Podcast Episodes

Landing Big Scoops as an Indie Journalist (with Marisa Kabas)

Marisa Kabas is the founder of The Handbasket, an independent newsletter and website that has been breaking stories left and right about government w…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Is Wiping a Phone a Crime?

Joseph had to use a different mic this week, that will be fixed next time! We start this week talking about a very unusual case: someone is being cha…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Are We Obsessed With Aliens? (With Becky Ferreira)

Humanity has talked about aliens throughout recorded history, and obsession that has changed science, faith, and media. 

The past few years have bee…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Zines Are Back

We start this week with news of our zine! We’re printing it very soon, and walk you through the process. Independent media is turning back to physica…

5 months ago

How AI Porn Isolates Us with Noelle Perdue

This week Sam is in conversation with Noelle Perdue. Noelle is a writer, producer, and internet porn historian whose works has been published in Wire…

5 months ago

This Podcast Will Hack You

We start this week with Joseph’s very weird story about Apple Podcasts. The app is opening by itself, playing random spirituality podcasts, and in on…

5 months, 1 week ago

Inside the Biggest Sting Operation Ever (with Michael Bobbitt)

Joseph speaks to Michael Bobbitt, a former FBI official who worked directly on Operation Trojan Shield. In this operation the FBI secretly ran its ow…

5 months, 1 week ago

A Massive Breach Reveals the Truth Behind 'Secret Desires AI'

We start this week with Sam's piece about a massive leak of an AI chatbot, and how it showed that people were taking ordinary women’s yearbook photos…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Luxury Surveillance (With Chris Gilliard)

Jason talks to Chris Gilliard, the author of the upcoming book Luxury Surveillance. Gilliard has studied the rise of companies like Ring and Flock, a…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

The Epstein Email Dump Is a Mess

We start this week with a rant from Jason about how the latest dump of Epstein emails were released. It would be a lot easier to cover them if they w…

5 months, 3 weeks ago