www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer for the full episode One year ago, Charlie Kirk was assassinated while hosting a speaking event on a college campus in Utah. In the wake of his death followed a year of political turmoil, conservative infighting, New McCarthyism, conspiracy theories, organized doxxing + harassment campaigns and worse. Curiously, Kirk's likeness has survived via "kirkification" memes which have endured probably more than any other in the post-Covid internet landscape. Today, we discuss all of this plus our personal stories about being in the crosshairs of the backlash. Articles + Media discussed in this episode: https://imperialistrealism.substack.com/p/seven-theses-on-charlie-kirk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUHpUXlsvbI&list=RDZUHpUXlsvbI&start_radio=1 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Sif7s9tlskk https://www.tiktok.com/@trustmoneyinstead/video/7674836397156519198 https://www.tiktok.com/@bogusia_kirkorowi/video/7676981778518658326

First we address America's most pressing issue: the Trump/Jelly Roll divide. Then we discuss Flock Safety, its abuses, the pushback, and more. Note: we initially had a slightly different angle and intro for this episode planned which is brought up briefly. Articles discussed: https://www.wired.com/story/flock-ai-search-user-interface/ https://www.404media.co/flock-taught-cops-how-to-surveil-no-kings-protesters/ https://www.newsweek.com/anti-flock-camera-protests-surge-12403463 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8W1CpNGgw8 Support us at www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer

www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer for the full episode Daejon Love is alleged by the FBI to have defrauded 26+ women of ~1.3 million dollars predominantly by pretending to be a wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers. He used social media to poison LLMs into reporting he was a member of the team. To talk about it, we brought Ed Zitron and Arif Hasan on. Follow Arif: Wideleft.football Follow Ed: BetterOffline.com

Have Americans reached a tipping point with data centers and AI? We discuss. Support us on Patreon: www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer  Join the game jam: https://forms.gle/Qz1Zus6gDAah7PpH9  Apes & other things mentioned in this ep: https://www.reddit.com/r/wickerpark/comments/1vhtwev/the_green_ape_changed_their_sign_from_the/#lightbox https://www.reddit.com/r/wickerpark/comments/1vjc56t/update_on_the_new_green_ape_logo_shes_claiming/ https://x.com/notlarrysabato/status/2084404186330837285

MLYP takes us through the history of Palmer Luckey: gamer, founder of Oculus, and (alleged) war criminal. Slide Show: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kTHSKZQ0hMwY_sNHK5k3peFh5Q2anKdO80qf7Dj7AlM/edit

Full episode: www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer  The digital safety organization Reset Tech released a 160 page study outlining how the "Manosphere" isn't an organic movement so much as it is a series of financial scams. Miles Klee of Wired Magazine joins us to talk about his piece covering the economics of male rage and offers some thoughts on what some solutions to the issue might look like. Read the article: https://www.wired.com/story/the-manosphere-isnt-a-movement-its-a-multibillion-dollar-grievance-industry/ Follow Miles: https://www.wired.com/author/miles-klee/

Marcos joins us on the follow-up to our pink slime episode, we talk about the communal costs we incur when local papers die, and the horrors that fill the void when they do. Follow Marcos: https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheHomieCollective

Full episode at www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer Ricky & Eliot of Internet Today join us for a retrospective on Fruit Love Island, Strawberrina's series of sordid affairs, Italian Brainrot, and the slop economy at large. Follow Internet Today: https://www.youtube.com/@InternetTodayTV

The Big Mac Index is here, the police used Grok to edit an evidence photo, Linkedin is now offering users the opportunity to report slop, Google pulled its disastrous AI image editing tool they put into Google Earth, you can now bet on wild fire outcomes, and more. We discuss. Stories read and referenced: Employees from the world’s biggest AI companies want the US to be ready to slow AI development https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/28/tech/ai-development-tech-employees-open-letter Linkedin Adds Slop Detection Report Button https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/30/linkedin-adds-a-button-to-report-ai-generated-slop/ Google Pulls Down Feature for AI-Generating Fake Satellite Images on Google Earth After It’s Immediately Used to Fake Terror Attacks https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-pulls-down-google-earth-ai-feature Wildfire Betting now on Prediction Market Apps https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/17/climate/betting-wildfires-polymarket-prediction-market-platforms Vancouver Police use AI tool to fabricate drug bust photo https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/vancouver-police-explain-made-with-ai-image-of-seized-drugs-cash/ The Fake Influencers Selling Wellness on Your Feed https://www.nytimes.com/video/technology/100000011001849/ai-influencers-health-supplements-fake-ads.html

Full episode on www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer  The right-wing noise machine spent months trying to destroy Christopher Nolan's adaptation of The Odyssey. The film opened up to enormous critical and commercial success, so it would seem that they failed. But did they really? Let's talk about it. Note: this discussion is about the discourse surrounding the film, so spoilers shouldn't be a major issue. But beware, we do talk about aspects of the film in a limited capacity. Read Parker's article: https://www.readtpa.com Full episode on www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer

Michael Maurino aka Iron Stylus is a veteran game developer who has worked on a number of large projects over the years, he walks us through the current landscape of the gaming industry, layoffs, bisexual lighting, what to look forward to in the future, and more. Follow Michael: https://www.artstation.com/ironstylus https://www.instagram.com/iron_stylus/ https://brainstormschool.com/ Support us at www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer

MLYP takes us through America 250's origins through today, and all the baggage that came with it. Slideshow: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1AN-XayXaUfaKngfY_ghphiayJaJ-6WTcIVp9bWeOums/edit?slide=id.g36f69057379_0_79#slide=id.g36f69057379_0_79 Support us on Patreon at www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer

Conservative dark money is funding a network of so-called "pink slime" websites that sell influence to the fossil fuel industry and far-right special interests, where candidates and PACs can simply buy the coverage they want on hundreds, perhaps thousands of websites, and hundreds of millions of impressions across their ad networks. These sites look innocuous, but they're filled with undisclosed press releases, bylined to newsrooms or individuals that often don't exist. What's worse: they now outnumber the country's remaining local newspaper sites, and when Yale researchers put them side by side with the real thing, nearly half of Americans preferred the fake ones. Let's talk about it and what this means for the upcoming midterm elections. www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer

What's going on with Mitch McConnell? We talk about it. Plus, Waymo is arresting teens, Trump's airport logo appears to be AI slop, Bluesky rolls out age verification in Texas, and more. www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer for more. Articles discussed: Mitch McConnell https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/10/politics/mitch-mcconnell-video-stretcher-ambulance https://www.tmz.com/2026/07/10/mitch-mcconnell-house-has-carpeting-and-tile-workers/ Waymo Calls Police on Teens https://abc7news.com/post/waymo-calls-police-15-year-olds-joyriders-underaged-drinking-shooting-toy-guns-driverless-vehicle/19465228/ The Logo for Donald Trump International Airport Appears to Be AI Slop https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/trump-airport-logo-ai Bluesky age verification begins in Texas https://www.chron.com/culture/article/texas-bluesky-age-verification-22328414.php

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The Quorators gang joins us to rank the worst posts from around the internet in the first half of 2026, as submitted by our listeners. Slideshow: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rsSqQR6eolZQjzq-146cJCjX5ZgWR43v-3zf9nLq2Lk/edit?usp=sharing Support Quorators: https://www.patreon.com/cw/Quorators Listen to Part 2 at https://www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer

Note: this episode was originally recorded June 4th. Dan Friesen, formerly of the podcast Knowledge Fight, joins us to talk about Tucker Carlson and how he and other right wing media figures are attempt to launder white nationalism under the guise of "sensible" positions on Palestine and more. Follow Dan's next project: https://www.showmestateofmind.com Support us at https://www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer

Lenore and Jacob from the Worker's Lit show join us to talk about #AlgaeGate, Peter Thiel's secret society Dialog and their recent hack, more clip farming news, and more. Follow Worker's Lit: https://www.workerslit.com https://www.patreon.com/cw/WorkersLit https://bsky.app/profile/workerslit.bsky.social Support us: www.KillTheComputer.com www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer

Ed broke some very interesting news about Open AI's finances that could have an impact on its upcoming IPO + more. Follow Ed at www.wheresyoured.at Full Episode: Patreon.com/KillTheComputer

Aysha joins us to talk about the wonderful world of fan fiction and erotica. Slide w/ links: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11QmLnXowsXY73tZSKjyU6yTasP_86DGrB7HsxRA9o3Q/edit?usp=sharing Follow Aysha: https://bsky.app/profile/ayshaufarah.bsky.social www.WorkersLit.com

Marcos is here to talk about some news stories: AI PACs are astroturfing, Pump.fun has a bounty system, Zohran Mamdani is fighting fascism by suspending bedtime for the Knicks playoff run, and more. Support Marcos: https://www.patreon.com/TheHomieCollective.

