Break it Down with Rick and Tim

Belief Systems (Part 2)

Break it Down with Rick and Tim concludes the topic of Belief Systems with discussions on Harvey Weinstein, the abuse women continuously face, and how Donald Trump has infected the minds of good, hard-working people. If you are an attractive person, you get to do attractive things. How children are at risk because of sexual predators which include the story of James Safechuck and Wade Robson’s account of surviving Michael Jackson’s alleged molestation. Rick discloses the social programming that he had to overcome, and Tim recollects how his church poorly handled an LGBTQ kid. Tim shares the religious grooming he witnessed at a park where a local church told everyone in a song that the “other” is the enemy. Part 2 of 2 on Belief Systems. This week’s “Let’s Trigger Rictor” segment is on male pattern baldness and Rick’s consumption of soda. Clips included are from The Megyn Kelly show, The Wendy Williams Show, Oprah Winfrey Presents: After Neverland and The View.

Who is Rick and Tim?

Who are Rick and Tim and why are they making a podcast called Break it Down? One is a reformed bigfoot cult member, and the other is a high school teacher who offers examples of how to understand the world we live in. Seeing things through the lens of empathy is a quote Tim uses as he and Rick discuss how they came up with the podcast and why they felt the need to discuss such hot topics. TikTok and China are discussed with a possible catastrophic impact that TikTok has on Western Culture and our unsuspecting teenagers. Does Rick think TikTok should be banned? Tim attempts to explain to Rick what “Be Real” is, the latest social media trend. Rick explains to Tim what Generation Jones is and how it is the forgotten generation. Politicians using the Bible as a moral compass vs our true American religion: capitalism is discussed. Rick confesses how he votes. Echoes of the past and what happened on January 6th, remind us that “freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” Rick shares his feelings on what September 11th did and how Millennials don’t have the lived-in experience of the life we had before all our lives changed. Tim chooses a topic for “Let’s Trigger Rictor” that would generally be a sure bet in sending Rick into lunar orbit: Associating LGBT people with pedophilia. Instead, it makes Rick very sad and reflective, and he explains why. Pedophilia is not a sexual preference. One does not equate the other based on hateful destructive assumptions. The “Let’s Quiz Tim” segment has to be the funniest one Rick has made. Warning: It’s not politically correct and the naughty jokes are about politics. Clips include TikTokker: newgirlny_fl and CNN archival footage.

Women’s Rights

Tim is a married man and takes the topic of women’s rights very seriously as a father of two little girls. Pay discrepancies and Roe v. Wade are on Tim’s mind especially with women becoming second-class citizens in our red states. What’s going to happen to women in the rest of the country? Republicans want a national abortion ban. Can that happen? Look at what happened in Ohio, why are little girls being forced to carry a rapist’s baby? Who is going to be the next target of our rogue Supreme Court? Roe v. Wade being overturned wasn’t the first time women had their rights taken away from them. Is stacking the court the answer? The topic briefly segues into the ludicrous White Replacement Theory that extremists are manipulating voters with. Tim explains how the Bible has been used as a tool against women from the very beginning. This week’s “Let’s Trigger Rictor” segment is about poverty and the resources available to people. Is there any? MAGA clip by The Good Liars: Jason Selvig and Davram Stiefler. *Note: If you live in the Pacific Northwest (especially Idaho) and need an abortion, the Northwest Abortion Access Fund (www.nwaafund.org) is there to help you. Their phone number is: (866) 692-2310.

Critical Race Theory (Part 1)

On this episode of Break it Down with Rick and Tim, the boys move the podcast out of the kitchen and into a studio. Today’s vehement topic: Critical Race Theory and The White/Grand Replacement Theory. What is the cause of white rage? The Texas history of Juneteenth is talked about with both Rick and Tim realizing, while growing up, their public schooling conveniently left out a very important part of Black History. The history of Rosa Parks is discussed which surprises Rick. Statistics are also shared with the amount of incarcerated black men vs white men in the prison system and the systematic racism with housing. Rick discusses the origin of the Grand Replacement Theory and how white supremacy has exploded all over the world, thanks to Donald Trump. How are MAGA extremists like Ron DeSantis and media propagandists like Tucker Carlson using it to incite fear among the uneducated? Is their white fragility being challenged? How does immigration factor into this and the consequences of The Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965? How does Tim deal with teaching the history of slavery in his classroom? CRT is also erasing the sacrifice of abolitionists during the Civil War which leads to Rick and Tim debating the reasons for the war. Where does CRT come from?  This week’s “Let’s Trigger Rictor” segment is about the n-word and using racial and sexual pejoratives. The episode ends with the late American poet and black activist, Maya Angelou, sharing her words of wisdom. Additional clips included in this episode are from American diversity educator, Jane Elliot, the boys at The Good Liars: Jason Selvig and Davram Stiefler, investigative reporter Christopher F Rufo, and TikToker, Jamaiwuyor.

