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826 - University Challenge feat. Basil Zacharia Rodriguez (4/23/24)

Will interviews Basil Zacharia Rodriguez, an activist and student at Columbia University involved with Columbia Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD) about the ongoing demonstrations taking place there. They discuss the goals of the protests, the media response, and the University’s econ...

825 - The Pleasant Country feat. Ettingermentum (4/18/24)

Josh a.k.a. Ettingermentum joins us for a survey of the political parties of the greatest Democracy of the Middle East, and perhaps, the World: Israel. From Likud to Shas, the New Hope to There Is A Future, we give you a full look of the current political state of Israel and their burning political questions of the day: Shoul...

824 - To Look and To Watch feat. Alex Nichols (4/15/24)

Alex is back on with us today to catch up on MMA libertarians, bad DJs, and a rudely interrupted Billy Joel. We then discuss Iran’s weekend missile attack on Israel, and get Donald Trump’s somber and thoughtful remarks on the hallowed battle ground of Gettysburg. All this and some Valerie Bertinelli news on today’s show...

823 - Drop the Bass Reeves feat. Jacob Bacharach (4/11/24)

Our old friend Jacob Bacharach steps in on the pod today. First, we check in on the election, looking at the continued actual and electoral disaster of the Republicans’ abortion policies, as well as Donald Trump’s non-existent campaign. We finish with a reading series from Jonathan Chait, who’s still banging on about �...

822 - Curb Your Shogunate (4/9/24)

Will, Felix and Amber are here to look at a startling rise in assault in Gay City. Then, a more serious look at the Israeli bombing of World Central Kitchen staffers, and how it seems the ongoing tragedy in Gaza is only made legible to certain parties in Washington and the media by association with celebrity chefs. Also in th...

821 - Jacques-a-Lago feat. Jacques (4/5/24)

Seeking Derangements’ Jacques Gonsoulin stops by to talk Trump’s Mar-a-Lago playlist, Louisianans keeping possums as pets, building a new Titanic and so much more.

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820 - The Neese (4/1/24)

Will, Felix and Amber dish on the news of the day, including the resurgence of Havana Syndrome, Erdoğan’s historic losses in recent Turkish elections, and that obnoxious article about Stanford campus activism. But honestly most of this is just riffs on Liam Neeson and Steven Seagal.

Tickets to the Jaques/Chapo/Se...

819 - Poppy, Pt. 4: The White Rose feat. Michael S. Judge (3/28/24)

Michael Judge from the Death is Just Around The Corner podcast joins us to continue our series on the life and works of President George H.W. Bush. This installment focuses on Poppy’s work reorganizing the CIA, and how his implementation of decentralized systems, computerized indexing, and professionalized contractors sprea...

818 - Dr. Brain & the Women feat. Alex Nichols (3/25/24)

Alex is back to look at a number of topics including: Putin’s ancient vault, the Brain podcast sex freak, UN supports ceasefire, Jewish Heaven, Trump bankrupting the RNC, Catturd’s dogs, and Royal maladies. Finally, a reading series on the Ancien Cajun, James Carville, and who still has lessons to impart on the best way f...

817 - Big Faust Conference feat. Mike Recine (3/21/24)

Mike Recine’s hanging out on the show today. We look at the remarkably continuing discussion of Sydney Sweeney’s hotness among the conservative commentariat, as well as DoorDash discourse, women who eat meat, and the deep state: they’re just like us!. Finally, a great reading series about a guy becoming disillusioned wi...

816 - Streampie feat. Charles Austin (3/18/24)

Episode 1 and Fortune Kit’s Charles stops by the show today to look at a few real life individuals who remind us of E1 characters, including the streamer Destiny, who we’ve all seen clips of getting yelled at by Norm Finkelstein last week. We also check in on New York’s bling bishop, the Stonetoss doxxing, South Dakota ...

POLL: Future of Patreon Integrations

Ok I'm going to keep this short & to the point: I understand there have been some recent issues with our Patreon Acast integration. For the last few years, we've been using Acast to streamline how you connect Patreon with your various podcatchers, and it has seemed to mostly work.

However, we've also had the option ...

ANNOUNCING: Movie Mindset Season 2

Hello Cine Wolves,

We are pleased to announce Season 2 of our Movie Mindset mini-series with Will & Hesse. Our hosts have programmed another 10 episodes of double features, each revealing another shining facet on the myste...

815 - Ask Me No Quoras feat. Quorators (3/14/24)

Alex Ptak and Jeremy Kaplowitz of the Quorators podcast join the pod today. We take a moment looking at the house bill to ban TikTok, then Alex and Jeremy take us on a tour of the world of political Quora. What would happen if two ex-presidents fist fought each other? Can goths be MAGA? Can you call the cops on Satan? We expl...

814 - A Pond Too Far (3/11/24)

We catch up on the biggest winners, losers, snubs and looks of the Illuminati Humiliation Ritual commonly known as the 96th Annual Academy Awards. Then speaking of Humiliation Rituals, we discuss the State of the Union, the response from GOP Senator Katie Britt, Mitch McConnell’s sister-in-law being killed by her own Tesla,...

