Dive into a captivating episode where our hosts dissect the ongoing unrest in Minnesota and the potential implications of invoking the Insurrection Act. With keen insights, they debate the political atmosphere, highlighting calls for President Trump to temper his rhetoric and the intricacies of leadership during such pivotal times. Transitioning into pop culture, they discuss personal favorites in television and the art of avoiding spoilers. The conversation flows seamlessly as they delve into social media influence and the beauty of well-executed TV storytelling.
00:00:00 Discussion on Minnesota and Insurrection Act
what a week man what a week what do you want to do about the streets of minnesota what do you want to do you want an insurrection act or kind of let it go and let them hang themselves with their own misbehavior what do you want to do i mean it’s it’s like rinse and repeat same thing last night they i mean they’re making arrests for the people that are stealing weapons they’re getting them they’re finding out they’re illegals they’re bad hombres uh you know waltz seems to be The more people analyzed that video he made, it looked like a hostage video. Like he’s like freaking out. And now he’s saying, I’m appealing directly to President Trump to tone down the rhetoric. Why don’t we start with not stopping? Yeah, let’s tone down the temperature. Well, guess what? Calling law enforcement the Gestapo, or as you mangle the name, Gestapo. He doesn’t even know how to say the word. Guess what? That doesn’t do any good. So you know where I want to start today? Friday. By the way, I’m off a few days next week. Head off on vacation. Oh, that’s right. That’s right.
SPEAKER 01 :
Define a few days, like the entire week? Monday through Thursday. I’ll be back Friday.
SPEAKER 02 :
Back a week. We’ll try to keep anything from happening while you’re away. So I’ll say try not. Well, if it happens, I’m ready. Look, my default, unlike you, and by the way, Can I pull the curtain back and share how you text? I got so annoyed with you last night, and I thought, well, let me just wait until 7.35.
SPEAKER 01 :
Hang on a second. All right.
SPEAKER 02 :
So I’m texting you. We’re talking about the TV shows we’re watching. Right. And I told you that I’m immersed in Landman, which is weird. Wonderful. Oh, my Lord, has that become my favorite, right? But I’m only into episode two of season two. So I’m getting a slow start, you know, and I’m getting the premise of the second season. And Billy Bob is incredible. And Elliot, what’s his name?
SPEAKER 01 :
Sam Elliot. Master.
SPEAKER 02 :
Just brilliant. The ditzy wife and the ditzy daughter are great. So I’m telling you, you’re starting to tell me things. And I said, no, no, no, no. Don’t tell me anything about the show because I’m not I’m only two episodes in. Right. And you say, oh, well, Cassidy is going off to cheerleading school. And you what? Ainsley. Yeah. And by the way, that’s another weird thing. You know them all by name like you know them. I’m like, who’s Ainsley? Oh, yeah, that’s the Dipsy cheerleader.
SPEAKER 01 :
Do you know JR and Bobby from Dallas? Well, these aren’t iconic people. Do you know the skipper and the professor? What’s the skipper’s name? Oh, yes. See, I knew you’d know it. Digby, Higby, Ding Dong.
SPEAKER 02 :
Well, I know she’s the Dipsy cheerleader daughter.
SPEAKER 01 :
That’s all I know. You asked me that and didn’t know? You’re going to make me look this up on the fly what the professor’s real name is?
SPEAKER 02 :
Not the professor, the skipper. Oh, the skipper, Jonas Grumby. Boom. See, you knew that. I knew you’d know that.
SPEAKER 01 :
Yeah, Jonas Grumby. See, you know these things, and I don’t know any of that. Exactly, okay. Nobody knows Jonas Grumby. Hang on, talk to the people while I get the professors reeled in. Well, let me share with them. Yeah, I’ll talk to the people. The professor could turn a coconut into a radio, but couldn’t figure out how to get off the stupid island. That’s right. Go ahead and do about your business.
SPEAKER 02 :
Stuck on the island forever because then they wouldn’t have a TV show. So here’s Mark Davis. I’m saying, now, don’t tell me anything. Oh, well, Ainsley’s going off to cheerleader camp at TCU. I’m like, stop it. Stop.
