The Best Weekend Talk Show In America April Week One Hour Two

Summary

Podcast Summary

Podcast: Armstrong & Getty On Demand
Episode: The Best Weekend Talk Show in America April Week One Hour Two
Date: April 3, 2026
Host: iHeartPodcasts
Duration: Approx. 37 minutes

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Brief Overview

This episode covers a wide range of hot topics and cultural commentary, ranging from the US–China space race, recent news oddities (including a massive Kit Kat heist), NBA free speech controversies, the role of political partners in campaigns (with a focus on Jennifer Siebel Newsom), and quirky science news like the rise of “eyeball-biting flies.” The duo bring their signature irreverence, skepticism of mainstream media narratives, and biting humor to every subject.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. The US–China Lunar Space Race (00:38 – 12:41)

• Artemis Mission & Space Priorities:
  • Joe and Jack discuss the US Artemis lunar mission and the generally overlooked strategic rationale for returning to the moon: competition with China.
  • Quote (Jack, 03:48): “It’s stunning to me that not a single news story I’ve heard about this includes that. That is the entire reason we’re doing it.”
• Media’s Reluctance:
  • Joe criticizes mainstream media’s reluctance to portray US actions as vital or competitive:
    • Quote (Joe, 04:28): “Virtually all of our media...can’t bring themselves to be seen rooting for the United States of America.”
• Details of the Space Race:
  • Both the US and China plan to build outposts on the lunar South Pole, aiming to utilize frozen water, hydrogen, and helium; both seek to build nuclear reactors there.
  • China’s centralized, long-term project approach is contrasted with the US’s reliance on public-private partnerships (notably SpaceX).
  • Joking references include concerns about bathroom technology in space ("the fan that sucks the deficit out of you" – 02:41).
• Potential Military Tensions:
  • Candid discussion on possible future military standoffs in space, satellite conflicts, or more direct confrontations (06:01).
• Quote (Joe, 07:13): "China is pursuing its lunar ambitions with singular formidable focus...Their edge lies in centralized control."
• Social Framing:
  • Armstrong and Getty argue that half of the American public would protest “colonialism in space” while Chinese society would be fully mobilized in favor of their country’s efforts (11:25).
• Quote (Joe, 11:48): “No settler colonialism on the moon. Yeah, exactly. Which is all…a deliberate program by the Soviets, then the Russians and Chinese to sow discord in our society.”

2. Kit Kat Heist: Corporate PR in Modern Times (12:54 – 16:27)

• The Story:
  • Nearly 414,000 Kit Kat bars (race car-shaped, Italy to Poland) stolen in Europe (12:54).
  • Ripple effects on candy supply, especially ahead of Easter.
• Humorous Dispute on Candy Appropriateness:
  • Spirited debate on whether Kit Kats are suitable for Easter baskets (13:44–14:17).
  • Quote (Joe, 13:52): “We’re jelly bean notarians.”
• Corporate Response:
  • Rather than downplaying the theft, Nestlé and others used the incident for fun marketing on social media; comparisons with KFC's humorous handling of a UK chicken shortage (15:31–16:08).
  • Strategic pivot seen as free advertising and positive PR.

3. NBA Values, Social Media Fallout, and Free Speech (16:42 – 19:18)

• Jaden Ivey’s Instagram Controversy:
  • NBA player Jaden Ivey claims he was let go for religious beliefs and “anti-trans” comments.
  • The hosts note double standards in league tolerance for political speech — anti-American commentary is permissible; anti-trans views elicit swift sanction (18:37).
  • Quote (Joe, 18:37): "But anti-mutilating young children is not."
  • They lampoon performative confessions in public spaces, as Ivey made much of his religious confession at a crowded airport (19:02).
• Comparisons With Other NBA Figures:
  • Contrasts with public comments by figures like Steve Kerr, which are critical of America but face few consequences.

4. Kid Rock and Army Flyby Story (19:30 – 21:22)

• Overreaction to Symbolism:
  • Viral video shows Army Apache helicopters near Kid Rock's house, which Kid Rock frames as government respect; the Army investigates for regulation violations.
  • Hosts scoff at perceived outrage and suggest it's more about political symbolism than rulebreaking (20:12).
  • Quote (Joe, 20:22): "I can hardly comprehend anybody being actually upset about this."

5. Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s ‘Red State Tour’ – Media and Political Tone Deafness (21:34 – 34:27)

• Background:
  • Extended segment critiques an old interview where Jennifer Siebel Newsom, wife of Gov. Gavin Newsom, describes taking her children on a tour of “red states” to witness racism, misogyny, and “the truth” of America firsthand (23:00, 30:36).
  • Quote (Jennifer Siebel Newsom, 23:23): “We don’t get all of this history in our schools…so they can be the change they wish to see…and speak out when they see pain and suffering and bullying and racism and misogyny.”
• Hosts’ Reaction:
  • Express strong distaste for her tone, calling it “pretentious” and likening her rhetoric to Hillary Clinton’s “basket of deplorables” but even more out of touch (24:43–32:15).
  • Quote (Jack, 24:21): “Oh my God. You talk about contempt for half the country that makes Hillary’s basket of deplorables seem like nothing.”
  • Satirical imagery of “red states” as a zoo or safari full of social ills; facetious references to “slave markets” and “keeping the bus windows rolled up” (26:16–32:09).
• Strategic Problem for Newsom:
  • They argue that Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s rhetoric could be a significant liability for Gavin Newsom if he runs for national office:
    • Quote (Joe, 34:04): “He’s got strategists that know she is a negative for them that they gotta figure out how to handle.”
  • Also, they claim that her nonprofit work and political activism are rife with conflicts and “graft” (27:50–28:21).

