Thu, 30 July 2015
Hour 1: Cenk hosting today. Bill O’Reilly demonized the Black Lives Matter movement. Videos of him and Andrea Tantaros calling it radical and dismissive of White Culture. Video of O’Reilly telling an opposing voice that he is the one person that sheds the most light on Black lives being lost. Sarah Palin went on O’Reilly’s show to talk about how Planned Parenthood kills more Black people than the followers of the Confederate flag. Video of her rambling about PP targeting Black people, but won’t admit that she’s insinuating they’re racist. |
Wed, 29 July 2015
Hour 1: Cenk hosting. Another unarmed Black man was shot and killed by Univ of Cincinnati police officer. After days of trying to avoid showing the bodycam footage, the cop has been indicted, and the tape has been released. Video of the traffic stop and murder. The sheriff of the county where Sandra Bland was arrested and found dead is denying the fact that racism exists in his county. Cenk details the many instances of racism in the county, including the fact that the sheriff was fired from his last job due to allegations of racism against him. Turkey is getting involved in the ISIS fight, but it may not be beneficial to America’s interests in wiping ISIS out. Cenk explains the complicated factions that have fueled the fighting. Breakdown of how the president of Turkey is making these moves to create more power for himself. |
Tue, 28 July 2015
A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from July 28, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com. Cenk hosting. The Daily Beast article that highlighted rape allegations in Donald Trump’s divorce proceedings with Ivana Trump have made headlines. She spoke about being being raped by Trump during the marriage after getting a bad and painful plastic surgery job. She has recently changed her interpretation of the rape, calling it totally without merit. Trump’s spokesperson came forward and sent a string of threats at the Daily Beast writer, including asserting that a person cannot rape their spouse. The spox had to eventually apologize for the profanity laced tirade against the writer. Cenk remembers the ad Trump ran in 1989 that called for the death penalty on 5 falsely accused Black men of rape in NYC. A dentist from Minnesota has been identified as the man that killed a famous lion in Zimbabwe that was known to be friendly toward humans. He bribed someone $55K to lure the lion out of the national park before he shot him with a crossbow and eventually decapitated it. A new ruling allows women with a high level of testosterone to continue to compete against other women without. The phenomenon of “Moss Viewing” is picking up momentum in Japan, where many people gather to analyze and admire moss. Jayar gives his zapped theory on Japan again. San Francisco is trying to minimize their public urination problem by using a repellant paint that causes urine to bounce back onto the pisser. |
Mon, 27 July 2015
A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from July 27, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com. Cenk Uygur hosting the 1st hour. Republicans reaction on guns to the movies. Perry point of view is gun free zone. Sandra Bland good update there will be federal investigation. Talking to a inmate….inmate said she was crying. She was excited to get out of jail. She shouldn’t be in jail all because of traffic signal. Autopsy says 30 to 40 cuts on her arms and find a little drugs. Video of Elizabeth Hasselbeck proposing the possibility that Bland could’ve used her cigarette as a weapon on the cop. Mike Huckabee appeared on a Breitbart radio show and while speaking out about the Iran deal, he claimed Obama is ushering Israelis to the door of “the oven.” Audio of the outrageous comparison. Cenk dismantles Huckabee’s Iran stance with his own previous quotes that called for negotiations with them, to avoid war. Video of President Obama responding to the ridiculous rhetoric by Republican leaders. After being condemned by Jewish groups and even Conservatives, Huckabee stands by his comments, and doubled down. He released a tweet that restated the oven comment. Ana joins Cenk for SCS. New York Magazine cover shows 35 of Cosby’s 46 victims, along with one empty chair to signify the ones that have not yet come forward. A pastor spoke to his congregation about hypocritical judgemental Christians have towards gays when they break rules of the Bible all the time. Video of one part of the sermon. Pat Robertson tackled the problem of SCOTUS justices that ruled against God’s Will. Video of Pat telling a viewer that he can’t answer why God didn’t strike them down. Another video of Robertson claiming that the Justices brought into the rhetoric of Planned Parenthood that had plans of conducting eugenics on Black Americans. |
Fri, 24 July 2015
A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from July 24, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com. John Iadarola, Jimmy Dore, Michael Shure and Jayar Jackson hosting today’s Power Panel. Details on the Lafayette Movie Theatre shooting, with accounts of the shooting from theatre patrons. Twitter posts by the shooter John Russell Houser are read showing his beliefs on racism and the political parties in America. Before the Lafayette shooting, President Obama discusses his frustration of current gun laws in America. Fox News displays their take on the shooter, characterizing more of the shooting as a random situation and not examining it as a regular occurrence in America. John displays gun stats that goes against the Fox News narrative, along with Australia having the lowest gun homicide and America being Number 1. Wyatt Cenac criticizes Jon Stewart over a Daily Show bit of Stewart’s impersonation of Herman Cain regarding Stewart’s tone of voice, Jon Stewart reacts harshly from Wyatt Cenac’s criticism by telling him to “fuck off”, but later apologises. |
