The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

Episode: Weekly Review With Clay and Buck H3 - Speak Up, Girl Dads!
Date: February 7, 2026
Hosts: Clay Travis, Buck Sexton
Guest: Burt Jones (Lieutenant Governor of Georgia), Carol Markowitz (New York Post columnist, podcaster)

Episode Overview

This third hour of Clay Travis and Buck Sexton's weekly review focuses on the cultural flashpoint of transgender athletes in women’s sports, particularly in the context of Georgia politics. On National Girls and Women in Sports Day, the hosts talk with Georgia Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones about his campaign and efforts to protect fairness in girls’ sports, introduce a coalition of “Girl Dads,” and critique Senator Jon Ossoff’s record on the issue. The hour shifts to a lively discussion of personal stories (haircuts, Taylor Swift takes) before a substantive interview with columnist Carol Markowitz on recent legal victories against child gender transition surgeries and the cultural forces behind trans ideology in education.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Current Events Update & Setting the Table

• Clay Travis provides updates on key stories:
  • Ongoing search for Nancy Guthrie in Arizona.
  • US-Iran nuclear talks canceled, increasing odds of military action.
  • Sentencing of Trump assassin Ryan Routh.
  • Medical associations publicly opposing youth transgender surgeries, sparked by a $2 million verdict in New York.
  • Major layoffs at The Washington Post, with Jeff Bezos expressing frustration with the paper’s direction.

2. Protecting Girls’ Sports in Georgia

(Guest: Burt Jones, starts 05:52)

• National Girls and Women in Sports Day:
  • Set the context for discussing the pushback against biological males in girls’ sports.
• Jon Ossoff Critique:
  • Ossoff, Georgia’s Democratic senator, has “voted three different times to allow boys into girls sports.”
    • “He’s always trying to play the middle of the road Democrat, but he kind of shows his true colors.” (Burt Jones, 05:52)

Clay Travis Question:

• Why have Georgian voters picked Democrats for Senate despite voting Republican elsewhere, especially on these cultural issues? (08:53)

  • Burt Jones responds that shifts in Democratic Party culture and a "perfect storm" in prior elections have led to this, but expects a Republican shift in 2026 as the party becomes more organized.

'Girl Dads for Burt' Coalition

• Jones’ Initiative:
  • Launching ‘Girl Dads for Burt,’ a coalition to support fairness and safety in girls’ athletics.
  • Riley Gaines (prominent advocate) and Champ Bailey (NFL Hall of Famer) supporting his cause.
  • Call to action: “Go to girldadsforbert.com ... would love to have you engaged and involved in the campaign and in this effort as well.” (Burt Jones, 07:22)

On Ossoff Blocking 'Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act':

• Buck Sexton highlights Ossoff’s rationale:
  • “[He believes] American parents don’t need federal government confirming children’s genitalia.” (Buck Sexton, 10:43)
  • Jones dismisses this as “preposterous” and out of step with ordinary Georgians.

Campaign Plug:

• “Go to bertjones4ga.com … We’d love to have volunteers, love to have any kind of engagement... Georgia is a very important state. That’s why President Trump endorsed me.” (Burt Jones, 12:20)

3. Fun Segment: Taylor Swift, Facial Hair, & Listener Feedback

(Starts 17:41)

• Taylor Swift’s Influence and Buck’s Changing Opinions
  • Listener “Justin” calls out Buck for his shifting stance on Taylor Swift.
    • “Solo show Buck was a single man ... I was impressed with her talent, thought she was somewhat good looking … but now, of course, I’m a happily married man.” (Buck Sexton, 18:27-18:44)
• Tommy Lahren’s Support:
  • Noted for agreeing with Clay that Swift will be “bigger than the Beatles.”

Clay’s Haircut Story:

• Shares misadventures getting a mustache tended to by a Russian hairdresser (“…I can just claim that I didn’t understand you well.” Clay, 21:10)
• Buck riffs on how Clay will get a haircut anywhere (“He could be walking around Fairbanks, Alaska … and he’ll go right in there.” Buck, 21:39)

New York COVID Haircut Tales:

• Contrasts between Tennessee and NYC restrictions, with Buck cutting his own hair (“…I started to look like Tom Hanks in Castaway … if he was just eating delivery Pad Thai and Reese’s Pieces.” Buck, 22:46–23:03)
• More Taylor Swift/Natalie Portman banter:
  • “She has captured a generation, but I do not think she will be a multigenerational phenomenon the way certain other musical acts … like the Beatles have been.” (Buck Sexton, 23:27)

4. Key Interview: The Medical “Trans Madness” Backlash

(Guest: Carol Markowitz, 25:39)

• $2 Million NY Verdict:

