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Hosted by Brothers Kent and Kyle · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 79 episodes
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Two brothers. One liberal, one conservative. Each episode, they pour a drink and tackle today's most important issues through honest conversation and civil discourse — no shouting, no talking points, just two people who disagree and still respect each other.
Brothers Kent and Kyle hosts Bourbon & Rum, a news show with 79 episodes published.
Duration: 56:45 | Recorded on July 25, 2026 S3E28 – Kyle returns from a trip abroad in this forward-looking episode and the hosts dive into the future of work and identity as we stand on the precipice of a world dominate
Duration: 45:36 | Recorded on July 19, 2026 S3E27 – A trans-Atlantic episode finds Kyle in a 150-square-foot London hotel room while Kent prepares for a medical procedure with a non-rum cocktail of polyethylene glycol. W
Duration: 1:1:43 | Recorded on July 12, 2026 S3E26 – After wrestling with 1 Timothy 2 and the roles of women in church leadership, Kent and Kyle pivot to Graham Platner, King Cyrus, and whether Donald Trump's flaws are t
Duration: 48:14 | Recorded on July 5, 2026 S3E25 – Difference isn't the threat to this country. It's the design. On the day after America's 250th, Kent and Kyle build that argument through seemingly unconnected stories,
Duration: 1:05:46 | Recorded on July 2, 2026 S3E24 – An analysis of the shifting goalposts within the Democratic Party following socialist upsets in Colorado and the rise of Zohran Mamdani in New York. We debate the meri
Duration: 1:18:35 | Recorded on June 14, 2026 S3E23 – Kent and Kyle detour from politics into Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's expedition, sparked by Craig Fehrman's new book, This Vast Enterprise , then trace thread
Duration: 50:38 | Recorded on June 17, 2026 S3E22 – What does it take to spend nearly a decade reading the news your side doesn't want to read? Howard Polskin has been doing exactly that since 2017. In this episode, Kent
Duration: 54:25 | Recorded on June 7, 2026 S3E21 – A rigorous geopolitical and economic analysis of technological surveillance and fiscal health. We explore the implementation of a national GLP-1 mandate, the use of Anth
Duration: 41:02 | Recorded on June 1, 2026 Summary S3E20 – The episode starts with a breakdown of Mike Pence’s Wall Street Journal op-ed and the widening chasm between Reagan-era conservatism and the modern MAGA movement
Duration: 1:12:09 | Recorded on May 24, 2026 S3E19 – A geopolitical deep dive into Eric Weinstein’s Unified Theory linking Jeffrey Epstein, non-human technology, and clandestine weapons research. We debate the feasibilit
Duration: 48:29 | Recorded on May 16, 2026 S3E18 – A deep dive into the ethics of AI safety and the concentration of power in Silicon Valley. We discuss Demis Hassabis of Google DeepMind, the existential warnings of Geof
Duration: 58:26 | Recorded on May 9, 2026 S3E17 – An analytical breakdown of the massive Friday UFO file dump and the suspicious media blackout following the release. We examine the reported secret gathering of evangelic
Duration: 50:16 | Recorded on April 25, 2026 S3E16 – What happens when you take 16 people's phones away for an entire evening, sort them by how well they talk, and see who rises to the top? Kyle has been dreaming about t
Duration: 40:47 | Recorded on May 4, 2026 S3E15 – A deep dive into the recent shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, the psychology of Cole Allen, and why a "rogue jackass" is a more disturbing explanation f
Duration: 54.32 | Recorded on January 19, 2025 S2E4 – In this episode, the brothers dive into a data-driven discussion about how to measure presidential success. Instead of relying on political spin or folklore, they exp
Duration: 1:11:06 | Recorded on April 18, 2026 S3E13 – Trump’s Iran strategy, Strait of Hormuz tensions, and the Texas Ibogaine Initiative take center stage, alongside debates on NATO, U.S. foreign policy, Marco Rubio, a
Duration: 56:20 | Recorded on April 8, 2026 S3E12 – Kent and Kyle debate U.S. strikes on Iran, Donald Trump’s “madman theory” rhetoric, Tucker Carlson and MAGA backlash, NATO skepticism, and whether a $1.5 trillion defen
Duration: 53:13 | Recorded on March 28, 2026 S3E11 – Kent and Kyle connect airline loyalty programs, political tribalism, and the escalating Iran conflict, discussing U.S. strikes on Iranian leadership, drone warfare thr
Duration: 47:46 | Recorded on March 15, 2026 S3E10 - A wide-ranging discussion on modern geopolitical conflict, energy markets, and global humanitarian crises, examining how drone warfare, oil commoditization, and system
Duration: 46:46 | Recorded on March 8, 2026 S3E9 – Kent and Kyle examine the opening phase of the Iran conflict, debating whether targeted strikes against Iranian leadership can realistically achieve regime change. The d
Demis Hassabis
co-founder and CEO · Google DeepMind
1 appearance on this show
Geoffrey Hinton
Nobel Prize winner, godfather of AI · University of Toronto
1 appearance on this show
David Grusch
Air Force veteran
1 appearance on this show
Luis Elizondo
former Director for the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program · Home of UAP Disclosure
1 appearance on this show
Tim Burchett
U.S. Representative · Tennessee Republican Party
1 appearance on this show
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