Coco Hill Productions’ new podcast, Our Ancestors Were Messy, might be my favorite new pod of the year, perfect for avoiding the heavy news cycle!

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When Musk started working with Trump last year, we all knew it was only a matter of time before they had a big, messy, public split-up. We waited and we waited. Dear listener, the day has arrived.

Today, June 5th, 2025, Donald Trump and Elon Musk have spent the day tearing each other apart on social media. It has been personal and it has been viscius, with all the drama of a big celebrity break-up or a Real Housewives reunion. So at the last minute, we decided to skip our regularly-scheduled News Roundup, and instead do an emergency episode about this extraordinary turn of events. Bridget and Producer Mike recap how the Musk-Trump bromance got started, how it unravelled so spectacularly over the past couple days, and what this fight between billionaires really means for the future of Democracy in America.

It’s been grim times for folks on the left, and I think we’ve all earned the right to kick back and enjoy the drama as these two dangerous narcissists try to destroy each other.

MUST READ: Ronan Farrow’s 2023 piece about Elon Musk’s singular power over the U.S. government: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08/28/elon-musks-shadow-rule

As a young ghoul in college, Stephen Miller was morally offended by the idea of giving a janitor a birthday present: https://www.newsweek.com/stephen-miller-trump-white-house-aide-essays-op-eds-duke-774534

Video of college-age Stephen Miller, his undead flesh blistering in the purifying rays of the Carolina sun, declaring: “I’m sick and tired of being told to pick up my trash when we have janitors.” https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIUi1j0sbXo/?hl=en

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Culture has always had the power to move people. To shift narratives. To shape politics.

Which is why when Bridget heard that one of Trump’s first moves after taking office was to take over the Kennedy Center — Washington D.C.'s premiere venue for performing arts — she had questions.

Why would Trump care about a cultural institution best known for theater, music, and the arts?

If you ask Carri Twigg — co-founder of Culture House Media, co-host of Twig and Jenkins, and a former member of President Biden’s Advisory Committee on the Arts that oversees the Kennedy Center — the answer is: a lot.

In her Rolling Stone piece, "Trump’s Cultural Power Grab: Why His Kennedy Center Takeover Matters," Carri breaks down just how influential culture is — not just in politics, but in shaping hearts, minds, and futures.

In this fascinating interview, Bridget and Carri talk about the enduring importance of cultural power, and how the left can reclaim culture as a force for justice and progress.

Read Carri's article in Rolling Stone: www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/trump-kennedy-center-cultural-power-grab-1235268600/

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