I Liked Your Spanish

Summary

Armstrong & Getty On Demand: Episode Summary – "I Liked Your Spanish"

Release Date: January 23, 2025
Hosts: Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty
Description: The official, On-Demand podcast of The Armstrong & Getty Show!  Accept no substitutes!

---

1. Opening Segment: Airline Updates and Oscar Nominations

The episode kicks off with the hosts, Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty, delivering the latest news updates. Joe announces JetBlue Airways' new payment option accepting Venmo, contrasting it with Spirit Airlines' unconventional choice to accept canned goods and gently worn clothes as payment methods.

• Joe Getty [00:23]: "JetBlue Airways is now accepting Venmo as a payment option, while Spirit is accepting canned goods and gently worn clothes."

Katie, a recurring voice on the show, humorously critiques Spirit Airlines' predicament and segues into a discussion about the recent Oscar nominations, expressing skepticism about their significance.

• Katie [00:32]: "He couldn't get through his own punchline... The Oscar nominations are out. Nobody cares, which is true."

The conversation shifts to specific nominations, with Katie attempting to recall details about the nominated films "Brutalist" and "Wicked," leading to a deeper exploration of their themes and her own take on movie plots.

• Katie [00:58]: "I don't even know why we go through what a movie is about. I guess you want to have some idea what it's about."

2. Transgender Representation in Oscars

A significant portion of the episode delves into the historic first transgender nomination in Oscar history. The hosts debate the implications of a transgender individual, Carla Sophia Gascon from the French film "Emilia Perez," being nominated for Best Actress, drawing parallels to past nominations like Dustin Hoffman for "Tootsie" and Robin Williams for "Mrs. Doubtfire."

• Katie [02:28]: "The first Trans nomination in Oscar history has occurred."
• Jack Armstrong [03:10]: "I don't even know why we go through what a movie is about... It's about humanity."

The discussion highlights the complexities and controversies surrounding gender identity in award recognitions, questioning the criteria and fairness in categorizations.

3. Controversial School Practices: Hernia Checks

The conversation takes a turn towards educational policies, specifically the outdated and invasive hernia checks performed on teenage boys in sports. Katie reminisces about her own experiences and criticizes the invasive nature of these checks, linking them to broader issues of misconduct in organizations like the Boy Scouts and the Catholic Church.

• Katie [04:46]: "It was a bunch of people who wanted to fondle teenage boys. Testicles. I think that's what I've determined."

Jack and Katie express discomfort and concern over the ethical implications of such practices, questioning their necessity and the lack of reported hernia cases.

• Jack Armstrong [05:27]: "I just want to know how necessary that was or if it was just a bunch of perv."

4. Sports Technology and Athlete Investment

Shifting to sports, Jack introduces an intriguing piece of news about pitching machines costing $300,000, capable of mimicking the pitching style of famous pitchers like Clayton Kershaw through advanced video technology.

• Jack Armstrong [07:50]: "You can program the thing. So can you imagine you're facing, you know, whatever great pitcher the next day..."

Katie adds commentary on how such technology might disadvantage pitchers by reducing the unpredictability and emotional aura traditionally associated with them.

• Katie [08:25]: "It seems like a disadvantage to pitchers, you know..."

Additionally, they touch upon the high financial commitment of professional athletes to their fitness and diet, citing a running back spending $240,000 annually on personal chefs and workout regimens.

• Katie [09:06]: "But you have to be a star with a pretty good salary before you could afford... a private chef."

5. Immigration and Border Security

A substantial segment is dedicated to immigration policies and border security. The hosts discuss the deployment of up to 10,000 active-duty troops to the US-Mexico border, emphasizing that their role is to support Border Patrol agents with operational readiness and intelligence analysis rather than direct law enforcement.

• Katie [10:28]: "That's at the border where it could be up to 10,000 military people there. Not as you just heard, they're not like running around with guns..."

Jack raises concerns about the influx of illegal immigrants, highlighting the challenges of repatriation and the associated humanitarian issues.

• Katie [12:53]: "You have 8 million people come in illegally. It's going to be a mess to try to get them out of here."

The discussion criticizes the previous administration's handling of illegal immigration, questioning the motivations behind policies perceived as lenient and the impact on national security and societal resources.

6. Social Media Algorithms and Cultural Reflections

Katie shares her surprise at how Instagram's algorithm identified her interests accurately without her active engagement, bringing up concerns about privacy and data usage.

• Katie [17:20]: "The feed has somehow figured out what I like, which scares me."

The hosts react to a humorous Family Guy clip, highlighting misunderstandings in modern media consumption and the blending of pop culture with everyday experiences.

7. Rise of College Republicans and Campus Politics

The conversation transitions to the resurgence of conservative groups on college campuses. Katie and Jack observe a shift in the political climate among young Republicans, noting increased membership and assertiveness in traditionally liberal academic environments.

