FULL SHOW: Loren LoRosa Honored at Ebony Power 100, Cardi B & Stefon Diggs Reveal Baby’s Gender + Ms. Pat & Jordan E. Cooper Interview

Summary

The Breakfast Club (iHeartPodcasts) — November 5, 2025

Episode: Loren LoRosa Honored at Ebony Power 100, Cardi B & Stefon Diggs Reveal Baby’s Gender + Ms. Pat & Jordan E. Cooper Interview

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Overview

This episode of The Breakfast Club is brimming with energy, laughter, and serious conversation as DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, and Charlamagne Tha God break down major headlines post-Election Day. The main themes include:

• A breakdown of pivotal election results and the ongoing government shutdown
• Pop culture updates, personal milestones (with Lauren LaRosa celebrating her Ebony Power 100 honor)
• Interviews with comedian Ms. Pat and playwright Jordan E. Cooper about generational humor, shifting social norms, and representation
• Candid discussion with journalistic guest Mehdi Hasan on the future of progressive politics in America
• Entertainment news, including Cardi B and Stefon Diggs' baby announcement, and celebrity moments

The show balances political analysis with the hosts’ trademark humor and direct style, while featuring perspectives from both listeners and high-profile guests.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Post-Election Recap & Government Shutdown

Timestamps: 06:24–12:02; 36:11–42:45

• Democrats’ Big Night: Significant wins highlighted in New York, Virginia, California, and New Jersey — especially Zoran Mamdani's upset mayoral victory in NYC, defeating Andrew Cuomo.
  • Quote: “New York, tonight you have delivered a mandate for change… New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant.” — Zoran Mandani’s victory speech (36:46)
• Ongoing Government Shutdown: Now the longest in US history, with massive impacts on federal workers, SNAP, Head Start, WIC, and air travel.
• Panel Debate: DJ Envy and Jess advocate for reopening the government to help suffering families, even as some listeners urge Democrats to stand firm on healthcare.
  • Quote: “People got rent due. People got childcare to pay for, light bills, car notes… Let’s stop playing politics with people's lives.” —DJ Envy (09:49)
• Callers: Federal workers and military families share the real-life toll of missed paychecks.
• Insight: Discussion about political gridlock, the hardships on everyday people, and frustration with both parties for failing to end the shutdown.

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2. Lauren LaRosa Honored at Ebony Power 100

Timestamps: 19:33–20:48; 21:44–35:42

• Lauren’s Milestone: Lauren LaRosa is spotlighted for her achievements—honored as a “Media Maven” at the Ebony Power 100 Gala.
  • She recaps red carpet moments and emotional acceptance speeches from Black cultural icons, including the cast of "Girlfriends," Clarrisa Shields, Tracee Ellis Ross, and Teyana Taylor.
  • Memorable Quote:
    • “This year marks the 25th anniversary of Girlfriends... Thank you Ebony for celebrating our stories and for naming me as Pathbreaker.” —Tracee Ellis Ross (32:26)
    • “Thank you, Ebony, for the amazing honor. I’m so honored to be here.” —Teyana Taylor (34:26)
• Significance: Showcases the importance of Black media, representation, and community.

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3. Celebrity Updates & Pop Culture

Timestamps: 73:53–78:50

• Baby Announcement: Cardi B and Stefon Diggs are expecting a baby boy.
  • Quote: “It’s a boy. That’s enough for me. I can’t wait to make him do push-ups…” —Stefon Diggs (74:07)
• Diddy’s Incarcerated Birthday: Diddy celebrated a very different birthday—his fellow inmates made him a cake and gave him applesauce.
• 50 Cent & Taraji TV Project: News of 50 Cent adapting a novel for TV with Taraji P. Henson.

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4. Ms. Pat & Jordan E. Cooper Interview — Comedy & Candidness

Timestamps: 43:24–57:04

• Showcase: Ms. Pat shines with razor-sharp wit, discussing marriage, parenting, and the authentic voice behind her BET show, Ms. Pat Settles It.
• Authentic Storytelling: Jordan E. Cooper, the show’s creator, explains the need for sitcoms that capture real, unfiltered Black voices, referencing how past legends (like Bernie Mac) couldn’t always be themselves on TV.
  • Quote: “I wanted to create a sitcom that allowed her to just be… let her say her unfiltered self.” — Jordan E. Cooper (47:33)
• On Social Tensions & Cancel Culture:
  • Jess Hilarious recounts being barred from the show for comments regarding gender identity.
  • Ms. Pat and Jordan E. Cooper advocate for nuanced, respectful dialogue, emphasizing acceptance and respect rather than cancellation.
    • “Let people be whoever they want to be… You say you a woman, you a woman.” —Ms. Pat (53:41)
    • “It's about respect. It's about, I respect what you do, you respect what I do… let’s have a conversation.” —Jordan E. Cooper (56:11)
• Poverty & SNAP Programs: Ms. Pat offers a moving reminder not to vilify families on government assistance, drawing on her personal experience and underscoring how policy debates directly affect children.
  • Quote: “Nobody asked to be born into a family of poverty... when you out here celebrating [people] not eating, that child is who you’re hurting.” —Ms. Pat (65:29)

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5. Donkey of the Day: Van Jones & Progressive Politics

Timestamps: 79:16–86:33

• Charlamagne’s Take: Van Jones is named “Donkey of the Day” for criticizing Zoran Mandani’s inclusive and activist victory speech as “divisive.”
  • Quote: “Let people know he will be a mayor for all New Yorkers… There was no opportunity missed. The man just won.” —Charlamagne Tha God (83:04)
• Mehdi Hasan’s Analysis: Van Jones’s criticism is juxtaposed with his past embrace of unity rhetoric for Trump, noting establishment hesitancy toward boldly progressive leaders.
  • Quote: “That tells you more about Van Jones than it does about Zoran Mandani… [Mandani] united a multiracial, multicultural, multi income coalition.” —Mehdi Hasan (85:13)

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6. Post-Election Panel: Democratic Party, Socialism, and Policy Mandates

Timestamps: 86:57–110:39

• Mehdi Hasan’s Deep Dive: The journalist discusses the procedural hurdles Mandani and other progressives face, the significance of Democratic turnout, and policy promises (universal childcare, free public transportation, rent stabilization).
  • Quote: “He’s got a massive mandate... They should be saying every day: more than a million people voted for me.”—Mehdi Hasan (95:43)
• Debate Over Policy “Timers”: Hosts probe whether Mandani can deliver on ambitious pledges, especially facing state-level and federal resistance.
• Government Shutdown Redux: The roles of Democrats and Republicans are debated fiercely, with Mehdi arguing that Democrats shouldn’t always bear the onus for governing responsibly.
  • Quote: “You can't have a political system that always relies on only the Democratic Party being the responsible party.” —Mehdi Hasan (105:58)

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7. Cultural Moments & Listener Calls

Throughout the Show

• Open Phones: Listeners call in to share struggles with missed paychecks, thoughts on the shutdown, and gratitude for the show’s coverage of mental health and politics.
• Closing Bits: There’s a sharp, candid, but warm exchange over black celebrity dating preferences—Mario addresses criticism over his non-black partner, and the hosts reflect on social media expectations vs. personal happiness.
• Comedic Banter: The crew keeps the tone playful throughout, poking fun at each other’s routines, “wax appointments,” and fashion.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• Ms. Pat on Poverty & Stigma (65:29):
  "Nobody asked to be born into a family of poverty... when you out here celebrating [people] not eating, that child is who you’re hurting."

• Zoran Mandani’s Victory Speech (36:46):
  “New York will remain a city of immigrants… powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant.”

• Tracee Ellis Ross, Pathbreaker Award (32:26):
  “Please do not wait for something or someone in order to experience all that’s possible for your life.”

• DJ Envy on Government Gridlock (09:49):
  “Let’s stop playing politics with people’s lives, man… open the government.”

• Mehdi Hasan on Policy Mandates (95:43):
  "They should be saying every day: more than a million people voted for me… that is his mandate.”

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Government Shutdown & Political News: 06:24–12:02, 36:11–42:45
• Lauren at Ebony Power 100: 19:33–20:48, 21:44–35:42
• Entertainment Segment/Cardi B Baby News: 73:53–78:50
• Ms. Pat & Jordan E. Cooper Interview: 43:24–57:04
• Donkey of the Day (Van Jones vs. Mandani): 79:16–86:33
• Mehdi Hasan Panel (Progressive Politics): 86:57–110:39
• Listener Calls/Miscellaneous Banter: Throughout

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Overall Tone

This episode expertly blends serious news analysis with celebratory and comedic moments, reflecting both the gravity of political developments and the importance of cultural milestones in Black America. The hosts’ humor and authenticity ground the show, making even complex policy discussions accessible and engaging.

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Summary by [Breakfast Club Engager], 2025.

Transcript

[Lauren LaRosa]

This is an I Heart Podcast.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

On the podcast Health Stuff, we are tackling all the health questions that keep you up at night.

[Mimi Brown]

I'm Dr. Priyanka Wali, a double board certified physician.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And I'm Hari Kundabolu, a comedian and someone who once googled Do I have scurvy at 3am and on our show we're talking about health in a different way. Like our episode where we look at diabetes in the United states.

[Mimi Brown]

I mean, 50% of Americans are pre diabetic.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How preventable is type 2? Extremely.

[Mimi Brown]

Listen to Health Stuff on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. The murder of an 18 year old girl in Graves County, Kentucky went unsolved for years until a local housewife, a journalist and a handful of girls came forward with a story.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

America, y' all better wake the hell up. Bad things happens to good people in small towns.

[Mimi Brown]

Listen to Graves county on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. And to binge the entire season ad free. Subscribe to Lava for Good plus on Apple Podcasts.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm Hunter, host of Hunting for Answers.

[Mimi Brown]

On the Black Effect Podcast Network. Join me every weekday as I share.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Bite sized stories of missing and murdered.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Women and girls in America.

[Mimi Brown]

Stories like Erica Hunt, a young mother.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Vanished without a trace after a family.

[Mimi Brown]

Gathering on 4th of July weekend 2016. No goodbyes, no clues, just gone.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Listen to Hunting for Answers every weekday.

[Mimi Brown]

On the Black Effect Podcast Network, iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[DJ Envy]

Hey, I'm Kyle McLaughlin. You might know me as that guy from Twin Peaks, Sex and the City or just the Internet Stand. I have a new podcast called what Are We Even Doing? Where I embark on a noble quest to understand the brilliant chaos of youth culture. Each week I invite someone fascinating to join me to talk about navigating this high speed rollercoaster we call reality. Join me and my delightful guests every Thursday and let's get weird together in a good way. Listen to what Are We Even doing on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wherever you get your podcasts.

[DJ Envy]

The Rich Russians Falling out of Windows Podcast is back. Sad Oligarch Season 2 Since we left you in 2023, after season one, many politically motivated Russian millionaires have continued to die in suspicious circumstances. Season two gets very weird. Listen to Sad Oligarch on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning usa.

[Mehdi Hasan]

Yo yo yo yo yo yo yo.

[DJ Envy]

Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Jess. Hilarious. You'll be here in a second. Charlemagne.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

To God, peace to the planet.

[DJ Envy]

Guess what day it is. Guess what day it is. Good morning. How y' all feel out there? I feel blessed, black and highly favored with. Happy to be another day to serve our beautiful listeners, man, the day after Election Day.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

That's right.

[DJ Envy]

What's happening? How you feel? How you feel? How you feel?

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

We got a lot to break down. I'm sure Mimi's gonna be breaking it down. We got a special guest joining us this morning that's gonna be talking about elections as well, right?

[DJ Envy]

Yes. Well, first of all, Jordan e. Cooper and Ms. Pat will be here with us this morning. Right. I'm sure Ms. Pat will have something to say as well. Okay. Cause season three of Ms. Pat settles. It started last night at 10:00 Eastern on BET. And Mehdi Hasan. Mehdi Hasan will be joining us this morning as well to talk about all things Zoran Mundani, I'm sure. And you know, what happened last night all across the country. Well, not all across the country, but in Virginia, New Jersey, California, even Boston.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Cali, there was a lot going on. Did you stay up late or not?

[DJ Envy]

Man, I couldn't sleep. I was up, you know, I left cnn. I hosted this CNN election night special last night with Teslin Figaro. And Kara Swisher was on there. Ben Shapiro, Anna from the Young Turks Network. Who else? Harry Interview. Isabella. I can't remember Isabella's last name, but I was hosting that. And then when I left, I was just up. I was up. My mind was racing, thinking about a lot of different things, you know, I mean, especially a lot of the stuff that we saw last night. So I was up, I don't think. I only got like three hours of sleep. I was up talking and texting and, you know, my financial advisor is Ugandan, so he called me really, really late last night and he's on the west coast, so I answered the phone and he was like, just want you to know, we taking over. We taking over. Just want you to know, Uganda up right now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, my good.

[DJ Envy]

That was interesting.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Yeah, it was a lot to discuss. You know, I love the fact that they talk in politics in school very, very, very early. My daughter didn't know much about it, but she did know that the governor was a airplane pilot.

[DJ Envy]

Well, Mikey Sherrill.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Yeah, knew. She was a former, you know, pilot. And they Were curious about taxes. That's what they were curious about. They was like, so how does this tax thing work? I guess they talk about it in school. So it was great to break that down and let them watch it. What's up, Jeff?

[Lauren LaRosa]

What's up?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning.

[DJ Envy]

You smell good this morning, Jess.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thank you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I smell good every morning, Char.

[DJ Envy]

I never noticed. I just noticed this morning.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Thank you. Wow. But thank you. Y' all hear about Mom Donnie?

[Mehdi Hasan]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Shorty.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I was happy. I was happy about that because I knew something.

[Mehdi Hasan]

But why?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why? Because I was the first to know. Usually y' all hit the group chat, right? And y' all be like, yeah, such and such. I, I, I, I, I found out first. He was doing cnn.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

I was watching.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. But it was an election night special, so he was actually watching.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It didn't matter. I hit y' all first.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I, I said it first.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I was like, yeah, yeah, I seen it on tv. He was like, I'm gonna call you back. I'm. I'm doing cnn. Ah, I know something.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's the best. I know something.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

All right.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. All right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I knew first.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

All right, well, let's get the show cracking. Mimi will be breaking it down after Jess, you know, because Jess knew it first.

[DJ Envy]

But yes, we'll get the weed told. Just.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey, yo, we'll get to that.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Next. It's the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Good morning.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Jess. Hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. What's up, Mimi?

[Mimi Brown]

Good morning, Envy. Jess, Charlemagne. How y' all doing this morning?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning. Good.

