Weekly Review With Clay and Buck H2 - Writing, Radio and TV

Summary

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Podcast Summary: The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

Episode: Weekly Review With Clay and Buck H2 - Writing, Radio and TV
Date: October 4, 2025
Host: Clay Travis (with Buck Sexton, who is traveling)
Show Theme: Conservative commentary on news, politics, culture, and the media landscape

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Overview

In this episode, Clay Travis delivers a solo deep dive into the intersections of media (writing, radio, television), the cultural impact of advertising and algorithms, and the stats-driven realities behind violent crime debates in America. The show weaves humor and cultural observation with his takes on current events, offering listeners both entertainment and thought-provoking analysis.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Media Dynamics: Writing, Radio, and TV

[03:00–09:40]

• Clay discusses differences between writing, radio, and television:
  • Writing: Most precise and controlled (“just me in front of a computer screen ... every word is mine ... that is why in many ways writing is still my favorite discipline.” – Clay Travis, 06:18)
  • Radio: Allows depth over time and fosters a community feel—“We become in some ways a family because you have 15 hours a week to spend with us.” (08:05)
  • Television: Superficial, time-limited, “a sound bite era,” and not suited for nuanced issues (“...it's three minutes. I wish my wife had that standard.” – Clay, 07:32)
  • He notes skepticism towards TV, especially cable news, for failing to inform deeply on complex topics.

2. Controversy, Labels, and the Media Ecosystem

[10:00–14:30]

• Clay reflects on how the mainstream media quickly labels figures like him “controversial” or “right wing,” even when his positions align with mainstream opinions (i.e., against men in women’s sports).
  • “They labeled me super controversial for saying men shouldn't play in women's sports ... when you are on the side of 80 or 90% of people, what's controversial is the other side.” (12:33)
• Observes that advertisers and the broader left-leaning media culture ostracize conservative platforms, referencing the lack of car or restaurant advertisers on their show compared to liberal networks.

3. Advertising, the Algorithm, and “Sex Sells” Revisited

[14:30–19:00]

• Clay describes how left-leaning advocacy groups pressure advertisers to avoid conservative media by branding it divisive or controversial.
• Cites the recent American Eagle/Sydney Sweeney campaign as proof that focusing on classic, attractive imagery outperforms “woke” ad strategies (“All they did was go back to the old adage of sex sells. Put a pretty girl in denim ... and they immediately sold out.” – 17:50)
• Praises Victoria’s Secret’s new approach (“Make lingerie sexy again”), using humor and anecdote to illustrate how advertising succeeds by embracing reality.

4. Algorithmic Gatekeeping and AI Polarization

[04:50–06:00]

• Clay shares concerns about how YouTube algorithms can be programmed to boost or suppress content at will:
  • “YouTube could decide Clay and Buck videos are the most popular thing on the planet and it would feed those videos to you ... or they can say Clay and Buck are the worst people ... and you would never be able to find us.”
  • Extends this logic to fears of AI producing polarizing filter bubbles, predicting that AIs will soon function much like partisan media (“Xai, which is Elon Musk’s AI company, is going to be the Fox News of AI; everyone else is going to be left-wing AI.” – 06:03)

5. Cultural Observations: Taiwan, Safety, and Parenting

[26:40–32:00]

• Clay shares an anecdote about visiting Taiwan (via Buck Sexton’s recent travels):
  • Notes how safe and civil it is (“you'll see someone in a coffee shop leave their cell phone ... and locals think it’s normal” – 27:12).
  • Contrasts with the US, where you can’t safely leave valuables unattended, introducing a discussion on social trust and crime.

6. Violent Crime, Race, and Honest Data

[32:00–41:30]

• Engages in a controversial segment on violent crime rates, race, and data usage:
  • Critiques the approach of using race to criticize, referencing Don Lemon’s public statements (“using race as a proxy for criticism is not healthy” – 32:50).
  • Argues that the majority of police shootings involve white, Asian, and Hispanic people (citing Washington Post data).
  • Focuses on the high violent crime rates among black men, but turns to the positive example:
    • “A more interesting question would be, why are Asian rates of violent crime so low in the United States? ... Dads are at home ... education is of paramount importance ... If you have those two things, violent crime rate ... is virtually non-existent.” (37:38)
  • Suggests American society should ask what is working in successful communities and try to apply those lessons nationwide for the benefit of all.

