The People's Donkey

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Breakfast Club – "The People's Donkey"

Date: May 8, 2026
Hosts: DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God
Episode Theme:
This episode of The Breakfast Club spotlights the weekly "People's Donkey" segment, where callers nominate individuals or entities deserving of a "Donkey of the Day" for foolish or problematic behavior. The episode features a range of stories, from personal appeals and social commentary to viral news incidents and cultural debates.

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Main Segments & Key Discussion Points

1. Introduction to "People’s Donkey"

• [02:12 – 02:23]
  The hosts introduce the recurring Friday feature where listeners nominate their own "Donkey of the Day." Charlamagne explains:

  "Every Friday, we open up the phone lines and we allow you, the people, to give somebody the credit they deserve for being stupid."
  (Charlamagne Tha God, 02:23)

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2. Caller Nomination: Joshua Williams, Aspiring Pilot

• [02:33 – 05:07]
  • Joshua Williams calls in, reminding Charlamagne he once snuck backstage at the Black Effect Podcast Festival to hand him a proposal for help with pilot school tuition.
  • Joshua reiterates his passion for flying and discusses the prohibitive costs of pilot training ($150,000).
  • Rather than nominating a specific person, Joshua gives the "biggest he haw" to people lacking compassion.
  • Quote:

    "I just want to give the biggest he haws to everybody who's not nice and doesn't have compassion nowadays, just for everyday stuff... You don't know what people are going through."
    (Joshua Williams, 03:46)

  • Memorable moment: The hosts tease Joshua about almost sharing his phone number on air and advise him to share an email instead ([e-mail]).

    "Millions of people listening now. You don't want to give your phone number. Damn. Give me an instagram or something."
    (Charlamagne Tha God, 04:38)

  • Joshua's heartfelt request and hustle are respected by the hosts.

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3. Caller Nomination: Don Dada on “Chud the Builder”

• [05:12 – 06:46]
  • Don Dada from Queens nominates “Chud the Builder,” an Internet personality infamous for provocative and racist behavior, including hurling slurs and recently allegedly macing a pregnant woman.
  • Charlamagne and the hosts react with disbelief and a frank conversation about the risks and consequences of such confrontations.
  • Highlights:

    "He's walking around provoking Black people, calling them the N word and hiding behind free speech... He thinks it's his right."
    (Don Dada, 05:30)
    "You mace a pregnant woman, you got to get it."
    (Charlamagne Tha God, 06:41)

  • Discussion on calculated risks and how people might respond if provoked.

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4. Caller Nomination: Paul Irene on "America" due to Trump

• [06:47 – 08:42]
  • Paul gives the “biggest he haw” to “America,” citing widespread frustration with the country’s leadership, regardless of political affiliation, and everyday hardships like high gas prices.
  • Quote:

    "America gotta get it, y'all... Y'all instilled a leader who portrayed himself as Jesus... Now $1 billion of your own tax money and gas is high. He did the Jimmy Dolan shake and bake on the whole—America gotta get it, we all done."
    (Paul Irene, 07:35)

  • The hosts discuss the shared consequences of political decisions.
  • In a lighter moment, Paul pivots to recommend "Sasquatch Chronicles" podcast, igniting a side conversation about Bigfoot, aliens, and cryptozoology debates.

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5. Caller Nomination: Elise on Percy and Willie's Restaurant Incident

• [09:43 – 11:51]
  • Elise nominates Percy and Willie's, a restaurant in Florence, SC, for ejecting Black food critic Benacritic, allegedly for videotaping though many believe it was racial profiling.
  • The story involves the food critic being recognized and warmly greeted by staff and diners, yet being asked to leave and threatened with police.
  • The hosts discuss the viral incident’s details and implications.
  • Notable quotes:

    "I really believe it was because he was a Black man with locks and they was just profiling."
    (Elise, 10:47)
    "I don't see how you can not allow videotaping in 2026. Everybody videotaping something."
    (Charlamagne Tha God, 10:40)

  • Jess Hilarious provides local insight, and Elise pledges not to support the restaurant.

