Jesse and Brittany discuss the holidays and their recent experiences guest-hosting for David Pakman, a listener voicemail related to supervised consumption sites and addiction, the ongoing War in Gaza, Ohio Republican Governor Mike DeWine's dec

#897 - "Lying Sweep, Freaky Naughty, Dem Wins, and Takin' Care of Biz feat. Unauthorized Supervised Consumption Site!"

Dec 17th, 2023 56m 15s

Jesse and Brittany discuss Swee'Pea's latest shenanigans, listener emails and voicemails related to abortion rights and marriage equality, the case of Quantavious Eason, who was arrested at the age of ten for peeing in a parking lot and has now

#896 - "Holidays!, Kate Cox vs. Texas, Kevin McCarthy's Moral Depravity, and Takin' Care of Biz feat. Max Hochman!"

Dec 10th, 2023 1h 8m

Jesse and Brittany discuss their recent holiday movie watching, listener emails and voicemails related to covering trans issues, poor language, and the importance of highlighting Biden's wins, the tragic case unfolding in Texas right now surrou

#895 - "Beanie!, Newsom vs. DeSantis, Santos Expelled, Trump's Loss, and A$$hole of Today feat. Ben Shapiro!"

Dec 2nd, 2023 1h 2m

Jesse and Brittany discuss Jesse's attire for the episode as well as listener emails related to scams on YouTube and frustrations with a lack of responses to communication, the recent debate between Governors Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom on Fo

#894 - "Thanksgiving, SCOTUS Ethics, A$$hole of Today feat. Stuart Seldowitz, & Takin' Care of Biz feat. Project Rousseau!"

Nov 23rd, 2023 57m 29s

Jesse and Brittany discuss Thanksgiving and holiday well-wishes, a recent clip of Adam Kinzinger on Bill Maher addressing an audience question about extremism on the left, the recent bogus ethics code released by the Supreme Court, a scary resp

#893 - "Listener Communication Extravaganza!"

Nov 19th, 2023 53m 36s

Jesse and Brittany play and respond to listener voicemails for the entire episode on topics related to the dearth of women who are progressive commentators online, pronouncing words incorrectly, the unhinged GOP ad played on the previous episod

#892 - "Good News!, SCOTUS Gun Case, Big Wins on Abortion, and a Hilarious Political Ad from Idaho!"

Nov 10th, 2023 1h 13m

Jesse and Brittany discuss Jesse's cancer update, listener emails and voicemails related to success on election day and Veteran's Day, the big Supreme Court case that will decide whether people who are subject to domestic violence protection or

#891 - "Poop Prep!, MS Police Abuse, and a Deep-Dive into Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson."

Nov 2nd, 2023 1h 11m

Jesse and Brittany discuss Jesse's big colonoscopy prep day, listener emails and voicemails related to escaping conservative backgrounds and coping with student loans, a story from Mississippi of police behaving badly, the importance of Ohio's

#890 - "Student Loan Debt, Demand a Ceasefire, and A$$hole of Today feat. Billionaire Stephen Schwarzman."

Oct 29th, 2023 1h 1m

Jesse and Brittany discuss the student loan debt crisis from Brittany's perspective, listener emails and voicemails related to Cenk Uygur's presidential aspirations, whether we fear sharing elements of our backgrounds, and a nice voicemail fill

#889 - "Cancer Anniversary, GOP Chaos, Trump Legal Woes, and Takin' Care of Biz feat. Home Team."

Oct 21st, 2023 1h 4m

Jesse and Brittany discuss Jesse's one-year cancer surgery anniversary and a brief PSA about COVID boosters and flu shots, a listener voicemail regarding how we've changed our views over time, Republicans getting a taste of their own medicine w

#888 - "Difficult Conversations, GOP's Ongoing Nazi Problem, and House GOP Struggles."

Oct 14th, 2023 55m 32s

Jesse and Brittany discuss the ongoing conflict in Israel-Gaza with an email from a longtime listener and emails on luck and police culture and the ongoing chaos with House Republicans struggling to find a new Speaker of the House. SUPPORT THE

#887 - "White House, Trump Fraud, Speaker Race, MAGA, and Takin' Care of Biz feat. COVID Vaccine Scientists!"

Oct 5th, 2023 1h 7m

Jesse and Brittany discuss Jesse's recent trip to the White House, listener emails and voicemails related to our previous episodes and bonus episodes, as well as some possible technical issues, Donald Trump's appearance in court all week for hi

#886 - "Hater Voicemail, Government Shutdown, Senate Dress Codes, and Takin' Care of Biz feat. Senator John Fetterman."

