"Weed Is Tight (and so are the midterms)"
The Republican closing argument is as Trumpy and racist as ever. Joe Biden takes a big step towards decriminalizing marijuana. And Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock stops by to talk about his very close race against Herschel Walker. For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email [email protected] and include the name of the podcast.
- Duration
- 50m
- Broadcast on
- 11 Oct 2022
- Audio Format
- other
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(upbeat music) - Welcome to Plataev America, I'm John Fabro. - I'm John Lovett. - I'm Tommy Veetour. - On today's show, the Republicans' midterm closing argument is as Trumpy and racist as ever. Joe Biden takes a big step towards decriminalizing marijuana and Senator Raphael Warnock stops by to talk about his very tight race against Herschel Walker. But first, before we get started, Kirkhead's newest podcast, World Corrupt, is finally here. It is outstanding. - Thank you, John. - I listened this weekend. I'm hooked. I can't wait for more episodes. Tommy, tell us all about it. - Got you, it's a gateway drug to soccer. So World Corrupt is a new podcast I'm doing with my friend Roger Bennett. He's the co-host of a show called Men in Blazers. It's the best soccer podcast out there by far. In this little mini-series, World Corrupt, we're talking about the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. This tournament is very controversial because FIFA, the governing body for soccer is hopelessly corrupt. Like bags of cash and envelopes corrupt. It makes no sense to have a soccer tournament in Qatar. They literally had to move the tournament from the summer to the winter because it would have been 120 degrees, there was no infrastructure. Women and LGBT people are treated horribly. And all the stadiums and stuff were built by migrant laborers in these just unbelievably unsafe, horrible conditions. So in this series, we talked to you about the World Cup, FIFA history. We talked to people who are part of the US delegation when the to Switzerland, when the games were awarded. We talked to Megan Rapino about what it's like to be an athlete who speaks up. We talked to human rights experts about what fans can do to move the needle and sort of right the wrong that has been done so far, at least try to. And we also just laugh our asses off because Roger is one of the funniest people I know and we can't help ourselves. And it's better to laugh than to cry. So the series is out now. It's been a ton of work. I'm really proud of it.
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The Republican closing argument is as Trumpy and racist as ever. Joe Biden takes a big step towards decriminalizing marijuana. And Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock stops by to talk about his very close race against Herschel Walker. For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email [email protected] and include the name of the podcast.