Bonus Sample: Today at Death’s Door
Listen to the full episode Matthew considers two registers of painful eulogy: spectacles thrown for elite terrible people, and the music offered for ordinary terrible people, when we can manage it. ...
20 Jul 5min
Brief: Graham Platner’s QAnon Moment
Access ad-free listening and support the podcast Graham Platner’s recent 11-minute video, where he announced he was dropping out of his bid for the US Senate, is filled with some of the hallmarks we ...
18 Jul 40min
317: Jordan Peterson vs the Nuns
Jordan Peterson is back. After a hiatus due to a, well, a whole lot of problems, he’s up for regular posting on his social media channels. We’re going to take a look at what’s happened over the last y...
16 Jul 1h 15min
Bonus Sample: Taco Bell is Doing Better Public Health Than RFK Jr
Listen to the full episode A cyclospora outbreak has caused thousands of Americans to experience explosive diarrhea across 18 states. The CDC still has no idea where it's coming from. This has caused...
13 Jul 6min
Brief: Cult Within a Church Does a Schism
On July 1, 2026, the Society of Saint Pius X consecrated four bishops at its Écône seminary, defying Pope Leo XIV's direct plea to "turn back." Within 24 hours, Rome declared the SSPX's bishops and ro...
11 Jul 42min
316: The War on Science
Support the pod on Patreon With so much emphasis on global politics and the World Cup in recent weeks, we’re going to focus on the somewhat quieter but intensely important bureaucratic dismantling of...
9 Jul 1h 12min
Bonus Sample: Spielberg, Alien Disclosure, and the Death of David Wilcock
Listen to the full episode Three events converge—everything is connected. Steven Spielberg releases his new sci-fi film Disclosure Day The American government’s UAP Disclosure Act drops t...
6 Jul 7min
Book Club: America, USA
“I do not love America, and never have, especially now.” With an opening sentence like that, you know you’re in for a ride, and Eddie Glaude Jr does not disappoint. Derek discusses touch points from ...
4 Jul 29min
