The first and only podcast bringing you weekly case studies in the pop culture of a dying empire. Every Wednesday, co-hosts Josh, Brian, and A.J. dissect an artifact of popular culture, breaking down how its narrative choices reflect or subvert the reactionary political project. From video games to movies to theater to an apparently infinite supply of evangelical Christian radio drama, we expose the machinations of the worst of all possible worlds in order to figure out how to build a better ...
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a podcast about business success and making yourself smarter with the continued psychic trauma of capitalism by @raaleh, @HKesvani, @milo_edwards, @inthesedeserts and @postoctobrist
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Formerly the preeminent Nick Cage podcast, this show is now a few friends from Twitter, @Birdrespecter, @AGoldmund, and @JUNlPER discussing what’s going on online. Leave us a voicemail or text at (971) 374-2265 or [email protected] Visit us on Patreon at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki
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The Lions Led By Donkeys podcast is a military history podcast for laughing at the worst military failures, inept commanders, and crazy stories from throughout the history of human conflict. Our podcast will always be free, but if you think what we do is worth a buck you can throw us one here: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
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A podcast for geniuses about the four pillars of modern misery: anime, gaming, posting, & jobs. Starring Tom & Joe. New episodes every Wednesday.
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Ash and Jon are your guides as we delve through the crypts of Leftist politics and Horror films
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This is a podcast about all the mistakes, failures, and explosions that made space exploration possible.
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A podcast about how The Simpsons says a lot about society
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a combination of society's two greatest accomplishments: podcasting and video games. Hosted by kayandskittles and laborkyle
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Ten Thousand Posts is a show about how everything is a form of posting, and how our lives are a guided by a combination of good and bad posts. It’s hosted by Hussein (@HKesvani), Phoebe (@Phoebe_Rosa_Holly) and produced by Devon (@Devon_Onearth).
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360 - Alien with Josh Boerman of Worst of All Possible Worlds!
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1:51:18In space no one can hear you scream, but they can hear you podcast! We're joined by Josh Boerman from Worst of All Possible Worlds to chat about a classic horror movie and finally get to the bottom of what that blue laser actually means...Listen to Worst of All Possible Worlds:https://www.worstpossible.worldKeep up with Josh at:https://www.joshboer…
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*PREVIEW* The Insane First Pilots of the US Postal Service ft. Josh Boerman
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10:10GET THE REST OF THE EPISODE HERE:https://www.patreon.com/posts/128348764?pr=trueCOME SEE US LIVE IN LONDON JUNE 22NDhttps://bigbellycomedy.club/event/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-big-fat-festival-southbank/By Lions Led By Donkeys
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10k Book Club: Careless People ft. Josh Boerman [PREVIEW]
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10:59This is a preview of a bonus episode. Check it out on our Patreon! -------- Friend of the show Josh Boerman returns to the show to talk about “CARELESS PEOPLE: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism” by former Meta staffer Sarah Wynn-Williams. We talk about the controversy surrounding the memoir, the pretense that nobody at Facebook k…
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*PREVIEW* Vote with Your Boat feat. Josh Boerman
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11:03Josh from The Worst Of All Possible Worlds joins Nova, Riley, and HK to discuss the newest, hottest document in Effective Altruism /AI Safetyism, “AI 2027,” which posits a world in which Chinese and American AI’s team up to turn all of humanity into a paste to lubricate a dyson sphere. Also, the Supreme Court Judgment (in brief - more on that next …
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Preview: The JOIs of Israel Ft. Jordan of Dead Domain
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22:56Jordan aka Dead Domain joins us to discuss their recent documentary on friend of the show Brianna Wu. Watch the documentary here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1O6S7MWXb8 Support Jordan here: https://www.patreon.com/jordanleendertsen Listen to the full episode at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabukiBy [email protected]
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Note: there is a part at the beginning of the episode that will sound like we left in an editing mistake, but we assure you……….it’s intentional. It’s Riley, Milo, Hussein, and November, checking in with Jan Marsalek (to an extent), hearing about an orb that can tell if you’re a chatbot or not, and reviewing Janice Turner’s absolutely bananas articl…
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Joe becomes mentally healthy forever as we curate a therapeutic gaming curriculum designed to provide him with the maximum concentration of vital gaming nutrients such as "dig big hole," "upgrade town," "low-stakes grind" and more. Follow this curriculum yourself and you too will develop a perfect brain Featuring discussions of: SteamWorld Dig 2, D…
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THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofall The lads escape a chain gang and become men of constant sorrow as they embark on Joel and Ethan Coen’s 2000 Southern Odyssey: O Brother, Where Art Thou? Topics include the charms of George Clooney, the superlative soundtrack, and how to adapt the Odyssey without turning into a ho…
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The Upzone of Interest feat. Dan Boeckner
