Smart Guy, Dumb Guy

In this episode of SGDG we talk about the recent presidential debate, what to do when our leaders fail, and what to think about Critical Race Theory. 

Articles from the show:

Chat 1: What do we do when our leaders fail us?

Chat 2: What is Critical Race Theory and should we be afraid of it?

Song

"Good Look" - Lasse Lyx

https://youtu.be/0niKsoRqHGs

Hosts:

Jonny Morrison jonnyis.com

Christian Serge christianserge.com

In this special episode we interview author, poet, and musician Micah Bournes about his new book, Here Comes This Dreamer.

Learn more about Micah at www.micahbournes.com

Find Here Comes This Dreamer on Amazon or wherever books are sold:

Song Break by Tilden Parc

Hosts:

Jonny Morrison jonnyis.com

Christian Serge christianserge.com

Jonny and Christian take the entire episode to talk about Cancel Culture. Is it good? Bad? Ugly? How should we think about artists who have been canceled? Is cancel culture destroying free speech as we know it? Is cancel culture ruining America?  

This episode was suggested by a listener. Follow us on instagram to suggest new topics: @smartguydumbguy

Articles Mentioned:

• NYT - Thesis about Cancel Culture.
• Vox - Cancel Culture Explained
• The Harper Letter

Song Feature:

Fleur Douces - Homeless Soul

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec5w-g_48F8

Hosts:

Jonny Morrison jonnyis.com

Christian Serge christianserge.com

In this episode we talk about the struggle evangelicals are having in "decoupling" their faith from so many problematic realities. Then in chat 2 we talk about climate change and the fires in California.

Chat 1: Goodbye Christ. I’ve got Justice

https://www.christianitytoday.com/edstetzer/2020/september/goodbye-christ-ive-got-justice-duty.html?fbclid=IwAR0FFHxN57D8t4OFT9iKVC5BUGoC9XCkuGiisZi4RBfbFOjy4grDxsULU-U

Transition Song: "Trenching" - Trayler Swift

http://linktr.ee/traylerswift

Chat 2: Climate Change & Gavin Newsom

Article about Governor Gavin Newsom telling us the fires are fueled by climate change

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54128872

In this episode of SGDG we talk about racists home appraisals and what the search for the gay gene means for our own understanding of human sexuality.

Chat 1: Racist Home Appraisals

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/25/realestate/blacks-minorities-appraisals-discrimination.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytrealestate

Chat 2: The search for the "gay gene."

https://unherd.com/2020/08/stop-searching-for-the-gay-gene/

Music from:

linktr.ee/traylerswift

Chat 1: The end of Western Secularism

https://unherd.com/2020/08/the-end-of-secularism-is-nigh/?fbclid=IwAR3SOyTou7s7aArTbr4iztSWvKrwii5S5farXynRwJ_zv8PURD0y9oVloE8

Chat 2:

When will things get back to normal? When will baseball games allow people? Will we want to go to games, or concerts or hang outs?

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51963486

https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/heres-when-bill-gates-says-we-will-get-back-to-normal-what-it-will-take-to-get-there.html 

Covid killed more than any flu season since 1918

https://elemental.medium.com/us-covid-19-deaths-compared-to-diseases-pandemics-wars-2a7495a43280

Chat 1: USPS

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/08/13/us-postal-service-whats-going-post-office-what-we-know/3360565001/

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-protest-in-person-vote-in-person-mail-in-ballots

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-protest-in-person-vote-in-person-mail-in-ballots

Chat 2: Factory Farming

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/4/22/21228158/coronavirus-pandemic-risk-factory-farming-meat

VR Documentaries

https://www.with.in/search?q=this%20is%20climate%20change

https://www.with.in/watch/this-is-climate-change-feast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlSE1X-hSqQ

In this episode, Christian struggles to pronounce QANON and then we talk about Kamala Harris and cultural perceptions of women in power. 

Article 1 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/13/briefing/qanon-kamala-harris-coronavirus-your-thursday-briefing.html

Article 2 - https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/08/kamala-harris-biden-vice-president-pop-culture/615178/

Christian and Jonny interview Patrick Lovell producer of the brand new documentary series, The Con, about the largest conspiracy of lies, in the history of the world.

Learn more about The Con at www.thecon.tv

Chat 1: Big Tech

This article focuses on the recent hearings, before congress, where CEOs of major tech companies testified. The big issue is the growing monopolization of a few tech companies: google, apple, facebook, and Amazon. 

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/07/antitrust-hearing-tech-pandemic-inescapable/614749/

Chat 2: Sex Work

If we decriminalize Sex Workers will it hurt the business of Sex Traffickers? 

https://www.aclu.org/news/lgbt-rights/sex-work-is-real-work-and-its-time-to-treat-it-that-way/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/opinion/child-sex-trafficking.html

https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/06/20/trumps-human-trafficking-record-is-fake-news/