Political Drunkies: Recent Episodes
Political Drunkies
Hosts Clement O. and Kira B. give their tipsy takes on current political topics with a little bit of pop culture to boot. Our goal is to inform, entertain, and hopefully give you a little something to think about
We spend the whole episode talking about our reaction to the failed assassination attempt of former president Donald Trump. You're going to want to listen to this!
- Initial reaction
- The ratcheting up of political discourse
- What this means for Biden
Content minute:
- Presumed Innocent
- Quiet Place 3
- Divorce in Black
2:30 - Clement gives his assessment of the Trump vs. Biden debate and goes into the clear and obvious answer of what democrats should do next...
15:00 - Clement breaks down the latest in a long series of Supreme Court tomfoolery
42:00 - Content minute - Bad Boys 4 and Your Honor
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Music by tobylane from Pixabay
Cocktail of the Day:
Espresso Martini
5:45 - Kira and Clement discuss Biden's withholding of bombs from Israel and whether the change was a result of the protests, or simply the next step in Biden's stated policy
22:34 - Trump's Stormy Daniels hush money case gets heated with Stormy's testimony, and Trump's allies making pilgrimages to the courthouse
41:00 - Clement discusses the real threat behind Tik Tok and why the media has is mostly wrong
Cocktail of the Show:
The Espresso Old Fashioned
- 2 oz Rye Whiskey (Uncle Nearest 1856)
- 1 oz Espresso
- Barspoon Vanilla Cinnamon Syrup
- Dash of Chocolate Bitters
5:00 - Clement and Kira discuss the Republicans party's move toward Russia
30:00 - Clement and Kira discuss the various protest movements at liberal institutions (Google, Columbia, USC) that percolate in the midst of the continued war in Gaza
55:00 - Content review - Ricky Stanicky, Ferrari, Ungentlemenly Warfare, X-Men '97, and Clement goes in on Nelson Peltz
Drink of the show: Kira's Blackberry Spritzer
- Muddled blackberries or blueberries in cocktail shaker
- 1.5oz Gin (Kira used Hendrick’s Neptunia)
- 5.oz blackberry liqueur (Drillaud Creme de Mure)
- 3/4oz simple syrup
- 3/4oz lemon juice
- Shake, pour over ice and top with soda/tonic
5:00 - Clement and Kira discuss the fallout from the targeting of World Central Kitchen staff in Gaza
25:00 - Clement and Kira discuss the current situation at the border and the myth of the migrant crime wave
50:00 - Content review: Clement and Kira discuss the NCAA Women's Final and Clement goes on an epic pro Caitlyn Clark rant, as well as reviews The Holdovers
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Music by tobylane from Pixabay
Cocktail of the show:
- Traditional Elderfashioned:
- 2 OZ DEWAR'S 12 YEAR OLD BLENDED WHISKY
- 3/4 OZ ST‑GERMAIN
- 2 DASHES ANGOSTURA BITTERS
- ORANGE TWIST FOR GARNISH
4:00 Clem and Kira discuss Democratic Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer's unprecedented speech calling for new elections in Israel and a vote of no confidence in Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister
23:00 Clement and Kira discuss the latest on Trump, everything from the looming deadline for his court judgement to his floating the idea of rehiring convicted felon and Russian oligarch lap down Paul Manafort
39:00 Content review: Police Story 3: Supercop, Damsel, and the remake of Road House
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Music by tobylane from Pixabay
Cocktail of the day: Oaxaca Old Fashion
- 1oz of Mezcal
- 1oz of Bourbon (I used Pantaloons tequila)
- 1/4 oz. Maple syrup
- 4 dash(es) Angostgru bitter
10:00 - Clement and Kira discuss Biden's surprisingly good State of the Union performance
29:00 Clement and Kira break down the puzzling, hilarious, and lie filled SOTU response by Alabama senator Katie Britt
44:00 The Supreme Court keeps Trump on the ballot without addressing if he is or is not an insurrectionist
52:00 Clement and Kira give the latest update on the war in Gaza
105:00 Clement and Kira review the NCAA Women's Conference tournaments, Underdogg on Prime Video, and Oscar predictions
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Music by tobylane from Pixabay
4:20 - Clement and Kira get into the Supreme Court's decision to hear Donald Trump's claim that he is totally immune from prosecution from everything he did while in office, and why their agreeing to hear the case all but guarantees that the American public will not get to see his trial prior to voting
28:00 - Clement and Kira discuss Trump and Biden go to the border in the same week with dueling messages, and Clement goes on an immigration rant where he foolishly fails to recognize the role higher interest rates probably play in the current job market
48:00 - Clement and Kira comment on the latest from Israel, including an aid truck being the scene of a mass casualty event with dueling narratives coming out on the back end
56:00 Content review - Love is Blind, Shogun
Cocktail of the week: The French Blonde
3/4 St. Germain
1oz Dry gin
2oz Lillet Blanc
2oz Grapefruit juice
Dash of lemon bitters
6:30 Alexey Navalney passes away in a Russian prison and the looming threat of Russia
35:00 Trump ordered to pay $350 million after he loses his fraud cause to the state of New York. Also, the effects of Trump's court on IVF in Alabama and across the country.
