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Clay Travis
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Chalk Natural supplements for guys, gals and nothing in between. Fuel your day@chalk.com Bold, reverent, and occasionally random. The Sunday Hang with Clay and Buck podcast starts now. I was invited to speak on a panel at the University of Chicago, very left wing university, which, to their credit, says that they are committed to the marketplace of ideas. And the fact that I was invited, I think was a testament to that. I did not, however, decide to tiptoe into the event, so I want to set the table. Buck has not heard any of this. I bet most of you have not. There are hundreds of people there. A few of our listeners came after I tweeted about it. It was great to meet them. But this is a 95% Kamala voting audience, mostly young female audience, that was not very receptive to my arguments. I did not tiptoe up to it. The moderator was a left wing editor from the Atlantic who also had worked at npr. And I want to give you a sense.
Clay Travis
This is.
Buck Sexton
Towards the end, it got a little bit chaotic, but this was me calling out the Atlantic. I think you guys will enjoy it. This is cut 3. 60% of college graduates now are women. Right, Right. So it is impossible. Sorry, girls for every woman.
Clay Travis
There are no girls here.
Buck Sexton
Girls. Boys. You're girls and boys to me, too. As well as men and women. You know, I know. It's policing. Language is a big part of what the Atlantic does not. We do it out, kick.
Clay Travis
The Atlantic is barely liberal, so.
Buck Sexton
Yes, yes. Also. Also has never made a profit without a multibillionaire running it, which is worth knowing, too. But unlike my company, which is wildly profitable because we speak to a big audience, people. But I do think if you look at 60% of women graduating from college, 40% are men. The math doesn't add up. Okay, Buck, that was like, I didn't tiptoe up to it there. She's cutting me off because I'm saying, hey, for all the boys and girls. Oh, they're women. She constantly was correcting my language. And so finally I just decided I'm just taking the gloves off and flat out telling the truth here, which is the Atlantic is a left wing propaganda outlet that has never actually made a profit and has a billionaire owner. And I don't know that very many people have ever called out an editor for the Atlantic in a public forum like that, but I don't think I would have done it unless she had been like, they're not girls. They're not girls. And earlier, she Was, you know, kind of coming after me on language, too. So that is emblematic. Now you can hear the reaction. There was a lot of titters of. Of. Of dismay. Let me also hit you with a couple of more of these elements, and then I'll explain why I went. I want to get your reaction to these couple of things as well. Buck, here is. Here I am. What's the first one this is talking about? Let me pull up the audio clips here because I'm not sure exactly what we have. This is me talking about COVID and. And saying, for a lot of young people, this is a failure like Vietnam was for kids who were growing up in the 60s. Listen, to cut one, one of the guys that brought me here today said Covid shut down his school in March of 2020, and most of the kids in his school, he's a junior, didn't ever return to school. We failed an entire generation of young people. And I think when you have lived through that, you have a lot less credit and faith in the government, just like historically. And I'm a history nerd. It took a very long time. If you went through the Vietnam War, which maybe I can't see everybody's face, maybe there's some of you out there that actually had to go through the draft where you sat and watched to see whether or not you're going to be sent to carry a gun and walk around in a jungle and get shot at. When you live through that, you might be pretty skeptical. In the 60s and 70s of the government, I think Covid, for this generation of young men in particular, who got locked up, who weren't allowed to play sports, all of this, they're angry. And when they see Trump, he seems like an avatar for their anger. Okay, I think that's rational. They weren't happy about that. And then I asked a question that really got him riled up, and she had to interrupt. Who is the most masculine Democrat? The conversation was about gender roles in the election. And Buck, I asked. Yeah.