6. Robot Umpires in Baseball (34:27 – 35:49)

• Technological Challenge:
  • MLB’s introduction of robot umpires shows 50/50 split on correcting umpire calls.
  • Both hosts skeptical about whether it adds value, referencing the difficulty of real-time decisions (34:58–35:49).

7. Eyeball-Biting Bugs in California (35:57 – End)

• Science Oddity:
  • A surge in tiny flies in California that bite people’s eyeballs and necks (35:57).
  • Joking attribution to biblical plagues (“probably because of all the sodomy” – Joe, 36:45).
  • Lighthearted blame laid at the feet of Gov. Newsom.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (with Timestamps)

• On Trump’s Communication Style:
  “He just sounds a lot different than you’re used to hearing him talking...he intentionally thinks about what he says and he keeps it as simple as possible.” – Joe Getty (01:38)
• On the US–China Lunar Race:
  “Both countries want to build nuclear reactors on the moon.” – Jack Armstrong (05:37)
• On American Media:
  “Virtually all of our media would be embarrassed by...If we are in a race that we must win, they won’t even admit that.” – Joe Getty (04:28)
• On KitKat PR:
  “I would say at this point they’ve easily surpassed the value of that shipment in free advertising.” – Jack Armstrong (15:31)
• Dissecting Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s Interview:
  • “She took her kids on a tour of the red states so they could see the misogyny, sexism and racism for themselves.” – Jack Armstrong (24:12)
  • “That is red states for her.” – Joe Getty (26:40)
• On Political Spouses as Liabilities:
  “She is more in love with her act than, I don’t know, like a Tiger Woods. She is her own biggest fan by far.” – Joe Getty (29:11)
• On Eyeball-Biting Flies:
  “This is a biblical plague. I mean, clearly it’s probably because of all the sodomy.” – Joe Getty (36:45)

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Section Timestamps

| Segment | Start Time | End Time | |------------------------------------|------------|-----------| | Opening & Themes | 00:00 | 00:38 | | US–China Lunar Competition | 00:38 | 12:41 | | Kit Kat Heist & PR Discussion | 12:54 | 16:27 | | NBA, Free Speech & Double Standards| 16:42 | 19:18 | | Kid Rock Army Flyby | 19:30 | 21:22 | | Jennifer Siebel Newsom & Red States| 21:34 | 34:27 | | Robot Umpires in MLB | 34:27 | 35:49 | | Eyeball-Biting Bugs in California | 35:57 | End |

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Tone and Style

Armstrong & Getty maintain a conversational, sardonic, and irreverent tone. They blend satire with earnest cultural criticism, often aiming humorous barbs at political elites, the “mainstream media,” and the excesses of political correctness, while not sparing their own side when warranted. The banter is rapid-fire, tongue-in-cheek, and assumes a familiar, lightly cynical rapport with the listener.

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Conclusion

This episode exemplifies what Armstrong & Getty do best: break down news cycles through skeptical, sometimes acerbic commentary, highlight overlooked angles (especially regarding media framing), and mix in lighter or bizarre news stories for balance. The discussion of the US–China space race and the in-depth analysis of Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s media interview stand out as the richest and most provocative portions of the hour, offering both insight and memorable quotables.

Transcript

[Jennifer Siebel Newsom]

This is an iHeart podcast, guaranteed human.

[Joe Getty]

Broadcasting.

[Jack Armstrong]

Live from the Abraham Lincoln radio studio at the George Washington Broadcast Center, Jack

[Joe Getty]

Armstrong and Joe Getty.

[Jack Armstrong]

Armstrong and Getty. And now, here's Armstrong and Getty. You've tuned in to the best weekend

[Joe Getty]

talk show in America. So much to cover this week, as always. The ongoing conflict with Iraq, the blast off of the Artemis mission, the SCOTUS birthright citizenship case, all pivotal moments in history. And all this week.

[Jack Armstrong]

So we do 20 hours of live radio every single week. If you want more of us, Armstrong and Yeti, find our podcast, Armstrong and Getty on demand.

[Joe Getty]

Now let's get back to the best weekend talk show in America. I'm such a king.

[Jack Armstrong]

I can't get a ballroom approved. Pretty amazing, right?

[Joe Getty]

I'm a king. If I was a king, we'd be

[Jack Armstrong]

doing a lot more. I'm doing a lot, but I could be doing a lot more if I was a king.

