Episode 419: Two for the Money (w/ Special Guest: Manny Fidel)

Trillbilly Worker's Party

Comedy

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Aaron and Tom are joined by writer, producer, and podcaster Manny Fidel to discuss the proliferation of online sports betting and its implications on society in the context of a US economy that's increasingly immaterial in conjunction with the "male loneliness epidemic." Manny's GQ piece can be found here: https://www.gq.com/story/online-gambling-is-ruining-sports-bars Preorder Manny's forthcoming book "Colored People Time (A Case for Casual Rebellion)" here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/740001/colored-people-time-by-manny-fidel/ Check out Manny's podcast "NO SUCH THING" here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/no-such-thing/id1780210954 Subscribe to our Patreon here: https://patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

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0:00.0	The And welcome everybody once again to the Trailbillies for the week of Thursday, November the 20th.
0:34.6	I am your host, Tom Sexton, joined as always by the new CEO, Tractor Supply
0:39.8	Company.
0:40.3	My man's moved to North Carolina to the Hentron's and has went native.
0:45.0	I'm the first black man that's ever stepped foot into a tractor supply, brother.
0:50.2	No, I actually be...
0:51.9	No, go ahead, go ahead.
0:52.8	No, no, no, you go ahead.
0:54.0	No, I was saying me and my partner were actually watching TV, one of them streaming services, and they had, you know, all the ads are like geo-tagged or localized, I guess, to your region, your area.
1:05.0	So there was a tractor supply commercial, and there was a brother on it.
1:09.0	And since there are very many few uh
1:11.8	at least that i've seen black people here in uh west north carolina um near the ashville area
1:17.4	specifically i'm always one to point out when i see another uh you know fellow brother you know or sister
1:23.9	you know or they them you know what i mean so that's right that's right got to be all-inclusive you know the them? You know what I mean? That's right.
1:31.3	Got to be all inclusive, you know, the black community.
1:38.1	Well, you know, for the longest time, Western North Carolina, the guy I always thought of about Western North Carolina is Rashad McCanns. You remember Rashad McCanns, played in North Carolina?
1:41.4	He was a bad man in the Med Arts.
1:48.2	But he was the King Asheville for a little while.
1:58.6	Joining us today all the way from Brooklyn, New York City, Mr. Manny Fidel, who is a, I'm going to shamelessly jack your GQ Sports bio here.
2:02.9	But please.
2:03.9	If you're not familiar with me, he is a Brooklyn-based writer and producer who covers
2:08.5	a range of topics like politics, culture, and sports.
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