Bird Road Podcast

We got the crew back together for one last job. JK we'll probably use this feed again in the near future. Be sure to subscribe to our other shows, Q's Florida true crime show Why Are We Like This? and Jewish Dave's long-running movie podcast Piecing It Together.

Strange memories on this nervous night in Las Vegas. We talked with journalist PJ Perez, the director behind Parkway of Broken Dreams, a retrospective on the culture created along Las Vegas’ Maryland Parkway in the 1990s — a scene that birthed this very podcast.  After a deep dive into the unique coffee-stained ’90s weirdness that spawned his idea for the documentary, we took a stroll down memory lane in a rousing game of Defunct Vegas Venue Trivia, testing PJ’s memory and mettle as a Sin City music-venue-knower.  Visit parkwayofbrokendreams.com to find out where and when you can catch the doc, and follow PJ on Twitter @PJPerez. The post Parkway of Broken Dreams feat. PJ Perez appeared first on Bird Road.

Does your senior healthcare system hang low? Does it wobble to-and-fro? Can you tie it in a knot? If you died would anyone know?  We discussed the bleak landscape of the future of healthcare through the lens of two apps aimed at helping old folks and mental health, all watched over by machines of loving grace. Papa is an app that erases your guilt about being a shitty son or daughter in the throes of late capitalism, and Brave is an app that improves your mental health by letting you complain to a robot about Brenda from accounting who thinks she’s soooo great but somehow is still single. Maybe look at yourself, Brenda. Maybe take a good long look in the mirror and ask yourself why you’re still single and pushing 35.  The post Healthy, Wealthy & Swine – A Just Dem Boyz Hangout appeared first on Bird Road.

It’s Election Day across and a disinterested nation yawns! In a Just Dem Boyz episode, the fellas go deep on how little there is to actually vote for in places like New Jersey, Virginia, and right here in the city of Miami. Then, we discuss the Satanic infusions of Luciferase in our vaccine supplies. Read the last book of the New Testament to see how this ends!  The main crux of this episode deals with the so-called Facebook Papers, the kabuki theater it represents, and whether it is feasible for people to drop the social network and salt the ground that birthed it.  The post Miami Elections, Francis Suarez, Luciferase, Facebook & Other Stupid Tech Scams appeared first on Bird Road.

Chance the Rapper voice: “And we back, and we back, and we back (AH! AH! AH!)” After an extended late-summer/early-fall hiatus, we’re back with a new season of Bird Road and we are coming out of the gates hot with our guest Jen Perelman of JENerational Change. We are talking all things from Noam Chomsky to COVID recovery to Ron DeSantis to meth lab real estate.  Follow Jen on Twitter at @JENFL23 and on her site at jenerationalchange.com. The post Welcome Back to Bird Road feat. Jen Perelman appeared first on Bird Road.

We recorded this like one hour before Andrew Cuomo resigned but we probably wouldn’t have done anything differently anyway. Don’t come to us for Andrew Cuomo takes.  We went into the other news of the day, including COVID, mask mandates, the IPCC report, Proud Boys culture and your own righteous anger.  The post On Proud Boys and Being Pissed appeared first on Bird Road.

Here comes the new August. Same as the old August. Q and Jewish Dave clear the cache of pent up frustrations surrounding our collective inability to repel a very basic and easily understood virus.  Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Instagram.  Delete your Facebook account.  The post SURGE, BABY! It’s Dawn in Pro-Covid Florida appeared first on Bird Road.

Disfrutalo. You can find Juliá Macías Tovar’s thread about the Twitter astroturf campaign for #SOSCuba here.  The post The #SOSCuba episode appeared first on Bird Road.