Sep 25th, 2023 1h 8m

Jesse and Brittany discuss a listener email regarding whether Swee'Pea will join the rat-fighting dogs of DC, a listener voicemail from a hater as well as friend-of-the-show TeamIan's response, a Texas principal who was arrested after administe

#885 - "An Interview with Melissa Fowler from the National Abortion Federation."

Sep 21st, 2023 36m 35s

Jesse and Brittany welcome Melissa Fowler, Chief Program Officer of the National Abortion Federation (prochoice.org). Together, they discuss the attacks on reproductive rights in the United States and the stress these attacks have put on organi

#884 – “Reviews, Megyn v. Trump, Gaetz v. McCarthy, and Joe Manchin v. America.”

Sep 15th, 2023 1h 2m

Jesse and Brittany discuss their recent reviews for the show, a listener email regarding whether we can control the ads played during the audio podcast or on YouTube, the latest in cops abusing their power including the recent horrifying story

#883 - "Busted Cops, Robot Ron Failure, New GOP Abortion Approach, & Gavin Newsom on Biden 2024!"

Sep 9th, 2023 1h 8m

Jesse and Brittany discuss their approach to dealing with online criticism and hatred, a listener email regarding abortion, a follow-up on the corruption in the Coffee City, Texas police department and an additional death at the Fulton County,

#882 - "Changing Hearts and Minds, Jordan Peterson's Grift, Trump & Vivek United, and Biden Campaign on Abortion."

Sep 1st, 2023 1h 2m

Jesse and Brittany discuss their recent episodes and Swee'Pea's trip to the emergency vet (she is doing great!), a timely listener email on abortion, Jordan B. Peterson's desperate attempts to avoid being held accountable for his online troll b

#881 - "The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy with Robert P. Jones."

Aug 29th, 2023 1h 2m

Jesse and Brittany welcome Robert P. Jones, founder and president of the Public Religion Research Institute, to discuss his new book, "The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy and the Path to a Shared American Future." Together, they discuss the ori

#880 - "First GOP Primary Debate, No Winners, Only Losers."

Aug 25th, 2023 45m 19s

Jesse and Brittany discuss the chaos that was the first GOP primary debate featuring Mike Pence, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, Chris Christie, Vivek Ramaswamy, Doug Burgum, and Asa Hutchinson, with a special focus on Vivek's seemingly p

#879 - "Tragic Flooding in DC, Trump's Fourth Indictment, A$$hole of Today feat. Kyle J. Davis, and Takin' Care of Biz feat. Jessica Spencer & Sophia Dencel!"

Aug 17th, 2023 58m 10s

Jesse and Brittany discuss a recent tragic event in DC that we narrowly avoided, listener emails and voicemails related to praise for the show and our recent trip to Boston, the conservative response to Trump's fourth indictment, including Alin

#878 - "Fine Boston, Fascist DeSantis, Trump's Twitter Search, and Big Win in Ohio!"

Aug 10th, 2023 1h 2m

Jesse and Brittany discuss their upcoming mini-trip to Boston, listener emails and voicemails related to eye twitches and police abuse, the state of the Republican primary, including Ron DeSantis' fascist tendencies and removal of an elected pr

#877 - "Eye Twitch, Psychology Ban, Abortion Lawsuit, and Donald Trump's Third Indictment."

Aug 6th, 2023 1h 4m

Jesse and Brittany discuss Patreon issues and eye twitches, listener emails and voicemails related to criticizing the Democratic Party and President Joe Biden and PragerU in Florida, a ruling in the Texas abortion case, Florida's decision to ba

#876 - "Heat Wave!, PragerU in Florida Schools, and Robot Ron DeSantis."

Jul 28th, 2023 1h 2m

Jesse and Brittany discuss the heat wave wreaking havoc on the nation as well as their recent adventures engaged in tourist activities in DC, listener communication related to Biden's re-election and the new Florida education guidelines, a deep

#875 - "An Interview with Lucas Kunce, Senator Josh Hawley's Opponent!"

Jul 25th, 2023 29m 33s

Jesse and Brittany interview Lucas Kunce, a Democrat running to unseat Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO). Together, they discuss Lucas' background growing up in Missouri and the formative life experiences that drew him to run for the Senate, including

#874 - "Regulars, FL Education, Texas Lawsuit, Primary Heating Up, and A$$hole of Today feat. Megyn Kelly."

Jul 20th, 2023 1h 6m

Jesse and Brittany discuss a common question they get about their points of disagreement, Florida's new standards for education, Texas women testifying in a lawsuit on the state's abortion laws, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s testimony before a GOP-le