
Brief: Smooth-Talking Anti-Feminism
Julian analyses a conversation between Louise Perry and Bari Weiss to pinpoint how digital new media dresses up traditionalist right-wing talking points as if they’re open-minded, edgy, and brave intellectual insights.

246: Shock Doctrine of Discovery
Trump is speaking in the old language of the Discovery Doctrine. That’s what we’ll excavate today.

Brief: Antifascist Woodshed
Matthew critically reviews six books that define fascist eras and recount how they have been opposed. A kind of “here we are, now what?” episode that hopefully interrupts the doomscroll with the sobriety of some practical considerations.
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245: Raw Dogging Wellness [feat Mallory DeMille]
Raw Milk. Raw Water. Raw Meat. Mallory DeMille returns to break down the raw trend in wellness. We look at the science and cultural implications behind it.

Relief Project #8: Blair Hodges
Blair Hodges joins Matthew to talk about how he’s transformed the teachings of his Mormon upbringing into inspiration for social justice.

Brief: Make Apartheid Great Again
Derek chats with South African native and podcast co-host, Julian, about what life was like growing up in South Africa, as he explains the confusion that Trump is injecting into the body politic with his recent decision to cut off aid to his homeland.

244: Battle for the Onesies
As of recording time, RFK Jr has not yet been confirmed to the HHS Secretary position by the Senate. That might change by publication date. But if we were setting odds on this confirmation, we’d say put your money on Bobby.

Brief: Why Didn’t I Yell STFU at Jordan Peterson in 2017?
Matthew visits the antifascist woodshed to investigate the liberal manners, free speech naivety, and lack of community alliances that dissuaded him from grabbing the mic during a Peterson Q&A in 2017.

243: Free Market Contrarians (w/Eoin Higgins)
Journalist Eoin Higgins joins to discuss his new book, Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voices on the Left.

Brief: Anti-Social Media (w/Renee Diresta)
Julian talks to digital disinformation expert Renee Diresta about the massive Big Tech realignment with MAGA.

242: Executive Disorder
What the ever loving fuck. That’s our intro today. But we do have a structure.

Brief: Patients Before Profits
Derek discusses the largest healthcare strike in Oregon state history currently occurring at his provider: Providence. He breaks down some of Providence’s past legal problems, discusses his own experience as a Providence patient, and talks to some of the nurses on the strike line.

241: Unravelling The Telepathy Tapes
One of the top podcasts in the world may set autistic and disability rights discourse back by decades.

Relief Project #7: Sam Adler-Bell
Sam Adler-Bell is a journalist, political theorist, and co-host of one of Matthew’s favourite podcasts, Know Your Enemy—a show about the American right. He joins Matthew for the 7th installment of the Conspirituality Relief Project.

Brief: Tech-Bro Mormonism (w/Blair Hodges)
Blair Hodges joins Matthew to discuss Bryan Johnson’s transhumanism’s roots in the LDS.

240: Bryan Johnson’s Impossible Blueprint
Is the new documentary on longevity stan Bryan Johnson the latest propaganda piece by a supplements-pushing huckster, or is he tapping into something much older and deeper about the human condition?

Brief: Vinay Prasad’s Pick-me Campaign
Derek and Julian look at two recent videos that signal that Vinay Prasad might be angling for a position in a potential RFK Jr-run HHS—and all the misinformation he continues to spread.

239: Conspiracy Of Dunces
What happens in post-truth America when formerly fringe conspiracy theorists, religious extremists, pseudoscience-peddlers, and wannabe authoritarians become a government—now weaponized against their personal enemies, both foreign and domestic? Should political analysis take a page from academics who study professional wrestling?
We each offer our views on what's ahead.


238: Diary of a CEO Bro
We look at a few conspiritualist crossovers on Steven Bartlett’s Diary of a CEO podcast, and discuss what it really takes to become a top 5 podcaster—and the information and integrity that’s sacrificed along the way.