Podcast
KUCI: Weekly Signals
Hosted by Nathan Callahan & Mike Kaspar · EN
Communications from the Anthropocene with Nathan Callahan
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Weird Obsessions
Sep 19, 202400:48:55Tap to summarizeOn this week’s episode, a 78-year-old billionaire, a weird obsession with crowd sizes, “happy Trump” or “angry Trump,” a staggeringly dishonest debate performance from former, Taylor Swift, Childless Cat Lady, 3 on 1, Abdul, strongmen, and so much more
Transcribe →Hold On, I’m Comin’
Aug 16, 202400:53:38Tap to summarizeOn this week’s episode, posting absurd memes, stolen valor, combat service, a laughable and even pathetic clown, true evil, MAGATS, Isaac Hayes, copyright infringement, a COVID memorial, Roger Stone, Russia, if you’re listening, crowd size, objective journalism, and so on.
Transcribe →The Feast of the Gods
Aug 9, 202400:51:08Tap to summarizeOn this week’s episode. “Meet the Billionaire,” reality TV fail, say it to my face, Citius, Altius, Fortius, Communiter, dismantling the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Project 2025, Trump’s Egyptian heist, and so on.
Transcribe →The Prosecutor vs. the Criminal
Jul 26, 202400:51:25Tap to summarizeOn this week's episode, neokayfabe, Mr. McMahon, the best humane alternative to genocide, the Thielverse, J.D. Vance’s weird, terrifying techno-authoritarian ideas, and the Republican 2025 plan for menstrual surveillance, sexual assault, intimate-partner violence, and general stupidity.
Transcribe →The Unthinkable
Jul 19, 202400:48:37Tap to summarizeOn this week’s episode, “It was God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening,” a fascist who tried to overthrow the US government, the Trump Supreme Court’s contempt for facts, banning the AR-15, a hillbilly hypocrite, Appalachian stereotypes, infinite timelines for the Pool Shed Papers Case, and so on.
Transcribe →Man Bites Dog
Jul 12, 202400:22:15Tap to summarizeOn this week’s episode, media bias, Republican incoherence, a basket of deplorables, the eco-disaster of Project 2025, Trump the racist, Trump the felon, Trump the liar, Trump lies constantly, Trump lies every time he opens his mouth, and Trump lies because he can.
Transcribe →Counterfeit People
May 10, 202400:54:05Tap to summarizeOn this week’s episode, educator and self-proclaimed hermit who lives under a rock Athena Greene talks to Nathan about artificial intelligence, irony, artifice, thoughts, the creative process, muses, Netflix, ChatGPT, copyright infringement, electricity consumption, disturbing clichés, and so much more.
Transcribe →Contested Books
Apr 26, 202400:47:58Tap to summarizeClaudia Shambaugh, the host of KUCI’s Ask a Leader, joins Nathan to discuss The Newport Beach Public Library board’s decision to move “Melissa” – a book about a 10-year-old transgender child — from the children’s section in a new appeal process that has been offered to reactionary patrons wanting to challenge decisions on where books should be shelved.
Transcribe →The Inevitable Ending
Apr 19, 202400:53:10Tap to summarizeJoining Nathan is Claudia Shambaugh of KUCI’s Ask A Leader to talk about AI generated post-death time travel, grief bots, and Laurie Anderson’s Lou Reed bot; Mike Kaspar of KUCI’s Film School discussing The Balboa Cinema, The Pussycat Theater, I am Curious Yellow, and his life as a projectionist; and Mahler the Deep Fake News Dog howling about wishing someone was dead.
Transcribe →The God Bless Hazel Motes Bible
Mar 29, 202400:32:29Tap to summarizeOn this week’s episode, Nathan, Mike, and Mahler the Deep Fake News Dog talk about crucifixion, dog language, armadillos, the Fescue Belt, left-wing stuff, dealing with cows, simpler songs, Joni Mitchell, disasters, Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, engagement farming, Ronna McDaniel, strange metals, sports gambling, River Action, Martha Stewart, Godzilla, and so on.
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