[Joe Getty]

Trump in a private setting in the White House that got inadvertently released.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's pretty interesting to watch. He. I think I retweeted it. It's. He just sounds. He sounds a lot different than you're used to hearing him talking to friends and stuff. He's just hanging out. Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

We've had more than one beloved listener point out that he has, I think in the Art of the Dealer, in other writings said he intentionally thinks about what he says and he keeps it as simple as possible. So a lot of his hesitation, his repetition and stuff is he doesn't want to get into detail. And he's stopping himself from getting into detail, which I find curious because I find that. That one, that clip and the one where he jokes about McCrone's wife punching him in the face, much better communication than his usual public, you know, odd cadence. But one thing you gotta say about Trump is he does stuff. He doesn't hem and haw about studies and the rest of it. He does stuff. Sometimes for good, sometimes for ill. See Iran, who knows? But also the space program has gotten a kick in the pants and is moving forward at top speed. The Artemis mission blast off yesterday. Super cool. I think things are going well other than the somewhat troublesome problem Jack brought up earlier.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, they had a problem with the fan in the bathroom, which I guess sucks the deficit out of you when you have to go potty.

[Joe Getty]

No, I think you. You push it out in the usual way because that would be very uncomfortable.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow. I was assuming they put a vacuum tube up against your.

[Joe Getty]

No, I don't think that's Right. No, Indeed, no. Good Lord.

[Jack Armstrong]

But anyway, the fan was not working, so there was a chance that it was going to be floating around, just floating around the cabin. And you don't want that, I assume, fecal matter. Exactly.

[Joe Getty]

That's right. Dr. Johnny Depp. Right. So, yeah, I hope they. They repair that. For a number of different reasons, but a hell of a thing to go. I'm sitting on however many billions of dollars worth of technology. You blasted me into space and I got to fix the toilet and then

[Jack Armstrong]

the S hits the fan.

[Joe Getty]

Exactly, exactly. Well, that's what you try to avoid. So the New York Times, interestingly, with quite a piece about the race for dominance of the moon between the United States and China.

[Jack Armstrong]

Good, because it's stunning to me that not a single news story I've heard about this includes that. That is the entire reason we're doing it. I mean, you can talk about how it's the first half Asian Jewish woman to ever go into space, and you can talk about the various experiments they're going to do which are interesting and fascinating and cool, but that's not the main driving force. Just like it wasn't that got us to the moon in the first place. It was. We were worried the Soviet Union was getting ahead of us in the space race and they were going to, you know, send nuclear missiles up behind ends.

[Joe Getty]

I'm going to drop a truth bomb on you right now, like you're the Ayatollah. Brace yourself. Virtually all of our media would be embarrassed by. They can't bring themselves to be seen rooting for the United States of America if. If we are in a race that we must win. They won't even admit that because then they would have to, like, be pro us. That's how sick they are.

[Jack Armstrong]

I'm sure you're right. I also think there's a ton of people that have no idea that this is about a space race with China. It's not about the medical experiment we're going to try to do.

[Joe Getty]

So it's ignorance as well, I would agree. Yeah. So let's become unignorant, shall we? Both the US and China want to build outposts around the moon's south pole and hope to tap frozen water, hydrogen and helium there. Both countries plan to build nuclear reactors on the moon to power lunar bases from which they can launch missions into deep space. And it's the new frontier. And whoever gets there first will have the big say in setting the rules. It's incredibly important.

[Jack Armstrong]

Both countries want to build nuclear reactors on the moon.

[Joe Getty]

Exactly. And mine it for resources to build exploration and, or, I don't know, just off the top of my head, military capabilities there lifetime.

[Jack Armstrong]

And I've got one foot in the grave in my lifetime. There is going to be a military standoff about space between us and China.

[Joe Getty]

Yes.

[Jack Armstrong]

That could easily, you know, play itself out on the ground. Yeah, we're, we're, we're firing, you know, rockets at each other in the, you know, South China Sea over the fact that, hey, you don't get to land that rocket there where we're building our nuclear reactor.

[Joe Getty]

Or at least they will take out some key satellite that, you know, powers the cell phone service for the Eastern seaboard, and we will retaliate by taking out one of their main satellites. And then there will be hasty diplomatic talk. Something like that is practically guaranteed to happen.

[Jack Armstrong]

How is it that every story about the moon doesn't include this? It's a space race with China.

[Joe Getty]

I know. I'd like to flatter ourselves that that's why people enjoy the show. Yet the lack of curiosity in the media is just so amazing to me. Anyway, back to the main story. According to Jericho, Jared Isaacman, who's the NASA administrator, in terms of the space race, they may be early, and recent history suggests we might be late. The US wants to be back on the moon by 2028, two years ahead of China's target. But as he was pointing out, we're being optimistic and they're being conservative in their numbers. And here's where it gets interesting. And look, there are advantages to having a dictatorship. It's unholy and violates all the laws of nature and God, but it's handy in some ways. China is pursuing its lunar ambitions with singular formidable focus. And they have several advantages over us. Experts say China's edge lies in its centralized control, which allows it to plan and fund projects for decades at a time. And no like whipsawing back and forth from one administration to another, its robotic space missions have already gone where we have not. China is the only nation to land on and retrieve samples from the far side of the moon, the hemisphere that always faces away from Earth. This summer, China's seventh robotic mission, Chang7, will explore the lunar south pole. How much probably exploit the lunar penguins. Yes.

