Topic: Pride Month

3 chapters across the catalog

95: IDK
• 2:22:31 - 2:26:11

95: IDK

Strategy 22: Know How to End Things

Strategy 22 emphasizes the importance of a clean conclusion. The hosts note how Black Lives Matter was strategically "ended" and replaced by Pride Month narratives. They discuss their own goal of reaching 100 episodes for the podcast, following the principle of "beginning with the end in mind" to ensure a meaningful body of work.

82: High Value Target
• 2:15:56 - 2:20:45

82: High Value Target

Macy's Funding and Corporate Pride Month

Mofax critiques the corporate funding of mainstream podcasts, using a Macy's-sponsored show as an example of "mind-numbing mind control." Macy's partnership with the Trevor Project and its promotion of LGBTQ-owned brands during Pride Month is discussed in the context of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) scores. The hosts argue that corporations benefit from "retail therapy" sought by unhappy, single consumers.

40: Politricks
• 1:56:53 - 2:01:15

40: Politricks

Billy Porter, Black LGBTQ Rights and Cisgender Men

Actor Billy Porter criticizes the black community for its treatment of LGBTQ individuals, specifically calling out "cis black men" for violence against black trans women. The hosts discuss this as a sign of the "abort button" being hit on the unified Black Lives Matter narrative, as different identity groups begin to clash during Pride Month. They reference Jemele Hill's claim that "black men are the white people of black people."