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ORIGINALLY RELEASED February 28, 2026 on Patreon!

Travis & Tom round out the week with death and destruction in the world - leading up to the recent Israeli-American attack on Iran which killed their Supreme Leader. Travis & Tom lament the possibility that they - and we - have never truly seen peace in the world.

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ORIGINALLY RECORDED DECEMBER 2025:

Have you ever felt like the products you loved are getting worse for the sake of more money? Travis & Tom talk about the Enshitification phenomenon! And yes, that is a real word - they talk about that too!

CORRECTIONS:

• 6:16: Travis meant to say “FTC” (Federal Telecommunications Commission), not SEC (Security Exchange Commission - or Southeastern Conference if you’re a sports fan).
• 15:03 - They still do this. After this episode was recorded, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 was released and received backlash over players being required to always have an internet connection even when playing the campaign solo (with no save checkpoints or ability to pause the game).

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Clips Cited

• History of the World: Part 1, directed by Mel Brooks, performance by John Myhers, 20th Century Fox, 1981.
• The Hunt for Red October, directed by John McTiernan, performance by Sean Connery, Paramount Pictures, 1990.

Hollywood is about to have one less studio as Paramount Skydance is set to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery. But how did we get here? In this super long and detailed episode, Travis takes Tom through the zig-zaggy history of these two storied institutions from the silent film era to the beginning of television to the origins of cable television.

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We could be talking about we just attacked Iran and took out their leader, but Travis & Tom wanted to talk about something funnier - the government declassifying all files on aliens and UFOs to cover up the Epstein files. Watch how our two hosts try so hard to find something to talk about with this before Travis just devolves to talking about 'The X-Files' again.

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Both Travis and Tom are nobodies. But this week, Tom tries to make Travis a little less of a nobody with some “getting to know you” questions. Waste of time? You decide!

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‘Star Wars’ - America’s favorite piece of anti-fascist media - has a new boss taking over, which leaves Travis and Tom squinting their eyes. As they talk about where the franchise has faltered in the last eleven years, they also have the gall to pitch ideas to Dave Filoni and Lucasfilm for where the franchise should go next. Is it the will of the force? We’ll see…

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Epstein’s back in the news as the latest delayed file drop from the Department of Just Piss is even more damning than the last. Tom & Travis grapple with how Epstein’s pedophile activities are merely the end result of an unequal society divided by class AND outdated values on how we view children and teenagers across the country - values that Trump’s biggest defenders are trying to revive out of sheer cope.

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What’s more important than paramilitary death squads in Minnesota, more Epstein files being released, or our President’s brain melting into soup? The Super Bowl that is! Tom & Travis take this time to talk about the Big Game, the NFL season, how stupid college football is, and the totally apolitical event that is the Halftime Show!

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Mike Leach’s Famous Rant on the College Football Playoff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_nuMEtwUW4

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Recorded just after ICE murders someone else in Minneapolis (a "murse" no less, which is a crime unto itself), Tom & Travis talk about why people can be so willing to ignore historical parallels when they hit them in the face. This leads Travis to take us down a bizarre rabbit hole... using Harry Potter.

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ICE is still terrorizing Minnesota, but it might be cracking. Travis & Tom talk about the leaks and exposes that have come out about how the ICE house may one day collapse....

Ken Klippenstein's Article: https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/immigration-agents-terrified-by-ice

Laura Jedeed's Article: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/01/ice-recruitment-minneapolis-shooting.html

Article about Jedeed's article used in the episode: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-undercover-journalist-recruitment-immigration-b2900345.html

Nick Shirley Interviewed by Andrew Callaghan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IrMqA3fVO0&t=2806s&pp=ygUJY2hhbm5lbCA1

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