Episode 250: The Giant of Kandahar feat Noah Kulwin & Brendan James (Blowback Podcast)

Devin O'Shea guides us into the world of acclaimed novelist Thomas Pynchon, whose cryptic, sprawling narratives echo the chaotic info deluge of contemporary digital culture. With Paul Thomas Anderson'...

21 Maj 202510min

A crossroads. A marketplace of ideas. A subreddit evolving in the age of Trump’s second term. We dive into R/Conspiracy to see where our head is at. Subscribe for $5 a month to get all the premium ep...

17 Maj 20251h 19min

Matthew Johnson was a once respected clinical psychologist, best-selling parenting author, and national media guest. Then he saw something strange in the woods that shattered his worldview. Brad is ba...

14 Maj 202510min

People use generative artificial intelligence to troubleshoot technical problems, churn out anime-inspired images based on their personal photos, and drive university professors who teach undergrad co...

10 Maj 20251h 13min

There is no bigger franchise in the video game business than Grand Theft Auto by Rockstar Games. So naturally, fans of open-world criminal mayhem descend into wild dot-connecting in the years before e...

5 Maj 20259min

Netflix’s Adolescence, a four-part thriller about a 13-year-old murder suspect, has hijacked Britain’s political conversation. Annie Kelly explains why the series hit such a nerve: it maps the online ...

3 Maj 20251h 56min

A working man. A man who works… to free his boss’ daughter from the clutches of a human trafficking ring. Gabrus joins Jake and Julian as we attempt to make sense of this very puzzling film starring...

29 Apr 202510min

Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador and Trump’s number one Latin American buddy, is a renaissance man for our era. Crypto, memes, reddit. Repression, megaprisons, anti-communism. We take a look...

28 Apr 20251h 16min