Dimes In The Dozen

“What the f*ck is Sciatica?” - The Dimes discuss life updates - Daryl’s got a pinched nerve and shares how deadlifting helped alleviate the pressure - This leads the boys into a conversation about the importance of pacing yourself when weightlifting and the necessity of stretching before your workouts “You know what, make it a $100 an hour” - The Dimes discuss the summer of strikes (SAG/AFTRA, Teamsters, & more) - They begin with the recent allegations that Paramount deliberately trimmed trees in front of it’s headquarters to remove the shade they provided striking workers - Daryl shares an interesting anecdote about tree removal and it provides a clue into what Paramount could legally be faced with - From here the boys dive deep into the people who make up the majority of SAG/AFTRA and WGA - It’s the extras that make film and television come to life but studios will portray even their biggest films as financial losses just to avoid paying those essential extras more - This leads into a conversation ab

“I think that’s what America needs, more opium conventions” - The Dimes kick the show off with a little lesson about the origins of international drug laws - Sammy breaks down a timeline he found within a 100 page document called “One Hundred Years of Drug Control,” written by The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime - Most of the timeline can be pointed towards western nations interests and history with drugs - The United Nations wrote this study to see how effective international drug control has been over the last 100 years and it ends up being a reminder that most things that start with wholesome ideas are usually crushed   “You don’t wanna be the boat buddy, you don’t wanna be the plane buddy, you just wanna be the guy who can drive it from time to time” - The Dimes quickly discuss some life updates - Daryl shares the experience of his first flying lesson and comes to the conclusion that he wants to become a pilot - Sammy is still cleaning up from Electric Forest and shares a pro tip for washing

“Let’s interpolate our interpretations” - The Dimes discuss their life updates… and CAKE - The boys start off the show breaking down CAKE ’s iconic song “Short Skirt / Long Jacket” - Leaving them with the burning question, why did she trade her MG for a white Chrysler LeBaron? - It was Daryl’s birthday recently and he was gifted flying lessons - As Daryl begins to fantasize about the ability to fly himself to his newly acquired cabin, Sammy brings him back down to earth when he reminds Daryl he should probably get a truck up to the cabin before a plane - This leads the boys into a conversation about Daryl’s concerns with the future upkeep of his new cabin “Sounds like a bad idea, does not sound like a bad cocaine idea” - The Dimes react to Secret Service discovering cocaine in The White House - First thing we can establish is whoever found this bag is the ultimate nark - The difference is how much was found, if it’s crumbs, then it’s a tourist or worker who lost their bag, if it’s rocks, it starts to get a

“Happy Forest. F**k your Burn.” - The Dimes skip the life updates and get right into discussing Sammy’s experience at Electric Forest - Sammy has a glowing review of the festival and goes into many different details including music performances, food venders, campgrounds, security, and the venue as a whole - Some highlights from the conversation: Sammy’s favorite art installations, delicious late night jambalaya, fire breathers in the mosh pit during a Voyd set, two exceptional Chromeo performances including a house set, and the flash storm that destroyed the campgrounds on the last day “They’re sober when they do it” - The Dimes react to a shooting at The Gorge Amphitheater during the Beyond Wonderland music festival - It’s reported that the shooter was an active service member attending the festival and this information gets the boys into a couple different conversations, Sammy thinks service members should be required to live “straight edge” lifestyles, and Daryl asks why people who are trained to kill

“Two is one and one is none” - The Dimes discuss their weekly life updates - Sammy is heading to Electric Forest and Daryl’s festival plans fell through - This leads the boys into a conversation about the preparation that goes into camping festivals before shifting the discussion towards the application of “radical inclusiveness” at festivals like Electric Forest and Burning Man - Finishing off this conversation, the boys share some thoughts about the forms of theft that occur at these types of festivals “Gulag Archipelago 2: Electric Boogaloo” - The Dimes discuss the latest Donald Trump indictment - It’s shady when any former president is caught with classified documents, but what’s more damning is what they do with those documents once they’ve been caught - This leads the boys into a tangent about who the true “morally good guy” in politics is - Republican’s make up about 50% of the government, so if the “Deep State” was truly real then a Republican would never be voted into office again - Rounding off t

