Episode 124 · The GaS Digital / Ray Kump Era
Born on the 4th of Meat Pie
Nov 30, 2018 · 58:39 · 14 segments, 95 moments indexed
- 1 min
Cold Open: Jingle Trouble and Ray's Leg Infection
#Show opens with audio/jingle issues, banter about fan nicknames, and Tim recounting a gross leg infection saga involving misdiagnosed dermatitis and awkward doctor visits.
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- 0:47Tim thanks the audience, calling the show great radio
- 2 min
Immigrant Job Stats and Robotic Fruit Pickers
#Tim riffs on a stat about immigrant population numbers, joking about what jobs immigrants actually do and fantasizing about them using iPads to control robotic fruit-picking arms.
5moments
- 1:14Tim addresses fans who support the show without harassing people on its behalf, trying to remember what they call themselves.
- 1:30Tim describes having a serious leg infection for a month that started as dermatitis and filled with blood and liquids.
- 1:53Tim complains about being treated poorly despite being educated and not violent toward people or children.
- 2:19Polish woman doctor examined Tim's leg and upper thigh during sonograms, which he found awkward.
- 2:37Tim notes he was reading before the show that immigrants are at an all-time low in America.
- 5 min
Tim quizzes Ray Kump about his Australian accent and background, leading into a long discussion of the slur "abo," comparisons to the N-word, hip-hop's reclamation of slurs, and Chinese rappers using the N-word.
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- 3:04Tim's take on immigration and crime: some people stab people, some of those people are immigrants, so you can't really stop it.
- 3:29Wondering if immigrant workers have modernized beyond landscaping and fruit-picking into tech-based jobs with iPads and robotic arms.
- 4:24Guest's Australian accent comes and goes, especially when drunk, and Tim notes he's from South Australia where 'you kind of kill the aborigines like firsthand.'
- 4:44Discussion of the Aboriginal slur: it's an abbreviation, 'abos,' and Tim acknowledges he shouldn't have said it even accidentally.
- 5:24Tim compares the dehumanizing nature of the Aboriginal slur to how it would be if Black people's formal term derived from a slur equivalent to the N-word.
- 6:21Exploring whether the N-word comes from the Spanish or Dutch word for black and whether that etymological link makes a difference.
- 6:45Tim clarifies he's not being an SJW when he says hearing the N-word is terrible, but that's where they are with the discourse now.
- 6:58The Australian guest says the N-word doesn't have the same sting in Australia that it does in America because the word itself sounds meaner.
- 7:13Tim notes that rappers love using harsh-sounding words, even Chinese rappers, because the phonetics carry meanness.
- 2 min
Boy Scouts Hatchet Kid and Ray Ray Origins
#Tim tells a story about a Boy Scout friend who carried hatchets and threatened kids, plus how he got nicknamed "Ray Ray" and only later learned it was a gang reference from South Central.
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- 8:17Tim was in Boy Scouts and the older kids called him Ray Ray without him understanding the racial slur reference at first.
- 8:32He didn't realize what Ray Ray meant until he watched South Central and saw a character use the term in a violent context.
- 8:42Tim's best friend in Boy Scouts carried hatchets around and would threaten other kids with them during camp.
- 9:04The hatchet kid held a blade to another camper's neck while threatening to kill him, which Tim initially thought was just rough playing.
- 9:18Tim learned later that the hatchet kid had harbored jealousy toward his victim because that kid had a family and he didn't.
- 3 min
John Wayne, Native Americans, and Buffalo Bones
#Tim pivots to Aboriginal geography in Australia, then goes on an extended rant trashing John Wayne as a phony tough guy, praising the physiques of Native American warriors, and joking about buffalo bone stew and taint bones.
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- 10:33Tim's critique of John Wayne as a phony tough guy and bad actor.
- 10:51John Wayne's homophobic comment about Midnight Cowboy beating True Grit at the Oscars.
- 11:12Tim argues The Searchers is overrated and John Wayne couldn't act.
- 11:27Native Americans were portrayed as weak and malnourished in Western movies when they were actually physically powerful.
- 11:56Native Americans hunted buffalo extensively and used every part of the animal.
- 12:09Speculation about whether Native Americans used buffalo bones for everyday items like dental floss.
- 7 min
Australian Apartheid, the Morgue Rape Story, and Immigrant Crime Denial
#Discussion of Australia's white-only immigration policy leads Tim into a Long Island morgue story about a man raped to death with a tree branch, then a long rant about people using crime and overcrowding as cover for simply disliking hearing Spanish, and hypocrisy around caring about rape only when immigrants are blamed.
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- 13:17Australia had a white Australia policy that was basically apartheid, just with an honest name.