7. Government Shutdown & Political Satire

[46:53–48:34]

• Quickly covers the government shutdown, referencing “sombrero memes” poking fun at Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and tying it to funding health care for illegal immigrants.
  • Quotes JD Vance:
    • “The reason your government is shut down ... is because ... the Chuck Schumer-AOC wing ... said, ‘We will open the government, but only if you give billions of dollars of funding for healthcare for illegal aliens.’ That’s a ridiculous proposition.” (48:11)
• Continues with the show’s characteristic blend of hard news and humor.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On media control:
  • “Writing for me is just me in front of a computer screen. Every word is mine and there’s nobody else helping ... That is why in many ways writing is still my favorite discipline.” – Clay Travis (06:18)
• On the power of depth in radio:
  • “Radio, we have the luxury of time. So I can sit with you for three hours every day ... It’s basically just one long form conversation.” (08:05)
• On algorithms and AI:
  • “The algorithm gives you whatever you want the algorithm to give you ... This is my fear ... AI is going to be a reflection of whatever is put in and whatever guardrails are put in place.” – Clay Travis (05:10)
  • “Xai, which is Elon Musk’s AI company, is going to be the Fox News of AI ... That will be the business model.” (06:03)
• On controversy labeling:
  • “They try to always label me controversial ... There’s nothing wrong with controversy, but I don’t think most of my comments or opinions are remotely controversial.” (12:12)
• On effective advertising:
  • “Pretty girls sell products. Sexy products sell ... Victoria’s Secret has a new CEO. Her plan? Make lingerie sexy again. Turns out putting unattractive models in panties and bras doesn’t make anyone want to buy more.” (18:36)
• On cultural differences in safety:
  • “In Taiwan ... of course people leave their phones out. No theft. Civilized.” (27:12)
• On crime rates and social learning:
  • “If our goal is ... less violent crime ... why is there no violent crime in Asian communities? My answer would be two things: dads are at home ... education.” (37:50)
  • “Violent crime is a choice. We’re allowing it ... We don’t have to. We could fix it. We really could.” (40:47)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Media Types & Writing Process: 03:00–09:40
• Controversy and Media Labeling: 10:00–14:30
• Advertising, American Eagle & Sydney Sweeney: 14:30–19:00
• Algorithm and AI Commentary: 04:50–06:00
• Taiwan Safety & Parenting: 26:40–32:00
• Crime Data and Racial Discussion: 32:00–41:30
• Government Shutdown & Political Satire: 46:53–48:34

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Tone and Style

The episode maintains an irreverent, playful, but incisively analytical tone that is classic Clay Travis—mixing personal anecdotes, pointed cultural analysis, humor, and bold questions that challenge audience assumptions. Travis often uses self-deprecation and comic relief to soften tough topics, engaging listeners without letting the show get mired in bitterness or outrage.

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Summary for New Listeners

Whether reflecting on the state of conservative radio and the media, the realities of digital-era content censorship, the cultural mechanics of advertising, or diving into the harder realities of violent crime data, Clay Travis delivers a solo show that’s sharp, funny, and unafraid to broach sensitive questions. His approach encourages listeners to confront data and cultural trends directly, urging honest conversations and practical solutions—even if the wider media sidesteps them.

Transcript

[Clay Travis]

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[Bobby Bones]

Hey, it's Bobby from the Bobby Bones Show. I had an incredible time at this year's iHeartRadio music festival and even got the chance to hang out with Diplo and Bailey Zimmerman while I was there. How did Ashes come together? Diplo?

[Diplo]

I pulled up real quick. He was about to leave on tour. You're about to jump in your tour bus and we had like three hours.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

It was really cool. He literally just like randomly showed up to my house and I'm like, oh hey Diplo, what are you doing? He's like, I have a song that I want to show you. And I was like, okay.

[Bobby Bones]

You can listen to the full episode out now wherever you get your podcast. Big shout out to my friends at Hyundai for making this possible. Had a blast cruising around festival weekend in the allnew Palisade hybrid.

