On this week’s session of, The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, are feeling the pride … They discuss Donald Trump’s 34 felony convictions and Hunter Biden’s 3 felony convictions … Give their reactions to Jordan Peterson’s latest comments on the LGBT+ community … And throw their opinions into the “No Straights at Pride” debate … Let’s sort through it together! (0:00) - Intro - “Have you seen when he’s doing the interview in the wig?” (7:08) - Trump’s impromptu speech during jury deliberations - “MAGA to the dome; ain’t going home.” (15:27) - Trump’s criminal conviction isn’t politically motivated - “Simultaneously a criminal mastermind, but dumb.” (21:54) - Trump’s lawyer says he doesn’t have to prove Trump’s innocence - “Trump seems impervious to the verdict of public opinion.” (31:06) - Hunter Biden convicted on all 3 counts - “That actually is a good question … Like, when do you smoke crack? (36:05) - Hunter Biden’s nepotism and AMTRAK - “Hunter’s crack tour of America.” (41:08) - Telecommuting and the cost of living in cities - “Now you have people that don’t need to live in the city, living in the city.” (49:51) - Reacting to Jordan Peterson’s gross takes on gay Pride - “I will be happy with who I am … and you can’t stop me from being happy with who I am.” (57:55) - The downfall of the “intellectual” dark web - “They started with philosophy, and thought, and empathy … and then they lost it.” (1:04:50) - The “No Straights at Pride” debate - “It’s a good thought, it’s a fun thought, but it doesn’t help anything.” (1:13:47) - Outro - “Straights at Pride … Yeah, but be smart about it.” Please, remember to share, rate, and review this podcast … Follow us on Tik Tok, X, Instagram, and Facebook @dimesinthedozen … Thank you for listening!                        

On this week’s session of, The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, are brining back the variety … Opening the show with life updates; progress at the gym, personal resolutions, breakthroughs in therapy, upcoming adventures, and music recommendations … They’ll also discuss; the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Russia’s role in WW2, and Joe Biden’s speech … Finishing the session off with their reactions to Snowd4y’s “Wah Gwan Delilah (featuring Drake)” and Cash Cobain’s “Grippy (featuring J. Cole)” … Let’s sort through it together!   (0:00) - Introduction - “The futures intriguing, but it’s f**king weird.” (4:28) - Updates on Sammy’s fitness goals - “No one‘s going outside and sunning their b**thole.” (12:16) - Sammy’s struggle with a personal resolution - “Forget patience; I need to say what I need to say.” (19:27) - Daryl’s recent breakthrough in therapy - “You can’t have the conversation about the reasons unless they consent to the conversation about the reasons.” (27:39) - Daryl’s progress with career goals - “But it’s real hard to go from like, napping in the middle of the day … To not.” (31:42) - Sammy is going to Andrew Schulz in Seattle - “For a second my brain said, ‘How the f**k did you hear about him through GEICO?’” (36:38) - Sammy is heading to Electric Forest - “So like, if you dig it … I know that I’ll go there and be like, ‘Oh, this is home.’” (38:38) - Sammy shares some new music recommendations - “Great to lift to, guys … Great lifting music.” (41:10) - The 80th anniversary of D-Day - “World War 2 is the MLK of comparisons.” (50:00) - The Allied Forces needed Russia to win - “Russia kinda carried.” (53:52) - Joe Biden’s D-Day anniversary speech - “War hero? Yes … Piece of s**t neighbor.” (1:00:11) - China’s success and the American dream - “They sold us a line and we bought it because we didn’t have a choice.” (1:05:43) - Reactions to Drake’s “Wah Gwan Delilah” feature - “Kendrick Lamar broke these dudes.” (1:09:44) - Reactions to J. Cole’s “Grippy” feature - “Wah Gwan Grippy.” (1:14:29) - Outro - “And the most American charges on top of that.”   Please, remember to share, rate, and review this podcast … Follow us on Tik-Tok, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @dimesinthedozen … Thank you for listening!

