The Brilliant Idiots

This week on Brilliant idiots, Charlamagne The God and Loren Lorosa, breaks down the midterm results the morning after. Charlamagne calls it a rebuke of ten years of MAGA, and Ron DeSantis calls it close to an “extinction level event” for Republicans. They get into the new faces in the party, including Jon Ossoff, Keisha Lance Bottoms, and Abdul El-Sayed. They also push back ...

This week on Brilliant idiots, Charlamagne The God and Andrew Schulz dig into the backlash to Jay-Z headlining the Super Bowl halftime show. They ask whether this era actually has a problem with greatness, whether the “chronically online” crowd speaks for anyone, and why a 30-year career gets treated like a misstep. They bring the receipts on the sold-out stadium shows, the d...

Charlamagne and Andrew get into a heated debate over whether a woman’s dating history still shapes how she’s seen, and whether men’s insecurity or an industry double standard is the real culprit. Along the way they argue over whether Jay-Z truly dominated rap after Fifty Cent’s recent comments, and why the Super Bowl halftime rumors have everyone talking. Andrew celebrates St...

Andrew Schulz is out this week, so Charlamagne, Alex, Chris, and Mouse Jones air out a business falling-out. The group argues over whether anyone can opt out of the system, what a realistic social democracy looks like, and whether a Uber driver and a doctor deserve the same basic needs met. Then the money-in-politics fight kicks in: can you tax billionaires when they influenc...

Street Fighter hits theaters October 16, and Andrew Schulz is counting down to his first major blockbuster, with Charlamagne handing listeners homework to go see it. They also check the competition, argue whether box office records still mean what they used to, and look into whether the promo team photoshopped Andrew’s nose. Then comes the big debate: after Kat’s dad takes a ...