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[Clay Travis]

Welcome back in Clay Travis Buck Sexton show. A lot of reaction rolling in to Tim Burchett who was awesome congressman from Tennessee. And I put up a poll question that for those of you who are big college football fans and also big interested in politics people which I think is a, I know actually is a huge huge number of you, which was the worst decision. Nico to ucla, sorry to the UCLA fans out there or Kamala Harris picking Tim Walls. It is up on my Twitter page at Clay Travis. You can go vote there. Also want to thank you guys here as we start off our number two, the numbers on the YouTube page were through the roof. Now partly this is because we're finally starting to get somewhat treated fairly. We got banned from YouTube all the time we've talked about the fact that they took down our interview with, with Rand Paul with President Trump. President Trump just settled for $24.6 million, I think over YouTube banning him. He's going to use the money to build the, the new dining room that he's building off the the patio there at the, at the White House, which is is very funny and good for him. But we got a digital summary and we added a lot of YouTube. This is just in September I saw this. Our total views on YouTube basically tripled in the month of September. So that's a credit to you guys. Again, I don't think it's coincidental. The algorithm is I got so many thoughts on algorithms in general. The algorithm gives you whatever you want the algorithm to give you. So YouTube could decide hey Clay and Buck videos are the most popular thing on the planet and it would feed those videos to you over and over and over again. Or they can say hey Clay and Buck are the worst people on the planet and you would never be able to find us. So when people say, well the algorithm, yeah, a person programs the algorithm, you can create an algorithm to do anything. This is my fear in many ways, by the way, about AI. Everybody says, well the AI is doing. The AI is going to be a reflection of whatever is put in and whatever guardrails are put in place. So what I suspect we'll end up seeing, this is my AI prediction is it looks like Xai, which is Elon Musk's AI company, is going to be the Fox news of AI and then everybody else is going to be left wing AI. So I suspect that like many other things in life, you will end up choosing the AI that most you believe reflects your worldview. And that will actually lead the AI to becoming even more polarized because that will be the business model. That's my general thought. Now, I gotta be honest, I didn't watch a lot of news. I'm a sports guy. I didn't watch a lot of news on television. I've always been a reader and I never trust video. I always have known that because I'm in television that I love doing sports television, for instance. But I've always known that it's hard to get great in depth knowledge from television on anything. This is the reality. Television is a sound bite era. And I always thought it was funny because I've always done radio too. And people say, okay, what's the difference between writing? Which is where I started and by the way, please go buy my new book balls. I'm gonna talk about this a little bit more later in the week, but it's up pre ordered. I want this thing to be everywhere. I think it's important. But people say what's the difference between writing radio and tv? Writing for me is just me in front of a computer screen. Every word is mine and there's nobody else helping. So for better or worse, I have complete control of every argument that I make on, in a, in a written article. And that is why in many ways writing is still my favorite discipline. Because it's just me sitting in front of a computer screen and there's no one else to help. And, and for better or worse, it's, it's on me to make an argument or to write a column or to write a book that hopefully is entertaining and helps to make people think on a deeper level. Radio, we have the luxury of time. So I can sit with you for three hours every day, but can sit with you for three hours every day over Time we become in some ways a family because you have 15 hours a week to spend with us and we love all of you that spend that much time. But you're going to learn about our families, you're going to learn about the things that we like, the serious things, the not serious things we hang out. It's basically just one long form conversation. First time I did television, I did television, I came out in a studio and they were like, that was amazing. How was that so good? That was so great. I was like, it's three minutes. I wish my wife had that standard. There you go. But I'm, but it's three minutes. Like you go on television and you give a couple of takes and then you're gone. And there is not a great deal of nuance or complexity or depth that television can convey. And so I was always a little bit skeptical of television in general when it comes to complicated issues. And so I didn't watch, I didn't watch a lot of cnn. I've never watched msnbc, but I didn't really pay much attention to Fox News. I now think it's funny. Fox News is the most, I now pay a lot more attention to news. You have to be crazy to watch msnbc. I'm, I'm not like, I watch msnbc. I read the New York Times, the Washington Post. So to kind of have some sense of what's going on. They live in a crazy world. People say, oh, Fox News, it's super right wing. Fox News is just normal. And this is what they did to me. And this is what they try to do to anybody like me. I've talked about this before. They try to always label me controversial. If you read any article about me or somebody's talking about me, within 30 seconds they will say, Clay Travis, the controversial, sometimes firebrand, right wing, conservative political commentator. I don't think I'm controversial at all. I, I, I, I say this, I've been saying this for 15 years now as people have constantly labeled me controversial. There's nothing wrong with controversy, but I don't think most of my comments or opinions are remotely controversial. They labeled me super controversial for saying men shouldn't play in women's sports. And again, I have nothing wrong with controversy. But when you are on the side of 80 or 90% of people, what's controversial is the other side. But that is an emblematic of how they took over the culture, is they label anyone, anyone at all who is just not left wing. You're considered to be right wing and they Try to label you as controversial and it has an impact. I give tremendous credit to iHeart for hosting this show. But the most left wing industry in the country is advertising. This show's audience is massive across all 555 stations right now. There are millions of you that will listen to me today on this program. Y' all ever think about the fact that we've never had a car advertisement