Fri, 24 July 2015
A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from July 23, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com. Jimmy talks about how Chris Christie has turned his support from Springsteen and given it to Bon Jovi since Bruce has been making fun of him and Bridgegate. While more details emerge in the death of Sandra Bland, a voicemail she left a friend from jail has become public. Video of the friend playing the voicemail where she spoke about being puzzled that they arrested her for a minor traffic violation. Authorities have also claimed that she consumed or smoked a large amount of marijuana in the jail. Jimmy rants on the original stop and provocation from the officer. Trump is threatening to run as a 3rd Party candidate since the RNC keeps treating him like garbage. This comes right after he vowed to not run as a 3rd Party candidate. Jimmy points out that the GOP doesn’t like him because he exposes them as the ass kissers they have always been. Jeb Bush told a constituent that he is in favor of ending subsidies for the fossil fuel industry, as well as wind & solar so that future energy can be developed. Video of the exchange. Jimmy isn’t buying his assertion. Real Sports revealed that the rate of domestic abuse cases among MMA fighters more than triples the cases among NFL players. AAJ Plus video on how the cost of living has skyrocketed while wages have gone down. Talk about how trickle down economics don’t work. NetFling is a dating app that gathers data from your Netflix viewing habits and matches you with a partner that has similar interests. |
Wed, 22 July 2015
A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from July 22, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com. Wired magazine released an article that illustrates how our cars can be hacked into and controlled remotely. They conducted the experiment on a Jeep. Dash cam video of the arrest of Sandra Bland have been released as well as video of the hallway leading to her jail cell where she was found dead. Rand Paul has decided to run an ad destroying the many pages of the tax code to look tough. Video of Zoolander destroying files on a computer. Ben Shapiro of Breitbart appeared on Dr. Drew’s show where he insulted Zoey Tur, a transgender reporter that called him a little boy several times during their debate. Video of the discussion. After the appearance, Shapiro asked to get escorted to his car after Tur threatened to put him in an ambulance. Ana joins Cenk for SCS. The NY Times has published an article calling out the campaign of deception on Planned Parenthood. Video of NYPD confronting and beating a 24 year old Black man on suspicion of stealing a piece of $3 pizza. Study showed that gamers who lose tend to attack female gamers the most. Kim Horcher joins the discussion. |
Tue, 21 July 2015
A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from July 21, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com. Cenk hosting. TYT adopts an iguana and asks the viewers to name it Iggy Azalea or Rick James. Cenk gives out the current results of the “Freak 16” and outrageous poll numbers on Donald Trump with a Washington Post/ABC Poll with the Don at the top with 24% and tapping into the base’s desire of wanting a “strong leader”, according to the poll. Lindsey Graham thinks he is in a fight with the Don, by stooping to his level with an appearance on CNN defending John McCain by calling Donald Trump a “jackass” and is pissed, the Don replys that he is a stiff an idiot, couldn’t get a job in the private sector and gives out Lindsey’s cell number on top of all that. Rush Limbaugh gives his observations and his love for The Don regarding his lack of an apology towards John McCain and veterans. Cenk & Ana hosting. The conservative group looking to take down Planned Parenthood has released another secret taped video of a conversation about fetal tissue. Video of a negotiation about costs for shipping the tissue. The Conservative group’s “buyer” was the person that increased the price via negotiation. Another part of the video is where they discussed methods to abort fetuses and notifying the patient of the alternative method for scientific research. Cenk talks about how he’s evolved on the abortion issue. A Right Wing Evangelical preacher traveled to Uganda, Russia, and Eastern Europe to spread his message of hate towards gay rights and push legislation to kill gay activists. Lots of anti-gay sentiment rose in these areas after this flood of hate was injected. |
Mon, 20 July 2015