SPEAKER 01 :
I don’t want to know anything. And it’s Roy Hinkley. Roy Hinkley is Professor’s, and I don’t mean the actor, who, of course, is Russell Johnson. But no, I know where you’re going. But you knew the skipper’s name. I did. There was something that happened in last week’s episode. Well, don’t tell me. No, that was so viral. My dog knows it. Everybody knows. I don’t know it. I don’t know. Okay. I mean, all right.
SPEAKER 02 :
I must not be in the algorithms.
SPEAKER 01 :
I didn’t reveal. I really didn’t. But there was something that was culturally kind of fresh as today’s headlines. I will. La la la. I will not. And of course, the finale is this Sunday. And of course, I know you’re two episodes into a 10. Is that episode nine? Is that 10? It’s 10.
SPEAKER 1 :
10.
SPEAKER 01 :
OK, so you got to go. And I said, listen, I said, wrap it up by tomorrow morning.
SPEAKER 02 :
I want to have a Diet Coke with Billy Bob Thornton. I wonder if he’s like that. You think he’s like that character?
SPEAKER 01 :
I see him interviewed all the time, and we talked earlier this week about how he has a real appreciation for the fans and will spend some time with them as much as he can. But he also had some wonderful quotes this past season about the stars who get out there and beat you down with politics. He said, look, I’m just not going to do that. Why would anybody pay closer attention to someone on a political issue just because they have a movie or a TV show? What if they’re wrong? I said. I love you. I love you. I love you.
SPEAKER 02 :
Well, and the plot line is kind of MAGA-friendly, right? I mean, it’s sort of pro-oil and, you know, big, big money. And they showed the stockyards there in Fort Worth, episode one.
SPEAKER 01 :
Fort Worth all over the place. It’s so great. And in that episode, I will tell you nothing about it. Ainsley has a role in delivering some messaging. We had that famous episode, I think it was last season, where Billy Bob talks to Rebecca, the attorney, and essentially says, hey, everything in your life is because of fossil fuels. You remember that speech, right?
SPEAKER 02 :
Bingo.
SPEAKER 01 :
Ainsley is responsible for a moment in episode nine that is about something that I can’t… We’ll tell you about this. It’s golden. You will say, I can’t believe Well, in Taylor Sheridan’s world, he can pretty well do anything he wants, but it’s just a little messaging that is, let’s say, very rare in today’s TV culture.
SPEAKER 02 :
Yeah, but I have seen on social media a warning that Taylor Sheridan has an ability to make you think it’s going to be kind of conservative and MAGA, and then he pulls the rug out from under you and it turns into be a real woke thing. I think that happened with Yellowstone. Yeah. I think Yellowstone got kind of woke.
SPEAKER 01 :
I’ll take it. I’ll take it. Yeah, me too. If I can get the occasional episode like this. And real quick, I don’t think we talked at all. Did you catch any of the Golden Globes? No, no. Okay, I don’t care about award shows, but I care about the product. I’ve been immersing myself in a lot, and it was great to see the young man win. You did watch Adolescence, right? The brilliant four-part thing about the British kid who was accused of a murder and blah, blah, blah. You did that, right? I did not. I missed Adolescence. Well, if you’ve got time off, that’s one of the greatest things on television in the last 10 years.
SPEAKER 02 :
Do they talk with funny accents?
SPEAKER 01 :
Do they talk in an English accent? That’s why British accents all over. I can’t hear it. Thick British accents. That’s why God made subtitles, Mike. Subtitles. I can’t stand these accents. You okay with subtitles? Well, you didn’t do the subtitles. And in a minute, I got a movie that will make you do subtitles, but it’s worth it. And back to the Golden Globes, Jean Smart won for Hacks, which is great, but she’s an idiot and revealed her idiocy on the red carpet. I think everybody knows how to do the right thing. But I learned about a little Norwegian movie, so run screaming now, called Sentimental Value with the great actor Stellan Skarsgård. And Lisa and I said, listen, this is revered. Let’s take a look at it. Mike, it’s one of the best movies I’ve seen in years. Really? So it’s called Sentimental Value. And it’s weird. Famous actress Elle Fanning, American, is in it and speaks English in it. I’m wondering if they’re watching that in Norway. Do they put subtitles under her? I guess they do. For everybody, Sentimental Value, Norwegian film streaming now, simply a masterpiece. Okay.
