Episode 152: Politics & Vaccines

For this week’s episode, Tyrell and Daphne discuss the latest news and events. After catching up on life, the host discuss “Oh Lawd” news (7:27), including record-setting travel during a pandemic (7:50), the racist response to a Black Santa Claus (9:50), and hidden treasure in a renovated home (12:35). The hosts then turn their attention to international news and discuss protests in France (16:00) and the deportation of Cameroonian asylum-seekers in the United States (19:20). Next, the hosts have a conversation about post-election political news, including Trump’s efforts to overturn the election results (22:57), the unintended consequences of Trump’s fraud campaign (22:42), and a potential 2024 presidential run (27:33). Tyrell and Daphne close the episode by discussing updates related to the COVID-19 vaccines (31:50) and the potential for future lockdowns (45:15). 

Resources:

• BhD Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/bhdpodcast 
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• Thanksgiving eve was the busiest air travel day of the pandemic, despite health warnings – https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2020/11/27/flights-tsa-highest-thanksgiving-covid/ 
• Arkansas Man Said He Received Racist Note Demanding He Take Down Inflatable Black Santa – https://people.com/human-interest/man-receives-racist-note-demanding-he-take-down-his-inflatable-black-santa/
• Couple discover 66 bottles of Prohibition-era whiskey hidden in their upstate NY home – https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/25/us/whiskey-bottles-found-new-york-home-walls-trnd/index.html
• France Protest Over Security Bill -https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/28/world/europe/france-protests-security-bill.html 
• ‘Betrayed’ Black asylum seekers say Trump administration is ramping up deportations by force and fraud – https://news.yahoo.com/betrayed-black-asylum-seekers-trump-120029178.html
• A donor who gave $2.5 million to a pro-Trump group looking for election fraud wants his money back after disappointing results – https://www.businessinsider.com/donor-25m-group-trying-find-election-fraud-wants-refund-report-2020-11
• Trump’s Already Gaming Out a 2024 Run—Including an Event During Biden’s Inauguration – https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8996193/Trump-planning-event-president-elects-inauguration-announce-2024-run.html
• Polls Show Mike Pence Will Never Be President as Long as the Trumps Are Around – https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/11/polls-show-mike-pence-will-never-be-president-as-long-as-the-trumps-are-around/
• Joe Exotic’s reps have spent $10K at Trump’s hotels, seeking pardon – https://nypost.com/2020/11/26/joe-exotics-reps-have-spent-10k-at-trumps-hotels-seeking-pardon/
• The health-care system has failed Black Americans. No wonder many are hesitant about vaccine – https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/24/health-care-system-has-failed-black-americans-no-wonder-many-are-hesitant-about-vaccine/
• 2 Companies Say Their Vaccines Are 95% Effective. What Does That Mean? – https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/20/health/covid-vaccine-95-effective.html 
• What you need to know about the AstraZeneca, Moderna and Pfizer vaccines – https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/11/17/covid-vaccines-what-you-need-to-know/?arc404=true&itid=lk_inline_manual_4 
• U.S. Public Now Divided Over Whether To Get COVID-19 Vaccine – https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2020/09/17/u-s-public-now-divided-over-whether-to-get-covid-19-vaccine/
• Nigerians Receive First Payments for Children Who Died in 1996 Meningitis Drug Trial – https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/12/world/africa/12nigeria.html