Brief: Anti-Social Media (w/Renee Diresta)
When asked if he thought Mark Zuckerberg’s effective ending of fact checking was in response to threats that he would “put him in jail for a very long time,” Trump replied, “Probably. Yeah, probably.”...
1 Feb 202529min
242: Executive Disorder
What the ever loving fuck. That’s our intro today. But we do have a structure. Julian’s going to review the Executive Order chaos, including the pardoning and deputizing of fascist street gangs. Derek...
30 Jan 202552min
Bonus Sample: 1950’s Alien Yoga
Full episode available here. The alien from Venus in George King’s head said: “Prepare yourself. You are to be the voice of interplanetary parliament.” It’s 1952 and the Englishman has been meditating...
27 Jan 20255min
Brief: Patients Before Profits
On Jan 10, the Oregon Nurses Association launched the largest healthcare strike in Oregon state history. Some 5k frontline caregivers from 8 Providence hospitals and 6 clinics have been holding the li...
25 Jan 202533min
241: Unravelling The Telepathy Tapes
One of the top podcasts in the world—even beating out Rogan for a few hours—is popularizing a well-meaning intervention for non-speaking autistic people. Unfortunately, that intervention happens to be...
23 Jan 20251h 11min
Relief Project #7: Sam Adler-Bell
The seventh installment of Matthew’s Five Big Questions Posed to an Extremely Thoughtful Person. Sam Adler-Bell is a journalist, political theorist, and co-host of one of Matthew’s favourite podcasts...
21 Jan 202532min
Bonus Sample: Calling Out Bullsh*t
Twitter Files journalist Alex Berenson recently published two articles claiming that Moderna covered up a child's death from a Moderna Covid booster trial—and the FDA is complicit. Children’s Health D...
20 Jan 20253min
Brief: Tech-Bro Mormonism (w/Blair Hodges)
We know Bryan Johnson gobbles 100 pills a day. He pumps his son’s plasma through his veins. He does light therapy on his junk and wants to live forever. But do we understand how Johnson’s fascinations...
18 Jan 202547min
