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Are We Great Yet?

I've Had It

Thu Mar 05 2026

Summary

I’ve Had It – Episode Summary

Podcast: I’ve Had It
Episode: “Are We Great Yet?”
Date: March 5, 2026
Hosts: Jennifer Welch & Angie “Pumps” Sullivan
Guest: Brian Andrews (Country music artist & social commentator)
Special Appearances: Kylie (Producer), mentions of Josh (Jennifer’s husband)

Main Theme & Purpose

This episode blends comedy and sharp social commentary, tackling the absurdities and irritations of everyday American life – from unspoken texting etiquette to cultural hypocrisy and the intersection of country music, Christianity, and politics under the current political climate. Jennifer, Angie, producer Kylie, and special guest Brian Andrews riff candidly on personal peccadilloes, the spectacle of conservative performance, and the hope (and snark) required to persist through another Trump presidency.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Texting and Phone Call Etiquette

Opening Rant: Angie complains about people who trap you with a text and instantly call, knowing you have your phone (“Have you ever found yourself, like, I’ll be getting a lot of texts...I’m going to pretend like I’m not using my phone today.” – Jennifer, 02:47).
Anonymity & Avoidance: Jennifer notes smartphones make it nearly impossible to avoid people—your online activity betrays you even if you dodge texts.
Family Dynamics: Angie discusses ex-husband drama and how some people savor creating unnecessary conflict (“He enjoys more than anything having some drama where there is no drama.” – Jennifer, 04:38).

2. Misgendering Pets

Personal Grievance: Jennifer laments her husband’s years-long inability to correctly gender their pets (“We have had him for ten years, and the misgendering...the dogs don't like it.” – Jennifer, 07:05).
Pet Ownership & Projection: Both hosts reflect on how people project their own habits and histories, with Angie attributing her slip to having male dogs previously.

3. Texting, Instagram, and Our Surveillance Society

Feeling “Busted”: Jennifer describes how people notice her neglecting texts when she's active on Instagram, exposing the lack of real privacy (“That’s the thing about the smartphone. Anonymity and avoidance is damn near impossible.” – Jennifer, 03:34).

4. Performative Consumerism

The Stanley Cup Parable: Jennifer rails against the viral Stanley water tumbler (“Stop with the performative hydration...She took her cup and left her dog.” – Jennifer, 25:15, 25:42).
Airport Dog Abandonment: A viral story about a woman who left her dog but kept her cup serves as metaphor for misplaced priorities and “precursors to fuckery.”

5. Overblown Team-Building at Work

Listener Grievance: Kylie reads a listener email from a fed-up office worker who’s endured every team-building, personality test, and office celebration known to humankind (“I don’t have enough time left in my career to learn anything new. I don’t care about other people’s personality color because clearly they don't care about mine. Please. I’ve had it.” – Listener Email, 19:01)
Societal Inefficiency: Jennifer blames over-celebratory culture, linking today’s “trust falls and color tests” to societal inefficiency and the rise of unnecessary rituals (21:51).

6. Fashion, Identity, and Capitalist Guilt

Clothing & Self-Esteem: Jennifer admits she’s shallow and pretentious when it comes to fashion—new outfits make her feel invincible and more competent (16:43, 18:36). Kylie and Angie share their own perspectives on repeat clothing and capitalist pitfalls.
Memorable Confession:
- “If every day I put on a brand new outfit, I'd be fucking invincible.” – Jennifer (16:43)

7. Country Music, Christianity & Politics: Conversation with Brian Andrews

Brian’s Background & Perspective (34:18)

From a small, traditionally Democratic Missouri town now dominated by Republican & conservative Christian culture.
Notes how Christian identity is entwined with Republican politics: “...it would be like a sin almost to be a Democrat.” (Angie, 35:24)

On Christianity and Political Hypocrisy (36:33–38:47)

Brian and Angie discuss the dissonance between the supposed compassion of Christ and conservative policies:
- “To me, Christ was a brown-skinned socialist who loved immigrants and was feeding the poor, healing the sick...” – Brian (37:11)
Critique: Many Republicans pay more for privatized healthcare just to stop others from getting it, a choice at odds with Christ’s message.