on this program? Flip on msnbc? Every car brand in America advertises on msnbc. We've never had a restaurant on this program. Flip on cnn. Every restaurant in America advertises on those brands. And I'm thinking about this a lot because I'm going to be potentially starting a new media company. And when you rely on media companies being founded and funded and existing or even having success based on advertising dollars, the left has been brilliant in going after anybody who advertises on anything other than far left wing and labeling them controversial to try to create the idea that brands can't be associated with people like me or people like Buck or frankly, people like you. Think about that. Never a car, never a restaurant in the entire history of us being on this program. It's crazy, right? Well, I think it ties in with this story that I want to talk about this morning. I'm reading an American Eagle headline. American Eagle gained customers after their Sydney Sweeney ads. Stock price has also skyrocketed. It's nearly doubled since they debuted this ad. So if you had just said, hey, that's a pretty girl in jeans, that's probably gonna work. And you went and bought American Eagle stock, you've doubled your money just in the last few months, nearly over this. But I thought this was interesting. This is again from the Wall Street Journal. They said that they have added nearly a million customers since they debuted the Sydney Sweeney ads. And not only that, they have immediately sold out. And I don't even know what these things are. I'm not exactly the hippest person on the planet when it comes to clothes. As many of you know, the Sweeney cinched waist, denim jacket, sold out in one day. And the Sydney jean. And I'm reading from the Wall Street Journal, this is not my description. An ultra wide leg with a butterfly on the back, back pocket. Sold out in a week. They added a million customers and they immediately sold out of everything that she was wearing in the ads. Okay, here's something else. The owner, CEO Jay Schottenstein, big Ohio State guy, by the way. Ohio State buckeye. He is 71 years old and he said he is also an orthodox Jew. And he said, quote, according to the the Wall Street Journal, he was perplexed at the criticism of Sydney. Jeannie has, Sydney Sweeney has good genes. Because remember they said that was, oh, this is a Nazi ad. This is about eugenics. This guy, an orthodox Jewish, actually said his mother in law grew up in Nazi Germany and watched as the synagogue across the street from her home was burned to the ground. Quote, I'm very conscious of that term. He said he felt that the team had felt the campaign was offensive in any way. We never would have done it. Orthodox Jew whose mother in law lived through actual Nazi Germany said, hey, this is a crazy idea that you would try to brand this a Nazi advertising campaign because we put a pretty girl in denim and the denim immediately sold out. Do you know why? Because pretty girls sell products. Sexy products sell. I was laughing about this the other day. Victoria's Secret has a new CEO. She's having a lot of success. Do you know the new Victoria's Secret CEOs plan? Make lingerie sexy again. It turns out putting unattractive models in panties and bras doesn't make anyone want to buy more panties and bras. I'm fat. They don't want to put me in a male underwear campaign. It will be the least successful underwear on the planet. Nobody's going to see me in underwear and be like, I want to look like that guy. I want to look like that 46 year old dad of three. They need a super ripped guy who's at least going to make you think, hey, maybe I'll be more attractive if I wear this underwear. This is. People want to look better than they actually are. They want the fantasy of, hey, I'm going to put this on and I'm going to look like a supermodel. This is not, you know, they don't sell athletic shoes by putting fat guys in, in in sneakers and saying, hey, look at this guy's 18 inch vertical. They have a guy who can jump over the moon in the tennis shoes. And they make you think you're going to jump over the moon too. I should start an advertising agency. I've actually thought about this. I would sell everything better than what these morons at these advertising agencies do. But I want to give credit because American Eagle said basically screw you to all their critics. Stock price has nearly doubled. They're selling out like crazy. They've got a million extra customers and all they did was go back to the old adage of sex sells. Put a pretty girl in denim instead of some ridiculous androgynous, you know, Ms. I don't even know what the uni gender. I don't even know what these terms are. Pansexual, whatever the heck it is that nobody wants to be. They just put a pretty girl in jeans and they immediately sold out. Maybe America is going to be fine. And speaking of selling out, Cozy Earth is selling out of their products on a level that you could not believe because they got a crazy idea. Hey, we just want to have awesome products available for everybody. And my wife is one reason they're selling out because when they came on as an advertiser they said, hey Laura Travis, you can go on the website and you can order what you want. What was the number Ali? 10 boxes of stuff. They were like, we've never actually, we always 17 boxes. My wife bought 17 boxes of their stuff. They always say this like hey new advertiser, you can go on the website, just tell us what you want. They may stop doing this now because my wife went on and she was like, I'll get 17 boxes of stuff. That's how much she loves this product. They got everything, bamboo sheets, amazing comforters. Basically if you are out there in the marketplace to have better products in your home, you need to be on the Cozy Earth website. They will give you a hundred day, 100 night sleep trial to see if the Cozy Earth sheets are right for you. Use my name clay. You get 20% off everything. Please go to this website because I think I almost bankrupted the company by letting my wife go and buy whatever she wanted. So we've got to make sure the company doesn't go bankrupt because Laura Travis went on the website and, and took advantage of it on a level I don't know we've ever had it. So I, I need this company to actually make some money here to make up for what my wife took from them. Cozyearth.com My name Clay. That's cozyearth.com My name clay and let them know Clay and Buck sent you if you get a post, post by survey. Home isn't just where you live, it's how you feel. We've got these products all throughout the house. As you know you because my wife bought 17 boxes and by bought I mean she went on and they sent us 17 boxes of their stuff. She loved it all. Your wife will love it. You will love it. Check it out. Cozyearth.com code clay that c o z y earth.com cozyearth.com code clay 20 off. Check it out.