[Mimi Brown]

Good morning. All right, so we start this morning on day 36 of the government shutdown. It is now the officially. It is now officially the longest US Running shutdown in history, and the ripple effects are spreading everywhere. So after more than a month without a deal, millions of Americans are feeling the fallout. From parents who can't send their kids to preschool, to families struggling to buy groceries, to federal workers missing yet another paycheck on Capitol H. Yesterday, Senate Democrats once again rejected a short term funding bill. This is the 14th failed vote so far. A small bipartisan group is trying to find common ground. But in public, both sides are still blaming each other for the shutdown. Now, Majority Leader John Thune says Democrats are blocking progress, while Minority Leader Chuck Schumer argues that Republicans are turning their back on working families, especially those who rely on Head Start, wic, and snap. Now, across the country, Head Start programs are closing as federal funds dry up, leaving tens of thousands of children without early learning, hot meals or a safe space while their parents work. And some teachers have also been furloughed. And many parents are scrambling to find childcare they can no longer afford. And then yesterday morning, President Trump adding more fuel to that fire, posting on Truth Social that no federal food benefits would go out until Democrats agreed to reopen the government. He wrote, SNAP benefits will be given only when the radical left Democrats open up the government and not before. Now, that sparked sparked confusion and panic among families struggling to buy food. Hours later, the White House facing tough questions about what the president really meant. Let's listen to that. The administration is fully complying with the court order.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I just spoke to the president about it. The recipients of these SNAP benefits need.

[Mimi Brown]

To understand it's going to take some.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Time to receive this money because the.

[Mimi Brown]

Democrats have forced the administration into a very untenable position.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We are digging into a contingency fund.

[Mimi Brown]

That is supposed to be for emergencies, catastrophes for war, and the president does.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Not want to have to tap into.

[Mimi Brown]

This fund in the future.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And that's what he was referring to in his Truth Social post. So the Department of Agriculture, as for.

[Mimi Brown]

The latest SNAP payment in the judge's order, put out guidance to states today on how to get that money to.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The recipients of snap.

[Mimi Brown]

But it's going to take some time.

[DJ Envy]

It's time to open the government back up. Y' all Dems, you had a great night last night. The premiums have already gone up. They are set for the year. It's time to move on. We appreciate the fight, the valiant effort, but come on, man, people got rent due. People got childcare to pay for life bills, card notes. I feel for all those federal workers who have missed two paychecks already, especially when most of them are living paycheck to paycheck people not getting their SNAP benefits. It's time to reopen the government. I don't care whose fault it was. Let's stop playing politics with people's lives.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

People mad at you for saying that they feel like the Democrats should fight, fight, fight, fight, fight. But, but what's the reason you're saying the fight is over?

[DJ Envy]

The fight is over because the premiums have already gone up and they're set for the year. And now you have a whole group of people which are federal workers who have already missed two paychecks. So I understand that, you know, you don't want high health care premiums, but what about people who can't pay their rent right now? Right. About people who can't pay their Cardinals right now. People who can't pay their daycare. I don't care whose fault it is or was. Let's stop playing politics with people's lives, man. Let's reopen the government. We can. We can still have this fight about health care while the government is open.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And why are people upset that he's saying that?

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Because he's saying, like, the. The Democrats are giving up and they just give in to what the Republicans are doing. But what he's saying is, is the premiums already got to a point where you're fighting for really fighting, not much of anything back up so people could pay their bills.

[DJ Envy]

Republicans are not gonna get these people no concessions. They're just not like they. They are cool with letting people starve.

[Mehdi Hasan]

Right.

[DJ Envy]

Democrats can't be. Democrats can't be the party that is cool with letting people starve. Yeah.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

He just said it. He said that. Hey, I don't care what just passed today. I ain't opening.

[DJ Envy]

I'm not doing it.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

I ain't doing it until they open this country back up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You can't eat.

[DJ Envy]

You can't pay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You can't do this.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Hey, you on your own. I ain't doing nothing to the Democrats over this company.

[DJ Envy]

That was crazy. They're playing a game. Democrats have to care. They're the party of the people, right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

The party of the working class. Right. They have to care.

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah. And really quickly, there's another dire warning that's still coming from the Transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, who says some parts of the country could see airspace shut down and air traffic controllers as they go without another check. They're still calling in sick. Let's listen to what he had to say.

[DJ Envy]

On Thursday, they get a email pay stub that'll show what their next payment is going to be. So this Thursday, they'll get an email that shows that their pay stub is a big fat zero. Many of the controllers said a lot of us can navigate missing one paycheck. Not everybody, but a lot of us can. None of us can manage missing two paychecks. So if. If you bring us to a week from today, Democrats, you will see mass chaos. You will see mass flight delays, you'll see mass cancellations, and you may see us close certain parts of the airspace because we just cannot manage it because we don't have the air traffic controllers. The airlines are going to be what gets this country back reopened. I just want y' all to know that they may not care about the cries of the people. But they're going to care about the cries from them. Billionaire airlines.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

That's right.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Yep.

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah, absolutely.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right.

[Mimi Brown]

Well, that. Well, coming up at 7, actually, there are some retailers who are doing things to make your holiday season a little bit brighter and a lot more cheaper. We'll talk a little bit about that.

[DJ Envy]

Holidays. We talking holidays at a time like this.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But this is a good holiday.

[Mimi Brown]

This is help keep money in your pocket. Holidays.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

All right, everybody.

[DJ Envy]

Christmas might be canceled this year, y'. All. I've got a feeling, you know, you ever heard somebody say cancel Christmas? This might be the year.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Might be doing it this year. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need the vent, phone lines are wide open. Again, 800-585-1051. Call us up right now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. Break it up. This is your time to get it off your chest. Keep calling 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This is Dabora. How are you all?

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

How are you doing this morning?

[DJ Envy]

He's Dvorah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It is pronounced Dabora.

[DJ Envy]

How are you, Dvora?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Uncle Charlotte, doing great. Just one wanna just congratulate and thank you all, you pj, Envy and Jess, for just being one of. To me, one of the best morning radio stations that I've heard in a long time. No disrespect to any of the others, but also just want to thank you and want to know because I'm in Georgia and I have a child who's mentally ill, but how come I can't never get to your show that you all have for mental illness? I believe in October I'm raising my grandchildren and I want to go to all the grandmothers. I thought of raising their grandchildren. So I have two of them that's in college. And I'm grateful and I'm thankful, but I'm not just have taken a second job to try to help because both of them are in college. The girls are in college.

[DJ Envy]

Where you from? Where you live at?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Georgia.

[DJ Envy]

Georgia.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm in Georgia. I'm in Georgia.

[DJ Envy]

So listen, next year I'm going to get your information. Next year we're going to try to find a way to get you at the mental health expo in October. You, you, you and you and you and some of your people.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I was gonna start getting emotional. I just. Thank you. I've been trying to get there, but it's. I can't get this.

[DJ Envy]

It's a little too hard.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

We'll get you there, mama.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, I'm gonna put you on hold. I'm gonna get your info and we're gonna. We're gonna figure that out for next October.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

She's on line seven.

[DJ Envy]

Eddie, Eddie, get her info. Don't keep her on hold for a long time. You hear her on the phone. She driving. Clearly got something to do.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Hello?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who's this? Hey, what's up, man? It's Lamar calling from Charleston, South Carolina.

[DJ Envy]

843. 843 was happening low country all day.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, what's up, DJ Envy? Charlemagne. What's up, baby? How you doing? Doing good. I just want to say, man, blessed. And I'm a truck driver, you know, I'm just feel bad for the. The federal government employees who's not working right now. Just want them open up. Where to open up the government, you know? Yes. And oh, yeah, one thing, Jess. I've been to your show in Charlotte on November 1st. Oh, yeah? How you like it? All right. I ain't gonna lie.

[DJ Envy]

Just.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You put on a show, I gotta come to the next one. Yeah, you do. That's what's up. I appreciate that, man.

[DJ Envy]

If you've seen one, you've seen them all, right?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Wow.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

See what I'm saying? Every morning.

[Mehdi Hasan]

Thank you.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Damn.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Get it off your chest.

[DJ Envy]

I didn't see about 10 of them. You know what I'm saying? No, it's not. I'll be honest with you, it's really not. Cuz I remember when I first saw Jess at Caroline's Comedy club, probably almost 10 years ago. Right? And her whole set was about a couple of Chris's ago and.

[Mimi Brown]

Right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The first Chris. Right.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, it was. It was about a whole. About a whole other relationship. And Ashton, it was different. It was a lot different.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Yeah, he said a whole. Chris is calling us up right now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. This is your time to get it off your chest Whether you're mad or blessed.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I hate the way that you walk the way that you talk I hate the way that you dress. Everything with me is blessed. Call up now.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

800-585-1051.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Not just me, I'm with the culture feeling.

[DJ Envy]

Hello?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who's this? Hey, I'm gonna remain anonymous.

[DJ Envy]

Why we can't see you. You can say your name is Jill Scott for all we know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. I ain't gonna Say my name. Let me tell you what happened.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

What happened?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I worked with airlines, and I got injured on the clock, and then the doctor said I can go back to work. You know, manager don't want to let me come back to work unless I'm 100. But the doctor said you will never be a hundred percent. Ain't that stupid?

[DJ Envy]

No.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

So basically you saying you ain't trying to ever go back to work because the doctor said you ain't never gonna be 100, so you ain't never going back?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, I want to go back to work. I want to go back to work. But they have this dumbass unfunded healed policy that don't exist that they want to use, but they've got sued for it. I even called Top Dog Law.

[DJ Envy]

You called Top Dog Law? What? They said at Top Dog Law, my.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Impairment rating was too low, so they can't take my thing.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, damn. So what you got to do? What are you going to do in the meantime?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I got to keep calling lawyers because airlines got a history of when people get injured on the clock, and let's just say they're not going to ever be 100%. They want to push them back, try to make them quit. I ain't quitted for my job. I worked too damn hard to even get that job.

[DJ Envy]

I agree, man. I'm shocked.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Might not be a good paying job, but I'm still gonna try to get my job. I've been calling lawyers and everything, but this manager, she also kind of racist, too.

[DJ Envy]

We Gonna have Lauren LaRosa reach out to Top Dog Law for you, man. You know, she got a. She. She got a different relationship with them, so we're gonna have her reach out and see what she can do for you, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right?

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. I'm lying.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He's lying.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

He don't even got your name. I'm sorry, Mama.

[DJ Envy]

No, I am going to do something for the lady at the mental health expo. I can't do nothing for this young lady right here. I'm just being honest with you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Just.

[DJ Envy]

It just sounds good to say, you know what I mean?

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

I'm gonna have Lauren reach out. Hello? Who's this?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hello?

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Hey. What's your name?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Mama.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning.

[Lauren LaRosa]

My name is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And I'm from Jacksonville.

[DJ Envy]

What's up?

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Good morning, mama. Get it off your chest first.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

First, before I get into it, my son wants to say good morning.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Charlamagne to God.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning.

[DJ Envy]

Peace, Young king. How you doing, brother?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good.

[DJ Envy]

Good to talk to you this morning, man. You doing right by Your mama?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

All right. You better. You only got one. Always treat her with honor and respect, okay?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, sir.

[DJ Envy]

All right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, guys. So I am an active duty military member, and we have been dragged right and left with this government shutdown as far as whether we're getting paid or not getting paid, if we're able to transfer to our next duty stations or not, or if we're on hold at another command. And I believe that all this is just a display of power from the Republican side. The Dems have done nothing that they were standing firm on, and it is just dragging way too long. And like Steve keeps saying, people aren't getting paid. We can't keep going without people getting paid. So a lot of people are furloughed in positions that could help people find payments or find money or find food, food banks, because military members are in need of those things too. So I don't think the government is thinking about the military members who can't afford food, who can't afford their car payments, who can't get their kids to daycare.

[DJ Envy]

They not. And by the way, it's just a bipartisan effort. I don't care whose fault it was. I just know that it takes a bipartisan effort to get it back open. We gotta stop playing politics with people's lives for all the reasons that you just said. How many paychecks have you missed?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We haven't missed any paychecks because they keep finding billions of dollars somewhere. However, if we could send 20 billion to Argentina, we can pay these air.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Traffic controllers what they were.

[DJ Envy]

Damn right I'm with you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So, no, that's just what I wanted to get off my chest. Thank you guys so much. We listen to y' all every morning. We love y'. All. Have a good day.

[DJ Envy]

Thank you.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. Now we got the latest with Lauren coming up. What are we talking about?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Lauren, Good morning.

[DJ Envy]

Y' all still got your dress on from last night?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She do not. That is not.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's not my dress, but I do still got my makeup on because just got home not too long ago. So this is the face, but I don't got the dress. I'm actually wearing actively black right now.

[DJ Envy]

And you wore that on the red carpet. I saw you last night on the red carpet. Look like you had that same thing on last night.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Wow.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm actually about to post my photos from the red carpet, and it's eating down, so don't do me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay. We gonna talk about the red carpet.

[DJ Envy]

Too, because I'm actively black for doing your dress last night.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Tell them where you were. Tell them where you are, because people don't know where you are right now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He made.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Last night, I was at the Ebony. I know, Stupid. Last night, I was here in LA at the Ebony Power 100 Gala. So why.

[DJ Envy]

Tell them why, Lauren?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Because I was honored as a media maven.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, okay, okay. That's. What's up, girl.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. It was a good. I got some clips. I talked to some people yesterday. I talked to the cast of Girlfriends, Clarissa Shields. It was a great night.

[DJ Envy]

So I'm gonna be bringing you guys the Girlfriends.

[Mimi Brown]

Yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Let me tell y', all, I'm. Save it for the latest because. Yeah, okay.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

I'm very proud of you, too. We'll get to the ladies left. Well, I'm proud because I didn't think she was gonna make it. I'm like, she gonna be drinking, she gonna be drunk. There's no way she gonna make it make it here.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I want you to know I' rating Epony Power 100 for three days and have made it 2am every single day.

[DJ Envy]

She put the bottle down. She ain't the alcoholic that she once was when she started here. That's one thing. You know, we. She's been.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

I just seen that Hampton homecoming. She missed her flight, bro. That was about two years.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That was different.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I was off work and I was enjoying myself.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, you have stopped drinking. You have not. Like, y' all just took shots last.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Week in the morning.

[DJ Envy]

No, just.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That was because my book dropped. Yo, that was exactly.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We were celebrating her book.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

All right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And we went.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

We'll get to the latest with Lauren next. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Morning, everybody.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to the latest with Lauren.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Lauren becoming a straight thing.

[DJ Envy]

She gets him from somebody that knows somebody.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything.

[DJ Envy]

She'll be having the latest on the.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Latest with Lauren LaRosa.

[DJ Envy]

Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details. Sometimes she have a little bit of everything.

[Mehdi Hasan]

Oh, it's the latest on the Breakfast Club.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All right, y'.

[Mehdi Hasan]

All.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So last night here in LA was the Ebony Power 100 Gala. It went down at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. I was there because I was honored as a media maven for the work that I do with you guys here at the Breakfast club for Lauren LaRosa.

