2 And A Bottle

This week Brandon and Deej tackle "This is America", Japanese Family Rentals, and fighting back against giant internet service providers. First we look, "Black Life, White Wife and The Art Caught In the Middle" by Panama Jackson (@panamajackson) at Very Smart Brothas. Panama contributed a couple of audio drops to give us an inside track on his wrangling with Donald Glover aka 2018 replacement for Kanye West (we kid, we kid (maybe) @ 9:26. Next, Deej takes us across the other, larger pond with "Japan's Rent-A-Family Industry" by Elif Batuman (@BananaKarenina) at The New Yorker. We finish up with with "A Public Option For The Internet" by Alex Shepard (@alex_shephard) at The New Republic. Hit sendthelinkpodcast.com and sign up to get the weekly link in your inbox! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/send-the-link/support

This week!!!! We dive deep into why exactly the president has so much to do. Deej gives you the breakdown of "The Hardest Job in The World" by John Dickerson. Maybe it would be better to just have a king AND/OR queen... Brandon breaks down "First Look at Health Insurance Coverage in 2018 Finds ACA Gains Beginning to Reverse" by the Commonweath Fund. (Sara R. Collins, Munira Z. Gunja, Michelle M. Doty and Herman K. Bhupal). --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/send-the-link/support

This episode Brandon and Deej talk John Boehner "digivolving" on marijuana, restorative drug policies, and Kanye's place in the pantheon of conservative blacks. Author's Audio from Vincent M. Southerland, begins at 10:07 The links: "Boehner Benefits From Weed. Blacks Are in Prison for Using It." by Vincent M. Southerland(@vmsoutherland) and Johanna B Steinberg and "Kanye West, Alt Right Darling" by Molly Roberts (@mollylroberts) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/send-the-link/support