It’s the end of week two of the government shutdown and #TeamBlackness is taking it in stride, unlike some people. In case you missed it, we covered everything from Justice Scalia’s anxiety about ladies cursing to Miley Cyrus. If you haven’t had a chance to subscribe, you can find us iTunes, Stitcher, or download directly from our RSS Feed. You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
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#TWiBradio #461 | 12.1 Miles
#TeamBlackness asks, “Is this guy ferreal?” regarding Justice Scalia’s view of America, sexist buttons at the California Republican Convention, the President tells the GOP exactly what they “get,” and Elon James White is the most talented runner in United States history.
#TWiBradio #462 | I’m An Adult
#TeamBlackness hashes out the cultural history of racial difference between South Africa and the United States and to alleviate government shutdown stress, one retailer is offering furloughed employees a special toy for their down time.
#TWiBradio #463 | The Roots Filter
The government is shutdown and we’re in the midst of a salmonella apocalypse! What dictates where Black people jog? We introduce our new segment: ” The Humorless Liberal Weekly.” And the Roots make Miley Cyrus’ music tolerable. No, really.
#TWiBradio #464 | The Book of Brad
#TeamBlackness discusses an outrageous AP Poll (17:00), the productive habits of creative people (21:00), and we discuss the Zimmerman trial episode of South Park (00:01:15).
@amTWIB #107 | The Power of Eh
The Morning Crew discusses the most advanced tip calculator in the world, a 16-year old deemed not mature enough for an abortion, a strange religious double standard, and the power of apathy gets a 9-year old to Vegas.
@amTWIB #108 | The Word is “Plethysmograph”
Brooks Brothers make suits, but did you know about their first job? Georgia Tech fraternity: you’re circulating rape culture! For charter school’s, the rent is too damn . . . low? And we learned a new word today.
@amTWIB #109 | Pillar of the Community
The Morning Crew compares the US education system with other countries, the ongoing Washington Redskins debate, and an unlikely pillar of the community.
@amTWIB #110 | Abandoner Protocol Alpha
Ljoy and Imani were out, so we have a special deluxe “What You Should Know” rewind episode of amTWIB.
Fuzzy
I’m sorry, I have no interest in this type of blogging. I guess I’m just old fashioned and like to read.
Anna in PDX
Ha, I read “Is this guy ferreal” (re Scalia) as “Is this guy feral?” Yes, he must have been raised by wolves – all male ones – because he seems to have never met a single actual woman in his life…
? Martin
Scalia is just jealous that in spite of all of his practice with Ginsburg, he still can’t twerk as well as Miley.
Amir Khalid
@Fuzzy:
Try it, you might find you like it.
Elizabelle
Elon: too early to listen with a Jameson’s in hand. Will catch you later.
Listening to beautiful and needed fall rain pour outside. Music to my ears.
Cassidy
I love the Twib podcast, but they’re too long for my drives. I end up spending two days listening and get behind on my others. Sucks. Is there anyway you guys can break up a single podcast into smaller bit?
jeffreyw
tl:dl
catclub
So now TwiB becomes TWiTWiB? ATM machines?
Where does it end? Godel’s Incompleteness theorem post titles?
scav
@Elizabelle: I’m jealous of your rain. As I don’t have it, a few podcasts to clean by might be just the thing. Will save the Scalia one for something that really really needs a violent scrubbing. Also, nothing that can be broken if hurled.
Roger Moore
@jeffreyw:
This. Also, too, the links are blocked at work. Transcripts might be nice.
scav
Living Man in Ohio Ruled Legally Dead: The wonders of the law. I get it, but damn if it isn’t illustrative of the mindset.
Mike in NC
TWiB = ZZZZZ
ruemara
You guys are being far more productive in NorCal. And I see the complaints crew is out and just missing the unsubtle mocking duo.
Fuzzy
@Amir Khalid: I have and I don’t or I would not have made that comment. For me, if it is not in writing and signed, it’s ownership is in question. “what I meant to say” etc.
scav
@ruemara: I found the juxtaposition of this and the last thread interesting. I mean, horrors! A thread not dedicated to something they were interested in! What next, healthcare offered along the same lines? I was also tempted to post a lot of tl:dw into football threads, but I’m bad.
Betty Cracker
@Fuzzy: Why would you bother leaving a comment stating that you don’t like this type of post? I’m not criticizing, necessarily: I’m honestly curious.
To me, it’s like seeing a stand with a FREE LEMONADE sign, walking up to the proprietor and saying, “I just want you to know I don’t like lemonade. I only like coffee.” Why not just keep walking?
Elon James White
@Fuzzy: Well Fuzzy, There’s a bunch of posts on Balloon Juice and we also have great writers over at http://TWIB.ME too. That said in the wide wonderful world of the internet there are different types of content. Perhaps you should try it out to see if you dig it. If not we understand. We’ll still be posting but we understand ;-)
Elon James White
@Elizabelle: Listening with Jameson might be something we should put in our description.
Elon James White
@Cassidy: Too long for your drives? As in hard drive or your actual drive? We make sure to compress them to be as small as possible so that we’re not clogging up devices. As for breaking up the podcast into smaller segments–that may be something we attempt in the future but at the moment we’re a Mom & Pop media team. Our staff is stretched as it is now. If I started demanding snippets to be created daily for all shows I may get punched in the face. I’d prefer less face punching.
Elon James White
@jeffreyw: Not sure what to do for you. The shows are broken up into 60 and 90 minute clips. If that’s too much content then I’m sorry for your loss of awesome ;-)
Elon James White
@Roger Moore: As I mentioned in an earlier response about chopping up the episodes, transcribing them at this point isn’t an option for us at the moment. Perhaps one day…
Elon James White
@ruemara: Ha! We’re actually still warming back up! The only thing we’re doing now that we didn’t do before is add a week in review post. We’re trying to appeal to all and give reminders about what we’re doing! Wait until we finally get our new studio built. It’s going to be madness I tell ya.
Elon James White
No, TWiB = This Week in Blackness. Not 5 capital Z’s in a row. We’ll be more clear next time.