The Bird & The Bear - Session 64

Dimes In The Dozen

(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”