On today's episode, Manasseh (@oswiu.bsky.social) joins Josiah and James C. Liker to hang out and talk about our evil tech overlords, the U.S. losing the war in Iran, space exploration, and the Future. This is a pretty casual one.

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Music & Audio credits

• Deep Bass - NoCopyrightMusic
• Bass - NoCopyrightMusic
• Yesterday – bloom.
• R U Ready 4 Ze New World Order by Michaelanthony
• Feel - NoCopyrightMusic

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SPORTS!!! It's the fourth installment of the Fruitless Sports Corner (FSC): a semi-reoccurring series where Josiah, Nathan Thiessen, Chris Barker, and Jake the Lawyer talk about sports. On today's episode we discuss the UEFA Champions League final, Matt Bruenig's terrible sports takes, the Indy 500, Josiah trying to get everyone into the European Football Alliance, multi-club ownership, the upcoming World Cup, Chris rooting for CONCACAF, mixed feelings about rooting for USMNT in the current geopolitical climate, horrible ticket prices, and what's going on with the Cubs.

Music by Viagra Boys and SHADE08

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It's the May music exchange!! That's right. It's also the 69th Patreon episode and I've been told that's an epic number. In this installment, Josh and Josiah discuss Armed Forces by Elvis Costello & The Attractions and Piece of Mind by Iron Maiden. Also the alleged federal pedophile relief fund.

Music by Iron Maiden, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, and SHADE08

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Josh, Chris, and Josiah discuss Elizabeth Sandifer's essay, "The Blind All-Seeing Eye of Gamergate," and the rise of fascist cyberpolitics. Also Chris talks about the Indy 500.

Music by SHADE08

The Iowa Primary is coming up on June 2nd. Josiah has been a low information voter this year, so Justin Comer from Rock Hard Caucus is here to tell him who to vote for.

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Music & Audio credits

• Feel - NoCopyrightMusic
• Bass - NoCopyrightMusic
• Yesterday – bloom.
• "Josh Turek - Underdog," Josh Turek on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCD3vVVAa7U
• "I'm Running for U.S. Senate," Zach Wahls for Iowa on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLlwK00ol_I
• "Ashley Hinson for Congress - WATCH IT," Ashley Hinson on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNSd0px_96Q
• "Sen. Joni Ernst defends Medicaid cuts, says 'well, we all are going to die'," Associated Press on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVxh7-_fkvg
• "2014, Joni Ernst - Squeal - political ad - closed captioned," Captioning for Everyone on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc8uLuHsNw0
• "Sarah Trone Garriott 2024," Sarah Trone Garriott on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hon2AI7E8CE
• "Bohannan: Doing What's Right," Bohannan for Congress on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzZSYtSCJew
• "President Biden: I'm staying in the race!," C-SPAN on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk10PQ_h2io
• "Feenstra Formally Launches Campaign for Governor of Iowa," Feenstra for Governor on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLmqUgPTHuA
• "Good vs. Evil," Adam Steen for Governor on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAc6-rAYrvY
• "Zach Lahn - Defend our Land," Zach Lahn for Governor on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-DBn5FBN4o
• "Stealing is Bad - Rob Sand for Iowa," Rob Sand on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUiHlQRxPDc
• Rob Sand's legalization ad on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reel/4850102835216495
• In My Dreams - bloom.

Josh, Alien, and Josiah discuss three movies that can help us explore the psyche of our tech bro overlords: Primer (2004), The Social Network (2010), and BlackBerry (2021).

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References

• "What is 'Muskism?'," Read Max, https://maxread.substack.com/p/what-is-muskism
• "Muskism with Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff," DEATH // SENTENCE, https://soundcloud.com/death-sentence-pod/muskism-quinn-slobodian-ben-tarnoff
• "A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace," John Perry Barlow, https://www.eff.org/cyberspace-independence
• Palantir's summary of The Technological Republic aka the Palantir manifesto, https://x.com/PalantirTech/status/2045574398573453312
• Neoreaction a Basilisk by Elizabeth Sandifer

Music & Audio credits

• Clip of Marc Andreessen explaining that he doesn't do any introspection, pulled from BlueSky post: https://bsky.app/profile/davelee.me/post/3mh5hgwdb5c27
• Yesterday – bloom.
• Audio from Primer (2004)
• Audio from The Social Network (2010)
• Audio from BlackBerry (2021)
• Wish - Nine Inch Nails

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It's the April music exchange! In this installment, Josh and I discuss the O Brother Where Art Thou? soundtrack and the Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 soundtrack CD. 

Music by The Soggy Bottom Boys, Alien Ant Farm, and SHADE08

Today is the 52nd anniversary of the Carnation Revolution in Portugal. On this episode, Rike (@rikeyboi) returns to help explain the revolution to dumb Americans. 

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Music & audio credits

• 90s Lofi type beat - Liadiii
• Yesterday – bloom.
• In My Dreams – bloom.

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Gaius from Tribunate returns to talk about the parallels between the Iran War and Rome's wars with Carthage and Persia.

Music by SHADE08

On today's episode, Y.L. Al-Sheikh (Emissary of Night) joins Josiah to discuss the Iran War and the destabilization of the Middle East. 

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Music & audio credits

• Sunshine (Prod. Riddiman)
• Yesterday – bloom.
• In My Dreams - bloom.