Bonus Sample: “Joe Rogan of The Left” Glazes China
Listen to the full episode here Hasan Piker just spent two weeks in The People’s Republic of China. The famous streamer is often invoked as being a potential “Joe Rogan of The Left,” who might bring ...
8 Des 20255min
Brief: Have Tech Bros Killed Psychedelics?
"Immortality influencer" Bryan Johnson recently livestreamed his second-ever psilocybin trip "for science." But was it, really? Derek and Julian break down the performative nature of this stunt and d...
6 Des 202528min
286: RFK Jr’s Great Crusade
RFK Jr is one of the greatest perpetrators of a firehose of falsehoods that we’ve ever covered. The stakes were raised when he was installed as head of America’s public health system. A new longform a...
4 Des 20251h 8min
Bonus Sample: How Does Andrew Wakefield Keep Getting Resurrected?
Listen to the full episode. With the CDC recently updating its website with anti-vax propaganda under the direction of RFK Jr, disgraced and disbarred physician, Andrew Wakefield, is back in the news...
1 Des 20255min
Brief: Black Friday’s Wellness Extravaganza
Derek and Julian survey all of the incredible, life-changing deals going down this weekend in Wellnesslandia. Show Notes Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society ...
29 Nov 202534min
285: Can Peter Attia Live Forever?
In the wildly popular biohacking and longevity space, Peter Attia is often cited as one of the leading luminaries. His straightforward, science-backed approach seems to cut through the noise in a spac...
27 Nov 20251h 11min
Bonus Sample: Graeber vs Bannon, Anarchism vs Leninism (Part 2)
This bonus episode is Part 2 of Graeber vs Bannon, Anarchism vs Leninism. I start in the 1870s with Marx and Bakunin fighting over the joys and traumas of the Paris Commune. Marx sees it as an imper...
24 Nov 20254min
Brief: Graeber vs Bannon, Anarchism vs Leninism (Part 1)
In this first of a two-part series, I dig into a century-long debate within revolutionary politics—one that now shapes the fault lines between MAGA authoritarianism and the fragmented resistance again...
22 Nov 202543min
