This week Trevor and Ken welcome guests Mischa Webley and Hasaan Thomas on to the show to talk about about their new web series ‘Hasaan Hates Portland’. Hasaan Hates Portland is a dark comedy web series about a black man trying to navigate his way through the whitest – and weirdest – city in America.

You can check out the show at:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YGpHvieaXM&t=5s
• https://www.tiktok.com/@hasaanhatesportland
• https://www.instagram.com/hasaanhatesportland/?hl=en

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Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA ([email protected]). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

This week Trevor, Ken and Mario kick off the show with a little bit of sports talk and then kick the conversation over to the FBA.

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Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA ([email protected]). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

This week Trevor takes a solo trip down the rabbit hole that is Wall Street. Thinking what others may think others are thinking is the name of the game and the price to play depends on how liquid you can get. So bust out the financial times because this episode is all about stocks.

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Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA ([email protected]). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

This week Trevor, Ken and Mario kick it off with Lil Wayne, the Super Bowl, Kendrick and Drake + Black people are corny; all to show the lengths people will go to for a chance to go viral or stay in the spotlight…

WARNING: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS EXPLICIT LANGUAGE

Links for this episode:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_9NhXfpAWt/?igsh=NzRxb290c3poaGF2

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Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (https://www.patreon.com/PiercedEarsRecordingCo). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

This week Ken and Mario give the listeners the bout they’ve been asking for. This episode is all about boxing and politics; when the contenders aren’t in the ring and the cameras are off, they are working together to run the match. It’s fight night in america.

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Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA ([email protected]). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

This week Ken and Mario sit down for a special West Coast episode. Kicking off the conversation w/ the change in how sports journalism is presented, and the TMZ-ification of journalism in general; the way we interact with the world now has as much nutritional value as ordering the #4 deep-fried at the fast-food drive-thru. Like only the West Coast Sharks can, this free flowing conversation covers all the nooks and crannies of life in the modern age, while at its core is an exploration of the way some people chose to interact with each other and try to find love from isolated spaces.

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Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA ([email protected]). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

This week, Trevor and Ken break down the DNC convention in all its glitch and glory.

Links in this episode:

DNC Roll Call

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMYMSIuxXFY
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=divCJN88kkw

Central Park 5

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yW0sEkWHyY
• https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/30/arts/television/when-they-see-us-real-story.html
• https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/koch-central-park-five-and-end-doubt/

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Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA ([email protected]). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

This week Trevor is joined by returning guest and fan favorite, Chris Jesu Lee, and new guest Ross Barkan.  Ross Barkan is a novelist and journalist from New York. He’s a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine and a columnist for Crain’s. His next novel, Glass Century, will be published in 2025. He can be found at his Substack, Political Currents.  Chris is a writer living and working in NYC. You can find his writings at the Cleveland Review of Books, Current Affairs, and Plan A Magazine and on his Substack .  Todays conversation is about VP picks (taped 08/05/2024) and the state of affairs in the RNC, according to Ross, and how the Dems are setting up for the remainder of the election cycle.

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Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA ([email protected]). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

This week Ken, and Trevor keep the conversation going on todays top headlines and politics. Megan Thee Stallion is making waves and social media is riding the waves and “FR bussin’ on Harris’s rizz”… All that to say, the online discourse has devolved into games rather a seeking of the truth, and the sharks are here to clear the board.

Show Notes:

• https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/megan-thee-stallion-harris-rally-conservative-reactions-1235071528/
• https://www.theonion.com/why-cant-anyone-tell-im-wearing-this-business-suit-iron-1819584239

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Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (https://www.patreon.com/PiercedEarsRecordingCo). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

This week Ken, Trevor and Mario sit down to talk politics. The left took zero seconds to fully fall in line and defend Kamala in the hopes of a “2008 is Great” renascence; meanwhile the right has gone full-on racist and misogynist. Plus, DEI has DIEd..

Show links:

Two Champagne Sharks Youtube videos:

• D.E.I. is about to D.I.E. https://www.youtube.com/live/SSutOv7Sr6g?si=_pz3rnAMI7HoyCan
• The Black Lives Matter Cash Grab https://youtu.be/QOzwxTHsXgQ?si=cCGkHpPh2kbmwMbr

John Deere DEI:

• https://www.businessinsider.com/john-deere-ditches-dei-policies-conservative-activists-lgbtq-pride-pronoun-2024-7
• https://www.advocate.com/business/john-deere-eliminates-dei
• https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/07/17/john-deere-dei-programs/74443276007/

Microsoft DEI:

https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-layoffs-dei-leader-email-2024-7

The Plea for a Black Woman VP:

• https://www.facebook.com/TheAngelaRye/videos/joe-biden-owes-black-women/283001806167513/
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/14/black-women-are-democrats-most-reliable-voting-bloc-heres-how-joe-biden-can-win-us-over/

Republicans Getting Racist and Sexist:

• https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/22/politics/video/kamala-harris-burchett-dei-hire-charlamagne-tha-god-angela-rye-lead-digvid
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plN4eR5A6Is&ab_channel=10NewsFirst
• https://youtu.be/VmIfUGVoyqc?si=6RPVCabBG2x7LwHn

Vivek Ramaswamy Prediction About Kamala”

• https://x.com/VivekGRamaswamy/status/1815093862748303795

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Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (https://www.patreon.com/PiercedEarsRecordingCo). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

This week Ken and Trevor kick things off with a discussion around the concept of “fleeing” and differences of what that means here in america and over-seas; and when peoples from other lands come here and begin to critique the ways of life of Black americans and ask the question “what exactly is the point of the critique, at the end of the day”. Then the conversation turns to that one guys ear, as the Sharks experience the failed attempt in real time and all the issues plaguing the DNC. And of course the conversation is peppered with hip-hop and hollywood

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Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (https://www.patreon.com/PiercedEarsRecordingCo). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)