Best Aaron Thorpe Podcasts (2025)

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Listen To Migrant Sex Workers w/ Chanelle Gallant & Elene Lam 1:05:15

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The Party Girls are Joined by sex workers' rights advocates Elene Lam and Chanelle Gallant to discuss their book “Not Your Rescue Project: Migrant Sex Workers Fighting for Justice” out now with Haymarket Books. In this episode, Jamie and Sam explore the ways in which migrant sex workers have pushed back against state repression and how their storie…

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Building serverless vector search with Turbopuffer CEO, Simon Eskildsen 1:06:48

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In this episode, Aaron Francis talks with Simon Eskildsen, co-founder and CEO of TurboPuffer, about building a high-performance search engine and database that runs entirely on object storage. They dive deep on Simon's time as an engineer at Shopify, database design trade-offs, and how TurboPuffer powers modern AI workloads like Cursor and Notion. …

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ARG Presents 323 - Celebrities In Games..Sort of! Jet Li's Rise to Honor & Edward O. Thorp's Real Blackjack! 1:03:59

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Somewhere, at sometime, someone asked "How can we make MORE money with gaming?!?!?". I'll tell you how...you put some FAMOUS SUCKERS IN THE GAME!! Join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron this week as we see what happens when someone decided to add CELEBRITIES in the mix! Prepare yourself for the lighting speed of JET LI's: Rise to Honor and...well...ugh... …

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The People's Republic Of New York 1:07:55

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Jamie reports LIVE from the COMMUNIST CORRIDOR of NYC on the election of New York's first socialist mayor since 1993, youngest mayor since 1892, first ever Muslim mayor, and most importantly, first mayor with a rap career Zohran Mamdani (learn to say it). What does it mean that America's most important city elected a democratic socialist mayor? Are…

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Building an S3 Competitor with Tigris CEO Ovais Tariq 1:07:27

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Aaron talks with Ovais Tariq, co-founder and CEO of Tigris Data and former Uber engineer who helped scale one of the world’s largest distributed systems. They discuss Uber’s hyperscale infrastructure, what it takes to build an S3-compatible object store from scratch, and how distributed storage is evolving for the AI era. Follow Ovais: Twitter: htt…

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Halloween 2025 w/ Christopher Jason Bell 43:46

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Filmmaker Christopher Jason Bell (Failed State, Miss Me Yet) joins me for a special Halloween edition of Struggle Session. We delve into some of our favorite horror films and recent releases including Weapons, Hellraiser, Saw, Cure, Ganja & Hess, The Exorcist, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and more. We also talk about Chris' short film The Confection…

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CULTURAL MARXISM HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: Donnie Darko (2001) 1:09:47

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The PG crew tackles a classic Halloween movie that captured our hearts and bent our minds when we were in high school: Donnie Darko (2001). In writer/director Richard Kelly's coming-of-age sci-fi thriller, troubled teen Donnie (Jake Gyllenhaal) must decipher the apocalyptic visions he's been having before it's too late. We discuss the film's politi…

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WIBTV EP.6 ft. Maxelle Talena 1:13:57

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Anti trans legislation is at an all time high Whites shamming yts Buy a gun? Censored Dialogue World Series Songs: Censored Dialogue- Deadname Gorila Buscuits- Start Today Join the Patreon wordisbondtv.com

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Rewriting SQLite from prison with Preston Thorpe 1:18:28

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In this episode of Database School, Aaron talks with Preston Thorpe, a senior engineer at Turso who is currently incarcerated, about his incredible journey from prison to rewriting SQLite in Rust. They dive deep into concurrent writes, MVCC, and the challenges of building a new database from scratch while discussing redemption, resilience, and raw …

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Master Gunnery Sergeant Steven Timme, United States Marine Band 27:53

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"The President's Own" United States Marine Band isthe oldest professional musical organization in the United States, performing at the pleasure of the President since 1801. Performing at over 500 events annually, the Marine Bandbrings its renowned musical excellence to presidential inaugurations, state funerals, state arrival ceremonies, Friday Eve…

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No Kings, No Masters 1:10:12

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The PG crew discusses the recent No Kings Day protests, which brought out millions of people around the world for a demonstration of...something. How should thoughtful partisans orient themselves towards such a thing? Sam gives updates on anti-ICE activities in Chicago. Plus, some thoughts on the Mamdani - Sliwa - Cuomo cage match that was the firs…

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Last Responders The Mask S8 EP5 ft. Jake Flores 1:18:46

