2 And A Bottle

Highway to the nostalgia zone! Hop into the jump seat with Brandon and Deej and they attend the Big3 and detail Kendrick Perkins move to commentary game with some help from The Ringer. Then, Carol Anderson pens a piece to to Brandon's heart for Time, "Republicans Want a White Republic. They'll Destroy America to Get It". Finally, things get existential with "Have We Hit Peak Podcast?" by Jennifer Miller. Imbibe. Links: https://www.theringer.com/nba/2019/7/18/20699090/kendrick-perkins-espn-fox-kevin-durant-free-agency-tv-talking-head https://time.com/5628283/trump-tweets-racist-white-america/ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/18/style/why-are-there-so-many-podcasts.html --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/send-the-link/support

Brandon and Deej are leveling up as we take another journey into deep space with the latest iteration of the Streaming Wars. HBO's dropped the title of their latest premium service, HBO Max and the guys discuss. Then, we get some help from Forbes, as they reveal the "New" Kanye, fiscally solvent sneaker magnate. Finally, we chat the medical effects of AAU on young athletes. Links live below! https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27125793/these-kids-ticking-bombs-threat-youth-basketball https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/10/magazine/streaming-race-netflix-hbo-hulu-amazon.html https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2019/07/09/kanyes-second-coming-inside-the-billion-dollar-yeezy-empire/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/send-the-link/support

The Nets Navy has docked in the harbor but we're still curving jingoism as Brandon and Deej get knee deep in the outrage cycle as they talk Nike's pulled Betsy Ross Air Max colorway, Kimono Intimates, and the obvious cultural trend of minority/millennial views on American exceptionalism with some help from Peter Beinart at The Atlantic. Nets Navy incoming! Link is below! https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/06/aoc-isnt-interested-american-exceptionalism/592213/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/send-the-link/support

Get in on crypto! Brandon and Deej talk the latest in our ongoing dystopia, Facebook Libra, with some help from John Constine and TechCrunch. Then, OJ delights us with the evils of Twitter, and Henry Grabar lets us in on a secret...Black people also live in the midwest! Enjoy the links! https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/18/facebook-libra/ https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/06/black-voters-youngstown-ohio-trump-democrats.html --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/send-the-link/support

Brandon and Deej are back from outer space and the pod is reentering. This week Keza Macdonald from the Guardian gives us a look into the future of gaming and Brandon and Deej shake their proverbial fists at the clouds of tomorrow. Then, we recap the end of the NBA season as we move into the long night of no basketball summer. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/send-the-link/support

In the words of the great Mike Tyson, "Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face". So throw your plans aside and get these links! This week Brandon opines on attending the Wilder vs Breazeale showdown as he and Deej breakdown the state of boxing streaming wars via Three Heavyweights and the Boxing Revolution by Kelefa Sanneh at the New Yorker. Then through Adam Harris piece on Liz Warren's HBCU centered education policy brings some structure to the impending billionaire philanthropic wars post Robert Smith paying off the entirety of Morehouse College's 2019 student debt. Finally, chill Alabama. Heidi Stevens gets the Chicago Tribune on the board as she breaks down the history of public television censorship as Alabama looks to block an episode of Arthur from airing featuring a gay wedding. Happy Memorial Day! Links below: https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/heidi-stevens/ct-life-stevens-friday-arthur-pbs-gay-character-0517-story.html https://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/three

More pod! This week Brandon and Deej touch on some of their favorite topics the personal angst of successful immigrants, tech dystopia, and the political spectrum. Yay! First, we talk Nigerian freak, Giannis Antetokounmpo's Greek misnomer in Peter S. Goodman's piece at the NY Times. Then author Livia Gershon (@LiviaGershon)provides some audio as she helps us navigate the value of our crowdsourced data and content in We All Work For Facebook at Long Reads. Finally, the guys find out how left they'll be after the happenings of The Coming Generation War by Niall Ferguson and Eyck Freymann in The Atlantic. The links live aqui. Distfruten! https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/03/sports/giannis-antetokounmpo-greece.html https://longreads.com/2019/04/26/we-all-work-for-facebook/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/05/coming-generation-war/588670/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/send-the-link/support

It was inevitable. This week, Brandon and Deej talk the most important collection of characters in the world of politics and pop culture. They breakdown the now complete field of 2020 Democratic candidates and ponder on the end of an era of pop culture with Avengers: Endgame and the waning episodes of Game of Thrones. Links: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-biden-jumped-to-the-front-of-the-endorsement-race/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/04/26/if-marvel-cinematic-universe-is-tv-avengers-endgame-proves-golden-age-is-over/?utm_term=.96ed344c82bd --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/send-the-link/support

Music fans! This week Brandon and Deej review the hottest drop in recent memory: The Mueller Report. Then, they decided to get into their corporatist bag and chat about the latest tech IPO's Pinterest and Zoom. Finally, Deej reminisces about his time attending Beyonce's legendary set after the rest of us peons watch a mere facsimile on Netflix. Links below! Ezra Klein: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/4/19/18485862/mueller-report-trump-impeachment-obstruction Yoni Appelbaum: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/04/mueller-report-impeachment-referral/587509/ Troy Patterson: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-television/beyonces-homecoming-is-a-total-synthesis-of-the-pop-arts Paige Leskin: https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-startups-going-public-2019-rumored-ipos-2019-2 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/send-the-link/support