53:00 Clement flips on Israel
1:03 Content Review - Mea Culpa, The New Look, American Fiction, Five Nights at Freddy's
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Music by tobylane from Pixabay
7:00 Clement and Kira discuss Trump inserting himself into government business by pressuring Republicans to drop an immigration deal they've been pining for for years
25:00 Clement and Kira discuss Biden's two current biggest re-election issues (outside of the border) - inflation and Palestine and Clement pops a vein! And he also gets so amped up that he mistakenly brings up the Byzantine Empire like it was around post WW1
55:00 Clement and Kira review content - Griselda, Killers of the Flower Moon, Duel, The Brothers Son
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Music by tobylane from Pixabay
Our 2023 year in review! In this episode Kira and Clement cover -
Biggest political winner
Biggest political loser
Biggest political surprise
Biggest flash in the pan
Best trend
Worst Trend
Best new content
Cocktail recipe of the week: https://dudethatcookz.com/new-york-whiskey-sour/
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Music by tobylane from Pixabay
Cocktail of the day - Chai Spiced Bourbon Prosecco Punch
2:30 - Clement and Kira, along with special guest Jack, discuss the Biden administrations request for another $61B in Ukraine support and whether or not it's worth it. We also delve a bit into the background of how we got to this point in Ukraine given the last two decades of activity there.
35:00 Clement, Kira, and Jack comment on the saga of Kate Cox, a Texas women who tried and failed to receive an abortion exception within the state using the "life of the mother" exception in the abortion ban law
54:00 The team discuss new Netflix thriller "Leave the World Behind"
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Music by tobylane from Pixabay
9:15 - Clement and Kira discuss the great red and blue state debate when Gavin Newsome and Ron DeSantis have a showdown on Hannity. We also discuss Nikki Haley and whether the endorsement of the Koch network cements her position as the clear Trump alternative favorite
34:25 - Clement and Kira discuss the recent development in the Israel / Palestine conflict where the NYT uncovered that the Israeli government had the detailed plan of attack Hamas would carry out as far back as a year prior the attack taking place
43:30 - Content review - Candy Cane Lane and Law Man Bass Reeves
6:00 Clement and Kira discuss the latest ceasefire in the conflict in Israel and Gaza and whether or not President Biden will get any credit for the reduction in hostilities
28:00 Clement and Kira talk about their family experiences during Thanksgiving and whether or not they can feel the shift away from Biden to Trump in their communities
50:00 Content review: Golda, Equalizer 3, Blue Beetle, The Black Book and Fargo
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Music by tobylane from Pixabay
4:00 - Kira and Clement discuss the recent off year election and what the results might mean as a foreshadow for 2024
23:00 - Kira and Clement do their best to update you on the wars in Ukraine and Israel
42:00 - Kira and Clement review Across the Spider-verse (sort of) and make promises about watching more TV
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4:00 - Clement and Kira provide their thoughts on the conflict in Israel and Gaza, after Clement gives a not so brief history of wars started by false flag attacks
27:00 - Kira's taken interest in Biden's slumping poll numbers, Clement and Kira dissect what this means for 2024 and why people don't seem to love Biden
46:00 - Content review - Guy Ritchie's the Convenant
On today's podcast, Clement and Kira tackle the indictment of former President Donald Trump and the meander into the right wing media's attempt to turn the Nashville school shooter into an indictment of all trans people And then at minute (56:00) Clement tells you what movies you should watch instead of Everything, Everywhere, All at Once.