Movie Mindset Oscar Preview ‘24

Will and Hesse review the top films of 2023 in this special Movie Mindset Oscars Preview. We go through the major Best Picture nominees, give our takes on each, and give our picks for winners in the major categories, plus some discussion of notable snubs. Also, a little preview of Movie Mindset Season 2, launching April 24th....

813 - Springtime for Germany feat. Corner Späti (3/7/24)

Nick and Ciarán from the Berlin-based Corner Späti podcast join us to give a run-down of German politics post-October 7th. We discuss the role of anti-Semitism and holocaust remembrance in German government, the current relationship of the country to the rest of Europe and to Israel, and give a quick brief on the state of D...

BONUS: The Uncommitted Movement feat. Layla Elabed & Waleed Shahid

Organizers Layla Elabed and Waleed Shahid join us to discuss their recent successes with the movement to vote uncommitted against Joe Biden in the ongoing democratic primaries. They lay out their goals, how they’ve been organizing, what they feel they’ve achieved so far, and what they hope to accomplish going into the Dem...

812 - Sweeney Odd feat. Osita Nwanevu (3/5/24)

Contributing editor for the New Republic and columnist for The Guardian Osita Nwanevu returns to the show. We look at a new New Yorker piece on Joe Biden’s last campaign, and the president’s defiant refusal to change gears, adjust policies, or really do anything to address rather dismal polling ahead of the election. Then...

BONUS: The Octopus Murders feat. Christian Hansen & Zachary Treitz

Blowback’s Noah Kulwin joins Will in talking to filmmakers Christian Hansen and Zachary Treitz about their new Netflix series “American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders”. Centered around the mysterious death of journalist Danny Casolaro, the sprawling story eventually touches on everything from spy software, the CIA, Nat...

811 - El Nuevo Camelot feat. Palma (3/1/24)

Sweet Palma aka Max stops by to discuss El Salvador and their epic bitcoin president Nayib Bukele. Palma takes us on a humorous and harrowing tour of the recent history of El Salvador, the development of their parties, and the issues that animate Salvadorans, as well as what Bukele’s Whole Thing can illustrate of current po...

810 - The Forbidden Zone feat. Alex Nichols (2/27/24)

Alex joins us once again to look at the news of the day, starting with a more serious look at the recent self-immolation in protest of U.S. Airman Aaron Bushnell. After that some lighter fare, with some stories of the bad Biden dog, Elizabeth Warren smoking weed with Ed Markey, and an article chronicling Biden’s stroke game...

809 - Spanish Civil War, part 2: Falange y FAI (2/22/24)

This is the 2nd installment of Matt’s Spanish Civil War Series, following up on episode #784 from November. Check that one out to begin and/or refresh yourself on the series:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/784-spanish-war-9336051...

808 - Pussy in Bardo feat. Ed Zitron (2/19/24)

Friend of the show & tech journalist Ed Zitron stops by to check in on the state of the internet. Have they cracked AI video yet? Does the VisionPro herald an en-goggled future? Just how stupid is Elon Musk, actually? We explore the end of the era of techno optimism and as our most advanced internet tech seems to aid less...

807 - The GF Test feat. Kath Krueger (2/15/24)

Kath sits in today as we celebrate Sen. Fetterman’s son’s birthday, figure out if the Malaysian government has compromised a certain poster to a permanent end, and use state-of-the-art AI humanoids to test determine if we’re fit enough for jobs at Olive Garden. Then, the financial advice columnist who got scammed for $5...

806 - Hero of Wives (2/12/24)

We give our annual post-Super Bowl report rating the spectacle and the ads, including the increasing, and increasingly funny, conservative opposition to the whole idea of “football”. Plus, a review of a tough week for Joe Biden, including a new round of trepidation about his age and fitness. Finally, we look at an amazing...

805 - My First Genocide feat. Ali Abunimah (2/8/24)

Today, executive director of the Electronic Intifada Ali Abunimah joins us to discuss the war in Palestine. We cover recent attempts to delegitimize and destroy UNRWA, atrocity propaganda, evolving capabilities of Palestinian resistance, changing attitudes towards Israel in the U.S., and the life, career and death of Palestin...

804 - All My Neighbors Cousins feat. Pod About List (2/5/24)

Caleb, Patrick and Cameron of Pod About List stop by to take a look at the lighter side of news. Topics include: mandatory potty training in Utah, a Chinese spy bird, dick biting, and the international crisis of cousins.

Pod About List is on tour with Home Planet soon, find all their dates here: 2024-02-06 03:57:23 +0000 UTC View Post

803 - The Buc-ee’s Brigade feat. Pendejo Time (2/1/24)

We’re joined by Jake (@jakebrodes) & Thomas (@len0killer) of the Pendejo Time podcast to get the live report from Greg Abbott’s occupied Tekkkxas. We look at the Abbott v. Biden conflict at the border, the convoys of confused truckers coming to the rescue, and the phenomenon of immegrant on immigrant racism. Then, a l...

802 - Adult High School feat. Alex Nichols (1/29/24)

Alex Nichols a.k.a. @Lowenaffchen joins us to look at a series of certified Good Mental Moments from our top politicians. Then, we transition to doing a live listen to the new Tom McDonald feat. Ben Shapiro song FACTS. Is Ben bringing Tom down? Is that an AI or is Ben really that robotic? Do you really want to be talking comp...