The J. Burden Show

J. Burden and Bird revisit Dungeons & Dragons’ satanic-panic history, examining disappearances, suicide claims, anti-game pamphlets, and Jack Chick’s comics. They weigh the moral panic against gaming’s imaginative escapism, religious anxieties, and debates over fantasy, belief, and reality in play.
Birdo: https://x.com/TLEbirdarchist
https://www.patreon.com/timelineearth

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Podcaster and historian CJ Killmer joins the show to discuss academia’s progressive roots, credentialism, and how woke politics can shield managerial elites from class critique. He describes technology’s effects on students and argues education’s value often declines when learning is compulsory rather than voluntary.
CJ: https://dangeroushistorypodcast.com/
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Today I have a lighthearted, unserious chat with Coucy. We cover Jimmy Carter's pre-mortem photoshoot, looks-maxing versus "looks-minning," flat-earther rocketeer Mike Hughes, actors and Shakespeare, science fiction, and Ayn Rand. Along the way, they joke about internet culture and fatherhood.

EC: https://x.com/ingelramdecoucy
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/looksminning/id1797824776
https://ithinklessofyou.substack.com/p/looksminning

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In this solo reaction episode, I do some gloating: Republicans suffered a historic loss driven by the unpopular Iran war. I rebut blame aimed at podcasters, mock critics like James Lindsay and Mark Levin, and argue voters owe the GOP nothing. I promise we'll return to normal interviews tomorrow.

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In this episode, I react to Mark Levin and argue that his push for the Iran war hurt Republicans before the midterms. I call Levin hypocritical, since Levin demands party loyalty while canceling dissenters and shielding Israel.

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The Librarian of Celaeno joins to discuss a deported evangelical teacher, Samuel Sey, and a fundraiser claiming a paperwork error. They argue it exposes evangelical elites' incoherent mix of liberalism and Christianity, lax school hiring checks, and hypocrisy on immigration, which risks the movement's credibility.

LoC: https://substack.com/home/post/p-222485127
https://x.com/ExLibrisCelaeno

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J. Burden and Stormy Waters banter about cars, then argue the auto industry is turning retro and analog. They contrast Porsche's analog Mission S with Ferrari's Luce and Jaguar's rebrand, link the trend to watches and guns, criticize BMW's screens, and predict looser regulation and a retro market.

SW: https://x.com/NormanDodd_knew
 https://substack.com/@st0rmywaters

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Joey Oliver joins the show to opine on the week's news: base preparedness headlines, Ilhan Omar's deportation talk, unrest in France and Poland, Obama's Cheesecake Factory joke, Star Wars and Dune, a deported Christian influencer, conservative hypocrisy, midterms, Halloween plans and viewer super chats.

JO: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRWCoalition

https://x.com/TheRWCoalition

BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/American-History-Gen-Journey-Right/dp/1918418268

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Today I interview Aydin Paladin about her research on "romantasy" smut. We cover its huge sales, who reads it, and why readers want powerful, committed men and blank-slate heroines. The talk then turns to AI companion chatbots, addiction and dissatisfaction, and the widening divide between the sexes.

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https://www.youtube.com/c/aydinpaladin
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J. Burden and Andy Edwards discuss the 1990 film Jacob's Ladder. We trace its three interwoven realities: Vietnam, New York, and the family life Jacob lost. They cover its biblical and Buddhist symbolism, the hospital-as-hell sequence, the drug-experiment reveal, and the film's influence on Silent Hill and Slender Man.

BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/King-Dogs-training-ground-death/dp/0578608081

AE: https://linktr.ee/GoldenGoatGuild
 https://www.amazon.com/stores/Andrew-Edwards/author/B0825BNHYT
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