Clay Travis
Before we get to the generals, I just wanted to say, on your point about. About Vietnam, I mean, what the correlation or the. What's the word I'm looking for? Analogy. Thank you. There we go. Analogy to Covid, I think is particularly apt because, you know, there's that David Halberstam book, the Best and the Brightest, about Vietnam. And, you know, we were led to believe that the smartest military minds, the smartest foreign policy minds, you know, they were on it, and there was a great reason for us to be doing this. And sure enough, in that generation, those who fought in Vietnam paid a terrible price by. By being embroiled in that war with COVID I mean, the experts that you would think you could trust the most with the least amount of politicization would be health experts. I mean, that. What pre Covid, I would have said that if you said to me, who can you trust in the government? That's going to shoot pretty straight. Although I knew about Fauci and HIV and all that stuff from back in the day. But put that aside, I would have said, look, I think that the overall, that health experts really, we all want our family members and our kids to be safe from, you know, disease and pandemics, etc. And they completely shattered that to the. To the point now where, I mean, have you told me that you could, like, just. You could bulldoze the FBI and salt the earth and do something else or bulldoze the cdc? I mean, I think the CDC is number one on my list. I think Fauci is the most damaging and destructive bureaucrat in the history of the United States. As we're looking at what happened. I know he was at nyad, which is part of the nih, but it's all the same. All the same circle of. Of awfulness. So, yeah, no, I think that it also radicalized a lot of people further to the right than I think they ever thought possible, which was a clearly a consequence of clay. I remember, Sorry, this is just going to come back. Sometimes I remember I got on a plane and the airline attendant told me that my mask looked too thin. And then she said, you have to put this one on over it. And I just said, okay, well, I'll just put that mask on instead. And she said, no. And I said, why do I have to wear the too thin mask with the mask you're giving me? And she said, for safety. And I was like, well, if the mask you're giving me isn't safe, then why are you giving it to me? And at that point, I could tell in her eyes, she was about to ban me from the airline.
Buck Sexton
Yeah.
Clay Travis
So, you know, that's what these people were. That's who they were. And by the way, they would have been informing on their neighbors in East Germany. They would have been calling out their parents to the KGB and the Soviet Union. That is this. It is the same species, the same type of person.
Buck Sexton
And I think that is one reason why young men are rebelling against authority figures, because they've been wronged. And just like in Vietnam, to Your point, Buck the best and the brightest said, hey, trust us. Take this machine gun and go walk around in a jungle and try and avoid getting blown up by the Viet Cong. And if you came back from that war, you might have been a little bit skeptical about government, governmental authority, much less significant in terms of physical risk to young men. But if you didn't get to finish your junior year of high school and young women too, by the way, you didn't get to go to promote, you didn't get to play football or basketball or whatever sport you loved and you later found out it was all bs Would you be wanting to cheer, lead the Democrat Party? I don't think you would. And I think that's one of the, one of the resonant impacts of COVID that a lot of people aren't addressing that did. As these kids get old enough to vote, they're angry at the world and they want to channel that anger. And I think Trump channels it to them certainly far better than Kamala Harris did or any other Democrat figure.
Clay Travis
Philosophically, it's also a very good thing in a free society to have most of your, you know, high functioning citizens, high functioning individuals in your society to reject the false security of consensus on issues of debate. The notion that you can just fall back onto consensus is a trap. It is, it is a fallacy. It is either true or it is not true. It does not matter how many people say the untrue thing. And I think Covid was a huge reminder of that. Now, gender. Are you, Are you about to make some libs cry over gender?
Buck Sexton
Here is the final clip and then we'll have some fun. By the way, if you guys want to react, this was. I asked the question, who's the most masculine Democrat? And it did not make the room happy. Enjoy. Who is the most masculine Democrat right now in America? And there's Mayor Pete.
Clay Travis
Is that a gay joke?
Buck Sexton
No, no, Mayor Pete, no. Well, no, it's just that he's not particularly masculine. Nobody's like, oh, Mayor Pete, he's a badass. Chuck Schumer. Is anybody like, hey, you know, Chuck Schumer holding up an avocado and a beer to talk about the Super Bowl? Is anybody like that trying to grill. Is anybody like, hey, that's a dude I want to hang out with, but.
Clay Travis
Trump's like a grandpa.
