The Left Hook

Anthony Rogers is not new to controversy. In the past few years he has made some significant statements on social media regarding Michael Brown and the Ferguson situation from 2014. He has been back and forth with angry promoters kicking him off paid comedy gigs. AND NOW....Anthony, a previous guest on the Q, is in the sights of the Riverfront Times. The RFT is a local news magazine in the St. Louis area that focuses on pop culture and entertainment. Mark has had his fair share of going around with the RFT in the past and Anthony brings the whole dismay with that company back around with a hit piece they did on him. Mark and Anthony try to explain that they are representative of St. Louis to many people outside this metro area and there are companies pretending it is not true. The guys discuss in glorious detail. Also, Mark and the guys focus on the Donald Trump Jr. email with Russia and how everything that was considered fake is slowly coming out to be true. So MSNBC, NY Times and Washington Post were not lying as previously stated. This brings the conversation around when Producer Bobby and Anthony state that all sports is fixed and fake. Mark disagrees. Sit back and enjoy the conversation between these verified entertainers from STL.

Donald Trump recently went to the G20 and in our opinion did not represent our country as well as he could. Jason Kull joins Mark to discuss Ivanka sitting in on G20 meeting on behalf her dad, and his awkward and lonely vibe he gave off. This leads to a report from an Australian journalist covering the G20 that reported on Trump in the most scathing way possible. The guys play the clip and proceed to discuss all the points and merits the journalist brings up in the video. From the vibe that world leaders are working around him, to their decision to just ignore him. All of this leading to what is now called the G19, not 20. Finally Mark and Jason focus on the Donald Trump Jr. Saga regarding campaigning and meeting with Russia. He's stated a bunch of times that the Russia thing has been a Witch hunt until now. They have proof and DT Jr. is back pedaling a ton on this one. Will it seal the fate of Trump Sr....it will be discussed.

CRAZY CHEAP FIREWORKS is the PROUD sponsor of this weeks show. Mark and Producer Bobby are back with a vengeance and Donald Trump makes it all the sweeter. This week Donald tee'd off on two MSNBC news hosts about their personal lives and took pot shots at Mika Brzezinski for a face lift that was personal and a problem for her. Then called them good people. Mark and Bobby discuss the impact of Trump Tweeting and attacking Citizens. This leads to a discussion about Tom Brady and whether or not we feel he has hit "Michael Jordan sports ICON" level yet. And thats not all. Chris Christie decided to close the state beaches and parks due to budget issues in New Jersey. This coincided with the 4th of july holiday weekend and people got pissed. But to add insult to injury, Christie took his family to an empty beach and let his family have a blast. Super uncool. We discuss all this and much more on this weeks Q.

Chris Cyr the holder of the empire that is stlouiscomedy.com , a place for all comedians to find out about all the shows and comedy opportunities that exist in the St. Louis metro area. Chris is a very funny man who joins Mark and Jason on this weeks episode of the show. First up Mark and the guys discuss something that is not on the agenda. Because of June being PRIDE month, Mark brings back his whole "You don't need to make sure everyone knows you're gay argument". He loves the LGBTQ community, but the constant need to talk about it and promote it with rainbows seems like overkill. Then they move on to Trump and the AHCA along with discussing gun rights and the Philando Castile dash cam video. This leads to internet troll Mark Dice being brought up and discussed on the show. All this and much more on this episode.

Mark Bland, Producer Bobby and Jason Kull are not novices to the world. Having been around the block a few times, the guys are pretty mentally grounded in right and wrong. But the first topic of the show this week tests the moral high ground of the guys as a whole. Otto Warmbier is a US college student that was in North Korea for 17 months before he was brought home this past week. Otto was in a coma the majority of that time and when he returned to the USA he passed away a few short days later. Of course with Mark being a lightning rod for discussion, Mark was attacked for his opinion on the Otto situation on Twitter and social media. Mark and the guys discuss the unwarranted attacks on him and why Otto was in trouble in the first place. You just don't steal. It doesn't matter where in the world you are, the sentiments are the same.....stealing is bad. Also, Mark hasn't tested with sound on the show in a while and decided to break it out during the show. This comes on the heels of discussing secret rooms and eventually a discussion on the Supreme Court saying it is OK for sexual deviants and sex offenders to maintain social media. Enjoy!

