Smart Guy, Dumb Guy

Christian and Jonny talk about the potential recall for Gavin Newsom and the GOP response to Marjorie Taylor Greene and ask how we should politically handle leaders we deeply disagree with.

Articles:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/04/us/gavin-newsom-recall.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/02/marjorie-taylor-greene-expelled-congress/617911/

Filibustering Gamestop

Christian Serge & Jonny Morrison — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600

Jonny and Christian talk about the filibuster and GameStop.

Articles:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/23/style/the-vaccinated-class.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/business/gamestop-wall-street-bets.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/01/democrats-biggest-decision-nuking-filibuster/617854/

Changing Politics

Christian Serge & Jonny Morrison — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 06:00:00 -0600

Christian confesses the truth about his past beliefs. Then Jonny and Christian talk about how a person changes their beliefs and what can be done about the merger of Trumpism and Christianity.

Articles from the Show:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/opinion/trump-evangelicals.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/us/how-white-evangelical-christians-fused-with-trump-extremism.html?fbclid=IwAR2JYuH8TRb3tMdNoMLwUI3_mw6VCLDQaxoTFCYGw_Wafw5OV2uaYIcHy8k

Inauguration Time

Christian Serge & Jonny Morrison — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 06:00:00 -0600

A bonus pod responding to the inauguration of president Joseph R. Biden and vice president Kamala Harris.

New Season, New Song

Christian Serge & Jonny Morrison — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600

Smart Guy, Dumb Guy is back for season 2 with a new song!

Tiktok & Electoral College

Christian Serge & Jonny Morrison — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600

Christian and Jonny talk about the electoral college and Tiktok's recent banning of mlms.

Chat 1: Electoral College

Chat 2: TikTok

Hosts:

Jonny Morrison jonnyis.com

Christian Serge christianserge.com

It's Raining Patriarchy

Christian Serge & Jonny Morrison — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600

In this episode Christian and Jonny talk about the rise and fall of celebrity pastors and modern masculinity.

Chat 1: Sad Irony of Celebrity Pastors

Chat 2: Just How Toxic is the Masculine Mystique

Hosts:

Jonny Morrison jonnyis.com

Christian Serge christianserge.com

Truth & Religion In Uneasy Times

Christian Serge & Jonny Morrison — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600

In this episode of SGDG Christian and Jonny talk about the growing tension over religious freedom laws and the general public. Then the hosts argue about truth, lies, and the responsibility of the media to discern the difference.

Chat 1: Christendom or not?

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/12/how-supreme-court-champions-religious-liberty/617284/

Chat 2: When did the media stop telling the truth?

https://unherd.com/2020/12/when-did-the-media-stop-telling-the-truth/

Hosts:

Jonny Morrison jonnyis.com

Christian Serge christianserge.com

Calling In

Christian Serge & Jonny Morrison — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600

Chat 1: Call In vs. Call Out Culture

Chat 2: The Resilience of Michael J Fox

Mikrocip - https://linktr.ee/christianserge

Hosts:

Jonny Morrison jonnyis.com

Christian Serge christianserge.com

Can you hear those voices too?

Christian Serge & Jonny Morrison — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600

Christian and Jonny talk about the unseen implications of Covid-19 and discuss a new invention that broadcasts music directly to your head.

Chat 1: The Economic effects of covid-19.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/19/podcasts/the-daily/coronavirus-pandemic-us-economy-unemployment.html?action=click&module=Briefings&pgtype=Homepage

Chat 2: Music in your head.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/futuristic-device-from-israeli-firm-puts-music-in-your-head-without-headphones/

Hosts:

Jonny Morrison jonnyis.com

Christian Serge christianserge.com

The Final Equation

Christian Serge & Jonny Morrison — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600

Smart Guy, Dumb Guy is back after our short election break! In this episode of SGDG Christian and Jonny talk the election, polarization, and a new math equation that can supposedly predict the end of America.

Chat 1: How Do We See One Another

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/12/briefing/ron-klain-jeffrey-toobin-tropical-storm-eta.html

Chat 2: Predicating the end of America through Math

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/12/can-history-predict-future/616993/

Hosts:

Jonny Morrison jonnyis.com

Christian Serge christianserge.com

Grief & Undergrads

Christian Serge & Jonny Morrison — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0600

Christian opens up about a recent difficult experience and the hosts talk about college after the pandemic.