Critical Race Theory (Part 2)

Critical Race Theory and The White/Grand Replacement Theory topics are continued on this episode of Break it Down with Rick and Tim. Tim brings up the topic of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay Law” and how absurd it is. Rick then shares a moment when a teacher outed him for being gay at the age of 9 to his mother. Why did that teacher sexualize Rick before Rick even knew what he was? MAGA extremists are attempting to manipulate adults with commercials promoting book banning. These include historical books about Martin Luther King Jr., Civil Rights advocate Ruby Bridges, Pulitzer Prize nominee author Toni Morrison, and author Alice Walker. The MAGA list of book hate also includes LGBTQIA+ books. All thanks to the hateful rhetoric of MAGA Governors Ron DeSantis, Glenn Youngkin, and Greg Abbott. The fearmongering and lying done by MAGA Republicans are referenced with Arizona gubernatorial loser, Kari Lake, and loser Donald Trump with his election tampering. Tim explains to Rick what exactly is white fragility and uses Tucker Carlson as an example. Both men talk about their experiences with white rage in public. In this week’s “Let’s Trigger Rictor” segment, Tim brings up more of what Florida Governor DeSantis is trying to do to his state’s students and their access to information. Tim explains why Republicans think they are always winning before the mail-in votes are counted. Fighting gets us nowhere. Fighting creates trauma. Talking. Compromising. Finding avenues through empathy that allow for progress. Why can’t we do that?  Clips include Bill Maher saying his definition of “woke” is, APB Speakers on Dave Pelzer, Channel 12 News in Arizona, Army General Mark A. Milley testifying before congress, and a Tennessee politician named Jerry Sexton suggesting book burnings.

The Bigger Questions

Fresh from the discussion of religion, politics, and bigfoot, Rick and Tim decide to take on the bigger questions in this episode with... are Aliens real?  What was the WOW signal of 1977? As a Catholic, what are Tim’s thoughts on aliens and their possible motives? The discussion revolves around Bob Lazar’s Area 51 claims and the different UFO footage recently released by the Pentagon. Is soft disclosure happening? Rick shares his thoughts on the long-running show, Ancient Aliens. Is it utter bullshit? And this week’s “Let’s Trigger Rictor” Tim attempts to set Rick off with the topic of guns. Do guns kill people? Clips included are Contact (1997), Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), The Lazar Tape (1991), Ancient Aliens (Series), and Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1980).

Lessons from the Pandemic

In this episode, Tim and Rick talk about where they were when the country went into lockdown/quarantine. Tim shares how he foretold what was to come with his statistics high school class and that his at-risk students were vulnerable to missing out on their education because of their lack of access to online learning (while upper-class parents were able to pay for tutors and private instruction for their children). Tim believes a generation of students is damaged from the lockdown and what will be the ripple effect because of it? Tim also breaks down what “Cattening the Curve” is in how he explained the whole pandemic to his class. Rick explains he understood the danger of the hospitals being overwhelmed with how the virus was multiplying vs the number of hospital beds that were available. The economy vs human lives is discussed. Rick made a commitment to take care of his new puppies by first taking care of himself —by wearing his facemask and getting the vaccine. He also shares a video he made of getting the historic vaccine for the first time and Tim talks about Nicki Minaj and her cousin in Trinidad that she tweeted had global consequences for people of color. Rick tells Tim about how he first found out about the virus being aerosol based because of the infection at a Washington state church’s choir practice and how he almost lost a Trumper cousin to the virus’s MAGA misinformation while at the same time, a MAGA cult victim friend of his died. In this week’s “Let’s Trigger Rictor” segment, Tim asks Rick if LGBTQIA+ should be separated by preference and gender. Tim also educates Rick on the new term 2-Spirited that has been added to the full acronym: LGBTQIA2S+. Rick does think LGB should be separated from being lumped in with gender identification. Clips include Fox News’ Tucker Carlson interviewing Dan Patrick, the Texas Lieutenant Governor, who advocated for the elderly to die for the sake of the economy, CNN news clips of Bob Woodward’s tapes of Donald Trump admitting the virus was aerosol based and withholding that information, Dr. Hiren Mehta from Florida, Malcolm Clark from the LGB Alliance, and various Tiktokkers.

The Indictment of Donald Trump

The day has come that Rick and Tim have been longing to discuss. The first official indictment against our criminal ex-president, Donald J. Trump. Was Rick right in his guess of what Donald J. Dump would do? How is Tim teaching his students about this historical moment in our country? Aside from talking about the failure of our previous president, topics include Twitter's suppression of information, Marjorie Taylor Green's dangerous and inflammatory rhetoric, and her harassing mass shooting victims like Parkland survivor David Hogg. Tim asks, what is the goal of America? Is it the economy that comes first over people? Or is it a socialist point of view? Rictor proposes why we can’t be in favor of capitalism at the expense of human lives. Tim brings up the trail derailments and blames President Biden for it. But Rictor reminds Tim that President Dump is responsible for rolling back train regulations in 2018. The "Let's Trigger Rictor" segment is about Ron Desantis and weaponizing his state against the Federal Government. Clips include Now This, Tiktokker Animenewsnetwork, The Daily Show, and 60 Minutes.