Good Guys Getting Better

This may be one of the better pods we’ve done yet, Christian having the flu notwithstanding. John came prepared with the questions, digging into the impacts of JD Vance’s lies (yes, lies) about Haitian immigrants and the people of Springfield, Ohio — people who Vance represents in the United States Senate. Zooming out from the very real harm Vance and his unhinged and baseless accusations are caus...

It’s the first pod since Christian’s trip to the DNC, but don’t worry! John is still pursuing his new passion hosting Good Guys Getting Better . We kick off the pod with a quick recap of the convention from Christian’s point of view on the ground, talking about what happened at the DNC that you didn’t catch on TV, including the protests inside the convention center and beyond, as well as the speec...

In his first appearance after joining the ticket, Tim Walz turned to Vice President Harris on stage in front of a packed crowd in Philadelphia and thanked her for bringing the joy back into our politics. It was a striking comment, both for its sincerity and for what it reminded us all about the state of our political process. Since 2016, we’ve all been living on the edge of our seats. Joe Biden to...

After summer travels, a joke of an RNC, an assassination attempt and the weird yet predictable cult behavior that followed, we’re back and just in time for the news that has eclipsed all the rest: the end of Joe Bidens’s reelection bid and the meteoric rise of the Kamala campaign. We talk about the new enthusiasm among Democratic voters and the huge push Vice President Harris is getting from young...

There’s no way to sugarcoat it. The Supreme Court has handed down one of the most disastrous decisions in modern history. Ignoring history, legal precedent, and common sense, the Roberts Court has given Donald Trump — and anyone who serves a term at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue — almost blanket immunity for crimes committed while in office. All an alleged perpetrator need do, if the are also a former...

In a first in the history of the United States, a former President has been convicted, not just on one count, but on 34 felonies. In the election interference case in New York, unfortunately referred to as the “p*rn star hush money” case, a jury was unanimous in its decision to find Trump guilty on all counts. Of course, that hasn’t done anything to the Donald’s base of support other than cause th...

John’s back in the country and hasn’t missed a thing — unless you count the ongoing election interference and business fraud [hush money] case in which the Donald is a defendant in New York. Or the petulance of Samuel Alito showing solidarity with January 6 insurrectionists by displaying an upside down flag at his house and blaming his wife when he was called on it. Or the potentially drunken disp...

We're back -- at least two of us are! Christian is back from his travels right as John leaves and his and right before Aleem gets out of town -- but two is a quorum here, so two of us recorded a pod. Thankfully, we didn't miss anything! Just an insane trial in New York where a former President of the United States is alleged to have paid off an adult film star to illegally influence the 2016 Elect...

This pod, we have the privilege of being joined by an old friend of Aleem, Razeeb Hossain. A former Republican, Razeeb shares with us his political evolution — before the Trump era in Republican politics — from leader of his law school’s Republican club to casting his vote for Barack Obama. He also tells the story of his family’s arrival in America from Bangladesh, with his parents initially leavi...

Hey everyone! We're back before dropping this week's full episode to react to Iran's unprecedented retaliation against Israel. We’re discussing whether this attack was mere retaliation or an escalation after Israel’s bombing of Iran’s embassy in Damascus, Syria, what comes next, and what Biden needs to do here at home. Please let us know what you’re thinking in the comments here on Substack or ove...

What does it look like to raise a child, teach them respect for themselves, for their family and their peer, in a society where accountability is something a person can buy their way out of? That's what Aleem, Christian, and John dig into in this pod. It comes after Christian spent a week away from work to spend with his son on spring break. In the same time, former president Trump has been able t...

Congress have voted to force TikTok's parent company to divest from the popular social media app that counts over 170 million Americans among its users. That's of course due to the security concerns by the parent company being all but an arm of the Chinese Communist Party. Meanwhile, TikTok users are up in arms over the proposal, which the app claims is a "ban". Concerning is the fact that their m...

In a pod Christian and John recorded before today's unanimous Supreme Court decision forcing Colorado to keep insurrectionist Donald Trump on the ballot, we address another giveaway the high court has handed the Donald. That's right. Today, the justices conveniently forgot that the Constitution already gives individual states the power to decide a Presidential Election for the entire country. It's...