• Katie [21:25]: "College conservatives are now coming out of hiding. ... membership at long moribund college Republican clubs around the country is up."

They discuss the challenges faced by young conservatives, including social ostracization and the newfound confidence post-election, emphasizing the importance of resilience in the face of political adversity.

• Katie [22:30]: "His main goal in raising his kids... is resilience."

8. Elon Musk and Allegations of Antisemitism

A contentious topic arises with allegations against Elon Musk, where a meteorologist loses her job for accusing Musk of giving Nazi salutes. The hosts dissect the validity of such claims, expressing skepticism and frustration over the rapid spread of misinformation.

• Katie [26:30]: "He lost his job cuz he couldn't restrain himself from tweeting out two Nazi salutes from Elon Musk."

Jack questions the logic behind the allegations, pondering Musk's motivations and the authenticity of his actions.

• Jack Armstrong [27:14]: "Help me understand, oh wise observer of clouds, what is happening here?"

9. Trump’s Policies and Media Coverage

The episode critiques former President Donald Trump's ongoing influence and policies, highlighting his strategic use of media and the challenges he faces within the political landscape. The hosts discuss Trump's removal of security from certain officials and the implications of his executive actions.

• Katie [30:26]: "Trump removes security for some prior officials, including three facing threats..."

Jack and Katie debate the media's portrayal of Trump's actions, arguing that his policies are both beneficial and self-sabotaging.

• Jack Armstrong [31:00]: "His great weakness is impulsiveness."

10. Final Thoughts and Closing Remarks

In the closing segment, the hosts share final reflections on current events, emphasizing the importance of resilience and critical thinking. They also promote their website for listeners to engage with additional content and merchandise.

• Katie [34:00]: "3 in 10 Tesla owners plan to sell their cars over Elon Musk's antics."

The episode wraps up with light-hearted banter, reinforcing the show's blend of serious discourse and humorous commentary.

---

Notable Quotes:

• Katie [00:32]: "Nobody cares, which is true."
• Jack Armstrong [03:10]: "It's about humanity. It's about the human experience."
• Katie [04:46]: "It was a bunch of people who wanted to fondle teenage boys. Testicles."
• Jack Armstrong [07:50]: "You can program the thing."
• Katie [12:53]: "You have 8 million people come in illegally. It's going to be a mess."
• Jack Armstrong [31:00]: "His great weakness is impulsiveness."

---

Conclusion:

In "I Liked Your Spanish," Armstrong & Getty tackle a wide array of topics, ranging from entertainment and sports to pressing political issues like immigration and campus politics. The hosts blend humor with critical analysis, providing listeners with a comprehensive overview of current events through their distinct perspectives. Notable discussions include the complexities of transgender recognition in awards, the resurgence of conservative voices in academia, and the controversies surrounding public figures like Elon Musk and Donald Trump. The episode underscores the show's commitment to engaging, thought-provoking dialogue tailored for an audience seeking both information and entertainment.

Transcript

[Jack Armstrong]

Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln radio studio at the George Washington Broadcast Center, Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty. Armstrong and Getty. And now here's Armstrong and Getty.

[Joe Getty]

And finally, JetBlue Airways is now accepting Venmo as a payment option, while Spirit is accepting canned goods and gently worn clothes.

[Katie]

He couldn't get through his own punchline can goods and gently worn clothing. That's funny. Poor Spirit. They take a beating, don't they? The Oscar nominations are out. Nobody cares, which is true. But once again, the Brutalist and Wicked are getting all the nominations, just like they did with the Golden Globes. A. Wicked is a. Whatever that wizard of Oz thingy.

[Jack Armstrong]

And what's the Brutalist again?

[Katie]

I mentioned it after they won all the Golden Globes. I came on the air and read what it's about and I still don't remember. What is it about? It's a. It's based on a true story. I don't know. You know, it's falls in love, faces hardship, but learns from the experience.

[Jack Armstrong]

Girl overcomes difficulties.

[Katie]

Who knows? You know, Ensign. Yeah.

[Mike Hanson]

An architect and all those things that you just said.

[Katie]

Oh, yeah, it was an architect does something. Go ahead, Katie. Have you seen it?

[Michelangelo]

Yeah. It's about escaping post war Europe. An architect comes to America to rebuild his life.

[Jack Armstrong]

The action packed world of architecture.

[Katie]

Well, as I've learned throughout my life, you know, in the, in the hands of a good writer, everything is good. Everything is good. The, the, the plot could be a woman raises her child and it's fantastic. If it's well written, sure.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah.

[Katie]

And if it's not, you could have a plot where, you know, I don't know, balloons come down full of clowns and rob a bank and the president gets involved. But if it's poorly written, it still sucks. So, you know.

[Jack Armstrong]

Sure.

[Katie]

I don't even know why we go through what a movie is about. I guess you want to have some idea what it's about. It's a, it's a World War II movie or a post World War II movie.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's about people.