- 14:11Tim saw a dead immigrant at the morgue who appeared to have been raped with a tree branch.
- 15:15Farmingville immigrants living twelve to a house isn't propaganda—it's a real housing situation born from economics.
- 15:54Tim refuses to deprioritize immigrant wellbeing because suburban parents worry about their kids seeing drunk people.
- 16:35Crime statistics get deployed selectively; people claim immigrants commit crimes but ignore broader context and their own complicity.
- 17:23Hearing a foreign language creates natural biological discomfort, but acting on that discomfort is the actual problem.
- 18:08People suddenly care about women getting raped only when immigrants are accused, ignoring systemic police indifference to rape reports.
- 18:49Opposition to immigration is really about comfort and familiarity, not genuine safety concerns.
- 1 min
Self-Righteous Suburbanites and the Border Caravan Setup
#Tim mocks people who complain about immigrants leaving garbage while never having accomplished anything themselves, transitioning into introducing the migrant caravan story at the border.
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- 19:31The people spouting this stuff about socioeconomic superiority aren't exceptional—they're just slobs acting better than everyone else.
- 19:55Tim targets suburban mediocrity: people from Bayshore or Levittown with drunk Irish or Italian family backgrounds who now act superior with a painting and sopranos in their foyer.
- 20:12A caravan came to America and someone got hit in it, setting up the next part of the story.
- 9 min
The Migrant Caravan, Tear Gas, and Nationalism as Political Tool
#A sustained rant on the migrant caravan at the border, tear gassing incidents, a woman impaled on rebar, how nationalism and anti-immigrant rhetoric get marshaled by leaders like Trump, ICE's militarization since 9/11, and cynicism about conspiracy theories like Soros funding the caravan.
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- 20:20Tim has mixed feelings about the migrant caravan arriving after weeks of buildup.
- 21:15The caravan narrative functions as a precursor to fascist governments, with anti-immigrant rhetoric serving as a political tool like Hitler and Mussolini used.
- 21:53Increased nationalism paired with anti-immigrant violence indicates someone is deliberately playing into a proven political strategy.
- 22:37Tim acknowledges real problems in Arizona's hospital and economic systems exist, but questions whether focusing on the caravan actually addresses the middle class's genuine economic distress.
- 23:34The caravan's arrival and response—including tear gas use and a woman impaled on rebar—raises the question of what outcome the migrants actually expected.
- 24:19Attempting to force entry against a president like Trump who controls the border patrol appears strategically pointless.
- 24:51Trump has realized he'll never get good press due to both legitimate media bias and his own behavior as an absurd maniac, so negative optics no longer constrain government action.
- 25:56Government and police have become less worried about how their actions look, simply doing things rather than managing their image.
- 28:28The impulse to blame Soros or construct grand conspiracy theories about the caravan mirrors unfounded claims after other events and reflects an unhealthy worldview rather than documented facts.
- 3 min
A caller named Doug comes on and bizarrely claims to be Spider-Man, leaving Tim and Ray confused and riffing about the show's small but devoted listener base and coining the term "blood rape."
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- 30:12Doug calls in claiming to be Spider-Man.
- 30:24Tim questions why a caller would lead with this, noting it's boring and wondering what kind of audience tunes in for banking conspiracies and child exploitation talk.
- 30:58Tim suggests Doug panicked on air, possibly from smoking too much, and offers reassurance about getting acclimated to being on a public show.
- 31:21Tim expresses disappointment that the call didn't turn into an actual dialogue where he and Doug could illuminate each other.
- 31:42Spider-Man has become a bigger character because of video games and movies, and Doug has now dictated the show's direction with his claim.
- 32:00Tim worries he's becoming a morning jock who makes forced connections between unrelated topics.
- 32:18Tim pivots to Australia, noting there are a lot of spiders there and also a lot of 'blood rape.'
- 32:44Tim speculates that all Australian rape is probably 'blood rape' and loses track of his original point.
- 9 min
Rebar Rebecca and Why Didn't the Caravan Bring Rope
#Tim continues on the caravan, focusing on the woman who fell on rebar trying to climb a border wall near a beach, questioning why migrants didn't bring swimmies, rope, or a jackhammer, and imagining the PR win if ICE had let her in.
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- 32:51Tim on the caravan and why tear-gassing kids seems inevitable given the border standoff.
- 33:29FBI had to screen for confidence and competence, but ICE was militarized after 9-11 without the same standards.
- 34:29Government builds up agencies like ICE after 9-11, then hands them to someone like Trump to turn on citizens instead.
- 35:31ICE agents used to seem idealistic; now they look like bullies motivated by violence and status rather than purpose.
