Southpaw

Topics DiscussedWhat the point of political debates are: what it can and can't doBringing back PWNAGEHow WWE predicted everythingGolden handcuffs: money in politicsHow to train for a political debate as if it were an MMA fight, including but not limited to: verbal sparring partners, diet, performance enhancing drugs, drinking lotion and peak performanceNatural enemies forming unholy alliances just to own the libsIntellectual dark web = Bobby Heenan familyShilling: billionaires will give money to capitalists, not anti-capitalistsThe left is willing to duke it out amongst themselves, why not the right?What political debates would look like if it were done like a modern MMA tournament: rather than style vs. style, everyone vs everyoneHow the left dropped the ball on new media and everything else (winning TV but losing the internet)Memes and making your message easily shareableWinning hearts and minds vs. winning EmmysCelebrities = tomato cans and beating celebrities in a debate = tomato can crusher

A metametastudy of the career and fighting style of Renan Barao, and while we're at it, we talk TJ Dillashaw, Anthony Pettis, and Jose Aldo. Plus jokes!

There's some legitimately serious breakdowns in here, with some insights you won't find anywhere else. And mixed-martial-artsed in are some not-so-serious commentary, analogies to video games, pro wrestling, and anime. We're the Slavoj Zizeks of MMA. And oh yea, Derrick "The Black Beast" Lewis makes a funny.

On the very first episode of Southpaw, Sam & Paul go quickly from small talk, to medium talk, to deep talk, to post-talk. Elevating podcasting from the darkness to meet the light!