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[Clay Travis]

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[Bobby Bones]

Hey, it's Bobby from the Bobby Bones show. I had an incredible time at this year's iHeartRadio music festival and even got the chance to hang out with Diplo and Bailey Zimmerman while I was there. Check this out. So how did Ashes come together, Diplo?

[Diplo]

Well, I kind of briefly met Bailey, I think at Morgan's show, one of them. And I think he's just the guy in Nashville. He's cool as hell. And I had a new kind of sound I wanted to do and I think he's the one guy that could carry it. And I came to his house, I had a show, I pulled up real quick, he about to leave on tour, you're about to jump in your tour bus. And we had like three hours play the record for him. We kind of like got a scratch and then he handled on his own on the road.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

Yeah, it was really cool. He really just like randomly showed up to my house. I'm like, oh, hey Diplo, what are you doing? He's like, I have a song that I want to show you. And I was like, okay. And then now we're here playing it live.

[Bobby Bones]

You can listen to the full episode out now wherever you get your podcast and big shout out to my friends at Hyundai for making this possible. Had a blast cruising around festival weekend in the all new Palisade hybrid.

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[Buck Sexton]

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[Clay Travis]

Welcome back in. All right, point of clarification. My wife texted me in all caps, one box. Ali. I, I, I, I don't know who's going to take the fall on this one because 17 boxes is a lot. I, I was like 17 boxes seems like a lot. Was it 17 sheets? Oh, I don't know. Clay, who is taking the fall here? Ali, this is now me getting thrown over the middle. I, I don't know. I'm not gonna say I don't. This is, I'm not a blame guy but this is 100% on producer Ali. Again, not the kind of guy I don't shift blame. You guys know I take it right on my shoulders. But this 100% producer Ali's fault. I will tell you Cozy Earth is amazing and my wife does love their products but she said it was not 17. I don't know how big the boxes are and honestly we have so many boxes arriving daily at the house that I have no idea what is in any of them. Like I buy Kirkland brand products at Costco and books and then otherwise I don't really buy anything. I, you can tell by the way I dress like I don't even know what's going on in the world. So anyway, Cozy Earth is amazing. Use my Code Clay when we come back, a lot of you want to weigh in on that American Eagle story because I do think it's significant culturally. And I want to tell you, speaking of significant culturally, prize picks is significant culturally because they're awesome. California, Texas, Florida, wherever you go across the country, 40 plus states. This business is just a lot of fun. The right now there are major league playoff games going on. I bet some of you all have those games on while you are listening to us and you can go on and you can pick your favorite athletes. Just pick more or less on each of those players. We have won three out of the first four weeks in the NFL. I'm gonna have a pick for you guys tomorrow on Prize Picks. All you have to do to get signed up is use my name clay. Go to prizepix.com code clay. You can download the app. Use Code Clay when you play. $5. They will give you $50. That's prizepix.com code clay trying to make it four out of five weeks of winners tomorrow. But get hooked up and play along with [e-mail] Code Clay. Welcome back in Clay Travis. Buck Sexton show. Appreciate all of you hanging out with us. Buck will be back on Monday. He is in Taiwan and I flagged this because I thought it was interesting. Let's see if I can find it as I scroll through. He was talking. In fact, let me just go ahead and pull up and make sure that I don't screw it up. He was talking about how safe Taiwan is, and again, this is hopefully without China invading. And he was pointing. Yesterday I talked about the fact that after dark there's no fear. And I thought this was interesting. He said, so in Taiwan, you'll see someone in a coffee shop leave their cell phone on their seat to save their spot when they go to the bathroom. Ask some locals if this was normal. They thought the question was funny. Of course people leave their phones out. No theft. Civilized. Super interesting, because I actually was out to dinner recently with my son and he got up to go to the bathroom and he left his phone on the table. And this is my 15 year old. So he's only had a cell phone for about a year because we don't give cell phones to the kids until they're 14. And that might have even been too young. But I feel like that's one of the parenting decisions we got right because a lot of people give their kids cell phones way too young, and we're finding out that there are significant consequences for that. And I said, no, no, no, you can't ever leave your cell phone at a table. And even if you're going to the bathroom, even if you're going somewhere for a short period of time, even if you think you're in a safe place, somebody will steal it. And the culture