Dan Friesen, formerly of the podcast Knowledge Fight, joins us to talk about Tucker Carlson and how he and other right wing media figures are attempt to launder white nationalism under the guise of "sensible" positions on Palestine and more. Follow Dan's next project: https://www.showmestateofmind.com Listen to the whole episode: www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer

Mike Isaac is a technology reporter at the New York Times who watched the Musk v. Altman trial live this month. He joins us to discuss the high points, low points, and everything between. Follow Mike: www.Twitter.com/MikeIsaac Support us on Patreon at www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer

Mia Sato, Senior Reporter with The Verge, joins us to discuss the "Clip Economy" where streamers, podcasters, brands, and platforms themselves operate a shady secondary market of short form content whose ownership is unclear and is often not disclosed as advertising. Read Mia's Article: theverge.com/report/920005/social-media-clipping-podcasts-clavicular-marketing-mrbeast Note: This was originally recorded May 11th. Support us at Patreon.com/KillTheComputer

Listen to the full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/killthecomputer Is the world ending? "Are We Doomed?" is the animated, video podcast (NPR Network) exploring nukes, AI, climate change, pandemics, and angry hippos, sorting catastrophic risks from fantasy. Award-winning journalist Ben Bradford investigates history, science, and technology to separate legitimate threats from doomsday hysteria. Today Ben joins us for a conversation about AI and how it (probably) isn't going to kill us any time soon. Follow Are We Doomed wherever you get your podcasts, or doompod.com

Ken returns to the show to discuss his previous reporting on UAPs as far back as 2023, the current UFO files, new counter-terrorism strategies from the Trump admin that may target Tucker Carlson, and more. Support Ken: https://www.kenklippenstein.com

Mia Sato, Senior Reporter with The Verge, joins us to discuss the "Clip Economy" where streamers, podcasters, brands, and platforms themselves operate a shady secondary market of short form content whose ownership is unclear and is often not disclosed as advertising. Read Mia's Article: theverge.com/report/920005/social-media-clipping-podcasts-clavicular-marketing-mrbeast Listen to the remainder of this episode at www.Patreon.com/killthecomputer

Maddyson joins us to discuss the rise and fall of Simone Cromer, the 59 year-old behind the notorious Club Chalamet fan account who recently announced a sort of soft retirement from covering Timothée Chalamet. Please visit www.killthecomputer.com for fun, games, merch, and friendship.

Johnny, Nick, and Matt of the newly formed GG Tribune come on to tell the story of why they left Hard Drive magazine to start their new website. We talk about the Pragmata controversy and other gamer news. Follow and subscribe: https://ggtribune.com

Ben Collins, aka Tim Onion comes on to talk about The Onion's long battle over the rights to the Infowars IP, what's next, and gives us some reasons to be hopeful for the future. Support The Onion: membership.theonion.com

Big news guys: we have launched our brand new website at killthecomputer.com that is going to increasingly serve as a centralized hub for the show in the coming weeks. On it, you can play games, listen to episodes, songs from the show and shop for our brand new merch line (see also shop.killthecomputer.com). Additionally, we are launching our "sideload series" episode run where you, our community, tell your unique stories to us: we'll provide the gear, handle the logistics, and pay you for your time. Send pitches to mail@killthecomputer.com and stay tuned for more info very soon. In the meantime, we have friend of the show Morgan Stringer, an attorney with Farrar & Ball, on to talk about infowars liberation day, how AI is clogging the court systems, and the recent series of lawsuits against Google and Meta. Follow Morgan at: https://bsky.app/profile/mostring.bsky.social. Read the Futurism article we discussed by Maggie Harrison Dupre here: https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-lawsuits-chaos-courts-lawyers Support us: Patreon.com/KillTheComputer Merch: Shop.KillTheComputer.com Contact: Mail@KillTheComputer.com

MLYP takes us through a history of Trump's relationship to the UFC (and WWE) and how that's relevant today. Slideshow: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vQv3iMXUeNeVgmPstsJCdxlJWPYbRzDkDW6jvyDlBgO609u-yal3crKFWXMuArtYfLkXipDubrhVonM/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=30000&slide=id.g36f69057379_0_79

We were originally supposed to record our next installment of Going Back, our LOST side series on the Patreon. But instead we decided to have Maddy join us to end our pod marathon week with something fun and silly: MAGA influencer civil war. Keep an eye out for the next part of that series in a few days at Patreon.com/KillTheComputer

The third and final installment of our Beast Week series with our friends at TWOAPW. Listen to the full episode at www.patreon.com/killthecomputer

As part of our ongoing collaboration with The Worst Of All Possible Worlds, this is a preview episode of our Beast Week series discussing Beast Games Season 2. The full episode can be found at www.Patreon.com/worstofall This Friday, Beast Week 2 will conclude with another episode on the premium Kill The Computer feed!

Run from it, hide from it, Beast Week returns all the same. The crew from TWOAPW joins us on part 1 of our three part journey into the heart of darkness. In two days, we will be recapping season 2 of Beast Games on their feed, then the finale will be over at Patreon.com/KillTheComputer following that. Follow Josh, Brian, and AJ at: https://www.worstpossible.world

KTC legal analyst Charles Star of the ALAB podcast (& others) joins us to talk about some ongoing cases in the US, how AI is hilariously resulting in some lazy attorneys getting into trouble, and lastly we get a fun update involving Ron Coleman and his client Jeff Tarzia aka SmashJT on his ongoing legal woes. Please follow and support Charles: linktr.ee/ugarles Listen to the full episode on Patreon

MLYP's All This For Ten Dollars appears exclusively at www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer but we've unlocked this one for you to do one final push on our 50% off sale that ends at midnight tonight. Use coupon code SORA50. Have fun!

Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade, Arcade Fire, Divine Fits + more joins us to discuss music, and how it juxtaposes with "MAGA Rap", a closed loop system operating not as art, but propaganda. Follow Dan: https://linktr.ee/Boeck9 Note: our Patreon is still HALF OFF if you use the code SORA50 until the end of the month, get it before the deal is gone at www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer

To honor the life and death of our favorite application, you can get 50% off your first month of our premium feed using the coupon code SORA50 at www.Patreon.com/KillThecomputer  The Smiling Man returns to discuss the demise of Sora, what it means for the future of Open AI, and the future of the racist cuckold anthropomorphic fruit video economy. Follow at wheresyoured.at

Gita Jackson, co-owner of Aftermath, joins us to talk about their newest piece on "Woke 2", we have a loose conversation on the institutional failures of yesterday's resistance, and get into the path towards Total Woke Victory. Read Gita's latest at Aftermath: https://aftermath.site/woke-2-wokeness-black-lives-matter-activism/

Full episode: https://www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer The Homie Marcos returns. We discuss everything from philosophy, to diner goths, scrambled eggs and tossed salads, Afro Man's recent legal troubles and more. Please support Marcos & Co: https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheHomieCollective

What if instead of buying items from a store or website, "micro influencers" could host QVC/Home Shopping Network style streams you could buy from, with included gambling elements? The fine folks at the Whatnot app bravely answered. Spoilers: it sucks a lot! Support us at Patreon.com/KillTheComputer Follow us at /r/KillTheComputer or on Discord

We discuss the history of celebrity clone replacement conspiracy theories and their place in the broader political moment. Articles discussed in this episode: Clones and zombies: rethinking conspiracy theories and the digital public sphere through a (post)-colonial perspective: Iginio Gagliardone, Matti Pohjonen, Stephanie Diepeveen & Samuel Olaniran https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/1369118X.2023.2239890 Why Is the Internet Obsessed With Celebrity Clone Conspiracy Theories? By Carly Thomas https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/internets-obsession-celebrity-clone-conspiracy-theories-1236520246/ Support us at www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer

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Maddy Joins us to talk about Erika Kirk in a loose, free-form ep. This was originally recorded about two weeks ago so the drama may be slightly behind. Our lost show with Maddyson drops this month only at Patreon.com/KillTheComputer

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Matt from A Bit Fruity joins us to recap a discussion he and June had with Ashley St. Clair, former conservative influencer and mother of Elon Musk's child. We talk about if, when, and how to give conservatives an off-ramp from the MAGA movement, how to identify grifters capitalizing off of that moment, and more. Watch the interview/support Matt here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG-pL7aZoeY

Super Bowl, baby! We talk about the TPUSA half-time show and how it was an egregious, humiliating failure for the MAGA movement. Don't worry, Caleb didn't talk about any actual football stuff in this one. We did make fun of the ads, though. Listen to the entire episode at www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer

Josh from The Worst of All Possible Worlds joins us to talk about Melania (2026). Follow Josh: https://www.worstpossible.world/

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Maddy was originally going to come on and discuss the Secret Life of Erika Kirk (which we will be doing later) as well as plug the new L O S T bonus sideshow. However we wanted to start the episode with some thoughts on the current situation in Minneapolis, which ended up eating up an entire hour. Take care of yourselves as best you can, please. Maddy will be back for the Erika ep and our LOST miniseries soon, both of which you can find here at Patreon.com/KillTheComputer

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It's estimated that Grok, Elon Musk's chatbot formerly known as "MechaHitler" is now generating upwards of thousands of images of CSAM a day. While other countries are moving to outright ban it, Elon Musk is shrugging it off, his friends like Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney are rallying to his side, and the Trump administration, perhaps unsurprisingly, is silent. We brought on journalist Maggie Harrison Dupré to discuss her article on the subject and more. Follow Maggie: https://bsky.app/profile/mharrisondupre.bsky.social https://futurism.com/authors/mharrison Support us at Patreon.com/KillTheComputer Mailbag: Mail@KillTheComputer.com Discord: www.Discord.gg/KillTheComputer The Story: https://www.thetimes.com/podcasts/the-story

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Eoin Higgins, author of the book Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voices on the Left joins us to discuss his book, the media landscape in 2026, and more. Buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/Owned-Billionaires-Bought-Loudest-Voices/dp/1645030466 Support Eoin: https://eoinhiggins.substack.com/subscribe

We're back from our holiday break, thank you for sticking with us. More to come very soon, in the meantime, you can find the remainder of this episode at www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer -- Hussein Kesvani, freelance journalist, co-host of Trash Future and 10k Posts, joins us for our first ep of the year. In it, we borrow a term from our friend Ed Zitron known as "The Rot Economy". Instead of applying the theory to products and services, we ask what happens to the human brain when companies know they're harming their users but still insist upon a growth-at-all-cost mentality. Consider this the first part in an ongoing arc exploring this topic. Hussein can be found at: https://trashfuture.co.uk/

