Episode 81 - Strong Female Lead

November 15, 2021

Andre is not happy about the Von Miller trade, we talk Panacea Brewing Company in Wilmington, and more.

(00:00:00) Intros (00:04:28) Sports - Andre is pissed off about the Broncos trading of Von Miller (www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/325…ler-denver-broncos), Chris is happy the Seahawks actually won a game (even if it was just the Jaguars) (twitter.com/BleacherReport/stat…1454947236907978760) and look out if Philip Rivers decides to come out of retirement to play for the Saints (bleacherreport.com/articles/100169…-winston-injury).

Andre was rooting for the Houston Astros while Chris was pulling for the Braves in the World Series, the guys celebrate the impending start of college basketball, and Andre admits once again that NC State is a good school with a solid football program.

(0:22:21) Cooking - Chris talks about all the delicious things he’s made lately, including his sister’s Vegan Chili recipe and his own Loaded Baked Potato Soup, the guys give a huge shoutout to Panacea Brewing Company for their amazing vegan food and atmosphere, and Chris shares his family’s experience at Panacea’s Happy, Healthy Halloween event this past weekend.

(00:30:49) Life - The guys discuss the disparity in attention paid to white women who go missing, a la Gabby Petito, compared to non-white women (www.cc.com/video/sp35bc/the-da…missing-white-women). They also share their feelings on Hollywood’s “strong female lead” character trope (www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjNyeDlqgqE).

(00:49:08) Politics - Andre shares his thoughts on a recent interview of Dan Crenshaw (www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LJ8nBgEA2Q), the guys discuss the failed experiment that was Common Core curriculum in the U.S. (www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3Z9gBKuTIk) and notice a correlation between low-quality schools and low-quality food options (www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd8J-9uUnfc).

Chris and Andre talk about the Kyle Rittenhouse trial and the judge's decision to not let the prosecutors use the word “victim” (www.npr.org/2021/10/26/10494586…looters-judge-ruled).

(01:29:56) Pop Culture - Andre shares his desire to watch Colin Kaepernick’s Black and White, the guys try to understand Kanye’s beef with Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian (hollywoodlife.com/2021/11/02/kanye…te-davidson-pda/), and Andre gives his review of the new Dune film.

(01:50:39) Technology - Donal Trump’s social media experiment is on life support because of the open-source software they used (techcrunch.com/2021/10/29/mastod…suse-of-its-code/) and Elon Musk offers to end world hunger… but there’s a catch (www.cnbc.com/2021/11/01/elon-mu…-fight-hunger.html).

(02:01:42) Social Media - Andre has started to “prune” his news and social media feeds and it has him feeling a certain way.