it somewhere it is now geo-redundant” - (49:01) - The boys discuss the accusation of Israel being a racist state - “Everything they're doing fits into the same behavior of the people they were freed from in WW2”   (1:03:29) - The boys start the final portion of this sessions discussion with their reaction to federal authorities push to get fentanyl classified as a WMD - “Here we are with another scheme from federal authorities to get more money out of the government … Out of us really” - (1:13:06) - The boys talk about the negative effects the previous drug war had, and continues to have on poor and black communities - “I don't know what it's going to take to make society understand that motherf**kers just wanna get high … Let em' get high”

(0:00) - The boys open the show with some updates about their studio space, “If I was not me and I walked into this room, I'd go, ‘I don't wanna touch anything'” - (5:53) - The boys take a few minutes for personal news, Sammy is on vacation mode, and Daryl's been “tumbling” towards happiness, “Who's Biggie Papa?” - (10:22) - The boys discuss the “smarmy” reaction some people tend to have towards personal growth, “Like, it's tasking to be negative … It 100% is … It'll wear on you”    (17:25) - The boys begin their revisions with Daryl addressing some of his statements on gender dynamics from Session 63, “Where that thought came from was a disingenuous comparison” - (21:23) - Sammy describes the importance for both indirect and direct methods of accountability, “That's the thing that men don't understand is that you can be direct but you also need to understand the indirect” - (26:20) - Daryl talks about the ways in which he tries to help make space for women in his career field, “They're engineers too … We're all engineers, we're all at the table”   (30:50) - Sammy addresses some of his statements on Israel/Palestine from Session 64, “I've said things and come here with attitudes to make it seem like, ‘Well you put yourself in that situation so you know, good luck'” - (34:05) - The boys discuss how Israel's current reaction to Palestine will be recorded as a stain, “This attitude to be involved in so many things … To be the police of the world again … It's a lot like the things that lead to the Vietnam War and that failure” - (40:17) - The boys discuss the facade of America's morale compass, “And that's the f**king problem … You wanna make America great again? Be honest” - (46:10) - The boys discuss the fog of war surrounding Israel's siege of Gaza, “I got sick of hearing, ‘But 9/11, but the Holocaust' … Okay, we get it … That doesn't justify what your doing”

(0:00) - The boys open the session with a short conversation on the "seen it all before" mentality of older generations, “I guess those philosophies become a little bit shaky” - (3:30) - Daryl shares his life updates and how important communication will be in achieving his goals, “That's a lot of platitudes” - (13:15) - Sammy quickly shares his life updates since not a lot happened while he was on call for jury duty, “I was reminded how annoying traffic is…” - (16:46) - Sammy touches back on some of his commentary from Session 64, “So if we have a nation of men who need to better themselves, then that means we have a nation that needs to better itself”   (18:46) - The boys begin their discussion on “The Red Pill Economy,” starting with a conversation on the business of exploiting lonely men, “and it's making them a living, and that's just crazy to me … and they're not fixing a damn thing” - (24:50) - Daryl gives his thoughts on the “nice guy” defense, “Being a nice guy is keeping your opinion about someone's appearance to your f**king self” - (28:52) - The boys talk about the reverse effect Andrew Tate's “anti” Redpill attitude had on his audience, “The term for that is obfuscation” - (35:05) - The boys debate what makes men valuable to women, “Read a book …Watch Gossip Girl … Have something to talk about” - (43:55) - Daryl talks about how being a great man doesn't mean your  a great man in the eyes of women, “My beard is a funny example … Beards in general are a funny example” - (51:37) - Sammy helps Daryl work through some outdated (and slightly misogynist) social concepts, “You first give someone the confidence to fix themselves, when first give them the confidence to feel like a human”   (58:46) - The boys move into the second half of their discussion on “The Red Pill Economy,” with a conversation about the un-pickable pick-me, JustPearlyThings, “She's the token Stepford housewife … Except she's never been a housewife” - (1:04:16) - The boys react to some of JustPearlyThings worst takes, “I keep going back to f**king David Clarke in my head, because she's playing off it one-hundred percent” - (1:11:44) - The boys talk about the need for a countermovement as well as some practical solutions men can apply to themselves immediately, “There's all theses different moments of Pearl doing all this math that ain't mathin, but every time she does the whiteboard, it's Glenn Beckin”

