Heat Death of the Universe
Heat Death of the Universe is a tragicomic End-Times-inspired podcast about a wide range of subjects falling under the enormous Janus-faced purview of cultural and political commentary.
Sun, April 13, 2025
263・Ready Player 伊隆馬
Vivian Wilson—who is shockingly cool and not deranged— recently mentioned that her father, one Eloo Ma, aspires to be like the virtual reality CEO guy in the 2011 book/2018 movie, Ready Player One, which he liked (?) so much that he'd force his children to read it when they misbehaved. So we looked closer at this piece of terminal nostalgia detritus and discussed how it may be representative of the pathetic pariah. Before that, we present the amuse bouche of Trump and Netanyahu reuniting in the White House + we shout out some places to get the best analyses of the ongoing "Liberation Day" chaos. Recorded on Saturday, April 12th, 2025 around 10.30 AM Korea Standard Time Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Genral Recommendations Josh's Recommendation: "E Unibus Pluram: Television and US Fiction" by David Foster Wallace Tim's Recommendation: Touch grass Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Show notes + Full list of links, sources, etc More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE / violentpeople.co Tweets: @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathodtheuniversepodcast@gmail Send us a text Support the show
Sun, April 06, 2025
262・Derealization Incarnate
I thought that this had vanished forever due to a mental health crisis, but it has just now been found. Here's the unedited and purely Zoom-recorded track. We talk about a bunch of stuff relevant to the news cycle of March 8th, 2025. Get vulnerable with us. Recorded on Saturday, March 8th, 2025 around 11.30 AM Korea Standard Time Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Genral Recommendations Josh's Recommendation: Mickey 17 Tim's Recommendation: The Watchmen (Series) Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Show notes + Full list of links, sources, etc More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE / violentpeople.co Tweets: @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathodtheuniversepodcast@gmail Send us a text Support the show
Sat, April 05, 2025
261・The Air Up There
We behold the miracle of flight and its attendant spawn like airplane crashes, lists of twee explainer facts, corporate fascism, the liminal space of the airport, unrepentant missile strikes on passenger aircraft, and so forth. Before that, we do a little preamble and cover two topical stories in the up-to-the-minute news cycle: Liberation Day + Cory Booker's filibuster. Recorded on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 around 10.30 AM Korea Standard Time Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Genral Recommendations Josh's Recommendations: 1) Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York 2) Downfall: The Case Against Boeing 3) The Neocon, the Messiah, and Cory Booker by Yasha Levine Tim's Recommendation: The Residence Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Show notes + Full list of links, sources, etc More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE / violentpeople.co Tweets: @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathodtheuniversepodcast@gmail Send us a text Support the show
Sun, March 30, 2025
260・Every Accusation is a Failed Entertainment
We look into the repellent and deeply unfunny world of so-called comedy made on the internet by various genocidal lunatics with a pronounced fixation on a certain holy-style of land. Production note: This episode went through some technical issues and an accidental hiatus as Josh adjusted to new employment (as detailed in the cold open). Recorded on Saturday, March 15th, 2025 around 11.30 AM Korea Standard Time Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Genral Recommendations Josh's Recommendations: 1) How Zionists collaborated with the Nazis, in conversation with Tony Greenstein | Electronic Intifada 2) Zionism Before, During and After the Nazis: A History of Collusion, w/ Tony Greenstein | Rania Khalek's Dispatches 3) Zionism’s Endgame: a ‘Final Solution’ for the Palestinians, w/ Tony Greenstein | Rania Khalek's Dispatches Tim's Recommendation: Don't get drunk on prescribed holidays, just do it on your own whims. Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Show notes + Full list of links, sources, etc More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE / violentpeople.co Tweets: @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathodtheuniversepodcast@gmail Send us a text Support the show
Sat, March 29, 2025
259・Incredible, Edible
We return after an unplanned month long hiatus (two yet-to-be-released episodes were recorded in that time and will be released eventually, sometime before this happens) and behold the humble everyday object of the egg and see what emerges from this locus of lifeforce, this cosmic ovum. This branches out into talking about the state of MAHA nation, cooking oil wars, soda wars, the Law & Order episode about Luigi Mangione, a Chinese scientific development giving us something— anything —to believe in, and more. Plus, the soundboard revolution has begun. Recorded on Saturday, March 29th, 2025 around 11.00 AM Korea Standard Time Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Genral Recommendations Josh's Recommendations: Conner O'Malley Tim's Recommendation: Righteous Gemstones Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Show notes + Full list of links, sources, etc More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE / violentpeople.co Tweets: @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathodtheuniversepodcast@gmail Send us a text Support the show
Sun, February 23, 2025
258・You Must Permanently Delete. I Can't Permanently Delete. I'll Permanently Delete.