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6. Pop Culture Sidebars: Sasquatch & More

• [08:42–09:43]
  • A playful exchange about Bigfoot/Sasquatch, with hosts revealing personal interests in cryptid podcasts and documentaries:

    "Bigfoot is just a primate in the woods... Why is it so farfetched?"
    (Charlamagne Tha God, 08:55)

  • Show and movie recommendations exchanged among callers and hosts.
  • Light, humorous debate about whether “big foot” plural is “big feet.”

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• Joshua Williams’s Hustle (03:46):

  "I just want to give the biggest he haws to everybody who's not nice and doesn't have compassion nowadays, just for everyday stuff."

• On “Chud the Builder” (05:30):

  "He thinks it's his right to call people the N word… because it's free speech."

• Political Disillusionment (07:35):

  "America gotta get it, y'all… Now $1 billion of your own tax money and gas is high."

• Racial Profiling at Percy and Willie's (10:47):

  "I really believe it was because he was a Black man with locks and they was just profiling."

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 02:12 – People's Donkey introduction
• 02:33 – Joshua Williams, aspiring pilot
• 05:12 – Don Dada on “Chud the Builder”
• 06:47 – Paul Irene on America and Trump
• 08:11 – Caller recommends Sasquatch Chronicles
• 09:43 – Elise discusses Percy and Willie's incident

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Tone & Style

The episode strikes a balance between humor, social critique, and real talk, true to The Breakfast Club's signature candid and sometimes irreverent style. Callers' authenticity shines through as they share passionate viewpoints and personal stories, with the hosts offering playful banter, honesty, and some biting wit.

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Conclusion

This "People’s Donkey" episode provides a platform for everyday listeners to air grievances and spotlight issues—from lack of compassion and racist provocateurs to real-world encounters with profiling and frustration over national politics. The show remains a mosaic of real opinions, street-level insights, cultural commentary, and a touch of pop-culture fun.

Transcript

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It's your time to nominate a donkey of your own.

[E]

Remember now, that is how they choose.

[D]

Call in now.

[C]

800-585-1051.

[D]

Yes Donkey Today for Friday, May 8th is the People's donkey. You know, every Friday we open up the phone lines and we allow you, the people to give somebody the credit they deserve for being stupid. So who's this?

[F]

Hey, this is Joshua Williams. I'm trying to get somebody D to you today.

[D]

Go Ahead, Josh, Who? You want to get a bigger Seahawk, too?

[F]

First I want to say what's up to everybody. DJ Envy or LaRosa. Jerry Charlemagne, of course, and Charlemagne. I was at the Black Effect Podcast Festival.

[D]

Thank you for coming, brother.

[F]

I know.

[G]

No problem.

[F]

I'm the one that snuck backstage to give you the paper, man.

[D]

Oh, my God. A pilot. The guy that wanted to be the pilot. You're trying to be a pilot?

[F]

Yes, sir. Yes, sir, that's me.

[D]

Absolutely. I can't forget you.

[F]

Yeah, man.

[D]

He snuck backstage. And I'm gonna tell you what I like about him. He snuck backstage. He had this whole proposal. He was asking me. He was asking me and Duvall for money, but in a respectful way, because he's trying to get his pilot license. But then he goes, hey, man, I just want you to know, man, I snuck back here, man. He just kept it one.

[E]

In it.

[G]

Yeah.

[B]

Good guy.

[D]

Your money. No.

[F]

Oh, not, not, not. Nobody called me yet. I'm still waiting on the email or call.

[D]

Yes, sir. He asked for $150,000. Oh, wow. How much?

[F]

It was a gu. That's how much the program is, Huh?

[C]

I can't hear me.

[E]

I can't hear.

[F]

That's how much school is.

[D]

Yes, he wants to be a pilot.

[E]

Okay.

[D]

Yes, school, too. Yeah. But continue, sir. You want to get a biggest he haw to.

[F]

I just want to give the biggest he haws to everybody who's, you know, not nice and, you know, doesn't have compassion nowadays. Because I feel like people need compassion nowadays just for everyday stuff. You know, you don't know who people are going. You know, what people are going through. Just the other day, I was talking to somebody, and I caught myself. I'm like, dang, man. I don't know what this person is going through, and, you know, I don't know what they have in their life. So donkey today that everybody who doesn't have compassion, everybody who's not nice, especially when we drive down these crazy roads, man.

