In this episode Larry P and Dok wander from birthday plans and whether 2026 can possibly be worse than 2025, into a full-on breakdown of the Chauncey Billups / Terry Rozier gambling scandal, what organized crime actually looks like in 2025, and why illegal poker games feel like a relic of Prohibition with better lighting.

Larry and Dok unpack the mechanics of a rigged high-stakes game (x-rays, crooked shufflers, and house cuts), debate who’s really getting punished versus who’s getting off with a slap, and ask the big questions: if casinos exist, why are people still risking million-dollar losses in mansion games? They riff on legalization vs. regulation, drug policy, and how government “cuts” turned vice into licensed industry — plus the dangerous incentives that drive street-level operators to lace, escalate, and hide.

As usual there’s wandering riffing too: presidents who could throw hands, George Washington takes and splinters, whether leadership needs to be able to fight, and how modern crises (internet outages, Amazon problems) remind us how brittle our systems are. Expect laughs, hot takes, wild hypotheticals, and the kind of “truths” you can only get on
The Unemployment Line.

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