“You got them Meghan Trainor farts” - The Dimes start the show off with their weekly life updates - Daryl struggles to remember exactly what he did over the weekend and it sparks a quick discussion about the way your time seems to slip away when it isn’t structured - Sammy shares some happenings with his union job and it quickly leads into a passionate discussion about the part-time Vs. full-time dichotomy - Sammy goes into a deep tangent about the negative affects of the “work-life” philosophy within capitalism “Pick a classification, they’re having affairs and abortions” - The Dimes discuss Ron DeSantis Vs. Donald Trump - One of Trump’s biggest strengths over DeSantis is his ability to walk the line of “will he, won’t he” - DeSantis’ biggest weakness is trying to verbally “out Trump, Trump” - Not to mention the huge failure of DeSantis’ Twitter Space announcement - Did Elon Musk platform Trump’s biggest rival in the primaries because Trump refuses to return to Twitter? “He inadvertently turned it into 4c

“Gun to your head, f*ck that, d*ck to your mouth” - The Dimes start the show off with their weekly life updates - Daryl spent his Memorial Day weekend catching up on home maintenance and it leads the boys into a every day discussion about tools and “to-do’s” - Daryl shares some success he’s been having at the gym and the boys discuss the possibility of a fitness challenge - Sammy spent his Memorial Day weekend attending a staycation birthday where someone raised one of the most important questions in life, and the boys discuss it… “No, this dude is a whole ass L” - The Dimes discuss the concept of "Alpha" and “Beta” males - The conversation opens up with Sammy and Daryl analyzing the “Alpha” and “Beta” archetype and how they could relate to traits of polyamory and asexuality, respectively - Daryl shares some of his experiences and struggles with displaying feminine traits while also maintaining his masculinity - Then a breakdown of the Jubilee video the boys watched to prepare for the topic “As a man, one

“You just had sex on the ground at a rave, let it drip” - The Dimes start the show off with their weekly life updates - Sammy talks about his boozy weekend and shares his favorite moments from the EDC livestream - This leads the boys into a tangent about the risk of rocking your “birthday suit” at a rave - Daryl shares his experiences from his Portland trip and how it turned him into a golfer - This sparks a conversation about the importance of friendships that “swings for the fences” - Things round off with quick discussion of The Dimes Memorial Day plans, or lack there of “Iggy Azalea of white hair over here dawg” - The Dimes discuss Black Conservatism - Specifically the concept of the “Boule” and how black elites have helped to white wash the more socialist philosophies of MLK - Why do we ask white billionaires to fix black communities like Flint Michigan, when black billionaires have the wealth to fix them too? - Lazer Theory: White communities are very use to having what they preach in the home, be wh

“So other then that, I don’t have another life” - Daryl talks about his upcoming trip to Portland, how he made a friend through a machete, and his desire to travel as he pleases - Sammy goes boomer as he complains about potholes in the city, which leads into their first discussion about being overly concerned with how we’re perceived through the quality of our personal property "Maybe mud wrestling works, maybe it f**king doesn’t" - The Dimes discuss the concept of “Respectable Masculinity” - Andrew Tate Vs. Joe Rogan -  Can you be problematic for your platform if you’re a good man? - It feels like a lot of masculinity has become displaced in society and our growing sedentary lifestyles might be to blame - Can we reforge masculinity with the culture of acceptance and equality? "Everybody thought Rick Astley was black" - The Dimes discuss the complex topic of "Black Capitalism" - Daryl opens up the conversation explaining how an entire cultural subdivision has been put on the proverbial bench - The creation

The Dimes start off the show with a few small discussions about Adult Swim's music, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Daryl's hatchet throwing date, and Sammy's first time attending The Seattle Wind Symphony "More like the Himalayan salt of the Earth" - The Dimes discuss the recent news about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas - If your affiliated with the federal government in a way that allows you access to sensitive information about corporations then you should not be able to buy stocks - Thomas and Crow's friendship would have to go way back to justify theses kinds of powerful people exchanging such high value gifts - Could an AI Supreme Court streamline the justice system and remove the potential for corruption? "He's not backing down in the face of the internet - No, he's an idiot" - The Dimes discuss the current state of the Andrew Tate phenomena - Tate's philosophy is affective because he's exactly like the men he targets - Active support from family, community, and government is what young men n