[Katie]

There you go. It's about humanity. It's about the human experience. That's what it's about. But I wanted to mention this. Katie brought us the news that the first Trans nomination in Oscar history has occurred.

[Jack Armstrong]

Who?

[Katie]

For what? Doesn't matter if you don't know.

[Michelangelo]

Carla. Sophia Gascon for the French film Emilia Perez.

[Jack Armstrong]

So a dude got nominated for best Actress.

[Michelangelo]

Bingo.

[Katie]

But is it, is the role trans? Because we had several texts saying, should Dustin Hoffman have been Nominated for best Actress for Tootsie, or should Robin Williams been nominated for Mrs. Doubtfire? Or is this specifically actually a trans role?

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, it's a trans person.

[Michelangelo]

Right?

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't. I know nothing about the role.

[Michelangelo]

Okay, yeah, yeah, no, the. The dude is playing a woman because that's what they identify as. Now, this is very confusing.

[Katie]

All right, so what's going a little into the world of Dustin Hoffman and Robin Williams?

[Jack Armstrong]

No, no, it's not the role, it's the person. Well, the role is not a man dressed as a woman.

[Katie]

Wait a second. If it's a dude dressed as a woman, how's that different than what Dustin Hoffman did?

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, because he wasn't transgender.

[Michelangelo]

Yeah, because Dustin Hoffman turned back into Dustin Hoffman when he was not on set.

[Katie]

Well, you're working the other side of the street for the first time on this issue. So you're saying that is a thing that is declared.

[Jack Armstrong]

No, no, no. I'm saying that's why it's outrageous. It is a dude who is being nominated for Best Actress because he walks around in a dress, had one or more surgeries and. Or drugs.

[Katie]

Dustin Hoffman was nominated for an Oscar, but as a guy.

[Jack Armstrong]

Correct. Best Actor because he is a guy. Right, exactly. That's the easy way to remember it.

[Katie]

Well, you gotta have the very old members of the Academy, all these octogenarian Hollywood heavyweights, check the junk.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow. Wow. Like each one of them, because there are hundreds of members of the Academy, or just like one guy will be appointed to do that.

[Katie]

I would think a committee. You don't want to put it in the hands of one person. But I don't think everybody needs to check the possibility. A thousand people now need to look at your crank to see if that would be dumb.

[Mike Hanson]

Kind of like the old fashioned hernia test that we used to do in junior high.

[Katie]

Like the hernia test you did in high school to see if he is.

[Jack Armstrong]

Did they actually discover doing that?

[Katie]

It was a bunch of people who wanted to fondle teenage boys. Testicles. I think that's what I've determined.

[Jack Armstrong]

Ah. As long as you're talking.

[Katie]

Katie. Katie shaking her head in wonderment. It's because they don't do this anymore. Up until, I don't know, the 90s, 2000s, I don't know when they stopped. If you're gonna play sports as a man, they had to check you for a hernia, which includes dropping your pants. And they stick your finger up behind your testicles and feel around for something.

[Jack Armstrong]

And make you cough and such.

[Katie]

And to make you turn your head and cough. If you've heard that expression in a movie. Yeah, that's what that is. Guy sticks his hand up behind your testicles, you turn your head and cough, and they say, no hernia. You can go ahead and be on the wrestling team. And they did that with every teenage boy across the country for a century.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I just want to know how necessary that was or if it was just a bunch of perv.

[Katie]

Well, they don't do it anymore.

[Jack Armstrong]

Ah, interesting school, sports.

[Katie]

I don't think anything changed with the human anatomy re hernias. How come they don't check you for hernias anymore?

[Michelangelo]

Well, what if you don't identify as. Whatever the whole thing is?

[Katie]

They stopped the hernia checks a long time ago. Pre Trans. Being a thing. Do you have any idea, Hanson? Do you think it was just an opportunity to. I can't believe that boy.

[Mike Hanson]

I remember the last one that I was subjected to, and he had a big old smile on his face when I walked up, and it made me so uncomfortable.

[Jack Armstrong]

Both hands on your shoulders, etc.

[Katie]

You know, I being serious with this silly topic. There's a lot of stuff that was going on with the Boy Scouts, the Catholic Church, a whole bunch of different things that, you know, we're in a similar vein. Who knows who got that started and kept it going. And, you know, if you're not a medical professional and somebody told you, oh, yeah, you got to check them for. You think. Okay, I guess so. I. I was checked for hernia when I played high school football, so I guess my son will be.

[Jack Armstrong]

And I'm just scanning my memory bank. I. I played on sports teams in school from the fifth grade through senior year in high school, and I don't recall anybody ever being successfully diagnosed with a hernia and avoiding the disaster that would have ensued had they been allowed to play baseball, for instance.

[Katie]

Which is a good point.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah.