A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from July 10, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com. Cenk hosting. Donald Trump calls John McCain a loser for being a POW and likes people that weren’t captured. Cenk doesn’t think this will run Trump out of the campaign even though many people think this is the end. Cenk illustrates it with What About Bob video. Video of Marco Rubio claiming that these comments disqualify Trump from the race. Cenk also remembers when the Bush campaign insinuated that McCain had an illegitimate Black daughter to Southern voters in the 2000 primary. Mitt Romney sent a shot at Trump via Twitter, forgetting that he sought out and got Trump’s endorsement in 2008. Video of their niceties. Lindsey Graham responded by defending McCain on the loser debate, and defending illegal immigrants that Trump offended. With all of the condemnation coming from GOPers toward Trump over his disrespectful words about a decorated hero like McCain, they didn’t have as much ire when they swiftboated John Kerry in the 2004 election. Video of Jake Tapper challenging one GOP Congressman on their swiftboating. Ana joins Cenk for SCS. Latest developments on the group that put out the secretly filmed Planned Parenthood meeting about fetus organs. The group misrepresented itself in its tax status, deceiving the people that donate money to them. AshleyMadison.com was hacked, revealing information of many of the customers, threatening to do more unless their demands were met to shut down the site. Discussion about what kind of group may be behind this, based on morality or just anger. After Gawker caught hell for running a story outing an executive that was being blackmailed by his secret gay prostitute, two managing editors have stepped down. Conversation about the immorality of outing a gay person for no reason. |
Sun, 19 July 2015
Hank Chen, Karamo Brown and Ana Kasparian talk about Bill Cosby, Donald Trump, Cyberbullying, iPhone Gun Cases and Masturbation on this week's episode of The Point. |
Sat, 18 July 2015
![]() On April 15, 2015, 61-year-old rural mail carrier Doug Hughes grabbed headlines after flying his one-man gyrocopter from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to Washington DC and touching down on the west lawn of the Capitol building, bringing with him 535 letters - one for each member of Congress to draw attention to the pressing need for campaign finance reform. |
Fri, 17 July 2015
A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from July 17, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com. Power Panel; Cenk, Ben, Ana, and guest Maz Jobrani hosting. Donald Trump has gone after Republican critics like John McCain and Rick Perry on Twitter. Called McCain dummy and said Perry should have to take an IQ test before being allowed in a debate. Even John Dingell, the longest serving Congressman in American history told Trump he should delete his Twitter account. Lawrence O’Donnell has become the next MSNBC host to apologize for no reason. Video of O’Donnell outlining why he loves Trump and that he didn’t want to become part of the story of Trump’s campaign. He later apologized for questioning Trump’s salary from NBC for The Apprentice. Donald Trump is polling at 18% and leading 2nd place by 4% points. Talk about how incompetent someone would have to be to lose their job to an immigrant that doesn’t know the language. Lil Wayne was the target of an attempted murder plot carried out by Birdman and Young Thug. This was the culmination of the money dispute between Wayne and the label Young Money, who sued the label for over $50 million. With a new male CEO, Reddit continues to ban things like spam, copyrighted material, publication of someone’s private info, inciting harm or violence, and sexualy suggestive content that includes minors. |
Thu, 16 July 2015
![]() A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from July 16, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com. Hour 1: Cenk hosting. A military recruiting and training center in Tennessee was attacked today, killing 4 members of the military. The shooter fired a very powerful automatic rifle. The dead shooter was a 24 year old Muslim man that was an American citizen. Cenk is annoyed that the Dylann Roof mass shooting wasn’t considered a terrorist attack when it was just like this terrorist attack. Sandra Bland, a Black woman, was arrested on Friday by Texas police officers and held until Monday, when they found her dead body in the holding cell. Officials have called it suicide, but friends and family are disputing the claim. Video of officers making the arrest where they claim she assaulted the cop. After the deal in Greece and the Europeans was approved by the government, citizens took to the streets in protest. The peaceful protests turned into violence against riot police officers. Hour 2: Ana joins Cenk for SCS. Controversy over Caitlyn Jenner winning the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPYs. Bob Costas went on the Dan Patrick show and called it a crass exploitation play and that they could’ve found someone more deserving. Actor and director Peter Berg posted a picture of a soldier that lost his legs that was rumored to have lost the award to Jenner at the last minute, saying he lost 2 legs for this “man” to lose two balls. It has also been rumored that Caitlyn Jenner won the award because it was in exchange for the exclusive interview with Diane Sawyer earlier this year. |
Wed, 15 July 2015
A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from July 15, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com.
Hour 1: After Bill O’Reilly defended Trump’s statements about undocumented immigrants, he became outraged by the media’s reporting of it. Video of his ambush interviews on SF government officials. Video of O’Reilly going after Salon, Media Matters, and SJ Mercury News for reporting his support for Trump by comparing them to White Supremacist group Stormfront. A Satanic temple in Detroit was planning to unveil a statue of satan after they were repeatedly threatened by Christians. Discussion about how they sound just like Muslim terrorists, targeting an opposing religion. A federal judge forced Gardena police to release a police video from 2013 of officers killing an unarmed Latino man over a stolen bike that he didn’t steal. Video of the murder.