[Jack Armstrong]

How much energy do they put into making sure they have racially and sexual orientation diversity among their astronauts?

[Joe Getty]

Ha, ha.

[Jack Armstrong]

I know.

[Joe Getty]

Ha.

[Jack Armstrong]

I know, I know.

[Joe Getty]

So they also point out that China's immediate ambition is a bit leaner. Chinese astronauts plan to land on a Relatively accessible near side of the moon where Neil Armstrong landed more or less in 1969. You're your uncle Jack. American astronauts are aiming for the moon's south pole. They do mention that the the US has gotten serious, mostly under Trump, and overhauled the program to have more launches to test components, gain confidence and lower risks. After returning the astronauts to the moon, NASA plans to launch missions every six months and sustain a presence there. So we get really, really good at it. Here's the key statement from Mr. Isaacson, the NASA administrator. This time the goal is not flags and footprints. This time the goal is to stay

[Jack Armstrong]

my uncle Neil Armstrong, father of Lance Armstrong, son of Louis Armstrong. It's quite the family tree. It really is.

[Joe Getty]

Yes. Don't get your kite caught in that family tree. It'll be stuck for good.

[Jack Armstrong]

So we're gonna, we're gonna land there at some point and day and then China's gonna try to land in a different spot and then it's their Chinese

[Joe Getty]

moon marines to take over our base.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's going to be something to watch unfold.

[Joe Getty]

Here's some more fact factage for you. China is pursuing similar goals through two programs that will likely merge crewed missions under the military's purview and civilian robotic missions. But both rely on technology built by the same big Chinese communist corporation that shares key technologies between those two sides. While NASA relies more on heavily. More heavily on private vendors.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I was going to ask about Elon and SpaceX or how all this fits in. I mean, do they consult with him? Because, I mean, he wants to land on the moon and build a power plant for AI and you know, he's got goals to get to Mars and dude, does he work with NASA on. I'd kind of like to use this spot and we're going to use this spot. And I wonder, I don't even know.

[Joe Getty]

I'll bet they are coordinating in various ways, technical ways that I would know about, but they actually reference the fact that we are way ahead of China for now in rocketry, partly because of SpaceX's amazing work. The Falcon 9 rocket. They highlight in particular where China's kind of playing catch up on that technology. The American launcher is a marked improvement on the system that first sent astronauts to the moon. It is a powerful and complicated rocket cobbled together from components made by NASA and multiple contractors. But they mentioned that the rocket's been used many times. On Wednesday, it blasted off for its first crude mission and was a huge success. Went beautifully.

[Jack Armstrong]

Another advantage that China has is that their population is going to have nothing but nationalist pride and ego attached to anything they accomplish. Whereas half of our country, unless our politics change in the next decade or two, half of our country is going to be a marching in the street. No colonialist colon. No colonizing space.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. No settler colonialism on the moon. Yeah, exactly. Which is all and has been for a very, very long time, a deliberate program by the Soviets, then the Russians and Chinese to sow discord in our society. And if you take a minute to look into it, you see the fruits of what they're doing. It's worked. They quite wisely went after academia first. That's why colleges and schools are so blanking screwed up right now. It's really frustrating that not only has it worked, but most Americans, they would hear what I just said and think, oh, he's kind of paranoid or something. No, they. They actually set out what they were going to do. They wrote it down and signed their names to it. But I come in every day and try. I try to lift the. What was the expression in the Bible? The scales from your eyes? The Bible. The Bible.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's right, sir.

[Joe Getty]

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[Jack Armstrong]

We are Armstrong and Getty, and this is the best weekend talk show in America.

[Joe Getty]

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[Interviewer]

The truck, loaded with nearly 414,000 KitKat bars, was stolen this week in Europe. The bars, made in Italy, were shaped like race cars. As part of a tie in with Formula One. They were being transported to Poland, but the truck disappeared somewhere along the 800 mile route.

[Jack Armstrong]

I didn't know. It was even worse than I thought. So they weren't even the regular Kit Kat bars. They were shaped like race cars. I love a Kit Kat. That's a good candy bar right there, in my opinion. Originally, the reporting was that this was gonna lead to localized shortings ahead of Easter for KitKat bars, but they now say that they can make up the difference somehow.

[Joe Getty]

So I don't think of KitKat bars in Easter, but to each their own. You certainly worship the Lord with whatever candy you see fit.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, did your kids not get candy on easter?

[Joe Getty]

But not KitKat bars?

[Jack Armstrong]

Not Kit Kat bars. Well, what candy do you consider okay, since she's clean? Clearly have a very strong opinion on this.

[Joe Getty]

We're jelly bean notarians.

[Jack Armstrong]

Only jelly beans. Well, we need an arbitrator. Katie, is KitKat like within bounds or out of bounds for Easter?

