Episode 77: Debate Season
For this episode, Ty and Daphne discuss recent news and give their take on the first Democratic primary debates. They begin by catching up (00:30) and discussing “Oh Lawd” news (5:38), including Adidas diversity issues (6:28), a shocking Alabama indictment (12:08), Walmart layoffs (17:27), and Chick-Fil-A’s extraordinary customer service but questionable politics (20:34). Ty and Daphne then turn their attention to the Democratic primary debates. Specifically, they discuss their overall reaction to the debates (30:46), the candidates who stood out and fell flat (33:02), and the potential lineup of the second and third debates (38:36). They then have a conversation about whether homophobia will prevent Mayor Pete from rallying the black vote (46:22), what we can learn from Marianne Williamson (54:55), election poll trolling (57:43), post-debate attacks on Kamala Harris (59:25), and the importance of individual sacrifice for the common good (1:03:43). We close by discussing the recent Supreme Court decisions on gerrymandering and the 2020 census (1:14:40).
Adidas has a diversity problem at its US headquarters - https://www.businessinsider.com/adidas-employees-call-out-lack-of-diversity-discrimination-portland-hq-2019-6
Woman indicted in shooting death of her unborn child - https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2019/06/woman-indicted-in-shooting-death-of-her-unborn-child-charges-against-shooter-dismissed.htmls
New Mexico town cites landowner for building crowdfunded border wall without permit - https://thehill.com/latino/450406-new-mexico-town-cites-landowner-for-building-crowdfunded-border-wall-without-permit
Heroric Chick-fil-A worker leaps through drive-thru window to save a chocking child - https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/allthemoms/2019/06/30/chick-fil-a-employee-jumps-through-window-save-choking-boy/1611623001/
As a queer black man, I want the inevitable obituary of the Buttigieg 2020 campaign to be honest - https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/pete-buttigieg-2020-black-man-town-hall-south-ben-shooting-indiana-campaign-a8974341.html?amp&__twitter_impression=true&fbclid=IwAR1W_olGVhNlLh0riesND4Yf__NPOLjINxqaARfYf_htDx9sZ_skflQlhHA
Kamala Harris changes answer on abolishing private health insurance, saying she misheard debate question - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/06/28/kamala-harris-reverses-answer-abolishing-private-health-insurance-saying-she-misheard-question/?utm_term=.e1a924d8c90c
Fact check: Kamala Harris was correct on integration in Berkeley, school district confirms - https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/28/politics/fact-check-kamala-harris-busing-in-berkeley/index.html
Supreme Court bars challenges to partisan gerrymandering - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/27/us/politics/supreme-court-gerrymandering.html
Trump administration drops effort to add citizenship question to 2020 census - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/02/us/trump-census-citizenship-question.html