- 36:52What was actually supposed to happen with the caravan—did anyone think ICE would just give up?
- 37:42The whole situation is politicized theater instead of a humanitarian crisis handled with any sense.
- 38:51Woman named Rebar Rebecca fell on rebar climbing the wall, and ICE blamed her for putting herself in danger.
- 39:17Why not let her in as a PR move—one good story would've made the government look human instead of cruel.
- 40:02Rebar is rough metal that sticks out of concrete; she had a genuinely bad day and deserved entry for toughness alone.
- 40:45Why didn't migrants just swim around the wall into the ocean instead of climbing it at this beach location.
- 41:25Tim expected a massive desert wall but it's actually a construction barrier on a beach with brush and sand.
- 6 min
Tim jokingly considers moving to Australia, discusses whether Australian men are buff or wiry, jerking off in public as a national pastime, and compares Australia Day to the 4th of July.
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- 41:44Tim explains what migrants crossing the border should have brought: swimmies, rope, a boogie board, hooks, ingenuity.
- 43:19Why didn't they just set the border wall on fire or bring a jackhammer?
- 43:56Tim admits he feels bad for migrants and questions whether he deserves to be in America more than they do.
- 44:26Tim considers moving to Australia but dismisses it, citing his poor relationship with the sun.
- 45:10On Australian men: Tim thinks of wiry, gruff types who look down on surfers rather than buff gym guys.
- 45:59Mad Max-style Australians weren't big buff guys, but Tim is more afraid of modern porn actors than Australian men.
- 46:30Tim and guest discuss whether Australians are sexual deviants, citing public jerking off as a national celebration.
- 46:59Australia Day is a hopeless name compared to the 4th of July, which actually sounds great.
- 47:10The 4th of July sounds great even if you're in a wheelchair.
- 8 min
A deep dive into Australian cuisine: the disgusting origins of Marmite/Vegemite from beer sludge, sausage sizzle onion controversy, meat pies and pie floaters, and Tim comparing pie floater soup to a decomposing body he saw at the morgue.
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- 47:48Tim argues Vegemite and Marmite are the same thing, but the guest insists they're different.
- 47:58Marmite is yeast extract, basically sludge from the bottom of beer tanks that someone decided to eat.
- 48:58Vegemite in Australia is just British Marmite, though the guest claims Australian companies may have made an inferior version.
- 49:46Tim doubts barbecued sausages can be Australia's national food since that wouldn't work at an American school event.
- 50:26Australia is in the middle of a heated national debate over whether onions should go on top of or underneath sausages at Bunnings.
- 50:49The guest suggests meat pies would be Australia's national food, described as like a better hot pocket with beef and gravy.
- 51:55Tuck Shop is what Australians call their school cafeteria, and tucker is slang for food.
- 52:47A pie floater is a meat pie served in pea soup, which sounds like a decomposing body.
- 53:11Tim compares the green sludge appearance of pie floaters to decomposed bodies, which often turn green unless they rot very quickly.
- 53:59Round-trip flights to Australia can be found for around $700 to $780, which the guest calls return.
- 54:17Tim mocks Australian slang by combining tucker and tuckered, then imagines a scenario of Aboriginal people being hit with meat pies.
- 1 min
Tim and Ray discuss a listener-submitted jingle for Ray before playing it, joking about merch and paintings as compensation.
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- 54:55Daniel Pumpkinseed sent in a jingle for the show.
- 55:07Tim says he should have brought this up during the immigration segment since he didn't know where the conversation was heading.
- 55:31New jingle for Ray Kump, originally composed by Tim but arranged beautifully by Daniel Pumpkinseed.
Friend of the show
- 3 min
Closing plugs for Ray Kump's Instagram/Twitter and Tim's website and tour dates, followed by a riff asking for dick pills and gummy bear sponsorships from Haribo instead of real ads.
7moments
- 56:19Tim insists he's not a one-trick guy, dismissing the idea that he just paints and begs for love like a homeless artist in a police procedural.
- 56:42He warns against becoming the next Banksy, suggesting Banksy is probably some Aboriginal guy.
- 56:53Social media and tour information: Tim's website, Instagram, and Twitter are listed; he'll be back next week with live dates coming up.
- 57:16Tim asks if anyone sent swag before the show ends, offering dick pills as an example of what he'd mention on air.
- 57:32He questions why Skull hasn't signed on as a sponsor and mentions he has to bring his own ad guy.
- 57:48Tim pitches Diet Doctor Pepper as a potential sponsor instead of regular, claiming he only drinks diet.
- 58:03He instructs Ray to bring up the gummy bear sponsorship at the next meeting in the other building.