Following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the absolute finessing that its stakeholders ran on the Fed to get all their deposits back, we talked with The Nation contributing editor Doug Henwood about what this failure means for our banki

Oscars! Hollywood's big night! Listen to our other podcasts!

Mar 17th, 2023 1h 5m

We got the crew back together for one last job. JK we'll probably use this feed again in the near future. Be sure to subscribe to our other shows, Q's Florida true crime show Why Are We Like This? and Jewish Dave's long-running movie podcast Pi

Parkway of Broken Dreams feat. PJ Perez

Dec 14th, 2021 1h 22m

Strange memories on this nervous night in Las Vegas. We talked with journalist PJ Perez, the director behind Parkway of Broken Dreams, a retrospective on the culture created along Las Vegas’ Maryland Parkway in the 1990s — a scene that birthed

Healthy, Wealthy & Swine – A Just Dem Boyz Hangout

Nov 10th, 2021 55m 12s

Does your senior healthcare system hang low? Does it wobble to-and-fro? Can you tie it in a knot? If you died would anyone know? We discussed the bleak landscape of the future of healthcare through the lens of two apps aimed at helping old fo

Miami Elections, Francis Suarez, Luciferase, Facebook & Other Stupid Tech Scams

Nov 2nd, 2021 56m 42s

It’s Election Day across and a disinterested nation yawns! In a Just Dem Boyz episode, the fellas go deep on how little there is to actually vote for in places like New Jersey, Virginia, and right here in the city of Miami. Then, we discuss th

Welcome Back to Bird Road feat. Jen Perelman

Oct 26th, 2021 1h 4m

Chance the Rapper voice: “And we back, and we back, and we back (AH! AH! AH!)”After an extended late-summer/early-fall hiatus, we’re back with a new season of Bird Road and we are coming out of the gates hot with our guest Jen Perelman of JEN

On Proud Boys and Being Pissed

Aug 10th, 2021 48m 31s

We recorded this like one hour before Andrew Cuomo resigned but we probably wouldn’t have done anything differently anyway. Don’t come to us for Andrew Cuomo takes. We went into the other news of the day, including COVID, mask mandates, the I

SURGE, BABY! It’s Dawn in Pro-Covid Florida

Aug 4th, 2021 53m 11s

Here comes the new August. Same as the old August. Q and Jewish Dave clear the cache of pent up frustrations surrounding our collective inability to repel a very basic and easily understood virus. Follow us on Twitter.Follow us on Instagram.

The #SOSCuba episode

Jul 27th, 2021 1h 9m

Disfrutalo.You can find Juliá Macías Tovar’s thread about the Twitter astroturf campaign for #SOSCuba here. The post The #SOSCuba episode appeared first on Bird Road.

I Got Your Worst Week Yet Right Here, Pal (But Literally) feat. Maria Guido (@sandernista412)

Jul 6th, 2021 1h 2m

*** You can donate to the victims of the Surfside Champlain Towers disaster at supportsurfside.org.***We caught up with Maria Guido from The Worst Week Yet Podcast to talk about Juvenile Justice reform and Ron DeSantis’ capricious (or more li

Another Crossover feat. Thomas & Gerry from Red Tide Radio

Jun 29th, 2021 1h 9m

*** You can donate to the victims of the Surfside Champlain Towers disaster at supportsurfside.org.***Q & Jewish Dave sat down for an hour with the fellas from Red Tide Radio to go over a whole host of news items, and to try to have a bit of

Do you believe the words coming out of your mouth? feat. Andrea Mercado

Jun 22nd, 2021 48m 10s

This week we’re joined by Andrea Mercado of Florida Rising who, along with a slew of other activist groups, recently published their findings from a media monitoring campaign tracking disinformation in Spanish language media in Miami. No Mas D

Bitcoin Conference bf, MLM gf

Jun 16th, 2021 58m

Bird Road Podcast is BACK for Season 4: The Fourth Season. You thought you got rid of us? Wow. That really says a lot about you. We celebrated the world’s largest Bitcoin conference which was held in Miami last week and has predictably been de

Storyboys – “It’s all connected” OR the unified theory of Florida GOP corruption

Apr 21st, 2021 1h 10m

This week we have another Storyboys episode and Q is going deep on the confluence of scandals encompassing former-Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg, Rep. Matt Gaetz, Frank Artiles, phony political candidates, electoral fraud, misapp

Thanks a lot, Kate. We’ll be in touch about the consequences of your behavior.

