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Fork in the Road
FEB 7, 202582 MIN
Fork in the Road
FEB 7, 202582 MIN
Description
<p>No intro music!!</p><p><br></p><p>2025 has launched into a frenzy, starting off with a terrorist attack on the first in New Orleans, a surprise (officially) lawsuit from Drake the rapper suing Universal Music Group (and by proxy his archnemesis Kendrick Lamar), and then accelerating into the never-before-seen territory of government by Elon Trump after the Trump inauguration.</p><p><br></p><p>And then Herschel got a completely unhinged email entitled "Fork in the Road."</p><p><br></p><p>While we don't want to sound hyperbolic, January 2025 felt like a major inflection point along the trajectory of our nation - and our nation's collective (in)sanity.</p><p><br></p><p>We had to do an emergency podcast to talk it out.</p><p><br></p><p>#rtbth</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Show References</strong></p><ul><li><br><a href="https://www.xxlmag.com/drake-taunted-kendrick-lamar-not-like-us-grammy-sweep/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener 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