On this week’s session of, The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, bring you the final installment of their 4-part CIA deep dive series … In part 4, our hosts discuss the 1954 Coup in Guatemala, it’s connection to United Fruit Company, and how the CIA was involved … Content cited in this session: “The CIA’s Secret Genocide” by Rare Earth on YouTube, “How the US Stole Central America (With Bananas) by Johnny Harris on YouTube, “How CIA overthrew Guatemala’s elected president for United Fruit Company (with historian Aaron Good)” by Geopolitical Economy Report on YouTube, and “Guatemala Coup Fails | Marco Fonseca | TMR” by The Majority Report on YouTube … Let’s sort through it together!   (0:00) - Introduction - “I am not saying, factually, that c**aine was involved in most of the CIA’s decision around this time, but…” (6:43) - Guatemala’s social hierarchy in the 19th century - “They’re free, but they’re not f**kin free.” (8:59) - United Fruit Company takes control of Guatemala - “Man did not have a marketing team … No PR relations.” (15:12) - The Guatemalan spring and the 1954 coup - “Hitler was the GOAT … I’m the Hitler of Guatemala … What’s good?” (19:37) - Some banana facts - “The dude who ran the camp across from us, the bondage camp, that was called The Spank Bank … His name was Big Mike.” (24:25) - Wages for Untied Fruit Company laborers - “You just lose your job if you’re ever off the line for more than 30 seconds.” (28:19) - A tangent into FDR’s presidency - “Tippin’ the hat … Ticklin’ the balls.” (35:26) - The United Fruit Company’s violent history - “That’s no better than a banana republic … Our crop is stocks.” (41:17) - Panama Disease and the rise of the Cavendish - “Also, very American that within a matter of like, 60 years we’ve absolutely gutted a destroyed a natural resource.” (47:55) - Chiquita executives funding Colombian militants - “How do you get off calling yourself the United Fruit Company, when all you f**k with is bananas?” (53:41) - The results of Guatemala’s most recent presidential election - “But sometimes you kind of have to do a positive thing so that you can keep doing negative things.” (1:01:23) - How the United States creates the immigration crisis - “Like, there’s f**king avocado cartels now.” (1:07:25) - Getting mad at capitalism for almost 10 minutes - “Compete or die … Compete or suffer … There is no simple life.” (1:16:58) - Outro - “Now we got the worst kind of herpes.”   Please, remember to share, rate, and review this podcast … Follow us on Tik-Tok, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @dimesinthedozen … Thank you for listening!

On this week’s session of, The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, return with another round of flagrant political commentary … They discuss the ICC’s warrants for Israel and Hamas, the man vs. bear hypothetical, Joe Biden’s Moorhouse speech, Trump’s latest unhinged social media post, podcasts schilling for big tech, and so much more … Let’s sort through it together!   (0:00) - Introduction - “I’d let that thin lipped broad do so many things.” (6:02) - The ICC seeks arrest warrants for leaders of Hamas and Israel - “I think the term is, bleach blonde butch body built…” (13:06) - Applying the man vs. bear hypothetical to Israel and Palestine - “Women more often see humanity in things that men don’t.” (20:44) - Analyzing the ICC’s evidence against Israel - “They have terror treasure chests in the water that they fish out.” (29:19) - Debating the enforceability of the ICC’s warrants - “It’s just the boogeyman they’ve created...” (35:42) - Reactions to Biden’s Moorhouse speech - “It’s something different, Jack.” (44:53) - A Biden vs. Trump discussion turns into a debate about the F22 - “And, the reason I agree with that is because he wouldn’t handle it.” (56:33) - Reactions to Trump posting unhinged campaign ad - “So I’ll take it the other way, be stupid … Look at it and go, ‘I’m dumb.’” (1:02:36) - Discussing Semi Bird, a conservative candidate for Washington State Governor - “Mr. Little Boots? We’re only calling him that from now on.” (1:15:42) - Large podcasts schilling for big tech - “This just reminds me that AI isn’t being developed to make our lives easier…” (1:22:08) - Outro - “So you introduce democracy … to Ghandi.”   Please, remember to share, rate, and review this podcast … Follow us on Tik-Tok, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @dimesinthedozen … Thank you for listening!