[Katie]

If you. Or if you're talking about the candy for the Easter egg hunts? It's out of bounds because it doesn't fit in the little eggs.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, you got to get the minis,

[Katie]

but if you do the basket, then I could see KitKat being part of Easter.

[Jack Armstrong]

Absolutely.

[Joe Getty]

Because the egg laying rabbit loves candy for Jesus.

[Katie]

Right.

[Jack Armstrong]

You can't, you can't make pagans.

[Joe Getty]

You're a bunch of pagans. Yeah. Jelly beans. Yeah. Put on your goat pants and worship Satan. Just go ahead. You're a burn incense in the word in the woods. Yes. You know what the interesting story part of the story is to me, it's a kind of an indication of the modern world. Instead of Nestle, you know, sweeping this under the rug or making a statement about crime or blah, blah, blah. No, they've, they've steered into it and made it a giant social media thing. We've always encouraged people to have a break with KitKat, but it seems thieves have taken the message too literally and made a break with more than 12 metric tons of our chocolate. Yes, it really happened. And then other companies joined in. Domino's Pizza saying, we'd like to share our thoughts and condolences with Kit Kat, blah, blah, blah. On a completely unrelated note, we're pleased to announce we'll now be selling a new Kit Kat pizza. The Charlotte FC Major League Soccer club announced that, you know, the first 10,000 people are going to get free KitKats at their game. Ryanair, the discount Irish carrier, posted a cartoon of one of its planes that has a face and a mouth stuffed with KitKat bars, etc.

[Jack Armstrong]

I would say at this point they've easily surpassed the value of that shipment in free advertising.

[Joe Getty]

Oh yeah, almost certainly. Absolutely. And then, and this is charming, so I've got to stuff this in. The incident is reminiscent of the time in 2018 when KFC was running out of chicken in the UK because of a problem with suppliers. Instead of trying to keep it quiet or whatever, they steered into it. They took out a full page ad in British newspapers to apologize. Kind of. The ad features an empty bucket of chicken emblazed with its initial rearrange to FCK.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's pretty funny. The CEO of KitKat said that the criminals have exceptional taste, but cargo theft is a growing issue. I feel like they got the wafer chocolate ratio just perfect on the KitKat man. Whoever is in charge of that, they really did a good job.

[Joe Getty]

That's the key. Absolutely.

[Jack Armstrong]

So hopefully your kids Easter and your salvation will not be interrupted by this theft.

[Joe Getty]

I believe it was the book of Mark. Yes. Not Luke Mark that addressed the chocolate to wafer ratio. The Bible.

[Jack Armstrong]

How much. How much time have we got, Michael? I don't know if I have time for this or not. Oh, we can do it. Let's hurry through it. It deserves not much. I've never heard of Jaden Ivey. He is an NBA player or was an NBA player. He got cut loose by his team for Instagram posts that he put out. Like this one.

[Jaden Ivey]

The NBA was. Was everything to me. I didn't know God. I didn't know Jesus. When I came to the NBA, I was a fornicator. I was a pornography addict and. And I used to get drunk. That's all I knew. And after a win, I felt good. I felt good. I felt like I had everything set out for me. Right? But. But as soon as that shut down for me, as soon as I didn't start, that's. That's when. That's when God was humbling me. And he said he. He sat me down for a reason.

[Jack Armstrong]

So he's saying that he got cut loose because of his religious beliefs. He did make some fairly strong statements about how he doesn't believe in the whole trans thing. And they had LGBTQ night there at the. Think he plays for the Bulls? Is that what he plays for? It doesn't matter. Wherever he plays. They. They had LGBTQ night and he said some anti trans stuff. And so that's probably why the team wanted to go. But others are pointing out you can say this sort of thing. Steve Kerr, coach of the Golden State warriors, won a whole bunch of championships. It's shameful, really, that in our country we can have law enforcement officers who commit murder and seemingly get away with it. It's shameful that the government can come out and lie about what happened when there's video and witnesses who have all come out and disputed what the government is saying. I don't know which of the recent issues they're talking about, but Steve Kerr making noises that we allow people to be murdered in the streets by cops and nothing happens and you get away with it is the anti American stuff in the NBA is perfectly okay? Oh, sure, yeah.

[Joe Getty]

But anti mutilating young children is not. Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Hey, Steve. Steve.

[Joe Getty]

Those government officials who made those ridiculous claims were called out by the other party, by their own party, by the media, by the people, and they were fired.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't think anybody got away with anything.

[Joe Getty]

What do you want? What are you talking about? I was a hold elections regularly.

[Jack Armstrong]

The interesting thing about that Instagram post where he's saying very little. I was a Fornicator and a drinker

[Joe Getty]

and a pornography addict.

[Jack Armstrong]

He's in an airport. He's like in a very crowded, sitting there waiting for his plane. Airport. Everybody's looking at him like, quit screaming. I'm a fornicator. It's weirding me out.

[Joe Getty]

My kids are asking me uncomfortable questions just as we're about to get on board. So Jack Armstrong and Joe Gutty. This is the best weekend talk show in America.

