Frown Town

By J. Jones

Looking for a political comedy podcast that’s funny AND has a soul? Then comedians Vee Chattie and J. Jones invite you to come learn with them on Frown Town, the political comedy podcast where each we... more

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The podcast currently has 138 episodes available.

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October 11, 2022 Ep. 135 - The White House's Blueprint to the AI Bill of Rights
Welcome back to Frown Town! Vee and J discuss the White House's Blueprint to the AI Bill of Rights and why we need more than a plan.
Special thank you to FCON for loaning us their song Liquid Fury! - https://fcon206.bandcamp.com/album/fcon
Relevant Links:
Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights - https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/ai-bill-of-rights/
The White House released an ‘AI Bill of Rights’ - https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/04/tech/ai-bill-of-rights/index.html
Here’s why tech companies keep paying millions to settle lawsuits in Illinois - https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/20/tech/illinois-biometric-law-bipa-explainer/index.html
Famous AI Gone Wrong Examples In the Real World We Need To Know - https://www.analyticsinsight.net/famous-ai-gone-wrong-examples-in-the-real-world-we-need-to-know/
AI Gone Rogue: 6 Times AI Went Too Far - https://www.makeuseof.com/ai-gone-rogue-times-ai-went-too-far/
AI Gone Wrong: 5 Biggest AI Failures Of All Time - https://www.jumpstartmag.com/ai-gone-wrong-5-biggest-ai-failures-of-all-time/
Hot Robot At SXSW Says She Wants To Destroy Humans | The Pulse - https://youtu.be/W0_DPi0PmF0
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1h 7min
September 27, 2022 Ep. 134 - Puerto Rico Deserves Better Than This
Welcome back to Frown Town! This week, Vee and J talk about Puerto Rico and how colonialism has negatively impacted their ability improve their present and their future.
Special thank you to FCON for loaning us their song Liquid Fury! - https://fcon206.bandcamp.com/album/fcon
Relevant Links:
An Uncertain State: In the debate over whether to admit Puerto Rico to the union, which side is Puerto Rico on? - https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/03/puerto-rico-statehood-us-politics-democrats.html
What Does It Mean to be A Territory of the United States - https://www.puertoricoreport.com/educators-mean-territory-united-states/#.YzDNenbMJEZ
Freely Associated States 2022 - https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/freely-associated-state
Compacts of Free Association - https://www.doi.gov/oia/compacts-of-free-association
Colonialism's Ledger: Puerto Rico in the shadow of debt - https://www.thenation.com/article/society/rocio-zambrana-colonial-debts/
The Origins of the Puerto Rican Debt Crisis - https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/090915/origins-puerto-rican-debt-crisis.asp
S.2328: PROMESA - https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2328
Act 22 - https://www.the2022actsociety.org/tax-incentives/act-22/
White liberals must stop pushing Puerto Rican statehood for their own benefit. Let us decide. - https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/white-liberals-must-stop-pushing-puerto-rican-statehood-their-own-ncna1247419
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1h 5min
September 20, 2022 Ep. 133 - What is Lyndsey Graham Doing?
Welcome back to Frown Town! This week, Vee and J go all Brian Windhorst about Lindsey Graham's proposed abortion ban legislature.
Special thank you to FCON for loaning us their song Liquid Fury! - https://fcon206.bandcamp.com/album/fcon
Relevant Links
Graham proposes 15-week abortion bill, dividing Republicans ahead of midterm elections - https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/13/politics/lindsey-graham-abortion-15-week-ban/index.html
Lindsey Graham’s abortion ban bill baffles some Republicans as Democrats sharpen attacks in key midterm races - https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/16/lindsey-graham-abortion-ban-bill-splits-gop-on-midterm-message.html
The Perverse, Potentially Lethal Consequences of Lindsey Graham’s Federal Abortion Ban - https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/09/lindsey-graham-republicans-federal-abortion-ban.html
The Only Way Lindsey Graham’s Abortion Ban Makes Political Sense - https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/09/lindsey-graham-abortion-ban-2022-midterm-2024-election.html
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September 13, 2022 Ep. 132 - Gun Control? By Who? ft. Bigg Villainus
Welcome back to Frown Town! This week, Vee and J are joined by rapper, activist, and all-around dope ass person Bigg Villainus to talk about gun control's racist roots and what the best ways to address gun violence look like!
Special thank you to FCON for loaning us their song Liquid Fury! - https://fcon206.bandcamp.com/album/fcon
Special Guest: Bigg Villainus
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/overthrowmedia
Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/biggvillainus
Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@biggvillainus
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/biggvillainus
Twitter - https://twitter.com/BiggVillainus
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1h 6min
September 06, 2022 Ep. 131 - Texas Still Sucks
Welcome back to Frown Town! This week, Vee and J talk about Texas' Operation Lone Star and its alleged civil rights violations.
Special thank you to FCON for loaning us their song Liquid Fury! - https://fcon206.bandcamp.com/album/fcon
Relevant Links:
Chicago welcomes immigrants bused out of Texas with open arms - https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2022/9/1/23332748/chicago-illinois-asylum-seekers-bus-texas-governor-abbott-mayor-lightfoot-sanctuary-city-day-two
Editorial: Trafficked to Union Station? Migrants are not interstate political pawns - https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-migrants-union-station-chicago-greg-abbott-20220901-rbeahavvv5dpnek5thzqcysriu-story.html
Justice Department is investigating Texas’ Operation Lone Star for alleged civil rights violations - https://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/06/operation-lone-star-doj-investigation-abbott/
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1h 3min
August 30, 2022 Ep. 130 - The Worst Thing To Come Out of 1989
Welcome back to Frown Town! This week, Vee and J talk about credit score reporting.
Special thank you to FCON for loaning us their song Liquid Fury! - https://fcon206.bandcamp.com/album/fcon
Relevant Links:
The History of Consumer Credit in One Giant Infographic - https://www.visualcapitalist.com/history-consumer-credit-one-infographic/
When Did Credit Scores Start? - https://www.credit.com/blog/when-did-credit-scores-start-152354/
The History Of Credit - https://www.rockethq.com/learn/credit/the-history-of-credit
Understanding the Fair Credit Reporting Act - https://www.experian.com/blogs/ask-experian/credit-education/report-basics/fair-credit-reporting-act-fcra/
In boon for consumers, 3rd Circuit clarifies ascertainability, post-TransUnion standing - https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/boon-consumers-3rd-circuit-clarifies-ascertainability-post-transunion-standing-2022-08-26/
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1h 1min
August 23, 2022 Ep. 129 - How Documents Get Classified
Welcome back to Frown Town! This week, Vee and J talk about the laws governing the classification of confidential, secret, and top secret information.
Special thank you to FCON for loaning us their song Liquid Fury! - https://fcon206.bandcamp.com/album/fcon
Relevant Links:
The Law of Classified Information: A Primer - https://www.lawfareblog.com/law-classified-information-primer
50 U.S.C. § 3161 - https://casetext.com/statute/united-states-code/title-50-war-and-national-defense/chapter-44-national-security/subchapter-vi-access-to-classified-information/section-3161-procedures
The provisions of Executive Order 12356 of Apr. 2, 1982 - https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/laws/national-security-information
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1h 2min
August 16, 2022 Ep. 128 - Is Joe Manchin More Reasonable Than Us?
Welcome back to Frown Town! This week, Vee and J discuss the Inflation Reduction Act, specifically its $369B in climate provisions, the largest amount the American government has ever earmarked for spending on the climate crisis.
Special thank you to FCON for loaning us their song Liquid Fury! - https://fcon206.bandcamp.com/album/fcon
Relevant Links:
US House passes Democrats’ landmark healthcare and climate bill - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/12/us-house-passes-climate-bill-inflation-reduction-act
Senate passes $739bn healthcare and climate bill after months of wrangling - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/07/inflation-reduction-act-senate-democrats-pass
Why Internet Leftists Are So Pissed About Democrats’ Historic Climate Bill - https://slate.com/business/2022/08/inflation-reduction-act-climate-change-criticism-adam-mckay-david-sirota.html
What the Inflation Reduction Act Does — and Doesn’t Do — for Climate - https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2022/08/12/what-the-inflation-reduction-act-does-and-doesnt-do-for-climate/
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1h 4min
August 09, 2022 Ep. 127 - Jury Nullification: When The Doubts Are Reasonable But The Law Isn't
Welcome back to Frown Town! This week, Vee returns and joins J to talk jury nullification!
Special thank you to FCON for loaning us their song Liquid Fury! - https://fcon206.bandcamp.com/album/fcon
Relevant Links:
Jury Nullification - https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/jury_nullification
It's Perfectly Constitutional to Talk about Jury Nullification - https://www.aclu.org/blog/free-speech/its-perfectly-constitutional-talk-about-jury-nullification
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1h 2min
August 02, 2022 Ep. 126 - America Fails Its Veterans Again
Welcome back to Frown Town! This week, J goes solo to talk about the Honoring our PACT Act.
Special thank you to FCON for loaning us their song Liquid Fury! - https://fcon206.bandcamp.com/album/fcon
Relevant Links:
Jon Stewart Slams Ted Cruz Video As Row Heats Up: 'Not Tonite Sweetie' - https://www.newsweek.com/jon-stewart-slams-ted-cruz-video-row-heats-veterans-burn-pits-1729360
Senate Republicans burned a bill that would have helped veterans — here’s why - https://www.vox.com/2022/7/30/23284976/senate-republicans-pact-act-veterans
A secretary says Republican-backed amendments to burn pits legislation would lead to ‘rationing of care for vets’ - https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/31/politics/pact-act-burn-pits-legislation-cnntv/index.html
‘Darn shame’: Veterans react to PACT Act blockage - https://www.wect.com/2022/07/29/darn-shame-veterans-react-pact-act-blockage/
10 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT BURN PITS - https://www.publichealth.va.gov/docs/exposures/ten-things-to-know-fact-sheet.pdf
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FAQs about Frown Town:

How many episodes does Frown Town have?

The podcast currently has 138 episodes available.