We take a trip down memory lane and discuss the history of alt-tech microblogging platforms like Parler, Gettr, Gab etc that, while failing, ultimately served to pave the way for Trump's Truth Social and Elon Musk's "X". As usual, along the way we discover some interesting critters. Note: this episode was originally recorded on September 29th. We're unlocking it because we may not be releasing another episode on the main feed before the end of the year. Thank you for being with us, we hope you have a wonderful New Years and look forward to our best work coming in 2026! Follow Jordan: https://x.com/JordanUhl

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Janie from the homie collective joins us again for the episode we were supposed to record last time, the worst tweets of Q3 and Q4. Part two coming shortly on Patreon. In the meantime: Slideshow: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1lXu9PlS5ocynhXRdJwSS413UOHPl6MykWDpecDxUagk/edit?usp=sharing Support Janie at www.JanieDanger.com

While recording our end of the year worst tweets episode, Caleb lost power mid-recording due to the recent extreme weather in the PNW, so June and Janie decided to pivot into a free-form conversation about art and music. We decided to release it as bonus content while we finish two bracket episodes. Sorry for the delay, we'll get those out to you ASAP! Support Janie at https://www.janiedanger.com/

Patreon.com/KillTheComputer MLYP is back to take us through some of the worst DIY projects from the early internet. Harrowing. Essential slideshow: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1uHYOQLcSt3sfxYR6WeIXMeuD0biGIenSG9Uzwuew6Ns/edit?usp=sharing

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We discuss Samantha Fulnecky's abysmal essay and then unwrap the history of her family how this entire stupid situation was a transparently crafted grift from the start. Follow Parker at Pakermolloy.com on Bluesky or www.readtpa.com

We start this ep by discussing how social media completely redefined Charlie Kirk's life and death through the use of "Kirkification" edits. Then we take a more serious look at the "Grieftech" industry-- people who want to revive the dead in the form of AI for profit. Full Episode at Patreon.com/KillTheComputer

The original plan was for Jeremy to join us to finish some of the news articles from last ep, but instead turned into a loose form discussion on some of the horrifying ways tech companies are profiting off of our isolation. Support Jeremy at Patreon.com/Quorators

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In the midst of a slew of Epstein dumps, Ed Zitron released an interesting article about Open AI that got lost in the noise regarding some, let's say, financial irregularities he believes are a possible sign of the bubble beginning to burst. Follow Ed at BetterOffline.com

Caleb's friend, former spaces collaborator, and KTC discord mod Corby aka Noumena joins us for a wild ride through the world of r/kitchencels. This episode will be much improved with a visual guide, which can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13teJqhkWba2ej2LWv4l-w-6O-QLXpZhp4pfoZXnGLs0/edit?usp=sharing To see more of Corby's slop meals, Charlemagne Benoit posts, and more Kitchencel content, join the discord at www.Discord.gg/KillTheComputer

Mia from the It Could Happen Here podcast joins us to talk about how billionaires are trying to control information to such a degree that they own the very concept of truth itself, from paying more to rig elections than they'd be taxed by their political adversaries, to buying out legacy news outlets, to Elon's new abomination "Grokipedia". Listen to It Could Happen Here: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/ Kill The Computer on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/killthecomputer

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Charles from the ALAB and City Saint/Country Saint podcasts joins us to read some news Follow Charles @Ugarles on microblogging platforms, or https://linktr.ee/ugarles and ALAB at https://www.alabseries.com/ Support us and hear the entire episode at www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer and use code DEPRESSION50 for half off.

Rod Breslau joins us to discuss the ongoing Saudi takeover of esports & more. Head to Patreon.com/KillTheComputer to support the show, use code DEPRESSION50 for half off your membership.

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NSPM-7 labels the beliefs millions of Americans hold as ideas related to domestic terrorism. It gives the Federal Government sweeping authority to impose huge sentences for minor offenses, reappropriates funding towards joint task forces for hunting down "domestic terrorists" and also allows the government to strip the non-profit status of organizations the administration deems hostile. For now, it seems like Ken is one of the few journalists taking it seriously, so we brought him on to talk. Follow Ken: https://www.kenklippenstein.com Support our patreon and listen to our full backlog and premium content: https://www.patreon.com/cw/killthecomputer

We take a look at some of the things Elon has promised to create but welched on, then look to the future with some of his new ideas such as "Baby Grok" "xAI Games" and "Grokipedia". Use coupon code RECESSION50 at https://Patreon.com/KillTheComputer for half off your membership to listen to the entire episode!

Fall is here, and with it comes rain and various bugs/sicknesses, one of which got Caleb. We also had a guest reschedule last second for our regularly scheduled programming, so we're reading the news. Cozy up with a blanket and take a sick day with us. RIGHT NOW: Get 50% off new memberships on our Patreon using the code RECESSION50 www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer

Listen to the full episode: www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer  We take a trip down memory lane and discuss the history of alt-tech microblogging platforms like Parler, Gettr, Gab etc that, while failing, ultimately served to pave the way for Trump's Truth Social and Elon Musk's "X". As usual, along the way we discover some interesting critters. Follow Jordan: https://x.com/JordanUhl

In October 2025, The Onion was set to release the documentary "Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile" in theaters nationwide. However, citing fears of the current political landscape, theaters unceremoniously pulled it. We brought on Ben Collins, CEO of The Onion, to discuss it, and the state of independent media under the Trump Administration. Support the onion at www.membership.theonion.com Wired article: https://www.wired.com/story/the-onion-made-an-absolutely-unhinged-jeffrey-epstein-mockumentary

Only the elite subscribe at www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer  Support Josh at www.worstpossible.world and https://www.twitch.tv/traditional_scrench/ Listen to www.illconceivedpod.com

We brought back an old friend to talk about what happened to the catastrophic metaverse, and what Zuckerberg's plans for it could be in the future. Support Alex: hyperfixedpod.com

Caleb's other show, 60 Minute Drill, is back. If you didn't know, he does a show about the politics of the NFL with Arif Hasan and Ed Zitron. This is the first episode of the new season, in which we discuss the ongoing crisis of the NFLPA (player's union), what that means for upcoming contract negotiations, and more. You can support us at our brand new Patreon: www.Patreon.com/60MinuteDrill or on bluesky @60minutedrill.com

Patreon.com/KillTheComputer We decided to call an audible and sort of grapple with what's going on in the news and how the right wing will frame the concept of political violence going forward. Note if you listen to this in the future that we recorded this as events were unfolding, so new info may have since come to light.

We're onto another lighter and looser episode before returning to the dark stuff as we talk about how the "MAHA" movement is a symptom of medical and social alienation and how that manifests in sometimes funny, sometimes tragic ways. Follow Mason @OneHandPolitics and watch out for him on another "surrounded" episode soon too.

Gare Davis of It Could Happen Here joins us for our first entry into the world of nihilistic violence, the true crime community, and more. Content advisory: this series will discuss graphic and upsetting themes. Find Gare on It Could Happen Here and https://linktr.ee/garrisondavis Finish this episode and get more exclusive content at https://Patreon.com/KillTheComputer

Marcos joins us to talk about the absolutely insane world of trash streamers. Support him: https://www.patreon.com/TheHomieCollective

Today, we talk about how Spotify is killing art, why some of your favorite bands are leaving the platform, and what the nasty pervert Daniel Ek is doing with the billions he's made off the backs of working musicians. At the end, June and Caleb talk about why we love music, why it's worth saving, then wax poetic about some stuff we've been listening to recently. Listen to the entire episode at www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer

We figured we'd give you the first one free: Caleb and June join for MLYP's first episode, now exclusive behind the KTC paywall as bonus content for you. Check the Patreon comments or Discord for the notes and the power point presentation that go along with this episode. Stay tuned for more exclusive extended KTC universe shows in the coming weeks and months, all at www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer

Ed Zitron and Arif Hasan join us for a loose conversation on how online gambling is destroying the world. Follow Ed at wheresyoured.at and Arif at wideleft.football and if you're a fan of the NFL, be sure to listen to their show with Caleb, 60 Minute Drill.

Today we take a look into the strange world of people dating, falling in love with, and at times even marrying, AI companions. Listen to the full episode: www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer

We're back to finish our thoughts from the pilot episode. We talk about bots, data harvesting, and how troll farms are used by governments, for governments, and with the intent to influence governments.

June and Caleb have a looser, freeform conversation about Collective Shout, YouTube's new AI powered ID verification requirements, the UK's new Online Safety Act, and what this all means for small publishers and normal internet users just like you. Join our fantasy football league by filling this form out: https://forms.gle/GixJMftsYFcimLdQ8

Thank you for being here and welcome to the inaugural episode of Kill The Computer. We discuss the history of the dead internet theory conspiracy. Then we take a look at how much of it has, as of yet, come to pass. Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dxC3CD9ZE4dUqVqYyp-RrJel79YKppG7BzAiqbKwmds/edit?usp=sharing Support us at www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer

Janie comes on to discuss what it's like to make art during the Trump administration, then the gang says farewell. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for coming along on this journey. We love and appreciate each of you. Follow Janie at janiedanger.com Follow Alex at https://www.hyperfixedpod.com/ If you want to stay and help June and Caleb kill the computer, you are in the right place. Stay tuned, more info will be coming extremely soon.