[Katie]

If like every fourth kid had a hernia and it needed to be dealt with before they played junior high back up center basketball, you could understand it. But since nobody in your experience or mine did anybody ever have a hernia Hansen. In your life. So since nobody ever had a hernia, and really somebody should have asked the question, should have thought of it as a kid, let's just say for the interest of the conversation, if I did have a hernia and I played junior varsity basketball, what would happen? I don't know.

[Jack Armstrong]

Somewhere there's a retired doctor out there shouting at his radio, you stupid bastards. If you play baseball With a hernia. You could something or other.

[Katie]

No, no. There's also quite possibly a 90 year old doctor out there. I fondled boys for all those years and I would have gotten away with it too. For. For those meddling talk show hosts.

[Jack Armstrong]

Could be. All right, final sports related note, because I just saw this and it's amazing and we don't do a sports show, but it's just my mind is blown. My friend Brian the umpire sent this to me. So, pitching machine, you've seen them in the batting cages, right? Baseball teams at whatever level use pitching machines so you don't have to wear out somebody's arm constantly. $300,000. Pitching machine. How much exists now? 300,000. That includes where the ball comes out of. Is an extremely realistic video of, for instance, Clayton Kershaw throwing the ball. The ball emerges from where his hand, his release point and then behaves like his pitches.

[Unknown]

Whoa.

[Jack Armstrong]

You can program the thing.

[Katie]

Wow, cool.

[Jack Armstrong]

So can you imagine you're facing, you know, whatever great pitcher the next day, have all your guys go down there, see his wind up, see his delivery, see the action of his pitches like the previous evening.

[Katie]

Well, it seems like a disadvantage to pitchers, you know, because you'd have the, the emotional aura that a lot of great pitchers have where you've never faced this guy before. Holy crap. Now you've faced him bunch of times.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. Just crazy.

[Katie]

One more sports note since we got a little time. This is not really. Sports are kind of sports. So which. The running back Henry, for the team that lost the other night, the Lions. They mentioned on the air that he spends $240,000 a year on his diet and exercise. Almost a quarter of a million dollars a year on Private Chef. Private, you know, whatever you call it, workout guy, probably equipment and food and all that sort of stuff. Wow, that's something, isn't it?

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. That's dedication.

[Katie]

Yeah. And you, you'd have to be a star with a pretty good salary before you could afford, you know, the starting lineman, fresh out of college, Aren't going to spend $240,000 a year on food, chef, workout stuff because he couldn't take up half your salary. That was interesting.

[Jack Armstrong]

Tom Brady model, right?

[Katie]

More or less, yeah. Wonder what all that do you get for $240,000? These eggs are a little runny, huh?

[Jack Armstrong]

Sorry, sir. Right away, sir.

[Katie]

What I'm paying these and should not be runny eggs. How do my glutes look? And if you could help us out, if you know anything about the old hernia checks Any information since we didn't have any text line 415295KFTC.

[Jack Armstrong]

Armstrong and Getty, they could deploy up.

[Unknown]

To 10,000 active duty troops. So they are trying to shore up as much personnel on the US Mexico border to release border patrol agents to be on the front lines. Now as far as what they do when they get there, operational readiness intel analysts who can assess the flows of migrants and any threats. So they are not doing law enforcement work so much as that. They are helping border patrol behind the scenes that border patrol can get out and do the apprehending.

[Katie]

That's at the border where it could be up to 10,000 military people there. Not as you just heard, they're not like running around with guns and stuff like that, but facilitating this whole thing because it's a lot of people and it's going to be, it's what's going to be a mess. You create a mess when you allow 8 million people to come into the country illegally in a four year period.

[Jack Armstrong]

And of course sorting that mess out is going to be uncomfortable at times, as you were pointing out earlier.

[Katie]

Sure is. I'm looking up at Fox right now. They got videos of Ms. 13 gang members who were arrested yesterday by ICE. About 400 known and we've known for quite some time criminals who are here illegally that have been arrested. How you explain the last administration knowing there are legal criminals around but not arresting them? That's so insane. You're so beholden to the weirdest couple of percent of people on Twitter for some reason, right? God, practically nobody in America thinks you ought to keep criminal illegals in the country. It's just nuts.

[Jack Armstrong]

And doing nothing about their presence here is a tacit agreement in the idea of leaving them here again. It's hard to believe it actually happened for as long as it did.

[Katie]

Well, Trump got asked by Hannity last night on Fox why it happened.

[Unknown]

Prisons from all over the world have been emptied out into our country by Biden allowing it to happen. I don't even know if he knew what the hell was going on. But I don't understand. Why does somebody want open borders? Why would anybody that even likes you don't have to love our country, you have to like it. Why would anybody that likes our country, the Democrats, allow that to happen? The only reason it can be is two, you're stupid. And I don't think they're stupid. I think anybody that cheats that much and that well is not stupid. You're either stupid or you hate the country.

