A failed bombing by a profoundly redpilled man dressed as the Joker, a world-cup-themed assassination plot, fallout from an attempted coup, the indictment of the former President… Brazil is full of stories these days. Head of Intercept Brasil Andrew Fishman is our guest along with editor and re...
2024-12-06 17:51:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Pokémon Go is more than a worldwide craze that inspired millions to hunt Zigzagoons through smartphone-enabled alternate reality. According to intelligence officials in several countries, it’s also an information security threat. Since the game’s release by game developer Niantic in 2016, pe...
2024-12-04 06:16:36 +0000 UTC View Post
The election of Donald Trump means that the Christian right expects to have even more political influence than they did before. That might be bad news for those of us who don’t believe worldly events are merely the byproducts of a transcendent spiritual battle of good vs. evil.
To better ...
2024-11-28 03:11:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Being told to run for president by his dead dog. Cosplaying as a superhero called “General Ancap”. Beating up a piñata of Argentina’s central bank on television. Sleeping in a bed with his sister and their dogs. Javier Milei is Donald Trump’s “favorite president” of Argentina and has...
2024-11-25 19:46:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Cursed McDonald’s humiliation rituals, secret messages sent through a filet-o-fish, Elon posting a QAnon News Network meme, UFO disclosure in congress, and Tucker Carlson being attacked by a demon in his sleep. Sit down and eat, children.
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“I tried to think of the most harmless thing. Something I loved from my childhood. Something that could never ever possibly destroy us: LOST.” And I was wrong. This week, Jake strands the co-hosts and listeners on a small, dangerous island, and dissects the ‘LOST’ alternate re...
2024-11-18 02:38:56 +0000 UTC View Post
The election has come and gone. Liv, Jake, Travis and Julian talk about conspiracism among online Republicans and Democrats in the wake of Trump’s victory. We also talk a bit about Kash Patel, who guested on QAnon podcasts before becoming the future Director of the FBI. Plus Jake brings us a se...
2024-11-16 00:22:03 +0000 UTC View Post
You’ve heard more than your fill of terrible news in America. So you should take a break by hearing some terrible news from a nation more experienced in empire death.
UK Correspondent Annie Kelly returns from maternity leave to explain the most significant recent outbreaks of Br...
2024-11-09 02:48:44 +0000 UTC View Post
To celebrate 300 regular episodes we have brought on a special guest: Julian Feeld.
And what a beefy episode number 300 is.
First we cover Trump’s lively Madison Square Garden rally and a conspiracy theory that sprang up in the wake of stand up comedian Kill Tony’s appearan...
2024-11-03 05:04:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Someone invented internet money, and we want to find out who they are. We’re not mad, we just want to talk.
For a decade and a half, the true identity of “Satoshi Nakamoto,” the author of the Bitcoin whitepaper, has been a closely guarded secret. Several major publications have tr...
2024-10-31 19:34:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Despite Travis’ best efforts, it’s still possible to occasionally read posts on the internet that are not perfectly accurate. In fact, Travis’ failure to turn networking technology into primarily a means of rationally exchanging ideas and substantive policy issues has forced media outlets a...
2024-10-29 03:15:30 +0000 UTC View PostThe monks have found a way to connect to the internet. Brad Abrahams is back to bring you a trinity of radical Catholic sects he stumbled upon while reading about UFOs. We’ve got a fake monastery with apocalyptic monks, a Christian private military contractor, and a Vatican-in-exile in Kansas. ...
2024-10-22 05:27:36 +0000 UTC View PostToday’s show is a piñata, and each time a blindfolded Travis takes a swing at it, a new and weirder piece of candy falls to the ground for Jake and Liv to nibble on. First we’ll be talking about how even conspiracy theorists had to push back against a terribly lazy hoax about VP candid...
2024-10-19 05:39:51 +0000 UTC View PostConspiracy theorists are finally admitting that human beings DO have an impact on climate change. But it’s not our ever-increasing carbon footprint, no, it’s actually just a very specific group of people who have unlocked the technology to CONTROL the weather – and direct it at their ...
2024-10-15 05:27:49 +0000 UTC View PostTravis has returned from the mountains and claims he’s touched so much grass that he’s considering never going outside again. This is a good thing, because there’s lots of horrible news to catch up on – including corrupt county clerk Tina Peters’ voter fraud trial reaching its ult...