[DJ Envy]

Hold on. Let's celebrate you for a second. Drop for ll Cool bait. Okay, Banks.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And also for the Latest with Lauren LaRosa, the podcast on the Black effect podcast network as well.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Absolutely.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. So there was a lot of people there. Like, I ran into so many people. I saw Mario.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like Baltimore Mario.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. And we talked to him too, because I had to talk to him about that cam, the interview he did with cam, which we'll get into later in the show. But on the red carpet because the theme of the night was honoring heroes of the Black community for 80 years. So you had, I mean, entertainment legends spanning from like, new to like, you know, icons. Iman, the model was honored last night as she got the icon award. But on the red carpet, I ran into some of my heroes. Okay. The cast of Girlfriends. So the first people I was able to speak to last night was Golden Brooks, Jill Marie Jones, Persia White, and Tracee Ellis Ross. The cast of Girlfriends. Let's take a listen to them on the red carpet.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey, I'm Golden Brooks.

[Mimi Brown]

And you're here.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm here with Ebony 100. Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm Jill Marie Jones.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm so excited to be here at Ebony. I mean, we were talking about it earlier, golden and myself, about just how impactful the Ebony magazine was growing up.

[Mimi Brown]

Seeing the beautiful melanated beauties on the.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Covers also too, to celebrate Tracee Ellis Ross, our sister. So we're just having a great time. We are. And for us to come together as girlfriends, it's always a treat.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm Persia White from Girlfriends, AKA Lynn.

[Mimi Brown]

And you know how free spirited I am. So I am just, just feeling all the love.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm feeling too much love.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm minding your business. I'm getting audio.

[DJ Envy]

What's happening here.

[Lauren LaRosa]

At the end of the audio, what you're hearing? I, I literally go in to try and get another question from them and Tracy Ellis Ross walks up. So I'm with Golden Brooks, Jill Marie Jones and Persia White. And then Tracy Ellis Ross walks up. So you literally see the girlfriend's cast unite on the red carpet. And I'm standing in the middle of them because I'm. I'm on the red carpet walking the carpet as talent. And I just started interviewing people. So I'm sitting in the middle of them and I'm like, I don't even know what I'm supposed to do right now because I'm all in y' all mix. So you hear them get excited to see Tracy Ellis Ross because they didn't know she was coming on the carpet. Yes. And they.

[DJ Envy]

All the girlfriends, man, dropping the clues bombs for all the girlfriends. Us real girlfriends fans still need closure and we will never stop, stop saying we need closure until we get it, period.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, yeah. To come. Hopefully we get that it is 25 years of girlfriends in Tracy Alice Ross talks a little bit about that later on in the show she won the path breaker of the year award. But before we get to that, I also on the red carpet or leading off of the red carpet, ran into Clarissa Shields and have some questions for her. Let's take a listen to Clarissa. All right, y', all, I'm here with the quote@ebony power 100. Congratulations.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Thank you. I am so honored to be here.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And be here with Lauren. Shout out to the Breakfast Club for always showing me so much love. And we are here tonight to celebrate all black excellence. You know, Charlamagne and I've been saying that y' all are revving up this fight like this is all staged.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, no, I don't feel like that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But I will. I do have a big announcement coming Thursday with my career. I've been, I've been begging you for an exclusive.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, are you gonna have they invited y'?

[Mimi Brown]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

On the podcast Health Stuff, we are tackling all the health questions that keep you up at night.

[Mimi Brown]

Yes, I'm Dr. Priyanka Walley, a double board certified physician.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And I'm Hari Kondabolu, a comedian and someone who once googled do I have scurvy at 3am on health stuff, we're.

[Mimi Brown]

Talking about health in a different way.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's not only about what we can do to improve our health, but also.

[Mimi Brown]

What our health says about us and the way we're living.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like our episode where we look at diabetes in the United states. I mean 50% of Americans are pre diabetic. How preventable is type 2? Extremely.

[Mimi Brown]

Or our in depth analysis of how incredible mangoes are.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, it's hard to explain to rest of the world that like your mangoes are fine because mangoes are incredible. But like you don't even know. You don't know, you don't know.

[Mimi Brown]

It's going to be a fun ride. So tune in.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Listen to health stuff on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All I know is what I've been told and that's a half truth is a whole lie.

[Mimi Brown]

For almost a decade, the murder of an 18 year old girl from a small town in Graves County, Kentucky went unsolved until a local homemaker, a journalist and a handful of girls came forward with a story.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm telling you, we know Quincy killed her.

[Mimi Brown]

We know a story that law enforcement used to convict six people and that got the citizen investigator on national tv.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Through sheer persistence and nerve, this Kentucky housewife helped give justice to Jessica Curran.

[Mimi Brown]

My name is Maggie Freeling. I'm a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist producer and I wouldn't be here if the truth were that easy to find.

[DJ Envy]

I did not know her and I did not kill her or rape or.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Burn or any of that other stuff that y' all said. They literally made me say that I.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Took a match and struck and threw it on her.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They made me say that I poured.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Gas on her.

[Mimi Brown]

From lava for good. This is Graves County, a show about just how far our legal system will go in order to find someone to blame.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

America, y' all better wake the hell up. Bad things happens to good people and small towns.

[Mimi Brown]

Listen to Graves county in the Bone Valley feed on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts and to binge the entire season ad free. Subscribe to Lava for Good plus on Apple Podcasts, I'm Eva Longoria.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And I'm Maite Gomez Rejun.

[Mimi Brown]

And on our podcast Hungry for History, we mix two of our favorite things, food and history. Ancient Athenians used to scratch names onto oyster shells and they called these Ostrakan to vote politicians into exile. So our word ostracize is related to the word oyster.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No way. Bring back the ostracon.

[Mimi Brown]

And because we've got a very mi casa es su casa kind of vibe on our show, friends always stop by.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Pretty much every entry into this side.

[Mehdi Hasan]

Of the planet was through the El.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Golfo de Mexico forever and ever.

[Mimi Brown]

It blows me away how progressive Mexico was in this moment. They had land reform, they had labor rights, they had education rights. Mustard seeds were so valuable to the ancient Egyptians that they used to place them in their tombs for the afterlife. Listen to Hungry for History as part of the My Cultura Podcast network, available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Welcome fellow seekers of the dark.

[DJ Envy]

I'm Danny Trejo. Won't you join me in Nocturnal Tales.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

From the Shadows.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

An anthology of modern.

[Mehdi Hasan]

Day horror stories inspired by the legends.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And lore of Latin America.

[Mehdi Hasan]

Take a trip from ghastly encounters with.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Evil spirits to bone chilling brushes with.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Supernatural creatures and experience the horrors that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Have haunted Latin America since the beginning of time. You should probably keep your lights on for Nocturnal Tales from the Shadows.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Listen to Nocturnal Tales from the Shadows as part of my Cultura Podcast network.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast.

[DJ Envy]

Or wherever you get your podcast Thursday.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We don't know nothing about girl, I be telling you all the time, don't nobody tell us nothing. I'm gonna DM you. Send me your email and I will.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Have them send you a personal invite.

[Lauren LaRosa]

First of all, my announcement has everything to do with black excellence, Black success. Are you starting your own promotional company? Because you've been trying to figure out one.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Listen, it is big.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Like it is really big. And I can't wait to announce it on Thursday. It's gonna be really big. You're gonna be happy you came. I promise.

[Mimi Brown]

Okay.

[DJ Envy]

Can't wait to hear what Clarissa got us. Got a purpose.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, I did ask her about Shadesia too, but she. It was nothing. Nothing there. She didn't give me nothing much. But in the award show. So Tracy Ellis Ross. Well, first of all, Clover says she'll shout out to her. She was. She made the Ebony Power 100 list as a leader in sports. So congratulations to her for that. And that's why she was there with. Got to meet him yesterday as well. But inside of the award show, as people were winning their awards, of course there were some amazing acceptance speeches. Tracee Ellis Ross was honored as path breaker of the year. The award was actually presented to her by the cast of Girlfriends, which is why they were there. Let's take a listen to Tracee Ellis.

[Mimi Brown]

Ross, Golden Jill and Persia. Thank you for your hilarity, your brilliance, for what we built together, how we show up for each other after all these years. And I just love you so much Also, could they be any hotter? This year marks the 25th anniversary of Girlfriends, by the way, 172 episodes of television that I am so proud of. Thank you, ebony, for celebrating our stories and for naming me as Pathbreaker. Okay, well, it started with Girlfriends and then King Blackish. And while all this was happening, I spent a decade building Pattern Beauty. Earlier this year, I launched solo traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross on the Roku Channel.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I tell you, all of us, to.

[Mimi Brown]

Say, please do not wait for something.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Or someone in order to experience all.

[Mimi Brown]

That'S possible for your life.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. Now as we close, speaking of not waiting, Teyana Taylor was. I would say she was one of the best speeches of the night. She opened. She was like, one of the first awards to come up. But Entertainer of the Year. And you talk about somebody who, like, literally has made their own way. And we watched her navigate her career and figure out those opportunities. Listen to Tiana Taylor accept her award for Entertainer of the Year, which was presented by Taraji. Taraji.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I love you, sister.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thank you so much.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I appreciate you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thank you for always being with me. First Thessalonians 5:18 says, Give thanks in.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All circumstances for this is God's will.

[DJ Envy]

For you in Christ Jesus.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And that one hits differently for me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Tonight because God, he is the author and he is the mediator, the one.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who wrote my story before I even.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Knew I'd be standing here tonight.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Father God, in the name of Jesus, you gave me the strength when I was tired. You gave me the strength when I was scared. You, you gave me the ability to check myself when I doubted myself.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All my family and friends that I.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Love and respect so much, thank you for loving me the way you do.

[Lauren LaRosa]

God, in the name of Jesus gets all the glory. And y' all tonight, get all my love. Thank you, ebony, for the amazing honor. I'm so honored to be here.

[DJ Envy]

Amen. Tiana, drop on the food box. Yana Taylor. I was waiting for her to say, oh, my life. I had to fight.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, it was very emotional.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I think it was definitely deep. Definitely deep.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. But shout out to everybody. That was. There was a lot of people that were honored. Shaq took home Entrepreneur of the Year. Yeah, Shaq was there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Amazing.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. That was another thing, too, that I was so excited about, because a lot of times when we do things for, like, us, like, black media people, we complain that people don't show up. When I say people showed up, I mean, Shaq was there. I was at the table with Wale. Scott Evans from Houseguests. Taraji as you. So many big names were there. Like, everybody showed up. People Ari Lennox performed, people that you didn't think would possibly show up when you saw them listed on the roster. They were there, they showed out. So, you know, congratulations to Ebby on another successful year. And thanks for the honor, y'.

[DJ Envy]

All.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm excited to be on the list.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

That's so dope. Congratulations again and happy birthday to Ike Turner.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He would have been 94 today. So happy birthday, Ike, and. And continue to rest.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

All right now when we come back, we got front page News and then Ms. Pat and Jordan E. Cooper will be joining us. So don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. Is DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlamagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get back to some front page news. What's up, Mimi?

[Mimi Brown]

Good morning, Envy. Jess Charlemagne. How y' all doing this morning?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good, girl, Good.

[Mimi Brown]

All right, so we start this hour with election results. A big night for Democrats filled with history making wins from coast to coast. Now in New York City, Zoran Mandani, he did what few expected, defeating former governor Andrew Cuomo to become the city's next mayor. Now more than 2 million people cast their ballots. In a race that began as a long shot, Mandani climbed from the bottom to the top of the polls to score an upset victory in both the primary and the general election. Let's listen to some of his victory speech from last night.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

New York, tonight you have delivered a mandate for change, a mandate for a new kind of politics, a mandate for a city we can afford. New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant. So, Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you. Turn the volume up, Mom.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Donnie got a lot to say that he said he was going to do. He said it was going to be free mta, that people going to ride the buses for free. He said he was going to create a citywide universal child care program for children six weeks to five years. He said he was gonna do city run grocery stores where people can actually buy groceries at wholesale prices. He said he was gonna do rent stabilization for people so their rent won't go up. He got a lot to do.

[DJ Envy]

So how long you think they gonna give him? How long is that? How long is the honeymoon phase? Cause you know how people do, like he gets sworn in in January, they gonna want all this done by Black History month. Y' all know that Right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Damn.

[DJ Envy]

I'm just telling you.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Like, yeah, he said he go build 200, 000 new homes for people he got. He said he promised people a lot.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He made a lot of difference.

[DJ Envy]

I'm telling you. I just wonder how long are people, people going to give him because they're going to be expecting all of these things.

[Mimi Brown]

Well, he talked about that in his speech. He said there's high expectations and he was going to keep all of those expectations and do everything. He said that last night.

[DJ Envy]

Not if Donald Trump got anything to do with it. Listen, I just want you all to know that the government overreach from the Trump administration is going to be insanity. The White House tweeted out last night the New York Nick logo and it said, trump is your president in the shape of the New York Nick logo. Did you see that?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, I did.

[DJ Envy]

Like, Zoran is going to be Donald Trump, Trump's public enemy number one, you know, for the next year, because he's going to make him the face of the Democratic Party and let everybody feel like this is what y' all go out and vote for in the midterms. Y' all gonna get this socialism watch. Y' all gonna get this communism watch.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

He promised a lot. I, I hope he could come through with all the things that he promised. But him, he promised a lot. And listen, let's see if he can make, make good on all the things that he promised.

[Mimi Brown]

Absolutely. Well, that wasn't the only headline of the night. There were major wins. Republicans also across the country. In New Jersey, Congresswoman Mikey Sherrill, she defeated Republican Jack Cittarelli to become the state's next governor. And in Virginia, former Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger. She made history, becoming the first woman ever elected governor of the Commonwealth. Yep. And out in California, voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 50. That's Governor Gavin Newsom's plan to allow the legislature to redraw congressional maps and add several Democrat leaning seats before the 2026 midterms. Now, I spoke with California assembly member Isaac G. Bryan just after those results came in here in California, and he represents black communities like Crenshaw, Baldwin Hills, Ladera Heights, and he says Prop 50 isn't just a win for Democrats, but it's a stand against efforts to dilute the black vote. Let's listen to that.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Prop 50 will help us restore the.

[DJ Envy]

Balance of power in Congress.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Donald Trump called down in Texas and told Governor Greg Abbott that he was entitled to five additional congressional seats here in California. We redrew our maps to offset the harm coming out of Texas and add five additional Democratic seats, effectively nullifying that ask of Donald Trump. But we had to meet fire with.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Fire in this moment.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

We're past the days of turning the other cheek or choosing a moral high ground that doesn't really exist. When they go low, we've got to squabble up.

[DJ Envy]

Now that right there, I'm gonna be honest with you, Mimi. Out of all of the things I saw last night, I'm not even going front. That might be my number one because it' took a lot of political courage that I didn't think Democrats had to actually do that.