"Elon's Island" - The Dimes discuss the grounding of SpaceX by the FAA - Why has SpaceX chosen to not create a proper launch site? - Elon Musk is consistently praised for all things he does with his companies but there doesn't seem to be much value in his "creations" - Can we really put the future of space travel in the hands of billionaire's with, "Peter Pan syndrome?" "How many people does it take to keep one plane in the air?" - The Dimes discuss the Writers Guild strike - A common experience of humans in 2023 is sharing an experience of what's happened on TV - How can we better identify writers as the creators of our favorite content? "I'd make her ride a bike, it's easier on the knees" - The Dimes discuss Steven Crowder's divorce - Why is Crowder still trying to control a narrative he can no longer can control? - There is a clear sign of abuse coming from Crowder but how far is he willing to go with his "proof?"

"Turns out those dudes talking about street sh*t are Feds" - The Dimes discuss the news about the federal conviction of Fugee's member Pras - Elites tend to remove people they feel don't "belong" in their world, especially if those people shed a light on their bad practices - Was is that Pras didn't belong, or did he choose the wrong person to bring him there? "Money is not a consequence for a multi-billion dollar company" - The Dimes discuss the recent settlement between FOX and Dominion - A financial settlement between two private corporations does nothing if we don't set precedent to prevent these types of lies spreading in the future - At the very least FOX should have to pay for voter access, education, and protection - Where does true accountability begin with a corporation as large as FOX? "Spit in the butthole and move on like a real American" - The Dimes discuss Tucker Carlson's sudden departure from Fox News - The biggest mouth piece for the conservative movement is now free to do as he pleases and

"How do you know the guy?" - The Dimes start the session with some stories of their adventures in The City of Sin - Everything is fun to look at but everything's out to get you - What is the real disparity between the "Have" and the "Have Not's" in a place like Las Vegas? "What do you speak to power?" - The Dimes discuss the latest development with the "Tennessee Three." -  Representative Jonathan Jones was unanimously voted back into his sates senate sending a strong message to the rest of Tennessee's congress - How de we escape the fate of country who lives by the rule of "bullets" over "benefits?" "Depends on where they're leaking from" - The Dimes discuss the recent leak of U.S. intelligence - There's been an obvious abuse of our tax money to fund the government's interests and we deserve itemized receipts of where our dollars are being spent - Are intelligence leaks the only way we can hold the U.S. government accountable? "F*ck Apple TV, but they got this dope movie" - The Dimes discuss the Tetris movie

"For Mexicans it was weed; Chinese, opium; black people, name a drug" - The Dimes dive deep into drug reform and how we got to the current state of substance abuse in America - They share personal stories and philosophies on how we should best approach decriminalization and harm reduction.    Can we use the commonality of substance abuse to relieve the pressure of a drug prohibition?   "I don't care if you've been f**ked or not, your gonna leak" - We've been living in a perpetual pizza gate and it's impossible to escape the conspiracies - American's need to build a sense of shame if we want to avoid another situation like Trump.   Do we have the humility to rewrite the document at our core, to provide for the future?   "They all look like Orville Redenbacher" - Term limits might be the best solution to removing institutionalized members of our government - Don’t call it three if one survives.   Are those drunk on political power, capable even, of being gerrymandering teetotalers?

