DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss:
All terrestrial segments were recorded live on November 27th (Day 332 of 2020), and all podcast segments were recorded live on November 29th (Day 334 of 2020)
- Part 1 of 3 of the Podcast only content – Watching a 54 year old Mike Tyson step in the ring for the first time in 15 years, and realizing the pandemic has made us more interested in things we most likely wouldn't have cared at all about, otherwise.
- Terrestrial: Hour 1 (begins around 0:25:00)
- Amazon and Bezos might represent pure evil capitalism incarnate but let's never forget it was Walmart that put mom and pop's out of business, all Amazon is doing is working to put Walmart out of business.
- Those Christmas Tree carney clans in CLE have the industry on lockdown, and they're monopolizing Google searches like skilled Russian hackers, too.
- Macy's Day Thanksgiving Parade, unlike America in 2020, was the most inclusive Macy's Day Parade of all.
- Part 2 of 3 of the Podcast only content – Realizing that we may not fully recognize ourselves and the places we love most whenever this pandemic is over. (begins around 1:21:00)
- Lachlan MacKinnon’s ‘Best of Edition’ Let Me Tell You A Story: “Sock Barrel” (begins around 1:40:00)
- Terrestrial: Hour 2 (begins around 1:45:00)
- Elitist poodles can suck it, and the greatest dog film ever is a golden retriever Grand Champion story of stories (An overview of the Westminster Dog Show, and a damn good movie idea).
- They weren't pilgrims and they definitely we're not seeking "religious freedom". The real truth is quite the opposite, literally (a quick reminder of the real Thanksgiving story)
- The fattest states and cities in the country, and being surprised where Ohio and Cleveland rank.
- Having real gravy for the first time ever, and may Thanksgiving dinner never be without it.
- Part 3 of 3 of the Podcast only content – Mollie’s Weekly Reports: The havoc created by Amazon's cloud service crashing for a couple hours, turns out Tecate cerveza is not made in Mexico anymore, police blotter doesn't always suck but Mollie explaining her method of getting rid of snakes with a shovel is podcast gold. (begins around 2:40:00)
- Terrestrial: Hour 3 (begins around 3:07:00)
- Tristan Kardashian-Thompson was a starter on the 2016 Championship Cavs and integral to their success, but let's not lose our minds here about how "great" he was now that he's gone.
- Mollie’s Weekly Reports, terrestrial edition!
All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~
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Your recommended listening this week is Harry Nilsson's 1970 masterpeice (and animated film) "The Point"
The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
