Julian from the QAA pod drops by to take our Gamer Gate 2 studies international. We discuss South Korea's current "gender war" how it relates to gaming, and what that means for us back here in the United States. Follow Julian here: twitter.com/julianfeeld Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki Join us over on Discord at www.discord.gg/westernkabuki
We brought on Josh from The Worst of All Possible Worlds podcast to talk about an apocalyptic conspiracy theory that is gaining traction in evangelical online spaces: the red heifer sacrifices. But we also had to also bring back Marcos to examine this information through the vaguely schizophrenic lens of his new worldview: the chiral vectors. We recommend smoking weed out of a can to get aluminum poisoning for this episode. Also possibly ingesting some ayahuasca. Find The Worst of All Possible Worlds at twitter.com/twoapw Find Josh at twitter.com/boshj Find Marcos at twitter.com/aintershow
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 check that out on the premium feed. Follow Liv @Liv_Agar Support this show at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki
Today, we're joined by WK Gaming Correspondent Dave aka @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 Please support this show at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki
You might know him as the lawyer who got his "Perry Mason" moment against Alex Jones during the Sandy Hook trials. You might know him as the guy who told Aaron Rodgers to shut the f*ck up. You might know him as the attorney 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 more broadly. Follow Mark at https://twitter.com/BankstonAtLaw Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki
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-1851436787 Follow Ben at https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__
Tech reporter Kylie Robison joins us for a stroll through the current landscape of your favorite Silicon Valley perverts. Follow Kylie @kyliebytes www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki
Ed joins us to talk about private equity's destruction of the media, the deaths of some great outlets, and what to expect the news to look like in the future. Follow at @EdZitron and https://www.betteroffline.com/
You know what it is. Strap in because your noggins are getting cooked tonight, baby Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vSkKHmEZbBgF-mDAmPRpPrqD7pQLytZ2WSgRWuChhxM1IOueVMEWo1_ZNG9t_7PRo0IntaMvIUA_GHX/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=60000 Follow Kristi at @TheWapplehouse and @JortsCenterPod
We brought back friend of the show & Weird Culture Rolling Stone writer Miles Klee to discuss his article on 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/ For the second part of this episode, we're joined by our friend Haus of Decline, and it gets strange so be sure to check it out at: www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki
Per request from, and with the support of our Discord members, we chat about the ongoing Sweet Baby Inc 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.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki Intro: Lakmé - Duo des fleurs Featuring clips from: https://www.youtube.com/@SideScrollersPodcast https://www.youtube.com/@HeelvsBabyface
We talked to Taylor Lorenz about some wild things that happened behind the scenes during 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. www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki
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 www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki for a fun premium episode this week + even more cool stuff
http://patreon.com/westernkabuki This 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/rlycalm Vice's Indigo Children documentary https://video.vice.com/en_us/video/indigo-children/5706a687b36bf928768b467a The telekinesis videos we watched -- Tin Foil Telekinesis https://www.facebook.com/reel/326667367016127 Levitating man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_G1PlRV0sU
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.football Find Ed Zitron at www.BetterOffline.com Listen to part 2 at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki
https://patreon.com/westernkabuki 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.com And 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 document Caleb compiled. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mzPt6HeuI8r2KHxQhEaf5NE77q6777wveyKwE2RNG8Q/edit?usp=sharing
The deed is finally done. Thanks for listening along. Part two is out on Patreon. www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki
https://patreon.com/westernkabuki 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