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Send a text The Week in Review is back after a short hiatus! Catch up with Jordi and DeCruz as they discuss the highlights and lowlights of last week in news and pop culture. Would you keep a rodent as a pet? 

Send a text DeCruz and Ray are back at it for a mid-week episode. No notes! We'll do it live, damn it! WE'LL DO IT LIVE! 

Send a text Manisha Dass from Indian Matchmaking joins us to talk about what went on behind the scenes of the show. She talks about her relationship with Vyasar and her thoughts on dating and marriage and why she's down to dunk on Florida any time. 

Send a text Ray and DeCruz hash it out over Indian Matchmaking and whether Ray could get on the show. Are Korean-Americans allowed? Are cultural exports sometimes okay or no? And could you pass Trump's cognitive exam?

Send a text Vinay woke up this week to become America's villain after seemingly flaking on Nadia on the new hit Netflix show Indian Matchmaking. He joined the Big Brown Army to share his side of the story. Also discussed: the benefits of a portable sauna. 

Send a text Vyasar Ganesan, one of the stars on the new Netflix hit Indian Matchmaking, joins us on the Big Brown Army to share stories from behind the scenes. He gives us updates on what happened after the season ended and some more background on his childhood. Stay tuned till the end for a scandalous Aloo Chaat  recipe from Vyasar.  #bigbrownarmy #indianmatchmaking #vyasarganesan #netflix

Send a text This Week in Review is so good it's a week early. Jordi joins DeCruz again to discuss the wide world of hatred that's out there. DeCruz has some thoughts on white people food. Will he get canceled? 

Send a text DeCruz and Ray discuss the biggest tech story of the day, while fantasizing about what they would do with this much power. Another heated anti-media rant from DeCruz. What would you do if you had total control of Twitter? 

Send a text Jordi joins DeCruz for another Week in Review. We spend about ten minutes talking about Linda and Hamilton the Musical. Some more thoughts on Cancel Culture and that "Letter." Should Jordi and DeCruz write their own letter? 

Send a text Per Ray's request, Big Brown Army takes a break from current events to discuss his top five action movies of all time. Arnold shows up a few times. Also, Big Brown Army is at 20 episodes! 

Send a text Ben Applebee, another one of DeCruz's old friends, joins the Big Brown Army to chat about American Christianity, pastoring a congregation during these difficult times, and where we go from here. Ben is Associate Pastor at Watermark OC in Orange County. He and his wife Rylee are parents to eight children. Ben also hosts "The Applebee Way" podcast.  You can follow him at @...

Send a text On a special July 4th episode, DeCruz and Jordi do another week in review and discuss all that's happening with our country. Will we ever run out of media stories to talk about? Who would you have in your National Garden of American Heroes? 

Send a text DeCruz and Ray have their longest conversation yet which includes a heated debate on President Trump's use of the word "Pocahontas" to describe Elizabeth Warren. You really want to listen to this one. 

Send a text DeCruz and Jordi are back at it again to discuss the week that has just passed us by. We talk about all the new name changes for the week including a famous musical group that has been cancelled before. Also, we have our very first letter from a listener. Some of you really need to step it up. 

Send a text Razib Khan, DeCruz's online friend of 15 years, joins the Big Brown Army this week to ask him questions about Indian-American Christianity, and wokeness. Razib has written for The New York Times , India Today , National Review Online , Slate , & The Guardian , on a broad range of topics. He also hosts the Insight, a podcast on evolution and genetics and another podcast called...

Send a text George Andrews is Chief of Staff to California State Assemblyman Tom Lackey (R-Palmdale), and unfortunately for him, also related to DeCruz. George joins the Big Brown Army to talk about California politics, the state of the country, and the Republican party. Also, be sure to listen for why George was on national cable TV in the early 00s. Note: Recorded a few weeks ago so some details...

Send a text DeCruz and Jordi once again get together to discuss the highlights and lowlights of the past week. In this household, it's always going to be the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone! Linda the Guinea Pig agrees. 

Send a text Ray is back! DeCruz and his old friend discuss India-China conflicts, John Bolton's new book, and the NBA reopening continued. Also, how does anyone drink a cup of water anyway? It's not an easy thing to do. Jimmy Carter's unfortunate uphill run. 

Send a text DeCruz and Jordi go over the most interesting tweets and news articles from the previous weeks. They discuss everything from cancel culture and celebrities chiming in about what's happening in the U.S. Will DeCruz immigrate to the CHAZ? Only time will tell. Also, special appearance from Linda, Jordi's pink haired guinea pig. 

Send a text David Banks, another old college friend, joins us to share stories of DeCruz being a terrible roommate and words of wisdom from his day job as a marketing professional in the Pacific Northwest. David is a blogger and an author and you can find his work at thelittleheavy.com .

Send a text Ray joins the Big Brown Army to talk about current events. There are some heavy things in the atmosphere, my friends. 

Send a text Jordi Salomon joins us again on the Big Brown Army as DeCruz takes a moment to address the murder of George Floyd and the injustices African-Americans have faced for years. Where do we go from here as a nation?

Send a text Ray is back and he has a lot of things to tell us on this episode of Big Brown Army. 

Send a text Jordi Salomon, an Orange County wife and mother to two sons joins us to talk about the pandemic. We talk about unnecessary lockdowns and the political consequences of the lockdown. What we like about Trump, what we don't like. How we feel about America, etc. 

Send a text Ray returns with updates on what's going on in his corner of the world. More pandemic updates and stuff from our neck of the woods.