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah, they did that. And as Gavin Newsom pointed out, they did it in a 90 day sprint. Right. Like they galvanized everybody and they were able to bring out the vote. And even like the long lines that you saw in New York, we had long lines here in California. So, you know, it was, it was overwhelmingly passed. So people really want to make sure that the balance of power is fair as we head into the midterm election.

[DJ Envy]

So you think Texas is going to do it now? Do you think Texas is going to.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Go ahead with it?

[Mimi Brown]

Oh, yeah. And other states are also going to do it. I mean, I don't know where this will end because people will continue to redraw maps in order to kind of balance out the midterm election. So we'll see what happens because I don't think this is the end of it. We'll continue to see more. And then what you were just speaking about, some of the exit polls were showing that the economy topped the labor of the most concerns for voters. So in all three major races, people are more concerned about the price of the living not being able to afford their bills. And so as you vote, they ask you questions about, you know, why you were here, what you wanted to see. And the economy was number one for most people, so. And now to a story that is still developing this morning. A UPS cargo plane crashed just after takeoff at an airport in Kentucky. At least seven people are dead and several others are hurt after the plane loaded with thousands of gallons of jet fuel, it went down near two businesses, setting off a massive fire and sending thick smoke into the sky. Now, officials say. Yeah, officials say two workers from a nearby auto shop are still missing and a shelter in place. Order remains in effect for neighborhoods around the airport. Investigators from the faa, the NTSB are on the scene this morning looking for what caused the crash, but early reports suggest that there may have been an engine problem during takeoff. Now, Kentucky's governor, he called it a catastrophic crash and says the number of victims still could rise as they search through that wreckage.

[DJ Envy]

So that's horrible, man. They say they don't know how it happened, right?

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah, they don't know yet. They're still investigating, so.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, Lord, I know people, man, sending healing energy to their families, man. God bless their souls, man. That's horrible.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, y'.

[Mimi Brown]

All. Well, that is your front page news. I'm Mimi Brown. Follow me at Mimi Brown tv For more more stories, follow the Black Information Network, Download the free iHeartRadio app and follow or check out bin news dot com.

[DJ Envy]

All right. Thank you, Mimi.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thank you.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Now, when we come back, Ms. Pat and Jordan E. Cooper will be joining us. Season three of Ms. Pat settles it is out right now. We're going to talk to them next. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy Jess. Hilarious. The Breakfast Club. We got some special guests in the building. We have Jordan E. Cooper and one of my favorite people in the world, Ms. Pat. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome.

[DJ Envy]

You going to lose, Ms. Pat.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

As as much as I can afford to die. Shot on hating, man. What the.

[Mimi Brown]

What you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Girl, you look good. I was looking good.

[DJ Envy]

Fat. Yes, you are.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I ain't never walked in here looking wrong. You ain't never had to pull up no two couches for me.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Bitch.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

My is in proportionate. Proportionate. My is and my neighbor do not connect. I love your hair. You looking like big glow with it.

[Mimi Brown]

I know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I love Glorilla. I want to meet her. I know everybody like you look like Glorilla.

[Mimi Brown]

Ma.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I wish like hell I had Glorilla. I wish she was the baby I killed. Then God got me back and made that famous. I got a gay daughter and a stupid son. That's why you should be careful about the babies you kill. You might kill a LeBron James. Damn.

[DJ Envy]

You never know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Glorilla reminds me so much of me when I was young. I was even fine like a not as small, you know, before that old nigga.

[DJ Envy]

I ain't say nothing.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

I seen you about to gang Charlamagne.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I just want you to know that my vagina ain't always set. I mean, my stomach has not always set on my vaginas. I didn't have sex at once in my life. I could wear a two piece and not chicken. Yo, she catchy. I'm all right. I'm married. I've been married for 32 years. So he ain't complaining. So whatever. He pulling to the side and lifting. He no, I'll be seeing them skinny in your comments. They do, but they're not gonna make me pay him my money. I'm gonna be right there with my husband to the end. Yeah, that is delicious too. You hear me? I got somewhere to relay my titty at on the pillow. I ain't gotta listen to him pass gas. I'm tell you've been married in a relationship a long time. You do not have to sleep next to these men. Get your own room. You get tired of rubbing on you in the middle of the night. You know, you know, you know you gotta. When you. I don't know. Most women like. I don't go to bed sexy. I just get in the bed. I'm one of them people. I can't stand to take a bath at night. Cuz I don't want to be damp in the morning. Why you don't want to be damp? Why is you damp? Why you be so damp in the morning? Cuz I'm fat and I'm a little sweat. Yeah, I'm always leaking.

[DJ Envy]

But why you don't wash?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I do. I wash in the morning.

[DJ Envy]

So I'll be fresh.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. I need my stuff 24 hours fresh. I can't have. I. I just don't like that.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. So I don't put on lingerie. I don't do it. You know, I go to bed and we're gonna do it and if you don't. Excuse me, you won't have sex.

[DJ Envy]

If you don't.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, I just go to bed.

[DJ Envy]

Money. In the winter time though.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wow.

[DJ Envy]

Cause you keep them warm like laying next to him.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Boy, I got me a heated blanket. It.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Plus I have a. A full side bed in my room. He have a king. He like a hard mattress. I like a soft mattress. But I've been married for 32 years. I don't have on a full size mattress. What you trying to say? She can't say. That was crazy. You meant to say that.

[DJ Envy]

I wouldn't even say no. Cuz I thought about it but I ain't say it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I was like just slash queen. Okay. I was waiting. That's why I feel a little bit more battle.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

God damn.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm sorry. You got body. She got that twin body. God damn.

[DJ Envy]

Twin bed body. Crazy.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Jordan, how you deal with her all day long?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't. Okay. No, she's a fool. Whenever we on set, she just be acting up. We were just talking about this. I was like, there's got to be at least 1700 thoughts that come to your brain that you gotta stop before they come out your mouth, because you know it's Gonna set a 5 in this industry.

[DJ Envy]

I do.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I have to watch what I say. Cause, you know, you walk into these meetings and you be like. You be want to say, what the you wearing, white man? Damn.

[DJ Envy]

Jordan, what did you understand about Ms. Pat's voice and her story that others might have missed earlier?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I think just letting her be authentic. You know, I always say, when we created the Ms. Pat show, I wanted to create the first sitcom that I felt like would have that Def Jam comedy vibe, where it's like, you could be uncensored because there's so many that came before her, like the Red Foxes and the Richard Pryors and who had a show for three seconds, you know what I mean? Who couldn't be themselves. Bernie Mac couldn't really be himself on the Bernie Mac show, but when he got on stage, he could say, I ain't scared of you. You know what I mean? So I wanted to create a sitcom that allowed her to just be. Be where she could say whatever she wants to say, do whatever she wants to do, and we can have a hard conversations and let her say her unfiltered self. Yeah. Yeah. How did your kids get on an episode? Like, did you. You wanted. No. So my kids on the episode of the Judge show, which airs this week, and my. Somebody dropped out, right? So they. These are people who have real cases or whatever going on. Friends dispute. My kids a case dropped out, and literally I did not know they was gonna walk through that door. So you didn't show your idea? She had no idea. I had no idea. But they did go to the strip club, and my son did spend my gay daughter money, but we never would get it back. And they've been arguing over this for a whole year. And I was like, well, why would you give a broke some money at the gate? I mean, at the strip club. Yeah. And so she. He didn't pay her back, and it became a case. And when I heard lay versus Lay, I said, it might be my baby daddy. I said, I'm finna put it to this. And it walked in with my kids. Damn. So how did you approach the case? Did you approach it as Ms. Pat or as dead mama? I approached it both ways because I can't believe it. I couldn't believe they were suing each other when I had just got my daughter T fixed and she didn't pay me back, but she want her brother to pay her back. And I'm like, all y' all owe me money. Nobody. I put them out. I paid 8,500. Get your mouth fixed. And flew you to Guatemal Bay where the hell she went to get her teeth up.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, okay, yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Cause they was rough, but they look good now. Was it an agreement put in place like you need to pay me back for this? Oh, some reason my kids don't think they. Especially them first two, then my Medicaid kids, they don't think they supposed to pay me back.

[DJ Envy]

Your Medicaid kids?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, those are the ones on Medicaid.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You was going on Medicaid too.

[DJ Envy]

I'm sure.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You be killing me in this.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

So wait, Jordan, you're 30 years old now, right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, 30.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

30.

[DJ Envy]

Hey, Jordan the genius, by the way. I was on my like to throw that word around, but I do. Jordan's a genius.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what? It's nothing like this kid. It was so. And we done told this story several times, how we met met. But when I first laid eyes on him, I was like, this is a. A black woman, A fat black woman trapped in a gay man body. That's the first thing I said about. I said, you died as a fat black woman and came back as a gay man. Because he gets me like, I mean immediately. We just, we just connected. And I couldn't do that with no other writer that I had. Nobody would listen to me. And it's nothing like dealing with a writer and they writing a story about you and that writer think that they're funnier than you out funny me when I'm talking about me or I'm talking about something that coming from my head. And when I met Jordan, I said, hey, I got an idea. But nobody would listen to me. He said, what was it? I said, I sit on a airplane and talk to white people and see why they so racist. And that's all I had to say. And that was the pilot? Yeah, yeah, Southwest. Remember Southwest. You, you, you, you, you said anywhere. So I would literally block the seat off. And I wanted to talk to white men to see why they think the way they do. I would have racist conversations. Sake, right? Conversation about race. And I told him that. And that's how the airplane thing.

[DJ Envy]

Cuz it was just a trap setting, like they can't go nowhere.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So if you see. And if you see the pilot, what we do is the very first episode of the Mispad show. It's her. It starts off with her doing stand up. And as she.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Oh, thank you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And as she finishes the set, like, the airplane kind of comes in around her. And then before you know it, we're dropped in the scene, and she's talking to this white woman about black kids being shot and being a black moment stuff in a really cool way.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Ms. Pat.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, I supposed to been on an episode or. Or Multiple episodes of Ms. Pat settles, but I got a. I got a phone call, right, like, right. Like right after paperwork was done and all of that, right. Saying that I could no longer be on the show for a few episodes because of a comment that I had made. And the comment was literally, literally verbatim, only women can have babies. I said that, you know, and I asked, was that. Was that what got them to, you know, revoke my opportunity to be on your show? And they say yes. Well, you know what? A lot of times when they do start, and I'm gonna be honest with you, because I knew you was gonna ask me this.

[DJ Envy]

Of course.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So I'm gonna ask you. They didn't come to us and say that was. They just said, we're gonna go in. BET said no. So when I. When I asked you to do it, and no matter who I pick in this room, the network still have to approve it, and they check out everything. So when I guess that conversation came up and then they decided to say no, there's nothing I can do when it's their money. I came in and said, I want you on my show. I went back and told them, I want you on my show. But then they all. They said, BET said no. Yeah, I knew it wasn't you. Yeah. Because the person who even called me said that you fought for, like, you really was like, nah, I want her on the show, you know, and you said that more than once. But they just. They told me that that was the reason why. And I'm like, oh, all right. Well, do she know that? Can she. You know what I'm saying? Like, did y' all talk to her or did y' all tell her? What was her feedback? Like, y' all don't care that that's her show. She want me on there. And then it's just bogus for a. For a statement like that, that I couldn't come and do Ms. Pat settles, that I was really upset about that. Yo, but you do understand why people were. Why. Why people were, like, all up in arms about that. Absolutely, I understand, but that don't mean what I said was not true. You know what I'm saying? No, I think a lot of People.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

I think it's only because of. Only because of.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

There are trans men. There are, like, people who identify as men out there who, like, have babies. So they're like, oh, I have a baby too, but I don't necessarily consider myself a woman. So then it, like, exits me out of the conversation. It's like, that was it. It was the fact that there were people who don't identify as women who are like, no, I have babies. I do childbirth. But I just feel offended because I'm not a. Let me give you a piece of advice from having a gay daughter.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Daughter.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Let people be whoever they want to be. If they don't tell them people they can't have no baby, if they say they can have a baby, let them have a baby. I grew up with a lot of people who say whatever they was at. Whatever you are, that's who I respect you as being. I just. Me, personally, I don't put myself in those conversations. If you say you a woman, then you're a woman. You got on my shoes. You got on my dress. I'm mad because your makeup is better than mine. Other than that, I don't give a. What. You can look like Charlemagne with a wig, and Charlemagne want to be. Shut the hell up. If he want to be Shila today, then fine. I mean, just don't argue with them, because let them. Allow them to be whatever they want to be. And that's just life. But also, I think it's because I always look at this, and we talked about this on the show is. I always think that, like, I look at everybody as spirits. Like, we're all really just, like, having a physical experience for this lifetime here on this earth, but we're all just spirits. And those spirits, when we die, don't come with a. Don't come with a vagina. Don't come with. They just. You're just a spirit. It's how you. It's how you treated people when you were here and how you lived your life. And I think there are people who are like, oh, I'm just spirit. Like, I just. I don't subscribe to the, like, colonialized mind of, like, oh, I'm a man.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

I'm a woman.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm a this, I'm a that. It's like, no, I'm just. I'm just spirit. But I think that that's why people were like, oh, all up in arms whenever that happened, because it was like.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

But I also feel like if you do, I don't think you should be Canceled for it?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, I think it's a conversation. I don't think it's canceled.

[DJ Envy]

I don't.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Personally, I don't think it's canceled. I think it's conversation.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

You know how we could have a conversation whether you agree.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Exactly.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Free. And then we can leave here and.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Have a drink later. Exactly. Cuz it's just so much said that like is completely off. Cuz read. All right. Like so many other things that's being said. Nobody get in trouble for that. Nobody get in trouble for nobody else. But my thing is like the gay community is like maga. But wait, it's not.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

It's not about.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's not about getting canceled. I think getting canceled defeats the. Wait, wait, wait, wait. Let me clear that up. What I mean by the gag.

[DJ Envy]

That's exactly what you just said, Ms.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

P. I'm like, what? No, what I mean is. What I mean is that when they come for you, they come for you and they come in draws and. And no matter what you say, they. Right. I mean, they did the same. Yeah. That's crazy. Yes, it is. No, it's not. You don't. With the gay community. I do. With the gay. Gay. You don't be talking that about. I be. I talk about my daughter on stage. And I said, this is by my daughter. And I leave it as that because it's a sensitive community. But it's not about sensitivity. It's about respect. It's about I respect what you do. You respect what I do. It's not about being sensitive. It's like, no, you respect me, I respect you. Let's go out and like you said, have drinks. Let's have a conversation. But I don't think anybody. When people say something wrong, like if I see somebody who considers themselves to be gender non conforming and I misgender them and I say he or I say she and they correct me. I'm not going. I shouldn't feel canceled or feel upset because I didn't know. If you tell me me and we have a conversation, I'm gonna respect you because you told me. Oh, this is how you identify. All right, I'm gonna try. Well, I don't do identification.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

I don't.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm being honest. I don't want to know if you him. Them dating her. What's your name? Give me your name. Because I can't. I don't want you. That's a slippery slope. You around and call him or she or she or him or them. But all of this new stuff, I don't care. Just tell me your name and I will respect it's not new stuff because this is the thing. It's just the same way it's new to you, but this is the thing. It's just.

