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Q Without You Ft. Liv Agar
We continue or side series journey into the underbelly of various awful websites with dear friend Liv Agar of the QAA show, where we talk about the history of 8chan and, of course, QAnon. Part two will be an interview with 8chan's founder Fred Brennan so be sure to stay tuned for that as well.
Grummz
Today, we're joined by WK Gaming Correspondent Dave @airbagged to discuss and dissect the mind of a generational pervert, Mark Kern aka Grummz. Happy Grummz Day everybody.Follow Dave at www.Twitter.com/airbagged
Mark Bankston
You might know him as the lawyer who got his "Perry Mason" moment against Alex Jones. You might know him as the guy who told Aaron Rodgers to shut the fuck up. You might know him as the guy who's representing clients who are suing Elon Musk, Tim Pool, and many, many more. Mark joins us to talk about some of his cases, as well as the right-wing disinfo ecosystem.Follow Mark at https://twitter.com/BankstonAtLaw
Do you have stairs in your house? Ft. Jay Brandstetter
We're kicking off a sort of side-series about the history of various formative websites, social media platforms, and forums. This week, we're talking about the history of Something Awful, a once-mighty forum that birthed much of modern internet culture, for better or worse. We're joined by Jay Brandstetter, a Something Awful historian, curator of posts on Twitter, and host of a SA themed podcast. You can follow Jay here:crazy ass mome...
Blood...Blood Everywhere Ft. Ben Collins
Ben Collins is back to talk about his journey to become the new CEO of The Onion. We talk some Onion history and what the future of the publication might look like.Give The Onion $1 here or Ben will take it down forever:https://www.theonion.com/give-us-1-or-the-onion-disappears-forever-1851436787Follow Ben at https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__
Go Woke, Go Broke: A One Year Retrospective
We have a casual chat with our friend, shitposter, and enemy of your enemies, Evan @esjesjesj about the Bud Light Boycott and its implications ~one year later.
BONUS: Introducing Clown Post
NOTE: This episode is an extra bonus episode for our Patreon fans. If you don't care for football, don't worry. Your regularly scheduled Patreon episode is still on the way!Arif and Ed are back to announce our new NFL show "Clown Post" launching later this summer. We discuss the NFL Draft, our favorite players, and trade some silly off season stories. Follow Ed at www.betteroffline.comand Arif at www.wideleft.football
Double Verified Ft. Kylie Robison
Tech reporter Kylie Robison joins us for a stroll through the current landscape of your favorite Silicon Valley perverts.Follow Kylie @kyliebytes
Collateral Sandwiches Ft. Maia Arsen Crimew
We discussed Netsec, how bad companies are at it, and much much more with hacker and whistle blower Maia Arsen Crimew, who you may know as the person who leaked the US Government's no fly list.
Media Murders Ft. Ed Zitron
Ed joins us to talk about private equity destroying the media, the deaths of some great outlets, and what to expect news to look like in the future.Follow at @EdZitron and https://www.betteroffline.com/
Worst Tweets of 2024 Pt. 2 Ft. Janie Danger
For Part Two, we brought on friend of the show Janie Danger.Slides:https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vSkKHmEZbBgF-mDAmPRpPrqD7pQLytZ2WSgRWuChhxM1IOueVMEWo1_ZNG9t_7PRo0IntaMvIUA_GHX/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=60000Follow Janie @Wifesucker and listen to her music here: https://linktr.ee/Janie_Danger
Worst Tweets of 2024 Q1 Ft. Kristi Yamaguccimane
You know what it is. Strap the fuck in because our noggins are getting cooked tonight, babySlides:https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vSkKHmEZbBgF-mDAmPRpPrqD7pQLytZ2WSgRWuChhxM1IOueVMEWo1_ZNG9t_7PRo0IntaMvIUA_GHX/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=60000Follow Kristi at @TheWapplehouse and @JortsCenterPod
Year of the Tunnel Part 2: Flesh Flashers
In part two, we bring on Alex/Haus of Decline to discuss the more insidious aspects of tunnels, talk about our friends in r/digging, Caleb goes on a journalistic exploration of the tunnels beneath Tacoma Washington, and we talk about our queen, Kala the "Tunnel Girl".Follow Alex here:https://twitter.com/hausofdecline
2024: Year of the Tunnel Pt. 1
We brought back friend of the show Weird Culture Rolling Stone writer Miles Klee to talk about his article discussing tunnels. We review Dom Lucre's very, very, very bad documentary as well as discuss some other notable tunnelheads. Also as a contextual note, we recorded this in early February. Follow Miles at:https://www.rollingstone.com/author/miles-klee/
Smashed Bros Ft. Ringler SSBM
June recently attended a competitive Smash Bros Melee tournament and recounts her experience. We're then joined by competitive streamer Ringler to discuss some deep lore of the Smash Bros Melee community and untangle exactly what it is about this 23 year old game that keeps people coming back all these years later.Find Ringler at:twitter.com/ringler_ssbmtwitch.tv/ringlerssbm(note, Ringler's mic cuts in and out a few times. Alex did his be...