*** You can donate to the victims of the Surfside Champlain Towers disaster at supportsurfside.org.*** We caught up with Maria Guido from The Worst Week Yet Podcast to talk about Juvenile Justice reform and Ron DeSantis’ capricious (or more likely malicious) veto of a bill that would have expunged the records of youth offenders, despite the bill’s unanimous support among Tallahassee Democrats and Republicans. She lends her expertise as a social worker in the realm of Juvenile Justice to explain the challenges facing kids who run afoul of the law.  Later, we started feeling those vibes, yo. Which vibes? Oh, you know which vibes. It’s Bistro Vibes my man. Join us. Then, stick around to the end of the episode and learn about the free speech journey of the MILF Mobile. Follow Maria on Twitter @sandernista412. Check out The Worst Week Yet on Twitter @WorstWeekYet and worstweekyet.com.  Florida Politics – Gov. DeSantis vetoes juvenile arrest expunction bill: https://floridapolitics.com/archives/438562-gov-desantis-vetoes-juvenile-arrest-expunction-bill/  GQ.com – Introducing Bistro Vibes: https://www.gq.com/story/introducing-bistro-vibes The Intercept – MILF Mobile: https://theintercept.com/2021/07/04/milf-mobile-maine-free-speech/ The post I Got Your Worst Week Yet Right Here, Pal (But Literally) feat. Maria Guido (@sandernista412) appeared first on Bird Road.

*** You can donate to the victims of the Surfside Champlain Towers disaster at supportsurfside.org.*** Q & Jewish Dave sat down for an hour with the fellas from Red Tide Radio to go over a whole host of news items, and to try to have a bit of fun on a dour week marked by the tragedy of what could end up being a large loss of life in the Surfside Champlain Towers disaster. We talk about Miami-Dade’s fetish for development at all cost, and how that ravenous pursuit of profits translates to worse living conditions for our citizens. Then we got into a recent Bloomberg piece about the value of young people working extra hours for free, and how their sweat and blood greases the same great wheel that breaks their backs. We finish up with a rousing game of “Republican, or just a Florida Democrat?” which Thomas, frankly, dominated.  Check out Gerry and Thomas on Red Tide Radio on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbzQLM59unB1smJd_dnKm2A And on Soundcloud. Follow Thomas on Twitter @tomaskenn and follow Gerry at @tostonesoprano.  The post Another Crossover feat. Thomas & Gerry from Red Tide Radio appeared first on Bird Road.

This week we’re joined by Andrea Mercado of Florida Rising who, along with a slew of other activist groups, recently published their findings from a media monitoring campaign tracking disinformation in Spanish language media in Miami. No Mas Disinformation is live online, and it has been generating buzz about a corner of media that often goes under-discussed and is rarely explored by the wider media.  Andrea talks us through the findings, the trend lines in Spanish language media, introduce us to some of the biggest liars on the AM dial in Miami, and the full scope of the problems that come when entire swaths of our community have their perception of the world warped by outlandish lies.  Follow Andrea on Twitter @DREAMERcado and Florida Rising @FLRising.  And as a bonus, see if you can spot the various points where Q’s daughter makes an unannounced guest appearance throughout this episode. Enjoy! The post Do you believe the words coming out of your mouth? feat. Andrea Mercado appeared first on Bird Road.

Bird Road Podcast is BACK for Season 4: The Fourth Season. You thought you got rid of us? Wow. That really says a lot about you.  We celebrated the world’s largest Bitcoin conference which was held in Miami last week and has predictably been designated a COVID super-spreader event.  We also talked about Miami-Dade County’s anti-violent crime plan and the ... Read More The post Bitcoin Conference bf, MLM gf appeared first on Bird Road.

This week we have another Storyboys episode and Q is going deep on the confluence of scandals encompassing former-Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg, Rep. Matt Gaetz, Frank Artiles, phony political candidates,  electoral fraud, misappropriation of public funds, bitcoin fires, underage sex trafficking, and more the GOP’s favorite things. We explore how Florida is a test lab for the Republican ... Read More The post Storyboys – “It’s all connected” OR the unified theory of Florida GOP corruption appeared first on Bird Road.

In a JUST DEM BOYZ hootenanny Q and Jewish Dave touch on no shortage of topics, from the viability of Fiverr to Indonesian gig-worker scams to whatever happened to IFC.  The post Thanks a lot, Kate. We’ll be in touch about the consequences of your behavior. appeared first on Bird Road.

What has happened? What will happen in the future? What’s literally happening right now? Did Xzibit ever do a collab with Wu Tang? All questions are explored during this very introspective and special episode of Bird Road. Once again, it’s a Just Dem Boyz episode and we are going long.  The post The Smooth Gen appeared first on Bird Road.

