Why the F@#! It Matters

By: Maggie Rockwell
  • Summary

  • Listening to and understanding politics is often the last thing the average millenial or Gen Z wants to spend their time doing; enter your new favorite podcast. Why the F@#! It Matters brings our young adult generation into the world of politics with a bi-weekly discussion of the week's biggest political topics and why YOU should care about them. Host Maggie Rockwell will be breaking down politics in a way that doesn't make you want to not have hearing, including special guest conversations with other fellow Americans who have no idea about politics whatsoever. Make your friends believe you're smart and informed with the most entertaining and easiest civic education you will ever get, then you can explain to everyone Why the F@#! It Matters. NSFW or small ears.
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Episodes
  • Episode 29: The most chaotic episode ever
    Jul 27 2024

    The little episode that ruined Maggie's life. Long awaited and overdue, Maggie sits down and gives you all the basics and necessary juicy details of these past 3 weeks of history in the making and the upheaval of the entire 2024 election. From President Joe Biden's withdrawal and how we get to it, to Donald Trump's assassination attempt, let WTFIM catch you up on wtf is going on in the most tumultuous time in modern American history.

    If you want to watch someone talk at you:
    https://www.youtube.com/@Whytfitmatters

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    Check out all the sources used for this episode (full list on website):
    https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/
    https://abcnews.go.com/538/538s-forecast-moved-post-debate/story?id=111783096
    https://www.npr.org/2024/07/15/nx-s1-5039204/the-trump-assassination-attempt-raises-questions-about-secret-service-failures
    https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4754535-raul-grijalva-joe-biden-drop-out-democrats/
    https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4753294-michelle-obama-donald-trump-joe-biden-democrat-2024-hypothetical-matchup-survey/
    https://rollcall.com/2024/07/09/house-democrats-still-split-on-biden-after-high-stakes-meeting/
    https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4752810-joe-biden-campaign-democrats-debate-performance-trump/
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kpibhlagG0
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9Xlal_UJ7A
    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/congress-demands-answers-secret-service-trump-assassination-attempt-rcna161777
    https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/07/15/metro/donald-trump-assassination-attempt/
    https://rollcall.com/2024/07/09/house-democrats-still-split-on-biden-after-high-stakes-meeting/
    https://www.vox.com/politics/359431/biden-step-down-lbj-1968-heather-cox-richardson
    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-debate-should-biden-be-running-mental-abilities/

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    34 mins
  • Episode 28: I don't even know what he said
    Jul 1 2024

    Thursday night saw the highly dreaded sh*t show that was the first 2024 presidential debate. Among the highlights of the infamous golf argument and Biden's copious senior moments, was there actually anything to it? Listen now to the highlights.

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    Maggie's favorite media bias site:
    https://www.allsides.com/media-bias

    Check out the sources used for this episode (full list on website):
    https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-election-debate-trump-biden-577507522762aa10f6ee5be3a0ced2bb
    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/06/27/biden-trump-presidential-debate-fact-check/74160563007/
    https://abc11.com/post/presidential-debate-2024-fact-check-donald-trump-joe-biden/15006987/
    https://apnews.com/article/cnn-debate-biden-trump-tapper-bash-ccff5a67e0dfbbb650b78a087ce268e6
    https://golfweek.usatoday.com/lists/donald-trump-joe-biden-presidential-debate-golf-handicaps/
    https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/27/biden-debate-opening-concerns-00165595
    https://abcnews.go.com/538/bidens-biggest-weakness-age-full-display-thursday-debate-analysis/story?id=111500745
    https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/who-won-first-trump-biden-presidential-debate-rcna159343
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crgedpw4r5eo
    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/06/25/2020-trump-biden-presidential-debate-highlights/74195370007/
    https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-trump-june-debate-poll/
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHnqaDZ2KLk
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXqJuK7NvBc
    https://www.factcheck.org/2024/06/video-factchecking-highlights-from-the-biden-trump-debate/
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/27/fact-check

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    26 mins
  • Episode 27: We're All Pissed
    Jun 17 2024

    On the newest episode of WTFIM, Maggie covers the latest global elections in democratic countries, the trends being seen, and how they'll affect us here in America during an election year of our own. She also covers the recent ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on the legality of a common abortion pill. Let's get into it.

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    Maggie's favorite media bias site:
    https://www.allsides.com/media-bias

    Check out the sources used for this episode (full list on website):
    https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2024/02/28/representative-democracy-remains-a-popular-ideal-but-people-around-the-world-are-critical-of-how-its-working/
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp4475gwny1o
    https://portal.ine.mx/the-mexican-electoral-system/
    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/5/new-test-for-modi-after-india-election-surprise-can-he-work-with-others
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv22e75g4n4o
    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/03/world/americas/mexico-claudia-sheinbaum-president.html
    https://apnews.com/article/global-elections-2024-democracy-polarization-unhappy-719d47908aca0b421ff3b9bef33e350c
    https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/17/india/india-election-2024-hnk-intl-dg/index.html
    https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indias-modi-allies-meet-after-humbling-election-verdict-2024-06-05/
    https://www.politico.eu/article/cheat-sheet-the-eu-election-dates/
    https://apnews.com/article/european-election-2024-parliament-vote-2d75df1909b7d81511bb496cbb7d5383
    https://elections.europa.eu/en/
    https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-election-ursula-von-der-leyen-roberta-metsola-charles-michel-an-americans-guide-to-the-eu-election/
    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/2/south-africa-elections-results-what-happens-next
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    16 mins

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