[Jack Armstrong]

Video posted by the singer Kid Rock last week. It appears to show two Army Apache helicopters hovering outside his home in Tennessee. Kid Rock captioned the video saying in part that it was a level of respect the governor of California, California, Gavin Newsom, will never know. Now the US army says is looking into why the helicopters were there and if the flyby violated regulations or safety standards. And is there any indication it did so just on the face, I think it's just annoying to the Trump hating crowd, which is half of America, that it's a patch of helicopters by Kid

[Joe Getty]

Rock's house and Trump's associated.

[Jack Armstrong]

And that's not okay because that seems kind of cool to have a batch of kid helicopters go by Kid Rock's house. What's, what has been done wrong here?

[Joe Getty]

I can hardly comprehend and anybody being actually upset about this, right.

[Jack Armstrong]

Have they broken any rule? They're looking into whether or not they violated any rules. Has anybody indicated any way possible that

[Joe Getty]

they violated a rule if the army tipped its cap to, I don't know, Katy Perry, when Biden wouldn't care. Good Lord. Coming up, a couple of things that may interest you. Number one, it is so beyond ridiculous that anybody would consider socialism. Javier Milei in Argentina. The progress he's made turning that country around ought to be known by everyone on earth. It's an economic miracle. Plus, speaking of beyond ridiculous, more analysis of how silly and not what it seemed to be. The no Kings protests were clearly Chinese financed. Old hippies getting together and saying yay for us. Stay tuned.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's all interesting stuff. Look forward to it. So came across this the other day. This is, I don't know how many years ago it was. Doesn't really make any difference. Oh, 20, 23. I do know how many years ago it was. Three.

[Joe Getty]

Well done.

[Jack Armstrong]

This is Gavin Newsom's old lady, Jen Newsom, who hopes to be the first partner of the United States when Gavin Newsom gets elected president. So she would be our first later lady being interviewed by Jen Psaki on msnbc. And it's a little long, but it's worth sticking around. In case you're like, you don't know much about Gavin Newsom's wife or what kind of person she is or whatever. She's going to be very. She'll be a very active first lady.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, and. And very interesting topic of conversation come campaign time.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, he's gonna have to figure out how to keep her quiet. I think he's gonna have enough trouble cleaning up previous interviews, let alone, I mean, if, if he became the nominee, you know, you know, the focus you get as the nominee. And she's doing interviews like daily as they travel around the country.

[Joe Getty]

Yes, please. Anyway, I want that, so. But yeah, I'm saying he's going to spend her, send her on a 12 week fact finding mission to Mongolia where they have no cell service.

[Jack Armstrong]

She's sitting there with Jen Psaki wearing a very cool Saint Laurent lo1 biker jacket. I must say that. But here it goes.

[Interviewer]

Trip, you're here in Alabama now. Why was it important to you to take them on this trip to red states and learn about the history in our country?

[Jennifer Siebel Newsom]

That's a great question. Well, I don't stop it there because

[Jack Armstrong]

I know this is to understand that she had just gone on a tour of red states. She had, she had taken her kids traveling through the south to teach them what. And go back to the beginning.

[Interviewer]

You're here in Alabama now. Why was it important to you to take them on this trip to red states and learn about the history in our country?

[Jennifer Siebel Newsom]

That's a great question. Well, I don't think, or I know for a fact that we don't get all of this history in our schools and it's part of, you know, enlivening them, building their curiosity, expanding their hearts, their empathy so that they themselves can be the change they wish to see in the world and recognize that, you know, we have work to do and that we have healing to do and so that they can be, you know, use their voices to stand up and speak out when they see pain and suffering and bullying and racism and misogyny around them.

[Interviewer]

And you want them to see it so that they know.

[Jennifer Siebel Newsom]

I do. I'm a truth seeker. They need to know the truth.

[Jack Armstrong]

She took her kids on a tour of the red states so they could see the misogyny, sexism and racism for themselves.

[Joe Getty]

Yes. Yes.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, my God. You talk about contempt for half the country that makes Hillary's basket of deplorables seem like nothing. I took my kids on a tour of red state so they could see with their own eyes because they don't Obviously we all know if our history books in schools do anything skews way too far in covering up the flaws of the United States.

[Joe Getty]

And to describe her as pretentious would be like calling Shohei Ohtani a good ball player. I mean, the word doesn't come close to being adequate.

[Jack Armstrong]

The only reason you would ever take your kids to a red state is so they can see with their own eyes misogynistry, racism, bigotry and sexism.

[Joe Getty]

Right?

[Jack Armstrong]

How disgusting is that? Well, all fall short sometimes.

[Joe Getty]

Did anybody's mom or dad take a parenting approach that was with within a thousand miles of that when they were a kid? She obviously is trying to craft her children into some sort of ideological warriors. And by the way, something just a quick note talking about how the schools. And she must mean the schools in California don't teach.

[Jack Armstrong]

I know that.

[Joe Getty]

The history of a. That's all they teach. And they teach the kids to hate their country and be. You sent your kids to an expensive private school so you wouldn't have very good idea at all what happens in government schools. What the hell?