[Katie]

Yeah, I don't. I. Politically, just politically. If Joe Biden's goal was getting reelected, and I'm sure it was, how did you think this was gonna help you? Because you are so misled by the young people around you who are on Twitter, I guess.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. And I'm trying to noodle us through because I think it's more useful to understand that than just yell about it. But I think on the left more than right, but not exclusively getting along and being part of the group and the other people approving of you and what you say is really, really important. And it just kind of got informally passed as a resolution that having lots and lots millions of brown people come into the country is good, and white people or anybody, plenty of brown people saying that it needs to stop is bad. We've decided that it's good because we're enlightened. Okay. And they just never think through the consequences.

[Katie]

So Mexico is building giant shelters on the other side of the border because they know they're going to be dealing with thousands and thousands of people that are either sent back or have gone to the border and they're not going to get across now and where are they going to put them and how they're going to feed them and all that sort of stuff. The border czar yesterday said that there are 700,000. The number before had been 600,000. It's not surprising that it's larger. Holman said there are 700,000 criminals here illegally that are roaming around the country that they're going to work on getting rid of. And there were about four or five hundred so far. One more thing I wanted to mention before I get to another point. Oh. So this idea that Trump is doing something horrible, which all the mainstream media is looking for the most sympathetic cases they can come up with. This young student believed she was going to start college, but now she's not so sure. My parents are here illegally, you know, that sort of thing. Okay, well, fine. Yeah, it's going to be a mess. You have 8 million people come in illegally. It's going to be a mess to try to get them out of here. What did you. How do you. Ah, that's what you're counting on, actually. You were counting on. It would be so difficult and uncomfortable and there would be these sympathetic stories that you could just let them stay. Again, I'm not exactly sure why you want them to stay politically, since 85% of Americans want the. The criminals out and 66% of Americans want all of them out.

[Jack Armstrong]

I despise this. And it's so common, making you the bad guy for sorting out the mess they caused. Oh, I hate.

[Katie]

It's a clever ploy. It's like the getting the porn in the libraries and then when you try to get it out, book banning, I mean it's, it's a pretty clever ploy. Let all the illegals in. And then when you try to get about, well, look at this poor little girl. You know, she's got, she's cross eyed and you're kicking our parents out of the country.

[Jack Armstrong]

Balancing the budget on the back of cross eyed little girls.

[Katie]

ICE has been freed to make arrests at what they call sensitive locations which have been off limits for arresting illegals. Now they're going to be able to arrest illegals at schools, hospitals, colleges, rallies and funerals. Funerals. But hey, why would anywhere be off limits?

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, right, right. It's misplaced priorities. It's terrible. And in Mexico, opening those gigantic detention centers or in Spanish central Ste. Detention Gigantes, you Google Translate action there.

[Katie]

Is there, there's going to be. Our friend Tim Sandifer is really worried about due process and all that sort of stuff. There are going to be examples. The media is working so hard to find some example of the Trump administration getting it wrong. Somebody that had their paperworks in order or they were. They get thrown out as a citizen or something like that and then they're going to make that the story for a while. But again, you're gonna have. This is really a. You can't make an omelette without breaking the eggs. You have made an incredible mess of things.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. It strikes me that what you're describing, and it absolutely will happen, is a lot like defund the police because there are a few bad cops who do bad things. We should not have cops because there will be a few bad deportations that we regret or have to redo or whatever. We should deport no one. Nah, that's the way to run a country, friends.

[Katie]

Well, at least so far Trump's got the political wind at his back and it's very strong.

[Jack Armstrong]

Armstrong and Getty.

[Katie]

I check Instagram every once in a while for a variety of things. The feed, I don't know how the. I don't have an Instagram account and I don't search on things, but the feed has somehow figured out what I like, which scares me. Oh, so listening to me, is it reading my emails and my texts? I don't know. But the Instagram feed figured out that I like Family Guy. And this is a funny Little clip. It is a hipster standing on a street corner drinking coffee. Could be Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Wherever, West Hollywood. And Stewie, the baby with the English accent for some reason.

[Jack Armstrong]

Cynical baby, that Stewie.

[Katie]

He. He walks up and talks to the hipster.

[Unknown]

Oh, you got the wool cap on, huh? Yeah, yeah, I guess, you know, whatever. It's 96 degrees out. Better put on the old wool cap. Yeah. Got a lot going on under there. Yeah, under. Under the wool cap. Thinking about your sideburns?

[Katie]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

No, no, no, no. You're not a complete jackass. Yeah. Oh, hey, nice T shirt. Fresh. And it's spelled with a ph. Oh, that's fun because it's usually spelled with an F. Yeah, you got a little tear in your pants there. Oh, that's on purpose, though, isn't it? Yeah.

[Katie]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

You're a bad boy. You're a bad boy. Society wants your pants to be intact, but you're just not gonna listen, are you? My God, this is ridiculous.

[Katie]

I'm sorry.

[Unknown]

I'm gonna have to kill you.

[Jack Armstrong]

I am so glad God Almighty put Seth McFarland on the earth.

