In the current media landscape everything is printed in red or blue. Rick and Ben sit down each week to find the purple area between the lines. We ask questions, apply logic, and discover what stories were written by the headline heroes. Just like the news, we’re not always right and don’t always agree, but we always look for some sort of common ground.

This week on the podcast:

Main Stories -

1. MAGA hat Anti-Abortion Activists Vs. Native American Activists – What really happened? Was this story spun by the media? Why were the Black Hebrew Israelites not targeted by the media? Should the sixteen-year-old apologize? For What? Kevin D. Williamson sums up this fiasco in a great article found on National Review. 

2. Shutting down the Shutdown – Trump ended the shutdown. Do the Democrats deserve to consider this a win? Is there a winner when the government is shut down? Were both “sides” to blame for this?

Dumbass of the week -

1. Electric Scooter! Best or Worst getaway vehicle?

Quick Caps –

1. Teacher takes student to a clinic.

2. Teacher buys student clothes with vacation money.

3. Teacher loses job for refusing to use correct pronoun, yet never uses the incorrect pronoun…

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Music found in this episode was written and performed by Jahzzar and is titled Magic Mountain.