Fentanyl is a poison and a scourge in California and the only solution the Assembly Committee on Public Safety can see is to (drum roll) throw money at it. Here’s the problem with that: once people and organizations start to get money to solve a problem they don’t want to actually solve the problem because then the money river will dry up. Q and Mike have seen this with homelessness, affordable housing, and countless other “good causes - and sadly suspect the same thing will happen with fentanyl.

Welcome to Cutting Though from the Quintana Network. Q and former legislator Mike Gatto cut through the noise and nonsense of California politics to let you know what’s really going down at the Capitol and around the state.

In this episode, Q and Mike talk about the big Hollywood weekend of Oppenheimer and The Barbie Movie. Q is excited because at least it isn’t another “franchise weekend” while Mike relates that virtually ALL Hollywood storytelling comes from intellectual property instead of original ideas. Movies are no longer based on artistic merit but only Moneyball metric-based content and it’s pretty much all crap.

Welcome to Cutting Though from the Quintana Network. Q and former legislator Mike Gatto cut through the noise and nonsense of California politics to let you know what’s really going down at the Capitol and around the state.

In 1969 a pretty-much forgotten R&B group called The Winstons released a hit single called “Color Me Father,” it went to #7 in the pop charts and won the R&B Grammy for Single of the Year. But it was the B-side of that single that changed music history. “Amen Brother” was the B-side and it had a 6-second drum break that over time took on it’s own life and became the foundation for thousands of songs. Sampled officially over 6000 times (and the true numbers are probably uncountable), most famously as the backbone of NWA’s “Straight Outta Compton”, Q explains the sad and tragic history behind the man that created the most sampled break in music history: the Amen Break.

Are the Democrats headed for a 1968 Convention problem? Mike and Q review the latest in the current presidential race by looking back at 1968 when the incumbent dropped from the race only months before the convention and the chaos that ensued. Mike only gives it a 25% max chance that President Biden doesn’t run, but if he doesn’t and waits too late to announce - history could be revisited. In March of 1968, LBJ blindsided his staff, party, and the country by announcing that he wouldn’t seek reelection months before the Democratic party nominating convention in Chicago. Because it was so late in the process it caused chaos and riots in/at the convention and the Dems ended up handing the Oval Office to Richard Nixon. Q and Mike hope Joe Biden doesn’t make the same mistake.

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Welcome to Cutting Though from the Quintana Network. Q and former legislator Mike Gatto cut through the noise and nonsense of California politics to let you know what’s really going down at the Capitol and around the state.

We have a VERY special guest today, California State Senator Shannon Grove from Bakersfield, California. Barely over 24 hours after Senator Grove pulled back the curtain on what “public safety” really means in the California Legislature. Her bill, SB14, would increase penalties for repeat sex trafficking of minors. Seems like a no-brainer, right? But the bill died in committee, as Democrats played politics with “public safety,” only to be revived the next day after massive public outrage. Senator Grove explains what happened in the room, why the bill is still alive, what pivotal role Gov. Newsom played in this, and what this shows us about the degraded and dangerous state of public safety in California.

Welcome to the Quintana Show. Q has spent years in the political world so he knows how to ask questions. Watch as we bring you entertaining and insightful interviews from guests across the sports, music, entertainment, and news world. And we didn’t forget you either true crime fans!

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Are we alone in the universe? Have aliens visited the Earth? Is the government hiding it all from us? Q and Mike talk about the testimony of David Grush, a former intelligence officer, who claims his old unit had 12 alien spaceships. Well, Mike calls BS! As always, he gives his three rational reasons. Stick around for more about UFOs, Bigfoot, and the Loch Ness Monster. Mike is willing to bet that aliens won’t arrive in the next 5 years and is willing to buy you dinner if he’s wrong.

Welcome to Cutting Though from the Quintana Network. Q and former legislator Mike Gatto cut through the noise and nonsense of California politics to let you know what’s really going down at the Capitol and around the state.

The presidential election is in 2024 so Q (a lobbyist) and Mike (a legislator) talk about long-shot presidential candidates. Q is “RFK Jr.-curious” but Mike and Q walk through myriad potential candidates and outcomes. Jamie Dimon, Elon Musk, Gavin Newson & Kamala Harris all get their turn in the spotlight.

Welcome to Cutting Though from the Quintana Network. Q and former legislator Mike Gatto cut through the noise and nonsense of California politics to let you know what’s really going down at the Capitol and around the state.

How the #$@! Was That Hit has never done an album until today!

At the beginning of 1976 Dog Day Afternoon was the #1 movie, Gerald Ford was President and the Pittsburgh Steelers were about to beat the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl X. By the end of 1976 it was all about Charlie's Angels, JAWS and a live double-album by a relatively unknown guitarist, “Frampton Comes Alive”. Peter Frampton was seen as a guitar virtuoso in the music scene, but he had never had a hit to speak of. However, his guitar virtuosity, teen idol looks and constant touring for 5 years made both his band super tight and his live performances incredibly popular. With no hits and only a cult-like following his label took a leap and decided to release a live double album - and that album absolutely captured the American zeitgeist. It was everywhere you went in 1976, absolutely inescapable. It became the greatest-selling live album of all time and the number-one album of the year. But how? Well, it's a really interesting story. Give it a listen

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Welcome to the Quintana Show. Q has spent years in the political world so he knows how to ask questions. Watch as we bring you entertaining and insightful interviews from guests across the sports, music, entertainment, and news world. And we didn’t forget you either true crime fans!

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See those cute little goats cleaning up the highway or local fields in California? Enjoy them now because it may not be for much longer! Learn how new California labor laws, unless something is done immediately, will absolutely drive this industry out of the state. Why is this happening? Is it organized labor overreach? Bureaucratic ineptitude? Or, a nefarious plot by "Big Sheep"? Learn more on this episode.

Welcome to "CUTTING THROUGH” another series from the “Quintana Show Network”. 20-year political lobbyist Q and the always entertaining and insightful former CA legislator Mike Gatto cut through the noise and nonsense of politics and current events to give you their honest takes on what’s really going down. They’ll anger some because they don’t pull any punches - they just cut through the noise.

CA’s biggest cities are losing major retail, streets are packed with tents for the homeless, large retailers will not enforce theft crimes and small retailers have given up on operating all over - how did we get here!? Mike and Q discuss how Proposition 47, the Safe Neighborhood and School Act, was anything but safe for California as it drastically lessened penalties for many crimes like shoplifting which created a cavalcade of lawlessness through CA. Along with other changes pushed by former Governor Jerry Brown, California is now a drastically more dangerous and crime-filled place.

Welcome to "CUTTING THROUGH” another series from the “Quintana Show Network”. 20-year political lobbyist Q and the always entertaining and insightful former CA legislator Mike Gatto cut through the noise and nonsense of politics and current events to give you their honest takes on what’s really going down. They’ll anger some because they don’t pull any punches - they just cut through the noise