Episode Notes We're joined by the excellent and hilarious @KelgoreTrout for a dive into more of our favorite Utah Guys, including a familiar member of the BYM extended universe. We also extend a challenge to all listeners to step up to the plate for all our impressionable young men out there falling victim to these grifters. Kelgore has a fantastic YouTube channel where she's recently covered a particularly deranged Prager U video featuring friend of the pod, Tim Ballard. Check that out here . D...
Sep 02, 2022•2 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 97
Episode Notes In a bit of a bonus episode, Kyle, Jordan, and Greg are joined by former Salt Lake City Mayor and presidential candidate Rocky Anderson (@rockyanderson), who has announced his intentions to run for mayor of Salt Lake City once again. We discuss Rocky's past, why he is running for mayor again, and his views for a future for Salt Lake, including homelessness, policing, the environment, and labor.
Aug 19, 2022•1 hr 41 min•Season 1Ep. 96
Episode Notes The boys are back to discuss Trump's home getting raided by the Feds, the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, Alex Jones getting burned in trial, and finally we discuss the article on the LDS Church's Abuse Hotline that allegedly was used to avoid reporting to authorities. Link to the AP Story Link to the Vice Story from 2019...
Aug 15, 2022•Season 1Ep. 95
Episode Notes Greg and Kyle talk about a variety of topics including Monkey Pox, Tucker Carlson, our sucky climate, and then Greg and Kyle answer your questions that were submitted.
Aug 07, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 93
Episode Notes We fully discuss the Dobbs case that overturned Roe v. Wade, and what the new reality means for all of us. In that we also discuss an article from our favorite newspaper where they lay the case for "institutions of love" that need to be created for mothers in need that will emerge in the post-Roe world. It's garbage. https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2022/6/24/23181759/opinion-its-time-to-build-an-infrastructure-of-life-supreme-court-roe-v-wade-abortion-samuel-alito Also, we are stil...
Jun 30, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 92
Episode Notes Kyle and Greg go through the day's events in a very condensed episode because hell world happened. To help, please give to your local abortion fund or any of these. https://Abortionseeker.org https://donations4abortion.com/ https://utabortionfund.org/ Or give to our Patreon at patreon.com/brighamyoungmoney . All of our donations will go directly towards local abortion funds for the foreseeable future...
Jun 25, 2022•20 min•Season 1Ep. 91
Episode Notes We are joined by Brace Belden of the TrueAnon Podcast (@TrueAnonPod) to talk about the spectacle of the dueling press conferences by the Utah County Attorney and the Utah County Sheriff dealing with the matter of if the UC Attorney is a cannibal child sex freak. Or if the Utah County Sheriff is using information from a fake British man who dresses like the Penguin, faked his own death, and is wanted for sexual assault in Utah County. We also talk about Brace's experiences in Utah a...
Jun 02, 2022•52 min•Season 1Ep. 90
Episode Notes In the full episode, Greg, Jordan and Kyle discuss some horse related discourse, Democratic Fecklessness, and John Stockton's new insanity.
May 25, 2022•17 min•Season 1Ep. 89
Episode Notes Kyle, Greg, and Jordan are joined by Jacob, Kat, and Kit. All are local Salt Lake area Starbucks workers currently in the process of unionizing their stores. In this episode, they discuss their organizing efforts, what unionization would mean in their current jobs and we also discuss a bit about Starbucks' history with unions and how valued they feel as "partners" Read about their efforts here: https://www.deseret.com/utah/2022/4/19/23025897/utah-starbucks-union-labor-movement-cost...
May 05, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 88
Episode Notes Kyle, Jordan, and Greg mourn our dear sweet long-serving Senator, Orrin Grant Hatch. We certainly don't discuss his history of corruption, his ties to Utah's radical right, and his horrific treatment of Anita Hill. We also discuss some other current events, like the Jazz being terrible and the Utah Democrats punting on having a senate candidate in the service of personality blackhole, Evan McMullin.
May 02, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 87
Episode Notes Greg and Kyle are back to talk about some of the insane things going on right now
Apr 12, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 85
Episode Notes We are joined by Jacob Klopfenstein of the University of Utah's City & Metropolitan **Planning Department and former KSL reporter to discuss residential planning and the housing situation within the Salt Lake Valley. ** Greg and Jordan also discuss their adventures into Alpha Con and how they ran into quite a few celebrities.
Mar 17, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 83
Episode Notes The boys are back to discuss the very clean cut Ukrainian-Russian Conflict (Disclaimer: We are dumb and don't know anything, don't yell at us). But we mainly discuss the statement put out by Utah Governor, Spencer Cox. Namely, how normal, self-aware, and completely devoid of any possible fetishizing of the sacrifice of innocent Ukrainians it was. Bravo, Governor. Bravo.
Mar 17, 2022•Season 1Ep. 84
Episode Notes NOTE: WE DO NOT TALK ABOUT UKRAINE IN THIS JORDAN WAS LAZY AND DIDNT EDIT ANYTHING FOR A COUPLE WEEKS BECAUSE HE SUCKS. Anyway, we discuss Evan McMullin, a candidate for Utah's senate seat that is currently vying for Democratic and Independent support. He sucks, don't vote for him
Mar 01, 2022•1 hr 31 min•Season 1Ep. 81
Episode Notes Greg and Jordan are joined by Cristina Rosetti, PhD, (@CristinaMartaR) a scholar on minority religions and Mormon fundamentalism, to discuss a strange online artifact that came out recently. It was a documentary that asks a titular question "Who Killed Joseph Smith." We also discuss the growth of Mormon fundamentalism in the online age, and the best chocolate shops in Utah County. Read Cristina's article on Mormon fundamentalism that we referenced here:...
