BAM! Political Talk
By Matthew Brown
BAM! Political TalkFeb 09, 2021
S2E4 - CDC OMG
Did you hear the news? Covid's over! Bam, Albert, and Matt discuss the CDC's recent messaging about mask wearing and its implications going forward.
(with thanks to Adrian Dominic Walther and Dr. Delight for the intro/outro song)
S2E4 - Lightning Round!
(with thanks to Adrian Dominic Walther and Dr. Delight for the intro/outro song)
S2E3 - Infrastructure & Margaritas
S2E2 - Vaccine-man!
(with thanks to Adrian Dominic Walther and Dr. Delight for the intro/outro song)
S2E1 - Looking Back
(with thanks to Adrian Dominic Walther and Dr. Delight for the intro/outro song)
Episode 19 - Gamestonks
The BAM cast dive into the Game Stop short squeeze, its political ramifications, and why it might not be one's best investment strategy.
(with thanks to Adrian Dominic Walther and Dr. Delight for the intro/outro song)
Episode 18 - Well That Escalated Quickly
Episode 17 - Vaccine Printer Go Brrrrrrr
(with thanks to Adrian Dominic Walther and Dr. Delight for the intro/outro song)
Episode 16 - Biden's Way Forward
How can Biden hope to move America forward in the coming presidency? The next few months play a large role in how that question will shake out... will December, January, and February be the worst months of covid we have seen and will see? Will we have a vaccine being ramped up towards mass production in this timeframe? How will the Georgia Senate run-offs play out on January 5th? Bob, Albert, and Matt mull over how these events will shape the incoming administration, discuss what tools Biden has at hand to accomplish his goals, and take a short detour into Bob's gastrointestinal woes.
(with thanks to Adrian Dominic Walther and Dr. Delight for the intro/outro song)
Episode 15 - Post-Mortem
(with thanks to Adrian Dominic Walther and Dr. Delight for the intro/outro song)
Episode 14 - Election Predictions: A Cornucopia of Crap
In this segment we go over the Vegas odds for the presidential election and why they've diverged from percentages based on national and state polling, we dive into various states and the issues that could push them one way or another, we role-play, arguing for different outcomes whether or not we actually agree with what we're arguing, and then we dive into a discussion about how the Senate's going to go (against the host's wishes).
(with thanks to Adrian Dominic Walther and Dr. Delight for the intro/outro song)
Episode 13 - The Overton Window and the Future of American Political Discourse
Episode 12 - Teddy Bear to a Knife Fight
With the recent death of The Notorious RBG, your heroes discuss the ramifications of the loss of this prolific liberal icon. Bob decides to take a foray into bubble wrap popping. (with thanks to Adrian Dominic Walther and Dr. Delight for the intro/outro song)
Episode 11 - Gilled Gak Getter
Episode 10 - Kamala
The BAM crew consider the pros and cons of Biden's VP pick, Kamala Harris, and speculate on how the Trump campaign strategy will be affected by his pick. We also ponder why Trump chose to keep Pence around for the long haul.
(with thanks to Adrian Dominic Walther and Dr. Delight for the intro/outro song)
Episode 9 - History goes on a long time
(with thanks to Adrian Dominic Walther and Dr. Delight for the intro/outro song)
Episode 8 - Stimulating Debate
Bob, Albert, and Matt discuss how the democrats and republicans will likely approach the stimulus package, ponder when we'll be able to declare "Mission Accomplished" with regards to COVID, answer their first listener question, and guess at quotes from prominent and up-and-coming politicians.
(with thanks to Adrian Dominic Walther and Dr. Delight for the intro/outro song)
Episode 7 - R Not You Entertained?
We discuss Trump's bold new campaign strategy of wearing a mask, the rate-of-spread metric "R_0", the politics of school reopenings this fall, and the dangers to Biden of not being able to break into the din of the COVID-era news cycle.
(with thanks to Adrian Dominic Walther and Dr. Delight for the intro/outro song)
Episode 6 - October Surprise
(with thanks to Adrian Dominic Walther and Dr. Delight for the intro/outro song)
Episode 5 - TikTok K-Pop Trump Flop?
(with thanks to Adrian Dominic Walther and Dr. Delight for the intro/outro song)
Episode 4 - Where does the Republican Party go from here?
(with thanks to Adrian Dominic Walther and Dr. Delight for the intro/outro song)
Episode 3 - The Killing of George Floyd
In this episode we discuss the events surrounding the killing of George Floyd as best we can, from the standpoint of 3 white men. We center our discussion on its impact on the 2020 American general election and on the two major political parties.
(with thanks to Adrian Dominic Walther and Dr. Delight for the intro/outro song)
Episode 2 - Who's Biden's Biden?
Today on BAM! we discuss Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's possible choices for the Vice Presidency, and make a bet out of it at the end.
(with thanks to Adrian Dominic Walther and Dr. Delight for the intro/outro song)
Episode 1 - Prognostication
Bob, Albert, and Matt discuss the longterm ramifications of COVID on travel and healthcare.
(with thanks to Adrian Dominic Walther and Dr. Delight for the intro/outro song)