Bird Road Podcast

In an all-Bird Boyz episode we discussed the skyrocketing calamity that is the COVID-19 response in the U.S., the Hershey’s chocolate syrup-soaked freaks who made it to happen, and how much better things used to be. 

We got a real treat for ya’ll this week. We’re leaving the city, heading into the wilds of South Florida and abandoning this rotting urban hellscape.

We talked with Corey Campbell from the Big Cypress Natural Preserve to get the lowdown on how to get out of your house while observing social distancing safe practices. Corey also gives us some Florida history about the Tamiami Trail, the undefeated Seminole Tribe, Loop Road, and Al Capone. The national parks are ours; we already pay for them. Go see some of the country’s natural splendor. 

Check out the Big Cypress and the Everglades websites to plan a vacation. The Big Cypress Institute is on Facebook, too.

Music in this episode is by David Rosen. 

We talked about the latest news and specifically the ever-present threat of antifa bogeymen scaring the living piss out of triglyceride-soaked human hot dogs. We also did a Do I Have To, where Jewish Dave watched the FX series DAVE and Q watched the 2019 film Frances Ferguson.

Music by David Rosen. 

We sure left a shit-show for the next generation. Thankfully, they seem up to the task of cleaning up our mess. This week, All Points West along with the CLEO Institute and Unicorn Fire Radio are launching House On Fire, a new youth-led climate activism podcast where JP Mejia and Gabriela Rodriguez talk with experts and voices about the impending climate crisis, and how it will affect Miami, the world, and their future. 

You can and should subscribe to House On Fire on Apple, Spotify, Google Podcasts or anywhere else podcasts are found. 

If you want to watch ads to raise money for Black Lives Matter bail funds, here is the link. Be sure to disable your ad blocker. 

Going forward we are doing nothing but Facebook Live/Zoom watch parties of stuff we make fun of. Here’s our first one. 

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, there have been over 160 wildcat strikes across the country and 190,000 rent-strikers – not that you would know that based on the meager coverage they receive. This week, Q talked with Priscilla Grim from CoronaStrike, a platform calling for workers, renters, prisoners, detainees and others to come together at a level of cooperation unseen in our lifetime to make a healthier, regenerative and just future for all our people, through a People’s Strike.

We talked about how this crisis could create unforeseen opportunities to build solidarity, what a successful rent strike would look like, and how we can make it happen. 

You can follow Priscilla on Twitter @PriscillaGrim and stay up to date or get involved with CoronaStrike by following them @corona_strike or visiting coronastrike.us. 

Some other organizations to follow: 

Cooperation Jackson

Black Socialists in America

In Our Backyard 

Equality for Flatbush 

Here’s the COVID-19 Strike Map we discussed:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1tM4uDoxlsUYF1bbXdLDpPCAp_LmLU-Ej

This week, Q and Gina Mizzoni hosted a Facebook Live Town Hall with Nevada Assembly District 16 candidate and friend of the show Joe Sacco. If you want to get involved with Joe’s campaign, or just learn more about him, visit votejoesacco.com and follow his page on Facebook (where you can also watch the video version of this episode to see our bright shiny faces. 

Big thanks to Gina for helping make this happen and for stepping in for cohost duties in a pinch. 

These days and weeks are beginning to drag on. We need our joyful yummies. We need our happy touches and to pay for things, subjugating others. We want it and love it, right folks? 

A rare daytime recording between Dem Boyz. We catch up and look back at Obama’s legacy through the lens of recent revelations in the New York Times and Politico that he worked to undermine the progressive/socialist side of the Democratic Primary. 

We also (kind of?) debunk the allegations against Tara Reade (not Tara Reid) being untrustworthy because of a Dr. Phil appearance that wasn’t actually Tara Reade (it also wasn’t the other Tara Reid). 

I’ll tell ya one thing, I ain’t votin’ for Donna Shalala’s ass again. I can tell you that shit right now. That’s one thing I can tell ya. Deadass.