Episode #7 - Jacqui Duncan, Rucka Rucka Ali, Pokemon Go, Badass Eagles, Jammed Guns

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07/18/16 • 61 min

This week, we debate the decision to make Sulu in the upcoming Star Trek movie gay. Surprisingly, one of the biggest critics of the decision comes from George Takei himself—the actor who played the original character—which is surprising because he's gay in real life. Takei wants to see more gay characters, but without changing the existing ones. I disagree, it's 2016, so everyone in 2259 should be gay and Paul Feig should direct. This week I'm joined by the beautiful and talented, Jacqui Duncan. She's an actress, comedian and voiceover artist. And she's in search of a husband because unless she gets a green card, she's being deported back to Australia at the end of this month. She describes her ideal man in this episode, and maybe this is just my ego talking, but it sounds exactly like me. https://www.instagram.com/jacquiduncan/ I'm also joined by Rucka Rucka Ali, who thinks t-shirts grow on trees. There are no free shirts, stop asking. It was a stupid joke. The debate this week is about Pokemon Go: it has over 65 million downloads, so naturally it's going to have its critics. I masterfully debate both sides of the issue, for and against the phenomenon. Speaking of, here's the clip of the guy who falls into a pond while playing Pokemon Go: https://youtu.be/LzPtFz-baMg And here's a news clip about the cop who lodges a bullet into the chamber of a guy who tried to rob him. The 9 News anchor from the episode claims, "this was effective." (Note: the video clip is from TOMO News, not 9 News) https://youtu.be/h77Q0OkWtAM The voicemail number is: 1-562-58-I-RULE (1-562-584-7853). And finally, here are all the sources I used for this episode. They're definitely worth checking out on this episode for some of the video clips alone: Thumbnail courtesy of Ali Hassanein (http://www.alihassanein.com/) madcastmedia.com Sources: ABC 15 - Singles using Pokemon Go to meet and have awesome Poke-sex - http://www.abc15.com/entertainment/events/friday-valley-singles-to-meet-in-tempe-for-pokemon-go-meet-up-event Endgadget - The mental-health ramifications of Pokemon Go - https://www.engadget.com/2016/07/13/pokemon-go-mental-health-science/ Chicago Tribune - Pokemon Go may even make families tolerable - http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-pokemon-go-keilman-column-hf-0720-20160714-column.html Fortune - Pokemon Go may be the next big marketing tool (hint: it already is) - http://fortune.com/2016/07/14/pokemon-go-next-big-marketing-tool/ Fox News - Death by Pokemon & public safety concerns - http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2016/07/14/death-by-pokemon-public-safety-fears-mount-as-pokemon-go-craze-continues.html CNET - Google Maps to add Pokemon stops - http://www.cnet.com/videos/google-maps-how-to-add-stops/ Baltimore Sun - The price of Pokemon Go - http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-pokemon-privacy-20160714-story.html BBC - Eagle tries to carry off Australian boy. Good - http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-36771205 9 News - Deputy fires shot directly into barrel of robber's gun - http://www.9news.com/news/local/a-closer-look-at-the-one-in-a-billion-shot/273877219 "Mining by Moonlight" and "Music to Delight" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Episode #6 - Ryan Holiday, Robin Higgins, Star Trek Gay Sulu, Honest Cabbies, First Class Husbands

This week, we debate the decision to make Sulu in the upcoming Star Trek movie gay. Surprisingly, one of the biggest critics of the decision comes from George Takei himself—the actor who played the original character—which is surprising because he's gay in real life. Takei wants to see more gay characters, but without changing the existing ones. I disagree, it's 2016, so everyone in 2259 should be gay and Paul Feig should direct. I'm joined by Ryan Holiday and Robin Higgins this week. Ryan Holiday's new book is out where he talks about how ego is holding most of us back. It's the force that magnifies failures and makes recovery much more difficult. It's a fascinating read: https://www.amazon.com/Ego-Enemy-Ryan-Holiday/dp/1591847818/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&qid=1468237769&sr=8-1&keywords=ego+is+the+way&linkCode=li2&tag=bpitu-20&linkId=4142d8667e8061443a69080a583fb3f6 Comedian Robin Higgins also joins this week, with her Jane Bond fantasy and a new video she produced and animated herself, "5 Minute Time Machine:" https://youtu.be/Vmg1O2xACOY And finally, here's the full rambling interview with Lil Boosie, a rapper with rants that precede his music: https://youtu.be/E7L4V-CbdoQ Voicemail Number: 1-562-58-I-RULE (1-562-584-7853) madcastmedia.com Sources: Hollywood Reporter - George Takei reacts to news of the gay Sulu - http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/george-takei-reacts-gay-sulu-909154 Time.com - Gene Roddenberry's son Rod says it's a cop-out - http://time.com/4396436/star-trek-lgbt-john-cho/ LA Times - Indiana man with cache of weapons caught headed to Pride festival - http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-gay-pride-la-weapons-20160612-snap-story.html KTLA - Gay slurs shouted at man attacked in West Hollywood - http://ktla.com/2015/01/20/man-attacked-in-west-hollywood-by-men-shouting-racial-gay-slurs/ ABC News - Boston cabbie returns $187k in cash - http://abcnews.go.com/US/boston-cab-driver-returns-187k-cash-left-passenger/story?id=40360263 NY Daily News - Boston cabbie disappointed at $100 reward for returning $187k in cash - http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/boston-cabbie-returned-lost-187g-disappointed-100-reward-article-1.2700307 Telegraph.co.uk - Husbands who fly first class while their wives travel in economy - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/husbands-who-always-fly-business-class-while-wives-travel-in-economy/ "Mining by Moonlight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Music to Delight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Episode #8 - Erin Tillman, Rucka Rucka Ali, Milo Yiannopoulos Twitter Ban, Threesomes, #blackcoffeematters

