We do a little processing of what the hell happened with the election, including where we think the Democrats fucked up, and where we go from here. We are joined by our very important, insightful, and charismatic friend Ronald Young Jr, of Oh Its Big Ron Studios. It's his 4th time appearing on this show, we ran the receipts.

Our assessment basically boils down to this: the Democrats did not find a way to speak to working people, using language that appeals to elites but is not accessible to working people, despite championing wildly popular policies. But of course, they are, as Ronald would say, showing up to a boxing match where sure, maybe they could have trained harder, but the Republicans just straight up have razor blades in their gloves. We need to figure out whether we are going to literally die on the hill with the moral high ground, or whether eventually the Democrats will also have to start changing the rule book like the Republicans have been doing all along. Deondre' thinks we can win straight up, but only if Democrats take the opportunity of being in the minority party to openly criticize the wildly unpopular genocide in Gaza, and figure out how to actually build a coalition.

Aside from dunking on the Democrats, we talk about the importance of podcasts in this election, given that Trump not only went on Joe Rogan, but 13 other podcasts, which resulted in 124 million views on YouTube, compared to the 5 podcasts Kamala went on which only got about 4 million views. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOJI9Rw-EZ0&ab_channel=ColinandSamir)

Deondre' is starting a new trend called #RippedforTrump, which basically entails going to the gym because there are about to be a lot of things outside of our control in the coming months, but one thing you can always control is your body. Isabel had a (mildly flirtatious?) run-in with a Trump canvasser which resulted in her lamenting the fact that we tend to be the party of wusses, which gives even more reason for us all to go to the gym.

Links:
Ronald's shows:
Weight For It: https://www.radiotopia.fm/podcasts/weight-for-it
Leaving the Theater: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/leaving-the-theater/id1481268414
Pop Culture Debate Club: https://lemonadamedia.com/show/pop-culture-debate-club-with-ronald-young-jr/