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On this episode Clement and Kira rapid fire through the midterm results and finish with a content review of God Forbid on Hulu. Sorry for the late upload everyone!
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7:15 Kanye goes antisemitic (again)
17:15 Alex Jones ordered to pay a $954M for a defamation suit - is this an attack on free speech or just desserts?
25:00 Trump subpeonaed by Jan 6th committee and why you need to examine the attacks on the far left and the far right, and determine what charges are emblematic for the establishment of each party (I promise it makes sense in the discussion)
47:00 Content review - The Woman King and Dahmer
This is a rapid fire episode where Clement and Kira discuss Trump's investigations, the race for the mid terms, Joe Biden's effectiveness, and the passing of the queen (and whether or not we should care).
Content review - Lord of the Rings, House of the Dragon, The Woman King
1:30 - Clement and Kira give their thoughts on America's latest racially motivated mass shooting
36:00 - Clement and Kira give their thoughts on the coming end of Roe vs. Wade
56:00 - Clement and and Kira review Dr. Strange 2 and We Own The Streets on HBO
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2:00 - Clement and Kira discuss the highlights, lowlights, and omissions of the State of the Union address and how it reflects on the current state of politics
21:00 - Clement and Kira discuss Governor Abbott's recommendation that parents who put their children on puberty blockers be investigated for child abuse. We also meander into issues around transgender competition in sports.
1:00 - Clement gives his review of The Batman
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2:30 - Clement and Kira catch up on stories that happened while they were gone, including the Super Bowl, the Remington settlement to the Sandy Hook victims, the first nomination of a black woman to the supreme court, and others
29:00 - Clement and Kira breakdown their thoughts on the invasion of Ukraine by Russia
1:03:00 - Content review of "Bel Air"
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2:45 - Clement and Kira discuss what they think about Biden's pledge to replace the retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer with a black woman
22:20 - Clement and Kira discuss cancel culture and whether or not its a healthy way of society to deal with people who have uncomfortable ideas
34:00 Crime! Will the ongoing spike in violent crime be the democrat's undoing at the ballot box?
52:30 Kira reviews the Gilded Age on HBO Max and Clement reviews Ozark Season 4 Part 1
On the show I said Clement said he would provide my evidence that the Late Justice Scalia was a racist and a link to Trevor Noah discussing defund the police with a group of activists. Both links are below. Clement also said he does not believe Whoopi Goldberg's comments are beyond the pail but he retracts that statement with the knowledge that he hasn't actually heard Whoopi's comments.
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/trevor-noah-defund-abolish-the-police-1012732/
https://www.cnn.com/2015/12/11/politics/supreme-court-antonin-scalia-african-americans-audio/index.html
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2:00 - Clement and Kira answer the question "what is the lasting legacy of Jan 6th"
27:30 - Pop Culture Minute - Reaction to the Antonio Brown incident
52:00 - Clement gives his recommendation of the Apple TV+ documentary "The Line"
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Oops! We'd like to add a correction to the podcast. The current United States Poet Laureate is Bell Hooks
2:00 - Clement and Kira remember those we lost in 2021
16:00 - The biggest stories of 2021 and our predictions for 2022
46:00 - Content review - Don't Look Up
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1:45 - The crew discusses the verdicts for the Kyle Rittenhouse and Ahmaud Arbery Murderer's trials
23:00 - The Biden administrations Southern Africa travel ban response to the identification of the Omicron Variant
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7:30 - Rittenhouse trial, Ahmad Arbury murderers trial, Malcolm X convicted killers exonerated... what's going on with the legal system?