[D]

Oh, you're a truck driver?

[F]

No, no, I just, you know, I just. Nah. But like, in Atlanta, people drive crazy.

[D]

Oh, got you, got, you got.

[F]

You got a professional road.

[D]

All right?

[B]

In New York, they do, too.

[D]

So I appreciate that, bro. Yes, sir. Thank you, my brother. Give him your information, man. So if anybody want to reach out to you and maybe help you on your journey to be a pilot, my

[F]

name is Joshua Williams. My phone number is.

[D]

Millions of people listening now. You don't want to give your phone number. Damn. Give me an instagram or something.

[F]

Now, I don't got an Instagram, but my email is Joshua Williams 1299gmail.com. Being a pilot is something I've been trying to do since high school is my passion. It's just super expensive and I'm trying to pay for it. If you can help me out, I. I greatly appreciate it. You know, all you gotta do is pay. I'll do the rest and I even pay you back, man.

[D]

Yes, sir. I appreciate you, brother.

[F]

All right, you guys have a good one.

[D]

All right. I respect his hustle. Good morning. Who's this?

[E]

This is Don Dada from Queens. How you doing, my brother?

[D]

Don Dada from Queens. Who you want to get a bigger se hot to Don Dada, man, You already know.

[E]

They got this dude on the head today, man. He'd be all over. He just got kicked off a kick. His name is Chuck the Builder. This white dude is crazy, bro.

[D]

I don't know him, but I heard his name.

[E]

Yeah, you gonna have him. Cause somebody gonna do something to him, bro. Cause he's. He's walking around provoking black people call him the N word and hiding behind free speech. So he thinks it's his right to call people the N word and out their name because it's free speech. And he walks up and then he threatens people. Matter of fact, I think he just had one where he maced a pregnant girl.

[D]

No.

[E]

Trying to defend her, but yeah, man, they arrested him. The dude is crazy.

[D]

He maced a pregnant girl and ain't nobody beat him up.

[E]

He didn't make nobody one yet, bro, because they come over here with it. I'm going to jail. No, seriously, that dude is crazy. If you see a picture of me got a cowboy hat hat on, and he got this funny, like, French mustache. He looked like he low on the other side, bro.

[C]

His name is Chud the Builder. Chud.

[D]

C H U D. So you already did your. You already did your jail math. You. You read, you've calculated how much the time. How much time you gonna get.

[E]

I'm saying that, but, you know, I ain't really trying to do that. But, you know, you never know what you're gonna do when you get a approach in that situation, man. We don't deal with a lot from white people. And for you to come up and provoke me and jump in my face, I don't know how I'm going to react.

[D]

Yeah, I mean, you mace my. You mace a pregnant woman. You got to get it.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Good morning. Who's this?

[E]

This is Paul, Irene.

[D]

Hey, Paul, Irene. Who you want to get a biggest?

[E]

He all too America.

[D]

Okay.

[E]

I'd like to give the biggest key on to America.

[D]

Tell us why.

[E]

Mainly because of Trump. I mean, I don't really care if you vote for Trump, Kamala, whoever, but. And this collateral damage, because I know everyone didn't want Trump, but America gotta get it, y'. All. Y' all instilled a leader, quote unquote. A leader who portrayed himself as Jesus. He told y' all he was gonna, like, make this new dancing room with his own private funds. And now $1 billion of your own tax money and gas is high. Started a war. He did the Jimmy Dolan shake and bake on the whole. America gotta get we all done.

[D]

Why you. Why are you talking like you're not in America?

[E]

Oh, that's why I said I'm a dummy too. I don't know what else to do with the gas. I just see the gas. $5, $6 is crazy.

[D]

Well, I mean, listen, that's. That's the thing about living in this country, right? Like, whether or not you voted for a person don't matter because you still got to deal with the consequences of. Of the President's actions regardless.

[E]

Exactly. Exactly. Oh, and I'm sorry before, because I know envy likes to bang on people real quick. May I please also say with the X Files, you gotta check out Sasquatch product. It's.

[G]

It's a.

[E]

It's a podcast about people who tell the encounters, the stories about when they encounter big.

