Friends of the Show: Race Wars Podcast

0  2015-01-24 by 867-5309-

In the last year Sherrod Small and Kurt Metzger's podcast "Race Wars" quickly became one of my favorite podcasts. The show was original, controversial and absolutely hilarious but as quickly as it rose to greatness it has fallen to unprecedented lows. The problem is not Kurt or Sherrod, rather for the last few months each show has been consistently ruined by Caitlin and Karen whose only contribution seems to be their desperate need for airtime, they add absolutely nothing to the subject matter and more often than not are responsible for derailing the discussion when Kurt, Sherrod and a guest are flowing with great, funny discussion.

I know there are many other Race Wars fans in this sub and am curious what your thoughts are on this topic.

If Sherrod or Kurt read this, I'm begging you to fire Caitlin and Karen or, at the very least, only have them on occasionally.

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Karen is a bigger offender than the other. But considering the format and the discussions, the hole part is kind of needed, even if it gets a Shut up out of Kurt, or a dismissive joke from Sherrod.

But this podcast is the fucking shit. I came across it like a month maybe 2 at this point from someone here.

I love Kurts utter disdain for Jehovas witnesses, I like the honesty, the say whatever you want atmosphere.

Gavin McInnes went in there and got nearly killed for the shit he was saying, that episode hooked me.

If anyone on the fence about listening to Kurt and Sherrod, listen to the Gavin McInnes episode first.

The problem is that when the girls are asked to back off by Kurt or Sherrod they refuse to do so; it wouldn't be an issue if they added value to the program but when they derail the conversation it is only to add an unrelated niche comment (I actually often agree with the niche comment they'll add to the discussion but more often than not their comment is barely related to the current discussion and tends to derail that discussion to switch the focus to what she wants to discuss). I wouldn't mind it if it didn't happen so often.

The names on the marquee are Kurt Metzger and Sherrod Small NOT Kaytlin Bailey or Keren Margolis who, in the immortal words of eRock, "bring nothing to the table."

For those interested in the Bonnie & Gavin episode, here it is: https://soundcloud.com/racewars/race-wars-1-20-15-mixdown#t=0:00

Thing is, Gavin's points can be stupid, but atleast theyre're entertaining (like some of Ant's). The girls shut that stuff down, and fill it with uninteresting or douchey sjw statements (e.g. "Robbing her of her agency"). I'm starting to get tired of it, one girl is more than enough.

I'd rather listen to an entertaining racist than a reasonable bore

Another absolute winner, was the Black Israelites dude.

He pissed the girls off so bad, especially Karen.

He was such a fucking raving loony toon, it was great.

The girls have value when they are being incited into anger by a guest.

They are the first to get angry, Kurt tries to logically debate, while Sherrod will crack a joke, the bitches get fucking mad really fast.

Agreed. Bonnie M was good when she was on, but these two are terrible.

"Your entire college life was a total waste of time, all your professors are stupid, all their books are written in gibberish. There's no such thing as intersectionality, that was all a giant waste of money, in fact everything you learned was UNFACT, so you actually came out dumber"

I used to have trouble telling Kaitlyn and Keren apart, Kaitlyn has a lower voice and tries to wrap up tangents with points more often while Keren gets more emotional.

I roll my eyes at Kaitlyn more often but also end up agreeing with her more often.

I roll my eyes at Kaitlyn more often but also end up agreeing with her more often.

I have the same reaction; it's always befuddling when you find someone to be so annoying but agree with her most of the time. It's not the issues/topics she discusses rather that she shoehorns them into the conversation at a time that they don't fit and completely derails a really good discussion.

I refuse to believe that the holes on the show are comediennes. Though often enough Kurt will steamroll them with actual jokes that it's not too bad. I also agree that the nature of the show kinda needs a hole.

Wasn't there a 3rd guy in the beggining? I could never remember his name, it was just "guy who's not a guest named Kurt or Sherrod" and then he disappeared?

I agree about the chicks, but Kaitlyn brings that douchey hipster-lib POV that is good fodder, but she can at least back it up somewhat. People REALLY don't like her, but I don't mind her. She's made me chuckle a few times. And Kurts girlfriend is a new(er) comic, and she lets him fuck other girls. I'll start a podcast tommorow and let my girlfriend trample all over if that was the case for me.

Bill Schultz was there for a while; LOVED hearing Bill with Kurt and Sherrod.

Yeah, wha' happened? Never really heard of him but he was good on the show.

I don't know; after he was let go by FOX when they decided to tweak Red Eye Bill was a regular on Race Wars and hasn't been on or mentioned in months.

I love the podcast. First i saw kurts special. Fucking loved it. One of the best specials this year. So I checked out the podcast. Solid.

As far as the hole complaints. It's a rare occasion where I think kurts and Sherrod edge warrants it. And yea sometimes they can be annoying but overall they aren't bad. Though kurts girlfriend is worse. But that's probably more girlfriend with the host dynamic.

Kaitlyn and Karen. I can't ever remember which is which.

But then again some of the funniest moments have been exchanges between kurt and his woman. Guess it's a fine line.

Keep the broads.

Karen is Kurts piece.

Here is the lovebirds.

http://www.zimbio.com/Keren+Margolis/pictures/pro

Kurt looks like a baby fucker.

Wow, in that photo Kurt looks like he hasn't slept since Bush was President.

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