I warned ya. Caveat emptor, as they say.  The post don’t bother listening to this one unless you REALLY just like hearing Q & Jewish Dave break the law appeared first on Bird Road.

In our inaugural Storyboys episode, Q has a story to tell about the senior Senator from Arizona, the Queen Bee thumb-downer, the master of political disguise, Kyrsten Sinema, and about whether the US Senate is a corrupting influence, or if the institution’s allure of power and influence simply attracts the most easily corruptible handmaidens of power.  A little of both, ... Read More The post Storyboys: On Sinema – Kyrsten Sinema and the corrupting power of the U.S. Senate appeared first on Bird Road.

It’s just the fellas, Dem Boyz, riffin’, choppin’ it up, talm’bout… whatever. History. Life. Culture. Us. Enjoy it folks. Real classico shit right here.  The post JUST. DEM. BOYYYYYYYYZ Spectaculo 2021 appeared first on Bird Road.

This week we’re talking with State Rep. Anna Eskamani from District 47 about a whole host of issues, including Gov. Ron DeSantis’ failed vaccine rollout, the role that politics and preference plays in serving citizens, the HB1 anti-protest bill and Rush Limbaugh. She also outlined a solution to fixing the broken state Democratic Party.  Follow Rep. Eskamani on Twitter @AnnaForFlorida. ... Read More The post Florida Whip-Around Coverage feat. Rep. Anna Eskamani appeared first on Bird Road.

As part of the Great Miami Tech Migration of 2021, Mayor Francis Suarez in recent weeks has initiated interstellar communication with the Imaginary Iron Man, the original Space Karen and freshly minted Richest Dude On Earth, Elon Musk, to punch a bunch of holes in our city and uh, help… traffic? Cool. We spoke with Alissa Walker from Curbed about ... Read More The post Magic City Musk (Underground) feat. Alissa Walker appeared first on Bird Road.

We have returning friend-of-the-Bird Justin Azpiazu back to shoot the shit about the GameStop/WallStreetBets imbroglio, just in time for the whole house to come crashing down on itself.  Follow us on Twitter @BirdRoadPodcast. The post $GME, none left for me appeared first on Bird Road.

In this Bird Road-Piecing It Together crossover episode, Q and Jewish Dave go deep on the indie hit Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets, its stars and creators, and explore their own years-long complicated and storied history with Las Vegas dive bars.  Michael Martin for and Academy Award! Follow Michael Martin on Twitter. The post Dive Bar Bingo – Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets Crossover Episode with Piecing It Together appeared first on Bird Road.

After a 24 hours that may have changed the course of the future, Q and Jewish Dave talk through what happened, how it got this way, and what the future will probably look like (bad).  The post The Senate, Literally Up For Grabs appeared first on Bird Road.

In another JUST DEM BOYZ classic, Q and Jewish Dave put a bow on the year by sharing three resolutions for 2021 and three things they learned in 2020. It’s a real cathartic listen, seriously it’s a whole thing. You gotta hear it for yourself.  The post All my acquaintance? Should be forgot. appeared first on Bird Road.

Dem Boyz are back with the new puro and we are digging into Miami’s “tech boom” and exploring whether it amounts to anything more than some rich dudes trying to avoid taxes and not wear masks.  We also get into the deficient COVID bailout package, gaming news, Disney, Warner Brothers and Eve6.  The post ‘I’m from Silicon Valley and I’m here to help’ appeared first on Bird Road.

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We talked with Hallandale Beach Vice Mayor Sabrina Javellana about the wave of progressive candidates ushered into office north of the Miami-Dade county line, what it means for Florida’s second-biggest county, and how it could serve as a template to win more elections throughout the state. We also touched on how Florida’s progressives are centering new and strong voices, and ... Read More The post Sometimes you eat the Broward, and sometimes the Broward eats you, feat. Sabrina Javellana appeared first on Bird Road.

They lost Florida, they lost key Senate races, they lost ground in the House, and they lost their collective cool as they descended into arguments and infighting this week. But the Democrats also won their biggest prize, and it wasn’t really very close. Today, Americans all across the political spectrum (except the right) are breathing a sigh of relief that ... Read More The post Giving the Dems Their Due feat. Jason Harris appeared first on Bird Road.