[Mimi Brown]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

On the Podcast Health Stuff, we are tackling all the health questions that keep you up at night.

[Mimi Brown]

Yes, I'm Dr. Priyanka Walley, a double board certified physician.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And I'm Hari Kondabolu, a comedian and someone who once googled Do I have scurvy at 3am on health stuff, we're.

[Mimi Brown]

Talking about health health in a different way.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's not only about what we can do to improve our health, but also.

[Mimi Brown]

What our health says about us and the way we're living.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like our episode where we look at diabetes in the United states. I mean 50% of Americans are pre diabetic. How preventable is type 2? Extremely.

[Mimi Brown]

Or our in depth analysis of how incredible mangoes are.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, it's hard to to explain to rest of the world that like your mangoes are fine because mangoes are incredible. But like you don't even know. You don't know.

[DJ Envy]

You don't know.

[Mimi Brown]

It's going to be a fun ride. So tune in.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Listen to health stuff on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All I know is what I've been told and that to have truth is a whole lot.

[Mimi Brown]

For almost a decade, the murder of an 18 year old girl from a small town in Graves County, Kentucky went unsolved until a local homemaker, a journalist and a handful of girls came forward with a story.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm telling you, we know Quincy killed her.

[Mimi Brown]

We know a story that law enforcement used to convict six people and that got the citizen investigator on national tv.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Through sheer persistence and nerve, this Kentucky housewife helped give justice to Jessica Curran.

[Mimi Brown]

My name is Maggie Freeling. I'm a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist producer, and I wouldn't be here if the truth were that easy to find.

[DJ Envy]

I did not know her and I did not kill her or rape or.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Burn or any of that other stuff that y' all said. They literally made me say that I.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Took a match and struck and threw it on her.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They made me say that I poured gas on her.

[Mimi Brown]

From lava for good. This is Graves County, a show about just how far our legal system will go in order to find someone to blame.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

America, y' all better wake the hell up. Bad things happens to good people and small towns.

[Mimi Brown]

Listen to Graves county in the Bone Valley feed on the iHeartRadio and app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. And to binge the entire season ad free. Subscribe to lavaforgood+ on Apple Podcasts. In early 1988, federal agents raced to track down the gang they suspect of importing millions of dollars worth of heritage into New York from Asia.

[DJ Envy]

We had 30 agents ready to go.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

With shotguns and rifles, and you name it.

[Mimi Brown]

But what they find is not what they expected.

[Mehdi Hasan]

Basically, your stay at home moms were picking up these large amounts of heroin.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They go, is this your daughter?

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

I said, yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They go, oh, you may not see her for like 25 years.

[Mimi Brown]

Caught between a federal investigation and the violent gang who recruited them, the women must decide who they're willing to protect and who they dare to betray.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Once I saw the gun, I tried to take his hand and I saw the flash of light.

[Mimi Brown]

Listen to the Chinatown sting on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or anywhere you get your podcasts.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Welcome to Decoding Women's Health. I'm Dr. Elizabeth Poynter, Chair of Women's health and Gynecology at the Age Health.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Institute in New York City.

[Lauren LaRosa]

On this show, I'll be talking to.

[Mimi Brown]

Top researchers and top clinicians, asking them.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Your burning questions and bringing that information about women's health and midlife directly to you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

100% of women go through menopause.

[Mimi Brown]

It can be such a struggle for.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Our quality of life. But even if it's natural, why should we suffer through it?

[Mimi Brown]

The types of symptoms that people talk about is forgetting everything. I never used to forget things. Things they're concerned that one, they have dementia and the other one is, do I have adhd?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

There is unprecedented promise with regard to cannabis and cannabinoids to sleep better, to.

[Mimi Brown]

Have less pain, to have better mood.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And also to have better day to day life. Listen to Decoding Women's Health with Dr. Elizabeth Poynter on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you're listening. As when we were talking about a white person trying to get over calling us negro or trying to get over calling us colored. It's because times have changed. It's not, oh my gosh, these n are all of a now they want to be called colored in African American. It's like, no, actually I'm a listen to what you saying because it affects you. So I'm going to try to do my best to not say colored no more. I'm going to try to do my best to not say F no more. And I say B no more. But it's about communication. But nowadays I feel like people are so busy doing this that they don't actually communicate, so we don't actually move forward or anything.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

You know what I mean?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Was it okay if I just say I don't need to know your pronouns. I just want to know your name? I don't think that's offensive. No, that's. I don't, I don't. Cause I dropped out of school. I don't even know what a pronoun mean. So just give me your name. I don't know what a noun is. I don't know what a verb is. Just give me your name. And that's what I'm gonna call you. If you a, if you a gay woman, you want to be called Big will it. Big will it is.

[DJ Envy]

You know, fat is a hater. Now what Fat?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Keep telling me I'm never offended. I mean, let me tell you something. I'm straight off the USDA food stamp. Ten years ago, I supposed to be fat, so I ate good. And I. When I did not buy with my food stamp, I stole or wrote your parents check. So I've been fat a long time. No.

[DJ Envy]

Yes. I learned that from Big bank when she was here, though. She. She actually called it the F word.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The F word. The F word. Yeah. She can be offended. I mean, it's. Is that Hell yeah. And I'm not talking about it, but I'm just saying you is what you is. Yeah. I mean, how you gonna be offended to be called fat when you fat? Yes, I'm fat. I'm thick. Said they never said that word. That word was forbidden in her household. In her household, but not at the grocery store.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

But it's forbidden in my household too. When a little kid, I feel like.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

When little kids say fat, it hurts your heart. Them kids call you fat because you.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Don'T want our kids going out.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Your kids can't. Your kid ain't nobody fat in your house. She said, just skinny ass family. I be looking at y' all say all them zeros over there. Y' all be in the car. In this car. I see your family in the seat. They don't take up none of the seat. My family getting in my car. My family can't even ride out of my G wagon cause they ass be hanging over the seat.

[DJ Envy]

Tell people what that means for people to have their SNAP benefits taken away, man. Especially around the goddamn holiday season.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, I was just talking to my assistant today. I said, you know, I see people in the grocery store celebrating that people don't have snap. And you know, nobody asked to be born into a family of poverty. Nobody asked to be born into a. A family of needs. When you, when you out there picking that, you can't fault the kids for having a parents that need the approach program. So when you out here celebrating somebody not eating, that child is who you hurting. That that child is who gonna go to school hungry like I did. I grew up on food stamp. There was so many times we ran out of food and I could not wait till Monday morning so I can get that breakfast at. At school or my mama food stamp to kick in on the third. Nobody's thinking about the kids in there. So what you might think that the mama selling the food stuff other mama is a hood rat. But one thing I thing I do know about being a hood rat mama, no matter how much you sell them food style, you gonna put a little bit back for grocery. And that little grocery is gonna feed that child for a certain amount of days. So while you out here celebrating, you hurting a kid that don't have to do with the family that they was born into. It's not their fault. And you want to take that from them.

[DJ Envy]

That's right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Which. Which would give me flashback and it hurts my feelings. It actually made me. I'm looking for a food food bank.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

I will.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I found one in my community to give food to because nobody ever think about that child. I mean, I was a child with raggedy clothes. I was a child who had to get the Thanksgiving bag from. From school. I was a child that went to school raggedy didn't have nothing. But you gonna, you making it their fault. It's not their fault. You know everybody can't be born to you. Everybody can't be born to me. But you know, but I, I had it rough stuff. And those are the people that you hurt. And that's when I'm talking, when I'm on my social media talking. Oh you need to stay out of politics. I said why the hell do I need to stay out of politics when I pay a ton of taxes? And I was once those people that you're talking about. I moved 10 years from, from being on section eight and food stamp. So I would never forget when I had custody of my sister kids and I was working at Walmart and I had to get food stamps and how that helped out that twelve hundred dollars I got for raising eight kids still was not enough. But I had to make it do what they do. So when you're talking about snap out here, the mama, forget the daddy, think about that child in that household that needed more than anything that you out here celebrate that they're not gonna be able to eat because you think their parents are getting their hair done or you think their parents are not doing what they supposed to do. Nobody ever looked behind that parent and see the old hungry kid. So what is six kids unwell? Well hell, you taking my money Bill in the ballroom. You're taking my money doing dumb crap. And let me just say this, they've been doing this for years. The Congress have been doing this for years. Taking all money, making their lives better. But one thing I can say, I've never seen a president the doing this he doing now you had your little racist president but they still were going to trickle down and get a little black folks they little helping here and there. And not only that, you cut our program to help people with they with their electricity. Electricity. You cut our program to help people with their lights. Do you know how and people's like well how is it affecting you? I might live in a 15000 square foot house and I might. It had not hit me and it hadn't hit you and it hadn't hit you and it probably had hit you. But it hit the people that I talk to on a daily basis. It hit my friends when they cannot pay their bills and I'm the only friend that they can call and say can you give me a little bit of help? It hit my, it hit my family. You know how many people I had to go help since this crap has been going on and I don't put that on social media because it's none of your damn business. I don't do it for likes. I do it because I love the people that I'm helping. But so many of my friends are struggling behind this and some of them don't even get snap. Some of them don't lost their jobs. Those are the things that you got to think about when you out here celebrating on this. Yeah. Because let me tell you something, it's coming to all don't next.

[DJ Envy]

That's right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's coming to all don't next. It's not. I can walk in the grocery store, I'm blessed and not look twice at a price. I'm okay. Right. But in the last week I've been looking like damn buttercups this much. Let me go back to couponing. I literally say I gotta go back to couponing because I got so many people that needs my help.

[DJ Envy]

Hey, what about when you walk out the grocery store and somebody try to rob you for your groceries? It's gonna come to that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's gonna understand that. Let me say this to you. When, when you take from the poor they, they go to the next class one way or another they gonna get it. I've been that, that person.

[DJ Envy]

That's right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I've been that person that ran out of the stove with local. I've been that person that ran out of stuff with baloney and, and the other stuff. You think they stealing now? You think they stealing now? You see I don't know if y' all noticed this morning Walmart telling Congress turn snap back on because they get, they get a tax break and they, and they revenue with 8 point some billion dollars a month, a year or some that they get from people using snap in Walmart. So it's not just affecting other us, it's affecting them too. Cuz that was free money they was getting. I also hope that the Democrats don't cave. I do hope I don't think have you seen those healthcare prices but they're going up anyway.

[DJ Envy]

So anybody.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They're going up anyway but what's going to happen is because of the big.

[DJ Envy]

Beautiful bill they're going up anyway.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But I feel like if they don't cave is it still going to go up?

[DJ Envy]

Yes, the healthcare is going to go up anyway because the big beautiful bill didn't include the extension of the tax credits to keeps the cost down. So it's, it's going up anyway trying to get.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's what they Trying to get the extension.

[Mimi Brown]

Extension.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's the whole.

[DJ Envy]

So it's going up anyway.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What I'm saying, if they get it, it won't go up.

[DJ Envy]

What you mean?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I mean, if the Democrats don't cave. If the Democrats don't care because of.

[DJ Envy]

The big beautiful building, it didn't include the extension of the tax.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Aren't they fighting for them to put the extension in the big beauty?

[DJ Envy]

The premiums hold for a year. Like it goes up. And it's gonna hold for a year up until the election.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This is.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

I'm saying that right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And people, I'm still telling you, he gonna. That man is gonna make everything fall on his itself.

[DJ Envy]

The premiums are set for a year at this point. So it's like right now. What are Democrats holding on for?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

When you gonna become a congressman?

[DJ Envy]

When I'm 50 something years old.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, we need you, Charlemagne. You're very intelligent. You smile. If I had half the knowledge that you had, I would be out there like Jam McCrocket, cutting them. Cutting their ass.

[DJ Envy]

You do have it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, I don't.

[DJ Envy]

From a street perspective, and that's the best perspective.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, but I ain't got time. See, I'm not.

[DJ Envy]

Ms. Pat does tell me that. She texts me all the time. Be like, I told you, you the next Andrew, you kill him.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I think she right.

[Mimi Brown]

I think.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I think you get great politics out the ass. Ladies and gentlemen, Jordan.

[DJ Envy]

I'm coming to see. Oh, happy that you say this. Last week.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yep, last week.

[DJ Envy]

I'm coming this week.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Can I give a shout out to somebody I know? Shout out. So can I give a shout out to Carlos Miller from 85, look, doing up my husband old school's 1970 Chevelle. I'm coming to your damn car show. Carlos, don't hook. We got a 70 and a 72 and Carlos redid them. Oh, I don't know what color it is. Brown. And what a white stripe. The other one white with the brown. That is bad. Carlos Miller hooked my two cars up for my husband. And we coming to light skin car show.

[DJ Envy]

I love it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, we are.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, dirty place, man.

[DJ Envy]

Shout out to Ms. Pat and Jordan Cooper, man.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Dirty, dirty place.

[DJ Envy]

No, it's not a dirty place, okay? I got spies on everybody in here.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Lauren is real dirty, cuz.

[DJ Envy]

Why?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Cuz, why you get your people to report that?

[DJ Envy]

Cuz I told them yesterday that when you see Lauren on the red carpet with her man, make sure to take pictures.

[Lauren LaRosa]

First of all, he right there.

[Mimi Brown]

He Got.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He took that from my friend's video. My friend posted a video and you.

[DJ Envy]

Screamed, I don't know who your friend is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, somebody said that to him low.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

But, Lauren, just keep in mind, we can see the reflection in the mirror and we can see your bed.

[DJ Envy]

Just keep that in mind.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Mine too.

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm in a whole other room.

[Lauren LaRosa]

This house has multiple rooms. Okay, you ain't.

[DJ Envy]

I'mma tell you the text I got. Morning. Morning. This is Lawrence Drew. I recognize him from that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He is right there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He literally right there.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Stop playing with him, man.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, Lord.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Got her, man.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Right on the side.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Let's get to the latest.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You see him.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She gets him from.

[DJ Envy]

Somebody that knows somebody, gets, like, details.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything.

[DJ Envy]

She be having the latest on the Latest with Lauren LaRosa. Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details. Sometimes she have a little bit of everything.

[Mehdi Hasan]

What was the latest on the Breakfast Club?

[Lauren LaRosa]

All right, y'. All. So Cardi B and Stefan Diggs are having a baby boy. Okay.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Congratulations.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Congratulations.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes. Yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So Stephan Diggs revealed this news. He was on the carpet at the CFDA Fashion Awards, and he was speaking to People magazine just about a bunch of different things. And they brought up the baby, and he says, it's a boy. That's enough for me. I can't wait to make him do push ups and sit ups and run around. Now, also, at the same award show, he was speaking to Extra and they congratulated him on the baby. And he then gave us a timeline. It was really quick. But he. He said, says it's supposed to happen real soon, actually, so wish us both luck. So Cardi should be, you know, he says real soon. Their baby boy should be on the way. So congratulations to them again.