On Speaking Out as an Artist (44:19–49:55)

Brian describes the risks of going political as a country artist—possibly alienating fans—but finds a large, supportive audience hungry for this view:
- "If I felt this way, I wasn't alone...If they're gonna cut the gate off you, I'll build a gate right next to it." – Brian (48:00)

Religion as a Shield for Bad Behavior (41:43–43:54)

Brian: Many use Christianity to dodge accountability, wielding faith as a political weapon:
- “That’s why people don't like Christians...she used her Christianity right there as a shield to hide herself from accountability.” (41:43)

Call-out of Country Music’s Political Landscape (32:15–33:38, 55:17)

Both hosts and Brian lament the genre’s reputation for political conformity—Brian’s success shows demand for more inclusive, activist voices:
- "If they're gonna talk, they're gonna talk...I want music to feel like an inclusive thing, but for so long, country music hasn't been." (48:00)

8. Society, Power, and Hypocrisy: “Pat It or Hit It” Game

A rapid-fire segment reacting to current events and institutions (“Pat it” = support, “Had it” = fed up):

ICE and Immigration Camps:
- “They're piling people up. They're taking them to concentration camps. You hear story after story...” (Angie, 54:02)
- “We call these people bootlickers...they feel like they're the boot and they like it.” (Brian, 54:12)
MAGA Media Takeover:
- “The most American thing you can do is use your first amendment right to speak out against the injustices...” (Brian, 57:16)
Billionaires:
- “Eat the rich...To have that much money and power and to not help anybody with it is insane.” (Brian, 57:23)
- “We equate, like, smart and all the positive attributes to a billionaire...Now I'm like, this is one of the most diabolical fuckers on the planet.” (Angie, 58:46)
Racism & Historical Erasure:
- “Donald Trump was found guilty of not renting to people of color...then tries to remove history from Philadelphia parks and museums...You're trying to tell me this ain't racist?” (Brian, 61:02)
- “We are never ever going to fulfill our goals as a nation if we don't acknowledge and attempt to repair the kind of racism that the Black community has faced forever.” (Angie, 62:47)
America’s Future:
- “I think we’re gonna start seeing real patriots stand up...our story doesn’t stop here.” (Brian, 65:59)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

On Performative Hydration: “She took her cup and left her dog.” – Jennifer, 25:42
On Team-building Overkill: “Can I just work? I don't have enough time left in my career to learn anything new.” – Listener Email, 19:01
On Small-town Christian Culture: “You don’t get to say, ‘I just want to be left alone,’ and wipe my hands clean when you see all this is going on.” – Brian Andrews, 33:10
On Fashion & Insecurity: “If every day I put on a brand new outfit, I'd be fucking invincible.” – Jennifer, 16:43
On Billionaires: “Eat the rich. That’s my number one public enemy.” – Brian Andrews, 57:23
On Accountability: “That's why people don't like Christians...she used her Christianity right there as a shield to hide herself from accountability.” – Brian Andrews, 41:43
On Hope for America: “I think we’re gonna start seeing real patriots stand up...our story doesn’t stop here.” – Brian Andrews, 65:59

Key Timestamps

00:33: Angie’s text/call rant
02:47: Jennifer on dodging texts & digital surveillance
06:06: Jennifer’s pet misgendering grievance
13:57: Kylie on outfit fatigue & performative dressing
19:01: Listener email - anti-team-building
23:04: News story – woman abandons dog at airport, keeps Stanley cup
32:01: Brian Andrews interview begins
36:33: Christianity, conservatism, & hypocrisy discussion
41:43: Religion as shield segment
51:57: Pat It or Hit It game
65:59: Brian’s take: Hit it or Pat it? – The United States of America
68:08: Brian’s info and closing remarks

Tone & Style

Language: Direct, salty, and sharp; lots of rolling sarcasm and candid self-reflection; empathic but irreverent.
Energy Level: High; witty exchanges, lots of laughter, and cutting honesty.
Speaker Attribution: All notable quotes above are attributed in-line and with timestamps for listener reference.

Summary for New Listeners

If you missed the episode, here’s what to know: Jennifer, Angie, Kylie, and guest Brian Andrews shoot straight on the everyday and existential annoyances of 2026 America. They expose the hypocrisy behind performative behaviors, religious posturing, and conservative gatekeeping—especially in places as “innocent” as texting, pet pronouns, team-building, and country music. Brian’s frank perspective on faith and activism provides hope and ballast against the show’s comedic exasperation. Outbursts about billionaires, racism, and performative consumerism are punctuated with memorable quotes and the signature “Pat It or Hit It” game. The tone is deeply honest, profane, and cathartic—perfect for anyone who’s had it with the status quo… and wants to laugh about it while plotting change.

For fans:
Stay tuned for Jennifer & Angie’s new daily podcast, “IHIP News,” for more political commentary – “Always served with a side of petty grievances.”

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Transcript

Jennifer (0:03)

So are we supposed to start the podcast?

Angie (0:06)

Ready? 1, 2, 3.

Jennifer (0:09)

Patriots, gay trio, Theatriots, Black Triots, Brown Trio, and all of the Triple Trumpers. And anybody on the planet that actually still supports Trump can do what? Pumps off. Welcome to America's Top DEI Podcast. Trying to change the minds of voters one episode at a time. Pumps. What have you had it with?

