In episode lucky number 13 we shoutout all the graduates this season and the BIPOC authors of Houston, talk trash about our tequila, get into all things Guardians (spoiler alert), glide over the CNN Trump town hall, analyze trumpism, call out power grabbing politicians, shift gears to more important things like the Marvel Studios, debate about DC movies, condone kid-free zones, and oh the olive garden of it all, praise the youth of today and Tucson, get critical about curriculum, and go on a brief Coheed and Cambria tangent on our way out.  

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Rooster and Chibbi are back to chat about 16 One Act Plays, the irrelevance of Cinco de Mayo, the importance of May the 4th, potentially get canceled by the BBC, examine the monarchy in the 21st century, the hypocrisy of this country’s immigration status, deconstruct the Met Gala and Karl, debate art vs the artist, shoutout Pedro Pascal, support the Writers’ Guild of America, get into the weeds about the effects of AI on the creative community and the creative process, let it all hang out on the topic of PornHub vs Utah and the sexual repression of this country, theorize parents not wanting to parent, double down on the saying make love not war, and wish life was a little more NORML.

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Back to basics on episode 11 with just Rooster and Chibbi as we get into power outages, the benefits of binging, go back and forth on 3 generations, celebrate (and then analyze) Tucker Carlson’s layoff, get into the ins and outs of San Antonio’s Proposition A, turn a critical eye on Mayor Ron and Joe Rogan, comment on the demise of trusted sources, the frolickings of an overly ambitions sperm donor, smash or pass on the top 25 restaurants in San Antonio (with a couple of tangents like tragic Chinese food, northerners don’t know how real BBQ joins operate, and the rise of the hidden bar), and give you our own recommendations on where you should be eating in the Countdown City (complete with grunts), recap the NBA Playoffs drama-lama, revel in our successful River City Rumble, recommend Evil Dead Rise, and look forward to the summer.

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In our 10th episode, the homie Chris hops into the studio with Rooster and Chibbi to chat about celebrity sponsored liquors, get into the nitty-gritty of Fiesta, get critical of Coachella and discuss the impact of music festivals, swap stories, take a tangent into the Laredo punk rock hardcore scene of the early 2000s, touch on Fox News’ settlement and Tucker Carlson’s constant questions, call out Elon Musk’s bullshit, and Dwayne The Rock Johnson’s tequila hit harder than we thought.

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Roost and Chibbi come to the conversation fashionably dressed (but less researched) as they dive into their disagreements over this week’s tequila, Chibbi’s travels and food critic double-life, celebrate hipsters opening restaurants, discuss some serious mis-steps, recap poetry’s Battle at the Border and Rooster’s love of Laredo, dive into Taylor Swift lore (while simultaneously fearing for our lives), fight about Pink, acknowledge the pervasiveness of white supremacy and male fragility, school Rooster on RuPaul’s Drag Race, debate if social contracts are irrelevant, and wonder why we’re still debating the decriminalization of marijuana, and ask if you’d bootleg a hamburger.

Joining remotely from New York City, actor and singer Katelyn Kahn joins Chibbi and Rooster to not talk about Donald Trump, but chat about undercover Trumpers, the failure of the two party system, why America wants to have a beer with their president, lackluster political enthusiasm,  we get gay for Barbie, debate Ken, call out bud light’s sexuality, realize our 90’s musical revolutionaries have failed us, condemn clout chasing content creators, warn gen z prank stars to fuck around and find out, contemplate the longevity of influencers, dive into the pre-covid Texas poetry and give all of Austin its flowers, breakdown The Heckledome, reminisce about the Texas Grand Slam, with impromptu appearance by Amir Safi, examine the infrastructures of a poetry slam scene, debate the business of poetry, get hopeful for the future of poetry, and wanna know if you got a show people should know about in the South Central poetry scene!

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This week we learn each other’s liquor languages, kick off National Poetry Month, discuss local legends, celebrate the indictment of one DJT, discuss the failures of a 2 party system, the far right’s erasure of important literature, understanding context, literary protests, how or who the democratic party could pull forward, call out Italy’s pronunciation facism, national languages, a country’s cultural identity, another elder millennial in crisis but what's your communication style, the death of phone calls, the sob emoji, who still texts, and how do we feel about the voice memo, a shoutout to the chesapeake bay shakespeare company’s performance of romeo and juliet, dissect monk mode (wtf is monk mode), sleep schedules and optimizing on life. 

This week we’re joined by poet and performer Lacey Roop and we become mezcal connoisseurs, dive into the Oscar winners and feels, acknowledge our 80 year old bladders, wonder did Darren Aronofsky stick the landing, double down on our love of Everything Everywhere All At Once, breakdown the potential indictment and perp walk of a certain orange butthole, call a cult a cult, call out the culture wars being codified by legislatures across the US, analyze the alt-right’s endgame, get into how investigative journalism has embraced cinematic nuances, question conscience capitalism, wonder who wants to watch a 50 year old Power Ranger, stan Scream, drag Congress’s obsession with TikTok, acknowledge no data is private, and celebrate mezcal!

Hosts @gemineyes, @roostmtz, with special guest appearance by @lacey_roop and @entremaguey mezcals - theme music is Got it Goin On by Jon Prestone and Bouncy Walk by MoodMode.

This week we recorded live, on location, in Seattle at AWP - the nation's largest writing conference. Forgive us for the less than stellar audio quality as we get into our vastly different experiences at the conference, news from the Mexican border, Bad Bunny's transgressions, prevailing whiteness in the literary community, why queer literature is taking over, find out whats going down inthe DMs, and where bagels rank amongst other breads. Joined by guest Truly Vayne, it is uncensored, unfiltered, unpredictable, but always distilled.

Hosts @gemineyes, @roostmtz, with guest appearance by @trulyvayne - theme music is Got it Goin On by Jon Presstone and Bouncy Walk by MoodMode.

A weekly podcast where we talk about current events after taking 2 tequila shots. Unfiltered, uncensored, unpredictable, but always distilled.

This week while drinking Centenario Reposado we discuss the importance of finding a good barber, why the monarchy matters (if at all), the attack on queer Americans, how the Republican party lacks identity, music and the evolution of artists especially as it relates to The Mars Volta and the punkrockemokid in all of us, Rooster reveals his dislike of Portishead, how much should social media impact your professional lives, the internet as people’s id, ego, superego, and alter-ego, a look ahead at our week at AWP, Chibbi is shocked by Rooster’s disdain of seafood and Tár, our Oscar predictions, and how Everything Everywhere All at Once should win everything, everywhere, all at once. And umbilical dicks.

Hosts @gemineyes, @roostmtz, theme music is Got it Goin On by Jon Presstone and Bouncy Walk by MoodMode.