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Of all of the subjects our audience asks that we weigh in on, the great beans in chili debate has to be the biggest and longest running. Today, we make a statement.

When we heard our graphic designer pronounce New Braunfels as “New Bronze Fulls” for the 80th time today we knew something had to be done. Lessons had to be learnt. We phoned in a few friends and got to the bottom of some good old fashioned Texas pronunciations on this episode.

Is there an epidemic of Blue Bell lickers or is this much ado about nothin'? Either way, it's gross, but on today's Texas Hot Take, we discuss whether the punishment fits the crime. We also discuss toilet papering houses and drive-by-fireworking.

Here's the CBS article about the Louisiana man arrested for licking ice cream: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/blue-bell-ice-cream-licker-lenise-martin-licking-blue-bell-creameries-louisiana-belle-rose/

And Dan Solomon's take on the disparity between the lack of criminal charges in the 4 Blue Bell deaths and the Lufkin Licker outrage: https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/worse-things-have-happened-to-blue-bell-ice-cream-than-a-gross-prank-at-walmart/

And the clip of the drive-by fireworks at Jay B's house: https://video.nest.com/clip/74c034208aad4a2ab2a04758b4a243a3.mp4

There was a tweet out of New York that caught our attention this morning. Long story short the words patriarchy and sexism were used to describe air conditioning. Seeing as how AC is a staple everywhere from your car to your favorite dive bar in Texas we decided it was a pretty important issue to tackle on the podcast today. Take a listen and let us know what y’all think.

Dive in to the New York Times article that we discuss on the show here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/03/style/air-conditioning-obsession.html

We've got a bonus episode for any newly minted Texans who missed out on the two years of Texas history that the rest of us got. It's a short episode, but it's packed with historical accuracy. (Mostly accurate)

How long do you have to live in Texas to be considered a Texan? As y’all already know we have a lot of pride around these parts. So how long does it really take to get yourself inducted into the cool kids club of America? We came up with a list of criteria we thought should be required for anyone to pass the Texan test.

We’re back with our 17th episode, and it’s an important one. It might seem crazy that Texas would invade another state, but if we truly want to be the largest state in the United States, we might have to resort to that. Today, we debate the invasion strategy.

As it turns out we've all been told a lot of lies as children and as Texans. On today's episode, we dug in to some of the lies our parents told us and the things we thought were illegal in Texas, but aren't.

Processing the news about Whataburger's sale has been intense. Especially for us on the Texas Humor team since EVERYONE messaged us about it on pretty much every single social media channel. Today, we discussed the news and gave our take on what it might mean for the iconic brand.

I'm baffled. Yes, baffled as to why people actually eat Jack In the Box tacos. It's never made any sense to me at all. As it turns out, I'm in the minority on that though. Almost the entire Texas Humor team is obsessed with them.

On today's episode, we have a spirited debate on their quality and whether I should try them or not.

The Wall Street Journal article on the tacos can be read here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/americans-eat-554-million-jack-in-the-box-tacos-a-year-and-no-one-knows-why-1483465285