Laura Jedeed is a freelance journalist based in New York City. Her bylines include The New Republic, New York Magazine, Politico, and Rolling Stone. She focuses on American conservative and far right movements. Today she joins us to talk about The Daily Wire's content slump. Follow her on Substack: https://www.bannedinyourstate.com/ Listen to the entire episode at https://www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Eliot from Internet Today joins us for a round of Cosmic Horrors: The Worst Tweets Q2 2025 all in a single episode no paywall extravaganza. Disgusting! Follow Eliot/IT: https://www.youtube.com/@InternetTodayTV and https://x.com/eliotetc Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1TasSUbaC4YKAFuU2mcuibYsdYul0wqupKr-JX_a0-OY/edit?usp=sharing

This is a preview of Beast Week Part 2, subscribe to our patreon to get the full episode: https://www.patreon.com/c/westernkabuki/ We are joined by our friends Josh and Brian from The Worst Of All Possible Worlds to observe Mr Beast, learn from Mr Beast, and love Mr Beast.  We watch some of Mr Beasts videos and diagnose the Beast and what he means for the world. Follow TWOAPW here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-worst-of-all-possible-worlds/id1570782388

We are joined by our friends Josh and Brian from The Worst Of All Possible Worlds to observe Mr Beast, learn from Mr Beast, and love Mr Beast.  We watch some of Mr Beasts videos and diagnose the Beast and what he means for the world. Follow TWOAPW here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-worst-of-all-possible-worlds/id1570782388 Part 2 of BEAST WEEK will be on the Western Kabuki Patreon this weekend, subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/c/westernkabuki/

Dan Boeckner (podcaster and front-man of Wolf Parade et al) joins us to talk about news, this time with heavy emphasis on Canadian and Israeli politics, plus the unfortunate shooting that happened at the SLC 50501/No Kings protest. GoFundMe for Afa Ah Loo: https://www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-support-needed-support-the-family-of-afa-ah-loo Follow Dan: https://www.patreon.com/BOECKNER https://linktr.ee/Boeck9

This is the first episode of Ill Conceived, a new podcast from Josh Boerman from The Worst of All Possible Worlds and June Sternbach from Western Kabuki. Get new episodes every Friday in your favorite podcast client: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Spotify Pocket Casts YouTube Josh and June take a look at Promise Keepers, the organization that massed 700,000 men on the National Mall in Washington, DC for a 1997 rally that promised to bring spiritual renewal to its attendees and a new order to the social health of the country. While they didn't quite pull off the fundamental transformation they were hoping for, Promise Keepers left a significant impact on the evangelical Christian psyche. And somehow, they're still around today, desperately trying to convince the world of their definition of fatherhood and family. SOURCES: The First Promise Keepers Event: Witnessing the Power of God" by David Roadcup Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes du Mez Seven Promises of a Promise Keeper by Bill McCartney et al. "Promise Keepers pledge to move from stadium rallies to the marketplace" by Adelle Banks, Religion News Service "New Promise Keepers CEO ready to see a revival among men" by Maina Mwaura, The Christian Index "Promise Keepers Pour Into The Nation's Capital" (CNN, 1997) "The Promise Keepers Opens Its Doors To Women" (NPR, 2009)   AUDIO CLIPS: 6:18 – Bill McCartney in a profile by WXYZ-TV Detroit (September 24, 1994) 32:46 – Norm MacDonald on Saturday Night Live Weekend Update (October 4, 1997) 33:23 – Joseph Garlington, Promise Keepers worship leader, at the 1997 Stand in the Gap rally 34:55 – Patricia Ireland, president of the National Organization for Women, on Charlie Rose (October 3, 1997) 36:31 – Huron Claus, Native American Christian evangelist, at the 1997 Stand in the Gap rally 38:00 – Bill McCartney, Promise Keepers founder, on Larry King Live (October 7, 1997) 47:49 – Shane Winnings, current Promise Keepers CEO, on Morning Joe (April 3, 2025) 50:50 – Web trailer for Wake-Up Call, the 2025 Promise Keepers in-person summit in Yakima   FOLLOW THE SHOW: Website: com Bluesky: ‪@ill-conceived-pod.bsky.social Tumblr: @illconceivedpod   FOLLOW JOSH: Website: https://joshboerman.com/ Bluesky: @bosh.worstpossible.world Other podcast: The Worst of All Possible Worlds Stream: Traditional Scrench FOLLOW JUNE: Bluesky: @junlper.beer Other podcast: Western Kabuki Writing: June's Substack

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Brace stops by to talk with us about the rise of the "Soy Right", posting tactics, and much much more. Follow him at  https://trueanon.com/ Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Luke and Eleanor of the We're Not So Different + Going Medieval shows join us for a look at how the far right appropriates various nostalgic aesthetics from Rome, to the crusades, and beyond. Support them here: https://www.patreon.com/wnsdpod/ Follow: @lukeisamazing and @goingmedieval Follow us at https://www.patreon.com/westernkabuki

We had Miles Klee come on to tell us about his experience visiting a crypto convention in Las Vegas, but first we had to discuss the question on everybody's mind: who's winning, Trump or Elon? Follow Miles: https://www.rollingstone.com/author/miles-klee/ Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Liv Agar of the QAA podcast joins us to talk about the modern day hippies and what political forces drew them into fake new age medicine and conspiracy theories. Follow Liv Agar / listen to QAA here: https://x.com/Liv_Agar / https://open.spotify.com/show/6qAmVJsQW0k51ZJ9bDZyZd?si=d013e0cb760b442b Support us at Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

We are joined by David Roth of Defector & The Distraction Podcast to talk about the wonderful world of masculinity retreats-- a sometimes hilarious, sometimes horrific, industry that supposedly helps disaffected men who spend tens of thousands of dollars get in touch with their masculine roots (and occasionally results in death). Follow David: https://bsky.app/profile/davidjroth.bsky.social Read Defector, the last good website: www.defector.com

We are joined by iDubbbz for a frank and honest conversation about what it means to take accountability, growing and changing as a creator, losing friendships over "content" and more. Follow Ian at https://www.youtube.com/iDubbbzTV Follow us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki Special thanks to YumOJ on bluesky for appearing in this week's closing track

Jordan 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/WesternKabuki

Alex 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/WesternKabuki

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 :)

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-possible-worlds/id1570782388 https://www.worstpossible.world/  Content warning: this episode heavily discusses suicidal ideation and is at times emotional

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/WesternKabuki

Listen 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/

We 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-refaat-alareer-camp-the-sameer-project Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Marcos aka The Homie aka Aintershow comes on to discuss the phenomenon known as treatlerism. Follow Marcos: https://x.com/AinterShow  https://bsky.app/profile/aintershow.bsky.social Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Listen to the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/c/westernkabuki/ The gang is joined by host of the podcast Worst Of All Possible Worlds to talk to us about the Donald Trump tariff agenda and how that has impacted the deal he was trying to make with ByteDance. Listen to Worst Of All Possible Worlds: https://www.worstpossible.world/ Follow Josh: https://bsky.app/profile/bosh.worstpossible.world

Grummz, through his advanced network of spies, got the scoop and called the FBI on us. We are currently in prison, woke has been defeated, and video games are now entering a golden age of eternal basedness. Pack it up folks, it has never been this over. Link to the video we discussed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY0Xva_QPpU

For the full episode, subscribe on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/westernkabuki Find our research here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lW-47QyII7q86AI2LGmpkCrXoam5988DppC1lzEDOts/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.ct86khdx2874 Follow Kate: https://bsky.app/profile/katewillett.bsky.social Dystopia Now: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6P6ekhshLnQAaA7JffTN4-Xkl5NPJAwa

The gang brings on Kate Willett to talk about the billionaire plot do run a parallel system of government to work along side of, and eventually replace democracy + other insidious happenings. Kate Willett is a comedian, actress and writer who has appeared on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Netflix's Comedy Lineup. She has a podcast called Dystopia Now where she covers this and more at greater length. Follow Kate: https://bsky.app/profile/katewillett.bsky.social Dystopia Now: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6P6ekhshLnQAaA7JffTN4-Xkl5NPJAwa Pt. 2 on Patreon soon at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

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We talk to Kat Abughazaleh about her IL-09 campaign announcement, what inspired her to run, what she thinks needs to change in democratic party politics and how to take on the growing threat from republicans. Find Kat Abughazaleh at Katforillinois.com Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki  Find where else we post our episodes at and more: https://linktr.ee/westernkabuki

Tom and Joe from the Anime Sickos are here and we talk about the history of 4chan, the websites and culture that preceded it, and more. Note that this episode covers the timeline from the mid 1990s right up to the website's founding. Another episode further discussing the inner-workings of 4chan, notorious moments, and what's going on today will follow in the future. In the meantime, follow Anime Sickos at https://animesickos.com/ Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki This was originally recorded on February 21st

Independent journalist Marisa Kabas walks us through the wild world of DOGE and what to expect next. Follow her at: https://bsky.app/profile/marisakabas.bsky.social https://www.thehandbasket.co/

We talk about the rise of anti-woke venture capitalists in the new era of Trumpism 2.0 and revisit some old brands from the conservative parallel economy to see how they're doing in 2025.   www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

The gang guested on the pilot episode of "Culture Dumpster" by Johnny Amizich, author for Hard Drive & friend of the show. You can hear the full thing and more at https://www.culturedumpster.com

We talk about the deteriorating reality we live in from the new 'Lavender Scare' in the Trump government, to tumbling Tesla sales, and a few other stories. Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki Find where else we post our episodes at and more: https://linktr.ee/westernkabuki

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Molly White joins us to discuss the future of crypto under the Trump administration and more. Follow Molly: https://www.citationneeded.news/ https://www.mollywhite.net/linktree/ Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

The first annual gamer awards show ft. the ghost of Dave. www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Friend of the show Cameron, aka MLYP has just launched a podcast on the Something Awful forums. We talk about how it birthed the worst website in the world: 4Chan and the political schism that formed between the two sites. Note that this episode will be followed up with a 4chan history episode soon. Follow Cameron: https://bsky.app/profile/10bux.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/mlyp.bsky.social Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

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Josh from TWOAPW returns to talk about why the TikTok ban happened, and how that differs from the reason we've been told. Listen to The Worst Of All Possible Worlds: https://www.worstpossible.world/ Note: we recorded this episode immediately preceding the ban issue and reinstatement Support us on www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

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Our friend Alex aka LolOverruled tells us about his history with Mr Beast, then joins us for an odyssey through the worst tweets of Q4 2024. It is an episode full of heat and also some genuine brain rot. Follow Alex: https://x.com/LolOverruled https://loloverruled.substack.com Note: Alex/Lolo's mic was having some issues, we got it sorted out during the break and you can hear part two at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki SLIDES:  https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tBFtkfasMWaVhw90cuKv0rJMDj9DjBpeSVZTZpHHYzo/edit?usp=sharing

Nick Calandra, Editor-in-Chief of Second Wind joins us to discuss the challenges of having a critical engine around the gaming industry and more. Follow Nick at: https://x.com/nickjcal https://x.com/SecondWindGroup   www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki for the whole episode https://wkchicago.brownpapertickets.com/ for tickets to our first live show in Chicago on 3/15

We talk to Megan Romer, National Co-Chair of the Democratic Socialists of America, on the future of DSA, what to expect in the next four years, and how to get off the couch and start organizing.

