You Can't Win

We're back... we start off with a question about Islamic poetry, jump into description of Canada's failparty the NDP, talk Chomsky and the mods and many other topics. World Bank, arranged marriages, China and Jim Cramer... rounded off with a final bit about Japanimation.

Correction: Tom referred to Rumi's most famous work as the "Mevlevi". It is in fact the Masnavi, and Mevlevi is the name of the sufi tariqa (order) that he founded.

Intro music by auntie004. Outro is Kyuss - El Rodeo.

Tom and Don are joined by our friends John V and Leo for a gritty apocalyptic version of the pod. We discuss surviving corona and our health woes and the music that will see us through. Everything from Jackie Chan to our Trumpbux plans.  The sound quality is a bit uneven but the joke quality is high. Keep on the lookout for John V and Leo's pod in the future, possibly titled the Pimp Chronicles.

Intro music by auntie004. Outro music is Jackie Chan - Love Me.

Our guest "Ed Buck" gives us his thoughts on right-wing talk radio. Often imagined as a solid block of outrageous political content, most talk radio hosts free associate to fill the time. The result is a strange experience. The crew also answers some questions about Nick Land and Deleuze to the tragedy of the new social-democracy.

Mentioned: Based Deleuze by Justin Murphy; Cyclonopedia by Reza Negarestani; It's Me Eddie by Eduard Limonov.

Intro music by auntie004. Outro: Tomahawk - God Hates a Coward.

When the world gets sick, sickos turn pro. No helpful medical advice but lots of confirmation of prior beliefs about outside. Tom and Don chat for most of the show about our new reality.

Intro music by auntie004. Outro: Chief Keef - Stay Inside.

We get to a good number of questions in this round up, from controversial language and conversion stories to renegade priests and the many crimes of Nikita Khrushchev. We also talk mental health, Islamic aliens,  coronavirus conspiracies and Don's column in Dabiq.

Intro music by auntie004. Outro song is Fredo Santana - Been Savage.

Tom and Don are joined by Ibrahim for a wide-ranging discussion of recent conflicts in Afghanistan. We talk about the cohesion and discipline of the Taliban, prospects for peace, the history of foreign intervention and resistance, the interests of regional and global powers and some of the other local forces involved.

Ibrahim's Twitter: @SyedIbrahim1137

Mentioned: The Taliban: War, Religion and the New Order in Afghanistan by Peter Marsden, Afghanistan: The Bear Trap: The Defeat of a Superpower by Mohammad Yousaf, https://www.afghanistan-analysts.org/, Borhan Osman, Empires of Mud by Antonio Giustozzi, The Taliban at War by Antonio Giustozzi, Obaid Ali, Documenting Afghanistan, Mohammed Harun Arsalai, @AfgEye, Revolution Unending by Gilles Dorronsoro, Killing the Cranes: A Reporter's Journey Through Three Decades of War in Afghanistan by Edward Girardet

Intro music by auntie004.

Outro music is Kino - Gruppa Krovi.

Leo joins Tom and Don to talk about fashion and dressing well. What's with all these terrible clothes out there? How do we push beyond glued-together polyester? The crew then answers a number of your questions within Solomon-like judgment.

Intro music is by auntie004. Outro music is Smog - Ex-Con.

Books mentioned: 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back, Dressing the Man by Alan Flusser, The Catholic Priesthood: Biblical Foundations by Fr. Thomas J. Lane

Tom and Don are joined by Mike, John and Jerel for a discussion of the Wuhan coronavirus. What's the science on the virus? Are we all going to die? How racist is it to be afraid? We also answer a few questions about guns control and Settlers.

Mike's references:

IMPERIAL COLLEGE MODELLING:

Report 2: Estimating the potential total number of novel Coronavirus cases in Wuhan City, China
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/sph/ide/gida-fellowships/2019-nCoV-outbreak-report-22-01-2020---Mandarin.pdf

Report 3: Transmissibility of 2019-nCoV
https://fpmag.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Imperial-2019-nCoV-transmissibility.pdf

LEUNG GROUP UNIVERSITY OF HK MODELLING:

Nowcasting and forecasting the potential domestic and international spread of the 2019-nCoV outbreak originating in Wuhan, China: a modelling study
https://sci-hub.tw/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30260-9

ZHANG GROUP U MICHIGAN ANN ARBOR REPORT:

Protein structure and sequence re-analysis of 2019-nCoV genome does not indicate snakes as its intermediate host or the unique similarity between its spike protein insertions and HIV-1
dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.04.933135

DISAPPEARED REPORT ON WUHAN CDC LAB:

The possible origins of 2019-nCoV coronavirus
https://www.docdroid.net/EZUN6cB/originsof2019-ncov-xiaob-res.pdf

Intro music by auntie004.

Outro: Triple-Q - Deus Ex Gon' Give It to Ya.

Don introduces Tom to "Christianity and Democracy" by Jacques Maritain which he read recently. Christian Democracy evolved into the official ideology of much of the conservative movement, although Don suggests this is a legacy that should be contested. We also discuss Slavery and Islam by Jonathan A.C. Brown and The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam by Alamma Iqbal.

Intro music by auntie004. Outro: Lightnin' Hopkins - It's a Sin to be Rich, It's a Low-Down Shame to be Poor

Our friend Alex returns to have a bit of a back and forth with Don about economics and ideology. Then the whole crew talks hopes for Bernie versus our natural cynicism and gets into some questions from the audience. 

Alex is @anti_minotaur on Twitter. Intro music by auntie004.  Outro music is Daihakken - The Extremist.