Buck Sexton
Well, hold on. Yeah, Trump took a bullet in his ear and immediately stood up and said, fight, fight, fight. Every man in America and most of the women out here were impressed by that. Even if the women won't admit it. She's shaking her head strong.
Clay Travis
Were you calling out audience members? Oh, yeah, crowd work now.
Buck Sexton
Oh, yeah, I'm doing crowd work. Some woman out there was shaking her head that she wasn't impressed by Trump taking a bullet, saying, fight, fight, fight. If you want to be entertained, and I think a lot of you will be entertained by it, because here's why I did it, Buck. And I want to see if you think this is. This is smart. It's easy to preach to the choir, and I love the fact that many of you out there, that we get to talk to the millions of you every day. You have spent four years with us. You may well have spent 33 years with Rush before. You are a part of a large coalition. You don't agree on everything, but you have open minds, and you're willing to have a conversation with us for three hours every day. Most of the kids in that room, most of the kids in that room had never heard any of the arguments that I made. And maybe, maybe 90% of them left saying that Clay Travis is a Neanderthal. I. But maybe 10% of them, maybe 20% of them, their minds are young enough and malleable enough that some of the things that I said and some of the arguments that I made, maybe it just seeds there. Maybe it. Maybe it makes them listen a little bit more to arguments that they might not have otherwise heard. Buck. Maybe it just makes them aware that the argument even exists itself because they're in such an island of insularity that they don't actually experience the larger debates of society. So one of my goals for 2025, now that we've won the election, to the extent that I can do it and obviously has to fit the schedule and radio and everything else, is I'd like to go out to college campuses and talk to kids, to these audiences, even if they hate me, to try to open their minds to a larger marketplace, because I do think we have the better arguments. I just think a lot of these kids aren't hearing them. And so, anyway, that's my idea. I don't know if you think that's crazy, but this is my idea of what I want to do.
Clay Travis
No, I. Look, I think it's a great idea. And I also think that there's a difference now, some years ago, Clay trying to do that, and it's so funny to me because the conservatives who have been doing that, and there are some who have really kind of built their careers on going into college campuses and Speaking. The more the lunatics with the purple hair and the nose ring scream and shriek and pound the. Yes, the doors, the more news coverage and the more it just turns into a PR win for the conservative. But there have been cases where people who aren't that high profile have gone to some of these schools. And I mean, it has, it has actually become a security risk because the left wing loons are so outrageous. You know, they're pulling fire alarms, they're throwing things. They're, you know, they're, they actually assaulted. I think it was Charles Murray and, and a female professor. I want to say this was a Dartmouth College some year.
Buck Sexton
Riley Gaines, Buck Riley Gaines got attacked at San Jose State University. I think it was.
Clay Travis
Yeah, I think it was Middlebury, by the way. Anyway, I can't remember what the school was, but these things have been happening. I don't think that same ferocity on the left will be on display. Not because they've changed their minds. They're still lunatics, but they realize that the, the country is not really not with them. You know, they're, they're a little bit more, a little bit more on their back heels. I'm not saying that they agree. I'm not saying that they've, you know, wised up or anything, but I think they recognize that assaulting a conservative on campus, you know, five years ago or whatever, four years ago they would have been like, we're Nazi punching. And now it's like, you might want to watch your, watch your butt on that a little bit. I wouldn't do that.
Buck Sexton
San Francisco State, by the way, was where Riley had her issue. I'll also. Tomi Lahren, who works with us at Outkick, also had her own issues. Going after women speakers is even particularly pernicious to me. Like I'm 6 foot 1 80. I'm not claiming that I'm a badass, but I'm bigger than most of the people that would have an issue with me on college campuses. Let's be honest. And I don't think they have the bravery to even step to men as often as they do women. I also loved, by the way. I'd encourage you guys to go listen to that full conversation. The moderator, definitely it's so perfect that she was trying to police my language so often in the answers that I was giving. And what should have been an open forum.
Clay Travis
Well, this is, it's just like if you're ever dealing with this in your life, in the office or at home, tone policing is the first move of the weak argument. I'm just saying.
Buck Sexton
Yes.
