Bonus Sample: “There Are Worse Things Than Dying”
This is a newly favorite mantra that RFK Jr is using on the presidential stump. The subtext, uttered in the shadow of a pandemic that this guy did what he could to minimize and bypass, carries a lot ...
4 Maalis 20245min
Brief: The CPAC Pope and the Icicle Babies (w/ Brad Onishi)
Brad Onishi of Straight White American Jesus sits down with Matthew to analyze the debut of “America’s Bishop,” Joseph Strickland, on the CPAC stage, where he blessed MAGA Christian Nationalism with h...
2 Maalis 202443min
195: Long COVID (w/Tara Haelle)
In the early days of the pandemic, most of the cultural focus was on the necessity of quarantine measures and the distinction between mild and severe COVID infections. Yet by May 2020, some were exper...
29 Helmi 20241h 14min
Bonus Sample: Through the Looking-Glass
After going undercover at the Conscious Life Expo, Julian examines the weird synchronicities between himself and his mirror-world doppelganger, the eccentric Rhodesian conspiritualist, Sacha Stone. Cl...
26 Helmi 20246min
Brief: The “Super Reasonable” Dr. Vinay Prasad
A contrarian doctor “just asking questions.” Super reasonable. Certainly not anti-vax, just a regular guy who grievance-mongers about quarantine measures and mocks people afraid of long Covid. Vinay P...
24 Helmi 202438min
194: The Power Worshippers (w/Katherine Stewart)
January 6, 2021. MAGA hats, tactical gear, American flags, poles turned into clubs. Another flag appears: white, with a blue corner square containing a red Latin cross. Another that proclaims “Jesus i...
22 Helmi 20241h 10min
Bonus Sample: Your Gut Isn't Leaking
The Cleveland Clinic's website states that leaky gut is a "hypothetical condition." Yet Cleveland Clinic physician, Mark Hyman, claims that leaky gut is at the foundation of autism, depression, cancer...
19 Helmi 20246min
Brief: Plandemic Takes the Promenade
An anti-vax, COVID-grievance, climate-science denying, communism panic-generating film by Mikki Willis just won “Best Documentary Feature” at the Santa Monica International Film Festival. Julian atte...
17 Helmi 202429min
