Totally Classic

Is Voting Rigged?

This week, Andy & Brendan discuss the electoral process, ground-level, in the democratic republic of the United States. VOTING! Is voting rigged? If so, in what manner of "rigged?" They explore re-districting & gerrymandering, voter suppression & disenfranchisement, packing & cracking, conspiracy theories & conspiracy truths (confessed) and more! Do you vote? Why? Do you believe that voting is rigged? For good or evil? Let us know!

Is Gender a Social Construct?

This week, Andy & Brendan examine a popular claim - is it aphorism or shibboleth? "gender is a social construct." Um... but IS THAT TRUE? From ancestral wisdom to modern medicine, from German to Sanskrit, from tautologies to taxonomies, it's all here in this week's Totally Classic! originally recorded by 5/5/26

Is Iran The Enemy?

This week, Andy & Brendan try to unravel a lifetime of historical evidence and place it in context of the radically divergent narratives around the target of U.S. military action in the present.  From two divergent pre-perspectives (prespectives?:) they seek to find common great (love Iranis!) and try to test the usual ontological methods to see if ENEMY is a relevant category... and if it applies? What do YOU think?

Is Drag the New Blackface?

This week, Andy & Brendan chart the history of minstrelsy - from Al Jolson & Bert Williams TO RuPaul & Pabllo Vittar! Why is Drag given a pass for doing all the same TYPE Of things that blackface does? OR why is blackface not given a pass for doing all the same TYPE OF things that drag does? Is this just full-on hypocrisy ("it's not bad cause I LIKE IT") OR is there something fundamentally different here? What do YOU think? originally recorded on 3/31/26

Are ICE the Bad Guys? (Part Two)

PART TWO OF TWO - Andy & Brendan continue to explore whether ICE are BAD GUYS or FLAWED GOOD GUYS? In a world where "F@%# ICE" and "ABOLISH ICE" are de rigueur, DOES THIS MAKE ANY SENSE? What makes an entire organization prosecuting over 400 laws A BLACK HAT? Are Neighborhood Watches AGAINST Law Enforcement just... the suburban version of "TRAPHOUSE LOOK-OUTS?" OR a modern militia fighting Gov't Illegality? Totally Classic LIVES in the place of - TALK TO PEOPLE YOU DON'T AGREE WITH ON WHAT YOU DON'T AGREE WITH! Asking questions and coming to fresh conclusions is HUMANING 101, and NO ONE HAS THE POWER TO CANCEL DIPLOMACY (and if they TRY, is their goal... WAR?) WHAT do YOU think? AND WHY? originally recorded on 3/17/26