On this week’s session of, The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, present part three of their deep dive on the CIA … In part three, our hosts will discuss the history of Project MK Ultra, it’s greater effect on society, and some of the notable names who participated in the project … Content mentioned in this session: “Human Experiments, Torture, and Mind Control: The CIA’s Project MK-Ultra” by Eleanor Neale (YouTube), and The Joe Rogan Experience #1459 - Tom O’Neil (Spotify) … Let’s Sort Through It Together!   (0:00) - Introduction (Discussing updates on the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef) - “It sounds French enough to be right.” (10:03) - The origins and evolution of Project MK Ultra - “That’s patriotism with it’s f**king boots up and buckles on.” (19:43) - The CIA’s failed attempt to acquire LSD - “No, I didn’t say I could get you ‘10 kilograms’ … I said I could get you ‘10, killer grams!’” (23:01) - The utilization of prison inmates for Project MK Ultra - “They probably were like, ‘You’ve done enough acid to live in your head.’” (29:58) - The doctor who ran MK Ultra experiments on his mental health patients - “But, it also would’ve been the perfect group of people to test sleeper cells on.” (35:13) - How the CIA infiltrated the hippie movement - “One thing I’ve learned through my own clandestine operations … You don’t do anything but get better at it.” (43:18) - Analyzing the justifications for Project MK Ultra - “We probably would’ve found a lot more at Guantanamo Bay if we dosed them with LSD and Molly.” (53:00) - How the CIA inadvertently created political movements during the 1960’s - “What do you mean? They marched on the DNC in Chicago and people died!” (1:03:41) - Theorizing the real reason for Operation Midnight Climax - “Just enjoying a brewski themselves … Ya know, maybe a little half a tab.” (1:08:40) - Charles Manson and the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic - “As time goes on, I realize that what I was taught about them was bills**t.” (1:20:32) - The impact and legacy of Project MK Ultra - “Even if you can’t draw a straight line; there’s some squiggles.” (1:33:21) - Outro - “Do you think they knew about Ayahuasca?”   Please, remember to share, rate, and review this podcast … Follow us on Tik-Tok, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @dimesinthedozen … Thank you for listening!

On this week’s session of, The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, talk beef … The Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef to be specific … Join us, as our hosts discuss the diss tracks, the allegations, and what the hell this all means for both the artists, and the fans … Let’s sort through it together!   (0:00) - Introduction - “We haven’t seen a beef this intense since the days of Eminem and 50 Cent.” (5:43) - How Kendrick and Drake made the beef so accessible - “I don’t think he puts as much weight on whether or not he wrote the verse, as he does, he delivered the verse.” (13:15) - Noticing how the quality of Drake’s music has declined - “There is not a band or an artist worth their f**king salt that has put out that much music in the span of 12 months … And had it be good.” (17:28) - How J Cole’s short engagement with the beef damaged his legacy - “He gets to be ‘Third Person Shooter’ now.” (20:01) - Drake’s allegations Vs. Kendrick’s allegations - “I’ve learned to like Drake … And that was my mistake.” (27:39) - Analyzing their respective diss tracks and visuals - “When you put it into the context of beef … All of his punches were thin.” (33:25) - How Drake might recover from losing the beef - “Because he’s got a guaranteed deal, he can flail all he wants to … And as long as he’s getting gassed up, he’s gonna keep doing it.” (41:20) - Suggestions for Drake’s possible career change - “Maybe he goes down to Memphis with Dennis, his dad … And they make twelve-button suits together.” (45:10) - Analyzing Drake’s relationship with his biracial identity - “It leads you into f**king trouble … It leads you into making f**king AI videos of Tupac.” (52:34) - Questioning Drake’s motivations for escalating the beef - “Drake had to claim a whole a** child.” (58:40) - What fans need to remember about the Kendrick and Drake beef - “The absolute best response that Drake could have right now … Is rapping over ‘BBL Drizzy.’” (1:02:47) - Outro - “Imagine falling into a river, basically a life or death moment, to Macklemore.”   Please, remember to share, rate, and review this podcast … Follow us on Tik-Tok, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @dimesinthedozen … Thank you for listening!