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Just in time for spooky season Tony Boswell is joined by Jake Floresand dive into a 9-1-1 halloween special for the ages. wordisbond.com

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A million transactions per second: building TigerBeetle with Joran Greef 1:28:12

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In this episode, Aaron talks with Joran Greef, CEO and creator of TigerBeetle, the world’s first financial transactions database. Joran takes us on a deep dive of on how TigerBeetle brings double-entry accounting principles directly into the database layer to achieve extreme correctness, performance, and fault tolerance at scale. Follow Joran and T…

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CULTURAL MARXISM: One Battle After Another (2025) (PREVIEW) 15:11

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The Party Girls crew takes on Paul Thomas Anderson's epic "taken" tale with revolutionary flavor, One Battle After Another (2025). In this comedic thriller, an aging burnout and former member of revolutionary group The French 75 (Leonardo DiCaprio) must spring into action with the help of his local karate sensei/migrant defense organizer (Benicio d…

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We Want them Infected with Dr. Jonathan Howard 35:06

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Dr. Jonathan Howard chief of the neurology service at Bellevue Hospital joins us to discuss his book We Want Them Infected: How the Failed Quest for Herd Immunity Led Doctors to Embrace the Anti-vaccine Movement and Blinded Americans to the Threat of COVID. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--58420…

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Fetishized w/ Kaila Yu 18:39

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Writer Kaila Yu joins me to discuss her new book Fetishized: A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support. Subscribe at http://patreon.com/strugglesession Please leave us a 5 star review at Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/pod…

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WIBTV RADIO EP.2 PATEON PREVIEW 1:30

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Subscribe to the patrteon for full episodes of WIBTV RADEO wordisbondtv.com

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WIBTV GO LISTEN TO D'ANGELO 5:52

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Unfortunatly this week has been hectic beyond my countrol inculding a lost episode so rather than an episode I encourage you to fo listen to D'Angelo. WORDISBOND TV RADEO DROPPING ON PATREON TOMORROW!!! wordisbondtv.com

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FOR SWINGERS ONLY! It's 8-BIT Tarzan Games this week on ARG Presents! Grab your tiger tunic & YELL! 52:31

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Remember Tarzan? He was sort of a big deal when computers were just getting their footing in the early 80's, and this literary legend became a big part of the 8-bit era. Join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron this week as we grab a few chimps and start climbing some palm trees...ok not likely. We'll be trying our luck with two of the big T's games of the d…

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WIBTV EP.5 The Performative Male Problem ft. Lena NW 1:10:20

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Lena NW ( @fallitiaG ) joins Tony Boswell to talk about Performative male pandemic Luigi, peak male performance? Capitalism only leaves us performance. Alexis Sablone More Luigi SONGS: Clairo- Thank You (had to do it to em ) Soft Play - Everything and Nothing wordisbondtv.com

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Tranarchy In The US w/ Maxelle Talena 1:25:07

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Maxelle Talena of Dysphoria and Affiliated w/ Maxelle Talena joins the program to discuss the recent rash of anti-trans memos from the White House and right-wing efforts to paint trans people as domestic terrorists and mass shooters, even seeking to deny trans people their 2A rights. How should we situate these rising threats? We also discuss Tyler…

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Ezra Klein vs Ta-Nehisi Coates w/ Briahna Joy Grey 2:56:13

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WORDISBOND TV EP.4 FT. AFROCOSMIST (AARON THORPE) 1:30:23

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Creepy Dolls Italian futurist One Battle After Another Ryder Cup SONGS: CCFX- One To Wait Chance the Rapper- Put this Gun in yo Purse PATREON

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The Real Fascism Was The Enemies We Made Along The Way 1:18:27

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Jamie and Sam tackle some not-so-great news, including: the death of Assata Shakur, the highly suspicious "anti-ICE" shooting, Sam's firsthand experience of ICE storm troopers in Chicago, the government shutdown, and Trump's anti-anti-fascist memos which single out both the Stop Cop City movement and supporters of Luigi Mangione, among other groups…

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How To Save The World w/ Malcolm Harris 1:14:37

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The PG crew speaks with author Malcolm Harris (@BigMeanInternet) about his new book, What’s Left: Three Paths Through the Planetary Crisis. In this book, Harris takes us through three strategies to save the world from climate change: “Marketcraft,” “Public Power” and “Communism” (clearly, he saved the best for last). We unpack what each of these ar…

