Armstrong & Getty On Demand — "The A&G Replay Tuesday Hour Four"

Podcast: Armstrong & Getty On Demand
Date: December 23, 2025
Hosts: Jack Armstrong, Joe Getty
Episode Theme: A replay hour featuring a blend of lighthearted seasonal talk, sharp social commentary, and debate on culture-war issues—including shipping deadlines, social media use, youth development, gender identity controversies, and the state of college sports.

Episode Overview

This hour of Armstrong & Getty mixes classic irreverent banter, skeptical takes on government and social trends, and cultural analysis. The hosts touch on the quirks and failings of holiday shipping, how social media habits are shifting, complexities of modern parenting, controversial gender identity stories, and the changing nature of college athletics. The tone is candid, sometimes biting, with plenty of dry humor and generational contrast.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Holiday Shipping & Procrastination

[03:16]

• Discussion opens with joking complaints about holiday shipping deadlines from USPS, FedEx, and UPS.
• They poke fun at the reliability of taxpayer-funded services vs. private companies, highlighting a widely-shared assumption of government inefficiency.

Notable Quote:

“Interesting that people laugh there. It's just a given...taxpayer funded government run package delivery is worse than the private company.”
— Jack Armstrong [03:51]

• The hosts riff on gifting scratch-off lottery tickets, reflecting on family traditions.

[04:58]

• Jack wishes procrastination could be gene-edited out, indicating frustration with himself and his child who’ve inherited the trait.

Notable Quote:

“I want to give them the gift of not being a procrastinator.”
— Jack Armstrong [05:23]

2. Social Media Usage Trends

[06:18]

• Dive into recent U.S. adult social media stats (source unspecified), focusing on platform popularity and generational divides.

  • YouTube: 84% usage rate.
  • Facebook: 71%.
  • Instagram: Half of adults (50%).
  • TikTok: 37% of adults, dismissed as “a communist Chinese spy device” and a corrupting influence by Joe.

Notable Quote:

“[TikTok] is not only a communist Chinese spy device and a perverter of the principles of our young, it is used by 37% of American adults.”
— Joe Getty [07:28]

• They debate whether YouTube qualifies as “social media" (Joe: “quasi-social,” Jack: uses it solely for consumption).

• Millennials discuss YouTube as social media due to creation and commenting (Katie).

• Discuss how children may access TikTok regardless of app installation.

• WhatsApp, Reddit, Snapchat, X (formerly Twitter), Threads, BlueSky, and Truth Social get brief coverage for their share of use, with special focus on how news media coverage sometimes overemphasizes niche platforms.

• Demographics:

  • "Women stand out" on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok.
  • Men favor X (Twitter), Reddit.
  • Hispanic and Black adults report higher usage of Instagram and WhatsApp vs. White adults.

• The changing nature of news consumption, with the evening newscast now largely irrelevant to younger generations.

Notable Quote:

“For my kids, it means zero. I mean, they don't even know that there's such thing as an evening newscast or a morning newscaster.”
— Jack Armstrong [13:07]

• The hosts note only 21% of Americans use Twitter/X, highlighting the outsized influence of a very vocal minority.

3. Parenting, Youth Development & Scouting

[18:23]

• Joe improvises and reads a listener’s inspiring email about Boy Scouts life lessons. The key moment: a young boy, initially reluctant to attempt a 10-mile canoe day-trip, later volunteers for a 26-mile voyage by the trip’s end.

Notable Quote:

“I'm never gonna say I can't do something ever again.”
— Anonymous Scout, quoted by Joe Getty [19:35]

• Jack reflects: Kids rise to the challenge you give them, lamenting “gentle” parenting that removes obstacles and fails to cultivate resilience.

Notable Quote:

“If you make everything soft and easy...then nobody accomplishes anything.”
— Jack Armstrong [19:55]

4. Gender Identity Controversies in Sports and Medicine

[24:50]

• Launches “Gender Bending Madness Update.”
• Critique of biologically male athletes winning girls’ state titles in Massachusetts and ongoing compliance in “woke” states.
• Reports of compliance and a lack of resistance among schools/parents surprise and disturb the hosts.