[Katie]

Society wants your pants intact, but you're not gonna listen, are you? That is funny.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, it's almost too much. It really is. It's almost too good. Boy. So this is, you know, this is another. The beatings will stop when. The beatings will continue until morale improves or. It feels so good when you stop. Or something like that. But it's good news, in effect, that college Republicans, college conservatives, are now coming out of hiding. When Donald Trump was first elected president, Douglas Belkin points out in this piece I came across University set out milk and cookies for rattled undergraduates and brought in puppies to be petted because the wrong side won an election. And college students who wore MAGA hats were berated by classmates. You couldn't walk across the quad this time around. Go ahead, go ahead.

[Katie]

I just think of my own boys. A friend of mine said his main goal in raising his kids. I'm talking to him today. I'll have to ask him how that has been going. His main goal in raising his kids, who are like high school ages. He wants them to be resilient. That's his main thing. Resilience.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's such a wise thing to say.

[Katie]

That is a good one. And especially culturally, since we're going the other direction, man, you have failed at resilience. If your kid needs cookies and milk because the election didn't go the way they wanted, Oof. How are they ever Going to survive.

[Jack Armstrong]

Resilience might be the most important quality any human being can have, and yet we're educating our kids to have the opposite, to not have that, teaching them to crumble at every perceived slight. That's one of the things that I think is just overtly, bitterly evil about the woke thing, the DEI thing. I mean, putting aside the politics and the policy and what they're trying to accomplish in Western civilization, blah, blah, blah, but just in terms of making our young people miserable, including people I know and care about, that's easy. Evil. Evil. Anyway, getting back to the kids in the MAGA hats. This time around, those same hats are eliciting fist bumps and nods. College conservatism hasn't gone mainstream. They write on left leaning campuses, but the stigma against Republicans is lifting. Supporters of the new president on campus, this is Indiana University, say they now feel more comfortable acknowledging one another in public. And membership at long moribund college Republican clubs around the country is up, according to interviews. Interestingly, not entirely, but mainly pushed by a cohort of outspoken conservative men. It's a very male phenomenon, just like the angry, screeching radical leftists are so heavily female, as we've pointed out. Disproportionate number are focused on business, computer science and public policy. Some want to work in Washington, D.C. those young Republicans say they spent too much time in high school under pandemic lockdowns and are sick of being told how to think, what to say and where they can and cannot go. Now they're a bit more aggressive about saying, so good for y'all. It's crazy. This one guy is a senior at the University of Massachusetts, said Trump's victory is legitimization. You don't have to hide politically anymore.

[Katie]

Yeah, well, I noticed that right after the election. Where, where was I going? Oh, when Henry and I flew down to Vegas, the number of Trump shirts and hats that I saw thought, this did not happen before. People. People felt like, okay, there's enough of us now. I can be out and about in this.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right? Right. But the idea that Indiana and other universities had fostered an atmosphere where this young man felt he had to hide. Well, he did have to hide.

[Katie]

Yeah, absolutely.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's awful. Yeah. On a recent night inside the Red Bud room in the student union at iu, nine students, three in blazers, one wearing a tie, debated the merits of Trump's cabinet picks, trade tariffs and the pledge of Robert Kennedy Jr. To go after processed foods. They argued the pros and cons of that sort of thing. And again, the idea that they couldn't before is just insane.

[Katie]

By the way, when's the RFK Jr thing gonna happen? That's gonna be some good TV.

[Jack Armstrong]

The Democrats in the Senate are slow walking all of the nominees in brutal fashion. They haven't even scheduled it yet.

[Katie]

But why have that? You slow walk RFK Jr. If as a Democrat, you think he's an embarrassment to Trump? I would think you'd want to schedule that right away.

[Jack Armstrong]

I have no idea how the order of. Of the order of nominees gets set. I don't know. The Republicans are running the Senate, so it's up to them. I don't know. It's an interesting question. You know, it's funny. I'm so happy for these kids. And I'm looking at the picture of them in their. Their ties and blazers and stuff at Young Republicans meetings. They live in such more politicized world than we did. I wasn't political at school, really? At all. No. I'm certainly political science major studying political systems and how they worked. I thought about it almost yelling about any issues.

[Katie]

I thought of it very close to never. So when I was in college.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, yeah? Yeah. And I used to say, never trust young Republicans. There's something wrong with them. But definitely more sympathetic. Now, when Xander Petrus, a junior at Duke University, arrived for freshman orientation and his classmates discovered he followed conservative commentators on Instagram, they called him sexist, racist, and a xenophobe. He said he scrubbed his social media accounts. But this year re established Duke College Republicans. The group has now. Now has about a hundred members. Wow. Wow. Well, good for y'all. Keep fighting the good fight. And you're so right. Why are they telling you what to think, what to say, and where you can go? Don't take that.

[Katie]

I like this story. The day three of the Elon Musk Nazi salute story.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, boy.