Song Break: NBHD Nick - One Direction

https://youtu.be/LjhSOIHQcyc

Article 2: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/10/college-was-never-about-education/616777/

Where Is Everyone Going

Christian Serge & Jonny Morrison — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0600

Christian and Jonny talk about shadow role of social media and everyday life and debate becoming expats.

Chat 1: The shadowy impact of big tech on elections.

https://unherd.com/2020/10/big-tech-is-interfering-in-the-us-election/

Chat 2: Why are more American's renouncing their citizenship?

https://www.wsj.com/articles/more-americans-are-renouncing-their-citizenship-11602840602

We Be Stressin'

Christian Serge & Jonny Morrison — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0600

In this episode of SGDG Christian and Jonny remember Eddie Van Halen, talk about the recent VP debates, ask if we are talking about politics too much, and learn a little about the impact of stress on the body.

Articles From the Show:

Eddie Van Halen:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2020/oct/06/eddie-van-halen-life-in-pictures

Chat 1: Are we talking about politics too much?

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/10/reading-too-much-political-news-bad-happiness/616651/

Chat 2: 10 Weird Ways Your Body Reacts to Stress

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/10-weird-ways-body-reacts-150155923.html

Critical Trump Theory

Christian Serge & Jonny Morrison — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0600

In this episode of SGDG we talk about the recent presidential debate, what to do when our leaders fail, and what to think about Critical Race Theory.

Articles from the show:

Chat 1: What do we do when our leaders fail us?

Chat 2: What is Critical Race Theory and should we be afraid of it?

Song

"Good Look" - Lasse Lyx

https://youtu.be/0niKsoRqHGs

Hosts:

Jonny Morrison jonnyis.com

Christian Serge christianserge.com

Here Comes This Dreamer. Interview with Micah Bournes

Christian Serge & Jonny Morrison — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0600

In this special episode we interview author, poet, and musician Micah Bournes about his new book, Here Comes This Dreamer.

Learn more about Micah at www.micahbournes.com

Find Here Comes This Dreamer on Amazon or wherever books are sold:

Song Break by Tilden Parc

Hosts:

Jonny Morrison jonnyis.com

Christian Serge christianserge.com

The End of Free Speech?

Christian Serge & Jonny Morrison — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0600

Jonny and Christian take the entire episode to talk about Cancel Culture. Is it good? Bad? Ugly? How should we think about artists who have been canceled? Is cancel culture destroying free speech as we know it? Is cancel culture ruining America?

This episode was suggested by a listener. Follow us on instagram to suggest new topics: @smartguydumbguy

Articles Mentioned:

Song Feature:

Fleur Douces - Homeless Soul

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec5w-g_48F8

Hosts:

Jonny Morrison jonnyis.com

Christian Serge christianserge.com

Goodbye Jesus, hello Climate Change

Christian Serge & Jonny Morrison — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0600

In this episode we talk about the struggle evangelicals are having in "decoupling" their faith from so many problematic realities. Then in chat 2 we talk about climate change and the fires in California.

Chat 1: Goodbye Christ. I’ve got Justice

https://www.christianitytoday.com/edstetzer/2020/september/goodbye-christ-ive-got-justice-duty.html?fbclid=IwAR0FFHxN57D8t4OFT9iKVC5BUGoC9XCkuGiisZi4RBfbFOjy4grDxsULU-U

Transition Song: "Trenching" - Trayler Swift

http://linktr.ee/traylerswift

Chat 2: Climate Change & Gavin Newsom

Article about Governor Gavin Newsom telling us the fires are fueled by climate change

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54128872

Racist appraisals & the search for the "gay gene"

Christian Serge & Jonny Morrison — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0600

In this episode of SGDG we talk about racists home appraisals and what the search for the gay gene means for our own understanding of human sexuality.

Chat 1: Racist Home Appraisals

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/25/realestate/blacks-minorities-appraisals-discrimination.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytrealestate

Chat 2: The search for the "gay gene."

https://unherd.com/2020/08/stop-searching-for-the-gay-gene/

Music from:

linktr.ee/traylerswift

The Death of Religion?