Notable Quote:

“We are far from winning this fight. We have just begun to turn back the tide a little bit.”
— Joe Getty [26:30]

• Discuss an Irish teacher repeatedly arrested for refusing to use “they/them” pronouns.
• The winner of the World’s Strongest Woman competition disqualified after being outed as biologically male via explicit content posted online.
• Critique of UK Labour’s clinical trial using puberty blockers on minors, against leading medical review advice.
• "Berrysexual" label briefly roasted as the latest example of granular internet sexuality identity fad.

Notable Quote:

“Hey all you berry sexuals and pansexuals and whatever the hell else you call yourselves, google...‘the narcissism of small distinctions’.”
— Joe Getty [30:42]

• Serious concern about silencing debate (Washington State university removes conference videos on evidence-based medicine due to activist backlash).

5. Transgender Stories in Medical Settings

[39:49]

• Jack shares interest in news of a transgender woman secretly recording her own medical procedure and then suing for what was said while under anesthesia.

• Recounts a precedent (2013) where someone won a large suit after doctors’ unguarded comments were recorded during sedation.

• The suit centers on medical staff’s private banter about gender identity and subsequent change of gender marker in medical records back to “male.” The hosts argue this is basic medical safety: physiological sex matters for treatment.

Notable Quotes:

“Obviously I would think you gotta have mail on there, since male bodies require different care and maybe doses of drugs...or whatever, and react to drugs differently.”
— Jack Armstrong [44:23]
“This is a story about a mentally ill man. It's a shame.”
— Joe Getty [45:12]

6. College Sports: Is It Broken?

[33:44]

• The hosts lament how “bowl season” has changed, with key players skipping games, or transferring out, making championships less meaningful and traditional.
• The conference system is now so scrambled (“UC Berkeley is in the Atlantic Coast Conference”) it undermines sense and tradition.

Notable Quote:

“Your team, from what I understand, that plays in the bowl, might have a different quarterback than it had the entire season.”
— Jack Armstrong [34:03]

• Joe notes players are now openly paid millions, and the pretense of ‘scholar-athlete’ is largely dropped.
• Will college sports attract new fans as traditions fade? Unclear, but attendance is still “hot” for now.

Memorable Moments & Quotes

• “If you want less of something, you tax it. If you want more of something, you subsidize it. That's why we tax employment and subsidize drug addicts in America.” — Joe Getty [05:33]
• “Mark Zuckerberg doing and the Chinese doing to our children...we’re so fat and stupid as a republic, we deserve to go away.” — Joe Getty [11:03]
• “I needed radical surgical intervention...I wanted to die leaving a pretty female corpse.” — Jennifer Caspasso as quoted by Jack Armstrong [45:02]

Timestamps for Key Segments

| Time | Segment Topic | |-----------|---------------------------------------------------| | 03:16 | Holiday shipping deadlines/traditions | | 04:58 | Procrastination as a genetic trait | | 06:18 | US social media usage stats | | 13:07 | Evening news generational gap | | 18:23 | Email: Boy Scout life lesson | | 24:50 | Gender sports controversies | | 29:26 | Changing vocabulary: “berrysexual,” identity labels| | 32:31 | Still fighting about sports gender rules | | 33:44 | Is college football broken? | | 39:49 | Trans woman hospital recording lawsuit |

Tone & Style

Conversational, irreverent, skeptical of both government foibles and radical progressive ideas. The hosts use dry humor, 'dad jokes,' and flashes of cultural nostalgia, frequently referencing generational changes and the absurdity of modern trends.

Summary

This replay hour delivers classic Armstrong & Getty: wry observations about American life, tech, and culture; defense of traditional norms (especially regarding gender and competitive fairness); and a call for grit and resilience in kids. The hosts balance humor with social commentary, skewering both bureaucratic sluggishness and radical ideologies, while occasionally invoking nostalgia for a more straightforward (and, as they see it, less confused) America.