Clay Travis
Tone. I don't. I don't like your tone. Is usually not. Because what I've said is correct. And you need to have a serious adult conversation with me. And when a journalist does tone policing or word policing, it's because they don't want to actually get into the substance.
Buck Sexton
Sunday, hang with Clay and Buck. All right. Cobra Kai time. Buck, I cannot wait. I am ecstatic. I know. It's amazing to me how much time kids get off from school now. Did you ever get a mid winter break? It's mid winter break season, so my kids don't have school on Friday or Monday. This is like, obviously Monday we'll be here, but Monday is President's Day. And it feels like we just keep stacking more and more holidays so my kids get home. That's one reason we're watching on Thursday. It also drops today in advance of Valentine's Day. But it's kind of amazing how many new holidays I feel like end up on the school calendar that I don't remember getting. We certainly didn't get a fall break back in the day. We got spring break now. Everything just keeps getting added on.
Clay Travis
Can you also tell me that just. You're gonna make me feel like this is all gonna be okay, Clay? People are starting to ask me, like, hey, like, have you tried out the. The G7500 stroller?
Buck Sexton
I don't know.
Clay Travis
And I'm like, I have no earthly idea what any of you are talking about. But I guess once I am a parent, I will learn these things, right? Because the other parents in my life, they speak this other language of kid stuff. I have no idea what they're talking about.
Buck Sexton
I'm going to just tell you this. Get help right now and go ahead and get the car seat in. I'm every dad out there that has ever been tasked with trying to get a car seat in a car. I. It's virtually impossible. Some cars may be a little bit easier to hook into than others. For first dads, especially in Miami, Buck, where it's going to be like 180, 80 degrees. You're going to be laid out in the back of your car trying to get this thing fastened, and you are going to be ready to commit homicide. That's the number one advice for you. Just expect the. The car seat process to be awful. Every dad knows what I'm talking about. I got blindsided. No idea what I was walking into Sundays with Clay and Buck. I don't think we've said this on the air yet, have we, Buck? Cause I'm about to share this video. Trump has put his mug shot on the wall as one of the, you know, where a lot of the paintings are ordinarily, where a lot of historic relics are. Otherwise, it's a cover shot of the New York Post mug shot, and it is one of the last things you see before you walk into the Oval Office. I do think this is kind of remarkable. You know, when we interviewed Trump at Mar A Lago, the last time I think we said this on the air, Trump brought T shirts out. I have one of his mug shot that he autographed for, for us. I have in the process of getting this frame to put up in my home office. But I do think this is important to point out here. Democrats thought that mugshot that he had to get taken in Atlanta was going to be the death knell to his presidential and political career. Now it's one of the things that you see when you walk into the Oval Office. Can you remember a bigger miscalculation politically than this? And for Trump to even have the showmanship angle, to have that up as you walk in, is just remarkable.
Clay Travis
It's incredible. And I think it just goes to the sense of storytelling and narrative. And yes, producer Ali just sent us this sense of humor as well. Yes, he's just leaning. He's leaning into the whole thing. This is amazing, Clay. If this was a TV show, people would think it was too unrealistic. If the Trump show, you know, there was the Truman show, if the Trump show was a TV show, people would say there's no way that would ever happen. And it's happening. And I also think that politics is now the most engaging and entertaining viewer sport in existence. I mean, I just. I don't think there's anything else like this. I think this is one of the reasons that some of these platforms like Netflix, have such a tough time putting out new shows. Reality is pretty amazing lately.
Buck Sexton
No, no doubt. And we certainly appreciate you guys. I will say for this show, just taking you a little bit behind the curtain. The number of big advertisers that are suddenly reaching out. We do this for four years. I've said this before. We've never had a beer. We've never had a restaurant. We've never had a car company. Now we are loaded with advertisers, and we're killing it. You guys are doing a fabulous job supporting them. We love all of you. But suddenly every big brand in America is reaching out. This is happening at Fox News, too. And they're like, hey, we need to be on the shows that people are actually listening to. And that's this show. That's Fox News, that is America has suddenly woken up. And the collapse of MSNBC and the CNNs of the world is significant.