Apr 13th, 2021 50m 6s

In a JUST DEM BOYZ hootenanny Q and Jewish Dave touch on no shortage of topics, from the viability of Fiverr to Indonesian gig-worker scams to whatever happened to IFC. The post Thanks a lot, Kate. We’ll be in touch about the consequences of y

The Smooth Gen

Mar 30th, 2021 56m 33s

What has happened? What will happen in the future? What’s literally happening right now? Did Xzibit ever do a collab with Wu Tang? All questions are explored during this very introspective and special episode of Bird Road. Once again, it’s a Ju

don’t bother listening to this one unless you REALLY just like hearing Q & Jewish Dave break the law

Mar 16th, 2021 57m 8s

I warned ya. Caveat emptor, as they say. The post don’t bother listening to this one unless you REALLY just like hearing Q & Jewish Dave break the law appeared first on Bird Road.

Storyboys: On Sinema – Kyrsten Sinema and the corrupting power of the U.S. Senate

Mar 9th, 2021 1h 3m

In our inaugural Storyboys episode, Q has a story to tell about the senior Senator from Arizona, the Queen Bee thumb-downer, the master of political disguise, Kyrsten Sinema, and about whether the US Senate is a corrupting influence, or if the

JUST. DEM. BOYYYYYYYYZ Spectaculo 2021

Mar 2nd, 2021 52m 52s

It’s just the fellas, Dem Boyz, riffin’, choppin’ it up, talm’bout… whatever. History. Life. Culture. Us. Enjoy it folks. Real classico shit right here. The post JUST. DEM. BOYYYYYYYYZ Spectaculo 2021 appeared first on Bird Road.

Florida Whip-Around Coverage feat. Rep. Anna Eskamani

Feb 24th, 2021 51m 51s

This week we’re talking with State Rep. Anna Eskamani from District 47 about a whole host of issues, including Gov. Ron DeSantis’ failed vaccine rollout, the role that politics and preference plays in serving citizens, the HB1 anti-protest bill

Magic City Musk (Underground) feat. Alissa Walker

Feb 9th, 2021 1h 3m

As part of the Great Miami Tech Migration of 2021, Mayor Francis Suarez in recent weeks has initiated interstellar communication with the Imaginary Iron Man, the original Space Karen and freshly minted Richest Dude On Earth, Elon Musk, to punch

$GME, none left for me

Feb 2nd, 2021 57m 53s

We have returning friend-of-the-Bird Justin Azpiazu back to shoot the shit about the GameStop/WallStreetBets imbroglio, just in time for the whole house to come crashing down on itself. Follow us on Twitter @BirdRoadPodcast.The post $GME, non

Dive Bar Bingo – Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets Crossover Episode with Piecing It Together

Jan 14th, 2021 1h 27m

In this Bird Road-Piecing It Together crossover episode, Q and Jewish Dave go deep on the indie hit Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets, its stars and creators, and explore their own years-long complicated and storied history with Las Vegas dive bars.

The Senate, Literally Up For Grabs

Jan 7th, 2021 58m 31s

After a 24 hours that may have changed the course of the future, Q and Jewish Dave talk through what happened, how it got this way, and what the future will probably look like (bad). The post The Senate, Literally Up For Grabs appeared first o

All my acquaintance? Should be forgot.

Jan 1st, 2021 1h 19m

In another JUST DEM BOYZ classic, Q and Jewish Dave put a bow on the year by sharing three resolutions for 2021 and three things they learned in 2020. It’s a real cathartic listen, seriously it’s a whole thing. You gotta hear it for yourself.