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- Amazon Dumps NYC on V-Day??? And The Green New Deal, Whatever That Is
It’s that time of the week again. What’s the Deal is back with a brand new episode. This week we talk about another mass shooting right at the one-year anniversary of the Parkland shooting. Also, what’s y’all president getting us into now? He signed an emergency rooted in a total lie! Amazon’s plan to take over the world just hit a major halt in NYC. Speaking of taking over the world, there’s a robot epidemic as robots learn to steal our voices and manipulate what we say! Soon almost all calls will be made by robots. Finally, the climate change information that you didn’t even know you needed, The Green New Deal. Tune in Now! Don’t miss out. What’s the Deal???
46 min - Sir Savage the 21st, SOTU run down, and Liam Neeson redeemed???
What’s the Deal everybody, we’re back with another one! This week our heads are spinning from all the crazy news. Steve Discourse and JayCalli have a little discourse of their own trying to decide What’s the Deal with Liam Neeson admitting to wanting to kill black men. Apparently, VA has been keeping all the racist democrats to themselves. *Shakes fist at heavens* Also, your president didn’t let us down with the SOTU address, or did he? Sir Savage the 21st was arrested by ICE but what does that really mean for the state of immigration services in the US? Tune and to hear all this and more!
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43 min - COLD AS HELL: the Weather AND Republicans
CORRECTION: We mistakenly reported that Virginia Governor Ralph Northam planned to resign. As of Saturday he has no plans to resign. We apologize for the error! Thanks for continuing to rock with us!!
We're back for another week, continuing our conversation on the current state of Education in DC/America. Today we have school psychologist Jasmine Fassett to give us the inside scoop on how schools are handling educational disabilities. Also, Virginia kicking off black history month right by instating a new black Governor. That's right, Governor Ralph Northam was outed as a racist and he's getting the boot. What's the Deal with Republicans always tripping? Apparently giving people the day off to vote is a twisted Democrat agenda. And temperatures have been below freezing all week! How can we help the homeless? Tune in to hear these stories and more!AS ALWAYS Like, Subscribe and Share. It means so much to us.43 min - Govt Shutdown... IS IT OVER??? Plus: Should we Cancel Kamala Harris?
WHAT UUUUUPPP!
Steve Discourse and Jay Calli are back again with your weekly news fix.We dive into the agreement to end the government shutdown with our political expert Jim Becker; updates on the Sebring, FL mass shooting; and we also ask, are we cancelling people TOO QUICKLY these day? To answer that we explore 2020 presidential hopeful Kamala Harris' professional record as a prosecutor in California.We also continue our ongoing conversation on education with DC born and raised middle school educator Brandon Frye! He and Jay Calli break down the surprising challenges and roles teachers and their students face both inside and outside school walls.Follow us on Instagram @Stevediscourse and @itsjaycalli. And as always please subscribe, share and leave us a review where ever you listen!
1 hr 3 min - WhopperGate, More Govt Shutdown and Make Smart Cool with Anthony Tilghman
LOTS going on in this episode! Be sure to subscribe and definitely follow us @SteveDiscourse and @itsJayCalli *warning explicit language this episode*
We got Whoppergate at the White House--Cardi B serving political asswhoopin--A big scoop in the Russia investigation... or maybe not--Sentencing for Jason Van Dyke--DOJ taking land for the border --and DC Mayor Bowser with a controversial veto in the city!
This episode we also kick off our series of conversations on the education system in the United States.
We start with a conversation with Anthony Tilghman the Executive Director of Make Smart Cool, a nonprofit doing youth outreach, tutoring, mentoring, book clubs and so much more!
Find out more and plug in at the website MakeSmart.Cool and across all social media and hashtags makesmartcool!
That's the Deal!!!
44 min - R Kelly, Government shutdown and Homicides in DC
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
We're back after a quick vacation for the holidays and there's a lot to catch up on.Basically the 2 stories dominating our headlines lately: the expose of "Surviving R. Kelly" and the federal government shutdown. In this episode we expand from R Kelly to explore the bigger picture of sexual violence and rape culture. We also dig into the real effects of the shutdown on regular people, many who don't even work for the government. Finally we tackle the issue of 8 homicides in DC in the first 8 days of 2019. how can we address this surge and stop crime and violence before it starts?47 min - Trump's (fake) climate report, Gene edited babies and how criticizing a government gets you fired for being a racist
What up, what up, what up!!! We are BACK again. Thanks for being patient while we took a break last week to recover from the Thanksgiving itis. This week we talk about Marc Lamont Hill's firing from CNN, Trump's denial of his own administration's report on climate change, gene edited Chinese babies and more.
And one quick announcement: this is our final episode for 2018. Its kinda sad but it's also kinda cool! We've been working hard the last several months to bring you this podcast and we've gotten great support from all our listeners. Now its time to take a step back so we can assess how far we've come and how we can make things even better going into 2019. Thank you so much for riding with us this far! We'll see you in the New Year!!!55 min - Back to Back: Mentorship AND Public Policy with Dana Hall; Plus RIP Stan Lee
Excelsior! In this episode we pay our respects to Marvel comics legend Stan Lee. We also discuss the tragic police slaying of hero and security guard Jemel Roberson, why the destruction of California wildfires are preventable, and the latest news on interim Attorney General Matt Whitaker.
We also have a fire conversation with Dana Hall, founder of Aya Inc. mentorship services. She is also a legislative analyst for DC Ward 8 Council Member Trayon White. She shares with us the importance of mentoring and having a mentor, as well as the ways her City Council office prioritizes public outreach in the legislative process.
Find more info on her mentorship program at www.ayaincorporated.org and Instagram @ayaincorporatedReach her at DC Council Member Trayon White's office: [email protected]
57 min - Wait, what Election? Results of the Midterms, Teachers and Students Throw down, and the Thousand Oaks Shooting
Warning: we drop a few F-bombs in this episode, but they're tasteful. Trust us!
We're back again family! And Sadly we've got ANOTHER mass shooting massacre to discuss. We also dig into the midterm election results, what's happening with recounts in Florida and Georgia, and what happens when students AND teachers throw hands. And we bring back our short list of the very many police brutality incidents from across the country.50 min - Guns Down Friday with Miss Hardy
Back at it again! In this episode we discuss the massive Google employee walkout, the mass shooting in Tallahassee, voting rights at age 16, and more.
We also sit down with Washington DC superhero Miss Hardy, who is organizing events across her hometown to discourage gun violence and address mental health and suicides. You don't want to miss her story! T find out more about her, follow her on Instagram at @Misshardydc and her account and hashtag Gunsdownfriday.
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Ayo, what happened this week? You don't even know do you? Check in with Steve Discourse and Jay Calli as they disect the biggest headlines of the week.