SPEAKER 02 :
So keeping it in Norway and the Danish vein here. Also known as Denmark. I got in trouble yesterday because I, toward the end of the show, said, you know, of all my favorite things that Trump is doing, acquiring Greenland ain’t one of them. And people got… I mean, do we really want to take… Are you high? I’m kidding. I mean… No, well, I got some flack because, of course… Okay. Do we want to acquire Greenland?
SPEAKER 01 :
Of course we want to acquire Greenland. Why? It’s an enormous strategic and resource value. It’s in our hemisphere. It’s like halfway between Washington and Russia. I can see it from my house. They don’t want to be acquired. I know. So we’re not going to… And we got problems here. Okay. We’ve got a lot of problems here. Don’t go Rand Paul on me, Mike.
SPEAKER 02 :
Well, I don’t want to be Rand Paul, but I want to be probably with the 80% of Americans who think we probably have other things to do other than acquire Greenland. This is an 80-20 issue, Mark.
SPEAKER 01 :
You think 80% of America is against the possibility of consensually acquiring? Listen, you’re asking the wrong question. look at the poll and should we invade greenland of course i’ll say no to that but we’re not have you met trump you in particular should know what he’s doing you lay down something fairly preposterous and then back away from it to something reasonable the people of greenland will benefit enormously denmark will make a couple of bucks if we buy it kind of like seward’s folly which is what they called alaska so they’re they’re definitely positives to this do we have to do it am i going to lose sleep if we don’t know but don’t uh don’t You’ve learned better than to throw shade at stuff like that.
SPEAKER 02 :
There’s not a lot of upside to it, and let me tell you where it’s really going to hurt us. There’s plenty of strategic upside to it. We’re in election year, Mark. Wake up. Come on.
SPEAKER 01 :
Give me a break. Let me tell you something.
SPEAKER 02 :
The average people, and again, the polling, 70%, 80% people are like, leave Greenland alone. NATO troops are now gathering because they’re preparing for a U.S. invasion. That’s stupid.
SPEAKER 01 :
It’s not going to happen.
SPEAKER 02 :
And I know Trump, and you’re right. I guess he’ll give them things in exchange for us acquiring Greenland. By the way, I know it’s important and strategic. There’s a lot of important strategic maneuvers we could make. Should we? Just because we can’t, shouldn’t we?
SPEAKER 01 :
Here’s reason number million why you are smart, and it’s because it’s something I said in the first half hour today that I will say a million times. When you boil everything down, if you’re wondering how to feel about something, is this a good idea or a bad idea, and you will applaud to this, put it through one filter. Does it or does it not help us win the midterms? If the optics of this can be made to help us win the midterms, then yay. If it doesn’t, then maybe we put a pin in it and save it for another day.
SPEAKER 02 :
Yeah, my gut, and you’re absolutely right, and, of course, that’s why you’re so smart. Your logic is so good on this and so spot on. It just seems to me that anything that could serve as a distraction from us winning in November is problematic. You want to acquire Greenland? Go acquire them November 7th. Can we just get through the midterms, you know? November 4th, exactly. Yeah, well, give them a couple days to settle in.
SPEAKER 01 :
The election is the third.
SPEAKER 02 :
They’ll have to count all the ballots, you know? Give it to the weekend. But, I mean, right off the bat, I’m getting flooded with texts. I mean, here’s one from Dallas. Mike, you’re right. Leave Greenland alone. Our own debt is $38.6 trillion. I just think… The trouble is, here’s the problem with the Greenland issue. We’re all plugged in. This audience is plugged in. Smarter than the average bear. Let’s think about the average bear. What’s the average, what’s Joe and Mary Beer Can saying out on the- The average bear vote. Yeah. What’s Joe and Mary Beer Can in Pickle, Ohio think about us acquiring Greenland? Yeah. Probably thinking we got bigger fish to fry here. Let’s leave it alone. Let’s move on.