Gamergate 1.5
Per request from, and with the support of our Discord members, we chat about the ongoing Sweet Baby Detected drama. The crew and some of our listeners spent a few weeks in the new Gamergate Discord and Caleb relays his experiences. We then read from a few articles, weigh in on Elon and LoTT's participation before asking: does this all have the juice to become a full-fledged Gamergate 2? Support W.O.K.E. public radio's pledge week at www.P...
Premium: The Libs of TikTok Ft. Taylor Lorenz
We talked to Taylor Lorenz about some wild things that happened behind the scenes in her conversation with Chaya, cleared up some misconceptions about why the discussion took place to begin with, then went into depth about the person behind one of Twitter's most infamous and evil accounts.
Starseeds Ft. The Homie Marcos
Okay, we had to finish this one up. We brought in Marcos to talk about more Starseed/New Age Super Humans. Per request, Caleb did end up getting a certification and read everybody's starseed super power charts, and we also talked about the CIA/DoD's research into telekinesis and remote viewing, which is where many of these beliefs come from.www.Twitter.com/AinterShow to find Marcos
The Vibecession ft. Diana Thirst
http://patreon.com/westernkabukiThis week, we're joined by Diana to talk about some of the weirder news of the week, and then we talk about starseeds, indigo children, urine therapy, levitation, and much more.Follow Diana at https://twitter.com/rlycalmVice's Indigo Children documentaryhttps://video.vice.com/en_us/video/indigo-children/5706a687b36bf928768b467aThe telekinesis videos we watched --Tin Foil Telekinesishttps://www.facebook.com/...
NFHell Ft. Arif Hasan + Ed Zitron
Oh buddy, get ready for the annual Western Kabuki pigskin extravaganza. We brought certified football braniac Arif Hasan and resident Smiling Man Ed Zitron on to talk about the politics and spectacle of the 2024 NFL season.Find Arif Hasan at www.wideleft.footballFind Ed Zitron at www.BetterOffline.comListen to part 2 at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki
An Elegy for Meatball Ron ft. Parker Molloy Pt. 1
This week we are joined by Parker Molloy as we bid adieu to the presidential candidacy of Ron Desantis, and look back at his inhuman facial expressions, his nasty little pudding fingers, and of course his shoe lifts.You can find Parker Molloy's work at http://readtpa.comAnd of course you can subscribe to our patreon at the link above!If you'd like to read any of the articles referenced in the episode you can find them in this Google docum...
The Worst Tweets of 2023 Pt. 1
The deed is finally done. Thanks for playing.
Serfin Bird ft. Lance of The Serfs Pt. 1
This week we talk Lance of https://theserfs.tv about how seemingly every right wing reactionary is coalescing behind their antipathy to "DEI," the new "CRT," and it makes us want to "DIE." Among other things we talk about the Epstein Flight Logs, Elon's weird replacement theory crap, and on the Patreon, we get to the incredible self-owns of billionaire dork ass Bill Ackman
The Frog Whisperers Pt. 1
We discuss the history and return of Alex Jones, the One True King of schizophrenic uncles(sorry for uploading these in reverse order, I accidentally used the wrong file the first time)
Merry (Belated) Dickmas Ft. The Homie Marcos
I'm sorry we didn't get this up here when it dropped on the main feed, thanks for pointing that out in the Discord channel!