Chicago Update: The final round of tickets are available at: https://wkchicago.brownpapertickets.com/ If you're in Seattle, NYC, Philly, LA, and possibly Dallas: I wouldn't be surprised if we have something fun for you soon too. Everyone else, wait and see!

We discuss the ongoing Groyper/Tech Bro Civil War with our friend Diana then debate on whether Adrian Dittmann is actually Elon, or simply an admiring pervert. Follow Diana @ https://twitter.com/rlycalm Listen to our full premium episodes on www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Find the rest of this premium episode at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki This was originally recorded on December 29th, 2024 Follow Ed Zitron at https://www.wheresyoured.at/ Listen to Better Offline Podcast with Ed Zitron at https://www.betteroffline.com/ Find where else we post Western Kabuki episodes at and more: https://linktr.ee/westernkabuki

Arif Hasan is an NFL reporter and author writing a book on the relationship between Western Imperialism and Sports.  Follow Arif at www.WideLeft.Football or https://x.com/ArifHasanNFL Listen to Arif's show 60 Minute Drill with Caleb and Ed Zitron at www.linktr.ee/60minutedrill Support this podcast at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Listen to the full episode at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki We're going back to 2015 to talk about the political landscape, on and offline, that led to the election of Donald Trump to see what's changed and what we can learn. Follow David: https://www.youtube.com/@therationalnational https://bsky.app/profile/daviddoel.bsky.social

We talked to Matt Binder about Hawk Coin, the financial key to success provided to people by Hailey Welch, as well as Luigi Mangione the alleged UHC CEO shooter. Follow Matt: Newsletter: http://disruptionist.com YouTube: http://youtube.com/MattBinder  Podcasts: http://ScamEconomy.com // http://DOOMEDcast.com // @majorityfm PURCHASE TICKETS TO OUR FIRST EVER LIVE SHOW AT WWW.PATREON.COM/WESTERNKABUKI

June accidentally stumbled head first into the beautiful world of "ice wall" theory, so we brought Marcos onto the show to help completely and totally ice pill her. Follow Marcos's show: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-aint-shit-show/id1525171566

We enter the Costco Cinematic Universe with friend of the show Hoots to talk about the dark world of child influencers. Follow Hoots: https://www.youtube.com/@hootsyoutube This episode was originally slated to be a Patreon exclusive, but we unlocked it for everybody. If you'd like to support us, please consider doing so at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Cartoonists & co-authors of the Justice Warriors series Matt Bors & Ben Clarkson are back to talk Bubble City & read some news with us. Strap in for a very silly episode. Buy Justice Warriors 2: Vote Harder at: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Justice-Warriors-Vol-2/Matt-Bors/JUSTICE-WARRIORS/9781952090325   Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

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June and Alex have opted to leave the left and take positions within the incoming Trump Administration. Caleb refused, and is now in a secure prison facility. The crew discuss various social media figures and politicians who are "leaving the left" with friend of the show and co-host of Kill James Bond, Devon. Follow Kill James Bond at www.KillJamesBond.com or Devon at www.twitter.com/Devon_OnEarth Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

June gives her thoughts on the results of the election. Note: this is a re-upload. A previous version of this episode was corrupted during the upload and cut off prematurely.

By listener request, and just in time for the election, we're doing the RFK Jr. episode. Ryan Broderick joins us to talk about the troubling man Trump wants to put in charge of the FDA and the current conservative landscape at large.   Follow Ryan at twitter.com/broderick Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

We brought on Talia Lavin, author of Culture Warlords and Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America to talk about the current moral panic we find ourselves in. Follow Talia: https://www.twitter.com/mobydickenergy Buy Wild Faith: https://bookshop.org/p/books/wild-faith-how-the-christian-right-is-taking-over-america-talia-lavin/21057649?ean=9780306829192 Follow Western Kabuki on Patreon: www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Find the rest of the episode at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki Follow Aaron at https://x.com/afrocosmist Listen to the Trillbillies Workers Party Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trillbilly-workers-party/id1227003413 Find where else we post Western Kabuki episodes at and more: https://linktr.ee/westernkabuki

Thank you for your submissions! This quarter had most tweets we've ever gotten (and genuinely some of the worst). We sorted through several hundred of them in order to bring you this episode, and to celebrate we brought Eliot and Ricky from Internet Today. Follow twitter.com/EliotETC twitter.com/RickyFTW and twitter.com/InternetTodayTV or subscribe to Internet Today at Youtube.com/InternetTodayTV   Find Part 2 at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

We're joined our friends Josh and Brian from TWOAPW pod to return to the South Korean gender wars, some forum history, and more. Thank you to all the help we got on this episode from our listeners and friends in South Korea as well as domestically. Heads up: this episode contains descriptions of various crimes of sexual nature as well as other various inappropriate behaviors to that end. Part two gets particularly dark.  You can support TWOAPW at: Twitter.com/TWOAPW There is a follow up to this episode available at Patreon.com/WesternKabuki where you can hear lots more additional content.

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We bring back John Cullen from Blocked Party + The POD Kast to discuss some of the worse products being advertised to you on the internet. Follow John at @CullenTheComic on Twitter Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Caleb's new show with Arif Hasan and Ed Zitron is out now! If you like the NFL and want a show that does a cultural and political critical analysis, this one's for you. If not, we will be back to our regularly scheduled programming soon! Follow us on twitter at twitter.com/60MinutePod and find links to download on spotify, apple etc at www.linktr.ee/60MinuteDrill

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We brought our friend Janie on to discuss some horrible trends happening in the world of AI Facebook Slop, get into why these images exist, and into the financial incentives surrounding them. You can see the images we referenced in our notes, they're on our Patreon at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki or for free on our Discord at linktr.ee/WesternKabuki Follow Janie Danger https://twitter.com/Wifesucker Download East Atlanta Sober at https://www.janiedanger.com/

We briefly discuss the how the DNC sucked, then get into the history of Adin Ross with our friend Miles Klee of the Rolling Stone. View Miles's work, including his article on Adin Ross here:  https://rollingstone.com/author/miles-klee/ Listen to the full episode at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Ed joins us to talk about Google's anti-trust legal woes and the red flags to look for if you're trying to predict the AI bubble burst. We also run the numbers on how many images you would need to generate per day on Grok to bankrupt X, and whether Elon Musk will go out like David Carradine or Budd Dwyer. Find Ed at wheresyoured.at Support our show on Patreon at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

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Jocat is a content creator who has gone viral multiple times, albeit not for good reasons. If you haven't seen his controversially uncontroversial content, don't worry. We spend the first half of this episode discussing it, then we bring Jocat on himself for the second to half chat about his experience being shoved into the spotlight and the consequences of being a "main character".

Caleb here. We were joined on this week's Patreon by our friends from the Minion Death Cult show, which has been one of my favorite shows for some time. We ran through some insane news stories and talked about how Facebook is destroying the boomer mind. Check them out at https://x.com/miniondeathcult Listen to the whole thing at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

We brought Molly White, crypto researcher and curator of "Web3 is Going Great" on to discuss the rise and fall of the BAYC. Follow Molly at: www.twitter.com/molly0xFFF and www.twitter.com/web3isgreat

Biden is out, Kamala is in. Trump is mad. Elon wants to spend a lot of money on another failed project. We also talk about couch fornicator and Vice Presidential hopeful JD Vance's very bad memoir "Hillbilly Elegy" as well as some other fun things with WK legal correspondent and right-wing b.s. understander Mark Bankston Follow Mark Bankston at www.Twitter.com/BankstonAtLaw  Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Note: this was recorded the day Trump got convicted and sat on the shelf for awhile, some of the intro banter has arguably not aged well. Our friend Diana aka @rlycalm is back to take on the quarterly bracket. Follow her at www.twitter.com/rlycalm You can find the slide show linked in our discord, patreon, or at this link that probably won't work on whatever podcast app you're reading this from. Listen to part two at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

We're going Summer Mode. Marcos joins us to talk about the 4th of July, hotdogs, some wild news stories, some mail bag, and more. For part two, follow us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki Follow Marcos at www.Twitter.com/AinterShow

We talk about the Dr. Disrespect situation with the person at the heart of the story. If you didn't know, Rod initially alluded to this story on twitter in 2020 but didn't explicitly state what he knew, causing a wave of backlash. We ask him why he couldn't go public then, what he knew, what's changed since, and what to expect going forward.  Follow Rod at www.twitter.com/Slasher Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Julian from the QAA pod drops by to take our Gamer Gate 2 studies international. We discuss South Korea's current "gender war" how it relates to gaming, and what that means for us back here in the United States. Follow Julian here: twitter.com/julianfeeld Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki  Join us over on Discord at www.discord.gg/westernkabuki