[DJ Envy]

Congratulations.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Congratulations.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And to step on.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. And I saw Jess, I know you mentioned this yesterday. Cardi at the Patriots game.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She looks so good in that burgundy Bottega, baby up and down. She said designer.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She was. She was giving a sideline wi fi. She was sitting with Robert Kraft. And they posted photos on the field as well, too, with Stephanie Digs holding a baby bump. And, you know, I saw them do the People's Gallery, so they've been popping out.

[DJ Envy]

So you're gonna hear Bottega in the bodega, huh?

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Yeah, girl. This guy's crazy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Now, in other news, just yesterday, you wished Diddy a happy birthday. It was his birthday yesterday. Know this. This birthday was a lot different for him. So I reached out trying to Figure out what this birthday actually looked like for him. And I was told by his rep that his fellow inmates made him a cake and gave him applesauce for his birthday.

[DJ Envy]

That's crazy. And you too.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That is how he celebrated. What'd you say?

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

You too.

[DJ Envy]

Obsessed with Diddy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They made him a birthday at jail.

[DJ Envy]

Birthday sounds crazy. They made him a birthday cake and fed him apples sauce.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She did not say they.

[DJ Envy]

That's exactly what you just said.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They threw him.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He got applesauce.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They threw him a party at four Dicks for his birthday.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Happy birthday.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's what's up.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

From four.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Y' all making this sound like a five year old birthday party. They gave him applesauce and sing Happy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But like, I mean, you got to do what you got to do in jail. I mean, in prison.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. Like what? How much. I was actually, I was trying to figure out if he. Because, you know, sometimes they do, like, special visits for, like, holidays and things like. Like that, especially in the feds. So I was trying to see if, like, family came or like, anything like that. But I was only told that his fellow inmates made him a cake and he got applesauce. Okay, okay. For anybody wondering how he celebrated this year, because it's a lot different for him. There's also.

[DJ Envy]

All I think about is Diddy when he was singing Happy Birthday to French Montana. You remember that? Happy birthday to you. I hope nobody did that to him yesterday.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Of course they did. Of course, he probably performed for his birthday and everything. Right on the lunch table.

[DJ Envy]

I mean, 50 posted a video of him dancing in the yard. That was.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That was not real.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, but that was scary because it looked real.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It definitely did look real. And so I looked and seen, like, you know, you can kind of tell if you pay attention that it was AI.

[DJ Envy]

It's crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, it was a lot. Yeah, yeah, it was a little bit too.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It wasn't like the normal Diddy Bob.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So it's a little off.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But he did also 50. Speaking of 50 cent. 50 cent, because there's been conversation, you know, about the pardon. And there was a story that went out yesterday that Diddy has been bragging to the other inmates about part trump pardoning him in early 2026. So 50 Cent posted and said, no, he's not pardoning you. You said some really nasty things. Stop crying. You're in PC in Jersey. Then he also posted, when he posted that video of Diddy, he said, I told you, he all right. He got his appeal going. Diddy's good and he posted a photo of Diddy and said that Diddy looked happy to be amongst the male inmates. So 50 has been trolling. Speaking of him. So just in case you were wondering how his birthday went, that is how it happened.

[DJ Envy]

And you got a new TV show coming, right, With Taraji P. Henson. I saw, too.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Yep.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, let me pull that up. I saw that yesterday. It's about. It's based off of a book that they did, correct?

[DJ Envy]

I don't know. You do the latest.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm pulling it up right now. Yeah. So they have a. It's a TV adaption of the novel the Accomplice. And it's. That works. It's in the works at Peak Peacock. That was just announced yesterday.

[DJ Envy]

I like seeing that because I remember the days when 50 used to troll the hell out of Taraji P. Henson.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Y.

[DJ Envy]

Because he was trying to build up attention for power. Yeah. He would troll her about Empire.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. People used to be mad at him about that, but that those were some.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He used to troll everybody. Gabrielle Union for being Mary Jane. He used to troll all them.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

But they working together now, which is good.

[Mehdi Hasan]

Which is dope.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. And it's a book that 50 Cent wrote along with a guy named Aaron Philip Clark. It was published last month that this is what they'll be developing into a series. 50 Cent got so much going on.

[DJ Envy]

He does.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So that's it for this hour, y'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

All right. That's the latest with Lauren Charlemagne. Who you giving that down, too, man?

[DJ Envy]

Before. After the hour, we need Van Jones to come to the front of the congregation. We'd like to have a word with him, please.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Okay, we'll get to that next. So don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[DJ Envy]

This is America.

[Mimi Brown]

There is no question that there are.

[DJ Envy]

Problems in this country between police and community. Yes, you are a donkey.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

To the latest on that police killing of a black man.

[Mimi Brown]

Now to new developments in the deadly spot shooting rampage.

[Mehdi Hasan]

Man, yesterday was a really bad day for him, and this is what he did.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And so we are in a state of emergency.

[DJ Envy]

Okay. White supremacist violence is. It always has been, the number one threat to our society.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But I'm also very proud that my wife is white.

[DJ Envy]

The Breakfast Club, bitches.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, Charlene, please tell me, why was I your donkey of the day?

[DJ Envy]

Donkey of the day for Wednesday, November 5th, goes the CNN's Van Jones. Now, last night, the Democrats had a good election night. They won the governor's race in Jersey, Virginia. They voted for Prop 50 in California, they retained crucial seats on the Supreme Court. In Pennsylvania, House Democrats flipped 13 seats in the Virginia state legislators. And of course, course, the mayoral race in New York City was won by Zoran Mandani. And that's why I have to bring Van Jones to the front of the congregation this morning, because last night, Zoran gave a speech after his win, and Van Jones thought the speech was divisive. I thought the opposite. Would you like to hear some of Mandani's speech? Let's listen.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Safety and justice will go hand in hand as we work with police officers to reduce crime and create a Department of Community Safety that tackles the mental health crisis and homelessness crises head on. We believe in standing up for those we love. Whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many black women that Donald Trump has fired from a federal job, a single moment still waiting for the cost of groceries to go down, or anyone else with their back against the wall. Your struggle is ours, too. And we will build a city hall that stands steadfast alongside Jewish New Yorkers and does not waver in the fight against the scourge of antisemitism where the more than 1 million Muslims know that they belong, not just in the five boroughs of this city, but in the halls of power.

[DJ Envy]

How is any of that divisive? I personally love that he covered all bases. He talked about working with police. He talked about, you know, helping people with mental health issues. He talked about helping the homeless. He talked about trans people. He talked about black people, black women, Jewish people, the Muslim community. Most importantly, he spoke to the working class of all races. Okay, Let people know he will be a mayor for all New Yorkers. But Van Jones didn't like that. He thought it was divisive. Van Jones had this to say. Let's listen. I think he missed an opportunity. The Mamdani that we saw in the campaign trail, who was a lot more calm, who was a lot warmer, who was a lot more embracing, was not present in that speech. And I think that Mamdani is the one you need to hear from tonight. There are a lot of people trying to figure out, can I get on this train with him or not? Is he going to include me? Is he going. Is he. Is he going to be more of a class warrior, even in office? I think he missed a chance tonight to open up and bring more people into the tent. I think he was using the microphone in a way that he was almost yelling. And that's not the mom, Danny, that we've seen on TikTok and the Great interviews and stuff like that. So I felt like there's a little bit of a character switch here where the warm, open, embracing guy that's close to working people was not on stage tonight. And there was some. Some other voice on stage that said he's very young and he just pulled off something that's very, very difficult. And I wouldn't write him off, but I think he missed an opportunity to open himself up tonight, and I think that that will probably cost him going, man, shut the F up ever. Okay? There was no opportunity missed. The man just won.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right.

[DJ Envy]

He just won. After you won. Yes. You're going to celebrate. Yes. You're going to talk loud. What do you mean he wasn't warm enough? He took a victory lap and he deserved to take a victory lap because he won. I just don't understand how in the era of Trump, we still telling people how to talk. The language of politics is dead, and Donald Trump killed it. And you know when you can really talk that talk after you win. All right, I listen to the right Zoran's whole speech because I was trying to figure out what the hell Van could have been possibly talking about. It couldn't have been the part I just played earlier. So the only thing I could think of was the rhetoric he had. Put a billionaire class in Donald Trump. Let's listen.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We will hold bad landlords to account because the Donald Trumps of our city have grown far too comfortable taking advantage of their tenants. We will put an end to the culture of corruption that has allowed billionaires like Trump to evade taxation and exploit tax breaks. New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant. So hear me. If we embrace, face this brave new course rather than fleeing from it, we can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him.

[DJ Envy]

There is absolutely nothing divisive about calling out bad landlords who take advantage of terrorists, okay? There's nothing divisive about calling out billionaires who are corrupt and don't pay their fair share of taxes. Nothing wrong with calling them out, okay? An administration, all right, that is trying to implement an authoritarian strategy on America. There is nothing wrong with calling that out. There's nothing wrong with calling out capitalism, okay? There is nothing divisive about it. There was something Zoran said in his speech. He said, as has so often occurred, the billionaire class has sought to convince those making $30 an hour that their enemies are those earnings earning $20 an hour. Oh, I love that. Okay, see, the reason a lot of things don't change in this country is because you don't have enough politicians that are willing to challenge capitalism. And Zoran is doing that. So how can Van Jones be mad that someone is challenging capitalism and authoritarian strategy? Well, I need someone way smarter than me to answer that question. Mediocre. Why would Van Jones calls Iran Mandan Ronnie's speech divisive? Why would people say this was an angry, far left, rage filled victory speech?

[Mehdi Hasan]

Very hard for me to get inside of Van Jones's head. But I would remind people that van Jones in 2017 is the guy who gave us the most famous line of the first Trump administration. Remember when Trump gave that speech in Congress? Van Jones on the CNN said tonight he became President of the United States. So Van Jones thinks that Donald Trump gives unifying speeches that make him president, but thinks Zoran Mumdani, who's united, a multiracial, multicultural, multi income cohort coalition, is divisive. That tells you more about Van Jones than it does tell you about Zoran Mandani. I mean, Jared Kushner's pal wasn't a fan of Zoran Mandani's anti oligarchy, anti Trump speech. I'm shocked.

[DJ Envy]

Please give Van Jones the biggest he haw. And when we come back, we're going to talk to Medi Hassan some more.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

That's right.

[DJ Envy]

About everything that happened last night and all things going on in the world of politics.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

That's right. So don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. Yes, he's here to talk about a lot, especially post election coverage. Ladies and gentlemen, Mehdi Hassan. Welcome.

[Mehdi Hasan]

Great to be back.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How are you, man?

[DJ Envy]

How do you feel? First of all, I know y' all was partying all last night.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

You gotta be tired partying.

[Mehdi Hasan]

I was doing a live stream. So the Voice, it was very noisy in Brooklyn.

[DJ Envy]

Okay?

[Mehdi Hasan]

You can imagine there was some noise made at this historic election night event and the Voice took a hit. But yeah, it was very historic. We're there all night. We were alive all night.

[DJ Envy]

I want to ask you a question. First of all, have you seen this? The front page of the New York Post this morning.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Let me see.

[DJ Envy]

Okay. Oh, wow. It says, on your marks, get set. Zo. Socialist Mandani wins race for mayor. The Red Apple. What do you think of that?

[Mehdi Hasan]

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[Mehdi Hasan]

This stuff worked. They'll keep going after him. The billionaires. And I pointed out last night, Jaramdani did not just be Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa Ramdani beat Bill Ackman and Michael Bloomberg and Reed Hastings and James Murray Doc and the Walmart woman and the Home Depot guy and Doordash and Airbnb and all the billionaires and corporations who threw all that cash at him. He beat them all.

[DJ Envy]

What do you think about Bill Ackman reaching out last night? What did you think of that?

[Mehdi Hasan]

First of all, it was a very short tweet. Bill Ackman writes these War and Peace Tolstoy tweets. Very short tweet. I tweeted last night, thoughts and prayers to Bill Akman and Elon Musk. This guy spent his entire campaign attacking. He suggested that Zoramundani is some crazy jihadist terrorist radical.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

And for people that don't know who he is, he's a hedge fund manager. He's worth about $10 billion.

[Mehdi Hasan]

I envy the people who don't know who he is. I wish I didn't know who he was. But he spends a lot of money and time online. And what's interesting, it's why people hate politics in this country. Right? It's so cynical. He spent the entire campaign saying the guy is a terrorist. He hates Jews. Like the most extreme incendiary rhetoric. And then he wins. He's like, hey, man, I'll work with you. You need me, I'm here for you. Hold on. I thought you just told us the end of the world was going to happen if this guy won. Make your mind wind up.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

But I do have a question. So a lot of people were saying that. Mom, Donnie promised a lot. And I see you in the elevator.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

And Some of the things he said.

[DJ Envy]

Free and rent freeze, eliminating fans, universal child care, building a large number, affordable housing.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

And they are going to be on it, raising taxes.

[DJ Envy]

He's gonna fund all this by raising taxes and taxes on the top earners.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

And corporations building 200000 houses. So he's going to be on a timer. So what do you say to those people? Could he get, can he get all those things done with everybody against him in politics, I should say.

[Mehdi Hasan]

Well, what's interesting is that everybody is not against him. The public are with him.

[DJ Envy]

Right.

[Mehdi Hasan]

He's got a massive mandate. Donald Trump is a man. Let me just put context. Donald Trump is a man who's never won more than 50% of the vote.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right.

[Mehdi Hasan]

In 2016 he lost a popular vote, still beat Hillary. In 2020 he lost popular vote and everything else to Biden. In 2024. Last year he got 49 point something percent of the vote. He never hit 50%. Have you listened to how Republicans talk? Like they own the place? We have a mandate. Millions of people voted for this. The people are with Trump. You need to have Democratic leaders who are willing to do the same thing. I want to hear Zoramnani in every speech. Go. More than a million people voted for me. Like that should be his line in every interview, at the start and end of every time he talks, because that is his mandate. Those are the people who are with him. And the fact that you were able to just reel off his policies because.

[DJ Envy]

He said it so much.

[Mehdi Hasan]

Yeah, and because it works. Right. Like Hillary Clinton ran with like a 700 page policy platform. No one knew what it was. Donald Trump said boundaries, Muslims build a wall. People remember that stuff. So it was political genius to communicate with those kind of simple popular appeals. Is he going to pull it all off? We will see. I mean, we know that he doesn't have the power to do everything on his own. Luckily, the governor is now an ally. Kathy, even though Schumer and others wouldn't back him, he did get the backing of the Governor. I interviewed Tish James last night, the Attorney General. He's got the backing of some big figures in the state. Well, will that be enough? We will see. We will see whether the smile and the charm and the charisma and the people behind power will get Albany to do some of this stuff because he can't do it on his own. You're right.

