The Chris Ham podcast

I start recounting Father's Day and a local gem that converted me into a sushi fanand get ready to talk about a couple racial indicents.  (0:00-5:12) 

I throw out some cliches and embrace others to set up how people tell you they are racist from their actions NOT their words(5:15-I1:00) 

I share that "microaggression" is how I typically have experience racism even in my "woke" town( 11:01-21:50) 

I discuss how being an Uncle Tom is dangerous and less to do about racial stereotypes and more about undermining the societal problem of racism.   I express disdain for Candace Ownes, why she sucks, and beware of white people sharing her message(21:54-28:12) 

Terrible Trump Transmission- Confederate "monuments" and why I loathe his press secretary (28:16- 31:09)

 I talk about my FIRST year of podcasting- vision, progress, reception including SOME close family&friends lack of acknowledgment(31:53- 39:25) 

Takes of all Temperatures(T.O.A.Ts)- Confidence with camera phone videos; 2 kids; Wizard of Oz Trump; Bubba Wallace; Race Classification Laziness(39:29-53:37)

I start talking about June perks, the relationship between values, politics, and town choice.  We found our progressive town in our progressive county more subconciously than conciously.  I talk about my town march and the challenges of explaining things to toddlers and young kids.(0:00-7:54)

I say the name of Breonna Taylor and apologize for just covering it now.  I then segue to a sigh of relief that charges for Minnesota officers were upgraded and how neutrality is unacceptable when it comes to injustice.  (7:55-11:19)

I HIGHLIGHT the difference between protesting and rioting and speak angrily about the conflation.  I then speak to the normalization of police brutality and the fusion of policing and racism (11:20- 27:31)

I speak about the Drew Brees commentary about kneeling, walking it back, and Trump's Twitter involvement(27:35-32:50)

As I conclude this topic this week, I end with some hope and explain why this feels different(32:53-42:47)

I put a cherry on the "Last Dance" sundae then compare LeBron verus Michael Jordan.  I don't think the comparison is as close as people think (43:31-51:54)

Takes of All Temperature- Blue Lives/All Lives rebuttals; Justin Bieber magic, Alice in Wonderland weirdness; Height rounding; Snarky Liberal Annoyance (51:57-1:00:02)

I start with a message for 2020 as a year and set up something I'm very angry about but is crucial to talk about.  (0:00-5:00)

I start reflecting about the strange era of COVID then how Mother's Day perspective as we go through each decade of life (0:00-6:37) 

I angrily give some thoughts around the Ahmaud Arbery shooting and talk about no matter if we are biracial, light-skinned, or dark-skinned Afridan American, some always see us as a "n-word"(6:40- 11:48) 

RANT- I move into America's poor handling of COVID-19, Trump's ridiculous sound bytes, and partisan differences on COVID mitigation techniques (11:51-20:54) 

Podcast listeners who are parents call in to discuss their personal parenting challenges then I segue to our parenting challenges as well as update life with two kids (20:57-33:11) 

Last Dance-Jordan Documentary Recap(33:55-41:52) 

Takes of All Temperatures- Anna& Elsa suck; Covid Mask Fights; Blue Lives Matter BS; Ketchup; Amazon Shows(41:55-53:39)

Who cares what day it is?  I start talking about a very special anniversary for my wife and I, and how this pandemic and quarantine is truth serum for relationships.(0:00-6:20) 

RANT- Trump is a ridiculous person.  If you want me to be calm, skip this section!  Lysol?  UV skin injection?  Don't gaslight me Trump or Trump supporters(6:21- 14:04) 

My long-time friend Tracey left messages about her anger about Trump (14:05-20:12) 

I have a radical idea of how to draw up the country to mitgate the political division(20:15-26:33) 

NFL draft high level reaction and Michael Jordan "Last Dance" documentary endorsement and recap(26:36-43:05) 

Takes of All Temperatures(T.O.A.Ts)- Models; Entourage; Hard Seltzer; Play-Doh; April Weather SUCKS(43:08-50:19)

Buckle up!  Bringing on a right-leaning voice to talk politics. I start with a COVID-19 update and 

My friend Chritine joins the POD to talk life and politics. She is a local friend, wife, mother, and lifelong Republican in her 30s who is one of those Romney-Hillary voters.  

Before she joins I discuss how my generation is soft and about time we deal with some hardship.  I also discuss one of the very specific things I miss from "normal life" (0:00-4:41

Moving to the burbs/finance job/health challenge- We start talking about how we met in our town's version of "couple speed dating".  We then discuss Christine's fortunate trajectory as an Investment Banker.  Then talk about a traumatic medical diagnosis juxtaposted with starting a family and buying a house.(4:44-19:30)

Politics, Politics, Politcs!-  We hit politics and discuss Christine's political idenity, voting history, family affiliation, news consumption and bias, Cumo's appeal(19:31-29:11)

We then discuss Republican and Democratic party ideals & marketing, debate the American dream, and largest COVID-19 fears & coping (29:12-41:24)

Then we talk about the media reaction to Trump- fair or unfair, as well as our own personal perceptions of Trump as a president and talk about the notion of Bernie frightening certain people as a Socialist, BIden's enthusiasm gap, and Christine's most important issues including GUNS and her stance on them might surprise you.  We end with a discussion of how my wife's heart drives her politics and she lives it with her very generous tipping.  We end with PREDICTIONS on what wil, happen in November with the election(41:22-1:09:40)

I summarize my conversation with Christine and why it's important to diversify political dialogue (1:09:43-1:12:54)

TAKES OF ALL TEMPERATURES(T.O.A.Ts)- Flag waving during COVID; Haircut supply; Bring Back the Economy Protests & Darwinism; Car Face Mask Madness; FaceTiming is one helluva technology (1:13:37-1:22:57)

Buckle up!  LONG BUT LOADED EPISODE- 110+ MINUTES.  My wife, Jen, joined to talk about labor& delivery, some positive outcomes from Corona, parental leave culture, and washed up NFL QBs.

We start talking about how my father-in-law''s food fussiness threw a wrench in our trip to the hospital, eating before childbirth for husband & wife, positive thinking to combat labor pain, the sisterhood of mom friends, and comparing and contrasting labor & delivery with our two kids.  (3:29-45:03)  Jen also highlights key labor tips and takeaways for all moms-to-be.(22:54).

We then talk about Corona and how some of the present and future lessons from this on a macro level relate to a micro crisis we went through in the past and how you can use addiction recovery principles including spiritual principles to navigate.  Are people social distancing appropriately or what? (45:47-1:12:57)

We end bemoaning family leave culture in the U.S and it reflects our countries values which can use improvement.   We then quickly recap the NFL QB carousel  (1:13:00-1:46:02)

Takes of all Tempeatures(T.O.A.T.S)- Leon Black from Curb; Swiper the Fox; Driving with Surgical Masks; When FaceTiming dudes is acceptable (1:46:05-1:52:33)

A podcast that has no boundaries for topics with a cross section of guests. Sports, politics, philosophy, pop culture. Buckle up! Let’s have some fun.

A podcast that has no boundaries for topics with a cross section of guests. Sports, politics, philosophy, pop culture. Buckle up! Let’s have some fun.