Show Notes
What does it say about America that we're obsessed with a deformed raccoon? Langston and David are joined by the brilliant actress Bresha Webb (Run the World, Marlon) to discuss Jimothy the internet sensation as well as answer a voicemail about the lost artifacts of slavery.
0:00 Cold open: Ranch and barbecue sauce
2:27 Jimothy the raccoon
8:40 The struggles of a no-neck existence
17:38 Acting roles bleeding into life
31:27 Why’d they name Jimothy slave-style???
35:48 Bigfoot, aliens, and Asian neighbors
52:11 Listener voicemail: Where are all the slave ships?
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