Who goes there! Brandon and Deej are all over pop culture's most important happenings this week, Game of Thrones and the NBA Playoffs. First, they look at Hank Stuever's piece in the Washington Post and tackle the question...Is Game of Thrones really supposed to mean anything? Then, they join in the backpatting as they analyze Kyle Korver's piece in the Players' Tribune, Privileged. Links below! https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/kyle-korver-utah-jazz-nba https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/was-game-of-thrones-supposed-to-mean-anything-only-if-you-wanted-it-to/2019/04/10/3c8df9c4-5974-11e9-a00e-050dc7b82693_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.937bd9151f3b --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/send-the-link/support

Long Live Nip. Brandon welcomes Deej back to the states after some time galavanting through Europe. The guys talk Nipsey Hussle's tragic death, the desensitization of violence through social media, and the subsequent conspiracy theories. Then, they talk Lil Nas X, TikTok and the success of Old Town Road. Finally, a little grab bag and lukewarm reviews of Jordan Peele's Us. Links: Conspiracy theories about Nipsey Hussle’s death aren’t stupid. They’re a form of grief https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/04/02/conspiracy-theories-about-nipsey-hussles-death-arent-stupid-theyre-form-grief/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5170c5ebac8f How TikTok Is Rewriting the World https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/10/style/what-is-tik-tok.html --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/send-the-link/support

Navigate the backchannels on this week of Send The Link. First, Brandon and Deej are talking the hip craze taking over the with all the kids, socialism! After that, they remember their collegiate days and wonder how easy getting into college would've been with rich parents. Finally, is your flight safe? No one is running the FAA. We go inside all the angles of the 737 Max disaster. Links aqui: http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/03/socialism-and-young-socialists.html https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/03/14/college-admissions-scandal-bribing-officials-bad-investment-column/3151205002/ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/14/opinion/business-economics/boeing-737-max.html --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/send-the-link/support

Got a problem? Call Deej and Brandon for all your PR needs. This week were delving deep into the psychology and institutional methods of shaping our cultural narratives. First, we review Mark Zuckerberg's latest Facebook manifesto and doubt his abilities to pull it off. Then, we look back at the sordid history of Fox News and just how Rupert Murdoch and Donald Trump have been boys. Finally, we take a trip to the most sterile barbershop in the country as we try to salvage Lebron's attempt at being genuine. Look down below! There's links in them waters.... Links: https://www.facebook.com/notes/mark-zuckerberg/a-privacy-focused-vision-for-social-networking/10156700570096634/ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/03/11/the-making-of-the-fox-news-white-house https://deadspin.com/theres-nothing-candid-about-lebrons-the-shop-1828725498 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/send-the-link/support

Brandon and Deej need a vacation....Nevertheless, they're on the job talking Derek Thompson's piece on the effects of workism in the Atlantic. Then, Deej waxes poetic on the resignation of HBO CEO Plepler and what that means for the premium content network....we end with the hottest reality show on television, Michael Cohen's Testimony. Enjoy this week in dystopia. This week's link: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/02/religion-workism-making-americans-miserable/583441/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/send-the-link/support

And the Academy Award for worst actor goes to....Jussie Smollet! This week, we give Jussie what he wants, attention. Brandon and Deej chop it up about the life and times of the Gay Tupac with some help from Adam Serwer's piece in The Atlantic. Then, they wax poetic on another rap legend, as Eminem's Slim Shady LP reaches 20. Finally, we end with a little oscar talk and Black Panther as a cultural phenomenon. Links: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/02/jussie-smollett/583426/ https://www.theringer.com/music/2019/2/20/18232748/eminem-slim-shady-lp-20th-anniversary --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/send-the-link/support

Brandon and Deej are back and talking both dog and human racism. First, Brandon takes a trip to the Westminster dog show. Then, Deej takes us down the Ralph Northam decision tree... blackface or Klan costume? Oh, and Jeff Bezos wages war against the National Enquirer in the latest episode of our corporatist nightmare. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/send-the-link/support

Brandon and Deej delve into mysticism with their Nostradamus like predictions of a snore-fest superbowl. Then, Brandon takes us to civics class as he experiences the fickle nature of jury duty. Finally, the guys plant the #NetsNavy flag as the Knicks plunge into depths of further chaos in the wake of the Porzingis trade. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/send-the-link/support

Revel in the schadenfreude! Brandon and Deej bring out their Morehouse pride to lament the conservative appropriation of Dr. King's legacy, then they detail how the Fyre Festival was an meta exercise in white supremacy, and finally James Harden...yay or nay? Check out the links! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/send-the-link/support

Whoa Uncle Joey we've got a full house! Brandon and Deej invite Gina Cherelus back to the pod to talk virtue signaling during the government shutdown, being cloned by the 10 year challenge and tragically paying 14 dollars for Netflix. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/send-the-link/support

This week Brandon and Deej mind other people's business and get all into the specifics of the worlds most costly separation with a piece from Joe Pinkser at The Atlantic. Then, they get grassroots and talk the latest in political happenings in NYC (including the non-shutdown of the "L train"). Finally, and also tragically... there's R. Kelly talk...we weep in unison. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/send-the-link/support