The Gray Area with Billy McCormick & Drew Venerable

The Gray Area with Billy McCormick & Drew Venerable

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The Gray Area with Billy McCormick & Drew Venerable episodes

  • The Robots are Taking Our Jobs!

    Drew and Billy tackle the topic of automation and what the future of jobs in America looks like. The two discuss the pros and cons of automation, how automation helped Donald Trump win the 2016 election, what jobs will be lost/gained, and how we can adapt as individuals and a country to be better prepared during this Fourth Industrial Revolution. 

    Recommendations:

    -The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang (book)

    -History 101: Robots (Netflix show)

    -Andrew Yang presidential interviews (The Breakfast Club, The Joe Rogan Experience)

    https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/05/21/408234543/will-your-job-be-done-by-a-machine (NPR link: Will Your Job Be Done By a Machine?)

    54 min
  • R.I.P John Lewis

    Drew and Billy talk the return of the NBA and MLB, how the NFL has fumbled coronavirus precautions so far, Tory Lanez and Megan the Stallion controversy, and how Chicago Police Department loves Christopher Columbus.  A tribute goes out to the late John Lewis, former US Congressman and Civil Rights icon.

    1 hr
  • President Kanye West

    Drew and Billy are back after a week off to discuss the current state of America, the NBA return, Juice Wrld's new album, and what travel is like during the coronavirus pandemic. The two weigh out the pros and cons of a Kanye West presidency and what the world would look like if he were to pull off the ridiculous upset.

    1 hr 3 min
  • Voting
    Drew and Billy breakdown how America's voting process works, why your vote matters, the truth about voter suppression and voter fraud, and ways we can improve our current system. Oh, and we have new intro music.
    Recommendations:
    The Fraud Complex from This American Life by David Kestenbaum (Podcast)
    The Patriot Act - We're Doing Elections Wrong (Netflix)
    The Daily - The Voters Trump Is Losing (Podcast). One Person, One Vote: Estimating the Prevalence of Double Voting in U.S. Presidential Elections
    SHARAD GOEL Stanford University (Research Study)
    1 hr 15 min
  • It's Been a Long Year

    Drew and Billy talk the protests throughout America, Dave Chapelle's new stand up, the NBA's controversial return and much more. This is an anti-Cracker Barrel podcast.

    1 hr
  • George Floyd and America's Police Issue
    Drew and Billy discuss the George Floyd death, the history of riots in American history, the militarization of the police, the costs of police brutality, and some potential changes to come with American policing.
    Recommendations:
    The New Jim Crow, by Michelle Alexander
    Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
    Patriot Act on Netflix - Episode on broken Policing System
    1 hr 6 min
  • The Return of Drew

    Drew and Billy are back together this week to talk America reopening, Joe Biden's new blackness test, the return of the sports (maybe?), some new music, and why Billy hates Paul Pierce. 

    1 hr 17 min
  • Billypalooza

    Billy is a one man show this week with Drew out. The Last Dance. Doja Cat being the Marketer of the Year.  Korean baseball mascots. Workout protestors. Future and Polo G. There's a little of everything in this one.

    33 min
  • Is College Worth It? Tackling student loan debt.
    The total amount of student loan debt in America is estimated to be 1.5 Trillion dollars. Why is college so expensive ? Has it always been this way ? What do other countries do? How do we fix it? Drew and Billy dive into the numbers on why college in the United States has become so expensive, what America can learn from countries around the world, and some predictions for what the future of higher education in America could look like.
    54 min

About The Gray Area with Billy McCormick & Drew Venerable

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There's no such thing as black or white in the world we live in. Hosted by Billy McCormick and Drew Venerable, The Gray Area breaks down all the things you want and need to know in American culture. Sports, music, politics, you name it. This podcast will be a life changer guaranteed. The JR Smith of Podcasts is what many are saying. Whether or not you plan to change the world or you just want to pretend to be informed, you'll leave smarter than you came.