Bonus Sample: The '80s Zen Master Con Man
Everything about Zen Master Rama was fake—except for the piles of money he made. His black belt in paranormal martial arts, three past lives as a Buddhist teacher, 31 meditation albums he claimed to c...
4 Aug 20256min
Brief: DJ Khaled of Pseudoscience
Strange billboards have been popping up all over Los Angeles featuring disgraced Theranos founder, Elizabeth Holmes, and an unidentified man listing a new URL—one that redirects to the Theranos websit...
2 Aug 202523min
268: Rogan’s Christian President
We catch up on three figures this week. First is Bari Weiss, who's trying to sell her upstart media org, The Free Press, to Skydance for a reported $250 million, just days after the network's merger...
31 Jul 20251h 14min
Bonus Sample: "Natural" Snake Oil?
MAHA hates petroleum-based food dyes. Yet, as Derek unpacks, many of the main influencers in this movement monetize products synthesized by the same exact chemical process. Learn more about your ad ch...
28 Jul 20255min
Brief: Mehdi Hasan vs Jordan Peterson
Mehdi Hasan's recent Jubilee appearance has blown up—and so has criticism of the entire media operation. Derek and Julian discuss the value and pitfalls of this format, contrasting the far-right parti...
26 Jul 202539min
267: Epstein Never Died
Jeffrey Epstein’s name is being screamed into the headlines again. The late and former self-described best-friend of Donald Trump's highly suspicious 2019 death following his arrest for child sex traf...
24 Jul 202558min
Bonus Sample: Galloway and the Mooch: The Lost Boys of Capitalism (Pt 2)
On the horizon: a new liberal-center manosphere, yearning to reach out to the young men poached by Trumpism, but offering what, exactly? Professor Scott Galloway and Anthony Scaramucci are earnest a...
21 Jul 20255min
Brief: Galloway and the Mooch: The Lost Boys of Capitalism (Pt 1)
On the horizon: a new liberal-center manosphere, yearning to reach out to the young men poached by Trumpism, but offering what, exactly? Professor Scott Galloway and Anthony Scaramucci are earnest a...
19 Jul 202546min
