Just wanted to let everyone know we unlocked the most recent premium episode on the main feed AND added music and sound bytes, to round out the experience. So it's sort of a new episode entirely, if you really think about it...
2023-11-01 16:47:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Recorded 10/30/23
Check out these recent podcast appearances, mentioned at the end of the episode
Rock Hard Caucus Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/rockhardcaucus/124-flock-of-dudes-with-tarence-ray-10292023
The Worst of All Possible Worlds Podcast: 2023-10-30 20:15:08 +0000 UTC View Post
More discussion and analysis of Israel/Palestine, the media, and the U.S. government's role in it all
2023-10-23 21:54:17 +0000 UTC View Post
More updates on Palestine and Palestine discourse, as well as a disappointingly flaccid article from Hawley on how we need a real Christian democracy
Links to support Palestinians:
https://donate.tiltify.com/@hasanabi/palestinian-medical-assistance
https://www.anera.org/where-we-wo...
This week we discuss the latest developments and discourse coming out of Palestine. But first we had to check in with Donald Trump and his strange obsession with Hannibal Lecter.
2023-10-09 20:15:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Mostly more Ukraine/Russia discussion, with some 9/11 and WW3 speculations thrown in here and there. Not quite as insufferable as it sounds but Maybe
2023-10-02 21:29:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Mostly we talk about the Ukraine/Russia war and about a Waffen SS dude getting a standing ovation in Canadian parliament, but we also cover the latest innovation in East Kentucky economic development
2023-09-25 17:33:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we're joined by Christina Heatherton, professor of American Studies and Human Rights at Trinity College in Connecticut, to talk about global radicalism in the era of the Mexican Revolution
Buy Christina's book here: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520287877/arise
Sign here to help stop the Letcher County prison: 2023-09-18 15:34:36 +0000 UTC View Post
We trace the thread from late 70s punk to Techno Mechanicus
2023-09-10 19:27:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Aaron and Tom talk about how Cuba is covered in the media among other topics of import (Jimmy Buffett, Chester Arthur vs. Grover Cleveland, Labor Day vs. May Day, Voodoo, etc.)
2023-09-04 23:27:58 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we're talking southern BBQ trends, pathogens, and the Ronan Farrow profile of Elon Musk in the New Yorker
2023-08-27 21:12:15 +0000 UTC View Post
This week it's action-packed:
— We respond to critics
— Travis Tritt becomes Sy Hersh
— Hurikkkaine Hilary hits land at the same time as an earthquake
— It might be the end times
— The dinosaurs had it easy when you think about it
— We're sending cluster munitions to Ukraine
— In a call back to the old Prohibition days of a Dashiell Hammett novel, police raid a newspaperman in Kansas
First half of the show is a discussion of that one viral video everyone's talking about; if like me you're tired of the discourse and would rather just skip that, fast forward to about 50 minutes. Second half of the show we check in with Pamela Paul's PTSD regarding shoplifting happening in the world
2023-08-14 22:12:57 +0000 UTC View Post
This one takes a minute to really get going but when it does it's off to the races. This week we're talking neoliberalism; Senator Chris Murphy's attempts to *define* neoliberalism; Chris Murphy's attempts to address the spiritual rot at the center of American life; Barbie; and Marx's 18th Brumaire
2023-08-06 20:55:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Attention: For those of you who suffer from misophonia, please skip 1:00:00 to 1:10:00. Just being up front about it this time so you're not caught off guard. Thank you
This week we're talking about country music and the dreaded hick-lib...
2023-07-30 17:34:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we open up with a discussion on ideology. Then we get to hear from a sixth grader who did a nice report on their field trip to Ukraine.
2023-07-24 21:05:40 +0000 UTC View Post
1. Growth v. Degrowth reaches the Penultimate Court
2. SAG/WGA strike
3. NPC Fetish (ice cream yum)
4. DeSantis amasses more troops at the Florida border
5. Jan 6 maniacs invade a rural town in Virginia
Topics this week include: Recent Supreme Court decisions and the reappearance of the Penultimate Court; Adversity scores; and Chris Christie's Jersey Boy comeback
2023-07-02 21:13:02 +0000 UTC View Post
The boys discuss the merits of traveling: is it good or bad? Also sorry for the late episode folks. Thank you for your patience.
2023-06-26 23:47:58 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we have some stories for you: scab priests, Southern Baptist Convention chicanery, and a body part trafficking network
2023-06-18 22:30:55 +0000 UTC View Post
First, Ted Kaczynski's death and strange relationship to Will Hunting. Second, Trump indictment and the now-infamous bathroom photo
2023-06-11 20:34:44 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we're joined by Steve Sladkowski, member of the band PUP, to talk about fans, celebrity, art, Hannah Gadsby, and having your band's poster featured in an Ari Aster film.
Check out the band PUP on all your major streaming services, and go check them out live: https://www.puptheband.com/
2023-06-04 19:59:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Screwing the pooch, Elijah and ska music, Nazis in Ukraine, and drunk Texas politicians
2023-05-28 21:04:25 +0000 UTC View Post
We tried to do the Buttigieg Wired article but it got too inane and so we had to bail midway through. To make up for it, we found an article in Bloomberg about a grandfather-father-son trio involved in a very strange longevity-inspired love tryst. Enjoy!
2023-05-23 22:01:16 +0000 UTC View PostPremium episode is going to be a little late this week gang but we're going to try it have it out by tomorrow (Tuesday). Sorry to everyone and please don't hold it against us!!!
2023-05-22 20:57:57 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we cover:
-- Return of the Mack (Climate Change Remix)
-- weird DeSantos endorsements
-- the great transfer of wealth taking place right beneath our feet
-- and, finally, a climate entrepreneur with Swag
This week we talk about That Elizabeth Holmes Profile, Clarence Thomas and the Dems, our film "The YeOmen" a renegade vigilante known as the "Squatter Swatter," and more thoughts on the Jordan Neely case
2023-05-07 21:33:47 +0000 UTC View Post
This week Paul Stanley stumbles out of his post-glamour-rock stupor and weighs in on the issues of his day; Pras Michel either does or does not speak with the FBI; and Thomas Friedman throws down the gauntlet and makes a challenge to the human race
2023-04-30 22:41:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Topics: confidence tricks, Elon and the Blue Checkmark debacle, David Brooks, and crackpot sociology
2023-04-23 20:49:53 +0000 UTC View Post