Just Buy Less Coffee, Answering the Deeper Questions of American Politics

About Just Buy Less Coffee, Answering the Deeper Questions of American Politics

Two social media misfits: Troy Matthews, Senior Writer for MeidasTouch, and Cathy Cannon, a political educator, bring years of political campaign experience, with a full helping of latent millennial rage, to offer a unique and seasoned, 30-40 something contextual take on the most important political stories of the day, with frequent guest hosts from politics and media. All for less than the price of a cup of coffee, you broke bastards. New episodes Mondays.

Publisher

Troy Matthews and Cathy Cannon

Category

news · news · news

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

17 Jan 2022

Latest episode

3 Jan 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 176 episodes have a transcript.

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   3 Jan 2026

   Royal Cannon Podcast presents: Power, Patterns, and Perception: How Americans Experience Foreign Policy

   In this episode, Royal Webster and Cathy Cannon slow down a fast-moving and emotional moment in U.S. foreign policy. As news breaks about U.S. military action in Venezuela, public debate has quickly split between technical explanations and raw public reaction. This conversation brings those two perspectives together. Royal draws on his military experience to explain what actually happened — and what didn’t — clarifying the difference between strikes, invasions, and occupations, and why milita...

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   22 Oct 2025TRANSCRIPT

   From the Classroom to Congress

   Meet the Candidate - Royal Webster. From the Classroom to Congress ... let's do this! In this special episode of The Royal Cannon Podcast, Cathy sits down with longtime friend, fellow teacher, veteran, and coach Royal Webster — who is officially announcing his candidacy for Congress. Before the campaign kicks off, the two talk about what led Royal to run, how his experiences in the classroom and the military shaped his view of leadership, and why courage, country, and the Constitution remain ...

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   21 Sept 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Royal Cannon Podcast: Unpacking the Pipeline

   Don't forget to follow our new show with Cathy and Royal, unpacking the crazy of the world teacher style. This week we discuss everything from Pepe the Frog to Proud Boys, the alt-right didn’t just crawl out of basements — it was born in the meme factories of the internet. This week, Royal and Cannon unravel the pipeline: how “just jokes” turn into radical ideology, why some incel forums are suddenly obsessed with “trans-maxing,” and what happens when the Republican Party’s youth moveme...

Inside a recent episode

From the Classroom to Congress

Published 22 Oct 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Is that safe to say? Yes. And I'm one of many because I've seen a lot of great people now running under the democratic umbrella. And I'm really impressed with what they're bringing to the table. And I am encouraged for the future of the party. But we got to change some stuff that's going on and some of the leadership. I agree. I agree. And that's not going to go over well with, with certain people. But I really don't care. Because I'm going to be true to myself. I'm going to be true to this community. I'm going to be true to the district. And I'm going to be true to this country. Well, speaking to the community, I'm glad you said that. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

107 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

131 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 43 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

48

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

93

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