Our geriatric politicians continue to physically unspool before our eyes, continued. /§/ News emerges that Bolsanaro tried to poison Lula, denies it, then begs for amnesty in a single news cycle. /§/ Both "Uber for guns" and the Mangione trial begin. /§/ A truly grim Zionist comedy of errors in Miami. /§/ White House Faith Office head honcho transcends human language. /§/ Sloppy Steve Bannon does paradoxical tryhard low-effort saluteplay, drinks while podcasting. /§/ Dogemusk continues to irritate the colicky state of being of current US-centered society. Recorded on Saturday, February 22nd, 2025 around 11.30 AM Korea Standard Time Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Genral Recommendations Josh's Recommendation: Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs Tim's Recommendation: Party Down (Seasons 1-2) Special Joint Recommendation: 95 to Life Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Show notes + Full list of links, sources, etc More From Joshua Nomen-Mutatio Some Fiction Writing Lydia's Drive The Form Awards More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE / violentpeople.co Tweets: @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathodtheuniversepodcast@gmail Send us a
Sun, February 16, 2025
257・Our Beloved Gerontocracy Yearns For Those Rare Earths But Only Deserve One-Way Ice Floes
Amuse bouche: Crass Popculture Corner (CPC) with Ye, an Italian-American troglodyte, Rid Kock, juggalos, Boebert. /§/ Russia-Ukraine-related USA's hard turn into throwing the proxy to the Azov wolves, Trump openly declares a protection racket project RE "rare earths," and Putin puppetry of the penis confessionals after dark. /§/ Trump claims he'll cut the Defense budget in half and that he'll halt nuclear weapons programs (as long as Russia and China follow suit regarding both). /§/ Joe Brandon was "boring" ackshully. /§/ Ceasefire turbulence and the politely euphemized "Gaza real estate plan." /§/ Eve Shartlow Continues to Lose Her Shit /§/ Grimes gets the dumbest award in Dubai for even dumber reasons. /§/ A whale swallows a man for the second time in our podcast history. /§/ China is Chinese...BUT AT WHAT COST?!? /§/ Technofeudalism continues to ascend and degrade at more or less the same pace. /§/ Labor unions meet Valuetainment. /§/ Democrats continue to purposely show off their impotence in hilarious ways. /§/ Our geriatric politicians continue to physically unspool before our eyes. Recorded on Saturday, February 15th, 2025 around 11.00 AM Korea Standard Time Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Genral Recommendations Josh's Recommendations: 1) Rejected by Tony Tulathimutte 2) Audiobooks 3) Whalefall 4) The Talented Mr. Ripley Tim's Recommendation: Ripley Special Joint Recommendation: 95 to Life Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Show notes + Full list of links, sources, etc More From Joshua Nomen-Mutatio Some Fiction Writing Lydia's Drive The Form Awards More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE / violentpeople.co Tweets: @ROHDUTCH
Tue, February 11, 2025
256・Worshipping the Golden Pager feat. Jason Newland
First and foremost, Biden's gonna be a real star in his post-presidency—I'm ready for my close-up, jack! More heightened and bombastic forms of business as usual continue on in the form of hacking and looting the treasury, beaucratic sleight of hand, casting poxes upon Gaza while publicly fellating at-large war criminals, the Democratic party doing hilariously ineffectual "resistence" i.e. controlled opposition, and so forth. Trump to enter a third term, have his likeness carved into Mt. Rushmore, and hey just how prominently will he display Bibi's beautiful Golden Pager gift? Recorded on Saturday, February 8th, 2025 around 12.00 PM Korea Standard Time Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY (Join in order to access occasional bonus audio content.) Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Genral Recommendations Josh's Recommendation: The Fall Tim's Recommendation: Severence Jason's Recommendations: 1) Water Still Flows by Rich Ruth 2) May You Live Forever in Cowboy Heaven by Dialup Ghost Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Show notes + Full list of links, sources, etc More From Joshua Nomen-Mutatio Some Fiction Writing Lydia's Drive The Form Awards More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE / violentpeople.co Tweets: @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: <a href='https://mail.google.com/mail/u/%20%20%20?to=heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com%20%20%20&cc=%20%20%20&bcc=%20%20%20&su=%20%20%20&body=
Tue, February 04, 2025
255・Howling the Quiet Parts Through an Amplifier the Size of Jupiter
Jeers and then cheers at, and then for, Electronic Intifada founder and editor, Ali Abunimah, being abducted and imprisoned, and then being released by the local Zurich gestapo at the direction of a deranged Swiss Zionist and government official. Condoms out for Hamas. Do you condom Hamas or not?? Trump's immaculate real estate brain generates ideas for the Gazan coastline, dismisses his very own epic ceasefire deal, and pivots towards doing a deep "cleaning" of that very unkempt land. Magical "deals" continue be posted about by the new POTUS and he threatens BRICS nations with at least 100% tariffs including any nation he thinks may be a part of it. Another of Biden's many spiteful little "dabbing on us" gestures as he wanders out the door, batting Cuba's embargoed status back n forth between himself and Trump like two senile drool-stained alley cats. Gustavo Petro pens an epic missive to Trump and casts the mold for how people should sort his ass out when being on the receiving end of his wrath. Denmark's fed up about this Greenland shit and ready to leverage its power over the US by withholding some of its favorite things: Ozempic and Lego products. USA's AI bubble meets the inscrutable Chinee's DeepSeek. NYSE hemorrhages record breaking levels of investment, panic and schadenfreude follow. Bernie grills RFK Jr over his support of certain styles of baby onesies + RFK squirms like the worm in his damn brain. Trump's Big Freeze and its maelstrom of cascading effects. The profoundly dystopian Laken Riley Act. Doubling down on Nazism + SiegHeilGate: The Sequel. MAGA Communism seems a bit sus if you ask...nearly anyone. Recorded on Saturday, February 1st, 2025 around 12:00 PM Korea Standard Time Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY (Join in order to access occasional bonus audio content.) Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Genral Recommendations Josh's Recommendation: Check out Soban Vegan Restaurant (소반 비건식당) in the beautiful southeast coastal metropolis of Busan, South Korea. Not too far from Busan Station and Chinatown where one of the most famous and influential Korean films of all time—Old Boy—was filmed in part . Tim's Recommendation: Make Deadwood Season 3 Unwoke Again Plz More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: <a href='https://violentpeople.co/podcas
Sun, January 26, 2025
254・I Beseech You, in the Bowels of Christ, Think It Possible That You May Be Musktaken
Overwhelming swarm of Trump 2.0 odd 'n' sods—inaugeration, absurd beyond all reckoning SiegHeilGate reactions, meme coin and AI scams, executive orders, Jan 6 and Silk Road pardons, foresaking John Bolton and Mike Pompeo, swearing in little blood-sluts like Rubio, Hegseth et al., turning Manifest Destiny ambitions towards Latin American perennial targets like Cuba and Venezuela, immediately abandoning even the fiction of the ceasefire—a list so long we couldn't possibly get to everything in our two hour recording window. Stay tuned next week in order to edge closer to completion and to take in whatever new fresh hell awaits. Recorded on Saturday, January 25th, 2025 around 12.00 PM Korea Standard Time Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY (Join in order to access occasional bonus audio content.) Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Genral Recommendations Josh's Recommendation: 1) Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me - Teresa Banks and the Last Seven Days of Laura Palmer 2) Check out Soban Vegan Restaurant (소반 비건식당) in the beautiful southeast coastal metropolis of Busan, South Korea. Not too far from Busan Station and Chinatown where one of the most famous and influential Korean films of all time—Old Boy—was filmed in part . Tim's Recommendation: Deadwood Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Show notes + Full list of links, sources, etc Outro Music: KNOWER - I'm the President (Lyrics, Credits, Link) Credit to @pleasuresystems for the "Falling Musk" episode artwork. More From Joshua Nomen-Mutatio Some Fiction Writing Lydia's Drive The Form Awards More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE / violentpeople.c
Sun, January 19, 2025
253・Ceasin' on Leavin' the Livin' (In RedNote Everything's Alright)
We reminisce about David Lynch, recently shuffled off this mortal coil. We get into all of the ceasefire drama from the past week and grapple with some of the darker implications and vent spleens at the demons behind it all. Anthony Blinken is righteously shouted at in various public forums. May he never have a single millisecond's peace for the rest of his days. Joe Biden's farewell address is so absurd that our heads nearly explode while trying to talk about it. Many Americans flock to the Chinese app RedNote (Xiaohongshu/小红书) in response to the absurd and impending ban of TikTok. Wholesome cultural exchanges take place and we wonder aloud about any other possible outcomes from all of this. Xiaohongshu and Matt [Christman]’s "most fantastic vision of human salvation." Chinese plans for creating a virtually infinite energy source = Wired / Scaremongering about China being a bunch of Hitlers = Tired Some very quick hits on: Nancy Mace trying to fistfight in Congress. Bryan "Don't Die" Johnson's adjusting his life extension formula. Hunter Biden's paintings as most important victims of the California wildfires, Shrekton LaVey (i.e. John "FettLife" Ogreman) Goes to Mar-a-lago. Disgraced and moronic former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol finally gets arrested. Recorded on Saturday, January 18th, 2025 around 12.00 PM Korea Standard Time Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Genral Recommendations Josh's Recommendations: 1) "David Lynch Keeps His Head" by David Foster Wallace 2) Don't let the demonic genociders recede into comfy retirement Tim's Recommendation: [David Lynch's] DumbLand Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Show notes + Full list of links, sources, etc More From Joshua Nomen-Mutatio Some Fiction Writing Lydia's Drive The Form Awards Mo
Mon, January 13, 2025
252・The Libertarian Paradise Will Not Be Fireproofed & The IDF Will Occupy a Nobel Peace Prize
