How bad was East Germany and the GDR really? Brother Nick from Corner Späti joins to talk about the true history of the German Democratic Republic and why Berlin is one of the best cities in the world. 

After a prolonged absence, Brother Isaac is back with 19 year old English obese singer songwriter with various degenerative diseases, Jim E. Brown, to discuss (but not really at all) the latest internet discourse: What is the worst song ever? 

Check out Jim's music here and follow him on Instagram for tunes and American food reviews and buy a t shirt here. 

if you wanna listen to the whole thing it's on Patreon and Substack

uploading this episode on delta wifi. are they scraping my computer's files for all my secret data so they can sell it to a new seltzer water company to market me their latest product? the answer is yes. but i have to get the content to you, my loyal subscribers.

since when did they start saying "rough air" and stop saying "turbulence"?

i don't know how much of this music qualifies as "ambient," but i'm just gonna run with it. these are songs without words. they are droning and monotonous and mood shifting. i love them. maybe you'll love them, too.

here's the track list:

• Isao Tomita - Claire de Lune 
• Aphex Twin - Blue Calx
• Oval - Do While 
• Wagner - Das Rheingold Prelude 
• Colin Steton - Reborn 
• Julianna Barwick - Inspirit 
• Max Richter - Spring 1 Vivaldi Recomposed 
• Sigur Ros - Staralfur
• William Basinski - Disintegration Loops 

The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy.

Brother Don of Fourth Reich Archaeology joins the show to share Brother Isaac's disappointment regarding the recent accolades Tucker Carlson is receiving for his public criticisms of Israel.

You do not, under any circumstances, got to hand it to Tucker Carlson. In spite his apparent anti-zionist talk, Tucker is a card-carrying member of the Fourth Reich and has familiar ties to the State of Israel.

Brother Isaac and Brother Don go through Tucker's family and professional history to beg the public not to continue to fall for it again and again and again.

Be sure to listen to Fourth Reich Archaeology wherever podcasts are available.

PREVIEW

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Did you fall for it? Did you think they would "release the files"? Or were you too smart. You knew better. You weren't surprised.

Both are bad.

Falling for it is obviously bad because you were a fool. But knowing better has its pitfalls. Paranoia and cynicism are no way to move through the world. Smug satisfaction with being right will not help. Perhaps because we are all so preoccupied with not being fooled, there aren’t as many consequences for the perpetrators. If you are betrayed or fooled, you would might be more likely to react in more extreme ways. If you already knew better, if you have that disaffected, "Well I’m not surprised by anything anymore," then you rest on those laurels and the world remains unchanged.

This episode is hybrid radio show + chit chat. The theme is being the fool.

Track list:

Intro: Waltz 2 - Dmitri Shostakovich

1: What A Fool Believes - The Doobie Brothers

2: Delilah - Tom Waits

3: Love Don't Love Nobody (It Takes a Fool) - The Spinners

4: Everybody Plays the Fool - The Main Ingredient

5: Falling Man - Blonde Redhead

6: Don't Want To Be A Fool - Luther Vandross

7: Children of the Revolution - T REX

8: The World I Know - Collective Soul

Brother Isaac is joined by Brother Ryan Ray to lament the moral decay of the American mind. The rapid construction and gleeful celebration of a concentration camp in the heart of the environmentally imperiled Everglades is a harbinger of what's to come in the increasingly rotting heart of the country. "Alligator Alcatraz" is a money grab for DeSantis donors and will likely get blown over by a summer storm. But the precedent is set. How can we fight against this? What recourse do we have?

Check out Ryan's podcast over at Tropical Depression for more Florida analysis.

Peter Thiel says he believes in a lot of things, but how much of it holds up to scrutiny? Brother Isaac is joined by Brother Dorian (@dankdeleuze) to determine the philosophy and theology of our strange overlord, Peter Thiel.

Make sure to follow Dorian (@dankdeleuze) and sub to his Truncata, his workshop on art, literature and philosophy.

Music featured:

John Maus

Shadowax

royalty free

welcome to another edition of radio select. since this episode will be available to all, i've picked songs that should not get me an copyright violations.

for those of you who don't know, i was banned from spotify back in april for unknown reasons. probably DMCA copyright infringement from a little clip of a song i sampled. or maybe because i did a whole episode about how spotify CEO daniel ek is a vile war profiteer who might destroy the music industry and replace it with AI slop.

enjoy these songs and if you wanna hear more you'll have to sub to the tron.

1 - Stevie Nicks - Wild Heart (Live Demo)

2 - Fairuz - Le Beirut

3 - Six Flags Theme Park

4 - Sega Bodega - Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!! (Vengaboys cover)

5 - Sega Bodega/Dorian Electra - Teenage Dirtbag (Wheatus cover)

6 - Mark Mitchell - How Can I

7 - Callie Day - Hear My Prayer

8 - Shapenote Traditional - I'm Going Home

9 - Song of the Mamuna Tribe of South Papua

10 - Andrew Bird/St. Vincent - Soiree de Poche #9

11 - Simon Diaz - Tonada de la Luna Llena

12 - Joanna Newsom - Sawdust and Diamonds (Live)

Check out the full episode on Substack or Patreon.

Brother Alex Sammon of Slate Magazine joins Brother Isaac to bask in the misery of the worst people you know who have completely lost their minds over Zorhan Mamdani's primary victory. They also discuss Alex's recent trip to the Abundance movement's WelcomeFest and Alex tells Isaac what it's like to test drive the new Hummer EV 3X pickup, Extreme Off-Road edition: The car that explains America. 

Follow Alex Sammon on Twitter and Instagram. 

Brother Isaac is joined by Brother Eyes Wide Open to teach you how to tell your mom what Operation Gladio is. We cover the history of the clandestine program of terror and violence that changed Europe forever beginning with Nazi Super Spy Reinhard Gehlan, to the Italian election of 1948 and where the operation it stands today. Does Domestic Gladio exist in America right now? If it ain't broke, don't fix it!

Make sure to watch Eyes Wide Open's fantastic history videos over at the YouTube and sign up for his Patreon.