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Southpaws is a radio show where current events and political topics are explored from a progressive point of view. Started in 2012, Southpaws is hosted by Darren Gibson and Jack Prince from studios i... more
FAQs about Southpaws:How many episodes does Southpaws have?The podcast currently has 302 episodes available.
September 17, 2021Southpaws 9-17-21Jack Prince is off this week, so Darren and Katy discuss these topics:Nicki Minaj made startling untrue claims about the Covid vaccine.Darren and Katy look at the hesitancy for the Covid vaccine and compared it to a lack of hesitancy for the polio vaccine.Howard Stern doubled down on mandatory Covid vaccinations, which led to a spirited debate between Darren and Katy.Unvaccinated hospital patients are clogging intensive care units at hospitals across the country.An Alabama man died of cardiac failure after trying to get into 43 different hospitals across three states because ICU beds are full of unvaccinated Covid patients.A 12-year-old Florida boy was hospitalized for five days after his appendix ruptured. His treatment was delayed because the emergency room was full of unvaccinated Covid patients.A Michigan woman dying from Covid was able to convince six of her friends to get vaccinated.Fox Nation is reviving "COPS."And a company known for hosting far right wing websites was allegedly hacked by Anonymous....more59minPlay
September 10, 2021Southpaws 9-10-21Katy Steele is off this week, so Darren and Jack discuss these topics:President Joe Biden is set to issue an executive order requiring Covid vaccinations for federal employees and employees of large businesses.Selfish violent conservatives who refuse to get vaccinated are killing innocent people by clogging up hospitals.Darren believes coddling stupidity has led us to where we are now.A judge said that Florida's mask mandate ban cannot be enforced while the courts decide its legality.Three Vermont state troopers resigned while under investigation for a fake Covid vaccination card scheme.Three Arizona men have been charged after they threatened a "citizens arrest" of a school principal over mask wearing and quarantine rules.A McDonald's location in Oregon is so desperate for employees that they're hiring 14-year-olds.And the Federal Trade Commission is looking at why McDonald's ice cream machines are constantly broken....more59minPlay
September 03, 2021Southpaws 9-3-21 podDarren and Jack discuss these topics:Texas bans all abortions six weeks after conception and the U.S. Supreme Court refused to temporarily block the ban while lawsuits are heard in lower courts.Darren believes Texas women should withhold sex from men until that law is removed.Has the United States begun to imitate art in the form of the movie "Idiocracy"?An Iowa man accused of being one of the January 6 traitors had his bond revoked for violating terms of his release after officers found him watching conspiracy videos on a cellphone.An Ohio man was arrested by U.S. Marshals for assaulting an NBC News reporter during a live broadcast on Hurricane Ida hitting Mississippi.A Traverse City, Michigan newspaper reporter was punched in the face while covering an anti-mask rally.A Florida conservative talk radio host who called himself "Mr. Anti-Vax" has died of Covid-19.And a Texas anti-mask demonstration organizer has died of Covid-19.Off The Cuff: An update to a story we have covered for over two years. A Michigan judge ordered a couple to pay their adult son over $45,000 in damages after they threw out his porn collection....more59minPlay
August 27, 2021Southpaws 8-27-21Darren, Katy, and Jack discuss these topics:Author James Loewen passed away. We look at his work in identifying "sundown towns."One of the men who admitted his role in the murder plot against Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) is sentenced to six years in prison.Donald Trump was booed at an Alabama rally for telling supporters to get vaccinated.Update: Conservative Nashville radio host Phil Valentine died of Covid-19 at the age of 61.A South Carolina Republican leader who didn't believe in mask mandates has died from Covid-19.Isis-K terrorists killed 13 U.S. Military personnel in a bombing at the Kabul International Airport Thursday in Afghanistan.A former National Security official blamed the Trump Administration for the chaos happening in Afghanistan involving visas for Afghan allies.And the U.S. Supreme Court threw out the extension of the eviction ban.Hammer Time: The Barry County, Michigan man who petitioned Governor Whitmer to remove sheriff Dar Leaf from office revoked the petition after WOOD TV identified him and he received death threats....more59minPlay
August 20, 2021Southpaws 8-20-21Due to technical difficulties, Jack could not join the show by phone. Darren and Katy discussed these topics:A Barry County, Michigan man has petitioned Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) to remove Sheriff Dar Leaf from office.An Alabama doctor said he would no longer see unvaccinated patients in his office.Michigan political pundit Susan Demas said "coddling ignorance for years" has led to the Covid crisis. We give our thoughts to what she wrote.A Tennessee Christian radio host who believed vaccinations were "the mark of the beast" died from Covid-19.And the Afghanistan mess lies squarely at the feet of Donald Trump, who negotiated withdrawing from the country with the Taliban in 2019. But the mess started over 40 years ago.Hammer Time: Tucker Carlson mocked Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) over her fears of being raped during the January 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol.Hammer Time: A Richmond, Virginia man screamed at an elderly woman on a New York City subway for wearing a mask. The online community quickly discovered and disclosed his identity to the world.Hammer Time: An Idaho radio station owner quits the National Association of Broadcasters over their vaccine mandate at their upcoming convention.Off The Cuff: A West Michigan man urinated on a hospital sign in protest of their mask mandate.Off The Cuff: A Michigan man shoved kidney beans into his urethra for sexual pleasure and required surgery to remove them....more1hPlay