Christian Serge & Jonny Morrison — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0600

Chat 1: The end of Western Secularism

https://unherd.com/2020/08/the-end-of-secularism-is-nigh/?fbclid=IwAR3SOyTou7s7aArTbr4iztSWvKrwii5S5farXynRwJ_zv8PURD0y9oVloE8

Chat 2:

When will things get back to normal? When will baseball games allow people? Will we want to go to games, or concerts or hang outs?

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51963486

https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/heres-when-bill-gates-says-we-will-get-back-to-normal-what-it-will-take-to-get-there.html

Covid killed more than any flu season since 1918

https://elemental.medium.com/us-covid-19-deaths-compared-to-diseases-pandemics-wars-2a7495a43280

Packages & Poultry

Christian Serge & Jonny Morrison — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0600

Chat 1: USPS

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/08/13/us-postal-service-whats-going-post-office-what-we-know/3360565001/

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-protest-in-person-vote-in-person-mail-in-ballots

Chat 2: Factory Farming

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/4/22/21228158/coronavirus-pandemic-risk-factory-farming-meat

VR Documentaries

https://www.with.in/search?q=this%20is%20climate%20change

https://www.with.in/watch/this-is-climate-change-feast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlSE1X-hSqQ

Mispronouncing Qanon

Christian Serge & Jonny Morrison — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 00:15:00 -0600

In this episode, Christian struggles to pronounce QANON and then we talk about Kamala Harris and cultural perceptions of women in power.

Article 1 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/13/briefing/qanon-kamala-harris-coronavirus-your-thursday-briefing.html

Article 2 - https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/08/kamala-harris-biden-vice-president-pop-culture/615178/

The Con with Patrick Lovell

Christian Serge & Jonny Morrison — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0600

Christian and Jonny interview Patrick Lovell producer of the brand new documentary series, The Con, about the largest conspiracy of lies, in the history of the world.

Learn more about The Con at www.thecon.tv

Sex and Tech

Christian Serge & Jonny Morrison — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 04:00:00 -0600

Chat 1: Big Tech

This article focuses on the recent hearings, before congress, where CEOs of major tech companies testified. The big issue is the growing monopolization of a few tech companies: google, apple, facebook, and Amazon.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/07/antitrust-hearing-tech-pandemic-inescapable/614749/

Chat 2: Sex Work

If we decriminalize Sex Workers will it hurt the business of Sex Traffickers?

https://www.aclu.org/news/lgbt-rights/sex-work-is-real-work-and-its-time-to-treat-it-that-way/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/opinion/child-sex-trafficking.html

https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/06/20/trumps-human-trafficking-record-is-fake-news/

Should we join Antifa?

Christian Serge & Jonny Morrison — Mon, 27 Jul 2020 05:00:00 -0600

In this episode of SGDG we discuss the protest in Portland, the Wall of Moms, and we ask whether or not violence is ever justified. Then in chat 2 we discuss antifa and fascism.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/20/us/wall-of-moms-portland-protest-trnd/index.html

Getting Conspiratorial

Christian Serge & Jonny Morrison — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 05:00:00 -0600

On our second episode of SGDG Christian gets conspiratorial, Jonny talks too much about France, and together they discuss reparations in Asheville, NC and Covid-19 fines in Rockland, NY.

Articles from the episode:

On Reparations in Asheville, NC

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/16/us/reparations-ashevhille-nc.html

https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/07/15/891700076/asheville-n-c-approves-steps-toward-reparations-for-black-residents

On Covid - 19 in Rockland, NY

https://www.forbes.com/sites/shaharziv/2020/07/07/2000-a-day-fine-for-obstructing-coronavirus-contact-tracing/?fbclid=IwAR3mHfq1W9qZ4hpb0QAFusIp01raV5-rWSUznYf2H7x0J4hTza1V7ENtvsg#777baaf7402b

Smart Guy, Dumb Guy. Nerd Guy, Cool Guy.

Christian Serge & Jonny Morrison — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 06:00:00 -0600

Introductory episode!

In our very first episode we provide a quick introduction to the podcast and what you can expect. Then we jump into two topics. First, racism in France's elite education systems and what it can teach us about America's own racist history. And second, protests songs and what we've learned since 1966.

Link to the Atlantic Article that started our conversation.

Link to Jonny's website including blog and other podcasts.