[Katie]

Oh, my high school kid. It came up. This is one of the things I like about his private school. It came up in. They talked about it in some classes and how ridiculous it was that people were claiming it was a Nazi salute. That's something he wouldn't have gotten at the public school. I guarantee you if it had been talked about at all, it wouldn't have been talked about. How ridiculous it was to call Nazi salute. Oh, Henry was showing me the other day, so he was watching some of those. I'm just a bill. What do they call those Schoolhouse Rock things. But it was the one about when the Pilgrims came, and I barely remember it. It was a cartoon from way back in the 70s and they've kind of become popular again. The Schoolhouse Rocks thing. But it was about the pilgrims coming to America. And he was telling me how when he saw it, the librarian who showed it to him then paused it and said, how do you think the Indians felt at this point? And they just had a long conversation about how awful it was for the Indians. All right, fine, whatever.

[Jack Armstrong]

Give me, give me any place on earth. And we can go over how one group felt when the other group took over, then the one after that, then the one after that, and the one after that, and the one after that. Man, you people self hatred is your. Is your shining metal that you hang around your own neck. You're strange.

[Katie]

But another wrinkle in the Elon Musk, Elon Musk Nazi salute story. A Milwaukee TV meteorologist lost her job yesterday for posting to Instagram that Elon Musk's Nazi saluted twice on inauguration Day. Employees at WJT TV, channel 58, your home for Tri City weather, were told Wednesday that weather forecast forecaster Sam Couple was no longer with the station. As news of couples firing reached a community, a number of people nationally and locally both supported and opposed the move by the local CBS affiliate. He lost his job cuz he couldn't restrain himself from tweeting out two Nazi salutes from Elon Musk, you freaking idiot. First of all, you're a meteorologist, the lowest rung of everything. And now you're doing this.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, that. I'm trying to get inside the head of somebody you actually believed. Again, let's think this through. Is Elon a Nazi? And did he let it slip that said, oh shoot, I just gave the Nazi salute. I meant to keep my elbow bent when I waved. Dang it. I'm discovered, right? Or is he suddenly emboldened to openly embrace Nazism? For I've followed him a long time. The first time ever. Help me understand, oh wise observer of clouds, what is happening here?

[Katie]

Yeah, exactly. He's in his mid-50s and just now is revealed that he's a secret Nazi. So into it that despite everything else he's doing, going to Mars, building a car company, running Doge, he just has to let him know I'm a Nazi to the other Nazis because everybody else there is a Nazi too. Because the only reason you'd Nazi salute is a whole crowd is full of Nazis.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right?

[Katie]

What the hell are you people talking about?

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, wow.

[Katie]

And it wasn't just a Milwaukee meteorologist. PBS said it was a Nazi salute.

[Jack Armstrong]

If somebody came to Me and said AG here. Chuck Schumer pledged allegiance to Xi Jinping. I would want to know every single fact.

[Katie]

Yeah, I would say no, he'd be talking about. Yeah, yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

What? In what way? What did he say? What are we talking about here? I wouldn't run to Twitter. Chuck Schumer endorsed Xi Jinping. Chuck Schumer endorsed a bit. She's just a soft head. Right?

[Katie]

It'd be like Chuck Schumer. You see the way he holds his hands there? That's a symbol that says you're down with the Communist Chinese Party.

[Jack Armstrong]

All right, tell me what the percentage chances of rain be wrong and just go about your business. All right, son.

[Katie]

We'll finish strong. Next.

[Joe Getty]

Armstrong and Getty, a Virginia based company, is offering ultra wealthy clients a spot in a luxury doomsday bunker for $20 million. Because who doesn't want to survive the apocalypse alongside 12 other people with no skills? Jeffrey, it's a zombie.

[Jack Armstrong]

Quick.

[Joe Getty]

Pay it to leave.

[Jack Armstrong]

I missed the premise, unfortunately. I was slow with my headphones.

[Katie]

I had no intention of using the T word this segment. The guy is good at staying in the news, there's no doubt about it.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, Donald J.

[Katie]

And I don't know if that's always his intention or just he does so many things that make news. Couple things from the New York Times going on right now. First of all, this headline, Trump revels in a presidential perk. The omnipresent press pool. You mean he answers lots of questions. There's always been an omnipresent press pool. It's part of the presidential press pool. They follow. The President goes. It's just that our last president didn't answer any questions. So now you're going with he revels in a presidential perk. Like he's taking advantage of it or something.

[Jack Armstrong]

What a bizarre framing.

[Unknown]

Isn't that?

[Katie]

So he. So he answers questions constantly, signing executive orders, taking questions from the press, and then you try to present that as like somehow he's taking advantage of something.

[Jack Armstrong]

I swear, in their world, dogs fly and birds go woof, woof. I don't even know where they come from.

[Katie]

But this one is controversial. The headline, because this just happened a little bit ago. Trump removes security for some prior officials, including three facing threats, including Mike Pompeo, who actually had the Iranians, has been reported, are trying to kill him. And Trump has taken away Pompeo's security because he's got a beef with Pompeo.