Angie (0:33)

Okay, what I've had it with are people that trap you with a text and then immediately call you so they know you have your phone in your hand. So if you ignore it, you're just, like, the biggest dick on the planet. It's like the minute the bubbles start, then they call you, or the minute it gets delivered, they call you. And I just. I. I don't. I'm sure it's my codependency, but I'm just like. I can't ignore it at this point because they know I have my phone in my hand and I'm typing to them. Hate.

Jennifer (1:04)

Yeah, yeah, that's a good one. I. I think I both hate this and do this. I think this is one of those where I've had it with it, but I also participate in the grievance because sometimes I have to tell somebody something. And, you know, it's hard to get tone in text. Like, sometimes when I'm writing out a text, I notice I'm, like, using four exclamation points, and then I'm like, backtrack, backtrack, backtrack. Am I really that enthusiastic about this? And then I just put the period, and then I'm like, does that make me sound like a cunt? You know, is it one exclamation point? So sometimes if I text somebody something and then they respond, I'm like, I have to tell them in person. Like, I want the voice to voice contact. But I, too, have been in this trap where somebody has texted me and I just want to respond really quick to clear out my text. You know, texts that need to be returned, and then I get zapped with the call. And depending on how much I like the person, will I answer? If it's a person I absolutely 100% don't want to talk to, I have no problem saying, so, sorry, can't chat right now. Can only text.

Angie (2:10)

Oh, see, that's. I hadn't thought of that. But I will say this about you, because I thought about that. You and I kind of do that sometimes. But here's the difference. You can call and say, hey, do you know where the red lipstick is? Yes. Da, da, da. Okay. Bye. Like, it's not prolonged. The problem with these people is they're the prolongers. They want to talk about superfluous shit. If it was just a question, in and out, let's do this. I don't care. But it's never the people that are efficient. It's always the people that just prolong everything.

Jennifer (28:20)

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Brian Andrews (36:33)

Yeah, I think, I mean, you would. Like even in a small town now you run across people, especially in my hometown, I'm sure that if you ask them like, you know, why do you vote Republican? And you know, one of their deep rooted issues is like, I vote Republican because I'm supposed to, because I'm a Christian. Right. So like Christianity is very closely correlated with the conservative party, which for me is weird because it seems like the further it's, it's true for both ways. The further I get into my faith, the further left I get and the further I get into like my values, the more religious I get. Right. So I mean, because I think to me Christ was a brown skinned socialist who loved immigrants and you know, was feeding the poor, healing the sick. You know, I mean like the whole, the whole premise of Jesus was that like everybody's supposed to be taken care of. Right. But, but you see in the Republican Party specifically, I think in the United States is that like, it's very individualistic. So in their mind it's like, well, why should I have to pay more in taxes if you know somebody else that's lazy and doesn't want to get a job just needs health insurance or you know, SNAP benefits or whatever, why should I have to pay for that out of my check when I get up and go to work for 60 hours a week? And on the paper that seems like logical, but it's not. I mean, like, these people are willingly paying more for privatized health care and private health insurance and things like that so that people can't get access right to healthcare. So that's what I'm saying. Like, they're willing to pay more out of pocket so only they can have health insurance when. If they just would pay for. Or if we just had a program like single pay healthcare, they would end up paying less for insurance or in taxes for insurance, you know, like for health care. And everybody else would be able to have access to health care too. So the, the mindset is really backwards to me because it's like, I just don't understand how you're willing to actually pay more so people will be able to die versus paying left or less and have the same access to all the health care you need, and people will still be able to go to the emergency room and not have to file for bankruptcy.

Brian Andrews (39:24)