2024-10-13 05:22:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Liv, Julian, and Jakey Greco are determined to transform a once respected podcast into a gossip tabloid while Travis is on vacation. Liv brings us a handful of truly demented tales of infidelity from the right-wing sphere, including RFK Jr. and his pack of rambunctious dogs seducing a repor...
2024-10-04 18:26:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Guest writers Ben Clarkson and Matt Bors, the creators behind the graphic novel series “Justice Warriors”, take Julian and Jake on a twisted journey into the ideology of Grant Morrison. Morrison is responsible for the Invisibles and a seven year Batman run considered by fans to be some ...
2024-09-30 01:22:33 +0000 UTC View Post
The origins of the white supremacist terror organization known as the Ku Klux Klan. We explore its emergence during the post-civil-war reconstruction era, its roots in “charivari” and how it came up with its bizarre aesthetics. The episode is guest-written by the ever-excellent Devin Thomas O...
2024-09-27 14:13:58 +0000 UTC View Post
We zoom in on the would-be-assassin caught in the bushes of Trump’s golf course. Ryan Routh, as told by others, himself (in his book) and his life choices.
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2024-09-20 01:28:54 +0000 UTC View Post
On September 9th, United States prosecutors announced the indictment and arrest of two leaders of the so-called “Terrogram Collective.” This is an online community of accelerationist neo-nazis which the DOJ called “a transnational terrorist group.” The indictment charges Dallas Humber, 34...
2024-09-19 00:02:47 +0000 UTC View Post
A false smear about Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio killing pets made its way from a fourth-hand Facebook rumor to Donald Trump’s lips during his televised debate with Kamala Harris. Despite the fact that there is no evidence for this claim and local authorities have explicitly denied tha...
2024-09-13 22:33:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Robbie Williams played by a CG Chimp, Russian spy beluga death, an incestuous poisoning through rave drugs, and the Harris campaign making “brain sludge content”. Liv and Julian get Jake’s takes on all of the above, plus some tweets from a fake Q account on X and the latest Andrew Tate frea...
2024-09-10 17:01:46 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the story of an April Fool’s Day joke that got wildly out of control.
In 1991, a columnist for InfoWorld claimed that he learned of a hyper-advanced computer virus called “AF/91” that disabled Iraqi air defense systems during the first Gulf War. This virus had allegedly escape...
2024-09-07 05:52:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Pentecostal “demon slayers” made a movie about the exorcisms they’ve been doing. More specifically, Greg Locke made a movie about how he graduated from QAnon promoter and COVID conspiracy theorist to self-aggrandizing general in the battle between God and Satan. We watched 2023’s ‘Come ...
2024-09-01 23:40:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Demonic exorcism isn’t just a solid premise for horror films. It’s also the hook for an increasingly popular group of pentecostal pastors who leverage social media, spiritual warfare, and outrage to spread their message.
Tennessee pastor Greg Locke is the most prominent member of a supe...
2024-08-30 19:45:37 +0000 UTC View PostWhat would happen if the entire police force of a small town was pilled to the gills? What if they weren’t satisfied with protecting and serving their community and instead vowed to kickstart the storm themselves – first in their town of six thousand residents and then on an internation...
2024-08-27 02:22:13 +0000 UTC View PostAdrenochrome, the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, Antifa invasions — it all happens on X. We examine some of the most unhinged things making the rounds on the everything app, plus get a nautical update from our resident barger charger expert Jake.
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2024-08-24 18:43:33 +0000 UTC View PostA religious art historian is inseminated with a clone of Jesus Christ by a cabal of Satanists who plan on letting Lucifer possess the baby and return to earth, bringing hell with him. But not if tactical Archangel Michael possessing the body of a dead priest has anything to say about it. Enjoy a ...
2024-08-18 23:06:21 +0000 UTC View PostDonald Trump is advancing novel ways of denying reality. He claimed that an authentic photograph of the crowd at a Harris rally was somehow generated by artificial intelligence. This bizarre claim was a bridge too far for even some ardent Trump supporters.
The former president also at...
2024-08-16 05:51:49 +0000 UTC View PostThe corpse of a bear cub dumped in central park, a dog on a spit, brain worms and allegations of sexual assault. RFK Jr is the third-party presidential candidate we deserve. We explore his various escapades, and Jake honors the moment with a beautiful story involving Roseanne Barr, RFK Jr and tim...
2024-08-12 21:16:22 +0000 UTC View Post