We brought on Josh from The Worst of All Possible Worlds podcast to talk about an apocalyptic conspiracy theory that is gaining traction in evangelical online spaces: the red heifer sacrifices. But we also had to also bring back Marcos to examine this information through the vaguely schizophrenic lens of his new worldview: the chiral vectors. We recommend smoking weed out of a can to get aluminum poisoning for this episode. Also possibly ingesting some ayahuasca. Find The Worst of All Possible Worlds at twitter.com/twoapw Find Josh at twitter.com/boshj  Find Marcos at twitter.com/aintershow

We continue or side series journey into the underbelly of various awful websites with dear friend Liv Agar of the QAA show, where we talk about the history of 8chan and, of course, QAnon. Part two will be an interview with 8chan's founder Fred Brennan so be sure to check that out on the premium feed. Follow Liv @Liv_Agar Support this show at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Today, we're joined by WK Gaming Correspondent Dave aka @airbagged to discuss and dissect the mind of a generational pervert, Mark Kern aka Grummz. Happy Grummz Day everybody. Follow Dave at www.Twitter.com/airbagged Please support this show at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

You might know him as the lawyer who got his "Perry Mason" moment against Alex Jones during the Sandy Hook trials. You might know him as the guy who told Aaron Rodgers to shut the f*ck up. You might know him as the attorney representing clients who are suing Elon Musk, Tim Pool, and many, many more. Mark joins us to talk about some of his cases, as well as the right-wing disinfo ecosystem more broadly. Follow Mark at https://twitter.com/BankstonAtLaw Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Ben Collins is back to talk about his journey to become the new CEO of The Onion. We talk some Onion history and what the future of the publication might look like. Give The Onion $1 here or Ben will take it down forever: https://www.theonion.com/give-us-1-or-the-onion-disappears-forever-1851436787 Follow Ben at https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__

Tech reporter Kylie Robison joins us for a stroll through the current landscape of your favorite Silicon Valley perverts. Follow Kylie @kyliebytes www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Ed joins us to talk about private equity's destruction of the media, the deaths of some great outlets, and what to expect the news to look like in the future. Follow at @EdZitron and https://www.betteroffline.com/

You know what it is. Strap in because your noggins are getting cooked tonight, baby Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vSkKHmEZbBgF-mDAmPRpPrqD7pQLytZ2WSgRWuChhxM1IOueVMEWo1_ZNG9t_7PRo0IntaMvIUA_GHX/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=60000 Follow Kristi at @TheWapplehouse and @JortsCenterPod

We brought back friend of the show & Weird Culture Rolling Stone writer Miles Klee to discuss his article on tunnels. We review Dom Lucre's very, very, very bad documentary as well as discuss some other notable tunnelheads. Also as a contextual note, we recorded this in early February. Follow Miles at: https://www.rollingstone.com/author/miles-klee/ For the second part of this episode, we're joined by our friend Haus of Decline, and it gets strange so be sure to check it out at: www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Per request from, and with the support of our Discord members, we chat about the ongoing Sweet Baby Inc Detected drama. The crew and some of our listeners spent a few weeks in the new Gamergate Discord and Caleb relays his experiences. We then read from a few articles, weigh in on Elon and LoTT's participation before asking: does this all have the juice to become a full-fledged Gamergate 2? Support W.O.K.E. public radio's pledge week at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki Intro: Lakmé - Duo des fleurs Featuring clips from: https://www.youtube.com/@SideScrollersPodcast https://www.youtube.com/@HeelvsBabyface

We talked to Taylor Lorenz about some wild things that happened behind the scenes during her conversation with Chaya, cleared up some misconceptions about why the discussion took place to begin with, then went into depth about the person behind one of Twitter's most infamous and evil accounts. www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Okay, we had to finish this one up. We brought in Marcos to talk about more Starseed/New Age Super Humans. Per request, Caleb did end up getting a certification and read everybody's starseed super power charts, and we also talked about the CIA/DoD's research into telekinesis and remote viewing, which is where many of these beliefs come from. www.Twitter.com/AinterShow to find Marcos www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki for a fun premium episode this week + even more cool stuff

http://patreon.com/westernkabuki This week, we're joined by Diana to talk about some of the weirder news of the week, and then we talk about starseeds, indigo children, urine therapy, levitation, and much more.   Follow Diana at https://twitter.com/rlycalm   Vice's Indigo Children documentary https://video.vice.com/en_us/video/indigo-children/5706a687b36bf928768b467a   The telekinesis videos we watched -- Tin Foil Telekinesis https://www.facebook.com/reel/326667367016127 Levitating man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_G1PlRV0sU

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Oh buddy, get ready for the annual Western Kabuki pigskin extravaganza. We brought certified football braniac Arif Hasan and resident Smiling Man Ed Zitron on to talk about the politics and spectacle of the 2024 NFL season. Find Arif Hasan at www.wideleft.football Find Ed Zitron at www.BetterOffline.com Listen to part 2 at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

https://patreon.com/westernkabuki This week we are joined by Parker Molloy as we bid adieu to the presidential candidacy of Ron Desantis, and look back at his inhuman facial expressions, his nasty little pudding fingers, and of course his shoe lifts. You can find Parker Molloy's work at http://readtpa.com And of course you can subscribe to our patreon at the link above! If you'd like to read any of the articles referenced in the episode you can find them in this Google document Caleb compiled. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mzPt6HeuI8r2KHxQhEaf5NE77q6777wveyKwE2RNG8Q/edit?usp=sharing

The deed is finally done. Thanks for listening along. Part two is out on Patreon. www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

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https://patreon.com/westernkabuki   This week we talk Lance of https://theserfs.tv about how seemingly every right wing reactionary is coalescing behind their antipathy to "DEI," the new "CRT," and it makes us want to "DIE." Among other things we talk about the Epstein Flight Logs, Elon's weird replacement theory crap, and on the Patreon, we get to the incredible self-owns of billionaire dork ass Bill Ackman

We discuss the history and return of Alex Jones, the One True King of schizophrenic uncles Part Two is pretty silly. Listen to it at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

We had an episode planned around Alex Jone's return to the public eye, but Whack couldn't make it. So instead, we subbed in The Homie Marcos to talk about an article in Ireland's Business Post that surprisingly flew under the radar. It showcases leaked training documents wherein Twitter seems to explicitly condone posts containing slurs, harassment, unsolicited sexual content, holocaust denial and more by instructing employees not to remove them, putting Twitter on a crash course with EU regulators in early 2024. Support Marcos at https://twitter.com/AinterShow Please support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

We know the main feed episode is a little behind this week, it's coming! In the meantime, check out our review of Lady Ballers featuring Matt Lieb of Pod Yourself a Gun/Wire. Follow Matt at www.Twitter.com/MattLieb Hear the full episode at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Our good pal Ed gives us a crypto state of the union, then we talk about Elon's Media Matters lawsuit. If you didn't know, Ed has a new podcast called 15 minutes in hell where he interviews interesting people for 15 minutes, which is honestly the perfect length for podcasts if you think about it. Support Ed at: https://wheresyoured.at Hear the entire episode at: www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Marianne joins us to talk about her 2024 presidential aspirations, how to stay optimistic even though Everything Feels Very Bad, and tells us some really neat stories about her early life. This episode was originally slated to be a premium episode but we wanted to share it with all of you. If you'd like to support us anyway, please visit us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Documentarian J. Aubrey returns to talk about America's favorite former congressman, George Santos. Trust us when we say, whatever you think you know about him, the truth is even more insane. Slideshow:  https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/121Ftlf88DowiW8mnPN-MSt7UCCyjlM6r7xhTZ8SFjq4/edit?usp=sharing Follow J. Aubrey at: www.Youtube.com/@jaubrey www.Twitter.com/jaubreyYT Find additional content at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

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The first half of the Sequel to Q3 Bracket. We had to run it back with the BP boys. Thanks again to John and Stefan. Find the finale and learn the worst tweet of the third quarter at our Patreon!     Follow blocked party Part two is here Reach us any time Slides here

Today's episode is a rundown of the "Gaylor" theory, which posits that Taylor Swift is secretly either gay or bisexual, and has been leaving breadcrumbs through song lyrics and social media posts for years. To help us sus this out, we brought on Travis View of the QAA podcast, as this and QAnon share many similarities.  Please follow Travis at https://twitter.com/travis_view / QAnonAnonymous Hear the second part of this episode and a bonus interview with a surprise guest over at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki Slide show: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yh7BmSqaIHHEJUodGeGGu9ONBpQ3KqWqZhH_cm5tAR8/edit?usp=sharing

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UNLOCKED:    This is the Patreon episode we released on August 28th. We discussed X dot com the everything app with brand evangelist and political provocateur Brian Krassenstein. We were a little aggressive. Enjoy.   Listen to Part 1 here, which was actually recorded after this episode

patreon.com/westernkabuki Juniper takes us through the unsettling world of transvestigation. Follow Ivy at twitter.com/professorgetter Follow our document of transvestigation here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IVWu2so014Sl8ojZTQRDhzJ9Dq-IvCqBxedYTK0KmGo/edit?usp=sharing

We speak with authors Jack Allison & Kate Shapiro of the silly sci-fi romp "Kill The Rich" about their book for a bit, before talking about this week in tech, and some quick Doja Cat history. Order their book here: https://www.clashbooks.com/new-products-2/kill-the-rich-jack-allison-kate-shapiro-preorder www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki for more

https://www.patreon.com/westernkabuki Juniper has been banned from by Elon with collaboration by Chaya Raichik, and it happens to coincide with us reading and shitting on Walter Isaacson's Elon Musk biography. There are a ton of wild details in the book, so we invited our pal and yours Jenny Tightpants to come on and talk about them with us. Follow Jenny on twitter at https://twitter.com/halomancer1

https://patreon.com/westernkabuki Garbage Day's Ryan Broderick joins us to talk about the few places on the internet that still feel good, Walter Isaacson's Elon Musk book, and the facial hair community. Subscribe to Ryan's newsletter, Garbage Day, here: https://www.garbageday.email Go see Garbage Day live! https://dice.fm/partner/dice/event/brxmx-garbage-day-live-w-special-guest-dj-cummerbund-18th-oct-elsewhere-zone-one-new-york-tickets

https://patreon.com/westernkabuki   Caleb plays a fun game - is this actually a Babylon Bee headline? Or did Chat GPT just shit it out?