On this week’s session of, The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, return from their short break to deliver life updates, new music recommendations, new anime recommendations, and their final review of Amazon’s “Fallout” series … Join us, and get to know our hosts a little better as they open up about their lives and interests … Let’s sort through it together!   (0:00) - Introduction - “The country is not ‘thiccc’ right now” (4:19) - Daryl talks about his success at the gym - “Now, when I see myself in the mirror … I can kind of start to repeat what other people were saying and shut that back of my brain up.” (8:21) - Daryl talks about managing his alcohol consumption - “I need to find a way to stop excusing myself in moments when I would normally overindulge.” (12:30) - Daryl talks about his first cabin “trip” of 2024 - “Did overindulge quite a bit … Did kind of a lot of DMT.” (18:51) - Daryl shares his experience attending the Sick New World music festival in Las Vegas - “You made a fisting joke, they doubled down on it, and asked us to follow them.” (36:41) - Sammy talks about managing soreness and hitting PRs at the gym - “I love a good set of balls on my back.” (53:30) - Sammy talks about how inspiring it was to watch his partner complete a half marathon - “It’s attractive in a way that you can’t really describe.” (55:51) - Sammy’s been listening to new music and has some recommendations - “I’m a 31 year old man, so you can take that how you want to.” (1:01:27) - Sammy’s newest list of Anime recommendations - “It’s no bulls**t … It’s no filler, all fun.” (1:07:15) - Reviewing Amazon’s “Fallout” series - “She’s pre-war … Meaning, she has that dog in her!”  (1:21:59) - Discussing the huge update for Fallout 4 - “That sounds like a glitched model.” (1:25:26) - Outro - “Keep protesting. Keep fighting.”   Please, remember to share, rate, and review this podcast … Follow us on Tik-Tok, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @dimesinthedozen … Thank you for listening!

On this week’s session of, The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, present their second deep dive on the CIA … They’ll discuss the beginnings of the CIA, a timeline of the CIA’s most notable operations, why the CIA is a terrorist organization, and give their reactions to a group of YouTubers sneaking into a CIA base … Content cited in this video; “The Deep State is Real, Here’s why it matters” by Johnny Harris, “The CIA is a Terrorist Organization” by Second Thought, and “We Snuck Into a CIA Base In The Aussie Outback” by Boy Boy … Let’s sort through it together!   (0:00) - Introduction - “Definitely balls to the wall for the next 30 years after that … Not to say they’re still not going balls to the wall now.” (4:24) - JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis - “They want to make the money, they want people around to make them the money, and they want people around to buy their crappy products.” (18:05) - The creation of the CIA and it’s earliest operations, starting in 1945 - “If your defending the ideals of America, you can do anything you want … But, if the ideals you hold determine what you defend, you’re severely limited.” (30:21) - The CIA’s operations from the late 1950’s to the Church Commission in 1975 - “The CIA makes for history’s greatest fall man.” (37:49) - The CIA post 9/11 - “The real power is in the authority to do s**t without presidential or congressional oversight.” (42:22) - Is the CIA a terrorist organization? - “You terrorize them with explosions, and discourse, and chaos.” (50:21) - Does America need the CIA? - “Most people don’t want to be a part of any one of the organizations that has the track record that we do.” (1:00:06) - How the actions of the CIA mirror lore in the Fallout universe - “No one really wants to destroy the f**king world … Then the capitalism ends, baby.” (1:13:18) - Reacting to YouTubers, Boy Boy, sneaking into a CIA base in Australia - “I did not f**king know that America pulled what is essentially a coup on Australia.” (1:22:47) - Boy Boy’s attempts to sneak into the CIA base known as Pine Gap - “Just all of sudden black bags and bands … That kid still has a SIM card in his butt.”   Please, don’t forget to share, rate, and review … Follow us on all social media @dimesinthedozen

