What REALLY Happens When Music Meets Social Commentary? | 6/6/25

This week on Happy Hour with Keith, we went everywhere,from D-Day reflections and musical nostalgia to robot relationships and the absurd state of vaccine politics.

Brad Staggs (@RealBradStaggs) returns, and Five Times August (@FiveTimesAugust) brings his creative fire to the mic, dropping truth bombs about censorship, satire, and why he's still making music that punches back at the narrative.

We debate:
🎵 What song would be your walk-up music?
🦟 Which insect would you permanently delete from the planet?
🧁 And what’s the appropriate waiting time before stealing your kid’s cupcake?

Also in this episode:
🇺🇸 Keith plays a classic Bill Clinton D-Day speech
💉 A hilarious vaccine "recall" analogy
🌴 And the eternal question: are palm trees everywhere now?

Chapters
00:00 - Musical Reflections and Nostalgia
09:10 - Weekly Updates and Highlights
15:01 - D-Day Remembrance and Bill Clinton's Speech
22:07 - Rapid Fire: Personal Preferences
29:12 - COVID-19 Vaccines and Propaganda
35:53 - Influencers, Politics, and Psyops
41:28 - The Art of Satire in Music
44:04 - Censorship, Consequences, and Free Speech
48:00 - Songwriting, Animation, and The Creative Process
54:01 - Life Lessons, Humor, and AI Relationships
01:00:54 - Technology, Privacy, and Future Shock
01:09:45 - The Rise of Humanoid Robots
01:15:18 - Deep Reflections on AI and Culture
01:22:54 - The Absurdity of Modern Governance
01:42:43 - Marijuana, Eagles, and Swimming Puppies
02:07:20 - Palm Trees in Weird Places

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