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1:11:48Dan Boeckner’s in town, so he joins us to talk about the ongoing trade chaos, the new plan by the Charter Cities Institute to make a sparkling tech enabled immigration detention centre / San Francisco competitor on a very controversial Navy Base, and finally we look at the just-released immigration white paper, where Sir Keir Starmer KC Human Right…
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We watch the first episode of the HBO series “Paul American”, a documentary – sort of – about Jake and Logan Paul. We talk about the relationship between the Paul brothers and prime time TV shows, what happens when you age out of content economy but can only think in terms of virality, and try to figure out what this show is actually trying to say,…
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SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeysGET YOUR TICKETS TO SEE US IN LONDON JUNE 22ND:https://bigbellycomedy.club/event/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-big-fat-festival-southbank/George Patton launches a very badly thought-out mission to rescue his son-in-law from a POW camp.Sources:http://oflag64.us/ewExternalFiles/…
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The Sordid Tale of Mr. Based Ft. Alex Novell
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1:07:45Alex Novell joins us to talk about the story of Jason Itzler aka Mr. Based: pimp, pornographer, lolcow enthusiast, a man who stares directly into the sun daily, and a possible murderer. Watch the documentary here: https://www.youtube.com/@Alex-Novell Support us at Patreon.com/WesternKabukiBy [email protected]
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359 - A Cure for Wellness Preview (You've Got to Ride the Eel [Mary Todd Lincoln is Real])
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14:21Today's episode gets to the heart of a conspiracy so deep and so dark no one has covered it before: Mary Todd Lincoln is real and we have the eels to prove it! As always, you can get the full bonus episode (and literal years of bonus back catalogue episodes) over on our Patreon page!Discuss the best way to get into medical immortal eel futures duri…
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*PREVIEW* 100 Days of Bro-litude ft. Nathan Tankus
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10:04Notes on the Crises’ Nathan Tankus returns to talk to Riley about 100 days of DOGE, and the catastrophic risks those broccoli haired little rascals pose the entire global financial system, in addition to the moral depravity of the whole enterprise. In the first half, Riley, Milo, and Hussein discuss yet more in the “AI will replace the human soul” …
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Listen to the full episode here: https://www.patreon.com/c/westernkabuki We kick off the month with a couple news stories and some casual conversation amongst friends :)By [email protected]
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188 - The Merchwhit of Venice (feat. Quorators) [Whit’s Endless Summer 43]
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1:59:08Alex and Jeremy of the Quorators podcast join the lads for their triumphant return to Odyssey as they throw themselves headlong into adventures of magic bats, deceitful chickens, and Edwin Blackgaard staging The Merchant of Venice. Topics include the Twilife Zone, the ethics of Watto the Toydarian, and what it means to live your life in the service…
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We review the recent spate of local elections that has everybody deciding retroactively that the Labour Party was always full of dangerous liars who could not be trusted to govern the country - if only someone had figured this out sooner. To start, though, we also look at the spate of religious and spiritual experiences people are attributing to AI…
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Episode 361 - The K Class Submarine and the Battle of May Island
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1:17:37SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeysCome see us live in London June 22nd:https://bigbellycomedy.club/event/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-big-fat-festival-southbank/Once upon a time, the British Navy built one of the worst submarines ever put to sea and then promptly smashed them into one another repeatedly.Sourc…
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*PREVIEW* Carnation Revolution feat. Luke Savage
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10:03Luke Savage rejoins the gang to talk all about what Mark Carney’s government will actually bring Canada - the short answer is “more of the same shit that didn’t work the last four times it was tried.” Will this stop us making revolutionary jokes about Carney? Only time will tell, signs point to no. Also - we look at the rise of Hardman Labour, and …
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CONTENT WARNING This week, Quinn, Chris, and Other Chris are covering the 1980 Plesetsk Cosmodrome explosion, probably the 2nd most lethal accident in space history. Sources: - RussianSpaceWeb, Anatoly Zak Theme song provided by DJ Danarchy
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Caleb joined our friends at The Worst of All Possible Worlds for an episode on Richard "Beebo" Russell. This is the first part, the second is available on their Patreon at http://patreon.com/worstofall or at: https://open.spotify.com/show/2HRfT7aOnT4J0Yg2vfVvkm?si=dmThHESrTFKWoDwl9JWH_w https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-worst-of-all-possibl…
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223: The Sickos Present the Unified Theory of Chilling and Hanging
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1:13:52The most important thing in the universe is to chill and hang and vibe. If humanity is chilling then the utopian society must inevitably follow. But the man hates to see you chilling. We discuss this phenomenon and share our tips to ensure your chilling is at maximum effectiveness. Thanks to Cohen Edenfield for playing Jigsaw in our great intro ske…
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187 - Sky King: The Story of Richard Russell (feat. Caleb from Western Kabuki)
