#85 - The United States of Trauma

Lewis Black's Rantcast

Lewis Black

Stand-up, Leisure, Comedy

4.7 • 843 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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From gun control to climate change to preserving democracy, the litany of issues not being fully addressed keeps getting longer. And at a time when we desperately need to get on with ensuring a safe and sane future, the larger cultural and political forces in the country continue to stand in the way. Across the political spectrum leadership has taken a holiday, forced by a compromised electoral system to be more responsive to donors than to the citizens they represent. So enjoy this week's Rantcast as your host tries to find a sliver of hope in a country determined to immolate itself both figuratively and literally. The live rants come from the Virginia Theater in Champaign IL on May 1, 2022. Want to see Lewis live? Tickets are available here: https://www.lewisblack.com/tickets Check out Lewis’ Grammy-nominated special, Thanks For Risking Your Life https://tlbrecords.lnk.to/LewisWE SUBMIT RANTS TO LEWIS https://www.lewisblack.com/live SUBSCRIBE TO THE RANTCAST https://www.lewisblacksrantcast.com FOLLOW LEWIS www.lewisblack.com www.youtube.com/officiallewisblack www.instagram.com/thelewisblack www.facebook.com/thelewisblack www.twitter.com/thelewisblack www.tiktok.com/@thelewisblack New episodes arrive every Wednesday. For advertising opportunities/contact email: rantcast@thesyn.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And the Rubble Chicken says... And the Rubble chicken says...
0:21.6	After watching you guys, the expression, dumb as a post, should be changed to dumb as an American.
0:30.6	Oh, but what do I know? I'm just a rubber chicken.
0:35.6	Yeah, the very bright rubber chicken, probably brighter than many Americans.
0:39.9	Well, don't toot your own horn.
0:41.3	We have not got time for this because we've got to get on with rantcast number 85 entitled
0:47.0	the United States of trauma.
0:52.0	Yep, that's it.
0:59.0	We are all united. United is the traumas keep coming at us,
1:04.3	and we just go up to each drama and suckle on it and go on to the next one as they kind of roll through. Meanwhile, the Ukraine continues to get bombed, bombed by the Russians who are relentless, and
1:13.4	they continue to show a resolve that is utterly astonishing.
1:16.4	While we bomb ourselves, in our own special fashion, with one spectacular piece of insanity
1:25.4	after another, we have no leadership right.
1:27.8	None.
1:28.8	I mean, none.
1:29.8	The Ukrainians are completely inspired to defend their homeland, and we are not inspired
1:38.3	in the least in order to try to figure out the problems that we are facing right now.
1:50.1	And there is no voice that is uplifting us, none at all.
1:52.7	And chickens are dying.
1:55.0	Yep, apparently from some flu.
1:57.7	And that's going to hurt a bunch of business because everybody's got a chicken sandwich
1:59.6	as my friend Kathleen Madigan tastes them all.
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