Barking Points Memo

While the Amazon is being burned by right wing interests, Bernie has unveiled a climate justice plan, Joe Biden's Brain Update: It's Cooking Now, and Netflix plans to use AI to automate creating trailers as Disney continues its The Blob-like takeover of our culture industry.

Barking Point: Anti-Boomer Board Games, in the style of Hasbro's weak attempt at a Socialism burn.

Theme Music: "Barking Point" by Solardog

Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Bossa Antigua", "Crinoline Dreams", "On My Way", "Backbay Lounge", "Long Strolll", "Shades of Spring", "AcidJazz", "Poppers and Prosecco", "Tech Live", "March of Spoons", "Four Beers Polka"

(https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Also Music by Plasma Cutter!

SOL IS BACK! In a rollercoaster episode of ups and downs, we discuss Ebola Becoming Curable, Dark Future First Lady Cuomo and Her Tablescapes, Joe Biden's Brain is the Consistency of a San Marzano Tomato, and more!

Barking Point: What pointless smart-device will doom us all?

Theme Music: "Barking Point" by Solardog

Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Bossa Antigua", "Crinoline Dreams", "Ether Disco", "Backbay Lounge", "Apero Hour", "Samba Isobel", "Shades of Spring", "Jazz Brunch", "Poppers and Prosecco", "Dispersion Relation", "Opportunity Walks", "Ether Disco", "Deuces"

(https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Also Music by Plasma Cutter!

SPECIAL GUEST –THE– DOCTOR WOLVERINE talks to us about universal healthcare!

Barking Point: Create your own pokémon startup and all the societal consequences thereof.

SPONSORS: Adept Omega, Ahundred, Arlo (Hyena), Aylor, Bobskunk, Brandon Carey, Chiaro, computer_fox, Devan Ferguson, Dissonant Dragon, Drífa Jónsdóttir, Eric Plaisance, Flufftastic Torsten Pihl, & Gabe Fox

Theme Music: "Barking Point" by Solardog

Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Bossa Antigua", "Crinoline Dreams", "Cognative Dissonance", "Backbay Lounge", "Apero Hour", "Samba Isobel", "Shades of Spring", "Long Time Coming", "The Way Out", "Rainbows" ,"Dispersion Relation", "Opportunity Walks", "Awesome Call", "Digital Lemonade"

(https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Axel, Lu, & Sahoni cover a whirlwind of topics including the latest craze in college scams, Equifax Discovers That People Think It Sucks At Its One Job, & Saudi Arabia's Child-Brained City of Tomorrow: Neom.

Barking Point: Compose a journal or audio log of a poor soul that lived inside the KanyeDome

Theme Music: "Barking Point" by Solardog

Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Bossa Antigua", "Crinoline Dreams", "Dream Culture", "Backbay Lounge", "Apero Hour", "Samba Isobel", "Vegas Glitz", "Netherworld Shanty", "March of the Spoons", "Rainbows" (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Axel, Ace, and Edge are here to guide you through the dark times of a reinstated federal system of capital punishment, but the hope presented by the uprising in Puerto Rico. Also we yell about Disney and Netflix. ALSO EDGE HAS A COOL SONG AT THE END!

Barking Point: Let's educate the libs through tortured pop-culture metaphors!

SPONSORS: Adept Omega, Ahundred, Arlo (Hyena), Aylor, Brandon Carey, Chiaro, computer_fox, Devan Ferguson, Dissonant Dragon, Drifa Jónsdóttir, Eric Plaisance, Flufftastic Torsten Pihl of Prosperity Karma, Gabe Fox, Jake Soot, John Franklin, KangaRhia, knightly, Lance Leoghauni, LF, Linearscrew, MamaCoffeeCat, Marty, Nik Clarkson, no, PhillyPu, Reido Moonwuff, saul mondariaan, scuttlefuzz, SixArmedSweater, Spooky Biscuits, Takel, wijn, Wolfinator, WrenYena, & Xurnami

Theme Music: "Barking Point" by Solardog

Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Bossa Antigua", "Crinoline Dreams", "Doobly Doo", "Dream Culture", "Two Together", "Continue Life", "Awesome Call", "Shades of Spring", "Opportunity Walks", "March of the Spoons", "ZigZag", "Rainbows", "Sonata 17" (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

WE HAVE RETURNED! Axel, Lu, and returning guest Sahoni discuss the current Democratic Party Morass, ending with another side episode of Goopin' Around! #GoopPorn

Barking Point: Design your NPRsona and describe the show they host.

Theme Music: "Barking Point" by Solardog

Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Bossa Antigua", "Apero Hour", "Backbay Lounge", "Crinoline Dreams", "Jazz Brunch", "Hard Boiled", "Samba Isobel", "Dispersion Relation", "Doobly Doo", "March of the Spoons", "ZigZag", "Rainbows", "Sonata 17" (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Axel, Lu, and Sahoni get hopped up on 100% pure GAMER FUEL. OH YEAH. LET'S TALK ABOUT TARIFFS AND BOOTLEG BOARD GAMES.

Barking Point: Design the most exploitative, unnecessary, or downright bad collector's edition of a video game.

Theme Music: "Barking Point" by Solardog

Music from https://filmmusic.io:

"Beauty Flow", "Severe Tire Damage", "EDM Detection Mode", "Half Mystery", "The Lift", "Ultralounge", "Perspectives", "Music for Manatees", "George Street Shuffle", "As I Figure", "Misuse" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Ace and Juni lead Axel, Edge, and Lu through the crude depths of Oklahoma's K-12 school curriculum, brought to you by the petrochemical industry.

Barking Point: Now that Taco Bell has branched into hospitality, what will the next brand to open a hotel or resort be, and why will we all hate it?

Theme Music: "Barking Point" by Solardog

Music from https://filmmusic.io:

"Pookatori & Friends", "Sunflower Dance Party", "Klockworx", "Tech Talk", "Jellyfish in Space", "Casa Bossa Nova", "Happy Bee", "Samba Isobel", "Dispersion Relation", "District Four", "Disco Lounge", "Hep Cats", Aurea Carmina", "Cold Funk", and "Secret of Tiki Island" by Kevin MacLeod

(https://incompetech.com)

Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Luno, Ace, and Edge remind us that the internet exists. We apologize deeply for this inconvenience.

Barking Point: In memoriam of YTMND, what Web 1.0 site would you most if it suddenly vanished?

Theme Music: "Barking Point" by Solardog

"Dream Catcher", "Fantasia Fantasia", "Leopard Print Elevator", "Glitter Blast", "Disco Medusae", and "Pookatori and Friends" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

[CONTENT WARNING: Sexual Assault, Violence, Gore, Suicide, PTSD]

Axel & Luno discuss the labor dispute at Riot Games & the psychological traumas of working on MK11.

Barking Point: What specialized brain node have games created in you, and what does that node do?

Sponsors: Fuzzy Proxy, Gabe Fox, Jake Soot, John Franklin, KangaRhia, knightly, Lance Leoghauni, LF, MamaCoffeeCat, Marty, Mogu, & Nik Clarkson

Theme Music: "Barking Point" by Solardog

Extra Tracks by Cobalt Bloom