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25:15THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE GO TO Patreon.com/worstofall Caleb @BirdRespecter (Western Kabuki, 60 Minute Drill) joins Brian and Josh to tell the story of Richard “Beebo” Russell, a man who walked off his job as a baggage handler at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport one day in 2018 to steal an airplane. Russell and his ill-fated fligh…
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Webby award winning smiling man Ed Zitron gives us an update on the world of AI funding, the impending collapse, and more. Follow Ed at wheresyoured.at More at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabukiBy [email protected]
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We ring in the Carnation Revolution (more on that later), discuss the moral panic du jour in the U.K., and then cross stateside to discuss the group chat leaks of our close personal friend Mark Andreessen. Can’t believe all his courtier suck ups turned out to be snakes. Get more TF episodes each week by subscribing to our Patreon here! *MILO ALERT*…
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Space Double Katy Perry is Now the Pope ft. Fred Scharmen
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1:01:59Architect and urban designer Fred Scharmen joins us this week to talk about Jeff Bezos’ recent Blue Origin space flight, and what it tells us about how billionaires think about space exploration and settlement today. Fred explains how the utopian, collectivist visions of space exploration in the 20th century lost purchase as rich tech guys became m…
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Episode 360 - The Armenian Genocide: Part 4
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1:38:44Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/lionsledbydonkeysCOME SEE US LIVE ON JUNE 22ND: https://bigbellycomedy.club/event/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-big-fat-festival-southbank/The conclusion to the Armenian Genocide series.By Lions Led By Donkeys
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This is a preview of a bonus episode. To hear the rest of the episode and unlock more bonus content, consider supporting Failure To Launch on Patreon.
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Preview: Return To Pervert World Ft. MLYP
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15:16Listen to the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/posts/return-to-world-127550114 We talk to friend of the show MLYP about the recent hacking of and takedown of 4chan and the impact that 4chan has had on the world. Follow MLYP: https://bsky.app/profile/mlyp.bsky.social Listen to All This For 10 Dollars: https://10bux.neocities.org/…
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*PREVIEW* Keir Starmer Just Needs To Apologise
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10:27We return to U.K. shores to look at the state of national party politics in advance of local elections, and think of who would win in a capitulating contest between Starmer and Trump. Get the whole episode on Patreon here! *MILO ALERT* Check out Milo’s tour dates here: https://miloedwards.co.uk/live-shows *TF LIVE ALERT* We’ll be performing at the …
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The Sickos go on and on about the classic 1982 spoof show Police Squad. Its film version, The Naked Gun, is much more successful and well-known, but the TV sitcom original is where this kind of humor shines brightest. As appreciators of comedy, the Sickos really go nuts over the craftsmanship on display. What a show!…
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Jess O’Thomson from QueerAF joins Riley, Nova, and Hussein to discuss the details of the recent anti-Trans Supreme Court ruling. Also, domes popping up around the world of gold and steel, and an AI “entrapment as a service” company. Get more TF episodes each week by subscribing to our Patreon here! *TF LIVE ALERT* We’ll be performing at the Big Fat…
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186 - Showgirls (feat. Renee Olstead)
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2:09:55Renee Olstead (The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Unfriended) and the lads grab some ice cubes and enter the cutthroat world of Vegas dancing as they cover Paul Verhoeven’s 1995 striptacular: Showgirls. Topics include the madness of Joe Eszterhas, the infamous VH1 cut, and the solidarity that can be learned from a movie that involves shoving…
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358 - An Interview With CD Eskilson Author of Scream / Queen
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1:31:42CD Eskilson, author of the new book of poetry Scream / Queen, joins the crypt to discuss poetry, Queer horror, and working with the monsters of our time. Order CD's book here: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/S/bo245013529.htmlBookmark CD's website: https://www.cdeskilson.com/Discuss the poetry of the gothic and the gothic of p…
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Touch Grass : Graphic Design is my Passion ft. Michael Oswell [PREVIEW]
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10:21This is a preview of a bonus episode- check it out on our Patreon! ------ Designer Michael Oswell joins the show this week to talk about his work in graphic design and typography. Michael talks about how he got started in design, at a time when work was still drawn by hand first and tailored to print mediums – and how the expectations of social med…
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Episode 359 - The Armenian Genocide: Part 3
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1:27:58Support the show on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeysGET TICKETS TO SEE US ON JUNE 22ND IN LONDON:https://bigbellycomedy.club/event/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-big-fat-festival-southbank/Part 3/4For full bibliography see episode 1 show notes.By Lions Led By Donkeys
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They're At War With Our Minds Ft. Layla Saliba
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1:00:07We talk to Palestine activist and student at Columbia University about how the Trump administration is using the full weight of the state with compliance from Columbia to clamp down and oppress student protesters and what that means for all of the US Follow Layla: https://x.com/itslaylas Support this campaign: https://chuffed.org/project/113327-ref…
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