of many countries, that is not the case. You can just leave your things and you would never have to worry about it being stolen. And I was talking about this in the context yesterday when we played the cut of Don Lemon saying, why are white men so violent? And I said, first of all, using race as a proxy for criticism is not healthy. Because as soon as you use race as a criticism for proxy, a lot of people just dial out. This was my big thing with Colin Kaepernick when he protested in the NFL nine years ago, and he said, well, police are just killing black men. Leaving aside the fact that it wasn't true, if he had protested and said, hey, police are killing too many people, then it would have been a more interesting conversation. I don't think that's true, unfortunately. I think police are thrust into constant Acts of violence. And as we've talked about on this show, body cameras are actually showing you that almost every time police fire their weapons, they're in an incredible danger. And if they fire their weapons and they shouldn't have, everybody sees it and says, boy, that was unnecessary. But it's a tiny number of actual firearms usage by police that is in any way potentially not justified escalation of force. But if Kaepernick had said, hey, this, we should have a national conversation about police violence, as I have talked about quite a lot. And this was controversial to say back then. 75% of people that are shot and killed by police are white, Asian, and Hispanic. That blows people's minds. That's data, according to the Washington Post police shooting database, that 75% of people shot and killed by police are white, Asian, or Hispanic. Everybody, like, pauses and says, really? Is that true? Yeah, it is. Now, you can say, well, you know, black people are around 12 or 13% of the population, so they're getting shot outside per capita of what the data would reflect. They should be just based on raw numbers. But then you go into the data as Don Lemon did not, and you say, okay, well, hold on a minute. What percentage of violent crimes are committed by black people? Huge percentages. In fact, if you go into the data, black men commit nearly half of all murders, and almost all of the victims of black male violence are black male. And so I actually asked this question on Twitter yesterday, and some of the responses were. Were very interesting, but I want to share it with you because it came out of the Don Lemon video where he's lecturing white men, white men, why are you so violent? And I said, well, you never make a video lecturing black men and asking why black men are so violent. And if I made that video, as I said yesterday on the program, people would say, oh, it's super racist. Look, here's a white guy lecturing black men. I don't think it's effective to single out racial groups and lecture them, but I do think data matters. And, in fact, if you rank violent crime based on male violent crime, black men are the most violent. And this is murder, which is a crime we know occurs. So black men are statistically the most violent men in America. Hispanic men are statistically the second most violent men in America. White men, the people that Don Lemon was lecturing, are actually the third most violent men in America. Asian men, almost no violence. Why do you think that is? Shouldn't an rational, reasonable American society sit and look at those data sets? These are real facts. Who's being murdered? If I said to you, hey, you know what? We're going to solve murder in this country and we're going to focus all of our resources on Asian men and we're going to take the Asian male murder rate down to virtually zero. The data wouldn't really change very much because there's almost no Asian murder. You would still have 97% of the murder rate in the country. Roughly, if we eliminated every Asian murderer in the country, if we eliminated every black murderer in the country, we would have about a 50% decline in murder. So if you were looking at the raw data set and you were saying, hey, how do we fix violent crime with murder being the apex, the top of the most violent crimes in America, how do we fix that? You would say, well, you don't spend much time on Asian people. You would spend more time policing in black communities. Secondarily, Hispanic communities. Third, white communities, fourth, Asian communities. But a more interesting question would be, why are Asian rates of violent crime so low in the United States? Wouldn't a rational, reasonable American conversation ensue from that? Why do Asian men commit comparatively almost no violence? And by the way, there are lots of poor Asian men, lots of recent immigrants, lots of low education families that are raising kids that don't have a lot of advantages. So you go statistically and look at average income for poor immigrant communities of Asians and you compare them to black communities, say in New York City, the rate of violence in black communities is through the roof. The rate of violence in Asian communities is virtually non existent. Why shouldn't we ask those questions? Shouldn't we have a real, rational, reasonable, knowledgeable conversation about that? If our goal is my goal, your goal, all of our goals, regardless of our racial groups, would