Hy and Christopher take on the state of the Vice Presidential estate in today’s show, examining in depth both the man seeking the number two job under Trump and the current number two seeking the top job— in the wake of President Biden’s exit from the race.

Christopher challenges Hy to say something critical about JD Vance and something nice about Kamala Harris. It’s a struggle for Hy, but he pulls it off! We discuss the implications of the Republicans not taking social conservatives seriously enough, particularly on abortion, and we postulate if the Democrats have transformed themselves into happy warriors? Will Kamala Harris’ positive attitude cause campaign challenges for Trump?

Along the way, we talk about both JD Vance’s and Kamala Harris’ books. Christopher clears up some misconceptions about “Hillbilly Elegy” (in a positive sense), and we talk about “The Truths We Hold” and the importance of grandmothers, soul food, and stepmotherhood.  By the way, both books are available at The Garden District Book Shop.

In the second segment Hy makes a major national announcement: Brexit for Louisiana? Christopher and Hy argue the constitutionality. Do the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments allow, or does the post-Civil War change in the status of citizenship— of the United States rather than of the individual states—legally make such a concept impossible?

Hy concludes the show with the story of one of the greatest missionaries who ever lived in the modern era. Imagine a child of British aristocratic privilege who gave up everything to spread the gospel in China, India, and Africa — the last in his 80s!