Happy Pride! Has the growing acronym umbrella created a Tower of Babel? We cover the history of the modern gay/queer movement, the Pride flag, and the strange journey since 2015, when gay marriage was legalized nationally. That moment felt like an apex victory, but where are we now? 

In an era of bottomless guilt and endless shame, how are these foundational human impulses weaponized by crowd-funding? We cover some truly outlandish campaigns that have popped up over the last few years. We also discuss an interesting tangent in the Canadian trucker protests of 2022 and how private citizens can be locked out from the financial system for questionable reasons.

Jess and Johnny discuss their days in college, which span multiple decades. From the Bush era through Obama and now in the disruption of the Trump years. Just how “woke” is college? What does that mean and what’s it like being in a college classroom in 2025?