Feb 04, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 80
Episode Notes We are joined by Mark Agee (@MarkAgee) to discuss the previous year and all the stupid, absurd, funny, and tragic things we went through. (it's still January, shut up)
Jan 19, 2022•1 hr 50 min•Season 1Ep. 79
Episode Notes We are joined by Madison Tayt (@madison_tayt) to discuss headboards, polar vortex, da best city on earth baby, and her hellish journey through the American Justice System, for washing paint out of a bucket, due to a vindictive Democratic DA and a extremely overzealous police department. Donate to Madison's and her codefendants restitution fund here...
Dec 30, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 76
Episode Notes We are joined by our buddy Colin to discuss (@ColYou) to discuss the Propublica story about how the State of Utah funnels mandatory welfare spending for federal funding through the LDS Church and what that means for people who seek aid from the state. Link to the article here
Dec 22, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 75
Episode Notes We discuss an article about how a Deseret News columnist is afraid of her own Marxist daughters, and then we dive into the comments. It was pretty great. Article here: https://www.deseret.com/2021/11/21/22778821/perspective-the-socialist-at-the-dinner-table-communist-manifesto-parenting-politics Our Patreon: patreon.com/brighamyoungmoney...
Dec 11, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 74
Episode Notes The boys are joined by Liam Anderson (@notliamanders0n), from Well There's Your Problem, Lions Led by Donkeys, and Ten Thousand Losses Podcast, to discuss several topics, including Alex Jones big L in court, Kyle Kuzma, Chris Christie, and then we finish with a discussion about a profile from the Deseret News about totally normal billionaire and Utah Jazz owner, Ryan Smith. Link to the article here: https://www.deseret.com/utah/2021/11/15/22772490/ryan-smith-has-a-pitch-utah-jazz-d...
Nov 23, 2021•1 hr 33 min•Season 1Ep. 73
Episode Notes We discuss Poppy Madness, Q Anon bringing back JFK Jr. and the 104 year old JFK Sr, and then discuss the Utah legislature redrawing the congressional boundaries that everyone was totally okay with it.
Nov 16, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 71
Episode Notes The boys are back to discuss shadowy groups that have been pressuring schools and school boards to try and remove anything even possibly controversial. We also look at the ties these groups have to right-wing astroturf money firms, and also Mitt Romney's really awesome Ted Lasso costume
Nov 09, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 70
Episode Notes On the occasion of our 69th episode we discuss the nice and civil politicians that make up our system, namely the late Colin Powell and Utah's next senator, Evan McMullin.
Oct 28, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 69
Episode Notes In today's podcast we are joined by Business Insider's Áine Cain (@ainecain) to discuss Utah Governor Spencer Cox doing a bizarre press conference to highlight a local MLM's efforts to fight COVID, and what the general state of MLMs and politics are in Utah and the United States.
Oct 13, 2021•Season 1Ep. 68
Episode Notes In this episode we are joined by MJ (@tiger_beatdow) from the I Hate This Town podcast (@HateThisTownPod) to discuss the LuLaRich documentary, we then take that into a conversation about MLMs and their cultural significance and discuss a lot of horrible LuLaRoe patterns. To get another episode a week, subscribe at pateron.com/brighamyoungmoney
Oct 09, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 67
Episode Notes Subscribe at patreon.com/brighamyoungmoney
Oct 09, 2021•7 min•Season 1Ep. 66
Episode Notes The Boys are back together to discuss a myriad of topics. First, our recent appearance on the I Hate This Town Podcast, where we discuss all sorts of topics related to Utah, MLMs, and instagram influences. (Follow them at @HateThisTownPod) We then move on to the comments made by Utah Senate President J Stuart Adams about Donovan Mitchell "being uneducated" about his disapproval of the state's actions on CRT. Finally, we finish with a discussion about this weekend's "Holy War" game ...
Sep 10, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 63
In this episode, we're joined for an interview with our Emergency Room Doctor/friend Ken Sterns (@roto_tudor on Twitter) for a talk about how things are going in Southern Missouri in one of the most proudly unvaccinated areas of the country. Unsurprisingly, it's kinda bad. Before that, Greg and Kyle talk about the rest of the insanely cool and fun shit that's going on around town. Hottest gossip on the web! (Sorry, this is Kyle and this is the first time I've edited and published a podcast. Jord...
Aug 30, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 61
Episode Notes All the boys are back together to discuss a lot of issues. They start discussing COVID and the upswing in Utah, the ongoing mask debate with Salt Lake County, the new developments with DezNat, and our recent posting battles against the worst of Twitter.
Aug 18, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 60
Episode Notes Greg and Jordan are joined by our old pal Colin (@ColYou) while Kyle is still vacationing, but also we are joined by author, veteran, and host of the Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast, Joe Kassabian (@jkass99). In this episode we discuss the New York Times article featuring Black Rifle Coffee and how "sorry, not sorry" they are about the whole propagating right-wing violence thing.
Jul 31, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 58