YEAAAAHHHHH BOOOYYYYYYY (Flava Flav voice) we're BACK! We pack in a lot on ths episode: the assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett "Straight Outta Bethesda"/"Keepin It Gangsta" Kavanaugh; who really deserves credit for Nike endorsing Colin Kaepernick; mass shooting in Maryland, and much more.

Tune is and listen to JayCalli and Steve Discourse discuss coping strategies for everyday mental health stressors and how to live your best life!

This week Jay Calli and I are off taking care of some personal business. In this solo shot, Steve Discourse unpacks and vents on the nature and normality of police violence in the USA, following the police murder on Thursday of Bothom Shem Jean, a 26 year old man in Dallas.

We would love ot hear your reactions, questions and comments to this shocking incident and about this pattern of police violence in general. Hit me up @SteveDiscourse and @itsJayCalli on Instagram and @whatsthedeal18 and @Stevediscourse on Twitter. And please follow, share, and review our podcast!

This week's episode we cover a lot of ground in a short time! We touch on the deaths of Aretha Franklin and John McCain; the Madden mass shooting and a high school stabbing; police brutality updates; California bans cash bail; and how the Republicans work at every turn to suppress your vote.If we gon' talk about the news we gon' make it look sexy! *Kendrick voice*

What's the deaaaaalllll???? Rock with us this week as Steve Discourse and Jay Calli jump into:

-UNC students and Confederate Monuments

-Using Republican tactics... to advance progressive issues???

-Prisoners demand humane conditions nationwide

-Immigrants don't kill women, Americans kill women!

Damn that list sounds heavy... Yeah it is but we make it look sexy!

Alright folks today we're talking about the white supremacists who were too scared to show up in DC, and the white woman left over from Unite the Right (LOL) who caught wreck for being racist on a bus full of black people. We also talk about security at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas high school, and ask if a good school is enough to set kids up for a good future.

In this, our FIRST EVER OFFICIAL EPISODE, Steve Discourse and Jay Calli needlessly banter about how to start our first ever episode; Steve struggles to explain what we even do here at What's the Deal??? and as a bonus we actually have some substantive discussion:

1. The Trump administration's recent immigration policy moves and

2. We ask who's responsibility is it (white or black people) to show up against the Unite the Right 2 rally and fight white supremacists in DC.It will only get smoother, cooler, funnier and better produced from here... we swear! PRESS PLAY!