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Long Live Nip. Brandon welcomes Deej back to the states after some time galavanting through Europe. The guys talk Nipsey Hussle's tragic death, the desensitization of violence through social media, and the subsequent conspiracy theories. Then, they talk Lil Nas X, TikTok and the success of Old Town Road. Finally, a little grab bag and lukewarm reviews of Jordan Peele's Us.

Links:

Conspiracy theories about Nipsey Hussle’s death aren’t stupid. They’re a form of grief

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/04/02/conspiracy-theories-about-nipsey-hussles-death-arent-stupid-theyre-form-grief/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5170c5ebac8f

How TikTok Is Rewriting the World

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/10/style/what-is-tik-tok.html

Navigate the backchannels on this week of Send The Link. First, Brandon and Deej are talking the hip craze taking over the with all the kids, socialism! After that, they remember their collegiate days and wonder how easy getting into college would've been with rich parents. Finally, is your flight safe? No one is running the FAA. We go inside all the angles of the 737 Max disaster.

Links aqui:

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/03/socialism-and-young-socialists.html

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/03/14/college-admissions-scandal-bribing-officials-bad-investment-column/3151205002/

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/14/opinion/business-economics/boeing-737-max.html

Got a problem? Call Deej and Brandon for all your PR needs. This week were delving deep into the psychology and institutional methods of shaping our cultural narratives. First, we review Mark Zuckerberg's latest Facebook manifesto and doubt his abilities to pull it off.

Then, we look back at the sordid history of Fox News and just how Rupert Murdoch and Donald Trump have been boys.

Finally, we take a trip to the most sterile barbershop in the country as we try to salvage Lebron's attempt at being genuine.

Look down below! There's links in them waters....

Links:

https://www.facebook.com/notes/mark-zuckerberg/a-privacy-focused-vision-for-social-networking/10156700570096634/

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/03/11/the-making-of-the-fox-news-white-house

https://deadspin.com/theres-nothing-candid-about-lebrons-the-shop-1828725498

Brandon and Deej need a vacation....Nevertheless, they're on the job talking Derek Thompson's piece on the effects of workism in the Atlantic. Then, Deej waxes poetic on the resignation of HBO CEO Plepler and what that means for the premium content network....we end with the hottest reality show on television, Michael Cohen's Testimony. Enjoy this week in dystopia.

This week's link: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/02/religion-workism-making-americans-miserable/583441/

And the Academy Award for worst actor goes to....Jussie Smollet! This week, we give Jussie what he wants, attention. Brandon and Deej chop it up about the life and times of the Gay Tupac with some help from Adam Serwer's piece in The Atlantic. Then, they wax poetic on another rap legend, as Eminem's Slim Shady LP reaches 20. Finally, we end with a little oscar talk and Black Panther as a cultural phenomenon.

Links:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/02/jussie-smollett/583426/

https://www.theringer.com/music/2019/2/20/18232748/eminem-slim-shady-lp-20th-anniversary

Brandon and Deej are back and talking both dog and human racism. First, Brandon takes a trip to the Westminster dog show. Then, Deej takes us down the Ralph Northam decision tree... blackface or Klan costume? Oh, and Jeff Bezos wages war against the National Enquirer in the latest episode of our corporatist nightmare.

Brandon and Deej delve into mysticism with their Nostradamus like predictions of a snore-fest superbowl. Then, Brandon takes us to civics class as he experiences the fickle nature of jury duty. Finally, the guys plant the #NetsNavy flag as the Knicks plunge into depths of further chaos in the wake of the Porzingis trade.

Revel in the schadenfreude! Brandon and Deej bring out their Morehouse pride to lament the conservative appropriation of Dr. King's legacy, then they detail how the Fyre Festival was an meta exercise in white supremacy, and finally James Harden...yay or nay?

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Whoa Uncle Joey we've got a full house! Brandon and Deej invite Gina Cherelus back to the pod to talk virtue signaling during the government shutdown, being cloned by the 10 year challenge and tragically paying 14 dollars for Netflix.

This week Brandon and Deej mind other people's business and get all into the specifics of the worlds most costly separation with a piece from Joe Pinkser at The Atlantic. Then, they get grassroots and talk the latest in political happenings in NYC (including the non-shutdown of the "L train"). Finally, and also tragically... there's R. Kelly talk...we weep in unison.