Want to understand why the modern news cycle feels like Ron Burgundy got trapped inside a robot factory? This replay of a live episode of Barrett and Baxa takes you from the obvious chaos — Trump sparring with CNN, Scott Pelley’s CBS drama, cable news hand-wringing — to the stranger truth underneath: media people may be the only group on earth more dramatic than a kindergarten graduation with a money roll. 

Steve Barrett and Bob Baxa riff through the week’s funniest and strangest clips, including Caitlin Collins taking a Trump blast radius, Laura Coates trying to connect UFC to fascism with interpretive hand dancing, Scott Pelley delivering peak broadcast-news gravitas, Nick Shirley getting screamed at in New York, Midwest meat raffle culture, Elon Musk’s space data center idea, robot mouths, robot girlfriends, and a robot that appears to roundhouse kick a child like it just joined Cobra Kai.

This is a replay of a live episode of Barrett and Baxa on YouTube — part media critique, part comedy roast, part warning label for the future. By the end, you’ll know why the funniest clips of the week often explain the serious stuff better than the serious people do.

Episode 121
Live stream date: June 10, 2026