Dave Sirus on the GOP’s crackup. Kevin Bartini on Papa John taking a knee. Emery Emery on atheism. Zack Ford from Think Progress on substance abuse in the LGBTQ community. Professor Andrew L. Russell on Silicon Valley’s toxic conservative wasteland. Professor Corey Brettschneider on what the Senate Judiciary Committee needs to ask Kavanaugh.
LGBTQ Editor for Think Progress ZACK FORD on Scarlett Johansson taking work away from transgender actors. Plus Comics DAVE SIRUS and KEVIN BARTINI on EPA Chief Scott Pruitt, Congressman Jim Jordan wrestling with his past, and white people calling the police on black people for being black.
Capital Gazette shooting survivor tells Trump, “I Don’t ‘Give a F*ck About Your Thoughts and Prayers.” Well that’s not civil. What happened to civility? Well, it turns out you can’t be a shill for the NRA and then demand civility from victims of gun violence. You can’t separate Hispanic mothers from their children and then demand “civility” after someone calls you a violent racist. In the Old Confederacy, Southern Gentlemen were all about civility. They were so concerned about being civil they called their war to own slaves “Civil.” Because reasonable men can disagree about raping and whipping slaves but basic human decency demands “civility.” Babies rounded up, Milo says shoot reporters, and Muslims are banned. But Sarah Huckabee Sanders getting denied a plate of pot roast is considered “uncivil.”
The LGBTQ Editor for Think Progress ZACK FORD on why civility is overrated and how Act Up changed America forever. Comic KEVIN BARTINI on why Nazis always seem to find a home in the GOP. Comic DAVE SIRUS on the Russian Investigation, hey remember that? Plus ANNE BROWN from UCLA’s Institute of Transportation Studies on the difficulties people of color confront using Uber and Lyft.
Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling, Professor Corey Brettschneider and Comedian Kevin Bartini.
The New York Times calls WILL DURST, “Quite possibly the best political satirist working in America.”
NANCY GILES is a regular contributor to CBS Sunday Morning and MSNBC.
PROFESSOR COREY BRETTSHNEIDER is one of America’s leading constitutional scholars.
KEVIN BARTINI is currently working on Comedy Central’s The Opposition with Jordan Klepper.
JACKIE “THE JOKE MAN” MARTLING’S new book is The Joke Man: Bow To Stern.
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Comedian Pat Dixon, undefeated roast battle champion (5-0), recaps his recent Roast Battle against David at the New York Comedy Club. They are joined by comedian Kevin Bartini. The three also discuss identifying abusive relationships, hair plugs, how liberals lose the white vote, the difference between professional and real victimization, police shootings, and how gun laws cause terrorism.
Comedian Kevin Bartini, joined by Adam Lash, guest hosts for David, who is still nursing his cold. Kevin interviews legendary character actor David Proval, who calls into the show to reveal behind the scenes stories from The Sopranos, The West Wing, Everybody Loves Raymond, Weird Al’s U.H.F, The Shawshank Redemption, The Brooklyn Banker and more. Today’s podcast is brought to you by warbyparker.com – get a FREE 5-Day Home Try-On at www.warbyparkertrial.com/DavidFeldmanShow.