This is our last word on Trump before the 2024 election. Despite endorsements from Elon Musk and many other tech people, Donald Trump is in no way the candidate that is right for America's future. The fact that he can't accept election results is automatically disqualifying. It's been said a million times and it's incredibly boring to repeat, but the peaceful transfer of power is the single most foundational aspect of our democracy. Trump is the enemy of the peaceful transfer of power, which makes him the enemy of America.

In this short episode, we discuss this but also hit a range of other topics related to the election.

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In 2007, Joe Rogan went on Tom Green's House Tonight, a show that took calls from random people using Skype. You can see Rogan light up when he realizes how the future of media is going to change forever with this technology.

Rogan tells Green, "You need to keep doing this. We need to figure out how you make money from this."

On this episode of Team Futurism, Peter and Devon watch the clip and share comments on how Rogan has changed, how podcasting has really democratized the media landscape, and what might come next.

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In this episode, Peter and Devon discuss Russell Brand, Trump, and the culture of grift that is currently thriving--particularly on the political right.

This conversation was inspired by Brand's recent announcement that he's selling a "magical amulet" to protect people from "evil energies." Which honestly seems more interesting than Trump shoes or Trump crypto.

The conversation takes a few turns till we eventually talk ourselves into needing the magical amulet. We have a few ideas for improving the tech and making it legit. It may even be something that could change the world.

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There's a popular theory online that Elon Musk is supporting Trump in order to run the government as a shadow president through JD Vance. The Atlantic even ran a piece embracing this "Trojan horse" view.

In this episode, Peter and Devon discuss this theory and other possible reasons tech billionaires might be so enthusiastic about supporting Donald Trump.

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I finally took my first ride in a Waymo, the autonomous taxi developed by Alphabet (Google). In this episode, we discuss what it's really like to ride in a Waymo and why I’ll never again take Uber in San Francisco. We also compare Waymo to Tesla’s newly-announced Cybercab, which looks awesome but it’s still hard to tell what to expect from it.

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In this episode, we discuss Devon's recent trip to Nashville, whether Nashville is still a cool place to move, and the future of the city as a hub for music and culture. Peter argues that the whole country scene is one gigantic LARP, but maybe that's OK, and maybe all scenes are a kind of LARP.

We also discuss the phenomenon of bands no longer having the same cultural power they once had. Instead, solo acts (like Taylor Swift and Beyoncé) now make all the hit songs. Will this trend continue or will bands come back?

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The last bellwether county in the country (the county that has gone for the winning president since the 1980s) is Clallam County in Washington State. As a native to Port Angeles in Clallam County, Peter predicts how he thinks the county will vote in November 2024.

According to polling, the county is currently split pretty evenly between Trump and Harris.

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Ann K Sterzinger is a journalist and a novelist currently living in Paris. This conversation covers life in Paris, European weed, immigration, the current state of literature, problems with the mental health field, and other topics. We also talk about several of Ann’s novels, including her most popular novel NVSQVAM. Follow Ann on Twitter @VraieSterzinger.

Ann and Peter are both part of a new podcast called MELTDOWN HOUR with Rachel Haywire.

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Outro song: "Breath" by Pere Ubu

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Peter and Devon discuss the recent story of the guy charged with allegedly creating fake bands and monetizing them with AI bots.

They then get into reviewing Trump's epic debate loss to Kamala Harris. Peter also discusses his growing frustration with Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, Elon Musk, and others who went from being "on the left" to suddenly becoming—not skeptical centrists, but—full blown conspiracy-brained Trump apologists.

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Katherine Dee is an internet culture reporter, internet historian, and online personality. Her writing has appeared in UnHerd, Tablet, The Spectator, The Free Press, and elsewhere. She's also well known for her cultural commentary as Default Friend on Twitter and for her Substack account, default.blog.

In this conversation with Peter Clarke, Katherine discusses digital relationships, "fictosexuality," the loneliness epidemic, real life vs. social media, and the news about Russia funding Dave Rubin and Tim Pool.

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