Hour 3 - Not a Both Sides Thing

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

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Politics, News, Society & Culture, News Commentary, Daily News

4.5 • 11.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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In Hour 3 of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, Buck Sexton hosts a compelling segment featuring Karol Markowitz, a contributor to the Clay and Buck Podcast Network and co-host of the "Karol Markowitz Show" and "Normally" podcast. This hour dives deep into cultural commentary, media accountability, parenting in the digital age, and the political fallout surrounding Charlie Kirk’s assassination. The conversation opens with light banter about sports and family dynamics, highlighting Buck’s non-sports lifestyle and Karol’s humorous take on football fandom. The tone quickly shifts to a serious discussion about Jimmy Kimmel’s recent controversy, where Karol and Buck dissect the implications of cancel culture, media bias, and corporate accountability. They argue that Kimmel’s refusal to apologize for spreading misinformation about the Charlie Kirk shooting reflects a broader issue of left-wing media impunity and declining network credibility. The hour also explores parenting strategies in the digital era, with Karol sharing her approach to internet safety, social media restrictions, and value-based communication with her children. She emphasizes the importance of open dialogue, monitoring online behavior, and instilling conservative values to counteract ideological influence from platforms like TikTok and Twitch. Buck and Karol further analyze the political polarization surrounding Charlie Kirk’s legacy, particularly the backlash from figures like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC). They critique AOC’s rhetoric as emblematic of leftist hypocrisy, emotional manipulation, and ignorance of conservative principles. Buck defends Kirk’s intellectual contributions and his commitment to free speech and civil discourse, contrasting it with the hostile environment conservative speakers face on college campuses.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:04.0	What I told people, I was making a podcast about Benghazi.
0:08.5	Nine times out of ten, they called me a masochist, rolled their eyes, or just asked, why?
0:15.1	Benghazi, the truth became a web of lies.
0:18.5	From prologue projects and Pushkin Industries, this is Fiasco, Benghazi.
0:23.9	What difference at this point does it make?
0:27.4	Listen to Fiasco, Benghazi, on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:34.3	Welcome to today's edition of the Clay Travis and Buck-Secton show podcast.
0:39.4	Welcome in third hour of Clay and Buck.
0:42.8	Just Buck today, Clay taking a day to do important stuff up in Michigan.
0:47.9	Our friend Carol Markowitz joins us now.
0:50.6	She is on the Clay and Buck Podcast Network with the Carol Markowitz show.
0:53.9	Also, she teams up
0:55.2	with Mary Catherine Ham on Normally, and normally she would be making jokes at Clay's expense
1:02.9	about football and the Tennessee Titans, but Carol, I must warn you in advance, they will go over
1:09.6	my head like a football pass meant for a receiver that he cannot catch. I have no idea what is going on. But if you say something, maybe Clay is listening, and so he'll catch it. Well, I think he knows what I'm going to say. So I'll just keep it at that. But I actually love that you're not super into sports. There's something very, very charming about that. I appreciate that. Thank you. My wife appreciates that on Sundays, like, we just generally hang out, and she always says to me, she goes, you know, you don't watch sports all day, and I like that. So I feel like I get some bonus points from her on that one. You know what? I'll take it. I'll take them where I can get him.
2:03.5	My husband took me early on and turned it into a family day. So, you know. Yeah, that's a good. That's a good way of good. Look, I used to watch football, to be totally clear on this. I used to watch football when I lived at home with my dad and my brothers. so I watched in the early, I also used to watch a lot of basketball with them.
2:06.5	But that was like family together, right?
2:09.4	So that to me is a fun way to do it.
2:13.5	But for me, just watching alone because Carrie doesn't like watching sports on TV.
2:19.7	And so it doesn't really have the same resonance for me. So anyway, Clay will be back.
2:22.4	You can talk football with him what he is. She's been very excited for that one.
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