Dual wellness checks on Josh's influenza and Tim's state of being in the fiery epicenter of Los Angeles. Joseph Rword Biden's wild ass narcissism knows zero bounds. DEI is the most prolific arsonist of all time, while Mother Nature just wants a very specific and pampered form of liberty. Cast a pox of schadenfreude upon Woods, Gibson, Corolla, et al. Long live the new skin grafts! Fresh out the Romanian clink, Andrew Tate creates the BRUV PARTY with his catatonically "masculinized" brother in order to run for Prime Minister of the UK. The Donroe Doctrine's bare proclamations about the landgrabs of Greenland, the Panama Canal, the Gulf of America, and the 51st state of the land of Jordan Peterson's fainting sofa. EeeeMusk blusters and digitally stamps his uncoordinated feet about Pakistani grooming gangs, tries to manipulate the King of England into codifying the UK as a US vassal, and pals around with the rising Nazi star of the Alternative for Deutschland and drops harsh truth-memes about Hitler ackshully being a communist after all. Alex Jones is ushering in a new Becoming. Ozempic, goatee dyed black as pitch, and a full body Red Dragon tattoo is likely to appear next. Trump threatens Palestinians with "all hell" because they've had it too easy for too long now. Human-shaped spiritual skidmark, Anthony Blinken, subliminally begs to be put out of his misery in an exit interview with the NYT. Lend him a helping hand, folks. Give the IDF a Nobel Peace Prize, says local British idiot. / Using the hum of death squad drones to help kids learn about music. / From the river to the sea, etc, inshallah. Venezuela still sits on the world's largest oil deposits, so of course they continue to be endlessly fucked with and in the most pathetic and transparently stupid ways. Recorded on Saturday, January 11th, 2025 around 12.00 PM Korea Standard Time Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Genral Recommendations Josh's Recommendation: Watch this video: Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro challenges Elon Musk to fight on national television (VIDEO) Tim's Recommendation: Being a great-grandfather Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Show notes + Full list of links, sources, etc More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: <a href='htt
Sun, January 12, 2025
251・'Twas the Soaring CumRocket Valuations That Slayed the Habitat For Humanity
Contemporary king-maker and 13 year old homunculus in a 53 year old colorless vessel, emotionally hollowed out, pathologoical disassociative compounds ingester, Kekius Maximus, boosts CumRocket meme coin's valuation by 400%. Make NYE/NYD an Annual Psy-Op Celebration Again Intrepid truth seeker and a mind made of fecal matter and ziobuck$$$, Josh Hammer, explains how kids protesting against genocide logically concludes with things like these dual terror attacks. The first day of the new Congress kicks off with another geriatric villain losing another battle with stairs, gravity and time's relentless arrow. Let Liz Cheney have her flowers while J Robinette B stands on business. President Yoon is actively avoiding arrest now while banned from leaving South Korea. Incel Army, assemble! Sam Hyde addresses Elon Musk directly. Can you suss out where the ironic posture begins and ends...? Camus Can Do, But Jimmy Carter is Smarter. "Don't Deify Jimmy Carter," writes Chris Hedges in a overview of his time as president. Does Trump contradict himself? He contains monotudes. Socialist leader in Argentina is sentenced to a six month stint in prison for calling the state of Israel "genocidal and racist." Torch-lit celebrations of the Ukrainian Hitler, Stepan Bandera, carried out in Lviv. Malaysia makes tangible anti-Israel progress through BDS activism. Outro music video: Cocorosie - "Noah's Ark" (+ "Big Mama Thang" - Lil' Kim cover) | Malta 2006 | Cocorosie en concert au festival Malta à Poznan (Pologne) en 2006. Cette chanson est dans l'album Noah's Ark Recorded on Saturday, January 4th, 2025 around 12.00 PM Korea Standard Time Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Genral Recommendations Josh's Recommendation: Beau is Afraid Tim's Recommendation: Q&T ARE / violentpeople.co Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Show notes + Full list of links, sources, etc More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE / violentpeople.co Tweets: @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations <
Wed, January 01, 2025
250・Last Call For the Final Countdown (Enjoy your worries you may never have them again)
Closing out the calendar year with a part retrospective, part digressive and part scattershot approach to carving our little slice of vandelism into the broader granite of the latter December 2024 of it all. GOP's "civil war," the most important change dot org petition of our lifetime, anarchocapitalist ghost-dog-/sister-whisperer Javier Milei continues to ruin lives (Argentine and otherwise), from Assange to Mangione we stan a hero, US mass shooting stats stay securely on top as being the most grim in the world, the latest Pornhub trends make a turn towards tradwifery, the Amazon delivery drivers are tired y'all , and so on and so forth. And is it time for another edition of Trump's Annual HanuChristmakah Missives? I think it just might be. Prognastications from those unknown about pop culture bullshit and beyond. Happy fucking new year ladies and germs, pistils and stamens, and everybody else otherwise. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Genral Recommendations Josh's Recommendation: Go for a walk, with or without a map Tim's Recommendation: Four Brewers Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Show notes + Full list of links, sources, etc More From Joshua Nomen-Mutatio Some Fiction Writing Lydia's Drive The Form Awards More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE / violentpeople.co Tweets: @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: <a href='https://mail.google.com/mail/u/%20%20%20?to=heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com%20%20%20&cc=%20%20%20&bcc=
Sat, December 14, 2024
249 - Behold the Invisible Hand of Mangionean Excellence