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Buck Sexton
Did you see me in the Hooters outfit?
Clay Travis
I did Hooters with a flute.
Buck Sexton
You're.
Clay Travis
The people are listening, and the people are very creative, I must say. Teresa from San Antonio. Teresa, what have you got for us?
E
Yes, hi, Clay and Buck. Love you guys. Love listening to you. Thank you so much for all you've done to make America great again.
Clay Travis
Thank you.
E
I just wanted to call in. I just wanted to call in and say that if you were going to represent with Crockett Coffee, you must mention that it is the 189th anniversary of the siege on the Alamo. It was actually yesterday that the battle of the alamo begun and 189 years later. 180 nine years. It's a big deal here in San Antonio.
Buck Sexton
It's awesome. We're going to try to come down and visit the Alamo at some point this spring or summer. We got to figure out when Buck's baby is going to arrive and how that's going to rock his world as a new dad. But that would definitely be super cool. The other thing we should mention, History nerd. We got a couple of other calls maybe to get to here. Buck. Yesterday was the 80th anniversary of the flag being raised above Iwo Jima. For those of you who are big time history nerds. That fair to say, Buck, that's one of the four or five most iconic photographs ever taken in American history?
Clay Travis
I absolutely think so. I think Letters from Iwo Jima is an underrated war movie for what it is. I think it's very well done. I know it, you know, it comes from the Japanese sort of the Japanese pov, but it's Clint Eastwood movie. Have you seen it, Clay?
Buck Sexton
Yeah, I have. And the Flags of My Fathers is the book that it's based on, right?
Clay Travis
Yeah, the. The first one. The. The. That one. The movie was not as good. I thought Letters from Iwo Jima actually ended up being a better movie than Flags of Our Fathers as a movie. But then again, Clay, I saw that you. I don't even know what to say. Sometimes I feel like I spend three hours a day with Clay. I know this guy pretty well. And then all of a sudden he does something and just totally blows. Blows my mind. You think the new Beverly Hills Cop movie is good?
Buck Sexton
I thought it was. You watch it?
Clay Travis
Oh, I couldn't even.
Buck Sexton
I thought it was. I thought it was pretty good. It felt like a 1980s movie. I think you've forgotten what it is to be a child. And so you're looking at all this, you've lost your. You've lost your. Your childhood. When I watch these nostalgic movies, it takes me back to being a kid. That movie felt just like a 1980s cop buddy movie for your own benefit, like Beverly Hills Cop.
Clay Travis
Take sports Rex from Clay. I think the movie Rex, he gets a timeout for a while.
Buck Sexton
Here I'M just Axel F. You know what? Most people agreed with me. It was not bad.
Clay Travis
All right, we've got people weighing in here. Since I'm. Since I'm bringing us back on this segment, I'm going to go right to Michael in Charleston, South Carolina. Michael, you wanted to. You wanted to tell us your thoughts?
F
Yeah, what's up, Buck? Absolutely love listening to you, man. Clay, you're pretty good, too. I just want to say that after having endorsed anyone but you for Valentine's Day and now Beverly Hills Cop, Clay should not be allowed to speak about movies in the future any longer.
Clay Travis
Wow. He's pulling your movie review card.
Buck Sexton
Clay, first of all, I apologize for still having a childlike sensibility, Glee, optimism in my day, as opposed to all of you, you scoundrels out there, that look on the bad side of life. Look, I didn't say Beverly Hills Cop was Citizen Kane, all right? It's not the greatest movie that's ever been made. It was a homage to 1980s buddy cop movies, and I liked it. And most of the people, I will say, who read on Twitter reacted. I didn't know what the reaction was going to be. Most of them agreed with me. So why do you have such a. A heart of stone, I guess, is my question for you.
Clay Travis
I just feel like I'm going to. I'm going to put this to Michael. Michael, I think Clay is a repeat offender in this regard. I think. I think we're maybe even at the three strikes and you're out rule. Because he also thought Gladiator 2 was good, which was. I could. I couldn't even get through that on a plane. I was stuck in a plane, and it was all. I had to watch, and I had to turn it off and just stare at the. Stare at the window.