https://patreon.com/westernkabuki Matt Saincome of the parody sites The Hard Times and The Hard Drive joins us to talk about another wonderful parody site - The Babylon Bee You can find The Hard Times and The Hard Drive here: https://thehardtimes.net

A preview of our Patreon episode with Kristi Yamaguccimane. You can hear the rest at https://patreon.com/westernkabuki

Ben Clarkson and Matt Bors join us to talk about their new comic, Justice Warriors.   You can order justice warriors here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Justice-Warriors/Matt-Bors/9781952090226   Watch Ben's amazing trailer for this season of the Blowback Podcast here: https://twitter.com/deep_beige/status/1693685917662212271   Listen to our patreon episode with Kristi Yamaguccimane at: https://www.patreon.com/westernkabuki

Eve 6's Max Collins regales us with some amazing stories about fighting with Staind, pissing with Fred Durst, and beefing with Disturbed. Support Max and Eve 6 by subscribing to their Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/Eve6ix You can hear more of our convo with Max on our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/westernkabuki

A preview of our 80-minute conversation with Brian Krassenstein - you can hear the rest at patreon.com/westernkabuki

You asked for it, we listened. We returned to this topic to talk about the emotional, moral, and possible financial crimes of the Krassenstein brothers (as well as why we think they are awful cretins) with noted internet guy Jules Suzdaltsev. There is a very controversial and heated debate with Brian Krassenstein on our Patreon. Find out why Elon himself got so defensive about this episode on our Patreon at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki. Beware, it's a little awkward.  In the meantime, please follow Jules at @jules_su on Twitter. Thanks for listening! We need your support now more than ever. Feel free to join us on our various socials at www.linktr.ee/WesternKabuki

The right wings favorite woman to abuse joined us to discuss her new book which is available here.  We discuss her boon as well as the future of social media, and the Internet in general. The old men caucus of WK had some very serious questions and the rest of us had fun.  www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki Preorder Extremely Online for it's October 3rd release!

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This is the one where we finally succumb to the woke mob. We sell all of our crypto, we abandon daddy Musk, and we confirm we have paper hands.  Follow Ed's articles and new podcast "15 Minutes in Hell" at www.ez.substack.com  Follow us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki for the full episode and more

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You may not remember his name but Forgiato Blow has created a monster he can no longer control.    Thanks again to @jeremysmiles   The rest of the convo including mail bag is here.

The long-anticipated sequel to our last "worst tweets" bracket is here and it's a real treat. We're joined by John and Stefan of the Blocked Party pod for some good old fashioned wholesome fun. Follow blocked party: https://twitter.com/blockedpartypod Part two is at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki  Reach us any time at mail@westernkabuki.com Slides here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1D1vwXQVg-xdG9n1LvbXL51WrIbJRk-piX6WR7QwYRkM/edit?usp=sharing

Bridget Todd of @iHeartPodcasts "There are No Girls on the Internet" and City Cast DC joins the crew for a chat. Follow Bridget at www.twitter.com/BridgetMarie or /City_Cast_DC. www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki to support us, and hear this week's extra special premium episode where we return to our roots and talk Nic Cage, per fan request.

Miles joined us to discuss the cinematic phenomena Sound of Freedom. His review in Rolling Stone can be found here.    Follow us here   Follow Miles here, or you can follow him here.

In this one we find guys. Y'all ever find guys?   Among the guys discussed, we cover Oli London, Owen Benjamin, and others.   Find Chudsly here.   Find part 2 here.

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You guys emailed us your relationship questions, and dammit all if they weren't extremely strange. We brought in our lovely friends Audrey and Donovan from the Radio Free Tote Bag podcast to help answer them. Both episodes are fairly NSFW, part two is especially wild. Plus we talk about the infamous ukulele grooming apology video, and Alex talks to us about how some good old fashioned muckraking confirmed one of Twitter's greatest conspiracy theories. Follow RFTB at https://twitter.com/rftbPod Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

This is only a preview, pleas go to our patreon to hear the rest!   Part 2. Nazi furries. cuckoldry. embezzlement of funds from the nazifur convention treasury. dragon groomers. this one has it all.

In part 1 we cover the history of the furry fandom and explain its beauty and strangeness. We then discuss how the development of this queer friendly space also became accidentally friendly to others. Including Nazis, which we look at more in-depth in part 2. Follow Jenny @halomancer1 on Twitter, special thanks to @CedrasCorvid for additional research. Here's the slide show www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki for part 2. Mail@WesternKabuki.com, text us at (971) 374-2265‬.

Who is The Quartering? After going through some of his worst posts, videos, takes, and even some of his weird fetishes, we talk about this on a more philosophical level. www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

In the latest of the Survey of A Villain series we look at one of the most pathetic little goblins that exists on the computer. Jeremy Hambly runs his channel TheQuartering and he's not very good at basically anything at all. Find out how deep the depravity goes with us! Also, please check out Whack's stream Saturday 6/17 on Twitch! Here's the link for the slideshow!   Thanks again to Bart. Follow him at @TallBart on Twitter.    Please support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki As always, reach us at mail@westernkabuki.com, or text/voicemail (971) 374-2265‬

In this episode we discuss a thread circulating on Twitter alleging dozens of lies by Allison Gill/Murder She Wrote. We also pulled court documents from a suit involving a former employee who claims AG promised her 25% of the show's profits, reneged, then fired her after discriminating against her for her racial and sexual identity. Listen on www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

We brought on a fantastic comedian Billy Wayne Davis to reminisce about the online political atmosphere up to and including the election of Donald Trump in order to set the stage for part two of this episode where we discuss the many lies and even alleged crimes of Allison Gill, host of the Mueller She Wrote and Daily Beans podcasts. Full disclosure: most of the MSW stuff, the docs we pulled from court records etc, are on part two. Don't miss it! Please follow Billy at https://twitter.com/BillyWayneDavis Listen to Part 2 of this episode at https://www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

We're joined by our dear friend Jenn Takahashi to talk about the fascist paramilitary organization NextDoor, and some of her favorite experiences operating the best of nextdoor/best of dying twitter accounts. Follow Jenn at https://twitter.com/jenntakahashi, or @bestofnextdoor, @bestofdyingtwitter www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki for a strange, special episode this week too.

Due to popular demand, this week we decide to unlock our conversation with Brian. You can hear our discussion regarding Meatball Ron's failed campaign launch over at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki Follow Brian on Twitter @krassenstein

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We try to avoid fan service on this show, but after dozens of emails, discord comments, and texts requesting we 1. Bring back Marcos, and 2. Revisit the gooning community, we caved. I'm glad we did because not only does this finally free us from this topic forever, Marcos gave us something surprisingly dark yet truly profound (yes I'm being 100% sincere).  Content warnings: drugs, violence, strong sexual content and more. Follow him at @aintershow on Twitter.  Please support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki As always, reach us at mail@westernkabuki.com, or text/voicemail (971) 374-2265‬ -Bird

patreon.com/westernkabuki to hear the rest!   "On a personal note, I really poured a lot into this and covered a pretty broad range of topics, so I really hope you'll all check it out, and even if you can't afford it or simply don't feel like it I hope you enjoy this fairly meaty sample." -Whack

A rap session between the WK family about how horribly things are going. Whack makes some really outlandish predictions and no one is on board.  Editor's note: Twitter has since removed the search suggestion function.  Please follow us: Whack June Caleb Alex

We talk about the WGA strike and how it's going to affect the internet with a brilliant and funny homie, Ify Nwadiwe.  Follow Ify at https://twitter.com/IfyNwadiwe www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki for the rest of the episode

Thanks so much to Matt for joining us and talking about the various chicanery around social media recently. This time I really think we've got Elon on the ropes. He's going down, big time.   Follow Us: @MattBinder @JUNlPER @WhackNicholson @BirdRespecter @AGoldmund   BlueSky: @mattbinder.bsky.social @junlper.bsky.social @whacknicholson.bsky.social @birdrespecter.bsky.social @agoldman.bsky.social

Everyone wanted to hear how this one ended so we decided to throw both parts of our normal episode up over on Patreon this week and unlock this for the main feed. It's a doozy folks, strap in.   www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki for an entire two-part episode on problematic "Family Influencers" btw.   Hit us at mail@westernkabuki.com if you want to say hello.

Christ, what a disaster. We reviewed the worst tweets of 2023 so far. Fortunately we had some help from our friend Marcos, a cult leader of the Radical Homieism movement and host of the A.S.S. podcast. Follow Marcos at https://twitter.com/AinterShow Follow us at https://Patreon.com/WesternKabuki where you can hear the second half of the bracket.