The Co-Pay Killer, The Invisible Hand, The Claims Adjuster...Luigi. We dig into the past week of wild developments in the saga of the United Healthcare CEO and the Permanent Denial of Coverage: folk hero status, unhinged and sneering op-eds, oceans of contradictions, ideological mask-dropping, copycats, Elon Musk using human shields, and more! Syria's collapse and rebirth as something almost definitely worse. South Korea's martial law debacle unravels to reveal cartoonishly stupid though potentially cataclysmic plans that fortunely never came to pass. Joe Biden pardons more people, including a "Cheese Pizza" enthusiast, a horrifically malevolent judge, and some comically corrupt and embezzling horse-trading freaks. Trump invites Xi Jinping to his inauguration. The Onion is barred from purchasing InfoWars because life isn't fair (at least not for we fans of The Onion). Drones still cluster in the Jersey skies. What does it mean?? Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Genral Recommendations Josh's Recommendation: The short stories of Tony Tulathimutte Read: The Feminist | Technical Support Tim's Recommendation: Behold the golden calf! Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Show notes + Full list of links, sources, etc More From Joshua Nomen-Mutatio Some Fiction Writing Lydia's Drive The Form Awards More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE / violentpeople.co Tweets: @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.c
Sun, December 08, 2024
248 - Thoughts and Prayers Are Out-of-Network, A Bullet in Brain is a Pre-Existing Condition + Laugh Tracks, and Still Somehow Being Pathologically Bored in the USA
Quick hits on the Destiny/Nick Fuentes sex tape & how we should never firget Pine Eleven . South Korea (and therefore Josh of the pod) was under martial law recently. Hunter Biden has been pardoned of all crimes committed known or unknown for the past 11 years. Hmm, what started happening in 2014?? The Co-Pay Killer unites our divided nation (kinda) and hopefully helps create an atmosphere of fear and paranoia amongst the murderous ruling class. People can only be dehumanized and immiserated and killed so much before they start pushing back. Teaser for next week...Falun Gong's latest insanity. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Genral Recommendations Josh's Recommendations: 1) Blade Runner 2) Blade Runner 2049 3) BreakThrough News (Please donate if you can) Tim's Recommendations: 1) 41: Chyna and New Japan | The Monumental Podcast 2) Official Grapply Podcast Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Show notes + Full list of links, sources, etc More From Joshua Nomen-Mutatio Some Fiction Writing Lydia's Drive The Form Awards More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE / violentpeople.co Tweets: @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: <a href='https://mail.google.com/mail/u/%20%20%20?to=heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com%20%20%20&cc=%20%20%20&bcc
Mon, December 02, 2024
247 - Unalivesgiving Miracles Are All Around Us
In true Thanksgiving miracle fashion, Virgil "Alexis" Texas emerges from the banishment of the podcast wilds to weigh in on the annoyingly persistent article-fodder question of 'Can liberals podcast as hard as conservatives?' The Kamala Harris campaign looks more and more like just another $1.5 billion dollar scam. Crooked Media is advertising on the Megyn Kelly Show (while the Red Scare morons are guests) — the Fayfabe, it grows! Who wore their meaningless Thanksgiving missives best this season: Biden/Kamala or Trump? What kind of music plays at Mar-o-Lago during the bountiful feast day? What of the Boy Born With a Mouth Full of Emeralds and his precarious alliance with the President Elect? Will we see Barron Trump become more Harkonnen or more Atreides? JD Vance goes off with some holidaze photoshop. We talk about the sad ascendency of Dollar General/Tree (and the UK equivalent called Pound Town), supposedly feel-good human interest viral stories about poor people literally and figuratively turning lemons into lemonade stands that function as their sole health insurance. Every sector will be tapped, exploited, extracted, drained and left as a husk to shrivel in the increasingly warm sunlight, supermercados and pawnshops are no exception. Kamala returns from her well-deserved Hawaiian vacation more useless and day drunk than ever. Tim sights celebs doing soup kitchen photo-ops. Los Angeles municiple feedback loops and self-cannibalization in the form of pointless anti-homeless measures. Orcas set fashion trends while not busy tearing down the global bourgeoisie one yacht at a time. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Josh's Recommendation: Killing It Tim's Recommendations: 1) The Wire (Season One) / Thread 2) Help Bailey Beat Cancer: Surgery Needed Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Show notes + Full list of links, sources, etc More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE / violentpeople.co Tweets: <a href='https://
Mon, November 25, 2024
246 - A Fresh Batch of National Humiliation Rituals
After missing a week, we catch up on the Trump cabinet picks and the most recent developments therein. How much of 2016 will be painfully and absurdly repeated or not? Will the brave Alec Baldwin say "YOU'RE WELCOME" to the nation once more? Biden stumbles—like up so many stairs to Air Force One—ever closer towards igniting a nuclear exchange with Russia before leaving his personal mortal coil. The ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Genral Recommendations Josh's Recommendations: 1) Fallout 2) Silo Tim's Recommendations: 1) The Wire (Season One) 2) Help Bailey Beat Cancer: Surgery Needed Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Show notes + Full list of links, sources, etc More From Joshua Nomen-Mutatio Some Fiction Writing An ongoing novel: The Feeding Stage A short story: Lydia's Drive A short story: The Form Awards More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE / violentpeople.co Tweets: @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathodtheuniversepodcast@gmail.
Sat, November 09, 2024
245 - The United States of America: Eternal Recurrence Edition
Another autopsy on/vivisection of the poisoned, confused, bloated, murderous and twitching corpse of the Greatest Democracy in the Universe For All Time in Perpetuity, No Take-Backsies. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Genral Recommendations Josh's Recommendations: 1) Electronic Intifada 2) Monodweiss 3) Geopolitical Economy Report 4) The Grayzone 5) Useful Idiots 6) Middle East Eye 7) The Cradle 8) Two upcoming movies that look interesting: My Old Ass and The Different Man Tim's Recommendations: 1) The Daytrippers 2) Help Bailey Beat Cancer: Surgery Needed More From Joshua Nomen-Mutatio Some Fiction Writing An ongoing novel: The Feeding Stage A short story: Lydia's Drive A short story: The Form Awards More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE / violentpeople.co Tweets: @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathodtheuniversepodcast@gmail.com <a targe
Sun, November 03, 2024
244 - The Rise and Fall of the Megalopolian Empire
We review Francis Ford Coppola's polarizing, self-funded, $120 million dollar, sci-fi epic, Megalopolis . A film forty plus years in the making, which possibily predicted 9/11, is jammed full of oft-disjointed dialogue, Shakespearean theatrics, experimental cinematography and effects, allegedly THC-fueled throughout, undergirded by undergraduate philosophical fixations, bepopulate with very talented performers, and despite most people's reactions, positive or less than, there seems to be a large consensus that it's at the very least, interesting . Is it the (intentionally) funniest movie possibly of all time? Or does it lean more toward being a $120 million dollar Neal Breen vanity project? Will this cinematic-celluloidal instantiation be the catalyst the world needs to begin asking the questions that lead to the dialogue to the conversation that is our very utopia? We sort through some "time, consciousness, and courage", i.e. thoughts and theories, to try to get to the bottom of it all. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Genral Recommendations Josh's Recommendations: Aubrey Plaza Double Feature: 1) Ingrid Goes West 2) Emily the Criminal Tim's Recommendations: 1) The Penguin 2) Help Bailey Beat Cancer: Surgery Needed Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Show notes + Full list of links, sources, etc More From Joshua Nomen-Mutatio Some Fiction Writing An ongoing novel: The Feeding Stage A short story: Lydia's Drive A short story: The Form Awards More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE / violentpeople.co Tweets: <a href='https://twitter.com
Tue, October 29, 2024
243 - Well Then Who Ever Will Uphold the Groceries For Genocide Program?!
We talk about the state of Horse Race 2024, and each camp's various attempts at outreach and appearing human-esque. Tony Hinchcliff more like "Tony Should Jump Off a Cliff," amirite, folks?? Then Tim reports from the field about Ana Kasparian's supposed mental breakdown and we get into the whole wide world of youtube leftist gossip shows (just one, really). We both hype up Megalopolis and tease the possibility of covering it on the show. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Genral Recommendations Josh's Recommendations: 1) Going outdoors 2) Megalopolis Tim's Recommendations: 1) Say Ocean 2) T-Shirts with books on them Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Show notes + Full list of links, sources, etc More From Joshua Nomen-Mutatio Some Fiction Writing An ongoing novel: The Feeding Stage A short story: Lydia's Drive A short story: The Form Awards More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE / violentpeople.co Tweets: @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathodtheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text <a rel="payment" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1228850/suppo
Fri, October 25, 2024
242 - The Shooting While Mewling Narcissists of Zion | The Eschaton Review | Transmission 008
Enter the Extremely Above Ground Bunker of the mind, gather 'round the hearth, warm your hands by its digitized fireplace, and settle in for: Journalist Jeremy Loffredo being freed from the tyrannical grip of the Most Moral Police State in the World. An in-depth examination of one of the most mindboggling interviews in recent memory, with some Great Male Narcissist novelist. Israeli "Settlers" line up at the Gazan border for a celebratory summit, all eagerly awaiting their chance to colonize the land and cleanse it of the "infection" of Palestinians. Netanyahu's stolen/"settled" vacation home nearly takes a direct hit from a Hezbollah drone. I go through a few of the virtually endless instances in both Palestine and Lebanon that make up this week's portion of what I'm now calling "The Atrocity Loop." The IDF doing wild antisemitic tropes on themselves involving the wanton destruction (or not) of Lebanese financial institutions. Crying While Shooting is no longer merely a masturbation style: The IDF keeps innovating in the realm of self-pitying sef-obsession. The vultures are swooping into Gaza to create "Uber for Concentration Camps." Assange speaks for the first time in too long. Yo, AIPAC, don't worry, Kamala's still gotchyer back. Israel cements its status as Veruca Salt, stamping its feet and demanding the universe on a silver platter with a silver spoon jammed down its spoiled brat throat. Matthew "In the Mouth of Madness" Miller declares boldly and unequivocally that, "Israel has a right to try and target civilians." Cuba's been without electricity for going on or now exceeding five days. Why? 88% of South Koreans think their society isn’t fit for raising children. China may have accessed US wire taps on US citizens. BUT AT WHAT COST?! Special thanks to KNOWER for the vocal sample in the intro music. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Show notes + Full list of links, sources, etc Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: <a href='https:/
Mon, October 21, 2024
241 - Welcome to Jordan Peterson's Hotep A.I. University!
