Welcome everybody to Crystal Kyle and Friends. Today we're going to be talking to Emily

Jisinski of counter points. Now I heard that some people were saying, yes, we'd like

to see Kyle and Emily debate culture war stuff. Well, they didn't specify what they wanted

to see in terms of the conversation, but that was kind of my assumption. So yeah, we got

some viewer comments over our breaking points that were like, love to see a Kyle and Emily

show because sometimes I'll do the show with Emily and sometimes Ryan will do the show

with Saga. So sometimes we do interesting mixes over there, just based on who needs to

be out that day. So I was like, you know what, that actually would be interesting because

Emily does a little more cultural stuff than Saga and I focus on and you do a bit more

cultural stuff, especially right now on your channel than we do. So I was like, ah,

that could be a good cover. So we decided to give the people what they want and have

Emily on the show. You guys are getting what you want. And I will say that in my defense

that I view it as purely defensive. You don't need to have a defense. The reason why

what you want to cover. No, but my focus normally is what was not that for a very long time.

It was more economic stuff and things of that nature. But I just see this rise of the

far right and how hard they're leaning into the culture war. So I'm like, well, somebody's

got to say something to say you guys were wrong. Well, you're seeing what is a really troubling

like backsliding. So even on just the issue of gay marriage, you know, there was a after

the Scottish decision, there was a sense of like, all right, sort of mission accomplished

on this, not only in terms of the politics of it, it's off the table, but this is not

a focus of the right anymore. And then with the rise of, you know, their freak out over

trans kids first, but then trans everybody. And then that has bled into rising, you know,

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