F
Only reason Denzel did that was for money.
Buck Sexton
Well, to be. Okay, hold on. To be fair, how many jobs have you done for free?
F
Fair point.
Buck Sexton
I mean it. Actually, I saw a quote, and this is from Denzel. Hold on, Michael. Hold on. Denzel, in an interview I was reading this weekend, somebody said, you've been criticized for doing Gladiator 2 for money. And he said, of course I did it for money. He said, I've never done a movie for any reason other than money. Right? Like, if you're not doing something for free, then you're probably choosing to do it for.
Clay Travis
Well, it's not that he got paid. It's that he could have done any project he wanted, Clay, but he's already very wealthy and One of the greatest actors of his generation and he probably could have been okay passing on this particular project.
Buck Sexton
I gave it a seven out of ten. I think that's a reasonable number. Number. I mean three.
Clay Travis
Three, maybe a four.
Buck Sexton
Did you see anyone but you?
Clay Travis
No.
Buck Sexton
That one.
Clay Travis
I can. Michael, did you see that one? You're. You got it. You got a filet. Clay on your own on that one. Did you see it?
F
Which one?
Clay Travis
The only thing. Comedy or anyone but you?
F
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I watched the trailer and I was like, I. I don't know how this made it to production.
Clay Travis
See, there we go. Michael, thank you for calling in speaking subsanity to Clay. You know, I'm just. I'm trying to help him with his cinematic taste a little bit here.
Buck Sexton
For I will say this again, anyone but you. As romantic comedies go pretty funny. I watched it on an airplane flight. There haven't been that many good romantic comedies in a long time. So if you had to watch a romantic comedy with your wife or your girlfriend, I thought it was pretty good. Glenn, the.
Clay Travis
The blonde lady who is buxom buckling.
Buck Sexton
Yeah. Glenn Powell, good looking guy. Sydney Sweeney, good looking girl. Little bit of eye candy in both directions. Good humor. I don't think there's anything wrong with that, with that endorsement of any of these movies. I'm not saying they're the greatest films that have ever been made, but pretty entertaining.
Clay Travis
Wow. By the way, Joy Reid, apparently we just saw this now. Crying. Crying with the. With the removal from msn. Msnbc. Do we. Are we going to address this tomorrow?
Buck Sexton
Are we going to die?% we will play joy Reid crying tomorrow. So we will continue to tap dance on her career being over and we'll continue to take more of your calls. But I apologize to all of you because Buck has lost that loving feeling. He's lost the ability to experience childlike glee. In fact, if he watched Goonies tonight, he would come back to you and he would say, there's no way that ship would still float. There's no way.
Clay Travis
That's what I tell you.
Buck Sexton
Wouldn't have been found.
Clay Travis
What. What Clay has shown you here is that not only would he be a very good defense attorney for you, he would be a good defense attorney for you, especially if you were guilty as all hell. Okay? Because he could take any position. Clay could have been on the OJ Team and would have been a rock star. Because he could take any position and make it work. Because I'm telling you, Gladiator 2. Trash. Trash. Movie.
Buck Sexton
Just enjoy life and watch Axlf Sunday sizzle with Clay and Buck.
