Champagne Sharks

Mar 04 2025 300 ep. 57 mins 4.7k

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A podcast about race, politics, and pop culture, through the lenses of humor and psychology.

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CS 633: Try Hard pt 1 PREVIEW

Mar 04 2025 15 mins

This week Trevor, Mario and Ken get together to chop it up on the current culture of deciding its not worth trying if it gets too difficult. Using LeBron and Drake as examples and focusing on the player commitment level in the NBA, the Sharks dive deep on why these people act the way they do. This is part 1 of an extended conversation available for patreon memebers. Links in this e

CS 632: Ludicrous; The Unvarnished Story Of Tesla Motors

Feb 25 2025 113 mins

This week Trevor is joined by guest Edward Niedermeyer to discuss his book 'Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors'. Edward is an American author, analyst, and critic who focuses on the automotive industry and mobility innovation. His writing has been published in The New York Times, The Truth About Cars, and The Wall Street Journal. Niedermeyer cohosts The Autonocast, a

CS 631: Blink Twice PREVIEW

Feb 18 2025 17 mins

This week Trevor, Vida and Ken squad up to talk about the movie 'Blink Twice' and its relationship to the every day occurrences it attempts to depict. A psychological thriller[5] film directed and produced by Zoë Kravitz (in her directorial debut) from a script she wrote with E.T. Feigenbaum. The film stars Naomi Ackie, Channing Tatum, Christian Slater, Simon Rex, Adria Arjona, Ha

CS 630 The Silicon Swindle

Feb 11 2025 46 mins

This week Trevor is joined by guest Jacob Silverman to discuss Silicon Valleys role in politics and Elon/Zuckerberg's interests in “getting” political. Jacob Silverman is an independent journalist in New York, the co-author of the New York Times best seller “Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud” (Abrams, 2023), and the author of “Term

CS 629: The Power Beta Revolution PREVIEW

Feb 04 2025 18 mins

This week Trevor and Ken sit down to chop it up about the over-inflated male ego and the beta-alpha relationship a "certain type" of fan likes to fall in to with a "certain type" of celebrity. Continuing the fun fest of dragging drake for his inability to correctly handle any situation he puts himself in, the cult of personality around elon musk, the tech industry concept of “dis

CS 628: Sociology in the Age of Trump

Jan 28 2025 84 mins

This week Trevor is joined by guest Dr. Jesse Smith to discuss his article ‘Sociology in the Age of Trump: The Clash of Deep Stories on the Left and Right’. Dr. Smith received his PhD in sociology and demography from Penn State University in 2023. Prior to his graduate training in sociology, Dr. Smith obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in social work. He spent sev

CS 626: The Lessons of Vivek w/ Alex Skopic

Jan 14 2025 90 mins

This week Trevor sits down with Alex Skopic to talk about his article on Vivek Ramaswamy, and what he means to the new political landscape. Alex Skopic is presently Associate Editor at Current Affairs and you can find his writings both fiction and non-fiction on his website https://alexskopic.com/ Links for this episode can be found at: * Alex’s article https://www.currentaffai

CS 625: tech.edu

Jan 04 2025 107 mins

This week Mario and Ken talk tech as elon lets it be known what he thinks of american workers. The future of education and certain jobs both have a chance of disappearing with elon and trump coming in to power, and The Sharks got some thoughts about that. This is a free unlocked episode. To get early access to future episodes, become a paid subscriber for $5/month over at patreon.

CS 623: Tech Media and Politics pt 1

Dec 23 2024 67 mins

This week Trevor sits down with Nitish Pahwa (https://www.nitishpahwa.com/) and Mo Diggs (https://supculture.substack.com/) to talk about what to expect over the next 4 years when Trump jumps back into the oval office while comparing it to what we’ve had in the past. Nitish Pahwa is an associate writer for business and tech at Slate.com. He's also written for the New York Times a

CS 621: Culture Politics and the Trickle Down Casino pt 1

Dec 20 2024 53 mins

This week Trevor sits down solo to discuss the scams being run on both sides of the aisle; but how they are ran are grossly different. With a deep dive into examples, this episode looks into the concept that just because you cant see the grift, doesn't mean its not there but now it appears the average American is hoping to get in on the con. Links mentioned in this episode can be f