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What Can Be Done? | Ep. 047 Lemonade Stand 🍋

January 28, 2026

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5 min read

🎙️ The Voices & The Context

  • The Format: Casual three-host podcast blending news rants, sponsor reads, and a full one-on-one interview with Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott.
  • The Key Players: Hosts Doug (data-driven presenter with slides), Brandon (fiery economic/political commentator), Aiden (interviewer who flew to Baltimore). Chemistry is brotherly banter amid heavy topics—quick jokes cut tension.
  • The Vibe: Intense and educational on tragedy/politics, shifting to hopeful via mayor's success story. Mix of outrage, analysis, and inspiration.

🗝️ Key Themes & Topics

Podcast pivots from planned web dev/city news to urgent ICE shooting, then Baltimore violence reduction.

  • ICE Shooting of Alex Predi: Unarmed protester shot 10x in back by ICE agent after disarming/pepper spray. Ties to rushed hiring (6 weeks training, 22k agents doubled via $100M push), quotas from Stephen Miller/Trump admin. Backlash forces demotions (Greg Bovino), scrutiny on DHS head Christy Noem.
  • Political Fallout & Hope: Bipartisan anger flips polls (abolish ICE now +3% support). Trump backpedals (pulls agents from MN); midterms loom as immigration polls tank. Hosts urge voting/protests amid voter roll threats.
  • Baltimore Homicide Drop: Aiden's interview reveals 60%+ reduction since 2021 (lowest in 50+ years). Mayor Scott details **public h

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (00:00) **🎙️ Introduction: Mayor Brandon Scott**
  • 2 (01:32) **Alex Predi Shooting Incident**
  • 3 (06:15) **Backlash and Political Impacts**
  • 4 (15:01) **Victim Background and Official Lies**
  • 5 (21:05) **Hosts' Reactions and Calls to Action**
  • 6 (28:28) **DHS Funding and Government Shutdown**
  • 7 (42:09) **Mayor Brandon Scott Interview Intro**

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Show Notes

On this week's show... we discuss the aftermath of Alex Pretti's murder, talk to the Mayor of Baltimore, Brandon Scott, and how real change is still possible.


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Episode: 047

Recorded on: January 27th, 2026


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Segments

0:00 Intro

1:27 Alex Pretti

3:45 The chain of accountability

5:00 Backlash

15:24 About Elections?

30:24 When everyone knows?

34:18 Adobe Ad

35:22 Another Government Shutdown

38:43 Intro to Interview

41:17 Interview with Mayor Brandon Scott

1:30:26 Cloaked.ID Ad

1:31:29 Rocket Money Ad

1:32:43 Interview Discussion

1:53:04 Outro


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