(0:00) - The boys open the show with their individual life updates, Daryl came back sick from a cabin trip, and Sammy has been called in for jury duty, “I've had enough people in my life cough directly in my mouth…” - (9:05) - The boys take a minute to talk video games, Sammy has been playing the hell out of Stardew Valley, while Daryl has been balls deep in Starfield, “It's kind of objectively boring, but for some reason it's like, compelling” - (19:37) - Daryl tells a quick story about the time he tested the psychological horror FPS, Fear 3   (21:05) - The boys kick off their discussion on the “conservative grift” with a conversation about the billionaires behind some of the major conservative media outlets, “These small amount of topics have so much energy that they over shadow the things that really f**king matters” - (28:55) - The boys point out the lie that Hollywood controls the country or is controlled by democrats, “Oil runs the f**king country … Corn runs the f**king country”   (35:50) - The boys move into the second portion of their “conservative grift” discussion with a conversation about Fox News anchor, Jesse Watters, “Watters can dance that line between the mainstream conservative voter and the Trump conspiracy freak…” - (43:01) - The boys talk about the different psychological tactics that Watters uses in all of his reporting, “First off, I wanna bring up the fact that he looks like Stick Sickly and Earthworm Jim”   (47:49) - The boys begin the third part of their “conservative grift” discussion with their analysis of Ben Shapiro's YouTube content, “The team of people editing your video probably don't f**king agree with you … You're just paying them to” - (55:34) - The boys point out how Ben makes bad faith arguments by manipulating facts and presenting them as truths, “Anybody that says they deal in facts and never changes their position … Is factually, a f**king liar”   (1:03:30) - The boys make it to the last portion of their discussion on the “conservative grift” and give their reactions to some of Ben and Jesse's recent Israel/Palestine takes, “There's no desire for peace in his heart, and you can tell” - (1:13:19) - As an added bonus the boys react to a debate between Cornell West and Alan Dershowitz on the Israel/Palestine situation, “I think there's a whole documentary about this … Oh god, what was it … District 9” - (1:25:52) - The session wraps up with the boys reactions turning into their own friendly debate, “If you so much as smell the thought of firing a bullet …. Everything we give you is gone” 

(0:00) - The boys open the show discussing the state of the Internet in 2013, “If Andrew Tate was around when WorldStar was at it's peak…” - (8:04) - Daryl talks about his weekend and a confrontation that almost had him in a bar fight, “I was giving this guy a hand hug…” - (19:25) - Sammy's weekend was much calmer, with his only highlight being a quick outing for some birria ramen   (23:03) - The boys begin their discussion on the political compass, starting with a conversation about the Manosphere to Alt-Right pipeline, “It seems like the strength of these online groups can just immediately tap into the emotional well of their spite…” - (30:28) - Daryl addresses the unrealistic standards that men feel society has placed on them, “Scale of 1 to 10 … A strong 5 … A strong 5 is still a strong dude!” - (37:29) - Sammy brings up everything wrong with the Manosphere's obsession with feeling like they were born in the wrong generation, “Why would the f**k, would I wanna be born any other time then right f**king now? I'm having lasers and bass blasted into f**king my face!” - (44:25) - The boys talk about how necessary it is to break gender-norms within relationships and the lie that men want a “kept” women, “Your not kept … I'm not a caregiver … We are a partnership, and we experience and explore life together” - (53:48) - Daryl points out the lack of personal accountability that leads men to find these fringe groups in society, “The best thing you can do is get on the f**king train … and adapt”   (1:04:50) - The boys react to Jubilee's Middle Ground video, “White Liberals Vs. Black Conservatives” - (1:13:28) - The boys discuss the conservatives view on Affirmative Action, “Here's why that statement and that thought is f**king stupid” - (1:27:10) - A question about shifting political views sends the boys on a tangent, “There's like three or four people in Congress that I think aren't racist” - (1:35:24) - The boys react to the liberals who admitted to being white saviors, “Anyone of them black people could of thrown that stool and beat his a**, and it would of been perfectly fine”   (1:46:29) - The boys complete their discussion with a quick conversation about the actual political compass and it's corresponding test, “I've lost my leanings to any political disposition…”