August 13, 2021Southpaws 8-13-21Darren, Katy, and Jack discuss these topics:New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resigns after being accused of sexual harassment. Will his successor just be another neoliberal?A California man is accused of murdering his two children after believing his wife passed her "serpent DNA" to the kids.Q-Anon and Illuminati conspiracy theorists are dangerous to this country.Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-GA...or is it Q-GA) was suspended from Twitter for a week for spreading vaccine lies.Violent conservatives organized an anti-vaccine mandate rally recently held in Lansing, Michigan.A Nashville radio host who was a vaccine skeptic is now "critically ill" after contracting Covid-19.A Florida radio host who vehemently criticized the Covid vaccine has died of Covid-19.And Ottawa County, Michigan passed an ordinance making it illegal to record video in county buildings and parks.Hammer Time: A pediatric nurse at a Grand Rapids, Michigan hospital had a TikTok video go viral after she said she could avoid the Covid vaccine by lying about wanting to become pregnant....more59minPlay
August 06, 2021Southpaws 8-6-21Katy and Jack are off this week, so Darren discussed these topics:United becomes the first airline to mandate COVID vaccines for all of their employees.CNN fired three employees for coming into the office unvaccinated.Employers continue to blame lazy people for staffing shortages instead of blaming themselves for paying poverty wages.Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich said it's time to use the 14th Amendment to keep Donald Trump from running for president again.The Michigan Republican Party is looking to remove State Senator Ed McBroom (R) from office over telling the truth about no election fraud in 2020.A federal judge told an alleged January 6 traitor, "You don't make the rules," after the defendant refused to wear a mask.And how many bodies of Indigenous children are buried on the grounds of former boarding schools in Michigan? Indigenous tribes want the government to investigate.Hammer Time: Barry County, Michigan Sheriff Dar Leaf is at it again. Now he wants to starts posses of militia members to investigate crimes....more59minPlay
July 30, 2021Southpaws 7-30-21Darren, Katy, and Jack discuss these topics:Former U.S. Senator for Michigan Carl Levin (D) passed away on Thursday. We look back at Levin's life and career.Frito-Lay workers in Topeka, Kansas return to work after a three-week strike. Why does it feel like management won?The Grand Rapids, Michigan Police Department gets dragged for its "Clergy On Patrol" program. Now the GRPD wants drones for "surveillance."Michigan State Representative Bryan Posthumus (R) was sentenced to 15 days in jail for operating while intoxicated.And former Oregon State Representative Mike Nearman (R) was sentenced to 80 hours of community service for allowing right wing protesters to enter the state Capitol while it was being locked down due to Covid.Hammer Time: A California restaurant owner has posted a sign saying his customers must prove they're unvaccinated in order to be served.Hammer Time: Donald Trump called Democrats "communists." Considering he is a friend of both Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un, he has a lot of nerve....more58minPlay
July 23, 2021Southpaws 7-23-21Darren, Katy, and Jack discuss these topics:The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called the COVID-19 delta variant the "pandemic of the unvaccinated."A new fungus that's impervious to medications has spread in Dallas and Washington, D.C.Jeff Bezos went into space and thanked Amazon employees for making it possible (by paying starvation wages).A joint article from The Intercept & Detroit Metro Times exposed that members of former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder's administration wiped data from their cell phones, more than likely destroying evidence in the investigation into the poisoning of Flint's water.And Donald Trump continues to lie about the January 6 insurrection and the election.Hammer Time: A New Jersey woman refuses to remove anti-Biden banners containing vulgar language.Hammer Time: Kentucky lawmaker Regina Huff (R) compared Dr. Anthony Fauci to cult leader Jim Jones of Jonestown infamy.Hammer Time: Barry County, Michigan Sheriff Dar Leaf has hired a private investigator to secretly question township clerks within the county about false claims of voter fraud.Off The Cuff: A Georgia couple found a mother snake and 17 baby snakes under their bed....more1hPlay
July 16, 2021Southpaws 7-16-21Jack is off this week, so Darren and Katy discuss these topics:Minnesota opened an office to investigate murdered and missing Indigenous people.Democrats in the Texas legislature fled the state to deny a quorum for a special legislative session to restrict voting rights.Katy's online discussion about circumcision turns into an on air discussion about religion.The Cuban government cracked down on protests in the country.And the Proud Boys rally scheduled for Grand Rapids, Michigan fell apart after 300 protesters showed up to oppose them.Hammer Time: A Wyoming bar owner sold t-shirts advocating violence against LGBTQ people.Hammer Time: A Utah deputy charged a 19-year-old girl with a hate crime after she allegedly stomped on a "back the blue" sign....more59minPlay
FAQs about Southpaws:How many episodes does Southpaws have?The podcast currently has 302 episodes available.