Hour 2 - School Security and Mental Health
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show
iHeartPodcasts
4.5 • 11.4K Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Hour 2 of the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show delivers a hard-hitting discussion on public safety, mental health, and media accountability. The hour opens with a look at Labor Day travel and gas prices hitting a four-year low, contrasting today’s affordability with past inflationary spikes. From there, the conversation pivots to the Minneapolis church shooting, where the hosts criticize mainstream media outlets like CNN and The New York Times for allegedly misrepresenting the shooter’s gender identity and downplaying the role of transgender issues in the tragedy.
Clay and Buck raise urgent questions about gender transition treatments for minors, exploring whether hormone therapy and puberty blockers could impact mental health and decision-making. They argue that these medical interventions, combined with untreated psychological conditions, may contribute to violent behavior—an issue they say the media refuses to address.
The hour also dives deep into gun control debates, including mental health screenings for firearm ownership and the potential misuse of such laws against veterans with PTSD. The hosts reject “feel-good” legislation and instead advocate for practical security measures, such as armed guards in every school and house of worship, estimating a nationwide program could cost $10 billion annually. They highlight deterrence strategies like concealed carry laws and veteran-based security programs as effective ways to protect children.
Special guest Alex Berenson joins to discuss the link between cannabis use and psychosis, citing research that high-potency THC can increase the risk of schizophrenia and violent behavior. Berenson warns that replacing alcohol with marijuana is not a public health win, arguing that cannabis poses greater long-term risks to brain health. The conversation also addresses misconceptions about SSRIs and antipsychotic medications, emphasizing their life-saving role for individuals with severe depression or psychosis and pushing back against political narratives demonizing these treatments.
The hour closes with a strong message to parents: no drug that alters consciousness is without consequences. Berenson urges families to educate teens about the risks of THC, Adderall, and other substances, while also calling on policymakers to resist industry pressure to reschedule cannabis under federal law.
Make sure you never miss a second of the show by subscribing to the Clay Travis & Buck Sexton show podcast wherever you get your podcasts! ihr.fm/3InlkL8
For the latest updates from Clay & Buck, visit our website https://www.clayandbuck.com/
Connect with Clay Travis and Buck Sexton:
FB - https://www.facebook.com/ClayandBuck/
IG - https://www.instagram.com/clayandbuck/
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/clayandbuck
Rumble - https://rumble.com/c/ClayandBuck
TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@clayandbuck
Follow Clay & Buck on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/clayandbuck
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:04.4 | Welcome in, hour number two. |
| 0:06.3 | Clay Travis, Buck Sexton show. |
| 0:08.3 | Appreciate all of you hanging out with us. |
| 0:09.9 | Our friend Alex Berenson, going to join us at the bottom of the hour. |
| 0:13.7 | Then Mary Catherine Hamm in the third hour, two hours left of the week. |
| 0:18.8 | We appreciate all of you hanging out with us as we are rolling into Labor Day weekend. |
| 0:24.2 | I know many of you either already on the roads or potentially going to be traveling. |
| 0:29.1 | Work mentioning that we are at a four-year low in gas prices. |
| 0:35.2 | You have to go all the way back to, I believe, 2021, in still the Democrats are not driving |
| 0:42.8 | on the interstate era, or if they were, they were wearing masks in their cars by themselves |
| 0:48.2 | to win the price of gas was this affordable. |
| 0:52.5 | So if you factor in inflation as well, which unfortunately |
| 0:54.9 | Joe Biden brought us, it's even better because the average cost of goods have gone up substantially, |
| 1:01.0 | yet gas is cheaper now than at any point in the next four years. And this is primarily going to be |
| 1:06.9 | a driving weekend for a lot of people out there. I know people also flying. I'm going to be |
| 1:11.1 | driving a decent distance and so many of you are as well. So just a good sign there. And as we move |
| 1:19.7 | into winter, I would expect for prices to come down again, as usually you see a bit of a surge |
| 1:25.2 | in gas prices during the summer because so many people are traveling. |
| 1:29.1 | Cracker Barrel, by the way, is in full on retreat. |
| 1:32.1 | We may have some fun with that before all is said and done. |
| 1:35.1 | But I do think it's worth us continuing to share with you some of the basic lies that are being shared with so many people out there relating to what happened in |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from iHeartPodcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of iHeartPodcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.