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American Fever Dream

Censorship In The NFL, "Breaking" News & The Future Of The DNC ft. Ben Wikler

American Fever Dream

Betches

News, Politics, Daily News

4.62K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

It's the Tuesday after the Bills' loss, and Sami & V talk about the intersection of sports, politics, and social media censorship in the NFL. 12:00 - V warns us about "breaking news culture" and how it can lead to confusion and misinformation. 27:30 - This week we're joined by Ben Wikler, the current chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, who's running for the DNC Chairman. Wikler talks about using new media to engage voters, what keeps him motivated, and emphasizing the need for hope. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Rise and shine, fever dreamers. Look alive, my friends. I'm V. Speer. And I'm Sammy Sage.

0:38.5

And this is American Fever Dream presented by Betcha's News, where we explore the absurdities and oddities of our uniquely American experience.

0:47.0

Hey, V. Hi. What's up?

0:50.0

I'm doing terrible, Sammy.

0:51.6

I know, I know. This is, for everyone listening, this is the morning after the bill's tragic loss last night.

0:59.3

Tragic.

0:59.7

Tragic loss.

1:00.6

I'm in my feels, though.

1:01.7

I was like, what am I going to do?

1:03.2

Because it was such a good game.

1:04.8

You know, it was such a back and forth.

1:06.9

A couple rough calls came our way, but, you know, overall good game.

1:13.3

But, man, tough, tough.

1:18.0

I think most of America is pretty heartbroken. It felt like election night again. I was like,

1:21.0

oh, God, we're up. We're down. Oh, gosh. Cut the feed.

1:27.8

It was honestly a good game. I watched football for me, you know, like where I was like, I'm going to put this on for maybe the first time this whole season. All the other times I'd watched it, it was sort of just

1:31.3

passing by when it's on in the house. But I actually watched and they were good, they were good

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