Clay Travis
You know, this weekend I'm doing something pretty interesting. I'm going to be heading out to, heading out to North Carolina to do some training with my brothers and DJ Shipley, who is a decorated former SEAL Team Six operative, who we will be spending some time just going through tactics and all. All. We're basically showing up saying, DJ teach us as much as you can this weekend. About, about guns, about tactics, about shooting, about marksmanship, you know, about self defense, about room clearing. I mean, you know what, whatever we've got time for, we're just showing up ready to go. And so I'll let you, I'll let you know how that is next week when I get a chance to, after I've gotten a chance to see for myself. But it's really, it's fun also to spend some time with the brothers. You know, I have a baby coming in less than a month now and so the weekends where I can just take off with, with the guys with my two brothers and just go and shoot a lot and work on marksmanship and work on those, those basics of firearm skills, it might be a little tougher. I might have a lot more diaper changing and things like that in my future, but that will be a huge blessing and I am looking forward to that too. I will say it is remarkable how hard it is to install these car seats in the back of cars. I don't know how many of you have felt the same way about this. I know a lot of you are parents, a lot of you are grandparents, a lot of, you know, have plenty of kids. But there's got to be a better way. You know, there's got to be an easier way than what we've got going on. You gotta like slide through the, and you got anchors and you gotta slide this, this stuff should be so much easier in my mind than it really is. So. Oh, oh, that's a great idea. Producer Ali is saying, leave me talk back baby advice this weekend and we'll get to some of it next week. So on the Talkback app, or rather on the Talkback feature on the iHeartRadio app, you can send us. Remember, those are like voicemails so you don't have to if you want to call live on hold, we love our live callers on the phone, but if you don't want to hold, you just want to send in your message. You do that and it goes into us and we all hear it and, and I, I certainly see, see, or hear every talk back. We can't get to all of them on the air, but we'll get to as many as we can. So, baby, advice, by all means, send it my way, and I'll let you know how training goes this weekend. Trying to work on my skills. Just. Just trying to learn. Trying to understand more about, you know, trying to learn from the best, honestly. And that's. That's why we made this weekend happen with DJ Shipley.
Summary of "Sunday Hang with Clay and Buck" – March 23, 2025
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show delivers an engaging and thought-provoking episode on March 23, 2025, titled "Sunday Hang with Clay and Buck." Hosted by Clay Travis and Buck Sexton under Premiere Networks, the show delves into contemporary political discourse, societal issues, and lighthearted banter, all delivered with the hosts' characteristic intelligence and humor. Below is a detailed summary capturing the key discussions, insights, and notable quotes from the episode.
Clay begins the episode by recounting his experience speaking on a panel at the University of Chicago, a predominantly left-leaning institution committed to the "marketplace of ideas."
Audience Composition & Reception: Clay highlights that the audience was 95% supportive of Kamala Harris, mostly young females, who were largely unreceptive to his arguments. He notes, "She was cutting me off because I'm saying, hey, for all the boys and girls... they're women." (00:30).
Critique of The Atlantic: The panel moderator, a left-wing editor from The Atlantic with a background at NPR, frequently policed Clay's language. This led Clay to openly criticize The Atlantic as a "left wing propaganda outlet." (01:30).
Clay Travis (04:12): "The Atlantic is a left wing propaganda outlet that has never actually made a profit and has a billionaire owner."
Clay draws parallels between the COVID-19 pandemic and the Vietnam War, emphasizing the long-term distrust these events have sown in government institutions.
Generational Effects: He states, "For a lot of young people, this is a failure like Vietnam was for kids who were growing up in the 60s." (02:15). Clay argues that disruptions like school closures and restrictions have left a generation skeptical of governmental authority.
Critique of Health Experts: Clay is critical of health authorities, particularly Dr. Fauci and the CDC, labeling them as "the most damaging and destructive bureaucrat in the history of the United States." (03:00).
Clay Travis (04:34): "I think the CDC is number one on my list. I think Fauci is the most damaging and destructive bureaucrat in the history of the United States."
Buck Sexton and Clay engage in a conversation about the representation of masculinity within the Democratic Party.
Most Masculine Democrat: Buck posed the question, "Who's the most masculine Democrat right now in America?" (08:55). The discussion centers on figures like Mayor Pete and Chuck Schumer, whom Buck argues lack traditional masculine traits admired by their base.
Buck Sexton (09:13): "Is anybody like, hey, you know, Chuck Schumer holding up an avocado and a beer to talk about the Super Bowl?"
Trump as an Avatar for Anger: Both hosts concur that President Trump embodies a figure that channels the anger and frustration of young men disillusioned by recent societal disruptions.
