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Happy Holidays non-ethno-religious revelers! Brandon and Deej chop it up for a deep dive into the season. First, Amazon is still creating paper catalogs to ensnare your children into their digital world. 23 and Me...may not be the best Christmas gift (unless you want to give away your data)...oh and have a Merry MindGeek Christmas!

The pod lives! Brandon and Deej take on the NBA's obsession with conspiracy theories. Kyrie, Steph, who's next? Gordon Hayward the phrenologist? Then, they wax nostalgic on the 2019 slate of nostalgic films and Sonic the Hedgehogs toned calves. Finally, Paul Kiel and Jesse Eisenger from The Atlantic and Pro Publica give us the scoop on IRS' enforcement woes. Remember to skrtt your taxes everyone!

Brandon and Deej dig deep in the bag for an extra strength podcast this week. They talk pieces from The Atlantic and The New York Times spanning the Midterm elections, Duke as the manifestation of AAU gone wild, and just how the Youtube algorithm actually works.

Mi gente! Brandon and Deej once again have that fuego. This week Deej recaps his journey to Morehouse Homecoming and gives us a look at the history of Athleisure with Derek Thompson’s piece in the Atlantic. Then, the guys navigate their casual gaming status with the release of Red Dead Redemption 2 and wrap things up with some breaking news about the fallen, Kanye West.

Cuatro Cuatro. Brandon and Deej have a four pack of goodness this week. Sadly, we didn't win the Mega Millions but we did breakdown the history of lottery culture with Troy Patterson's piece "Watching Lottery Drawings in an Age of Plutocracy" in the New Yorker. We double down with Jelani Cobb's look at the Georgia gubernatorial race. #VoteStacyAbrams. Then, end with two compelling pieces of journalism from the New York Times. Michael Wilson's look into the tragic death of Geoffrey Corbis and a fire audio piece by Ike Sriskandarajah, who revisited the children and educator (Newark Mayor Ras Baraka) that starred in the famous classroom skits from Miseducation of Lauryn Hill after 20 years.

This week Deej and Brandon attend opening night at the Barclays Center and watch the Nets triumph over the New York Knickerbockers. They also talk the ramifications of the reported increase of salaries in the NBA G League to 125,00 through Jonathan Givony's piece at ESPN.

Yo Yo Yo! Deej comes with the early heat on this episode with a piece from New York Times Magazine by Emily Bazelon on the upcoming referendum to restore voting rights to felons in Florida. Then, Brandon keeps in local by dipping a toe into the New York Times investigation of the 50 year long history of the Trump family's rampant tax fraud. A wacky time on Send The Link!

Brandon and Deej brave the deluge of television no one watched as they break down the 2018 Emmy awards. Then, they dive back into politics and analyze the realpolitik cynicism surrounding the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh and his subsequent sexual assault scandal.

Brandon and Deej rebuff all Colin Kaepernick hottakes with a look at New York Times op-ed. Then, they go local (S/O Seattle) for another look into our dystopian future. This time with scooters! And finally beware of alt-right people of color!

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Brandon and Deej pay homage to Aretha Franklin and her legendary VH1 Divas 1998 performance with some help from Kevin Fallon's piece in the Daily Beast. Then, our heroes dream wistfully about the fate of their crytocurrency investments with "After The Bitcoin Boom: Hard Lessons for Cryptocurrency Investors" in the New York Times. Finally, Issac Stone Fish at Slate rips our worlds asunder. The NBA is running a training facility under the nose of a human rights in Xinjiang, China. We love this game!