The Hunker Downcast

A different kind of Freebird. (Jeff and Alli. No Varg this time)

So Louisiana elected a new Governor and sent David Vitter off into the great beyond and it is at least partially due to Bobby Jindal saving the day. Now it's up to John Bel Edwards and his friends at Confederate General Hall to Make Louisiana Great Again.

It was Thanksgiving weekend and we have many many recipe minutes to share. One of those involves burying turkeys in the back yard and... waiting for them to sprout.. or something.

In sports, Les Miles Lives! The Detroit Lions have a fun fight song. Huey Long invented great football fight songs. "John Bel" is in the great tradition of Louisiana Governor names.

Finally, some extended commentary on the crime of refrigerating tomatoes. (As seen on Shutdown Fullcast)

Next week... Episode 4? Or do we examine Zeno's Paradox again?

Hey look Alli is back and she is everyone’s favorite. Bobby Jindal is quitting the Presidential race so we stoop so low as to do a “Breaking News” sound effect. But it’s okay because Alli sings a song.  It’s not Bobby’s time. When was Bobby’s time anyway? Get ready for the Bobby Jindal Legacy Mystery Tour. We try to figure out what went wrong with Bobby and decide it’s because he’s a nerd but not in a fun way.  Also he is phony and just generally not good.

Oh but uh oh now we have to go get a new governor. Can John Bel Edwards win and how badly will he suck?  Is David Vitter a “dork” or an “asshole”?  Alli officially endorses John Bel.  Syrian refugees sort of become a campaign issue. NOLA.com runs a Q&A on the topic.

Jeff promised to put more refugee links in the show notes. Here are two.

Juan Cole: Paris terrorist attacks: Can France avoid trap of fear and exclusion?

Lydia Wilson: What I Discovered From Interviewing Imprisoned ISIS Fighters

A very shouty debate happened this week.  How many “goofy” governors have there been? David Vitter wants us to ride around in purple party buses or something.

Some… um… experimental bumper music happens.

In sports, we… well we had to do a second take because the first time we left the reverb on.  Alli really wants to talk about Notre Dame but we have trouble getting excited about that. Otherwise, we’re very sad about the Saints. We’re sad about Rob Ryan. There are sad ways to watch sad football such as from airplanes and The Orient.  We’re sad about many things because sports are sad nowadays.

Sean Payton trolled the press because Larry Holder wrote this and Nick Underhill wrote this.  Saints defensive coordinators are ritually fattened and harvested. Sean Payton is a dick and Rob Ryan is a great man who will be missed.  We rank New Orleans sports mascots.

New segment! “Are you not entertained?”  Varg sees Pucifer at the Saenger, Neid Degrasse Tyson also at the Saenger, and James McMurtry at One Eyed Jack’s.  Alli tours the various subway systems of Japan and Singapore.  Jeff visits the emergency room.

The Recipe Minute is back and longer than ever. The Jivewire also is back.

This was a good show. Thanks for downloading and listening.

Yet another “Freebird rules” episode while Alli is away conducting serious international diplomacy.   This week we power through a bit about the Governor’s race.  What did Jay Dardenne get for endorsing JBE? Inspired, Varg goes ahead and endorses several politicians in hopes of one day receiving favors. Meanwhile, we try out our Kaare Johnson impressions for some reason.

In sports, are the Saints forked? Is Basketball Season already over? Does anybody remember Lynell Hamilton?  Defensive coordinators are the nation’s clowns.  Brad Wing has done things. The Tennesee Titans may or may not be like David Vitter in certain ways. Also Kai Forbath kind of looks like this one guy.

Varg promises to write a poem called “Redemption of Snead”

Finally, Twitter changed a thing and a bunch of people freaked out about that.  This leads to an extended esoteric discussion of what the internet is even for.  (Either it’s about reading the news or it’s about learning who pooped.)  We wisely refrain from reading tweets on the air.

Next week, we’re pretty sure Alli will be back. Thanks for Hunkering.

more freebird rules

alli is drunk somewhere

- WTF is Halloween?

- waves of twitter hate

Solicit offerings?

All about your base are belong to us

Fix my Treats!

Only in Nola!

Yes, Jules Bentley

Attack of the Planet class!

Is Pants a snob?

SPONSOR MESSAGE

-Louisana dseserves better / to be entertained.

Elections are boring

Free / C. Ray Nagin

Vitter ran. Weed or SuperPac?

Vitter is a pussy. So says JBE

What is a klatch?

Bad ninja filming

Newell Norman can intimidate you

Tracking the Nolagarchs

Cummings are coming

- Vitty aint no outsider

Pants/Mr. Smith talks about govenrment

Fuck parking meters

Chaos makes money

Saints defense is doing what it is supposed to do.

Stephon Anthony is doing wehat he is supposed to do

Deurty Boys is open! All is good!

Satire and tomfoolery is good!

This week we take the show on the road.  If you sponsor our podcast we will air all your dirty laundry.  We get into a serious thing about the Governor's race and the minimum wage.  In sports, a weekend of college football where all the good guys won.. except Florida if you are Varg. Also don't bring your cat to a football game. Finally, the mayor wants to jack up the price of parking in the Quarter.  All this plus a new Recipe Minute. And  the Jivewire is back, too. Listen and share with your friends!

Episode 1.5- Subtext of misogyny in Back to the Future movies

- Mary Steenburgen is hot

- Streaks should stay

- Fuck Boston- "Freebird rules"- Schmaltzy Jeff likes to vote

-  WTF is an AltWeekly?

- An AltWeekly in New Orleans is Clancy- Dardenne is a safe, even handed, non boat rocker

- Jeff reads an editorial with melodrama

- Jindal is Stannis

- Gambit is chickenshit

- Oh, there was a Democrat debate- Jeff wont finish his list

- Drug testing welfare recipients isn't conservative- F.L.A.

- Dardenne is a dick

- Jeff is so drunk

- More endorsements stuff

- Who writes this Times - Picayune shit?

- Vitter is an asshole

- Everything the Times-Pic says is bullshit

- Gambit is a pleaser

- A Langston Hughes poem

- Who is the optimist here?

Well, here it is. You all hunkered for so long and here is your reward: an amateur podcast brought to you by Jeff, Alli, and Lance. We talked about bogus love letters to New Orleans, sea level rise, where Sean Payton is headed next, Steve Spurrier and the upcoming LSU-Florida game, and we closed with Recipe Minute and the Jive Wire (patents pending). Oh, and there was a Battlestar Galactica joke in there somewhere. Thanks for listening and share with your friends!