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The Brighter Side

The State of the Union 1 - Volume 1

The Brighter Side

The Last Podcast Network

Society & Culture, Last Podcast Network, Ed Larson, Leisure, Amber Nelson, Comedy

4.6612 Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2017

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

America is in a very angry place right now. Half of us are happy, the other half is sad and all of us are mad. So let's hash this out Brighter Side Style, with Seena, Ed, and Mary. This first State of the Union Episode we cover racism, war, religion and climate change. Be good to yourself.

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0:00.0

All right side, you got to keep on the right side. You got to keep on the right side.

0:10.0

I'm in my page and called my boules. That's okay to me or not with me.

0:17.0

All on the right side, you got to keep on the right And got to be on the right side

0:21.3

We're going to be on

0:22.6

Ready to die, motherfucker. Yes, ready to die, motherfucker. Yes, ready to die. Hell yeah. Listen to Vince Staples when you get a chance. That's the new, off the new album, Big Fish Theory. Songs Big Fish. We don't hear it again at the end of the episode. But more importantly, we're here with Sina John, Mary Kelly. This is the brighter side, the state of the union. Oh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, I'm so sick. I'm sick. I'm so sick. Get it out of me. I need a transfusion of freedom. Absolutely. This is America. And you can tell if you've been watching the news or you've

1:11.7

just been talking to your relatives, you can tell that the world is in a fucking or the country is

1:16.7

in a place where it is, it is scary and it is almost beyond repair. But I am optimistic, Mr.

1:24.3

Larson, I am very optimistic. Why is that, Sina? Because all the fundamental stuff is still working.

1:30.7

Somehow, the world has not collapsed on us by the weight of Donald Trump's white supremacy.

1:37.3

You know what?

1:37.8

Shit, you know, as much as shit sucks.

1:40.7

I mean, it's weird how stuff also seems to be fine.

1:44.5

Everything is perfectly normal still.

1:47.2

I can still go get a sandwich at the bodega.

1:50.0

My weed guy still delivers on time.

1:52.2

It seems like everything still is normal.

1:56.0

And, you know, if you ask like black people that are saying,

1:58.6

things haven't changed for them either.

2:00.2

There's just more people that know about the racism that's out there now as opposed to before argument

2:06.5

your devil's advocate here it could be a little bit better and things might be slightly better right now

2:14.7

I don't know oh yeah exactly like it's there is a good argument to be made that the fact that more people

2:20.9

are talking about how racist we actually are.

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