Trump Attacks Immigrants (again), Myths About Black Violence, and the Purpose of Marriage
The Esau McCaulley Podcast
Esau McCaulley
5.0 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Trump's latest comments on immigration turn a single tragic incident into a sweeping indictment of entire communities. Esau, Malcolm, and Mike examine why some crimes are framed as isolated events while others are weaponized to justify exclusion. They then dig into new research on crime shows that consistently misrepresent Black communities as dangerous, exploring how entertainment shapes public fear and reinforces old myths that refuse to die. Finally, a surprising essay about "good divorces" sparks a deeper conversation about the purpose of marriage, the kind of love Christian marriage is meant to form in us, and why covenant isn't built on frictionless happiness.
0:00 - Theme Song
1:45 - Ragebaiting's the Word of the Year
5:30 - National Guard Shooting and Immigration
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23:30 - Cursification of Politics
27:30 - Race in Crime Shows
35:00 - Marriage
48:20 - Malcolm's Marriage Advice
52:10 - End Credits
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone, welcome to the Esau McCauley podcast. |
| 0:08.9 | I'm your host, Issa McCauley. |
| 0:10.4 | We're joined by producer Mike. |
| 0:12.1 | Hello, Mike. |
| 0:12.7 | Hey, Issa. |
| 0:13.2 | How are you? |
| 0:13.8 | And we're also joined by Malcolm Foley. |
| 0:16.9 | Woo. |
| 0:17.2 | And we have an announcement because the people, the people in the comments have been begging |
| 0:21.3 | for more Malcolm Foley in our lives. So we're going to be having Malcolm Foley on more regularly |
| 0:27.8 | at least twice a month. And whenever you're here, Malcolm, we're just going to call you the co-host. |
| 0:34.2 | Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Oh. Oh. |
| 0:37.5 | I made that up. |
| 0:38.4 | I made that up. |
| 0:39.3 | I made that up. Okay. You know, Malcolm, I've read those comments. I've read those comments, too, and I got to say, you get a lot of love on your episodes. I appreciate it. I get some love on these episodes. You know, I don't see Esau get a lot of love. Malcolm, maybe you and I |
| 0:53.8 | She saw a podcast without him. |
| 0:55.4 | Esau gets enough love from the fact that it's called the Esau. Now y'all want to change the name of the podcast already. The other thing I want to note is that we put out a call a few weeks ago asking for reviews. You went to get over a thousand. Yeah. But we were from like 600 to 800. So we're like 200 reviews away. So if you've not yet reviewed the Eastside McCauley podcast, please review it. If you're not subscribed on YouTube or our podcast, please do so. And if you are a regular listener, you know what you need to do? You need to share the love. Tell your friends, tell your neighbors, get people involved. Get the people going. |
| 1:29.5 | Yeah. So hopefully by the time we record next week, we will be able to say we have over a thousand |
| 1:35.5 | reviews on Apple. Now listen, some of you all got critiques. I'm not telling you to hold them. |
| 1:41.0 | I'm not telling you to hold them. I'm saying that what we do wrong, pray for us. Now, I will admit, I will admit that Malcolm, I'm sorry, you're not actually going to be the co-host. |
| 1:49.5 | But I thought I would do that because in honor of our first topic, you know, every year they do these kind of words for the year where they kind of show what have been the most influential words of 2025. |
| 2:01.0 | And this year, Oxford has decided the most influential word that defines this year is rage baiting. |
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