We had local activist Thomas Kennedy on to talk about the misconceptions and realities behind what happened in Miami in this year’s election, and during our diagnosis we got the news that the ol’ US of A has herself a new danged ol’ president in real time. After discussing the big news, we did a deep post mortem on the ... Read More The post It’s All Over But the Lawsuits and Blame Avoidance feat. Thomas Kennedy appeared first on Bird Road.

It’s Trump-Biden talk with JUST DEM BOYZ. We hit a bunch of pre-election topics, staring down the barrel of potentially our last week of a non-lame duck Trump administration.  Can Biden win? Will Trump use his Invincibility Starman powers in the next 8 days to close out strong? Is the enthusiasm gap real, or just some dumb shit? Is MAGA ... Read More The post Dispatches from the last (maybe) dying (possibly) days of Trump’s America (or maybe not) appeared first on Bird Road.

Adam Christensen (ForTheManyNotJustMe.com) is a progressive running against one of the most hilariously incompetent candidates for Congress in Florida — which is truly saying something. We caught up with Adam to hear about his goals for FL CD3, how a progressive can make headway in a traditionally conservative southern district, and how fun it is to run opposition research against ... Read More The post My Own Private Nonexistent Cattle Ranch feat. Adam Christensen appeared first on Bird Road.

We’re back baby with a Just Dem Boyz episode and a semi-wrap-up of last night’s very depressing debate. We got into how the only audience for these omni-culture political events are people with poisoned brains who take all the wrong things away from them, and how the logical conclusion is to abolish debates and abolish elections.  We also talked about ... Read More The post Abolish Debates. Abolish Elections. appeared first on Bird Road.

***Elijah Manley’s run for HD 94 is over, but he needs our help canceling out his campaign debt. Help out by donating today.*** We did some film review, diving deep into the new release Boys State from A24 and AppleTV+, that outlines the hypernormalized annual retreat that 1,000 boys in each state and Washington, DC partake in to learn to ... Read More The post The Boys Are All Right-ish feat. Elijah Manley appeared first on Bird Road.

The pod is thrice-graced by James Hearn’s regal chicano presence, and we talked music, bad shows, good moves, cold nights in Wyoming, and of course, the old nationaliano politicasticos-aroonie (national politics).  Mark your calendars to buy “Little Tweaker Pad on the Prairie” by the The Handee Dandees, on sale Sept. 11, wherever James music is sold.  The post Mile High is for Chumps and Cowards feat. James Hearn appeared first on Bird Road.

We talked with WLRN’s Lance Dixon about his analysis of key local, state and national races from a Miami perspective, covering elections in a time of COVID, the improprieties of Katherine Fernandez Rundle’s Miami Foundation scheme, and whether Miami-Dade has a problem electing black candidates for countywide positions.  You can follow Lance @LDixon_3 and check out WLRN at wlrn.org.   The post L@ur@ L00m€r and Florida news that actually matters feat. Lance Dixon appeared first on Bird Road.

Florida’s primaries were held on Tuesday, and there were good results, bad results, and some surprises. We enlisted Juan Cuba to help make sense of it all.  The post Primary Post Mortem feat. Juan Cuba appeared first on Bird Road.

We sat down for the better part of an hour to talk with Daniella Levine Cava, the Bird Road (and Miami Herald) endorsed candidate for mayor of Miami-Dade County and its 2.7 million residents. If elected, Levine Cava will become our first female county mayor, and will give us a breath of fresh air in the form of a strong ... Read More The post The mayor Miami needs. The mayor Miami deserves? feat. Daniella Levine Cava appeared first on Bird Road.

If you select a running mate and no one is around to see or hear it, did it really happen? Q and Jewish Dave talk about the hypernormalized nature of campaign milestones in a COVID world.  We also debunk Kamala birtherism, explore how people’s brains are being broken, and talk TikTok.  Music in this episode is by David Rosen.  The post Kamala and kids appeared first on Bird Road.