  • Markowitz explains a pivotal court case awarding damages to an adolescent who received gender surgery—framing it as a potential turning point.
  • “People forget that … not only was the medical profession telling Americans [gender surgeries for minors] were the right thing to do, but if you dare to disagree with this … you were a bigot.” (Carol Markowitz, 26:17)
  • “The HHS puts the number at around 3,700 American adolescents in just four years.” (Carol Markowitz, 26:52)

• Parental Pushback & Social Contagion:

  • Markowitz shares how geographic and cultural factors fueled the spread of transgender identity in schools, highlighting personal experience as a New York-to-Florida transfer.
    • “In New York, [my daughter] had, I would say, close to a dozen friends who … called themselves trans … In Florida, there were none.” (Carol Markowitz, 28:15)

• Media & Publisher Reluctance:

  • When writing Stolen Youth, conservative publishers encouraged them to cut their trans chapter. “Even in the conservative world, you weren’t allowed to say this was having serious, serious damage on these kids.” (Carol, 30:06)

• Psychological Manipulation & Totalitarianism:

  • Buck introduces the concept of “menticide”—getting people to affirm “obvious and grotesque lies” as a tool of control.
    • “There has been a transgender agenda that is menticidal … to get you to say the most insane things.” (Buck, 31:19)
  • Markowitz links the enforcement of pronoun use/etc. to totalitarian tactics.
    • “When the J.K. Rowlings of the world step out of line, they’re shunned in such a nasty, horrible way … it’s a sign of totalitarianism.” (Carol, 32:28)

• The Kindness Trap:

  • “They have used the idea of kindness as a weapon against those of us who wanted to protect children … It’s actual cruelty. They offer cruelty and call it kindness.” (Buck, 34:16)

• Legal Accountability & Hope for Change:

  • “Usually people are not held accountable for terrible things they do to society, but this is hopefully going to be the change.” (Carol, 35:40)
  • Expresses hope for more lawsuits and accountability to end youth trans surgeries.

• Destruction of the Family as a Cultural Goal:

  • Markowitz draws parallels to Communist Russia: “...your family is not your family … the country comes above all … it’s all one leftist push to change the way our country is.” (Carol, 38:03)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “It’s embarrassing when I have to go to the Alabama Senators when I need something in D.C., you know, because ours are not very helpful and that’s not the way it should be.”
  — Burt Jones on Georgia’s Democratic Senators (06:08)

• “It’s a no brainer for me … as a father of a teenage daughter who’s a good athlete … you wonder where all the Title IX women were … they were nowhere to be found.”
  — Burt Jones on fairness in girls' sports (07:28)

• “I can’t make sense of a lot of things that the senator says … to make a statement like that is just preposterous.”
  — Burt Jones on Ossoff’s justification for opposing a trans sports ban (11:19)

• “When Bethany Mandel and I wrote our book Stolen Youth … even conservative publishers said ‘We love the book, but we need you to cut the trans chapter.’”
  — Carol Markowitz (30:06)

• “When the J.K. Rowlings of the world step out of line, [they are] shunned in such a really nasty, horrible way … it’s a sign of totalitarianism.”
  — Carol Markowitz (32:28)

• “They have used the ideas of kindness and courtesy as a weapon against those of us who wanted to protect children. … They offer cruelty and call it kindness. And I think that is central to the whole trans experiment.”
  — Buck Sexton (34:15)

Timestamps for Important Segments

• 05:52 – Interview with Lt. Gov. Burt Jones starts (On Ossoff and girls’ sports controversy)
• 07:17 – Launch of ‘Girl Dads for Burt’ initiative
• 10:34 – Ossoff blocks Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act
• 12:20 – Burt Jones campaign info/Trump endorsement
• 17:41 – Fun segment: Listener calls out Buck on Taylor Swift
• 21:10 – Clay’s haircut story with Russian hairdresser
• 23:27 – Buck’s generational take on Taylor Swift vs. Beatles
• 25:39 – Interview with Carol Markowitz on trans youth medical scandal and legal action
• 26:52 – HHS number: 3,700 minors have received gender surgeries in four years
• 28:15 – Markowitz details how “trans” identity spread geographically
• 30:06 – Resistance in media/conservative spaces to criticizing trans surgeries
• 31:19 – Buck on “menticide” and enforced falsehoods
• 34:16 – Buck: “They offer cruelty and call it kindness”
• 38:03 – Markowitz on ideological destruction of the family

Final Thoughts

This episode blends Georgia campaign politics, a culture war flashpoint about trans athletes and youth medical care, and the personal irreverence fans expect from hosts Clay Travis and Buck Sexton. The interviews with Burt Jones and Carol Markowitz highlight the GOP’s strategy to capitalize on parental and cultural backlash, while also warning about the broad reach and long-term effects of progressive social movements. The show closes with friendly banter, listener engagement, and calls for accountability—in culture, politics, and beyond.