be, hey, I think less murder would be a good thing. I think less violent crime would be a good thing. I think more kids being safe on the streets, playing after dark would be a good thing. I think more of our wives, our sisters, our mothers, more of them being able our girlfriends, more of them being able to go for a jog at night in any American city without having to worry about being dragged out the street and raped, it would be a good thing. Less violent crime, crazy proposition here would be a great thing for Americans of all different backgrounds. Why is there no violent crime in Asian communities? My answer would be two things. Dads are at home. Because I think the number one thing, if you told me the number one thing, Clay, you have a magic wand. You can change anything. It would be everybody gets raised in a nuclear family with dad and mom at home. I know that's not possible. I'm not attacking single parents out there, male or female. I'm just saying the data correlates. If you put dad at home, the rate of violent behavior by young men collapses across all racial groups. So number one, I think the data, if we went and looked at it, would show dads at home in nuclear families are the best possible foundation for kids to be successful dads at home. Second, education is of paramount importance in the culture of the Asian community. More so than any other racial group. Asian families focus on education as a cultural construct. Maybe worldwide, I can't speak to it, but certainly in the United States, dads at home education. Now, I think if you correlate that, you would see that if you have those two things, the violent crime rate for young men is virtually non existent. So wouldn't a rational, reasonable society say we should do everything possible to try to get more dads at home and to try to get education as the foundation of cultural success in this country? Now, that's my philosophy. You may be out there and you might say, okay, there's something else that's going on here. But if we just look at the data sets, violent crime, Black men number one, Hispanic men number two, White men number three, Asian men number four. What if America had the Asian male violent crime rate nationwide, America would be one of the safest countries in the world. My takeaway from looking at that data set like Don Lemons is I'm going to lecture the third most violent group, white men, and just tell you why you're the worst. My takeaway is why shouldn't we all aspire to have the same violent crime rate of the Asian community? What are they doing right? And how do we take what they're doing right and apply it to the nation? I bet you won't hear that conversation anywhere else in America that analysis. Do you know why? Because so much of our conversation in the country is terrified to acknowledge race unless it's to say racism is bad. Yeah, racism is bad. Don't judge people based on the color of their skin. That is stupid. But shouldn't we use data sets that involve race to try to drive the best possible outcomes for everybody of every race? And if Asian men are by far the least violent in the United States, isn't it fair to ask, hey, what are Asian families doing? That is creating a culture that almost doesn't have violence at all? Because again, think about it. If we Had a culture of Asian violence across the entirety of the United States the same rate, there would be no crime of a violent nature in this country. I think there's a great deal of value in looking at it and saying, hey, how do we learn from this? What can we take from it? And how do we as a society implement policies that try to create more of what the Asian family, what the Asian culture is creating when it comes to violence across everybody, white, black, Asian and Hispanic, that would actually be using diversity as a strength because it's something that's very positive and we're trying to apply the lessons of that to the entirety of the country. Violent crime is a choice. We're allowing it, not letting people walk around in the streets after dark. When I was in Memphis and I had to go buy a car charger and the lady at the front desk said, are you sure you want to do that? Are you sure you want to. It's 8 o'. Clock. Are you sure you want to go out after dark and go buy a car charger in Memphis? We're choosing to live in a society like this. We don't have to. We could fix it. We really could. We'll take some of your calls. We'll continue to roll as we are diving into the program here. Also, my wife is still firing away about Cozy Earth, and again, not a blame guy, but this is all Ali's fault. I'll explain at the end of the the hour. But in the meantime, you got a great family memories. How many of them are preserved forever? How many of you have got the ability to ensure that your family's old photos, that your family's old VHS tapes, that your family's old film reel slides? Your dad and mom ever put like a white sheet on the wall? Old school. Put in some of those slides in the projector and let you check them all out. Legacy Box can ensure that all of these great family memories that you have are preserved forever. My family, my mom's family is all from the Chattanooga, Tennessee area. 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[Bobby Bones]