"There's a whole lot of fingers in this butthole" - The Tik Tok ban is ridiculous but a great red herring for the government to implement more violations of our privacy - It's possible we may never have a congress who truly is 'with' the times and 'of' the times - As the government tries to peer deeper into our lives, will the next generation have the support to take back our rights? "Applebee's. When you’re here, don't tread on me" - Once again we've been hit with Trump's buckshot strategy, a scatter shot of misinformation -  It really doesn't matter if Trump goes to jail, we just want the justice system to work - With the number of courts getting ready to possibly charge Trump, will we finally see something stick?  "Zoloft Gang" - The state of Oregon will soon put psilocybin therapy into practice and Daryl's looking for the next available appointment - A free and open market for therapy should be supported; from holistic, to pharmaceutical, and all the way to psychedelics - As the ability to reach into o

"Remix… We all live on a red submarine" - Daryl points out the major concerns with recent sightings of Russian submarines off the coast of the U.S. - Sammy thinks the U.S. military is using this situation as a propaganda tool to create public support for a budget increase - When the goal is to avoid western resentment, how do we find the path? "Death and disease, the double D's of life!" - The Dimes discuss how billionaires' seek to control innovation in all industries - Altruism is the billionaire's sickness - When they have the fortune to create systems that could better their own communities, why don't they? "Sometime small true true better then big true true" - Donald Trump's possible arrest could send a powerful but necessary message - Regardless of the outcome, it's time for the untouchables to get touched - When there’s been such little repercussions for Trump’s actions, what’s to make us believe there will be any this time?

"At this point I'm more nervous for a train to derail than a plane to crash" - With a second train derailment in Ohio, The Dimes take a hard look at America's railroad system - The government takes away resources from specialized services until the infrastructure fails "You know, Spetsnaz, good guys" - Possible evidence surfaces that a pro-Ukrainian group sabotaged the NORD Stream Pipeline, but The Dimes believe Ukraine doesn't have the motive or means to pull off this kind of operation - With the benefits clear for both Russia and America, it's hard to tell who would of done this but it will end in the continued occupation of Ukraine "I consent to no searches, I own firearms, and I say what the fuck I'm thinking" - Jon Stewart's interview with Oklahoma Sate Senator Nathan Dahm shows us just how brainwashed conservatives have become about gun ownership - Daryl lays out a solid 4-point plan to help end gun violence in America "That's a muscle mommy!" - The Dimes discuss Andre Tate's pressing question, would

"If Ramstein could peg you" - Daryl talks about his first experience at a Seattle gay nightclub - New theory: If you put 'bro' in front of it, it's not gay - But on a serious note, The Dimes discuss complete adoption access for gay couples, as well as the opportunity to participate in foster care  Anime Update: Attack on Titan, Chainsaw Man, Demon Salyer, & Trigun - Subbed over dubbed? - "Saitama looks like Charlamagne the God" - Small character arcs that feed into a single larger story arc make for the best shows Gaming Update: The Dimes need online time with their bros - Game breaking in Fallout & Diablo - Daryl has strong opinions about The Division - "Unlimited kit pisses me off" - Microsoft's growing monopoly in the gaming industry is a win for gamers Music Update: Daryl's been bumping ADHD focus frequencies to help him focus at work - Sammy's been on a lo-fi hip hop kick - Skrillex went on a Quest for Fire and he found it - Seeing Drew Carey at Skrillex's surprise EDC set in 2019

The EPA did the right thing by hitting Norfolk Southern with the clean up bill - But it's the erosion of federal safety standards that led to this - The Dimes discuss how Americans might be able to take control their resources and utilities Trump may have a small victory over Biden with his visit to Ohio - But with tensions rising in Ukraine there's a chance this victory will soon be forgotten - The Dimes discuss the possibility of NATO finally going to war with Russia Two lonely island boys - Eastern Africa is breaking away from the mainland - The Dimes discuss the world's evolution in our lifetime Fox's chickens come home to roost - Dominion's lawsuit will set the tone if they win - But Fox will more then likely cling to life - The Dimes discuss the recent lawsuits hitting Fox News

Escapism - The Dimes discuss the importance of knowing when to detach from reality to reconnect with the world - Can you trust a person who doesn't have the courage to lose control of their life? The next generations imagination is being replaced by fear - With members of America's youth now surviving multiple mass shootings in their lifetime, how much more will it take to change gun laws? Malicious Compliances - New video shows the Norfolk Southern train was failing miles before the crash - Did the conductor know? UFOs or balloons? - Doesn't matter because America is shooting it down