[Jack Armstrong]

You laugh, I laugh. Maybe the sarcasm in my voice wasn't thick enough, but. Yeah, because that. That's our. We all know our public school books hide the flaws of the United States. And all our teachers are refusing to talk about anything negative the United States ever did. That's the only thing they talk about.

[Joe Getty]

Ask my kids their hyper conservative teachers union representatives are remembering. You must teach patriotism as part of every lesson. Oh my.

[Jack Armstrong]

And I like the fact that you can just step across the state line into Louisiana or some other red state and it's just obvious to everyone's eyeballs the racism, the sexism, the bigotry, the misogyny, it's everywhere for your kid to see. It's like going to the zoo.

[Joe Getty]

Excuse me, excuse me. Can you point me toward the slave market? The what now? Where are the slaves being sold?

[Jack Armstrong]

What?

[Joe Getty]

The zoo.

[Jack Armstrong]

That is red states for her.

[Joe Getty]

Oh my God.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, so.

[Joe Getty]

God. Everything about her, her tone of voice, her choice of words, not to mention the things she actually says, but everything just stinks of ultra wealthy Napa Valley.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, well, that's why I mentioned her Saint Laurent LO1 jacket, which I happen to know cost $6,000.

[Katie]

It was like from the start of that clip where she went.

[Joe Getty]

That's a great question. That's a great question. Because that question will allow me to show how incredibly enlightened I am. Yeah, that whole thing.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wasn't that something?

[Katie]

I feel like I'M covered in slime. After listening to that, when I heard

[Jack Armstrong]

that the other day, I thought, well, he's got the benefit. He'll have the media on his side, like, entirely. But he should have to answer that. Is that what you think of red states, which you need some of to be elected president? Is that what you think of red states? They're just a zoo of racism and misogyny that you take your kids to to learn how awful we are.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, I know. And then we'll move on to. Yeah, her fake charity produces fake documentaries that are entirely intended to convince little kids that they can and should change sex. And then her fake charity sells those videos to schools for big dollars and gets big phony donations that the governor twists arms. So she's a go. A walking, talking graft machine on top of the rest of it. Yeah, I just. Well, I think I'm for the grace of God.

[Jack Armstrong]

Play the play. Just the beginning of it, because I want to hear them, because that is my favorite part of the whole thing.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Interviewer]

Trip, you're here in Alabama now. Why was it important to you to take them on this trip to red states and learn about the history in our country?

[Jennifer Siebel Newsom]

That's a great question.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't barf. I know people who talk that way, and it's always so hard for me to keep a straight face when they do that. Mm.

[Joe Getty]

You've got to be wearing a question well $6,000 jacket to pull out.

[Katie]

Yes.

[Joe Getty]

That is such a great question.

[Jack Armstrong]

The only hope for Gavin. Well, the only hope for Gavin is that she's so busy running their Clinton foundation, like charity to make them gazillionaires that she doesn't have time to get in the way. Not that the Trump crowd isn't doing it, too. I ain't pretending.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, oh, they're making money hand over fist. The thing she. He can't muzzle her if even if he wanted to. No chance. She is more in love with her act than, I don't know, like a Tiger Woods. She is her own biggest fan by far.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, absolutely.

[Joe Getty]

And is 100 convinced that the world is dying to hear her wisdom. Oh, my God. There's no muscle in her.

[Jack Armstrong]

She reeks of people. Need to hear what I think about this.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Jennifer Siebel Newsom]

That's a great question.

[Joe Getty]

Well, that is.

[Jack Armstrong]

I. I would like to play that for a focus group. So if you lean progressive, would you hear that? And just like, oh, fill your soul with happiness because just. It made my skin crawl on so many different levels. Yes. Katie.

[Joe Getty]

I know.

[Katie]

Oh, I just. I don't. I can't see anyone who would be spoken to like that and just be like, yeah, this is. This is right on.

[Joe Getty]

Okay, so here's what I advocate, because I think we are so stunned by her pretentiousness and acting like the red States of America are like subhuman zoos, that we're all. It was tough to take in the full fire hose of drivel about how enlightened she wanted her kids to be. Michael, I insist.

[Jack Armstrong]

Play it again.

[Interviewer]

Tripp, you're here in Alabama now. Why was it important to you to take them on this trip to red states and learn about the history in our country?

[Jennifer Siebel Newsom]

That's a great question. Well, I don't think, or I know for a fact that we don't get all of this history in our schools.

[Jack Armstrong]

You gotta be kidding.

[Jennifer Siebel Newsom]

And it's part of, you know, enlivening them, building their curiosity, expanding their hearts, their empathy so that they themselves can be the change they wish to see in the world and recognize that, you know, we have work to do and that we have healing to do and so that they can be, you know, use their voices to stand up and speak out when they see pain and suffering and bullying and racism and misogyny around them.

[Interviewer]

And you want them to see it so that they know.

[Jennifer Siebel Newsom]

I do. I'm a truth seeker. They need to know the truth.

[Joe Getty]

Wow. Again, that was. That was a symphony of pretension.