You heard us Delta, give our friend a thousand dollars. The rest of the episode is basically about AI. We talk about language models and how we build prompts to get answers. It's a really useful tool that we see a lot of value in getting people to work with models like ChatGPT.   Follow us : @WesternKabuki @AGoldumnd @Birdrespecter @JUNlPER @WhackNicholson

In this one Whack dumps his brain juices onto innocent and sweet co-hosts. He really goes through it in this one. We discuss the effects of streamer, bad person and video maker called Sneako and his nasty antics. Slideshow link is here.  Full conversation at www.Patreon.com/Western Kabuki

Great episode for you today, folks. Friend of the show and Senior NBC News Reporter Ben Collins joins us to discuss the ongoing Trump Prison Saga, and shares some stories of his work with us. We then speculate wildly on what's going to happen next. You can follow Ben at: twitter.com/oneunderscore__ To hear the full episode, please support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki Next week we're doing mailbag stuff again. Please call or text with thoughts and questions! ‪(971) 374-2265‬ or mail@westernkabuki.com

Folks, we got ourselves a good old fashion bank run. Returning show favorite Ed Zitron joins us to talk about his newest article, predict what may happen next, then discuss how Ed slays the perverts and demons of the fintech world an article and a smile at a time.  Follow Ed at @EdZitron on twitter, or www.ez.substack.com www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki Call or text: ‪(971) 374-2265‬, Mail@WesternKabuki.com

We bring Youtube documentarian and overall nice guy J. Aubrey on to do a deep dive into the world of VTubers.  Follow J Aubrey on Twitter at www.twitter.com/jaubreyYT Follow J Aubrey on YouTube at www.youtube.com/jaubrey www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki to hear the full episode. Text, call, & email at ‪(971) 374-2265‬ or mail@westernkabuki.com

Jordan Uhl, host of The Young Turks Deep Dive show + The Insurgents Podcast joins us to talk about military recruiters in schools, military direction of video games, and more. On the premium episode available on Patreon, he talks to us about the East Palestine train derailment, giving his perspective as someone who grew up in the area. Follow Jordan at @JordanUhl on twitter, or theinsurgents.substack.com www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki  Text, call, & email at ‪(971) 374-2265‬ or mail@westernkabuki.com

Juniper is on vacation so Whack and Caleb take some mailbag questions, talk about the show's future, its past, how much money we're making by secretly infiltrating the left for Donald Trump, then finish off with some Presidential facts for everybody's favorite holiday. P.S. Sorry for the minor audio issues this week. We're still looking for a producer. Pls DM. Follow us on @WesternKabuki on Twitter www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki Text or ‪Voicemail: (971) 374-2265 ‬

Friend of the show and Rolling Stone journalist Miles Klee joins us to talk about his recent profile of the infamous MAGA twitter user Catturd. Also, we are hiring producer! DM us on Twitter if you think you'd be a good fit or email mail@westernkabuki.com. Follow Miles at @milesklee on twitter or rollingstone.com/author/millionbear/ Please support us at Patreon.com/WesternKabuki, our next Patreon ep is a classic Cage review episode, also featuring Miles.

It's Super Bowl Sunday, baby! Originally planned as a Patreon episode, we brought a full house today with returning fan favorite Ed Zitron and our good friend Kelton from the Psychic Dolphin Garage podcast to talk about the 2022-23 NFL season, some football history, the Super Bowl, and more.  Please follow: Kelton @DolphinGarage Ed @EdZitron Please support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki so we can keep bringing you extra bonus content as often as possible!

Whack and Juniper drag Caleb kicking and screaming through the world of gooning, causing a crisis of identity. NSFW/NSFL warning! This episode contains lots of weird stuff along with lots of hooting and hollering. Here's the link to the Google Slides if you want to view pornography along with your beloved hosts  www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki ‪Voicemail: (971) 374-2265‬

This is just a little content for you all to hold over your appetites. This is is edited audio of Whack reading a poem by Lewis Carroll. That's it, just some light reading. Whack likes to read because he thinks people don't know how, so please don't burst his bubble, he seems so happy. Check out Whack's Twitch stream for more of this. twitch.tv/whacknicholson Support us at www.patreon.com/westernkabuki Mail@WesternKabuki.com, Voicemail or text: ‪(971) 374-2265‬

We talk to ATL organizer Micah Herskind about the situation on the frontlines, and what people can do to help even if they're not in the area. For more information, go to stopcopcitysolidarity.org and follow Micah www.twitter.com/micahinATL

This episode was originally supposed to be a Patreon exclusive, but Whack's on vacation so you're getting a look behind the scenes. We finally finish off the insane discourse tweet bracket, which leads to Caleb opening up about a dark moment from his past.  Support us at https://www.patreon.com/westernkabuki Mail@WesternKabuki.com, Voicemail or text: ‪(971) 374-2265‬

We talk about Keffal's ~*interesting*~ interview with Keemstar which opened us up to discussing the experience of being a trans person online, Vtubers, how to talk to people about police brutality, then end the episode with a quick Skinamarink review, seeing as we are a very serious film podcast. Support us at https://www.patreon.com/westernkabuki Mail@WesternKabuki.com, Voicemail or text: ‪(971) 374-2265‬

The Kabooksters (minus Caleb, get well soon Bird) are joined by Gen-Z TikToker. The conversation centers around faith and the ideas of belief in a higher power. Christian goes in deep on his faith and his thoughts around internet fame. This will be part of an ongoing series of discussions with religious people who exist in online spaces (a specific fascination of Whack's as he is a dirty heathen for whom God will show no mercy). Catch Christian at Oxford Area High School at 705 Waterway Road Oxford, PA on January 20th for a free show if you're in the area. And follow his instagram (mistermccartney.official) and his TikTok (mister.mccartney) Follow the rest of them as well, please: @JUNlPER @WhackNicholson @BirdRespecter

We're taking a break with a laid back, guest-free episode this week. Juniper talks to the boys about Brazil, we discuss the Golden Globes, Elon (possibly) blocking friends and family on Twitter, lastly Whack dives deep into the mind of a broke wealth influencer.  Support us at https://www.patreon.com/westernkabuki Mail@WesternKabuki.com, Voicemail or text: ‪(971) 374-2265‬

Ed Zitron continues our talk from our previous episode together. Afterwards, we continue the worst post of the year bracket. Subscribe at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki for the full episode!

We're joined by Harvard attorney, human trafficking expert, & media person Alejandra Caraballo. We discuss Andrew Tate's feud with Greta, pizza box mishaps, and more. We tried our best to bring some levity to the discussion, but be warned: if you're unfamiliar with the source material, it's depressing. Please follow Alejandra at https://twitter.com/Esqueer_ Support us at https://www.patreon.com/westernkabuki

Unlocked from the vault for your misery: Caleb's interview with The Cybersmith. We still have our regularly scheduled episodes coming this week, this is just being released as bonus content due to popular demand (and so we can pitch the Patreon). If you like what we're doing, please support us on at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki Leave us a voicemail, text us at (971) 374-2265, or email us‬ at mail@westernkabuki.com with thoughts, questions, or whatever else you think we should know.

We sit down with writer and tech PR specialist Ed Zitron to discuss his latest article on Sam Bankman-Fried, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and what the future holds for once-revered tech entrepreneurs who aren't the saviors they think they are. Ed's substack is available at www.ez.substack.com Visit us on Patreon at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki Leave us a voicemail or text at (971) 374-2265‬ or mail@westernkabuki.com

The dark mistress of journalism pirouettes into our digital studio to discuss her newest story on everyone's favorite liar. We also discuss the discourse and complete the Ableism/Problematic region of the worst posts of 2022 bracket.   This one's got it all. I promise your grandma will call you instead of complaining that you never call her after you download this. This episode is a gift from Krampus and he's usually pretty stingy. All claims made in podcast descriptions are provably false. I am your real father.    Follow them all: Taylor Lorenz Bird Respecter Juniper Whack Nicholson

Caleb wanted to call this episode "Milk Crimes" and that bodes well for his title naming talents, but Phase 2 is here now and you need to be made aware.   Phase Two of Western Kabuki is here. We say goodbye to Nicolas Cage (for now) and hello to our new co-host, Pulitzer prize winning NYT columnist Juniper.   We then tease Bird's upcoming interview with the infamous Cybersmith, discuss the politics of Star Wars, Nazi-furs, Andrew Tate’s influence on schools, and more.   We have a mailbag: leave us a voicemail or text us at (971) 374-2265.   Follow us at: @WhackNicholson @BirdRespecter @JUNlPER

Yeah... I'm thinking this is another episode. Its a covid ep so Whack and Bird are very grateful for Emily carrying the show.   Follow us on twitter: @IHateNYT @BirdRespecter @WhackNIcholson

TEASER FOR THE PATREON!!   This is a departure we all recorded the day Nope came out. And despite not really being about Nic Cage at all it's still a fun conversation with Tillamundo.   Follow all of us on twitter: @Tillamundo @WhackNicholson @BirdRespecter

Quick question: How's your relationship with your father? If you found this podcast on Twitter, we have a guess. And that's why this episode is perfect for you! Big thanks to Max for sharing some of his personal connection to this film.  Follow Max, Whack and Caleb: @Eve6 @WhackNicholson @BirdRespecter

This is a sneak peek for our Patreon (https://patreon.com/user?u=77877499&utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator) episode in which we do a live commentary to the film Pig with @KelgoreTrout (watch her youtube channel here) Follow Whack Here   Follow Bird Here

This is our first genuine stinker. But thank gosh we had such an incredible guest! Lauren is the host of Batting Around, a baseball podcast. She can also be found on Twitter   Follow us all on Twitter:  @NotABigJerk @WhackNicholson @BirdRespecter

Joined by the incredible Aaron (Trillbillies, Struggle Session, Everybody Loves Communism) Thorpe to discuss the launch of our beautiful boy into stardom.   Follow us on Twitter: @BirdRespecter @WhackNicholson @BorgPosting

Bird and Whack are joined by Kelgore to discuss Pig. Its good!   Follow them all @BirdRespecter @WhackNicholson @KelgoreTrout

Our maiden voyage with the amazing Juniper as we discuss the newest of Nicolas Cage's Film.    follow the following on twitter: @JUNlPER @WhackNicholson @BirdBirdRespecter   Subscribe to our Patreon, if you dare.