Luke Burbank (7:16)
Yeah, I feel like because of the. This used to be maybe a once every six month conversation we would have to have or maybe, you know, once a year where it was like the events of the world were so upsetting that they were pushing their way into our minds. And it felt almost like we were being irresponsible if we didn't talk about it on the show. And yet something about the show that people love. I don't. Let me put it this way. I don't think that our listeners are unaware of what's happening in the world in Other words, I don't think that if we. If we tend to just talk about our lives and things that are very meaningless, like me forgetting to put the garbage out on time or whatever. Like, I don't think that we're doing that. And that means that our listeners will not be aware of the events in Minnesota. I think our listeners are aware of the events in Minnesota. And some of them will say to us, what I like about TBTL is I know where you guys stand on things, but I like having an hour break from the reality of the world. That's what TBTL provides for folks. So that's always in my mind that we are. We're like a little calm from the reality storm. And that is people appreciate that people need that break. And then on the other hand, I don't ever want it to seem like we're, you know, like we're. We're whistling past the graveyard. We're not. We're closing our eyes. Because I do really feel like at this point, being non political is a political choice. Like, I don't know if I've always believed that, but in this moment, I do think that that's really the thing. I think, you know, I think not having an opinion about what's going on, there is a choice in and of itself, and one that I really can't wrap my mind around, people feeling that way. And so this used to be something that would come up, not all the time. And now, because of what's going on with this administration, I feel like we have this conversation, like, once a week, either off air or on air, which is like, how much should we be talking about the real tragedy of the world versus how much should we be trying to be a place that is a little more fun and light and where people can kind of like, just have a moment of respite, in fact, even like this morning. So I'll just give you the timeline. Becca and I flew down here on Saturday and came here to this Airbnb in Miami. And of course, I sit down on the couch and I think she was, like, taking a shower or something. And I just immediately go into the most intense doom scroll of all time about what had happened in Minnesota. And I'm just, like, completely and totally wrecked by it to the point of being really emotional, you know, like having a really kind of an A. I don't know if I'd call it a breakdown, but I had a pretty hard time with it, let's just say, as I'm sure so many people did particularly Our friends in Minnesota especially. And. And then, you know, yesterday we. We. We got up here and we had. It was a nice day. The weather has been unseasonably warm here, which, by the way, is strange, considering part of America is, like, completely frozen. And then somehow you could still be in america and it's 80 degrees, which, as a metaphor probably for something. Right. Had a very relaxing day. And the whole day it felt like this tension of, like, we're sitting by a pool at the condo that we rented, and there are people that are protesting in Minnesota. And, like, we literally, like, on Saturday night, Becca and I, because she lived there in the Twin Cities for a good while, and we really asked ourselves, like, are we being a responsible being in Miami right now? Like, is our responsibility to actually go to Twin Cities, Just be two more people in those crowds? Like, I'm not saying. And that. I'm really not trying to say that the virtue signal, because we also didn't do it. That's my favorite kind of virtue signaling. The kind that involves no actual change in behavior on my part. But only considering it for about four minutes.
