Podcast Episodes

The wild world wide web of witches

Witches, curses, magic, and the internet overlap much more than you’d think — and not just because of the Etsy witch that cursed Charlie Kirk. The very online Peter Berkman and Luke Silas of the band…

Published on 7 hours ago

BONUS: One or two hot takes on One Battle After Another

(SPOILER ALERT!) Grant hosts Ryan on his podcast to share their thoughts on One Battle After Another and what it says about the current state of the US, dads, Gen X, and compare its political comment…

Published on 5 days, 8 hours ago

The big dumb weather conspiracy

Like many things, there used to be a bipartisan consensus that in a disaster, you help as many people get through it as quickly and safely as possible. In the past 20+ years, though, we’ve seen a shi…

Published on 1 week ago

BONUS: How Eddington and Weapons hold a mirror up to our Panic World

Two of 2025’s biggest movie releases so far, Eddington (basically Panic World: The Movie) and Weapons, are not the same genre but they both offer interesting looks into the state of our society today…

Published on 2 weeks ago

The no fap movement and why the boys aren't all right

If you’ve spent any amount of time online in November, unfortunately you’ve heard of “No Fap,” a movement started over a decade ago by a subsection of very aggressive men who’ve created a pseudo-reli…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Charlie Kirk was killed by a meme

Ryan & Grant talk about the fallout from Charlie Kirk's killing, including what we know about the suspect in custody and what this means for current political climate in the US.

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Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago

You might be listening to AI music

The band The Velvet Sundown broke through the music charts with millions of streams in months after coming from nowhere — and being an entirely AI band. Is it an existential threat to the health of t…

Published on 4 weeks ago

BONUS: The new age of terror

Season 2

On Wednesday, June 27th there was a shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school, killing two kids and injuring a dozen more people. The shooter took her own life, and left behind two YouTube videos and…

Published on 1 month ago

Mobile game ads: The worst online slop

They’re full of slime, weird crime, and seemingly a lot of fetish stuff. Today, we’re talking about the sloppiest of slop online these days, mobile game ads. An expert on the form, Chelsey Weber-Smit…

Published on 1 month ago

BONUS: The secret plan to outlaw porn in the US (is working)

Season 2

This is a rerun from February this year, when 17 states in the US had banned PornHub. The tally now stands at 21, and both Mike Johnson and the Supreme Court don't seem fussed to stop there.

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Published on 1 month, 1 week ago