Facial recognition's in the supermarket aisle: up to no good or good no to up? Just how happy were migrant laborers to be working through the floods and the record shattering hurricanes? These QR codes are out of fucking control. John Mulaney takes the AI industry's money and mocks them mercilessly for it. What's it like to attend Jordan Peterson's online uNiVeRsiTy? Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Genral Recommendations Josh's Recommendations: 1) Air Frying 2) The Penguin 3) Harassing John Fetterman Tim's Recommendation: Baby Reindeer Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Show notes + Full list of links, sources, etc More From Joshua Nomen-Mutatio Some Fiction Writing An ongoing novel: The Feeding Stage A short story: Lydia's Drive A short story: The Form Awards More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE / violentpeople.co Tweets: @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathodtheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text
Fri, October 18, 2024
240 - The Nauseating Charade is Gossamer Thin | The Eschaton Review | Transmission 007
The sadly beautiful and beautifully sad Human Experiment™ as seen at 17,000 miles per hour. Continued. Transmitted from the Extremely Above Ground Bunker once again. Some lurking into the strange world of GㅇㅇGㄴㅌMaps as it relates to bizarre, yet officially reviewed places within the walls of the White House. Some off the cuff remarks about USA domestic political twaddle. The US accelerates toward war with Iran. The Biden admin will not stop fucking around with pretending to be peeved at Israel while wholeheartedly being the Prime Mover behind its unhinged genocidal mania. In the Mouth of Madness: The Matt Miller Saga Continues Much like the US, Germany plays absurd games with pretending to condition its support for the Zionist Entity (although they do want a pinky swear promise in writing). Germans get sickened by their own theatrical perversions. Jeremy Loffredo is still trapped in Israel for doing real journalism. Northern Gaza is a nightmare beyond the strained reaches of language. The IDF knows no depths to its depravity and has the custom made t-shirts to prove it (along with all the video evidence). Some repugnantly joyous Zionists celebrate the worst crimes and expect to be given a prize for doing so. Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan is a rare and wonderful bright spot in the black as pitch wilderness of the bloodletting and mass murder campaign in Palestine. The US pretends some more to give a shit about Israel doing Gaza 2.0 in Lebanon and the nauseating charade is gossamer thin. Special thanks to KNOWER for the vocal sample in the intro music. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Show notes + Full list of links, sources, etc Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathodtheuniversepodcast@gmail.com <a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twil
Mon, October 14, 2024
239 - Entering the Raffle to Do Falconry with RFK Jr & Go Hiking With Mengele
We convene, mashing our zany and/or very hungover energies together, to discuss various bribery schemes to make people profess certain political ideologies or vote in certain directions, as well as contests to go "hawking" with RFK or whale watching with him and his wife. Kamala's having trouble using words. Obama's letting his subtlety game slip a bit while lecturing Black dudes about how they need to VOTE the right way. Nazis invade St. Louis. A German Nazi dies while trying to hike Hitler's favorite mountain. Mike Pillow swears he didn't price his pillow at $14.88 for white supremecy reasons, it's just a numbers-based sales tactic. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Genral Recommendations Josh's Recommendations: 1) Twisted Metal 2) Elliott Smith Tim's Recommendation: SKIPPY® P.B. Bites Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Show notes + Full list of links, sources, etc More From Joshua Nomen-Mutatio Some Fiction Writing An ongoing novel: The Feeding Stage A short story: Lydia's Drive A short story: The Form Awards More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE / violentpeople.co Tweets: @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathodtheuniversepodcast@gmail.com <a target="_blank" href="http
Thu, October 10, 2024
238 - A Memorial to the Victims of It All | The Eschaton Review | Transmission 006
