A Bungle in the (California Primary) Jungle (+ Alex’s Copium Real Madrid Rant)

Alex kicks things off with a slightly unhinged rant about Real Madrid blowing a wild Champions League tie to Bayern Munich—before pivoting to a bigger point: sports and politics run on the same emotional logic. People don’t just root for their team—they root against the other side’s fans, because they hate the idea of those people getting what they want. From there, the episode dives into California’s chaotic governor race, where a fractured Democratic field—now reshuffled by Eric Swalwell dropping out—and the state’s jungle primary mean the outcome is less about ideology and more about math, with even the possibility of a Republican sneaking through under the right conditions.