Podcast Episodes

The Fall of Sören Ironwood in Vallaki

Introduction: Welcome back! This week, we recount a grim session from our Barovia campaign, where "even divine wings rot into bone, and the only victories are measured by who escapes alive". Barovia,…

Published on 4 months ago

The Vallaki Heresy and Sören Ironwood's Fall

This article, "Session Sixteen: Vallaki Heresy and the Fall of Sören Ironwood," details a pivotal moment in a Dungeons & Dragons campaign set in Barovia, a perilous land governed by the vampire Strah…

Published on 4 months ago

How the West Ignited the Ukraine War

The provided text argues against the widely accepted narrative that Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine was unprovoked. It asserts that Western actions, particularly NATO's eastward expansion and inter…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

The West Lit the Fuse in Ukraine

The story we’ve been told is simple: in February 2022, Vladimir Putin woke up one morning, decided to invade a peaceful, democratic Ukraine, and launched an “unprovoked war.” That’s the official narr…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Blame the Latte

Don’t Blame the Latte: Your Burn Rate Is Eating You AliveThe Silent Reason You’re Always Broke

There’s a meme that won’t die: “Don’t blame me for my daily latte—it’s not why I can’t afford a house in …

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The High Cost of Normal

Your Burn Rate Problem

The provided text, "Your Daily Latte Won't Buy You a House — But Your Burn Rate Will Keep You Broke," argues that individual spending habits, labeled "burn rate," are the primar…

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How America Sands Down Rebellion

America doesn’t crush its radicals—it deburrs them. Like a machinist running a grinder over sharp metal, the state and culture don’t always smash rebellion outright. Instead, they smooth its edges un…

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Deburring Radicals into Hegemony's Mascots

The provided text explores how hegemony neutralizes revolutionary figures and movements by "deburring" them, transforming dangerous ideals into harmless, commercialized symbols. It explains that inst…

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How America Grinds Difference Into Flavor

America calls it pluralism, but too often it feels like something else entirely. What looks and feels like racism or cultural hostility is frequently the machinery of assimilation doing its work: the…

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America's Assimilation Machine

The provided text critiques the American concept of pluralism, arguing that it functions as a hegemonic assimilation process rather than genuine co-existence of cultures. It suggests that while outwa…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago