Bonus Sample: Death is Just A Doorway
The People’s Temple in Jonestown, Heaven’s Gate, The Order of the Solar Temple. All cults that ended in tragic mass suicides. How could such lofty aspirations end so badly? For today’s self-contained...
6 Okt 20256min
Brief: He’s Coming For All Vaccines
RFK Jr posted a seven-minute video earlier this week that assures us that vaccines aren't all that great, actually. Derek reads the studies Kennedy references as proof. You might be surprised to learn...
4 Okt 202526min
277: TikTokTylenol [feat Mallory DeMille]
Did you hear about the pregnant woman who ingested too much Tylenol just to “own Trump” and is now on a ventilator and will likely not wake up, offing both herself and her baby? If you were tapped int...
2 Okt 20251h 2min
Bonus Sample: The Wellness Civil War
Listen to the full episode here. When RFK Jr announced that Tylenol might be implicated in autism, he forefronted correlative research that has yet to prove causation. That didn’t stop a number of M...
29 Sep 20254min
Brief: MAGA’s Censorship Hypocrisy
MAGA congressman Clay Higgins recently sent a letter to top tech executives demanding subservience when it comes to "acceptable" speech. This comes two years after Higgins co-sponsored a bill protecti...
27 Sep 202527min
276: Inventing Saint Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk became the latest victim of gun violence in America on September 10. And he wasn't the only person shot on a school campus that day, nor was he the only political figure killed this year....
25 Sep 20251h 10min
Bonus Sample: Antifascist (Autistic) Christianity — Simon(e) Weil (Part 2)
The second installment in a two-part exploration of Simon(e) Weil for the ongoing Antifascist Christianity series and the Antifascist Woodshed project. At the heart of the episode is Weil’s terse, l...
22 Sep 20255min
Brief: Antifascist (Autistic) Christianity: Simon(e) Weil (Part 1)
Matthew begins a two-part exploration of Simone Weil—French philosopher, mystic, and antifascist activist—through the lens of autism, embodiment, and political courage. Following the earlier Antifasci...
20 Sep 202547min