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WORDISBOND TV EP.3 The mix tape 36:10

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Life has been a LOT lately and I'm probably not alone there so lets put out a mix tape of some song that bring me joy during these hard times. Misha Panfilov - Days as Echoes Freeway -What We Do Kenny Mason - Jumpin In Janet Jackson - Together Again Angel Olsen - New Love Cassette High Vis - Talk for Hours Bad Brains - Attitude wordisbondtv.com…

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Really BAD Ports! Some games should NEVER come home, or VICE VERSA! Experience PAIN on ARG Presents 321! 1:00:42

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Everyone likes a good, ole fashioned technological achievement in gaming. But what happens when a twisted visionary tries to move that game to a platform that isn't ready for it?!? I'll tell you what happens...you get a REALLY BAD PORT! Join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron this week as we see what happens when someone decided to STEP OVER THE LINE (of te…

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PlanetScale Postgres with CEO Sam Lambert 1:06:39

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Sam Lambert, my former boss at PlanetScale, talks to me about PlanetScale moving from a MySQL company to now also having a Postgres offering. Sam shares why PlanetScale decided to move to Postgres, how MySQL and Postgres are different at a technical level, and how the change has impacted the company culture. Stay to the end for a special surprise! …

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Sinners w/ Briahna Joy Gray and Josh Olson [Unlocked] 1:26:50

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WORDISBOND TV EP.2 The Post Malone Problem 55:44

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The Post Malone Problem Cat Person apropriation Diplo has zionest energy Jazz Fusion Best trick at the golf tournement Songs: My Lil Shootah- 4Batz Actually - Dan Kye wordisbonttv.com https://www.youtube.com/@wordisbondtv420

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If You Listen To This, You Are Gay LMAO 1:06:52

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The PG crew tackles the shot heard 'round the world last week when Charles James Kirk, 31-year-old MAGA influencer and notable twerp, caught a bullet to the neck while saying something racist at an event called "The American Comeback Tour" at Utah Valley University. Hey, at least he died doing what he loved. Is this a Turning Point in USA history, …

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The database for all your AI needs 1:00:07

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Marcel Kornacker, the creator of Apache Impala and co-creator of Apache Parquet, joins me to talk about his latest project: Pixeltable, a multimodal AI database that combines structured and unstructured data with rich, Python-native workflows. From ingestion to vector search, transcription to snapshots, Pixeltable eliminates painful data plumbing f…

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Cultural Marxism: Eddington (2025) w/ Tom Sexton and Tarence Ray (PREVIEW) 0:53

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Jamie is joined by Tom Sexton and Tarence Ray of the Trillbilly Workers Party podcast to talk about Ari Aster's polarizing new film, Eddington. Set in a fictional southwestern town in 2020, the Hereditary director's latest offering has a lot going on: Joaquin Phoenix as MAGA sheriff, Pedro Pascal as neolib mayor, Emma Stone as goth girlfriend, and …

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Basketball is Jazz w/ David Thorpe 56:02

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Ray and Aaron talk with Coach David Thorpe—longtime personal basketball coach, mentor, analyst, and author—about his recent TrueHoop story “Jazz Lessons,” which explores the success of incorporating improvisation into NBA offenses. The conversation touches on some of the all-time greats who set the standard, highlights a few teams thriving with fre…

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1999: The Year Low Culture Conquered America w/ Ross Benes 42:14

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WNBA First Round Playoff Preview w/ Bob Bellotti 48:03

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Aaron is joined by basketball analyst, author, and Substack writer Bob Bellotti to discuss all the intrigue and storylines in the four first-round matchups for the WNBA playoffs beginning this Sunday. Western Conference Preview with Bob Bellotti Fledgling WNBA Players Thrive in Second Half of Season Check out the daily newsletter at www.basketballi…

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The Day Before Charlie Kirk Got Murked 1:14:12

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Let's get this out of the way: we recorded this episode the day before Charlie Kirk got smoked by an assassin who is, as of this writing, still at large. But as it turns out, there are lots of other things happening in the world. Like: a judge threw out the Stop Cop City RICO case (yay!), ICE is invading Sam's city (boo), civil unrest popped off in…

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WORDISBOND TV EP.1 ft. Jake Flores 57:39

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Secreet podcast hand shake SIX SEVEN... nah SIX NINE! Charlie Kirk pack Sports alliegience Poker songs: Scars (via tik tok) Cold World- Boom Bye Bye Join the patreon: wordisbondtv.com