Hey, it's Bobby from the Bobby Bones Show. I had an incredible time at this year's iHeartRadio music festival and even got the chance to hang out with Diplo and Bailey Zimmerman while I was there. Check this out. So how did Ashes come together? Diplo?

[Diplo]

Well, I kind of briefly met Bailey, I think at Morgan's show. One of them. And I think he's just the guy in Nashville. He's cool as hell and I had a new kind of sound I wanted to do and I think he's the one guy that could carry it. And I came to his house, I had a show, I pulled up real quick, he was about to leave on tour. You're about to jump in your tour bus and we had like three hours play the record for him. We kind of like got a scratch and then he handled it on his own on the road.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

Yeah, it was really cool. He really just like randomly showed up to my house and like, oh hey Diplo, what are you doing? He's like, I have a song that I want to show you. And I was like, okay. And then now we're here playing it live.

[Bobby Bones]

You can listen to the full episode out now wherever you get your podcast and big shout out to my friends at Hyundai for making this possible. Had a blast cruising around festival weekend in the all new Palisade hybrid.

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[Clay Travis]

Welcome back in Clay Travis Buck Sexton Show Vice President J.D. vance, currently addressing the media about the government shutdown from the White House. And I don't know how many of you have been paying attention to it, but they have been using sombrero memes to make fun of Hakeem Jeffries because he is in favor of of giving health care to illegal immigrants. I understand that might sound crazy to some of you out there who are not involved in the Internet. These memes are absolutely hysterical. I'm not sure if they're funnier than me playing the flute memes, which basically was the existence for AI for many time and that some of you continue to pop out there. But J.D. vance just said that he promises if the government shutdown has ended with the help of Hakeem Jeffries, that the sombrero memes will end. That is a real clip. In the meantime, we'll get that for you in the third hour when we will also be joined by our friend Tudor Dixon. But first, here is cut 28. JD Vance saying, hey, the far left wing of the Democrat Party basically decided they have to shut down. Listen to cut 28. To the American people who are watching, the reason your government is shut down at this very minute is because despite.

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[Clay Travis]

This, these clips are going to be really, really funny. J.D. vance was just held to account and asked, are the Jeffries sombrero memes actually helpful? And this is the element. I'm going to send it to our producer Greg, by the way, Ally. I'm not going to say that Ally is passing the blame on the Cozy Earth controversy, but she just said, I can't say on air whose name it was, but he was completely wrong. It wasn't me. Controversy grows. One box of cozy earth gear per my wife Laura. 12 sets of sheets. All of the information was wrong. Ally was 100% wrong. Not a blame guy. Ally's not a blame girl. But she says someone else was wrong. The truth will out throw me under the bed.

[Bobby Bones]

Hey, it's Bobby from the Bobby Bones Show. I had an incredible time at this year's iHeartRadio music festival and even got the chance to hang out with Diplo and Bailey Zimmerman while I was there. How did Ashes come together? Diplo?

[Diplo]

I pulled up real quick. He was about to leave on tour. You're about to jump in your tour bus and we had like three hours.

[Bailey Zimmerman]

It was really cool. He literally just like randomly showed up to my house and I'm like, oh, hey Diplo, what are you doing? He's like, I have a song that I want to show you. And I was like, okay.

[Bobby Bones]

You can listen to the full episode out now, wherever you get your podcasts. And big shout out to my friends at Hyundai for making this possible. Had a blast cruising around festival weekend in the all new Palisade hybrid.

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