[Jack Armstrong]

I think, you know, many, many political pundits think the whole basket of deplorables is what got Trump elected. I think that's way beyond basket of deplorables. That's like, our red states are zoos of awfulness that you should take your kids to to learn how terrible everything is.

[Joe Getty]

Don't touch the locals, kids. Don't touch the locals.

[Jack Armstrong]

Like you drive through in a bus and look out the window and see little racism over there and bigotry over

[Joe Getty]

there and a little like, it's a wildlife park. Yeah, exactly. Keep your windows rolled up, kids. Keep the windows rolled up.

[Jennifer Siebel Newsom]

They'll become dependent empathy so that they themselves can be the change they wish to see in the world.

[Joe Getty]

I counted at least eight different restatements of I want my kids to be enlightened. So I'm showing them all the ugliness in this terrible country. Yeah. Wow. And the contrast with the basket of deplorables thing is, Hillary kind of tossed that off, describing, like, the hardcore anti Obama crowd. And it was a terrible misstep, and it was Misstep. And it was pretentious and it was condescending. But that's Hillary Clinton we're talking about. Jennifer Siebel Newsom will give you five paragraphs on how deplorable the deplorables are. And she will spout that proudly and intentionally. In contrast to Hillary.

[Jennifer Siebel Newsom]

That's a great question.

[Joe Getty]

Well, that's a great point, Joe. Yeah, I'm a true thinker. It ends with that exclamation point of vomitus. I'm a truth seeker. I seek the truth. I want my children to be truth seekers.

[Jack Armstrong]

To each their own. And they seem happily married. And I'm, I'm divorced, so I shouldn't make any comment. I just can't imagine sitting through an evening with her listening to that sort of thing unless that. Unless she doesn't do that act at home, maybe constantly or something on the

[Katie]

ground floor of some establishment. Because I am launching myself out a window.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, I'm not comfortable going to their relationship for a variety of reasons. Super good looking power couple. Just leave it there. Yeah, I just, I think I'm for the grace of God. Yeah, I see your point.

[Katie]

Great point, honey.

[Jack Armstrong]

How is he? This is a for real, because I've read a lot of books about a lot of campaigns. This is a for real problem that even if he doesn't admit it, he's got strategists that know she is a negative for them that they got to figure out how to handle.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, yeah, think about your, you know, semi rural suburban Ohio voter who knows she's talking about them. They're not in Alabama, but they know. Oh my God, she'll be poison. It's too bad, isn't it? Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty, we've decided

[Jack Armstrong]

to call this the best weekend talk show in America. And if you like it, download Armstrong, you get it on demand. In baseball, checking after the first week roughly of baseball, still about 50% of the time the robot is right versus the umpire. So it's averaging like two or three times per game that people are trying this. Hey, I don't think that was a ball. I think it was a strike or vice versa. And it's about 50, 50. So anything to conclude from that?

[Joe Getty]

I don't know.

[Jack Armstrong]

I suppose, I suppose. You know, you can look at it two ways, but those close calls where you thought the umpire was wrong, well, half the time you were right. The ump was wrong.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. And it's a lot harder to call balls and strikes than you think it is.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't Know how anybody does it.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

And I certainly don't know how anybody does it watching on tv. I've never understood that. I don't have an eye for it, but I've never stood sitting in the sands a hundred yards away.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, come on.

[Jack Armstrong]

I just. I've never understood that. Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

As an umpire buddy of mine has put it, there's a reason we don't position the home plate umpire 14 ROL back 100 yards that way.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. Interesting.

[Joe Getty]

And the also commented, umpires are expected to learn a new strike zone without any visible references, without any training in the machine that Major League Baseball uses. The measure has a calibration error and a measurement error, but they hold the umpire to one tenth of an inch for the accuracy of their ball. Strike decisions.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I don't like where it's going, but I guess a lot of baseball purists do, so whatever. Katie, tell us about the bugs that are eating people's eyeballs.

[Katie]

All right. The Mosquito and Vector Control district says that the San Gabriel Valley in California is seeing a surging population of tiny eyeball biting flies.

[Joe Getty]

Well, this won't haunt my dreams, they said.

[Jack Armstrong]

Is this a new fly or has it always been around?

[Katie]

No, it's been around, but last year at this time, guys fly traps for these little guys were catching just in the single digits. This year, the number of these flies caught has been in the hundreds.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, they bite your eyeballs?

[Katie]

Specifically the tiny black flies. They are known to bite people's eyeballs and necks.

[Jack Armstrong]

My neck is fine, but eyeball. Does it hurt?

[Joe Getty]

I can't feel very good.

[Katie]

Not seasoned and being bitten in the eyeball.

[Joe Getty]

Jack, this is a biblical plague. I mean, clearly it's probably because all the sodomy.

[Katie]

Gotta be the sodomy.

[Jack Armstrong]

Gavin Newsom's gonna have to answer for this. Eyeball eating flies on your watch. Yeah, yeah, I just.

[Joe Getty]

Well, I think I'm for the grace of God. Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty. This is the best weekend talk show in America.