[DJ Envy]

Well, Governor Hogle already said she's not going to raise the taxes.

[Mehdi Hasan]

She said she's not going to raise taxes. But she also said she supports his plan for universal childcare. So at some point, the robber's going to hit the road. How do you pay for it? It can only be through raising taxes on rich folks.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Can it be free bus service in New York City?

[Mehdi Hasan]

I mean, there could be anything you want.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

I mean, realistically, could that happen?

[Mehdi Hasan]

I live in a country where don't.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Take a bus to school every day. I mean, I would be.

[Mehdi Hasan]

You're right. I live in a country where the guy from Home Alone 2 is president, threatening to annex Greenland. And you tell me free buses are realistic. I think a lot of things are realistic. If you put your. I mean, Democrats are always trying to lower the ambition and Republicans are like, we'll do whatever the hell we want. We'll conquer countries, we'll bomb things, we'll do all sorts of insane things. And Democrats like, oh, can we do this little bit for poor people or marginalized people or people who need help? And I just think, come on, New York, biggest city in the country, richest city in the country. You can't do this stuff. Yes, you can.

[DJ Envy]

I want to hear you do it. You know, I do.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

I really do.

[Mehdi Hasan]

And by the way, if they block him, I mean, this is a man who will run again on this platform. I mean, FDR ran in the 1930s on the basis that, look, they hate me, the rich people, and I embrace their hatred. And I can very much see if he doesn't get things through. And it's clear it's because of the opponents, he'll run on that again in a few years time.

[DJ Envy]

I want to ask about that. How does he navigate the government over reach? That is absolutely going to happen to Donald Trump.

[Mehdi Hasan]

It's a good question. I asked Tish James the same question yesterday. I mean, all Democratic attorneys generals have been dealing with this issue in California, in Illinois. We know Donald Trump is now going to use his excuse to send in the troops.

[DJ Envy]

Absolutely.

[Mehdi Hasan]

To cut funding. I mean, it's insane that he posted on his social site at the weekend, you know, if you vote for Zora Mundi, if Zora Mundi wins, I will cut funding. Like that is the classic mob boss.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's crazy.

[Mehdi Hasan]

Just extortion. The country's biggest, richest city, the President states says, I'm not going to send you any money if you don't vote for the guy I want. By the way, the guy you wanted was Andrew Cuomo. So I just think that's. Look, I don't know if there's any solution to this stuff. I Think it's not going to. It can't be Mamdani on his own, right? The whole point about Donald Trump is you can't beat him on his own. You can't beat what he does is he goes after institutions and people one by one, like the bully in the playground, and takes them out one by one. The only way you beat Donald Trump is with solidarity, with people sticking together, not people throwing each other under the bus. Big universities, big tech companies, all trying to curry favor. I actually thought the best part of Zoran Mandani's speech last night was when he went after Trump and made it very clear. He said, the way you respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism is not with the appeasement they crave, but with the strength they fear. And he said, you get rid of the conditions that create despots like Trump. You don't hear that enough from the Democratic Party. All you hear from Democrats is we've got to get rid of Trump and back to business as usual. What Zoram Hamdani is saying and Bernie and others have said, said is you can't just get rid of Trump, you got to get rid of the next Trump. And that means getting rid of the conditions that created Trump.

[DJ Envy]

How should Democrats look at last night? And what I mean by that is, yeah, Jersey, you expect Jersey to go blue. Mayor race in New York City, you expect that to go blue. Prop 50 in California, that's the blue state. Right. Virginia, you kind of expect that.

[Mehdi Hasan]

The margins, margins were huge.

[DJ Envy]

So, okay, so how should they should, should this be something they look at and be like, okay, this is a, this is a step in the right direction for us.

[Mehdi Hasan]

It's 100 a step in the right direction. Especially you look at the Virginia House, for example, which is seen as a bellwether, whether they won back a bunch of seats, veto proof majority there, which. So Trump took a beating in all these places, especially in Virginia, where, you know, he fired a bunch of federal workers. Doge. All of that had a huge impact. But look, it's across the board. It's in special elections in Georgia, it's the Prop 50 was a 2 to 1 vote. I think Gavin Newsom will be very pleased with that result. There was a statewide race in Georgia for which they won as well. You go through the list. In Maine, they rejected an attempt to limit early voting and all sorts of other voting method. So it's really, really interesting that across the board they did. Well, the margins were big. I mean, Mikey, Cheryl, it was looking very close In New Jersey just last week, she actually was a blowout. Right. So I do think the margins are big. It does bode well for them going into next year. My, my bigger worry is not that they win the House. I hope they win the House, but then what do they do with that part? Like, I have no confidence in Hakeem Jeffries. I have no confidence in Chuck Schumer. I mean, Chuck Schumer was asked yesterday, today, who did you vote for in your city? And he could not say who he voted for. Like, disgraceful. Doesn't come close enough to. You are the leader of the Democrats in the Senate and you can't say that you voted for the Democratic candidate in New York. And by the way, you said New York goes, you know, is a Democratic city. But this guy was up against two candidates. He was up against a Republican and a famous Democrat with name recognition who was governor of the state.

[DJ Envy]

Terrible candidates, though.

[Mehdi Hasan]

Terrible.

[DJ Envy]

Let's be honest. And I like Curtis as a person, but J.T. agreed.

[Mehdi Hasan]

Agreed. He, he got lucky. You need luck in politics. Donald Trump got lucky in 2016. You could argue with Hillary Clinton, but the point is they still outspent him. They still threw the kitchen sinking him. He still had all the billionaire support. He still had the Cuomo name. If you go back nine months, we say terrible candidate, but he had the inevitability aura. It was like it was Andrew Cuomo's race to lose. He was leading in the primaries. This was the guy who was supposed to just naturally get it because of his name and experience and money. He didn't. He got disgraced twice.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Let me ask, but what does that mean for Democrats? Because it seems like nobody rolled for him. It seems like the Democrats almost separated to go against each other.

[DJ Envy]

Right.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

You had Eric Adams at one point. You had Cuomo at another point. Mamdani.

[Mehdi Hasan]

Yeah.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

We're gonna ask you when we come back. We have many Hassan here. We're talking Post election coverage. 800-585-1051. We'll take some calls if we can. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, everybody.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's DJ Envy.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Just hilarious Charlamagne. The guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We have Mehdi Hassan here.

[DJ Envy]

Go We.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

We're talking post election coverage. Right? And I just asked, what does that mean for Democrats? Because it seems like when the Democrats had somebody, they split like Voltron, right? You had Eric Adams, now he's independent. You had Cuomo, now he's independent. But they're Democrats. But they all did this to go at Mamdani. So what does that mean for Democrats? Because Republicans, I don't think would ever do that. Even if they didn't like the candidate, they would still stand behind him.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's true.

[Mehdi Hasan]

I mean, it's Trump. It's a reminder that they keep nominating crappy Democrats. I mean, the fact that Eric Adams was the mayor, the fact that. That Andrew Cuomo was the governor tells you volumes about the New York Democratic Party and how awful it was. And I think Mamnani is a breath of fresh air. I was standing in that hall at Brooklyn Paramount last night, watching him speak, seeing the energy, the crowd, people crying, thinking to myself, this is the guy they chose to reject. This is the guy Chuck Schumer couldn't even say he voted for. This is the guy that, as you call him, aipak Shakur, couldn't turn up and actually, until, like, the Friday before the race, endorse him. What is wrong with these people? Do they not want to win? He won young men 18 to 29, according to the NBC exit poll last night, by 40 points. To put that in context, Cheryl and Spanberger won young men by 10 and 14 points. Mamdani won by 40 points. I'm old enough to remember a year ago when Democrats were like, how do we get young men back? Do we need to go on podcasts? How do we get young men back? This guy's doing it. He's giving you a playbook. And they're like, no, no, we don't want the playbook. We don't want this guy. The entire party establishment rejecting him to the very. The very end. Hillary Clinton asked at the weekend. She's like, oh, I don't know. I have another view. Like, none of them would come behind this guy with energy and charisma. So it's a real problem for the Democratic Party if they decide to carry on. You know, the classic circular firing squad where they're all just shooting each other. On Monday, Spanberger, the woman who just won the governor's race in Virginia, she was attacking Mamdani as dishonest. I'm like, what are you doing? You're both on the eve of major elections. Why are you attacked?

[DJ Envy]

Why are you attacking him?

[Mehdi Hasan]

Like, is there not enough Republicans to attack? But that is classic Democratic Party.

[DJ Envy]

I think I saw it. Correct me if I'm wrong. I saw a poll last night that he won just young people 18 to 29, by, like, 75% overall.

[Mehdi Hasan]

I didn't see the final nomination, but the male one is fascinating. He Won women, of course, as well. But the male was fascinated because all I was told by pundits was like, young men don't vote. They're all conservatives. Now, we were told that all young men are conservatives. We didn't see that last night. We were told, latinos, all conservative. Now, last night, Democrats won back Latinos across the country. Guess what? Having a rogue fascist, secret police and masks picking up brown people off the street doesn't help your poll rating.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, I think it shows how out of touch the Democratic Party is when they're giving Mandani credit. And he should get credit, but giving him credit for using social media, galvanizing young people, and talking about affordability, those are the basics. I know, like, Obama did that in 08.

[Mehdi Hasan]

It's amazing that this guy had to come along. Remember how Mundani becomes famous? He goes out in Queens after the presidential election, and he just stops people and says, did you vote for Trump? Why'd you vote for Trump? There's no hectoring, there's no heckling. Just has conversations with them. And at the end, he's like, well, I'm running for mayor. This is what I used to do. And they're like, yeah, we support that. And I think those kind of conversations. It's not rocket science, as you say, to have that. But if you're a party that's captured by donors and the corporate class and special interests, as the Democratic Party sadly is, especially at the higher levels, then it's very hard for you to have those conversations. Like you say, it's not rocket science. It's like, oh, people want cheaper rent and cheaper buses and more affordable. Like, this is not rocket science. But if you. Yeah, if you're beholden to people who say it can't be done, you can't promise that this is impossible. And one of the things he said in a speech last night is that he has redefined what is possible or impossible.

[DJ Envy]

I got another question about the government shutdown. The ACA premiums have already gone up. They're set for the year. Democrats, we appreciate the effort, but isn't it time to reopen the government?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Government?

[Mehdi Hasan]

I mean, who's in charge of the government?

[DJ Envy]

Republicans. But you still need those eight Democrat votes to vote.

[Mehdi Hasan]

Yeah. Because of the filibuster they now want to get rid of, by the way.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, yeah.

[Mehdi Hasan]

I mean, I spent years saying, by.

[DJ Envy]

The way, I don't care who's responsible for it. It's a bipartisan. Going to take a bipartisan effort. But isn't it Time to reopen the government.

[Mehdi Hasan]

Yeah, of course it's time to reopen the government. But the Republicans in charge of the.

[DJ Envy]

Government, you cannot still need those eight.

[Mehdi Hasan]

Democratic votes, but you cannot have a political system that always relies on only the Democratic Party being the responsible party. You just can't. America cannot survive.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We've created.

[Mehdi Hasan]

It's like having toddlers, right? The Republican Party are a bunch of toddlers, and everyone else has to be the adults in the room. And that cannot continue indefinitely. And at some point, I'm glad Democrats have drawn a line, even with Schumer and Jeffries, where they're saying, you know what? It's up to Republicans to govern responsibly. It's up to Republicans to stick to their pledges.

[DJ Envy]

But we know they can't.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

But they're.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

There you go.

[Mehdi Hasan]

That's the problem.

[DJ Envy]

But we know they can't. The reason I say, with the greatest.

[Mehdi Hasan]

Respect, my friend, you're part of the problem. You can't say, we know they can't, because that immediately gives Republicans a pass and puts the entire American democracy, American government, American economy, only in the hands of one party to deal with it.

[DJ Envy]

I agree. But we know Republicans aren't going to do the right thing. Rent is due. They talk about cutting SNAP benefits. People got childcare to pay, light bill, car notes, we need groceries. We need the Democrats to say, okay, we know you're not going to give us no concessions. We fought the good fight. We're going to vote to reopen the government.

[Mehdi Hasan]

The problem with that argument is, is if you're worried about human suffering, the counterargument is that reopening the government on Republican terms increases human suffering.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, but the election's in 2026, so now you can say, republicans are responsible for your human suffering. Republicans are the reason you got high health care. So let's Change this in 2026.

[Mehdi Hasan]

I don't have the numbers off the top of my head, but a lot of the stuff that Trump did in the big, beautiful bill, all the horrific stuff, they very smartly delayed that till after the midterms kick in a lot. But the premiums are the premiums. A lot of the pain. So, look, there's a strategic argument for doing what you're saying. I don't believe I've been around long enough to know that this always ends with the Republicans benefiting from Democrats rolling over. And I'm glad to see Democrats not rolling over.

[DJ Envy]

Now, I'm with you. But it's hard to see all this human suffering.

[Mehdi Hasan]

I Agree with human suffering cuts.

[DJ Envy]

Both these food banks are so the line. Food banks are so long, 100%. You know, we got government workers calling up here every day. Hold on.

[Mehdi Hasan]

But the fact that you and I are talking about Democrats and not Donald Trump. Trump starving Americans and saying he said at the weekend he goes, I will not a court, let's just be very clear. A court has said he must release the funds to pay for snap. And he said I'm not going to do it.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

That's crazy.

[Mehdi Hasan]

That should be the conversation. It's not. Should Democrats open the government? Should Donald Trump follow the law?

[DJ Envy]

No, I'm just saying the government should be reopened. We just know it takes a bipartisan effort to do it. Yes, Republicans are the main issue here, but we can't act like eight Democrats.

[Mehdi Hasan]

It'll be interesting to see if they get. He's now pushing for the filibuster nuking. It'd be interesting to see if they get rid of that filibuster because of course in the long run that will help Democrats.

[DJ Envy]

They had a good night last night. Reopen the guys, reopen the government. That's all I'm saying.

[Mehdi Hasan]

I agree with you. But I'm saying it's Republicans who have to reopen the government.

[DJ Envy]

It is a bipartisan effort.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Like give people their money.

[Mehdi Hasan]

But I'm saying, I'm saying there's a cost to doing that.

[DJ Envy]

And you know, and you know where it's kind of disingenuous is if by some chance Republicans do make consensus concessions, aren't you going to give the Democrats credit in what if the Democrats make concessions on health care?

[Mehdi Hasan]

If the Democrats are Republicans, I mean.

[DJ Envy]

If Republicans make concessions on health care.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

Aren't you going to give the Democrats credit?

[Mehdi Hasan]

I mean. Yes.

[DJ Envy]

So you got to give them the same credit. Now with the government being. Yes.

[Mehdi Hasan]

Did they have a role to play?

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Mehdi Hasan]

That they have a role to play.