We talked with South Florida Sun-Sentinel reporter Mario Alejandro Ariza, author of Disposable City, about the precious ephemeral nature of Miami, why it’s imperiled by climate change and the top, oh, 40 or 50 threats it faces as a result.  You can find Disposable everywhere books are sold (and also on Amazon). Follow Mario on Twitter @inaminorkey. Music in this ... Read More The post Welcome to the Disposable City where the players play and we kayak to work like every day feat. Mario Alejandro Ariza appeared first on Bird Road.

Twelve years ago, Michael Rosenberg found himself locked in a fight with Miami-Dade County over his water bill. That began a journey of civic engagement that led him into numerous commission meetings, a dog kennel, and now as a candidate for Miami-Dade District 7 commission seat.  You can learn more about Michael at MichaelDistrict7.com. The Pets Trust documentary can be ... Read More The post ‘This Is It’ feat. Michael Rosenberg (Candidate for Miami-Dade Commission) appeared first on Bird Road.

In an all-Bird Boyz episode we discussed the skyrocketing calamity that is the COVID-19 response in the U.S., the Hershey’s chocolate syrup-soaked freaks who made it to happen, and how much better things used to be.  The post Lemme Reminisce Over You My God appeared first on Bird Road.

We got a real treat for ya’ll this week. We’re leaving the city, heading into the wilds of South Florida and abandoning this rotting urban hellscape. We talked with Corey Campbell from the Big Cypress Natural Preserve to get the lowdown on how to get out of your house while observing social distancing safe practices. Corey also gives us some ... Read More The post We Can’t Stop Here, This Is Skunk Ape Country feat. Corey Campbell appeared first on Bird Road.

We talked about the latest news and specifically the ever-present threat of antifa bogeymen scaring the living piss out of triglyceride-soaked human hot dogs. We also did a Do I Have To, where Jewish Dave watched the FX series DAVE and Q watched the 2019 film Frances Ferguson. Music by David Rosen.  The post No Carbs Left Behind appeared first on Bird Road.

We sure left a shit-show for the next generation. Thankfully, they seem up to the task of cleaning up our mess. This week, All Points West along with the CLEO Institute and Unicorn Fire Radio are launching House On Fire, a new youth-led climate activism podcast where JP Mejia and Gabriela Rodriguez talk with experts and voices about the impending ... Read More The post The House Is On Fire feat. JP Mejia and Gabriela Rodriguez appeared first on Bird Road.

Going forward we are doing nothing but Facebook Live/Zoom watch parties of stuff we make fun of. Here’s our first one.  The post THIS IS JUST A TEST. (I mean, it’s also an episode. You can listen to it.) appeared first on Bird Road.

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, there have been over 160 wildcat strikes across the country and 190,000 rent-strikers – not that you would know that based on the meager coverage they receive. This week, Q talked with Priscilla Grim from CoronaStrike, a platform calling for workers, renters, prisoners, detainees and others to come together at a level of ... Read More The post Quar! What is it good for? Absolutely wildcat strikin’, say it again. feat. Priscilla Grim from CoronaStrike appeared first on Bird Road.

This week, Q and Gina Mizzoni hosted a Facebook Live Town Hall with Nevada Assembly District 16 candidate and friend of the show Joe Sacco. If you want to get involved with Joe’s campaign, or just learn more about him, visit votejoesacco.com and follow his page on Facebook (where you can also watch the video version of this episode to ... Read More The post Facebook Live Town Hall feat. Joe Sacco, NV Assembly District 16 appeared first on Bird Road.

These days and weeks are beginning to drag on. We need our joyful yummies. We need our happy touches and to pay for things, subjugating others. We want it and love it, right folks?  The post Head-Ass Ass Episode appeared first on Bird Road.

A rare daytime recording between Dem Boyz. We catch up and look back at Obama’s legacy through the lens of recent revelations in the New York Times and Politico that he worked to undermine the progressive/socialist side of the Democratic Primary.  We also (kind of?) debunk the allegations against Tara Reade (not Tara Reid) being untrustworthy because of a Dr. ... Read More The post Embracing Obama’s Legacy as a Bad U.S. President + A Failure to Communicate appeared first on Bird Road.

I’ll tell ya one thing, I ain’t votin’ for Donna Shalala’s ass again. I can tell you that shit right now. That’s one thing I can tell ya. Deadass.  The post Bernie’s Gone, Baby, Gone appeared first on Bird Road.