Guess what? Havana Syndrome’s not a real thing, who would have guessed? Then, we look at the New York Times two ways: (1) their insistently hysterical and “non-activist” coverage of trans iss...
2023-03-03 06:23:17 +0000 UTC View Post
The Peace of Westphalia concludes the war and introduces a new phase of political and economic conflict to Europe.
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2023-03-01 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by friend of the show Will Sommer to discuss his new book “Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America”. We discuss the full shape of the conspirac...
2023-02-28 03:47:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Matt Christman has come under government censorship. Then, Trump brings burgers to the beleaguered people of Ohio while Biden brings missiles to the beleaguered people of Ukraine. Finally, we meet ...
2023-02-24 04:31:51 +0000 UTC View Post
The apocalyptic effects of years of war on the population transform central Europe into Hell on Earth.
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2023-02-22 12:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We give a slightly premature send-of to President Carter. Then, Nikki Haley enters the GOP primaries, WaPo ranks democratic primary possibilities, and MTG reveals she’s maybe the only congresswom...
2023-02-21 04:18:08 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by Ben Clarkson and Matt Bors, creators of the new comic book Justice Warriors, to discuss 1993’s sci-fi action classic DEMOLITION MAN. In a future where humanity has gained peace ...
2023-02-17 01:28:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Will talks to David Sirota of The Lever about the disastrous train derailment and toxic event in East Palestine, Ohio. They discuss national train policy, corporate responsibility, erosion of railw...
2023-02-15 17:58:01 +0000 UTC View Post
King Gustavus Adolphus brings the seemingly unstoppable power of Sweden crashing through central Germany.
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2023-02-15 12:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We discuss the increasingly bizarre obsession around “objects” being shot down in the sky, as well as the insane circumstance around the toxic event in Ohio (and we will have more on that later...
2023-02-14 03:39:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Review of the State of the Union and recent media hits from Trump, DeSantis, and Huckabee-Sanders. IRL Airborn Toxic Event. The Catturds guard the Bird Site. The Taliban become PMC.
2023-02-10 02:55:17 +0000 UTC View Post
The Danes stage a daring intervention against the Habsburgs. Enter: Wallenstein & Richelieu.
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2023-02-08 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostWe’re joined by Bomani Jones, host of Game Theory on HBO, to discuss pro-sports and labor, including NFL player health in the wake of Damar Hamlin’s recent hospitalization, and NBA player barga...
2023-02-07 03:57:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We check in on the very early stages of the ‘24 presidential race, including the various culture wars heating up in Ron DeSantis’ Florida. Then, a conversation between Rod and Andrew Sullivan r...
2023-02-03 03:35:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Dynastic ambitions, messianic delusions and One High Fall topple the Holy Roman Empire into war.
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2023-02-01 12:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
A grab-bag of topics today: A novel idea for fixing policing from the Slow Boring blog; Eric Adams has a rat problem; Priest goes to hell; TikTok ban on the horizon; Prince Andrew in the tub; Andre...
2023-01-31 03:33:54 +0000 UTC View Post
We finally devote a whole episode to the special insanity of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. Will, Felix and Kath have each selected a favorite episode from the series’ 22-season run to look...
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2023-01-26 17:52:41 +0000 UTC View Post
The royal dynasties of Europe strain to confront reformation, centralization and modernization in their own distinct ways as we bring them up to the eve of the Thirty Years War.
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2023-01-25 12:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We get a taste of the old Trump magic through his beautiful eulogy for one of his most loyal supporters, the wonderful Diamond. Then, we check in with America’s police forces through a(nother) un...
2023-01-24 04:17:32 +0000 UTC View Post
We dive back into the the increasingly absurd lies around the House’s new great CONgressman. Then, updates from the Hochul imperium here in New York, more news of our very bored and very depraved...
2023-01-20 03:51:32 +0000 UTC View Post
The Black Death, the rise of the Habsburgs, and the dream of the Universal Monarch.
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2023-01-18 09:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by our pod-father Bryan Quinby to discuss the topic that brought us all together in the first place: Butt TV.
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We’re joined by AJ+ journalist Mohammad Alsaafin to discuss the newly formed Israeli government, the state of Palestinian resistance, and of course, Mideast politics vis-à-vis the recent World C...
2023-01-13 02:32:31 +0000 UTC View Post
A man, a hammer, a nail, a door, history. Martin Luther sets off the protestant reformation and lays the groundwork for a century of violence in Europe.
This first episode of Hell on Earth: T...
2023-01-11 09:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by Ben and Hesse of Seeking Derangements to look at the bungled coup in Brazil, Matt Schlapp’s sexual harassment accusations and prince Harry’s explosive new book about getting f...
2023-01-10 04:37:57 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re back to regular coverage today with a look at the enjoyably dysfunctional quest of the GOP trying to elect a speaker of the house. Then, we discuss Bolsonaro in Orlando and OF COURSE, for t...
2023-01-06 03:03:38 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s finally time to return to Pandora: we review Avatar: The Way of Water. James Cameron expands and improves on his otherworldly saga of colonization and resistance in about every conceivable w...
2023-01-03 04:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s a Best of the Fall Tour compilation! Yes, in a compromise sure to please few and enrage many, we’ve put together a compilation of the best bits from each of our four shows on this year’s...
2022-12-30 04:02:06 +0000 UTC View Post
In a sequel of sorts to one of our most beloved movie & holiday episodes, we enter a fantastic & amazingly realized world that could only spring from the singular genius of one of cinema’...
2022-12-27 01:20:38 +0000 UTC View Post