SPEAKER 01 :
Look, I don’t want to get bogged down in this. Especially when the fish that we are frying are coming up very tasty and moist and edible because the economy is getting better. And the world generally does seem safer and more stable with a strong America, which is why the Democrats, the streets of Minnesota is all they have. It’s all they have. It’s all they got. You know, this is all they got. Nonsense. So we’re going to hang them with that.
SPEAKER 02 :
And if he declares, if he calls in the Insurrection Act, let’s face it, that’s what they want. They want to be able to say, see, see what he’s doing?
SPEAKER 01 :
How does that pass the test? Does that? And it’s weird, not every little microcosmic thing in January does. Definitely helps us or hurts us. But does the imagery of the Insurrection Act help us or hurt us in the midterms? Kind of depends on how it goes, doesn’t it?
SPEAKER 02 :
Depends on how it goes. I mean, if they can stop the violence, if they can stop the – did you see them yanking out the weapons out of the FBI vehicle? I mean, these are – These are bad, bad people. Yeah. And there’s Ro Khanna with Sean Hannity last night. California Khanna. Everybody thinks Ro Khanna is a moderate. He’s no moderate.
SPEAKER 01 :
He’s had some audio clips over the years where he seems to be not as bug-eyed leftist. But lately, they got a hold of him.
SPEAKER 02 :
Bug-eyed leftist. He is a bug-eyed leftist.
SPEAKER 01 :
All right, well, happy weekend. Have a good week. You’re staying at home? You going anywhere?
SPEAKER 02 :
I mean, what’s the plan? I’m going to Parch Undisclosed. I’m going to go sit on a beach and get ready to ramp up. Good for you. Look, I’ve told you, I’m taking my days this year.
SPEAKER 01 :
Absolutely.
SPEAKER 02 :
I’m doing the Mark Davis formula. If I’ve got days off, I’m taking the days off. And goodness knows, did you take all your days in 2025? Of course.
SPEAKER 01 :
I never fail to take all my days. That’s why I left for Christmas on December 3rd.
SPEAKER 02 :
Yeah, you left for Christmas on Groundhog’s Day. I took less than 50% of my days last year. You are insane. How stupid is that?
SPEAKER 01 :
And, you know, in my case. We don’t get paid. That’s kind of funny. Back in the day. Does any company ever today in 2026.
SPEAKER 02 :
Well, yes, our company does, except unless you’re an independent contractor like I am. Guess what? You’ll get to accrue your days. You would accrue your vacation days as an employee.
SPEAKER 01 :
And be able to use them later. No, I mean.
SPEAKER 02 :
No, if you left when you retire or they fire you because they finally had enough of you, they got to pay you for the value of the days you didn’t use.
SPEAKER 01 :
I mean, at the end of a given year. I believe that in America of the 60s or something, that at the end of a given year, if you had two weeks of vacation and only used one, they gave you money for the week you didn’t use. Oh, right, right, right.
SPEAKER 02 :
Well, in my case, as an IC, I use them or lose them. So like a dummy, I lost more than half of my vacation days. You got smart. Homie ain’t making that mistake in 2026.
SPEAKER 01 :
No, homie is not.
SPEAKER 02 :
I’ll see you in March.
SPEAKER 01 :
I’ll see you about April. Well, no, I’m going to count on you.
SPEAKER 02 :
By the way, here’s the recurring theme on the MyPillow text line, which I’m loving. Let’s trade Minnesota for Greenland.
SPEAKER 01 :
Precisely, or one frozen wasteland for another.
SPEAKER 02 :
I’m sick of Minnesota. I don’t know about you, but I’m over it. I’m over it. All right, love you.
SPEAKER 01 :
Happy weekend.
SPEAKER 02 :
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