209: The Right’s Fantasy Super-Villain (w/Renee Diresta)
We talked to Renee Diresta, when she in the middle of a life-changing crisis. Elon Musk’s hand-picked "journalists" were testifying in front of Congress as part of the “Twitter Files.” Matt Taibbi and...
6 Kesä 20241h 25min
Bonus Sample: Nicole Shanahan Talks DEI with Scott Adams
Nicole Shanahan, RFK Jr's VP pick, has recently started her own podcast. Dilbert creator Scott Adams joined. The conversation quickly turned into a conspiracy free-for-all, starting with DEI, then swe...
3 Kesä 20246min
Brief: Dancing for the Devil (w/Derek Doneen)
When young TikTok dance stars joined 7M Films, they got access to big production budgets, luxurious locations, and exciting career opportunities. There was a problem, however. Their boss, Robert Shinn...
1 Kesä 202425min
208: Dirty Dozen Disinformation (w/Drs Andrea Love & Michelle Wong)
Every year, the Environmental Working Group, a Washington, DC-based lobbying group, publishes its “Dirty Dozen” report, which supposedly informs consumers about the 12 “dirtiest” fruits and vegetables...
30 Touko 20241h 5min
Bonus Sample: Public Theology and Hospice Care (w/Jude Mills)
In this Listener Stories episode, Matthew sits down with Jude Mills, an old friend from the yoga world, to hear her story about growing up in an anti-theist home in hyper-sectarian Scotland, but feeli...
27 Touko 20246min
Brief: Is God Necessary in Spiritual Practices?
There’s been a growing acceptance of religious belief from the previously religious-averse, especially in the Covid contrarian space. This comes in the wake of a number of recent high-profile conversi...
25 Touko 202447min
207: Gaming Realities (w/Thi Nguyen)
Philosopher Thi Nguyen first visited us 150 episodes ago (!!) to discuss how social media gamification exploded online conspiracy theories and audience capture drags content producers toward the seduc...
23 Touko 20241h 8min
Bonus Sample: Russell Brand Is Christian Now?
Russell Brand has accepted Jesus into his heart and been baptized in the spirit. But does his conversion to Christianity make sense along the New Age rebel to right-wing, conspiracy-theorist radicaliz...
20 Touko 20247min
