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- 08 / 04 / 20 -
The theme can't be found due to Tropical Storm Isaias, describing the missing theme, Kyle and Emmanuel are in a parking lot near the as yet unused triage hospital, turning the radio up in the car, massive trees have come down, the storm is still underway, what was involved in getting to this location and being rerouted numerous times, the storm came right after the HOPE conference ended, Kyle's thwarted attempt to take a shower, Emmanuel plays with the ignition, trouble reporting power outages to PSEG, Kyle critiques the power system on Long Island, some of the tree damage that Kyle and Emmanuel have seen so far, a call for sanity in government, how the country is being tested, the political conventions are coming up, Kyle's frustration dealing with Trump supporters in his family, the strategy of avoiding the topic, Trump is apparently trying to dismantle the post office, reports that the theme will be used as the outro, predictions of mayhem after the election, uprisings throughout the nation due to police violence, calling on gun rights people to stand up against a tyrannical government, predictions that the military will eventually turn against this sort of thing, why William Floyd shouldn't be honored by having a highway and a school district named after him, why George Floyd should be honored in his place, why this shouldn't be a big deal, a splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico makes history, there are three different spacecraft on their way to Mars, Emmanuel takes exception to one kid getting all the credit for coming up with the name Perseverance, why space exploration is a good thing, Emmanuel turns the air conditioner on in the car, instructions to the studio, commenting on the passing scene, figuring out the current COVID numbers, how conditions in the rest of the country could adversely affect New York, countering people who are claiming the virus is fake, the frustration of not being able to get into Canada, questioning some of the travel restrictions, trying to figure out what the answer is.
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August 4
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- 08 / 11 / 20 -
Testing microphone levels, Kyle has taken care of everything but his own microphone, recalling the events of last week, Kyle and Emmanuel visit New York City, impressions of how the city is doing overall, reaction to people who aren't wearing masks, there is a tropical wave in the ocean, guessing what comes next, Tropical Depression Kyle may be around next week, the local carnage from last week's storm, how Trump is trying to destroy the postal service, how this is a tremendous gift to Joe Biden, Trump's fear of voting by mail, the difficulty of determining when power was restored from a remote location, finding an actual person to help, a big flaw in the system, another run-in with nature as a deer destroys more sunchokes, Kamala Harris is Joe Biden's pick for vice president, a comment from a Trump advisor on Harris, how today is an historic occasion, a review of "Black and White in Color" from 1976, the danger of opening the campus too soon, why refusing to wear a mask is stupid, how this type of ignorance has led to a large death toll in the past, why facts change in the scientific community, going over the numbers, the country has now passed the five million mark in number of cases, some interesting facts involving the numbers, how New York has fared much better than many other parts of the country.
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August 11
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- 08 / 18 / 20 -
Cutting it close this week, it's the second day of the Democratic convention, Kyle's thoughts on the first day, questioning why so many Republicans are getting to speak, the memory card fills up on the recording device, there was no Hurricane Kyle after all, how Kyle was an unusual storm, how unnecessarily difficult it was to erase a file on the memory card, the avoidable problems with new technology, an incredible speech last night by Michelle Obama, how CNN doesn't seem to understand the word "live," Trump's reaction to Michelle Obama's speech, comparing the 2016 Republican and Democratic conventions, why progressives who refuse to vote for Biden would be worse than fascists, what George Floyd's family added to this week's event, a change in plans for post office reductions, why Biden may open the door for more progressive policies, what another four years of Trump could mean, the campus is beginning to open, Emmanuel's doubts on whether it's safe yet, how not to wear a mask, Spain has demonstrations against wearing masks, waiting for the effects of over 250,000 people participating in a motorcycle rally, how only a few people can make the numbers move in the wrong direction, how the Three Village School District had a misstep in policy, a review of "Madame Rosa" from 1977, the great difficulty involved in obtaining this film, a review of "Annie Hall" from 1977, Emmanuel remembers what it was like to see this film in a theater, the magic of scenery from the past.
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August 18
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- 08 / 25 / 20 -
Keeping occupied, a severe thunderstorm may be on the way, how the Democratic convention managed to work out in a virtual environment, the stark choice ahead, trying to understand all of the anger expressed in the first day of the Republican convention, the absurdity of calling Joe Biden a Marxist, what makes Donald Trump different, how people follow blindly, what the Republicans are afraid of, the threat posed by Donald Trump Jr., remembering that the Republicans lost the popular vote, the campus is open again, questioning an app that's being used to filter out sick people coming to campus, the idiocy of making any of this a political issue, the death toll is 177,000, the lack of any dissent at the Republican convention, clarification on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's words at the Democratic convention, the shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin at the hands of police, why we fixate on vandalism during demonstrations in our own country while focusing on what the demonstrations were about in others, what the National Guard should be used for, why there's a dialogue today, a delayed backlash involving the Montauk Brewing Company, Yelp's noncommittal response, analyzing the Facebook group behind this, explaining why "blue" is not a race, critiquing the attacks on the Black Lives Matter movement, why Suffolk County is extremely racist, the need to be loud, the statements by Jacob Blake's family and the weight they carried, unhealthy attitudes by police, the Detroit Lions cancel their practice session in protest, Lee Zeldin introduces a bill of rights for police, how he completely overlooked the rights of civilians, the incredibly poor timing of this, how Democrats aren't doing enough to fight back against this sort of thing, how people can put pressure on Zeldin, why it's important to unite, a protest against a William Floyd statue, why this has nothing to do with erasing history.
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August 25
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