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Mehdi Hasan]

But it's about. But the problem is whose responsibility is it? That's the point. I don't think again, it goes back to my thing. I can't treat Republicans like children and toddlers. I don't think American democracy can support if we only have a two party system and one of the two parties is completely. We just don't take seriously. They can do whatever the hell they want. They can break any law, ignore any judge, shut down any government program, end usaid. And again, the costs of reopening the government, the costs of conceding on the Medicaid cuts and all of that stuff. Your point is? Well, next year they can point in the midterms, but what about the suffering on that front till the midterms? What about the people who are going to lose health care?

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, I would rather the government be open, people be getting paid and we're having these arguments about health care and Republicans, Republicans, you know, people having to miss paychecks.

[Mehdi Hasan]

But if the government's opened up this democratic argument. I'm not a Democrat, but the Democratic Party argument is if the government's open up, you're going to have huge costs in the health care world.

[DJ Envy]

Once again, that's one bill. As opposed to people not getting no checks to pay lights, rent, daycare, like no money coming in. Yeah, it's horrible.

[Mehdi Hasan]

It's an effed up situation in this country. We shouldn't. By the way, can I just point this out to people who are listening and watching. I'm from the uk. I'm an immigrant to the uk. There's no other western democracy that has government shutdowns. There's no other western democracy that has debt ceilings. This is all artificial crap that's in our system that needs to be fixed again when the Democrats are in office. They need to fix this stuff so that we don't have this constant cycle of this nonsense that people are like. This is why people hate politics. To go back to what I said at the start.

[DJ Envy]

Well, at least we got people like you here to bring some clarity to it.

[Mehdi Hasan]

I appreciate it.

[DJ Envy]

Absolutely.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Well, we appreciate you for joining us this morning. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for breaking it down. And I'm sure you'll be back soon in the later. Appreciate a lot to talk about.

[Mehdi Hasan]

That always is.

[DJ Envy]

Thanks, guys.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

All right, when we come back, we got the latest with Lauren. So don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast club.

[DJ Envy]

You got 16mm eyelashes. Don't be stingy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He's not talking to me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Talking to Lauren. What you feel about a 16 mm?

[DJ Envy]

You know, he weird.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He dress up girl.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

He know the girl go out at night. But let's get.

[DJ Envy]

She be having the latest on the Latest with Lauren LaRosa. Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details. Sometimes she have a little bit of everything.

[Mehdi Hasan]

Oh, it's the latest on the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Real quick, Lauren. Just the way that they hate on God's architecture when it comes to my eyebrows.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I know that's right. Cuz I got the eyebrows too.

[DJ Envy]

So you know what I'm saying?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's good.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

This man, does he do his eyebrows.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Like this with the fingers like. You are so sassy.

[DJ Envy]

And he does his eyebrow.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Look at that.

[DJ Envy]

I don't need to pin to fill them in every morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I know that's right. Me either.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

This man gets waxed and does his eyebrows. I just want you to know that.

[DJ Envy]

I got a wax appointment tomorrow. You heard what Bill.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Bill said.

[DJ Envy]

I got a wax appointment tomorrow, baby.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

See yo alarms.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, speaking of black women, Sharla, yesterday at the Ebony Power 100 Gala, I also ran into Mario Singer. Mario and you guys.

[DJ Envy]

Black women.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Speaking of black women is crazy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, listen, the reason why I say that is because people have been on him saying that he doesn't like black women because he's in an interracial relationship. Relationship. And yesterday when I saw him at the Ebony Power 100 Gala, I told him, I'm like, you know, we're gonna talk about this on the Breakfast Club. You want to give me a comment? You want to share? You know, how you feel? And he says.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

He.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He did. He was no, he. Drinking, having a good time. He was like, no, I don't want to do a comment. But he was like, make sure you let people know that the world doesn't move without black women. But let's take a listen. He was on Funky Friday.

[DJ Envy]

That's a crazy choice of words. I need to hear what he's saying. You got that on audio? Do you have anything against black women? No, sir, I don't. Never have. What is your relationship like with black women?

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

The ones that matter to me, my.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Grandmother, my mother, my family members, my aunts, a few of the black women that I have dated, My relationship with.

[DJ Envy]

Them were all different.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I can say that my grandmother was my hero.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

She was the contrast in my life.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

When it came to understanding the importance.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Of a black woman.

[DJ Envy]

The strength of a black woman, the.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Soul of a black black woman. So when I think of a black.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Woman, her face is the first one.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That pops up, and it feels safe.

[DJ Envy]

My mother.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's a very, very hard question for me to answer because part of me.

[DJ Envy]

Feels like I was blessed to be born from her womb because she was.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Talented and had so much passion and fire. But on the other side, we had.

[DJ Envy]

A very toxic relationship because I didn't understand her struggles with whatever she was facing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And I just wanted her to love.

[DJ Envy]

Me the way I wanted her to love me as a mom to a son.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So he's speaking on his experience once he provided context.

[DJ Envy]

I mean, yeah, you know, how is that for all black women, though? Because he's talking about his mother and grandmother, right?

[Lauren LaRosa]

No. So look, the hate came before this interview. He's just addressing it again in this interview. The hate actually started when he posted his girlfriend. They, you know, celebrating the fact that she is having his baby.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And when people saw that she wasn't black, people hopped in the comments. It was. It was all over.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, so Dr. Umar Hive went crazy.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Is what you telling me against it? Damn it. Is she white?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I believe she's. She's, like, Mexican.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. Like, she not white.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Her name is Esmeralda.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I believe she's almost definitely a Latina. Yeah. But I'm happy that he is having this. His kid, his first kid. I'm. I'm happy about that. You know, that's my Baltimore brother, so he ain't got nothing bad coming from me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, no, I mean, I don't think that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I didn't really understand why people were so upset with him until I was looking at some of the comments, and I think anytime you are, I think. Because I can't even believe you're trying to explain.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, it's like, this is ridiculous you're trying to explain.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I didn't understand why, like, if he chooses to be with whatever woman he.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Wants to be mad at, anything, man, that man's having a baby and they're talking about relationship. Man. Congratulations on that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

His last few girlfriends have not been black. That's why people get upset. Who cares?

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, I like seeing. I like seeing black men with black women. I think that black love is revolutionary. But I'm not tripping off somebody who decides to be with somebody of another race.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

I thought you was gonna talk about the fact that he said he was talking about Amarion and Jacques singing. That's what I thought you were gonna go.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, because he always coming that clip. And I did talk to him about that because he didn't even see Jacques's response. I told him yesterday that Jaques got upset, but let's take a listen to Mario talking about who can't sing. To what Envy's talking about.

[DJ Envy]

I said every singer can't sing. I will give you a list of artists and you will say if they can or can't. All right, cool. Bryson, Tiller. Listen, if Bryson wanted to sing more, he could. It's either a yes or a no.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

I would say.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Come on, Mario.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Listen, I. I never heard Bryson sing.

[DJ Envy]

Live without just no mic, no nothing. So I don't know. It's yes or no, bro.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

To my standards.

[Mehdi Hasan]

No, thank you.

[DJ Envy]

Trey song. Yeah, Trey can sing. The Weeknd.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

Ray J. Ray J can sing when he wants to. It's a hard yes.

[Mehdi Hasan]

Or it's.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

It's not a hard yes, but say yes, Jacques.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, he can sing. Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

I'll just tell you straight up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But if you.

[Mimi Brown]

But.

[DJ Envy]

But to me, you can't. Okay, I get that. Oh, God. My Mario.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It'd be hit or miss for me sometimes.

[DJ Envy]

Bobby Valentino. He can sing. Last but not least, Chris Brown. He can sing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So wait, wait, wait. So he need to be mad at Cam Newton?

[DJ Envy]

Not.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay, so that's what Mark. Yeah, that's what Mario was saying.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

He only played a little clip of that because he went back and forth. And then he went back and was like, well, I don't know. But that wasn't the whole clip. They cut that out because he went back to Jacques.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, okay.

[DJ Envy]

Mario.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But Mario said. And he said this. He reiterated last night. He said all. He said. I said yes initially. So he was like, I don't even understand why he's upset. So Jacques commented on this, and he said, cam Newton and Mario, y' all some hoes. Keep my name out your mouth on that little podcast. I've been minding my business. But yesterday Mario said to me, he was like. I said yes. Like, I wasn't trying to say he couldn't sing. Like, I don't. He basically. Even when they went back, he wasn't trying to say that he couldn't.

[DJ Envy]

Why are y' all fake woke people on social media. Didn't say, how come Cam didn't bring up no white single singers? Hey, yo, all I heard him naming was black singers. Why y' all fake woke people on social media that got mad about who Mario dating. Didn't get mad at Cam for only bringing up blacks.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

The clip was a little longer, too, by the way, because, you know, Cam said, well, Jacques. And he was like, well, you know, I can say yes or no sometimes. It wasn't just yes or no. I said, yes. No, it was a little extra. It was a little more sauce on it. Jacques was like, nah, I can sing it. I have a problem with it.

[DJ Envy]

I don't have a problem with anything Mario discussed.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, don't either.

[DJ Envy]

It's all just a matter of. That's his position. Opinion. That's right. It's a matter of opinion. And that's what you. You do. These people sit down, they do these interviews, they say things. You agree, you disagree. You get online, you talk about it. We all move on and live another Day. Correct. But I will say that that singing conversation is a way more interesting conversation than that race combo. Because it's ridiculous to say somebody hates a whole group of people because of how they choose to date, regardless of how much Dr. Umar and I choose to judge them.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, wow.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

All right. Well, that is the latest with Lauren.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, gosh.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, he said he loves you just too, Mario.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, of course I love. And that man. Shut up. Shut up. He did. He. He said he had his Baltimore accent on last night.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, he did. Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, cool.

[DJ Envy]

All right. He turns it on and off or something?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Nah, sometimes he's.

[Mimi Brown]

He.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He don't sound Baltimore until he get mad. Like when you haven't lived there in a long, long, long time and he been in LA and lived other places like you don't. It's not as strong like you using your dues and your dugs and all that is not as strong as it used to be. I use dug W. No, you didn't.

[DJ Envy]

Remember we was walking down the sidewalk and that white lady had to talk.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes. He was like, what kind of dug is that? I'm like, you sound dumb because you're not from Baltimore. And the lady wanted to correct him so bad. She was looking like, well, he's black, so you know, she ain't wanted.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She a get.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

That is the latest with Lauren. Let's get to the mix. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, Chat. We'll see you later.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Peace Chat.

[Mimi Brown]

Bye, Chat.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Love you all.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Morning, everybody.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's DJ Envy.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Just hilarious Charlemagne, the guy. We are the. The Breakfast Club. Now we got a salute to Medi Hassan for joining us this morning, man.

[DJ Envy]

Salute to the good brother Medi Hassan. You know, he's been a supporter of Zorama Donani since day one, so it was good to have him for some post election coverage this morning.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Yes. And also Ms. Pat and Jordan E. Cooper for joining us this morning.

[DJ Envy]

Big Ms. Pat. Big Jordan Cooper. Yep. You know what I'm saying? Salute to them, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Proud of that young brother. He's so young. Doing a damn thing.

[DJ Envy]

Absolutely. And Ms. Pat's new shit show, Ms. Pat settles. Season three of it started yesterday at 10:00 clock on BET. So make sure you check that out and watch that on bet.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Plus now, where you at next week?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Next week I'm in Perrysburg, Ohio, so that's in the Toledo area. I'll be at the Funny Bone Comedy Club. We got four shows next weekend. That's two on Friday, two on Saturday. Me and my brother Desi Alexander will be in Ohio so get your tickets if you haven't [e-mail] also my book is available for pre order. Pre order. So deaf do we parent? Get it, get it now. The link is in my bio. The link is wherever you go and get your books. You can pre order my book and I will be doing an audio version. I'm proud of myself. I love that. And also last but not least, I will be filming my very first comedy special in Baltimore city at the Nevermore Theater December 13th on Saturday. I cannot wait, y'. All. I'm coming home for the holidays days and I'm going to be filming my special. So Baltimore, the tickets go on sale tomorrow. You can get the pre sale and I'm just excited. I'm happy. What other city to do it in other than mine? Can't you. You know what I'm saying?

[DJ Envy]

I agree.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All this Baltimore energy is ready.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

Be lit.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's very be crazy. It's been a long time coming. It's been something that I've been wanting to do for the past few years and I'm gonna do it myself. So I can't wait to see y'. All Baltimore. But next week, get your sickest. Oh, Ohio.

[Jesse 'Jess Hilarious' Lopez]

All right. We got a positive note, Charlemagne.

[DJ Envy]

I do, man. And it's simple. It comes from Thomas Edison. When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this. You haven't. Keep going. Have a great day.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Breakfast Club finish. Are y' all done on the podcast Health stuff. We are tackling all the health questions that keep you up at night.

[Mimi Brown]

I'm Dr. Priyanka Wali, a double board certified physician.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And I'm Hari Kundabolu, a comedian and someone who once googled do I have scurvy at 3? And on our show we're talking about health in a different way. Like our episode where we look at diabetes in the United states.

[Mimi Brown]

I mean, 50% of Americans are pre diabetic.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How preventable is type 2? Extremely.

[Mimi Brown]

Listen to Health Stuff on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. The murder of an 18 year old girl in Graves County, Kentucky went unsolved for years until a local housewife, a journalist and a handful of girls came forward with a story.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

America, y' all better wake the hell up. Bad things happens to good people and small towns.

[Mimi Brown]

Listen to Graves county on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts and to binge the entire season ad free. Subscribe to Lava for good plus on Apple Podcasts.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm Hunter, host of Hunting for Answers.

[Mimi Brown]

On the Black Effect Podcast Network. Join me every weekday as I share.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Bite sized stories of missing and murdered.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Black women and girls in America.

[Mimi Brown]

Stories like Erica Hunt, a young mother.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Vanished without a trace after a family.

[Mimi Brown]

Gathering gathering on 4th of July weekend 2016. No goodbyes, no clues, just gone.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Listen to Hunting for Answers every weekday.

[Mimi Brown]

On the Black Effect Podcast Network, iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[DJ Envy]

Hey, I'm Kyle McLaughlin. You might know me as that guy from Twin Peaks, Sex and the City or just the Internet stat. I have a new podcast called what Are We Even Doing? Where I embark on a noble quest to understand the brilliant chaos of youth culture. Each week I invite someone fascinating to join me to talk about navigating this high speed roller coaster we call reality. Join me and my delightful guests every Thursday and let's get weird together in a good way. Listen to what Are We Even doing on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Mimi Brown]

Hey, I'm Nora Jones and I love playing music with people so much that my podcast called Playing along is Back. I sit down with musicians from all musical styles to play songs together in an intimate setting. Over the past two seasons, I've had special guests like Dave Grohl, Levy, Rufus Wainwright, Mavis Staples. Really too many to name and there's still so much more to come in this new season. Listen to Norah Jones is playing along.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

On the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or.

[Mimi Brown]

Wherever you get your podcasts.

[Lauren LaRosa]

This is an iHeart podcast.