THIS WEEK'S QUESTION: Conservative commentator, Milo Yiannopoulos got banned permanently from Twitter recently for targeting Ghostbusters actress, Leslie Jones, to online harassment and abuse. The question this week is: IS IT GOOD TO BAN PEOPLE WHO HARASS OTEHRS OR IS IT A VIOLATION OF FREE SPEECH? BANNING IS SOMETIMES NECESSARY or VIOLATION OF FREE SPEECH? I'm joined by the Dating Advice Girl, Erin Tillman this week. She's a dating expert and radio show host on 99.3 KCLA FM, voted one of the 10 best dating shows in 2013. Erin was banned from Tinder a while back, and we get a surprising concession during this episode. Also, satirist Rucka Rucka Ali is back dropping wisdom and terrorizing the studio with a false-shirt operation. A caller noticed the resemblance between Rucka and the character Scooter from Borderlands. We discuss the Twitter ban of Milo Yiannopoulos for harassing Leslie Jones on Twitter. Was it a fair ban? Does it matter when it comes to a private corporation? Or is the alt-right's outrage to this a little too alt-righteous? After all, isn't part of the complaint against the tumblr generation is that they're offended too easily and too often? Why all the outrage? Or is the outrage justified because we don't know if Twitter was self-consistent with their own policies, as there was no transparent arbitration process and no clear reason for the exact violation that triggered his banning. We have a spirited debate about free speech and the implications of this ban. And speaking of free speech, some Starbucks baristas are refusing to write #BlackLivesMatter on their cups when customers request it, in order to not take a stand on racial issues... coming from a company that had the "Race Together" campaign last year, which encouraged its customers to have a "conversation about race" in its stores. I think all the typical Starbucks customer only cares about #BlackCoffeeMatters. Boom. Plus, I received about a billion "corrections" about the evolution of Koffing into Haunter. The voicemail number is: 1-562-58-I-RULE (1-562-584-7853). madcastmedia.com Sources: NPR - Twitter Permanently Suspends Conservative Writer For Targeted Abuse - http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/07/20/486726291/twitter-permanently-suspends-conservative-writer-for-targeted-abuse Observer - Michael Malice's article about Twitter's Stalinist unpersoning of Milo Yiannopolous - http://observer.com/2016/07/twitters-stalinist-unpersoning-of-gay-provocatuer-milo-yiannopolous/ Quartz - Firing Roger Ailes and exiling Milo isn't going to fix much of anything - http://qz.com/739364/firing-roger-ailes-and-exiling-milo-yiannopoulos-isnt-going-to-fix-much-of-anything/ Independent.co.uk - Suspending Milo's account has played the man rather than the ball (supplementary reading) - http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/in-suspending-milo-yiannopoulos-account-twitter-has-played-the-man-rather-than-the-ball-a7146901.html India Times - Wikileaks threatens Twitter to start its own micro-blogging service - http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/wikileaks-threatens-twitter-to-start-own-micro-blogging-service/articleshow/53332257.cms Mic - Starbucks barista refuses to write #BlackLivesMatter on woman's cup - https://mic.com/articles/148633/starbucks-barista-refuses-to-write-black-lives-matter-on-woman-s-coffee-cup#.iOAss9Mcv Daily Caller - Teacher who had threesome with student responds to lawsuit - http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/23/teacher-who-traumatized-male-teen-during-9-hour-threesome-responds-to-lawsuit-with-sick-allegations/ "Mining by Moonlight" and "Music to Delight" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/