Did Donald Trump literally tell his benefactor in the Kremlin to invade our European allies if they didn’t “pay up” for their defense?! He did, and then failed cable TV personality and opportunist cosplaying as a journalist Tucker Carlson gave a softball interview to Putin himself. In short order, Putin’s most vocal opponent Alexei Navalny was found dead in a Siberian prison camp. Yet just like wh...

In just the past month, the US economy under Biden created 353,000 jobs -- so many that even Fox News can't deny the good news. So why isn't the White House and the reelection team screaming this from the rooftops? And how can anyone even continue to argue that the economy would do any better under the Donald? Less than four years ago, people were hoarding toilet paper and American grocery stores...

Donald Trump has declared that as a former President, he is immune from all accountability, be it civil liability or criminal penalty. Sure, he wanted President Obama removed from office for being Black and wants President Biden investigated for... something? But when it comes to the wayward son of Queens' most notorious slum lord, apparently four years in the Oval Office translates to a lifetime...

BACK FOR SEASON 2 We're back from the holidays and right in time for the Iowa caucuses. We talk about the likelihood of victory for Trump, the fight for second place between Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis, as well as some of the more bizarre thing about the former South Carolina governor. Did you know she renamed her husband, or that she didn't know slavery was the root cause of the Civil War? Aleem...

Last episode of 2023! The whole team is back to talk turkey (not really -- we did that for Thanksgiving). No, there's no more Turnpike Sous Vide. This time, we're talking Christmas plans, travel, family, and more! We get into Shohei Ohtani's insane $700 million salary from the LA Dodgers, as well as the tax avoidance he's achieving by delaying his full payment. That gets us onto a whole tangent ab...

This was easily the funniest episode of the pod we've done so far. John and Aleem are back to talk turkey -- literally! Did you know you can cook turkey sous vide? You shouldn't, but apparently that's what Aleem did this year while driving across New Jersey. Hey! There's no law against cooking and driving, right? And of course, we get into Thanksgiving's greatest tradition: awkward conversations....

We’re back! Aleem, Christian, and John are back after Christian's b-day hiatus -- and it's not like we have much to catch up on. We're talking the importance of reflection and introspection for parents, professionals, and just about anyone looking to do the work and focus on their mental health for themselves and those they love. Somewhere along the way, John found the time to jot down a list of t...

This pod, I'm joined by Chris Littlefield of  @beyondthankyou  to talk about mental health awareness, how to recover after burnout, how to prevent burnout, and how we can show up the way we *want* to show up in our business and in our personal relationships! Chris is an incredible international public speaker who regularly talks about employee appreciation, workplace culture, employee retention, a...

This episode, regulars John Borden and Aleem Boatright join the pod to discuss the horrific terrorist attacks by Hamas, Donald Trump's disgusting and baseless comments disparaging Israel while praising Hezbollah, as well as the culture of cruelty in which we're now living, from America post-Trump, to Putin's brazen war of conquest in Ukraine, to the slaughter of civilians in Israel and Gaza. We do...

Part 2 is here! The conversation turns to the home front as Terrain shares with us his journey as a husband, father, and successful serial entrepreneur. From the first business he started as a kid growing up in poverty in Indiana to being an accomplished lawyer and the owner of several businesses in the Washington, D.C. area, Terrain reveals the resources he's learned from, the balancing acts he p...

Terrain Davis and returning champion Aleem Boatright join the pod for a lively discussion on the would-be government shutdown than sunk a House speaker, the utter lack of civic education in modern America (even among Members of Congress) the fundamental difference between federal government spending and all other forms of spending, investing in American communities versus government sanctioning of...

Our own Aleem Boatright was inspired to convene this special recording of Good Guys Getting better to discuss Deion Sanders' coaching of the University of Colorado football team, his unique style, brashness, and ‘audacious Blackness’, as well as respectability politics and professional sports as a mirror for American society. You're gonna wanna check this one out! #colorado #universityofcolorado #...