Buck Sexton (07:11): "When you see Trump, he seems like an avatar for their anger."
Clay emphasizes the importance of rejecting consensus when it contradicts objective truth, particularly in policy and governance debates.
Truth Over Consensus: He asserts, "It is either true or it is not true. It does not matter how many people say the untrue thing." (08:21). Clay contends that COVID-19 was a lesson in the dangers of consensus-driven policymaking.
Clay Travis (08:21): "In a free society... high functioning individuals... reject the false security of consensus on issues of debate."
Shifting to a more casual tone, Clay and Buck discuss the proliferation of school holidays and the challenges of parenting.
New School Holidays: Buck comments on the increasing number of holidays in school calendars, expressing surprise and mild frustration.
Buck Sexton (15:28): "It's kind of amazing how many new holidays I feel like end up on the school calendar that I don't remember getting."
Car Seat Struggles: Both hosts humorously lament the difficulty of installing car seats, relatable to many parents.
Clay Travis (15:30): "It is remarkable how hard it is to install these car seats in the back of cars."
Clay discusses the unexpected political ramifications of President Trump's mug shot.
Democratic Miscalculation: Democrats anticipated Trump's mug shot to be damaging, but Clay observes it has become a part of Trump's personal narrative,_ "a significant miscalculation politically." (17:10).
Clay Travis (17:10): "Democrats thought that mugshot... was going to be the death knell to his presidential and political career. Now it's one of the things that you see when you walk into the Oval Office."
The hosts compare the current political landscape to reality television, noting its high engagement levels.
Politics as Entertainment: Clay remarks on the spectacle of modern politics, likening it to a highly engaging TV show.
Clay Travis (18:15): "Politics is now the most engaging and entertaining viewer sport in existence."
Advertiser Interest: Buck highlights the surge in advertisers reaching out to their show, reflecting its growing influence.
Buck Sexton (19:04): "Now we are loaded with advertisers, and we're killing it."
The episode features interactive segments with listeners sharing their opinions on various topics, particularly movies.
Beverly Hills Cop & Gladiator 2 Reviews: Listeners like Michael from Charleston critique Clay's movie preferences, sparking humorous exchanges about film quality.
Michael (24:42): "After having endorsed anyone but you for Valentine's Day and now Beverly Hills Cop, Clay should not be allowed to speak about movies in the future any longer."
Host Responses: Clay and Buck engage playfully, defending their tastes and acknowledging listener feedback.
Buck Sexton (25:06): "I gave [Gladiator 2] a seven out of ten. It's pretty entertaining."
Towards the end, Clay shares personal updates and future endeavors.
Tactical Training: Clay mentions attending training sessions with DJ Shipley, a former SEAL Team Six operative, to enhance his self-defense skills.
Clay Travis (29:00): "I'm going to be heading out to North Carolina to do some training with my brothers and DJ Shipley."
Parenting and Lifestyle: He discusses the imminent arrival of his child and the challenges of balancing parenthood with personal interests.
Clay Travis (29:10): "I have a baby coming in less than a month now... I might have a lot more diaper changing and things like that in my future."
Clay Travis (04:34): "The Atlantic is a left wing propaganda outlet that has never actually made a profit and has a billionaire owner."
Buck Sexton (09:13): "Is anybody like, hey, you know, Chuck Schumer holding up an avocado and a beer to talk about the Super Bowl?"
Clay Travis (08:21): "It is either true or it is not true. It does not matter how many people say the untrue thing."
Buck Sexton (19:04): "Now we are loaded with advertisers, and we're killing it."
Michael (24:42): "After having endorsed anyone but you for Valentine's Day and now Beverly Hills Cop, Clay should not be allowed to speak about movies in the future any longer."
The March 23, 2025 episode of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show offers a rich tapestry of political analysis, societal critique, and personal anecdotes. Clay and Buck effectively navigate complex topics such as political polarization, governmental trust, and cultural dynamics, all while maintaining an entertaining and relatable dialogue. Their ability to blend serious discourse with humor ensures that listeners are both informed and engaged throughout the episode.