Kicking us off this week, Mal takes us through the complete James saga—a YouTuber whose mysterious “UFO” turned into toxic performance art. After that, a high-level conversation about The Age of Disclosure, before Tom finally gets to share a wonderful update from Loch Ness.

It’s good, guys. It’s real good.

Highlights:

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  Recapping and then tying off the story of James the UFOtuber

  
  


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  How he started off, what made him compelling, etc

  
  


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  That time a couple weeks ago when he maybe faked his own death?

  
  


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  His half-hearted attempts to keep the mystery alive

  
  


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  The big reveal that it was all a hoax

  
  


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  A lively conversation about the crappiness of this whole thing, and what it reveals as an artifact of our culture

  
  


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  Weaponized sincerity, parasocial manipulation, and other fun ideas to enjoy

  
  


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  Jordan’s meta-review of The Age of Disclosure (including a quick recap of his experience attending a screening in LA)

  
  


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  A stupid review from the New York Times that we refuse to link to

  
  


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  A Bug’s Life as a labor organizing manifesto

  
  


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  Go join Citizens for Disclosure (after you hear an impassioned pitch for civic engagement)

  
  


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  Something is shifting, people are tired of the same things, conversations are bending differently

  
  


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  News from Loch Ness - researchers used underwater drones to capture very boring footage and very interesting SOUNDS

  
  


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  Very much also: charming Scottish narration and infectious enthusiasm

  
  


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  The lake monster laugh is going to be our new ringtone

  
  

And in the epilogue

• Why being deceived doesn’t make you a chump


• How caveman stereotypes were reflections of mid-century misogyny and violence


• The study that shows how shame causes repeated bad behavior while self-acceptance corrects it.

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