40:00 - Pop Culture Minute - Silk Sonic by Bruno Mars and Anderson Paak are everything you want and more
52:00 The House of Gucci, Red Notice, and Free Guy reviews
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2:45 - The Facebook files - a whistleblower tells us what we already know about Facebook
22:15 Pop Culture Minute - Carbi B slays at fashion week just after her first child
25:00 - Dave Chapelle tells some jokes that offend the LGBTQ+ community in his latest special
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Drink of the day: Jizzy Fizzy
- We discuss the legacy of the Tulsa race massacre and Biden's response to its 100 year anniversary
- Pop Culture Minute: HEB in North Texas, Vaccines by your hairstylist
- Naomi Osaka withdraws from the U.S. Open after media overdoes a story on her skipping a news conference due to mental health issues
Drink of the week - The Fizzy Lizzy
4:50 - Liz Cheney loses her seat
21:30 - Pop Culture Minute - Chrissy Teigen gets cancelled for cyber bullying
31:50 - The lynching and subsequent cover up of Ronald Greene by the Louisiana State Police
In this episode the crew discusses -
1) Is America a racist country?
2) Pop Culture Minute - Bill and Melinda breakup?
3) Facebook oversight board rules on Trump
4) TV show review - Invincible on Amazon Prime
1:45 Derek Chauvin verdict, the state of profiting off black bodies, and whether or not this verdict represents a shift
24:15 Pop Culture Minute - Florida couple boguards a mansion they don’t own for a wedding.. only in Florida
31:00 The cases of Ma’hkia Bryant and Anthony J. Thompson
52:30 Them review
Drink of the week - Shot girl summer
3:40 - Daunte Wright and Adam Toledo killings at the hands of police
37:55 - Pop Culture Minute - The return of the Met Gala
42:30 - End of the 20 year war in Afghanistan
Drink of the week - Gaetz of Wrath
3:23 - The Biden immigration "crisis"
21:15 - Pop Culture Minute - New black UNC head coach is proud of his white wife
30:00 - Update on the Derek Chauvin trial
In this episode the duo gives their take on the voter suppression laws, the arrest of the Georgia State Representative Park Cannon, and the dems pondering the end of the filibuster.
2:00 - Georgia voter suppression laws and the Senate filibuster
32:00 - Pop culture minute on the Derrick Jaxn tomfoolery
36:00 - Equality bill and our thoughts on transgender athletes and adolescents
In this episode the crew tackles the disparity in media and police treatment of white mass shooters versus victims of color, Kanye becoming the richest black man ever, and the drama around the royals.
5:20 - Atlanta massage parlor massacre
20:00 - Pop culture minute - Kanye the richest black man ever
31:00 - Meghan Markle and the royal family.
Clement and Jiselle discuss Texas now being wide open and their differing opinions on how black people should handle race issues in America.
In this episode, the duo tackles
0:00 - Rush Limbaugh and his lasting impact on the our country. We also discuss how Rush paved the way for Donald Trump.
25:42 - The Pop Culture Minute featuring Serena William's tearful exit from the Australian open and whether or not she's done. Bonus minute on Cam Newton dealing with a young heckler at his camp.
35:00 - We discuss Ted Cruz and the fallout from the energy grid shutdown in our home state of Texas.
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On this episode, Clement and Jiselle give their opinion on the second impeachment trial and if cancel culture is the best way to right wrongs.
On this episode, Clement and Jiselle discuss President Biden's inauguration, the best fashion moments of the inauguration, and if Trumpism is really over.
On today show the crew tackles -
1) The storming of the United States Capitol building by Trump supporters and what it means for the Republican party and their relationship with Trump going forward
2) Pop Culture Minute - Weeknd music videos and NFL Wild Card weekend!
3) The Georgia senate run off results
In this episode the crew discusses -
1) ADOS versus Black immigrants on Clubhouse. What is the real ADOS (organizations) agenda? Are we witnessing the infiltration of white supremacists in our community to divide and conquer?
2) Pop culture minute - Wonder Woman 1984 and SOUL
3) Lori Laughlin vs. the law - was her prison sentence an appropriate punishment for her college admissions scheme
In this episode we discuss the latest on Trump's failed efforts to overturn the election, and Clement has a message for anyone who had hope he would succeed. We also discuss the approval of the Covid vaccine and whether or not we plan to take it. Today's pop culture minute features a discussion on Chloe x Halle.
After President Obama added his opinion on the term "Defund the Police, Clement and Jiselle discuss the importance of policy naming in politics. They also discuss the holiday hit Jingle Jangle and if a scene in the movie should be considered cultural appropriation.
Meet your cohosts Jiselle and Clement! They give their opinions on the 2020 election, the faults of both political parties, and if you can remain friends with people who support Trump.