Podcast #171: Harvey Weinstein and the Complexities of Sex & Power

Episode #171 of DXP is a bit of a disaster. Well, maybe it's not too bad, but it was recorded a day late, way too early in the day, with minimal liquor, and with one of us feeling like he'd recently had open-heart surgery or something. Anyway, we begin the episode by lamenting how damn cold it was down in that subterranean bunker we call a basement, after which we turn our attention to Hollywood's very own sexual predator, Harvey Weinstein. After listening to a recording of him attempting to coax a young woman into his hotel room, and after making it clear that we think he is a total pig, we discuss the complexities of power in cases like this: If it is consensual is it still wrong? What role does "innocent until proven guilty" play? After our break we discuss Trump's recent insistence that the outright persecution of those holding Judeo-Christian values in this country has to stop (insert eyeroll here), and then we take a couple voicemails about such topics as family/social-media dynamics and Slim Jims. Jason is biebered by restaurant furniture, while Christian's bieber has to do with wasting time on television (not people wasting time watching it, because that would be ridiculous. It's something else). Also, "All Holidays Matter."