Brief: Bishop Bootlicker Barron
Matthew digs into the fascism-enabling political theology of Bishop Robert Barron and the rightward slide of Big Catholic media. From his early admiration of Thomas Merton—carefully stripped of his an...
7 Mars 45min
298: MAHA’s Glyphosate Meltdown [feat Mallory DeMille]
Despite saying “I believe glyphosate causes cancer” a few weeks ago, RFK Jr quickly pivoted when his boss declared an executive order calling for the ramping up of glyphosate under a 75-year-old defen...
5 Mars 49min
Bonus Sample: On Death & Being Human
Cult leaders, religious fanatics, dictators, and charlatans all have one thing in common: they exploit our fear of death. Humans act out “immortality projects” in the form of religion, culture, and po...
2 Mars 8min
Brief: Re-reading Casey Means
Casey Means was grilled by some Senators at her hearing for nomination of Surgeon General on Wednesday. Others lobbed softballs. Derek revisits the book that made her a star on the MAHA circuit, Good ...
28 Feb 25min
297: The Epstein Satanic Panic
It’s hard for some people to accept that the normalized and unbridled accumulation of wealth and power is a selection process for apex predators, who wind up having overwhelming influence over the sys...
26 Feb 1h 23min
Bonus Sample: MAHA’s Silence is Deafening
MAHA isn’t a health movement. It’s a marketing engine driving activist propaganda. Derek looks at Tony Lyons, one of MAHA’s key architects, and his recent strategic memo sent to Republican leadership ...
23 Feb 5min
Brief: Toxic Masculinity & The Epstein Files
In the wake of the DOJ’s dump of 3 million documents from the FBI’s Epstein investigation, journalists, content creators, and everyday people are forming narratives and schema for what it all means. ...
21 Feb 36min