Hour 2: Cenk and Ana. New video of Mexican drug lord El Chapo’s escape has been released by the Mexican government. A RW anti-abortion group has released a video of their meeting with a Planned Parenthood executive that they claim shows PP taking part in selling fetal organs to a biotech company. In response, Louisiana Gov Bobby Jindal has halted all plans for New Orleans to open a PP office while an investigation takes place. A bill that would raise $4.75 million for breast cancer research was also eliminated in Congress over the video. |
Tue, 14 July 2015
![]() A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from July 14, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com.
Hour 1: Cenk hosting. We have struck a deal with Iran over their nuclear program and Conservatives are losing their minds. Videos of President Obama speaking about how great the deal is and how it will prevent war and their development of a nuclear bomb. Cenk supports the deal. He sifts through Richard Engel’s reporting about the potential downsides of the deal, that it could worsen the bad blood that already exists between ISIS and Iran. Benjamin Netanyahu called the deal a historic mistake. Video of his comments filled with lies, fear mongering, and violent rhetoric. Videos of Tom Cotton making up reasons that the deal won’t stop Iran’s nuclear program. Glenn Beck compared this agreement to Neville Chamberlain’s decision, among other statements dripping with irony.
Hour 2: Ana joins Cenk for SCS. A teacher has been sentenced to to 22 years in prison for a sexual relationship with an underaged student. Cenk thinks she should get help, but no jail time, while Ana thinks she needs some jail time, but not 22 years. Alabama Police at a hip hop concert tasered a young girl that was experiencing a seizure. When her mother showed up to help, she was also tased and arrested. Officials are working to lift the military ban on transgender Americans to join. The Boy Scouts have decided to possibly lift a ban on gay employees. |
Mon, 13 July 2015
A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from July 13, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com.
Hour 1: Cenk, Ben, and Ana hosting. Cenk announces that TYT has compiled 2 billion views. EuroZone leaders have come up with an agreement with Greece to rescue them from their economic woes. Ana outlines the deal. Discussion about the usefulness and effectiveness of the deal. Cenk doesn’t think this plan will stand. Chris Christie showed his annoyance with being asked questions about Donald Trump’s immigration comments on Fox. Videos of his angry response. Talk about how GOP candidates talking about it hurts them and helps Trump. Scott Walker presidential announcement ad that touted his economic victories and balanced budgets. Ana illustrates the many times he openly lied about his accomplishments.
Hour 2: Ben leaves, just Cenk and Ana for SCS. The former leader of a huge drug cartel in Mexico has escaped prison for the 2nd time. The FBI is protecting Donald Trump after El Chapo’s son threatened him over his Mexican immigrant comments. Trump is responding by claiming these tweets legitimize his hateful words, and that he would kick his ass rather than negotiate with these murderous cartels. The CEO of Reddit has stepped down under the pressure of many users calling for her resignation. |
Sun, 12 July 2015
![]() One of the earliest digital entrepreneurs, Drew Curtis built Fark.com into a hugely popular news aggregation site to rival Huffington Post, Drudge Report and Yahoo. Now he’s set his sights on a new challenge: an upstart independent campaign for governor of Kentucky, running on a platform of getting money out of politics, data-driven policy making and adopting best practices from other states’ experiences. Does he really have a chance? |
Sat, 11 July 2015
In this episode of Old School, Cenk Uygur (The Young Turks) and Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show) talk about Florida State University quarterback De'Andre Johnson punching a woman in a bar.
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Fri, 10 July 2015
A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from July 10, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com. |
Thu, 9 July 2015
A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from July 9, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com |
Wed, 8 July 2015
A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from July 8, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com |
Tue, 7 July 2015
A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from July 7, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com. |
Mon, 6 July 2015
A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from July 6, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com. |
Sun, 5 July 2015
Hosted by Ben Mankiewicz and Mark Thompson. Cenk appeared on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, the guys discuss how funny that show is and the impact of losing Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart at the same time. Ben discusses a book he recently read about Hollywood’s cooperation with the US government during World War II. Ben discusses the work involved in prepping for his TCM job and how busy he is in general which leads to a discussion about how terrible Magic Mike XXL is and the new Terminator surprised him. Mark discusses his podcast The Edge. Ben tells a story about experiences his Dad had with Steve McQueen and Joan Collins. Donald Trump’s campaign for President is discussed, along with this history of saying stupid things. Ben and Mark discuss the most recent celebrity divorce Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner. Mark tells a story about Sean Penn that isn’t exactly favorable to Sean which leads to a story from Ben about Jeff Goldblum and Guy Ferrari. The guys discuss getting feedback from fans. |
Sat, 4 July 2015
What the Flick?! reviews Terminator Genisys and Magic Mike XXL. |
Thu, 2 July 2015
A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from July 2, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com. |
Wed, 1 July 2015
A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from July 1, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com. |
Tue, 30 June 2015
![]() A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from June 30, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com. |