On this week’s session of, The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, go over a variety of topics as they discuss foreign TV, updates on Gaza, Young Biden Vs. Old Biden, the concept of “Exurbia,” the Donghua Jinlong Glycine Factory, and much more … Let’s sort through it together!   (0:00) - E-40’s lingo, foreign television, and Amazon’s new Fallout series - “So, It’s Star Wars … But, they cut the commercials into Star Wars.” (10:10) - Active US Airmen Larry Hebert going on a hunger strike in solidarity with the people of Gaza - “As somebody that considers themselves a patriot … America continuously breaks my heart.” (20:32) - All major updates coming out of Gaza as of April 9th, 2024 - “Any commons sense American, who isn’t a f**king war hawk or a hog, they see the writing on the wall … This is untenable.” (30:03) - Comparing Joe Biden’s past position on apartheid South Africa to his current day position on Israel - “Because there is something to be said about what the commander-in-chief can do … And says they will do … And then realize they can’t do” (41:50) - The concept of “Exurbia” and it’s effect on the modern political landscape - “The American Dream was, get away from the minorities … Sold under the idea of, you should have a Cadillac.” (51:11) - Describing “Exurbanites” and what “Exurban” communities look like - “It’s also really easy to hide your political beliefs the less you live on top of other people … The denser you are, the more tolerant you have to be” (58:54) - Why companies use the concept of minimum viable product, as a production model - “They make things and expect the user to be the one that finishes it.” (1:06:59) - The Donghua Jinlong Glycine Factory meme - “That s**t sounds biologically beneficial … I should probably do it.”   Please, don’t forget to share, rate, and review … Follow us on all social media @dimesinthedozen

Please, don’t forget to share, rate, and review … Follow us on all social media @dimesinthedozen   On this session of, The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, present the first installment in their next deep dive series on the history of the CIA … Starting with a discussion about the CIA’s first official mission, Operation Paperclip … Content cited in this session: “Operation Paperclip: The Secret Recruitment,” Available on Tubi and PlutoTV - “Annie Jacobsen, ‘Operation Paperclip,’” presented by Politics and Prose on YouTube - “Joe Rogan | The Harsh Truths of Operation Paperclip (NASA & Nazi’s) w/ Annie Jacobsen” presented by JRE Clips on YouTube … Let’s sort through it together!   (0:00) - The session opens with our hosts explaining what lead them to do a deep dive on the history of Operation Paperclip - “It was hungry hungry hippos for Nazi war criminals.” (11:07) - Our hosts discuss the documentary, “Operation Paperclip: The Secret Recruitment“ - “The world’s biggest superpower ever … The richest country in history … That has 1600 scientists … That know nothing other than how to create s**t to kill people.” (17:50) - Our hosts breakdown how Germany exploited a loophole in the Treaty of Versailles - “Even to this day, how western governments still make bad, near sighted policy decisions that ignore the harm that emerging technology almost always creates.” (30:00) - Our hosts focus their conversation on Wernher von Braun and comments he made about the use of V2 rockets in WW2 - “Who does that sound like? Who said, ‘There’s good people on both sides.’” (36:37) - Our hosts tangent for a moment as Daryl explains the multiple decisions that lead Germany to defeat in WW2 - “Like, World War 2 will be a topic as long as humanity exists because it was such a turning point.” (41:28) - Our hosts continue to discuss Wernher von Braun’s actions during WW2 and how he ended up in the hands of the Allied Forces - “I have never seen somebody suck America’s d**k so hard … Trying not to die.” (52:26) - Our hosts discuss the ethics of brining Wernher von Braun and other Nazi scientists to America - “Tactically speaking, I think we made the better play … Ethically speaking, I think we made the worst play.” (1:00:57) - Our hosts discuss Annie Jacobsen’s presentation of her book, “Operation Paperclip” hosted by Politics and Prose - “If your a civilian and you do something really impactful, heroic for the US government, this is the highest honor you can get … Highest f**king honor you can get … And we gave it to a Nazi.” (1:15:31) - Our hosts criticize America for protecting the legacies of Nazi scientists brought over to the US in Operation Paperclip - “Why is it so hard for people to understand this? For liberals, to understand this … That people in power do evil things.” (1:23:47) - Our hosts discuss a dark truth about the Nuremberg Trials before closing out the session with their final thoughts on Operation Paperclip - “I’d rather be the ancestors of this s**t than actually be living in those f**king moments because at least now I can try do what I can to correct the past.”