Another Fine Mess
Another Fine Mess is not just another politics and news podcast. Hosts Roger Gray and Mike Vance were afternoon drive talk radio partners back at the start of the century. They amused Houston audiences with not only political talk but entertainment, books, sports and humor. Lots of humor. That's because, while Roger has a half century of traveling the world doing news, Mike was a professional stand-up comedian and fronted an original country music band for two decades. They went their separate ways for a bit, but could not abide the idea of today's mess of a world going unchallenged. They're doing just that each week in Another Fine Mess! You can expect to hear a little of that entertainment, sports and history talk, too. Learn something, and do it with a smile. Mike Vance is the author of fifteen non-fiction books on Texas history, sports, and comedy, and four historical fiction novels. Mike also writes and hosts the irreverent history podcast Prick the Balloon. He has written, produced and directed eight feature length Texas history documentaries and over 150 short educational Texas history films. Before his writing career, Vance spent 20 years as a professional stand-up comedian and musician before working on-air in radio and television. Mike has taught Texas history at Rice University’s Glasscock School of Continuing Studies for more than a decade. Roger Gray has toiled at the journalism trade since 1970 and his first radio news job at KTRH in Houston. Over those woefully misspent years, he has worked in radio, TV and written for magazines. He was twice elected President of the Texas Automobile Writers Association and was elected to the Texas Radio Hall of Fame. He covered the first Persian Gulf War, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the reunification of Germany, Oslo Accords in Israel and peace talks in Ireland. He interviewed writers, actors, politicians and every President from Ford to George W, and none of them remember him. Now, he is part of the Texas Outlaw Writers, and if this doesn't pan out, the outlaw part will still work as he will indeed resort to robbing banks.
Episodes
Roger and Mike talk Senate races, election fraud lies, bad polling, and partying with married mistresses and fugitives from justice in Dubai. Plus Rog is abnormally cheesed about Hirocheeto's blatant treasonous behavior. We even break down exactly how much the orange one has enriched himself at our collective expense.
The boys dive deeply into misplaced blame over everything from the price of diesel to rising inflation to why some Obamacare users got a check in the mail. There's nonsense involving urban transit funding and a very somber anniversary in Israel. Lastly, Mike takes a look at some fun word origins. Bottoms up, everybody!
The guys look at the latest misuse and reappropriation of our taxpayer dollars, at Dr. Oz hanging with rapists, the difference between Iowa and Atlanta, and how the most blatant misdeeds won't prompt republican officials to grow a pair. Plus Mike reminds liberals to keep their Eyes on the Prize.
The administration is determined to kick another million people off their Affordable Care Act health insurance, and at the same time they want to continue axing the research that might cure cancer or heart disease or infectious viruses. Hey, don't sweat it, high prices for gas, groceries, and rent are a hoax, and if they have their way, you won't get to vote anyway. Roger and Mike break down these stories and more news you should k...
The boys talk about the mail-in ballot slapdown (for now), the Kennedy Center, the War, and that dipshit racist running for office in Texas. Which one, you ask? Fair enough. Plus lots more of the week's political news.
There was an AI breach that should scare us all shitless. And if that's not enough, the n*zi wannabes won a big election in Germany. What could possibly go wrong?!? Rog and Mike have the lowdown on these stories and much more on this week's AFM.
Yes, the administration outdoes itself from week to week with new stupidity. The pointless war has now increased bond prices & government debt worldwide, meaning prices of everything will be going up, up up. But don't fret, they still have time to fire all the generals, disenfranchise millions of voters, cut down trees, ignore court rulings, lie about everything, and ...whew! It's enough to make a guy want to get stuck in a bat...
More of these pointless cuts are coming home to roost, and the boys hope against hope that the administration has reached a tipping point in pissing off their own supporters. Plus Roger and Mike stand up for the men and women of the US military. Lord knows the Pentagon isn't.
The hypocrisy and corruption from the administration continues to reach new heights, or low, even though we always think that's impossible. This week Rog and Mike point out that the actual party praising communists and embracing Muslims are the republicans, even while that sophomoric name calling has become the official party platform. There are also the chickens coming home to roost after cuts at the FDA, and forest fires worse th...
So much in the news to piss the boys off this week. The criminal administration wants to end many time-proven vaccines, eliminate all Muslims and Hindus, deny basic historical fact, and offer their version of thoughts and prayers to help Americans struggling financially. Of course, when the prez says "affordability" is a made up "Democrat" word, would you expect anything less? But it's all rosy to them because he's dropped a billio...
The guys sprinkle the latest egregious administration corruption throughout this week's look at the news. Big Bird is under attack again, US auto makers are on the ropes, and a little look at a low point for the great Jackie Robinson. And did we mention corruption?
Need distractions to make people forget that we're all in high-priced hot water? Haul an 86-year old retired guy before Congress. The lads also discuss more severe limitations on student loans, health care, free speech and especially your pocketbook. And of course, we're still stuck in an idiotic war. Oy!
The boys get a tad tangential this week and throw in talk about raccoons, Lyndon Johnson, and their radio days. Mostly though, it's the usual no-holds-barred informed analysis of the weeks politics and news. Done with some snark and a smile.
It's always tough to distill a week's worth of administration corruption into 40 minutes, but the guys talk War with Iran, Defense budget, Lindsey Graham, ICE murders, the cowardly speaker, the housing bill, more election lies, and the gutting our the US Parks Service lands so republican cronies can line their already bulging pockets. Whew. If that's not enough, what about ancient scarlet macaws on the high deserts of New Mexico?
The boys tackle lots of news, spending plenty of time on the U.S. World Cup disruption, but not neglecting the NATO meeting, the restarted war, Graham Platner, another ICE murder, and the gutting of America's greatest treasures - our National Parks. If that's not enough, Mike shares the history of canned food and a bit of an oversight.
The gents excoriate the much-less-than-Supreme Court, but Mike may piss off some fellow libs in the process. It's more amateur hour at the war & peace table, Roger takes a New York candidate to task, and Mike finds one post-presidential job he really likes.
Roger & Mike covered a lot this week. Republicans trying to ban IVF, Republicans telling their own Muslim members to leave the country, a grocery store racist who made $125k, some 16th century Austrian history, and blue paint bubbling to the green surface. Despite the algae, this episode of AFM is good, (mostly) clean political fun.
Do we have a peace deal even if the terms are not disclosed and each side is giving a different story? Roger and Mike will wait until the tree falls in forest to find out. Meanwhile, there is some heartwarming news related to the World Cup and the same old BS from the White House over election ballots. And Mike's history fact is all about cussing parrots.
First off, don't expect rhyming titles moving forward, but the guys talk Big Bend wall, Middle East blunders, total lack of foresight and much more. The history fact has to do with reading the little bumps on your noggin.
The guys give you the lowdown on the shutdown of science by the administration, and Mike says both sides can pat themselves on the back for the lowest murder rate in 100 years. Meanwhile, there is no morality in site on Pennsylvania Avenue. But there were plenty of mobility-impaired bullfrogs in New Orleans in the 1930s.
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