Yeah, that's. That's a big thing for me because, like, I feel like I'm, you know, I'm a Christian myself, and I feel like as a Christian, it's my responsibility to call things out when I see them, you know. So, like, especially in country music, it's like this so close correlation. And you see it all the time. Like, a vote against Donald Trump is a vote against God. And like, that to me is just. It's blasphemous, right? I mean, like, you're, you're not. First of all, like, the Conservative Party is ultra good at being like, oh, a vote against. Or a vote against Donald Trump is a vote against God. And then they'll come out and say, well, Jesus doesn't have a political party, right? And it's like, yeah, but you just used him as a weapon to prop your political party up. So, like, when I feel that's what people come at me all the time, they're like, oh, well, you're using Jesus for your side, too. And I'm like, no, dude, I'm just using. Using Jesus as a defense because you used him as a weapon first. So I'M just using them as a, as a way to say, hey, if you're going to use Jesus as a weapon, Jesus wouldn't do this. You know what I'm saying? So I mean, for me, like, that's where especially like in country music, it's ultra conservative and ultra, like the, not just the audience, but even some people in the industry and everything are very, very religious. And that's okay. I don't have a problem with people being Christian. I have a problem with people like using Christianity to shield them from accountability or to bury their head in the sand when it comes to like what's happening in the world and things like that. I think that's the big thing right there. Like you see not just in country music, but everywhere, like in the Pam Bondi eps or the congressional hearing she just did, right. Jared Maskowitz asks her, you know, like, you know, what are you doing with the Epstein files and all this stuff? But then he goes on a tangent or he goes on to describe like the Trump Bible and holds up the Trump Bible and it gets a laugh and stuff like that. And so what she does is she doesn't all while wearing a big cross around her neck, she says, well, I'm not even going to dignify that with a response because you just made fun of the Bible. And so in that moment, that's why people don't like Christians, right? That's why they have a bad view of Christians, because she used her Christianity right there as a shield up to hide herself from accountability.

Brian Andrews (55:17)

Had it. Yeah. I mean, like, that's, that's how I feel. Like how, how it feels watching MAGA take over media and like, spaces like the manosphere and things like that is how I felt watching like this ultra conservative movement and Christian nationalism take over country music for the last 20 years, you know what I'm saying? So, I mean, like, watching it happen everywhere now is like, okay, everybody's kind of finally seeing what the I'm seeing. Right? You know, because I mean, in country music. And I don't think it was necessarily all Toby Keith's fault, but like he wrote these very ultra patriotic songs after 911 and things like that, you know, we'll stick a boot up your ass. It's the American way type. And I love those songs and I. Because I mean after 911 everybody was so unified and everything like that. And it was just this moment where everybody could be like, we're strong. You know, I mean, they might have got us that day, but we're going to come back and beat their ass. Right? You know, but like the, the whole premise of like that movement has just been feeding this like, and stoking the flames of this movement that's like, nah, we can control everything. We can have it all and we can make everybody do what the we want. You know what I'm saying? So like with, with country music, I think it's gotten really like, that's why you see the, you know, the Aldeans of the world waving that American flag at these shows and saying, if you don't like the way this country is, get the out of here, you know, or just leave and like that. When in reality the reason I spe out about like the most American thing you can do is use your first amendment right to speak out against the injustices and things like that that you see in America. Right? So, I mean, I'm right. Like I'm, I'm. I feel like a patriot because I'm speaking out. I feel like a patriot because it's my responsibility as an American to hold up the idea of a land that was free for everybody in it. That's why I always say America, 250 years ago made a deal with us that this land would be the freest place on the Earth. And I'm here to make sure she holds up her end of the bargain.

Brian Andrews (63:02)

Yeah, exactly. And it's really just like, this is why I have an extreme problem with people who are willing to ignore history, like, or just like, be like, oh, it's not like it was back then or whatever. Like, the similarities aren't really there, blah, blah, blah. And it's like, yeah, they are. And the problem with you not it acknowledging that they are is that you're leading us right down the path that led them there back then. You know what I'm saying? And so, like, for me, you know, I watched one of my creator friends, his name is Judah, on Tick Tock all the time. His handle is both of these. But he is great. He's an African American creator. And he said something right after the Alex Pretty shooting that really resonated with me because it's true and I'm guilty of this as well. He said, you know, I just can't help but think that because there was mass outrage, obviously, after the. The Pretty shooting and the renegade shootings and stuff like that, as there should have been. But he's like, I can't help but think that if we just would have cared this much when the victims were only black and brown, and none of this would have happened. And he was. He's 100 right about. And I think about that quite a bit because I'm like, dude, that's so true. And like, for me, that's why I speak out on, like, especially during, like, Black History Month and things like that, because the current president obviously doesn't think that we even need a Black History Month, you know what I'm saying? So what I'm like, when I'm trying to educate myself about those things, I have to be able to speak out about the injustice that I see now because I have to believe before I go to sleep at night or I won't sleep at night, that I would have stood up back then during the Jim Crow era or, you know, when I watched if I was alive during Rosa Parks or things like that. I have to believe that I would have stood up then, too, and stood in solidarity with those people so that they could have the freedoms that they wanted and needed and were. Were they should have been given right from the inception of this country. Right. You know, and so that's what I'm saying. Like, when I. When I think of things, I have to be able to reconcile it with myself that I. I would have stood up back then. Because the truth is, if I don't say nothing now, when they're, like, trying to find a legal way to sit around these things and, like, trying to fool the public and stuff like that, if I don't speak up now, then I don't think I would have then, you know, so I'm like, God, yeah,