[D]

You ain't gotta tell me twice. I'm gonna watch it. But I will say this. It's hard for me to listen to episodes about Sasquatch. I'm the guy that's stuck on all the Sasquatch TV shows.

[E]

This. I swear. This is better. Like, I'm convinced. I don't like to say I believe, but I'm very convinced they exist. When you hear these people's encounters, it don't sound like it's got to be real. Like, what do these people think?

[D]

You ever watch they might be aliens? No, I don't think they're aliens. I mean, listen, Bigfoot is just a primate in the woods. Like, think about all of the crazy primates we see in the jungle. Why is it so far fetched to think that it's just a primate in the woods?

[E]

Exactly. Exactly. But then why the government hiding it? That's the only thing that don't make sense.

[D]

That is. That is true. That is true. But I. I watch all I watch Finding Bigfoot, Expedition Bigfoot. Sasquatch on Hulu. I. I watch all of that.

[E]

This is the best one, hands down. I kid you not. Sasquatch Chronicles. Oh, and Shading Light, please. Check it out. That's the comic book I gave you. I don't like to bother people, but it's. I think you better like it. Like, I really think you're gonna like it.

[D]

Okay. I'm gonna check it out, my brother.

[E]

Okay. You already got it. I gave it to you.

[D]

Okay.

[E]

That's a memory. Yeah.

[F]

Yeah.

[D]

I'll tell you another good movie too. Sasquatch Sunset. You ever saw that?

[C]

No.

[D]

Oh, man. It came out a couple years ago. You gotta watch Sasquatch Sunset. It's not a documentary though. It's actually movie about a family of big feet. I guess you should call him big Feet if it's more than one. Good morning. Who's this?

[G]

Elise.

[D]

Elise. Oh, exactly. Go to the wall. Who you want to get the biggest heart to, Elise.

[G]

To the owners of Percy and Willie's

[E]

In Florence, S.C. what is Percy and Willie?

[D]

Let me look that up. What's that? That's a.

[G]

It's a restaurant.

[D]

Okay.

[G]

So a food critic went there. His name is Ben. A critic? He's very well known. Whenever he walked in the restaurant, everybody knew him. Like he was getting so much love. And the owners just came up and told him he had to leave. And when he asked why, they said, because you're videoing. And we don't allow videoing in here. And proceeds to turn around and say, call the police. Like, that man did something.

[D]

Wow. I'm watching it now. Video shows confrontation as black food critic says he was pushed from South Carolina restaurant.

[G]

Yes.

[D]

Yeah, Percy and Williams, everybody was in

[G]

there showing him love. Like, very well known. He's awesome.

[D]

Is that an actual policy? Do they not allow. I don't see how you can not allow videotaping in 2026, everybody videotaping something.

[G]

Exactly. I really believe it was because he was a black man with locks and they was just profiling.

[D]

I mean, there's plenty of black men with locks in Florence, South Carolina.

[G]

Yeah.

[D]

Maybe it was because of the disruption he was causing. Not causing a disruption, but, you know, I don't want to say disruption.

[F]

You know what I mean?

[D]

I'm watching the video now.

[C]

It wasn't a camera crew. He just had his camera.

[D]

I don't mean disruption, but, you know, like, everybody like getting excited when they saw him and stuff like that.

[G]

Right. Even one of the hostess came up to him and was like, I have a waitress that wants to wait on you. So we got a table for you. They specifically want you because it's you.

[E]

Wow.

[D]

So what y' all gonna do? Y' all gonna stop going to Percy and Willis?

[G]

I. I'll never go there.

[E]

Well, I don't.

[G]

I don't live there, but I would never go there if I did go where you live?

[B]

Where you live in.

[G]

Well, I'm from North Carolina, but I live in Florida now.

[D]

Oh, so you just minding South Carolina business is what you're doing this morning?

[G]

Definitely.

[D]

Okay. Nothing wrong with that. It's a good story to amplify. Cause I didn't know nothing about it. Thank you for calling.

[G]

Thank you.

[D]

All right. Salute to the Benacritic. I don't know. I don't know him. I'm just. This is my first time seeing him because of this Percy and Willie situation.

[C]

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