Just Buy Less Coffee, Answering the Deeper Questions of American Politics

On this special two-part live edition of Just Buy Less Coffee, we discuss the looming Trump indictment and speculate what the next steps will be for him and his followers; the farce that is the Congressional investigation into TikTok; the movement for democracy in Israel; the 20th anniversary of the Iraq invasion; and for the second part of the show Irene deep dives the warning signs of genocide,...

JBLC deep dives the Silicon Valley Bank failure from a historical standpoint of the last 50 years of bank deregulation, and argues that private institutions that are "too big to fail" should be nationalized as public goods, all for less than the price of a cup of coffee...

JBLC is back with all new episodes. On this episode we break down the return of 2008 style panic with the SVB bank failure after Trump broke what was fixed, Biden's opening of drilling in Alaska, the anti-trans fascism in Red States leading to a rise in hate crimes, and the need for comprehensive sex education as it finds its way into Congress with Lauren Boebert becoming a grandma at age 36,...

New episodes will resume next week! While JBLC continues to take break, take a look back at the time we did a deep dive into the constitutional amendments in an attempt to define exactly what our constitution protects us from, as fascists mobilize to take those protections away; Irene and Troy got owned on a constitutional quiz,; Cathy and Troy nerded out on The West Wing; and Irene discovered the...

While JBLC continues to take a much needed break, we revisit our in-depth conversation on how the Christian faith of our youth let us down, building our world views we have today.

As JBLC continues to take a much needed break, we revisit our deep dive conversation on the political ideologies of the United States, and why Ronald Reagan was the beginning of the end of everything good in our society, all for less than the price of a cup of coffee...

JBLC is taking a few days off so we thought it best to rerun some of our greatest hits. Check out this interview we did with the great Walter Masterson in April of last year. Walter is a comedian who infiltrates MAGA and Q-Anon rallies posing as a reporter to troll them. Join us as he tells some of his best stories, including that time he found himself on the steps of the capitol in Washington D.C...

On this deep dive episode, JBLC reads and analyzes the Republican platform written by Florida Senator Rick Scott, wherein their nightmarish vision for a fascist America is explicitly stated. Join us as we scream into the void while watching Republicans finally say the quiet parts out loud, all for less than the price of a cup of coffee...

On this very special 69th episode, JBLC breaks down the historic Biden visit to Ukraine, the outward treason of Marjorie Taylor Greene as she calls for national divorce, the exposed lies at Fox News surrounding the 2020 election fraud claims, and the unsettling fact that Kevin McCarthy just gave 40K hours of unseen Jan 6 footage to Tucker Carlson and what that means for the next insurrection, all...

On this Thursday deep dive, JBLC takes a look at the issues of trans rights in America, and opens up a dialogue about what gender identity really means, why it matters, and why trans rights are human rights, and reporter-in-the-field John Russell gives us his report on the East Palestine train disaster from his unique perspective as a local and one of the first to cover it, all for less than the p...

JBLC breaks down the Biden State of the Union address and the chess move that made asshats out of Congressional Republicans, the lunatic fringe response to his speech from the party whose mascot is Marjorie Taylor Greene and Sarah Huckabee Sanders in a battle of "Normal vs. Crazy", takes a first look at the horrific tragedy of the chemical train derailment in East Palestine Ohio that we...

On this deep dive episode, JBLC explores the deconstruction of our religious upbringings in the hopes of coming to terms with our spirituality as adults, while cathartically reflecting on the abusive aspects of our past. Join us for a beautiful discussion of what it means to be in the world AND OF the world while fighting for the world, all for less than the price of cup of coffee...

JBLC blows through the hot air surrounding the Chinese spy balloon panic, examines the outstanding January jobs report and what it actually means for workers, looks at the dangerous environment in Congress with the Republican majority removing safety protocols and encouraging their members to arm up as they remove muslim house members from the committees, and breaks down the ongoing conflict in Pa...

JBLC takes a deep dive into the history of fascist witch hunts in the United States from the 1920's red scare all the way to the demonization of wokeness today, and reveals just how dangerous this type of rhetoric and philosophy is in the Desantis era, all for less than the price of a cup of coffee...

JBLC takes a look at the horrific killing of Tyre Nichols and examines the need to demilitarize the police particularly in communities of color; discusses the disrespect of Dr. Biden's PhD on the right; examines the extraordinary unfolding political situation in Peru; the ongoing assault on education and freedom in Florida; and takes a first look at the 2024 Senate races, all for less than th...

JBLC gives a deep dive update on the ongoing COVID19 pandemic with a particular focus on the outbreak in China that's infected 1 billion people after the loosening of their draconian lock down policies; then we compare responses in other nations and look at the rise of RSV and lament the emergence of super gonorrhea, all for less than the price of a cup of coffee...

Two days late but still on point, JBLC breaks the news discussing the chaos in the U.S. House under the "leadership" of spineless coward Kevin McCarthy including the introduction of the Fair Tax: the most apocalyptic law ever introduced in the United States, runs down the racism of Ron Desantis as he bans AP Black History from Florida Schools, and brings it home with another warm and snu...

This MLK Jr. week, JBLC takes a deep dive into the right wing attempt to hijack King's legacy to justify their racism; we look at the racist history of Ronald Reagan who despised King and ironically was the President who signed his holiday into existence; the differences in methods between MLK Jr.  and Malcolm X; and Kings's enduring legacy of the pursuit of justice, needed now more than...

JBLC breaks down the first scandal of the Biden Presidency as we learn that Biden shockingly....isn't...the greatest President ever; take a look at the stark differences between what Trump did with classified documents and what Biden did with them; and still come to the conclusion that Trump should be in jail, but also understand that Biden should too if he broke the law; plus we investigate...

On this Thursday deep dive edition of our show, JBLC takes a look at the history of other battles for Speaker of the House, finds that the worst ones occurred in the period leading up to the civil war, and discusses the history of slavery politics that led to division in our nation unseen again until now, all for less than the price of a cup of coffee...

JBLC breaks down the agonizing rise of Speaker McCarthy, one of the weakest Speakers in U.S. History, who finally got the job after 15 ballots with a literal fight breaking out on the floor in the 14th, we look at the differences between the collapsing Republican party and the unified messaging of the Democrats under Leader Jeffries, and stare into the void at the Brazilian remake of the Jan 6 ins...

On the first Respectful Thursday Deep Dive episode of the new year, JBLC tackles the bipolar economic theories that drive U.S. monetary and fiscal policy, with Democrats standing strong for John Meynard Keynes, and Republicans simping for Milton Friedman, all for less than the price of a cup of coffee...

JBLC returns from the holidays with a live look-in at the actual dumpster fire of the Republican Party as the basic and ceremonial process of electing a Speaker for the GOP House Majority completely goes up in flames on the first day of Congress, Greta Thunberg literally ends Andrew Tate's Career with a Tweet, Maxwell Frost is forced to couch surf as a sitting member of Congress, and Southwes...

JBLC takes a deep dive into the constitutional amendments in an attempt to define exactly what our constitution protects us from as fascists mobilize to take those protections away, Irene and Troy get owned on a constitutional quiz, Cathy and Troy nerd out on The West Wing, and Irene discovers the Kama Sutra, all for less than the price of a cup of coffee...

JBLC breaks down the Warnock victory in Georgia over the worst candidate in history, the incredible bravery of Kyrsten Sinema to break up with a Democratic Party that left her years ago, the right wing need for a safe space over Brittney Griner's release, Marjorie Taylor Greene's obsession with butt plugs, and Elon Musk's transformation from asshole to much larger asshole, all for l...