
Hosted by Nathan Callahan & Mike Kaspar · EN

On 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

On 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.

On 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.

On 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.

On 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.

On 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.

On 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.

Claudia 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.

Joining 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.

On 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.