The Argument Against Bipartisanship

10/08/21 • 112 min

In this episode of The Chris and Andre Show, the guys wonder why people keep using Facebook and Instagram, go through ups and downs while discussing sports, review the Addams Family 2 and other pop culture pieces, and sink into the swamp to discuss Trump, DeSantis, and local school board protests.

(00:00:00) Intros

(00:01:18) Social Media - Facebook is in the news again for multiple reasons, including a massive outage last week (https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/4/22708989/instagram-facebook-outage-messenger-whatsapp-error) and a whistleblower that says they had research showing their product was harmful to some users and did nothing (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen-misinformation-public-60-minutes-2021-10-03/).

(00:35:18) Sports - Chris is excited to finally have an NC State Baseball player to root for (https://apnews.com/article/mlb-sports-los-angeles-san-francisco-baseball-83581d6871539a188e8a86249da7604d), Andre is frustrated that his Yankees lost (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/sports/baseball/yankees-red-sox-wild-card-playoff.html), the guys discuss Urban Meyer’s precarious predicament (https://buffalonews.com/sports/football/video-purportedly-showing-urban-meyer-out-at-bar-goes-viral/video_848cd92b-de68-50ba-ace3-6ad1ed1cf5c0.html), and Chris explains why he dislikes Dan Orlovsky so much (https://www.reddit.com/r/ESPN/comments/n3x85j/dan_orlovsky_is_bad_on_television/).

(00:59:47) Pop Culture - Chris went to see the Addams Family 2 (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_addams_family_2) with his daughter and says it’s really just a movie for kids this time. Andre tried to watch Q-Force (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/q_force) but just couldn’t get into it, in part due to the unexpected sex scene... this leads to a larger discussion of the quality of adult animation and the degradation of some shows over time.

The guys talk about how Saturday Night Live (SNL) is back, and with it, a story about Horatio Sanz (https://www.pastemagazine.com/comedy/saturday-night-live/horatio-sanz-sexual-assault-snl/) grooming and abusing teenage girls during his time on staff and the countless people who allegedly looked the other way.

(01:17:09) Politics - The guys discuss Trump’s position on running against DeSantis (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69f7Yw5c86g), Chris believes he may have figured out the Republicans’ reason for being both anti-vaccine and anti-mask, Andre wonders what will come of a court ruling on Omarosa’s NDA (https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-sprawling-use-of-ndas-now-threatens-to-humiliate-him-non-disclosure-agreement-omarosa), Chris takes issue with all the disasters facing California at the moment (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/10/04/oil-spill-california-dead-wildlife-washes-ashore/5986916001/), and they both get confused by the mask-mandate protestors in Chris’s backyard (https://www.wect.com/2021/10/05/parents-storm-education-building-object-mask-mandate/).

This episode was recorded October 6, 2021

(00:00:00) Intros

This episode was recorded October 6, 2021

Previous Episode

One Issue Voters

In this episode of The Chris and Andre Show, the guys celebrate NC State’s win over Clemson and other sports triumphs, review the latest marvel film in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, get angry with Democratic hold outs Manchin and Sinema while discussing one-issue voters, and conclude that we don’t need Realtors or Cryptocurrency.

(00:00:00) Intros

(00:02:41) Sports - Chris is riding high after NC State defeated No. 9 Clemson last week, while Andre’s Denver Broncos are looking good so far this season, so much so that Chris might adopt them as his 2021 team, the Yankees are looking like legit contenders as baseball wraps up its season, and the guys discuss Joel Berry’s “retirement.”

(00:19:19) Pop Culture - Chris thinks he knows why people are hurting themselves to try the Milk Crate Challenge, the guys continue their debate on social media’s value, Chris reviews Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, the guys share their disinterest in the What If...? series, and the guys realize that kids cause most of the problems in movies.

(00:44:35) Politics - Andre says the rest of us need to boycott the states with stupid laws, rails against the “Trump Squad,” and is fed up with Joe Manchin and Krysten Sinema. The guys try to understand why state’s that don’t contribute to the federal pool are complaining about President Biden’s Infrastructure bill.

(01:28:45) Business - Chris and Andre fail to empathize with people who invested in Crypto (including the government of El Salvador), debate whether or not Realtors are necessary, and continue to wonder how Tesla has failed to make changes to their autopilot system despite continued accidents.

This episode was recorded September 28, 2021

Next Episode

Jon Gruden Is A Dumbass

In this episode of The Chris and Andre Show, the guys get hyped about Bomani Jones’ latest announcement, discuss the new Dave Chappelle special at length, share the latest updates on Facebook, dive into the Jon Gruden mess the NFL finds itself in and wonder if there’s any point watching football with both of their teams in trouble, spend some time debating who’s to blame for the Southwest debacle, and spend a little time talking politics with a focus on the incompetence of Abbot, Trump, and others.

(00:00:00) Intros

(00:01:21) Pop Culture - The guys celebrate Bomani Jones getting his own HBO show (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/hbo-orders-sports-centric-late-night-series-hosted-by-bomani-jones-1235027734/), Chris shares what it’s like living in a “movie town” (https://portcitydaily.com/live-briefs/2021/10/11/filming-of-amazons-the-summer-i-turned-pretty-closes-carolina-beach-roads/), Andre gets confused by current TikTok trends (https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22716772/couch-guy-tiktok-explained), and discuss Dave Chappelle’s new comedy special on Netflix.

(00:49:13) Social Media - Chris recalls a story about a developer getting banned from Facebook (https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/facebook-permanently-banned-app-developer-150517401.html) and the guys share their thoughts on the second whistleblower to step up (https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-whistleblower-sophie-zhang-willing-to-testify-congress-2021-10).

(00:55:32) Sports - Jon Gruden...I mean, what more needs to be said? (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/11/sports/football/what-did-jon-gruden-say.html) Andre is still mad at Teddy Bridgewater, while Chris is worried about his boy, Russell Wilson. After Boston defeated the Rays, Andre is pulling for ANYONE but them to win.

(01:15:05) Business - Chris and Andre wonder why the Southwest Airlines story seems to be focused on the Vaccine Mandate instead of the unvaccinated staff.

(01:36:42) Politics - Texas Governor Greg Abbot continues to prove he’s the dumbest person in the room, this time banning all vaccine mandates (https://www.texastribune.org/2021/10/11/texas-greg-abbott-covid-19-vaccine-mandate/), Lindsay Graham gets boo’ed by his “own people” when he tells them to “consider getting the vaccine.”