American Century of Humiliation

We're joined by Ryan Devereaux of Type Media to discuss his new piece in The Intercept about DHS issuing a subpoena to Reddit for information on a user who criticized ICE, as well as a short history on what DHS is and how it works.You can find more of Ryan's work on Type Media and The Intercept.Theme music is "Wish in Twos" by Cheap52Interstitial Music is from the album "Odyssey" by Home.

The White House Correspondents Dinner comes under fire from a would-be Presidential Assassin, and our favorite FBI Director has a really tough week.Theme music is "Wish in Twos" by Cheap52Interstitial Music is "Seven Times" and "Discord Moderator" by Driving in America.

Later upload than we'd hoped, but we talk about the nuclear threat issued by the US against Iran, Pam Bondi's ousting from the DoJ, and Hunter and Jill's porn accounts.Check out Mishap Mag, out now!Theme music is "Wish in Twos" by Cheap52Interstitial Music is "The Song is You" by Pat Suzuki.

The Prarieland Case's federal trial has reached a verdict, and all nine defendants have been convicted, with their associations now being touted as a victory against an "Antifa Cell". Adam Federman of Type Investigations and In These Times comes on to discuss the case, and newly revealed FBI files that the defense never received during discovery. You can read Adam's reporting on the FBI Files mentioned here on In These Times.You can also read his earlier piece from 2024 "The War on Protest" here.You can follow Adam on Twitter @adamfederman, and see more of his work on his website.Our theme song is "Wish In Twos" by Cheap 52.This episode's interstitial music is by the album Goodbye Yesterday by Lucky Thompson.

Back with a classic two-hander, discussing the recent No Kings protests, Kash Patel's XVideos account, the War with Iran, and DHS being stuck in the airport.Theme music is "Wish in Twos" by Cheap52Interstitial Music are the songs "Hit Vibes", "Strawberry Lemonade", and "NEED U TONIGHT" by Saint Pepsi.

Our old pal Grant, co-host of the Bonafide Tastemakers podcast, is on to talk about political merch drops and his traumatic CVS encounter. Though, this episode is mostly just bullshitting. We tried to keep it light and apolitical, just like Grant specifically asked us to do.Theme music is "Wish in Twos" by Cheap52

Solomon's out, so Danny is joined by Murtaza Hussain of Drop Site News to discuss the background of the United States' relationship with Iran, the reasoning for the war (or lack thereof), and the many miscalculations of the United States only a little over a week into the conflict.You can read Murtaza's work at Drop Site News, and on his personal substack.You can also follow his Twitter, @MazMHussain.Theme music is "Wish in Twos" by Cheap52The cover of "At Doom's Gate (E1M1)" is by Brindan Eisler

The boys talk the changes, or lack there of, in Kristi Noem's ousting from DHS, the results of the Texas Senate primary, Gavin Newsom 'coming around' on Israel, and the cynical deployment of political stances we're bound to see.Theme music is "Wish in Twos" by Cheap52Interstitial music is "The Cairn" by Kubbi

The US and Israel have launched joint missile strikes on Iran. We still kinda have no idea what's happening at the time of recording, so we mostly rant about how much this sucks.Theme music is "Wish in Twos" by Cheap52

Mid-blizzard, we give a quick view of the nation's military buildup against Iran, chat briefly about the Olympic culture war of Gu and Liu, and then we draft our favorite Trump 2 administration members.Interstitial music is "Too Bad" and "Let's Pretend" by George HowardTheme music is "Wish in Twos" by Cheap52

A few days late on the upload, we discuss the DHS shutdown that conveniently doesn't include ICE, as well as discuss the United States' economic oil blockade against Cuba, and the humanitarian crisis it has created there.Isolating Ice - The American ProspectWashington's War on Cuba is Collective Punishment - JacobinTrump threatens tariffs on countries supplying Cuba with much-needed oil - Al JazeeraInterstitial music is "Stomping at the Savoy" by Perez PradoTheme music is "Wish in Twos" by Cheap52

Danny (me) and special guest Rohan riff on the deific delusions of Silicon Valley and its search to invent a new god as they attempt to bargain for their own mortality, and then we close with a discussion of conservativism's attempt to save a monoculture.00:00:00 - Intro00:06:33 - AI, Techno-superstition, and Transhumanism00:48:20 - Conservative media and the end of the monoculture01:05:38 - Sign OffOur theme song is "Wish in Twos" by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cheap 52⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Interstital music is the "soda and ice cream" by Kickups.

After a pretty crazy weekend of document dumps, we dip our toes in slightly on some mentions in the Epstein files. Then, our main portion of the show, we talk to Dustin Gouker of Event Horizon about the rise of prediction markets.00:04:20 Talking Epstein Files00:23:24 (Fake) Commercial Break00:24:40 Interview with Dustin Gouker You can subscribe to Dustin's Substack about prediction markets, Event Horizon, HEREOur theme song is "Wish in Twos" by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Cheap 52⁠⁠⁠⁠.Interstital music is the "Wii Shop Channel Theme" by Kazumi Totaka. The parody ad was made by Grant, fellow Bonafide Tastemaker.

One week between record and release on a news-centric podcast? What's the big deal. In this outdated episode, we talk about some of the timeline of events in the Twin Cities, and end with a little more Kanye talk. It runs long.Obviously, the stuff about the Jan 30th economic blackout day is super outdated, but we left the bit in because our thoughts remain generally the same, in case this ever happens in the future.A Timeline of Tension by KROC.Our theme song is "Wish in Twos" by ⁠⁠⁠Cheap 52⁠⁠⁠.Interstital music composed by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi and Hiroshi Miyauchi, and arranged by B-UNIV and MST, from the Virtua Racer & Outrunners Anniversary Edition Soundtrack.

We dig in on the USDA's new "whole milk" campaign, and talk at length about Trump's plans for Greenland, and touch a little bit on Kanye's resurgence."The Tech Billionaires Behind Trump’s Greenland Push" by Lois Parshley on Jacobin."Danish Forces Are Mandated to Fire Back if U.S. Attacks Greenland" by Nick Turse on The Intercept.SBWU Benefit Show in Philly! -⁠ https://www.ticketweb.com/event/steady-hands-solo-attack-dog-nikki-lopez-philly-tickets/14067974⁠Our theme song is "Wish in Twos" by ⁠⁠Cheap 52⁠⁠.Interstitial music provided by Lemon Demon.

We talk about the devastating news coming out of Minnesota this week after the killing of Renee Good, the role of ICE agents in growing fascism, and also whatever is up with Bowen Yang this week. Also, Starbucks Worker Silvia Baldwin comes on to chat about the Starbucks Workers United strike. That segments starts at 01:02:55No Contract, No Coffee - https://www.nocontractnocoffee.org/Starbuck Workers United Website - https://sbworkersunited.org/SBWU Benefit Show in Philly! - https://www.ticketweb.com/event/steady-hands-solo-attack-dog-nikki-lopez-philly-tickets/14067974Our theme song is "Wish in Twos" by ⁠Cheap 52⁠.Interstitial music provided by Dr. Hockey

The second year of the American Century of Humiliation starts off with a bang as the US Military kidnaps Venezuelan President and Trump's most heated silly-dance-at-rally rival, Nicolás "Fancy Feet" Maduro. Also, we give our predict a few of 2026's upcoming headlines.In true podcaster fashion, Solomon's mic bro right before we recorded this. Promise the sound quality will not stay this way.Interstitial music provided by Alvinn.Our theme song is "Wish in Twos" by Cheap 52.We are a comedy podcast.