Smart Mouths Podcast

Told ya we’d be back soon!!! Not only do we have a great current events discussion, we have an extremely special interview as well!

In this week’s show:
-Southwest and AOL make some new acquisitions.
-The Obama Administration is drafting new laws for stricter wire taps. Better watch out on Skype, folks!
-Bishop Eddie Long: is there fire where the smoke is?
-Hottest day ever in LA
-Blackberry unveils the iPad competitor: the “Playbook!” SO FUN! I want one!!
-Sad news about Segway company owner.
-Backwash addresses The Smart Mouths iPhone App, Enders Game, and Pakistan (check out listener, Maha’s cause: Hungry For Change to help relief efforts for the flooding in Pakistan)

Finally, we end the show with an amazing interview with Adam Bouska, co-founder and photographer of the NOH8 Campaign. As you’ll hear, NOH8 is an amazing campaign that is raising awareness for gay rights and equality one HOT picture at a time. Check out NOH8 at http://www.noh8campaign.com and follow them on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/noh8campaign! Thanks again to Adam for coming on our show!

*note: During the first several minutes of the interview with Adam, Skype gave us a bit of difficulty. We apologize. The rest of the interview sounds great!

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“…but…but…but..i miss you O_O”

“I think @smpodcast are traveling at warp speed and forgot the concept of time lol”

“really @smpodcast? no new episode = my week ruined. ”

“@smpodcast is there going to be a new episode… Anytime soon?”

” Any time now… don’t worry ’bout it though, i totally understand you all have lives too ”

“Your fortnightly show has become a monthly show. ”

” I’m going through @smpodcast withdrawal.”

“I’m worried.”

“You’re going to have to be in your own WTF news segment unless the next episode comes out soon (by which I mean NOW!).What gives?”

“It’s been more than 48 hours, you guys ”

“I know there are good reasons for its delay, so I’m not going to be mad at you guys, but I’m seriously jonesing for a new @smpodcast!”

“I don’t mean to sound like a whiny, complaining bitch, but have you guys died? I miss you loads ♥”

Good Day To you Sir! The above quotations are just some of the many we received via Twitter this month. First of all, we offer you our sincerest apologies. The bad news is you’ve only heard from us once this month (and only if you wanted to hear about Mockingjay). The good news is: 1)We haven’t died (yay!). 2)We now know just how much you guys all love us and we’re so touched <3! 3) If all goes well, you will have two OR maybe three new episodes to listen to within the next week. Not even kidding. Let's just say that between editing fails, holidays, school, work, life, and a bit of laziness- we have failed you this month- but plan on rectifying that in the near future. Please accept our sincerest apologies.

In the meantime- here is our first MINI-EPISODE! BT Dubs, this mini episode ain't so mini. It clocks in at just under an hour and for you app owners, there are several pieces of bonus content. In this mini episode:
-You have all been asking...and we let you know our plans for the Rally To Restore Sanity in Washington DC on October 30!
-You can hear the pre-thoughts of Penny and Elysa’s NOH8 photo-shoot. The post- thoughts can be found on youtube!
-Matt and Penny wax sarcastic about the Matty-Bobby Record Making Kiss.
-More talk (well you haven’t heard the first talk on episode 71 yet but trust us, there was talk about it) about Delaware Senate Candidate Christine O’Donnel.
-And Finally we respond to your Backwash on our Mockingjay Book Club Episode!!!

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U.S. History Trivia: Before a crew of homicidal dickshits turned September 11th into a national day of mourning, it was actually known as St. Matthew the Smartass Day. At least in California. Well, Southern California. Okay more like to us only but nevertheless.

It’s difficult to encapsulate Matt in words. One would assume that, the better you know him, the easier it gets. Allow me to shatter this illusion now: in point of fact, the better you know him, the harder it gets. Pun intended.

For in actuality, the only thing that could even come close to describing Matt is a pomegranate martini – fun, fruity and highly intoxicating. Consume with caution.

Still, some of his truths are so incontrovertible, even the Jews and the Palestinians would put down the pipe bombs long enough to agree. He’s brilliantly hilarious. Quick-witted. Pithy. Disarming. Easygoing. So destructively lovable he could convert Hugo Chavez into a squealing fangirl. Many days I seriously consider just airlifting his ass into the Afghan mountains and simply tranquilizing our enemies into submissiveness with his charisma. Talk about a weapon of mass destruction. Matt Britton > Anthrax.

That being said, he’s also a whole host of other things, many of which aren’t as obvious unless you’ve spent a grotesquely inordinate amount of time with him. (For the record, avoid this at all costs.) For instance, in reality, he’s as modest as they come – something he doesn’t even realize, which in itself is both case and point. Take it from me, though: it’s like at some point in his sleep, the Humble Fairy slapped him around and made him her bitch.

And he’s talented; so talented that I’m frankly just buying my time until he becomes famous and I can ride his coattails to the top. And he’s a good enough friend that even though I’m joking about that, he would let me. He’s an incredible listener, and at heart, a world class gentleman… when he isn’t viciously capitalizing on certain Disney-themed fears, that is. And I’d be hard-pressed to name anybody I consider to be more trustworthy than Matt. Not only because he keeps your secrets, but because he fails to judge them.

Which, at last, bring us to this: he is one of the most open-minded people you could ever hope to know. And that doesn’t just translate into “he’s liberal,” as it does for many people. No, he is the rare person who applies his tolerance consistently, and that means extending it even to those with whom he disagrees. Whether you’re black or white, gay or straight, Democrat or Republican, religious or atheist, he meets you and your values with deference. Of all the reasons he is a phenomenal friend, this is the first. Of all the qualities that make him admirable, this is the most unique and heartening. That, and his Mel Gibson impressions.

It is with this in mind that today, the 11th of September in the 2010th year of our Lord, we celebrate the great occasion of his birth. Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Britton, for practicing unprotected sex. May your fine example be adopted by the masses, for if every couple could produce one such as Matt, the world would be a funnier, more genuine albeit vastly more unhinged place.

Happy birthday, dear! We love you!

After we read Suzanne Collins’ final book in the Hunger Games Series, Mockingjay, we sat down to give you our thoughts on the book and really the series as a whole. Join Elysa, Matt, Greg and Penny for this awesome book club discussion.

-SPOILER ALERT: If you haven’t read the book and don’t want to be spoiled, don’t listen!
-What were we anticipating from this book? How do we rate the books?
-The deaths….we jumped straight into that. We were especially broken up about one character’s death and as you’ll see we never really got over that throughout the episode.
-In our opinion, there was something in the book that was worse than death.
-As much as we loved the book, we thought it disappointed in some ways.
-But it also lived up to our expectations in many ways.
-We took some Twitter comments from all of you guys.

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