[Jack Armstrong]

He did John Bolton the other day, too. I don't like it.

[Katie]

I don't think it's right. No, no, it's not.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't think it's right at all.

[Katie]

No, it's not. It's not.

[Jack Armstrong]

Like I said earlier, I've got a list of things Trump accomplished on day three. They're great, just great. But as he does this, he spreads out landmines that he will step on. The left will not bring him down. He will bring himself down. There are crack ups coming. They will be self generated. And it makes me insane because the good stuff he's doing is so good.

[Katie]

Well, for instance, David Axelrod, the guy who got Obama elected. Well, Obama got Obama elected campaign manager to get way too much credit. But David Axelrod was on CNN today saying if Biden wanted to pardon his family, he should have, I think. What did he say? Man up. Should have manned up and done it not five minutes before he left office while the inauguration was going on. Do it out loud. Have the guts to, you know, well, man up. Say, this is what I'm doing and here's why. You were obviously embarrassed about it, but you did late. But speaking of stepping on landmines, Trump at the last minute, because he wasn't planning on doing this, decided to pardon the actual violent J6 people and allowed Biden to get away with that because the mainstream media would have had to talk about that if Trump hadn't given him something else to talk about.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, it's amazing.

[Katie]

I've been saying this since 2015. He'd have a great debate night and it was going to be all the coverage the next day, how he just killed everybody on the debate stage. And then he'd say something nuts. You know, he'd attack John McCain or a gold star mom or something, and then that would be the story. And I was like, why do you keep stepping on your own dingus?

[Jack Armstrong]

His great weakness is impulsiveness.

[Katie]

Yeah, well, seems to work for him. He's got elected president twice, the United States. He's a billionaire.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, well, yeah, but it would work for him a hell of a lot better if he wasn't or if he could, you know, reign it in a place.

[Katie]

But we all know that that's just a part of the whole human experience. Your, your, your strengths and weaknesses and you don't know, if you get rid of one, you get. I don't know. It's complicated.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I know what you're saying. Yep. Why do they lie? Is it their greed? Final Thoughts with Armstrong and Getty.

[Katie]

Here's your host for Final Thoughts, Joe Getty.

[Jack Armstrong]

We're shorthanded today. By golly, it's been a stressful time, but let's get a final thought from Nami.

[Katie]

It has been for Hanson. Maybe Katie, but not for me. Luckily, Joe and I have been once again shielded from the stress of this job.

[Jack Armstrong]

Our technical director, Michelangelo has the day off, so Mike Hanson has been filling in Hanson. Final thought.

[Mike Hanson]

I just have a quick message for Michelangelo. Mike, I can't wait till you get back so we can experience this transition that you're going through together. Together.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right. Right, Michelangelo. Exactly right. Yeah. Katie Greener, steam to newswoman has a final thought.

[Michelangelo]

Katie, I'm just thinking throughout this whole show how much I'm loving the liberal meltdown. That's pretty much it.

[Katie]

I got a good example of that coming up. Perfect.

[Jack Armstrong]

Jack. Final thought for us.

[Katie]

3 in 10 Tesla owners plan to sell their cars over Elon Musk's antics. Good idea. Choosing when to buy or sell a car based on the politics of the guy who owns the company.

[Jack Armstrong]

Again, I just don't get you people. My final thought is. Yes, colds still last approximately 10 days. When I got mine, I was thinking that is fairly mild. I bet it doesn't last. Nope. Hangs on.

[Katie]

And 10 days is a long time.

[Jack Armstrong]

So annoying.

[Katie]

Yes. Armstrong and Getty wrapping up another grueling four hour workday.

[Jack Armstrong]

So many people to thanks a little time. Go to armstrongandgetty.com great hot links there for you. Drop us a note if there's something we ought to be talking about. Send it along. Mailbagarmstrongandgetti.com pick up some A and G swag. I am rocking the Adidas hoodie. Right? Perfect lightweight hoodie. Very good.

[Katie]

Oh, I need to get that right now.

[Jack Armstrong]

Do I want to.

[Katie]

Do I want to advertise this? Do I want to have conversations with people in the grocery store aisle?

[Jack Armstrong]

Walk down the street with your chest out.

[Katie]

We'll see you tomorrow. God bless America. My point was made. I'll see y'all soon. Screw it. I'm leaving.

[Jack Armstrong]

You, you. You. Damn, I thought everything was over.

[Katie]

Okay, cheer boo. Gay Game over.

[Unknown]

Let's go home.

[Jack Armstrong]

Go away. Yeah, so let's go out with a bang. I'm gonna call my lawyer. Gun justice. Snow White boy Boits Boyds. Damn it. Take two.

[Katie]

Glad we nailed that down on that high note. Thank you all very much.

[Jack Armstrong]

Armstrong and Gettysburg.