Pod'ems UP!
Welcome to the Pod'ems UP! podcast. Regular hosts Fred and Blotto with techy producer type, Knobs, discuss Politics and Culture all the while reviewing the finest craft beers that our home state of Michigan has to offer. Unpolished but honest is the best way to describe our style. Occasionally we up our game and invite our friends to join us. They may join us just for the Political or the Cultural topic, or both, but most certainly for the beer! Please give a listen and stay on board. Pod’ems UP!
Episodes
July 29, 2022 • 32 mins
Episode 101 – Insurrection, Guns, Privacy
This week I briefly hit on the big topics of the last few weeks: Jan 6 Hearings, Gun Culture and What it really means to have Roe overturned. I open with America’s latest infatuation with all things point to the POTUS. Since when? The beer this week is Rockford Brewing Something Hoppy. A crisp IPA.
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June 6, 2022 • 128 mins
Reunion Show, 100!!! Fred and Knobs return to the One Shot Studios to kick around world events for E100. We discuss everything from Amber to Ukraine. Good laughs and perhaps a few salient points along the way.
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March 14, 2022 • 34 mins
Episode 99 – War and Gas / Wordle Mania
This week I offer my dour prognostication of the War in Ukraine. It’s not filled with optimism. I hope I’m wrong. Plenty of blame going around for high gas prices. Let’s put that blame where it belongs – and it’s not Biden. My take on the mania sweeping the world. Keep playing, stop the sharing.
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February 9, 2022 • 55 mins
Episode 98 – Rogan V Palin
Lefty joins me as we discuss the cross section of the social media content accountability and the accountability of MSM News. He provides the beer; Griffin Claw Soupy C, and it hits the bullseye.
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January 11, 2022 • 46 mins
Episode 97 – The Gaslighting of Jan 6
The band gets back together (unapologetic cliché). Fred and Knob join me as we discuss what the rightwing nutjobs are doing to change the narrative of what took place on Jan 6, 2021. Will there ever be true accountability for those that planted the seeds of insurrection?
Beer this week was a Kickstand Brewing Birch Bark Porter. Tasted way better than the name.
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December 8, 2021 • 32 mins
This week I revisit the three gun violence events that have scarred America in recent weeks. Rittenhouse, Arbery and Oxford High. I also look at monthly observances around the globe. Some good causes, some silly ones.
Beer this week was a home brew from a customer. I suggest you find, or brew, your own.
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October 13, 2021 • 44 mins
This week I speak of the deplorables of Texas and also one from Kentucky. Surface Barr, Durham and the AZ audits as a reminder of just how wrong republicans have been. Then disperse a few nuggets of wisdom for those do-it-yourself projects. Beer this week was a seasonal Arbor Brewing Dark Amber. Terrific brew!
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June 30, 2021 • 40 mins
This week I speak of Gwen Berry her Athletic Activism, and how it just melts the rightwing snowflakes. The B.S. that is the GOP party platform. Hint: They don’t have one. And the continued uncovering of the corruption that was Trump and Barr’s DOJ. Has social media been good for celebrating birthdays – really? Beer this week was a seasonal release, Blackrocks Honey Lav, which I found to be delightful!
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June 11, 2021 • 31 mins
This week, we run the trifecta of: Jan 6th Commission, Infrastructure, and Critical Race Theory. A few personal updates and finally wrap up with my non-confrontational Bill Barr confrontation. What would you do if you ran into a top trumpster in a public place? Beer was the Atwater Whango – good stuff!!
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May 10, 2021 • 53 mins
This week, with special guest, Semi-Colon, we hit 3 majors: Cheney not playing nice in the party; Trumps Facebook ban continues; and the silliness, and danger of the AZ 2020 election audit. Then SC opens my mind to the brutal world of the chicken sandwich wars. The beer this week is Short’s Brewing Big Bird Blood. A nice fruity summer beer, that’s almost there.
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April 14, 2021 • 47 mins
This week I link together the common thread of 3 very different police incidents that are all actively in the news. What the policing tactics all had in common and how they must change. The beer this week is Keweenaw Brewing, Pick Axe. Not quite for me but you should try. I finish with some classic rock trivia fun.
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April 1, 2021 • 41 mins
This week I discuss the tragedy at Boulder Co and the tragedy of our gun control efforts. Disingenuous arguments throughout the political theater. It is time to politicize. Biden’s immigration policies are not that much different than trumps. Sidney Powell is now lying to untwist the lies she already told in the courts. I share my live music story and the guilt of going to see a show – or not. Beer this week was Odd Side Paddy’s Re...
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March 11, 2021 • 42 mins
This week I discuss the Republicans unwillingness to compromise on the Covid Relief Spending package. Even when it’s their ideas they won’t vote for it. Is Biden doing the right things at the border? Trump is at war with the RNC – Grab some popcorn! Republicans know they cannot win elections unless they reduce participation. Some scary times are unfolding in right-wing controlled state capitals. Do the MAGAts really care that much ...
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March 4, 2021 • 36 mins
This week we dive uninvited into CPAC, virtually speaking. Will Trumpism out last Trump. Covid relief is coming, keep holding on America. Is Biden bombing? What about Bidens cabinet nominations – let’s get going and can we stop with the blatant hypocrisy already. Trumps tax woes are just heating up. I’m in Houston for the show so I picked up some local flavor. Buffalo Bayou Brewing 1836 Copper Ale. Little did I realize that Texas ...
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February 20, 2021 • 43 mins
This week is impeachment recap and the predictable outcome of the non-conviction. We won’t call it an acquittal because he’s still impeached. Big Texas sized lies about why the lights went out in Houston. Beer this week is Beard’s Brimley Stout. Finish with personal connection to the mess happening in Texas as Peanut moves to help the Snow Monkeys there.
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February 15, 2021 • 48 mins
Going it alone, Blotto recaps the impeachment trial day 1&2. How is this not beyond impeachment and just downright criminal! He also takes a closer look at what the Trumpsters are saying about the evidence or how they are ignoring it altogether. Beer this week was The Mitten Peanuts and Crackerjacks (w/o the prize). I also tell you about my first entre in legal sports betting in Michigan.
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January 25, 2021 • 147 mins
Trump is officially out of the White House and President Biden has been sworn in. We talk about how we celebrated the inauguration. Politics is boring again. Trump is impeached for the 2nd time. Should the Senate convict this time? After a short break to discuss beer #2 we discuss the Pod’ems UP day at the range. Did Knobs manage to convert the rest of the cast? Find out!
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January 10, 2021 • 158 mins
We very quickly established a recurring theme involving the number “84” this week. Semicolon returns to help us discuss the events of the last few days. It starts with both Democrats winning the Georgia Senate runoff late Tuesday night. Midday Wednesday Trump gives a speech to his cult saying they are going to walk down to the capitol and show their strength. Shortly after that the horde storms the capitol building and forces their...
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December 28, 2020 • 129 mins
A lot to cover this week as Trump starts to pardon everyone who helped him break the laws of the country. Should the president’s pardon power be restricted? The House and Senate both agree to a new COVID stimulus package however it only includes $600 per person and a lot of pork. Trump, of left field, wants $2000 per person. Is he finally trying to help the American people or just putting the Republicans between a rock and a hard p...
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December 7, 2020 • 117 mins
Today Trump gave his “most important speech ever”. Was it a concession speech or did he claim voter fraud. I’ll let you guess. The cult of Trump is being conned into donating money to his legal team despite almost every court ruling against the Trump campaign. New reports are coming out that the Trump administration is selling pardons.The gang gives a review of Ford v Ferrari and Lee Iacocca.
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