Episode 318 | "BBC Ads"
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4.6 • 592 Ratings
🗓️ 7 August 2025
⏱️ 96 minutes
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Summary
SaVon and Alex kick off with personal stories about summer burnout, traffic woes, and the luxury (and limitations) of car AC. They then dig into a viral tweet that reshaped how they view their creative identity (6:00) before breaking down how DEI rollbacks have dried up podcast ad money and shifted the media landscape (12:42). From there, they react to Diddy being denied bond while awaiting sentencing (23:42), discuss the downfall of Salt Bae, and revisit Dame Dash's legacy—asking whether pride cost him long-term sustainability (38:10). Next, they speak on Bobbi Althoff announcing the end of her podcast and question if her platform was ever built to last (45:32), then tackle the randomness of Gillie vs. Johnny Manziel (55:06) and Nicki Minaj vs. Dez Bryant (1:01:05). They close with a review of Metro Boomin's 'A Futuristic Summa' and what it says about regionalism in Hip-Hop (1:09:45), Bas' latest project and the state of his relationship with Dreamville (1:26:05), and much more!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | this has been the quickest summer of my adult life real talk i looked up and it was august i kind of |
| 0:08.8 | like that though i kind of like it i'm not going to lie to you okay there's one thing i appreciate |
| 0:13.8 | about summer what's that just one just one no traffic that is the only thing that I really like about something. |
| 0:22.8 | And everybody's on like a chill vibe. So nothing seems as urgent. So maybe that's two. Maybe I'll add. Take on you. You drive a nice call. I love it. I bet you do. It's nice. I love it. It's okay. It's great calling. You inspired it, brother. No, don't start. Look where I got the inspiration from. Stay on track. |
| 0:36.8 | I did. |
| 0:37.5 | I don't, but stay on track. |
| 0:38.6 | See, men can never just take compliments. |
| 0:40.4 | They always got to divert the energy. You inspired it, brother. No, don't start. Look where I got the inspiration from. Stay on track. I did. |
| 0:38.4 | I don't, but stay on track. |
| 0:40.3 | See, man can never just take compliments. |
| 0:54.8 | They always got to divert the energy. No, we're on you now. We ain't on me and how I inspired people. Inspired me. You. Now, this car is luxurious. It's comfortable. probably could see five, six niggas in there, right? |
| 0:57.3 | Why you still got this beef with traffic, man? |
| 1:11.0 | You got that good A C in there for the summer It is good Ooh that shit cold cold It gets real cold Honestly it's better than my house AC Not a lot of you Like My house needs an improvement On the air conditioning. Not saying. Not saying. Facts. |
| 1:26.7 | So wait, are you okay with like the summer just escaping you? No, that shit, bro. The shit is just overrated. It's like snow days back when we were younger. The summer and snow days overrated. Give me something in the middle. I'm a gray man, okay? No more black or white. I like my shit in the middle sometimes. Niggas wet. |
| 1:28.7 | Niggas wear a grave for one day and now they're... Yeah, look there. |
| 1:29.9 | And now they're gravy. |
| 1:31.3 | Yeah. No more black or white. I like my shit in the middle sometimes. For real. Niggas wear a gray for one day and now they're, yeah. |
| 1:28.7 | Yeah, look there. |
| 1:29.9 | And now they're gray man. Yeah. Like, I can't. The summer, like, yeah, it's, it's clear for that. It's over for the summertime. But this is the first time as an adult I've actually realized how quick it was going. Well, that's because you you live up to the stereotype of being a Nigerian African man. |
| 1:46.0 | Oh shit. |
| 1:46.6 | What's that? |
| 1:47.1 | You just be working, hang you. was going. Well, that's because you, you, you live up to the stereotype of being a Nigerian African man. |
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