(0:00) - The boys open the show discussing how essential the podcast has become in their lives, “How often do you sit down and talk about the world or your life with you best friend?” - (5:02) - Daryl adds some notes to our previous session on the police state, “If they do get caught for something … They still are entitled to the rights that they will willing take from you” - (9:43) - Daryl uses Alec Baldwin's legal troubles as an anecdote for why we don't always punish the right people - (15:35) - The boys tangent into conversation about the current state of men in America, “You need to figure out what your communicating that's being perverted in their heads to put them on that path … That takes self reflection” - (19:42) - The boys talk about Jordan Peterson's weird obsession with Elliot Paige and some of his other cringe takes, “If everything is worth the fight, then everything will be a fight” - (23:04) - Daryl discusses how all forms of repression will eventually end in violence, “The freest thing that you can do is be unapologetically you”   (26:05) - Sammy begins his recap of his trip to Lost Lands 2023, “It just feels like festivals can function so much better when they work with private owners” - (29:30) - Sammy describes arriving in Columbus, the shuttle rides to the festival, and the process of entering the festival grounds - (34:28) - Sammy talks about the festival curator, Excision, and his relationship to the community Lost Lands is held in - (36:19) - Sammy describes some of the infrastructure of the festival grounds and Daryl's got some questions, “What did the water station water taste like? Like, was it heavy? Was it minerally?” - (40:42) - Sammy talks about all the different stage setups, from the pits to the sound systems, and of course the after party, “But It basically was a nerd bukkake” - (50:57) - Sammy talks about his late start on day 2, finding his “melting spot” inside the festival, and the jaw dropping sets he saw form NGHTMRE, LSDream, and Subtronics, “It's the f**kin dubstep Super Bowl” - (1:00:32) - Sammy talks about the final day of the festival, the  amazing closing ceremony, and the super fun after party set from Stumpi - (1:07:09) - Daryl shares a personal anecdote about how festivals have impacted him and Sammy gives his final thoughts on Lost Lands, “I don't think aliens are gonna bother us, cause look at us man, we got this s**t figured out”

(0:00) - The boys open the show with some criticisms of Ohio, “When's the last time something major, that like wasn't a court case, came out of Ohio?” - (4:57) - Daryl signed up for a six week challenge at his gym, and the boys discuss what it takes to build routines and how easily we can fall out of them - (11:36) - Sammy is heading to Lost Lands music festival and is feeling nervous about the trip, but Daryl gives him some sage advice - (16:48) - Daryl talks about a Jungle concert he recently attended, “I don't know how to properly articulate the dopeness of the audio in that show”   (22:42) - The boys begin their discussion on the police state, starting with mass government surveillance - (26:42) - Daryl makes a great point about that the NSA using our tax dollars to spy on us, “A big a** net around The Untied States of America is not going to replace f**king spies” - (31:21) - Sammy feels that our complacency as citizens allowed the government to push more laws giving them access to our private information, like the Patriot Act - (38:41) - Daryl pitches the idea of getting “receipts” for what government surveillance actually accomplishes, “There's bad s**t still happening in the world, but we're being observed up our a**holes” - (42:23) - Sammy believes America has shown extreme disloyalty to it's citizens by having the British government spy on them - (45:49) - Daryl explains just how unchecked the power of agencies like the NSA are, and the lengths their willing to go to keep that power, “It's gonna take big f**king government to dismantle this s**t” - (54:18) - The boys discuss how politicians, specifically Republicans, might use surveillance to enforce things like abortion bans   (1:01:54) - The boys begin the second part of their discussion on the police state with a conversation about police conduct and the jail sysytem - (1:05:09) - Sammy brings up the current situation with the “cop town” in Atlanta and how protestors are being labeled terrorists, which leads the boys into a conversation about the way law enforcement treats “anti-police” groups vs. white nationalist groups - (1:11:55) - The boys discuss the recent prison escape in Philadelphia and why police shouldn't be allowed to photograph their arrests or busts, “Is he a burger or a buck?” - (1:18:00) - Daryl explains the need for prison reform and making the punishments for crimes benefit society, “You can't have a cruel and unusual punishment, but that's mainly because of the cruel part … I'm such a fan of unusual punishments” - (1:31:12) - The boys wrap the show up discussing Ice Cube's former “anti-police” image, and why he's having a conversation about “bootstrap” politics with Tucker Carlson