Jason Kull and Mark Bland are back after a hiatus and the first thing up is the James Comey Testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee. James rolled, bobbed and weaved to the committee. Did he say anything that would incriminate Trump, probably not. What about anything to help Trump...probably not. In all the two guys will discuss what you should have taken from the testimony in general. After that, Mark and Jason talk about the fact that Puerto Rico has elected to join Statehood in the USA. Will Donald Trump/Congress allow this to go through....find out what the guys think. Finally Mark breaks down the 10 best movies "loosely based" on true stories. Think hard and see if you guessed correct.

Let's just face facts. Having Allies in War is strategically important to the success of a country in a War. And with the world on edge and arms discussions at the highest levels since the Cold War, it would only benefit the USA to have good allies. Unfortunately when you hand the keys to the country, to a man that clearly has no couthe and tends to go out of his way to attack and degrade the leaders of our allied countries, you are gonna end up worse for wear. And after this first trip to the middle east to meet leaders in that area, and his handling of the secret info from the Manchester attack, Trump is starting to piss allies off. Mark and Jason Kull discuss the impact that this could have. Also, Mark went to Six Flags St. Louis again and had another issue. Although this time it wasn't with treatment of people. Mark seems to have found a serious issue with sizing at park. He discusses on the show. Finally,do you think that Jason is a badass? Well Mark gives Jason a personality test to see if he is a badass. Find out where Jason falls.

Mark Bland the host of the Q has been completely out of touch with why people in the South, a major win point for Trump, voted so blindly. Always believing if he figured out the reasoning, that he could apply it across the board and get a better picture of how things happened. Then the makers of SERIAL, the podcast, did a new one called "S-Town". S-Town was brought to Mark's attention by the website VOX.com and it focuses on an eccentric man from a small town outside of Tuscaloosa, Alabama named John B. John calls up NPR and This American Life to come do a expose on his town and a murder that happened there (we won't say anymore for fear of spoiling). It's a great podcast but Mark caught something in the show and when he heard it, it literally was a "gotcha moment" politically for him. The Fuck It Theory. The Fuck It Theory explains it all in detail and Mark, along with producer Bobby and Jason Kull, break down the theory and discuss it's merits within the context of the 2016 Election. Plus Trump made his first Foreign trip to the Middle East and man did some weird Orb stuff happen. All this and much more on the new episode of the Q.

James Comey has been fired by Trump and Mark is all hot and bothered by the decision because who will they replace him with? Brandon Travis and Jason Kull join the show to discuss and focus on the corrupt tendencies of Donald Trump these past 115 days. But Mark has a bigger message on the plate and we don't think it would go over well nationally. Saturday Night Live has done a fantastic job with the Trump and Spicer parodies...maybe TOO GOOD a job. Mark discusses the impact of the parodies on the national consciousness and whether it would be a good idea to continue them or not. Find out what the guys said on this fast paced show. Finally, Mark brings up the top 10 Shower Thoughts of all time and the guys breakdown whether they are worthy of the distinction or not. All this and much more on this episode of the Q!

France has made a decision that couldn't come at a better time. Marie Le Pen, considered the Donald Trump of the election, was sent packing with her tail between her legs after centrist and logical thinker Emanuel Macron won in the hotly contested French election. This was a dagger to the hearts of hard core Right wing media and supporters who thought after Brexit and Trump, their ship had come into harbor. But alas, they were wrong. On top of that, Producer Bobby and Brandon Travis help Mark kick around the idea that the FAKE NEWS attempt near the end of the French election was an attempt to sway the election. Then Brandon decides to tell his story of what he called FAKE NEWS within his own life. Was it truly fake news or not....Mark and Bobby discuss. Finally, the Boy Scouts hit the news in the past week when a girl was given the chance and authorized to join the Boy Scouts. But Mark doesn't see the value in this and it turns into a heated debate between all three men as they breakdown their personal ideals to figure out if this Scout decision was a good thing or bad thing.