Dig on America

Dino Moore and Kimberly Kay Scott welcome their daughters to the show, who both identify as Queer. Why does it matter? How do you become an ally? Is there a spectrum of belief in the LGBT community? Plus we look at some local news.

We are joined by Irish Swede and Tim Bristol, sans Mikey Famine and discuss a crazy week in politics. 

? Social identity theory defines a group as a collection of people who categorize themselves as belonging to the same social category and internalize that category's identity-defining attributes to define and / or evaluate themselves. The theory was proposed by social psychologists Henri Tajfel and John Turner in the 1970s and the 1980s.

Social identity refers to the ways that people's self-concepts are based on their membership in social groups. 

Maebe A. Girl joins for the first segment of the show

Lourin Hubbard and Brent Hennrich welcome Democratic congressional candidate Melanie D'Arrigo to Last Call, where Melanie defends several progressive opinions and talks about her campaign in New York. Check out her campaign at www.darrigo2022.com and get out the vote on August 23!

Melanie D’Arrigo is a healthcare advocate, community organizer, non-profit co-founder and mother of three who believes we need new leaders in Washington who will fight for Long Island and Queens families—not become part of the same broken system.

Melanie was born into an impoverished family on the South Shore of Long Island, and raised in a union household by her grandmother. With grit and determination, Melanie beat the odds and was the first in her family to attend college—working numerous jobs while attending Barnard, and graduating with thousands in student loans.

Melanie earned her Masters of Science degree from the School of Health Professions at Long Island University, and has worked as a healthcare advocate and strategist ever since, teaching children, families and organizations how to live healthier lives, prevent serious medical conditions, and save money. 

As a mother of three, Melanie knows what it’s like to battle the American healthcare system and the workplace as a new mom. While pregnant, Melanie was passed over for a job after the employer saw she was expecting. And when her son Ryan was born and her husband was laid off, Melanie was put on a payment plan — owing the hospital thousands of dollars for having a baby.

Maebe A. Girl has gotten a lot of press, but none of that press is about anything other than her identity. We want to focus on her policy and discuss how the media's portraying her is unfair. We also talk about her race with Adam Schiff.

We look at patriotism, nationalism, and listen to some right wing perspectives, breaking them down, as well as some older clips that discuss patriotism. We look at the history of the two terms and ask if it's even necessary to be a patriot. 

Lourin sits down with Amane Badhasso, a progressive running for congress in Minnesota, and Odessa Kelly, another progressive running in Tennessee. Jasen Dutch joins the show to sub for Brent Hennrich. 

Lourin and Brent interview progressive Angelica Duenas. Angelica Dueñas, a mother, wife, activist and community organizer. Born and raised in the San Fernando valley. Raising five children who attend LAUSD schools. BA, in political science. MA, in organizational leadership. Accepts zero corporate PAC money so she is beholden to the people and not special interests. 

Brittney Yevette Griner is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association. She played college basketball for the Baylor Lady Bears in Waco, Texas. She is the only NCAA basketball player to both score 2,000 points and block 500 shots.

After a Russian court sentenced WNBA star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison for a drug smuggling conviction on Thursday, the player's supporters, teammates and numerous US officials swiftly condemned the decision, many concerned that her detention is being used to advance Russia's agenda in the Ukraine war.

Now, Griner has returned to the detention center where she was held during her weeks-long trial as her lawyers vow to appeal the sentence and the Biden administration attempts to negotiate for her release.

WNBA star Brittney Griner sentenced to 9 years in Russian jail for drug-smuggling

During the trial, Griner pleaded guilty to carrying less than 1 gram of cannabis oil in her luggage as she traveled through a Moscow airport on February 17.

Amber Heard sold her desert hideaway in July — just six weeks after her ex-husband Johnny Depp won a $10.35 million judgment against her in his defamation trial.

Heard, 36, unloaded her Yucca Valley digs in Southern California for $1,050,000 — nearly double what she paid for it. 

The luxury home was purchased in 2019 for $570,000 through an anonymous trust that had ties to the "Aquaman" actress, according to property records and TMZ.

Monica Lewinsky, the former White House intern who became embroiled in a sex scandal with then President Bill Clinton in the 1990s, tweeted the news of Beyoncé removing an abelist slur from the song "Heated" on her new album "Renaissance" with a suggestion.

"uhmm, while we're at it... #Partition,"Lewinsky tweeted.

"Partition" is a track from the singer's 2013 self-titled fifth studio album. In the song, Beyoncé sings that a man "Monica Lewinsky'd all on my gown."

In 2021, Lewinsky told CNN's Jake Tapper that "what's really important to remember in today's world is that we never should have even gotten to a place where consent was a question." "So it was wholly inappropriate as the most powerful man, my boss, 49 years old," she said. "I was 22, literally just out of college. 

The show where we have the tough conversations and truly show that barriers can be broken. On this episode Dino and Kimberly Kay discuss how they came to know one another in Twitter Spaces, what their background is and what this new show will cover.