The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

Episode: Daily Review with Clay and Buck – Dec 10, 2025
Date: December 10, 2025
Podcast: iHeartPodcasts

Overview:

On this Wednesday edition, Clay Travis and Buck Sexton deliver spirited, opinionated discussion of current headlines: the politics of gender and masculinity, viral left- and right-wing culture moments, immigration policy controversies, economic anxieties, and a new Australian social media law for minors. With humor and candor, they tackle the ideological clash between conservatism and progressivism, especially as it plays out in American cultural and political life.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Masculinity, Gender Roles, and Political Messaging

• Clay Travis opens by mocking Democrat Tim Walz’s recent comments about masculinity and GOP criticism, referencing Walz’s claim that Republicans are “intimidated” by his masculinity ([07:04]).
  • Clay Travis: “Tim Walz is a lesbian woman’s idea of a man that will appeal to men … They put him in a Carhartt and boots and gave him a gun … see, this is a normal guy! … But normal guys don’t think that dudes with penises should be in women’s locker rooms.” ([07:04])
• Buck critiques how the modern Democratic Party’s stance on “toxic masculinity” and gender issues alienates ordinary men.
• Both hosts lament a decline in traditional gender roles and link it to falling birth rates and societal “population collapse.”
  • Clay Travis: “Men should be masculine, women should be feminine, and we shouldn’t confuse the two. That’s actually a very good thing.” ([14:15])
• Buck uses an anecdote with his son to illustrate traditional gender roles: “At nighttime, duty speed calls out for mama … but if something goes crash, bang, in the middle of the night, dad grabs his Glock 19 to check it out—gender roles are a good thing.” ([15:01])

2. Viral Culture Wars: Women in Sports & Political Correctness

• Clay and Buck discuss tennis player Aryna Sabalenka becoming a public face for defending women’s sports from male inclusion.
  • Buck: “Of the top 10 female highest paid athletes in the world, eight are tennis players … it’s actually a great sport to watch for learning, even for men.” ([04:57])

3. Affordability, the Economy, and Trump’s Messaging

• Buck turns to Trump’s “affordability tour” event in Pennsylvania and talks about economic pain points—especially gas prices—likely to define the upcoming campaign ([22:31]).

  • Plays a Trump rally clip criticizing Ilhan Omar and touching on immigration and welfare fraud ([22:31]).
  • Donald Trump (clip): “[Ilhan Omar] comes to our country and is always complaining … She married her brother to get in, right? … She does nothing but complain.” ([22:31])

• Buck and Clay argue that the "public charge" rule intended to prevent immigrants likely to become welfare dependent is being widely ignored, citing viral statistics:

  • Clay: “81% of Somali families in Minnesota are on welfare. That should be a zero percent immigrant welfare situation in this country.” ([24:32])

4. Viral Left-wing Criticism & Response to Charlie Kirk’s Widow

• Clay and Buck respond to attacks on Erica Kirk, widow of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, after progressive podcaster Jennifer Welch calls her a “grifter” ([37:54]).

  • Jennifer Welch (clip): “She is a grifter. Just look at the costume changes, look at the affect … She is an absolute grifter, just like Donald Trump and just like her unrepentant, racist, homophobic husband was.” ([37:54])
  • Clay Travis: “If someone killed me … I hope my wife would be an eloquent voice for the arguments I was making. Erica Kirk is trying to ensure her husband did not die in vain. It’s the opposite of being a grifter; it’s selfless.” ([40:12])
  • Buck: Welch is “the ultimate Democrat female in 2025 … a deeply sad, unscrupulous, and narcissistic human being.” ([39:00])

• They commend Senator John Fetterman for defending Erica Kirk against such attacks ([36:28]).

5. Australian Social Media Ban for Minors & U.S. Policy Implications

• Buck hands off to Clay to discuss Australia’s major new policy: banning children under 16 from social media ([53:16]).

  • Clay strongly supports such age restrictions in the U.S., equating social media’s impact on kids to the era when smoking was normalized before known risks.
    • Clay Travis: “I think we’re going to look back on much of social media as a modern-day equivalent to smoking.” ([53:33])
    • “If you can eliminate that standard, kids have to go back to face-to-face interaction … overwhelmingly, mental health would get better. I just, I think it’s a no brainer.” ([54:19])

• Both note rising mental health and safety issues linked to early social media use, including “sextortion” scams leading to teen suicides.

  • Buck: “I’m in favor of the death penalty for people who do this to kids. … It’s so evil, I would set them up in front of a firing squad and not lose a second of sleep.” ([60:25])

• Clay: If usage is universally restricted, parental discipline is easier. “The biggest problem is when the standard is every other kid is on social media and you don’t allow your kid on. If the standard is nobody, then there will be far fewer kids that are getting on social.” ([62:22])

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Clay Travis (re: Tim Walz):
  “Tim Walz is a lesbian woman’s idea of a man that will appeal to men.” ([07:04])

• Buck Sexton:
  “To be in good standing with the Democrat Party, you have to take positions that normal masculine men find preposterous, demeaning, and abhorrent.” ([08:33])

• Clay Travis:
  “It’s actually good to get married in your 20s if you’re a girl. It’s actually good to have children in your twenties if you are female. Men, we have the luxury of being morons for a long time because of biology.” ([12:16])

• Donald Trump (on Ilhan Omar):
  “She comes to our country and she’s always complaining … She married her brother to get in, right? … She does nothing but complain.” ([22:31])

• Clay Travis (on immigrant welfare):
  “81% … Basically everyone listening to us in Minnesota right now—explain to me how bringing all of these Somalis in … has basically created a huge safety net for people that have no love for your country, and frankly, limited to no benefit to the state of Minnesota. This is just a lie we've been told.” ([29:32])

• Buck Sexton (on sextortion):
  “If you engage in sextortion, which is what they call these crimes against children: death penalty. Take them out.” ([60:44])

• Clay Travis:
  “No person on the planet is dumber and more filled with self confidence than teenage boys. … There is no gap between reality versus expectation than a 14, 15, 16-year-old boy.” ([63:32])

Timestamps for Key Segments

• Thanks to Birmingham, show open: [02:36]
• Tim Walz’s masculinity talk/Democratic gender politics: [05:58]–[15:39]
• Women in tennis/Pay and global popularity: [04:57]–[05:53]
• Population and marriage age rant: [12:16]–[15:39]
• Ilhan Omar welfare stats/Immigration debate: [22:31]–[30:55]
• Gas prices and economic anxiety, Trump rally: [32:00]–[34:24]
• Attacks on Erica Kirk (widow of Charlie Kirk): [37:54]–[47:25]
• Australian social media ban for kids, pros and cons: [53:16]–[64:52]
• Sextortion scams & child safety: [59:11]–[61:38]
• Audience call-in, parental responsibility debate: [66:27]

Conclusion

With a blend of cultural critique and sharp political commentary, Clay Travis and Buck Sexton dissect the day’s most contentious headlines through a conservative lens, emphasizing the dangers of abandoning traditional roles and the costs—social, economic, and generational—of progressive policies. The episode’s dialogue provides a current snapshot of the American Right’s concerns heading into 2026, mixing outrage with humor for their dedicated audience.