(0:00) - The boys open the show with some light hearted banter and life updates, “Hope yawl had a great 9/11” - (6:19) - Daryl feels like his personal patterns are becoming stagnant and Sammy has suggestions for how he might be able to switch up his routine - (18:05) - Sammy talks about his progress at the gym and how close he is to reaching his fitness goal for the year    (27:27) - The boys begin their discussion on wildfires, “How serious it gets, and how fast it gets serious, and how quickly you have no f**king control over it” - (34:39) - Sammy highlights that we tend to take firefighters for granted and shares a survivors story from the Camp Fire - (38:47) - The boys discuss the issues with Paradise's evacuation plan and what the possible solutions might be, “If Jim Bob has a Ford f**kin F250, and he just wants to escape … No, that's a tool” - (49:02) - Sammy tells a couple more survivors stories of the haunting images they returned to in the aftermath of the Camp Fire, “With the wheelchair, there's two ways you can go with it … You can go sad, or you can go, this motherf**ker went out fighting” - (53:16) - The boys discuss what  kind of penalties should be placed on power companies who start wildfires, “Fix it as it breaks!? Break is disaster, break is catastrophic” - (1:01:31) - The boys discuss why we need to nationalize power companies, “And you're not saying how naïve, you're saying the level of naïveté and I love that”   (1:08:27) - The boys move into the final part of their wildfires conversation with a discussion about the recent Maui fires, “My jaw was on the f**king floor researching for this topic” - (1:12:27) - The boys debate if Maui's public safety officials were right to not use the island's emergency alert system, “A tsunami is not going to happen as fast as a fire can be on top of you” - (1:20:11) - The boys struggle to understand why power companies won't spend the money to update or improve their lines and build trust with their customers - (1:26:24) - The boys address the conspiracy theories around the Maui fires, “Their criming us for thinking, dude” - (1:30:37) - The boys dissect the “missing children” conspiracy, “Where are the children? They're probably with their parents” 

(0:00) - Sammy welcomes Daryl home from Burning Man, “The Burn & The Bear” - (2:10) - The boys discuss Burning Man's level of notoriety compared to culturally historic festivals like Woodstock - (4:42) - Daryl answers Sammy's questions about the role of Burning Man's executive board - (9:31) - Daryl breaks down the port-a-potty infrastructure and sanitation practices at Burning Man, “But regardless, at every festival I've ever been too, and I don't know why this is a phenomenon … Somebody s**ts on a lid, somewhere, and thinks it's funny” - (18:11) - Daryl further explains the role that Burning Man's executive board plays in putting on the festival, including the millions of dollars they have to payout to the local sheriffs department every year, “Think about the videos of Burning Man where it looks like another planet” - (22:16) - Sammy questions if the fleeting nature of the Burning Man philosophy is worth the price of admission - (23:29) - Daryl believes that the Burning Man experience can be affordable and explains the festivals low income ticket system, as well as the festivals efforts to ban “boutique” camps, “I bought A LOT of d**gs … And it was still my least expensive burn”   (34:32) - Sammy gets Daryl's opinion on some of the Burning Man discussions happening on social media, starting with “MOOP” - (43:08) - Sammy takes a few minutes to explain the recent Electric Zoo controversy and how it played into the internet's perception of this years' Burning Man, “Oh no … Starting to sound like Fyre Fest” - (52:23) - Daryl explains how “exodus” works at Burning Man before Sammy interjects to get Daryl's reaction to the environmentalists who attempted to block the highway into the festival, “This is one of those times where I felt like a MAGA hat wearing motherf**ker” - (1:06:38) - The boys discuss how to fix the problem with trash being dumped on the highways to and from Burning Man, “They think you getting high is a worse crime then destroying the land” - (1:10:40) - Sammy asks Daryl if the National Guard was truly deployed to Burning Man, “The National Guard being diverted to Burning Man would of been the biggest PR nightmare of our time” - (1:24:50) - Sammy asks Daryl if he agrees with some of the more dramatic incidents of “irrational flight” from fellow Burners, “Their not a problem until they get stuck” - (1:29:53) - Daryl discusses some of his favorite moments from this years' Burning Man, “It was me, my bike, my lights, my water, my drink, my Prince”