Another spate of global happenings as seen/transmitted from the Extremely Above Ground Bunker by Heat Death of the Universe's cosmonautical microphonist, Joshua Nomen-Mutatio. The Memorial to the Victims of Communism in Ottawa has run into a little Third Reich-ish type snag recently. The slowmotion sea change on Ukraine continues as more and more high ranking officials seem ready to give up what was always an unwinnable war with Russia. US helps keep Ukrainian soldiers from fleeing the battlefield, lock them up for nine years and take their money, all for the good of "Slava Ukraini" to be sure. Kamala Harris continues to not know a lot of things and increases her power to issue more sounds from her mouth that amount to little if nothing at all. A Ukrainian grandma gets five years in prison for clicking 'like' on forbidden Russo-posts. A Palestinian-Israeli school teacher gets god knows what horrendous punishment from the Israeli regime for sharing an online "memory". Matt Miller (i.e. Count Smirkula, i.e. Cunt Chocula) is getting the metaphorical shit kicked out of him lately and, goddamn, are so many of us just sat down and ready for it. During his first ever White House Press briefing, Joe Biden makes it abundently clear he doesn't give a fuck about much of anything anymore. Receipts proving Anthony Blinken is a murderous pig continue to pile up and no one really cares. Ralph Nader tweets hard as fuck, drawing attention to an open letter from healthcare workers who've seen unimaginable hell in Gaza addressed to Biden/Harris and ignored by the press, naturally. Another self-immolation in the world's healthiest society. IDF uses Irish troops as human shields. A few thoughts on the year since October 7th, 2023. Thomas "Suck. On. This." Friedman writes the dumbest shit to ever grace the planet Earth about how the "conflict" in Israel-Palestine-Lebanon-etc is really all about competing stories and who has the "cleanest story." Genocide laundering pablum that should get a person thrown into some kind of jail for pseudointellectual hacks. Lindsay Graham is physiologically, psychologically and spiritually incapable of talking about anything for more than 4.27 seconds before morphing into a bloodthirsty, vaguely humanoid-shaped wardrum, banging on about Israel, Iran, Ukraine, Russian, and/or China. Special thanks to KNOWER for the vocal sample in the intro music. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org <br/
Mon, October 07, 2024
237 - Room 237 Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Celebrate a Three Digit Number
We discuss the subjective documentary Room 237 in which a handful of obsessive armchair theorists share their various interpretations of Stanley Kubrick's masterclass in splicing arthouse ambiguity with genre trope driven narrative, The Shining. What's in between each frame in these frame-by-frame analyses? North American genocide? Freudian treatise? A false moon landing confessional? Subliminal advertising techniques on display and under scrutiny? The historic ripples and echoes of the Third Reich? Or is it, as Kubrick himself said, simply about "a man who tries to kill his family"? Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Genral Recommendations Josh's Recommendation: Room 237 Tim's Recommendation: Industry (the recommendation that's always been here ) Further Reading, Viewing, Listening VIEW: Room 237 ( here or here ) LISTEN: The Makers of THE SHINING documentary 'Room 237' READ: KUBRICK'S SHINING' SECRET by Bill Blakemore (July 12, 1987) READ: The Wolf at the Door: Stanley Kubrick, History, and the Holocaust More From Joshua Nomen-Mutatio Some Fiction Writing An ongoing novel: The Feeding Stage A short story: Lydia's Drive A short story: The Form Awards More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE / violentpeople.co Tweets: @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.com/heatdeathpod
Thu, October 03, 2024
236 - Post the Pain Away | The Eschaton Review | Transmission 005
Curl up with a good doom scrolling device and get real cozy in the Extremely Above Ground Bunker and step into the spotlit amphitheater of the mind as Josh sifts through piles of current geopolitical events including but not limited to: More vile threats/"jokes" about beepers coming from elected officials. US Department of War spokespeople being heinous as usual. The stupid fucking Blue vs Red horserace drags on and Dems keep crowing about how great their bipartisan immigration bill is despite it being a piece of pure neocon wishlist arcanum, or what Amnesty International called "the most extreme anti-immigrant proposals this country has seen in 100 years [which will] only lead to more suffering, more cruelty, and more death." The Biden Admin was totally BLINDSIDED by what its client state, colonial outpost, genocide-for-hire eternal pal Israel did to Lebanon. The Eternal Recurrence vibes strike hard w/r/t Israel-Palestine-Lebanon. At the UN General Assembly, Netanhayu gives a raving lunatic speech as per usual + Biden follows suit but does so in a more socially acceptable way because people feel sorry for him and can see his disgusting soul leaking out of his slackened anus. Nationwide general strike in Spain in solidarity with Palestine. Germany's vibrant new Ministry of Truth arrests people for watching RT. Dahiya doctrine : cruel irony or cruelest irony? Ukrainian soldiers going AWOL in record numbers, grim realities closing in. Trump meets Zelenskyy and it's a titch awkward. Special thanks to KNOWER for the vocal sample in the intro music. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Further Reading, Viewing, Listening: Episode Notes, Sources, Et cetera More From Joshua Nomen-Mutatio Some Fiction Writing An ongoing novel: The Feeding Stage A short story: Lydia's Drive A short story: The Form Awards More From Timothy Robert Buechner<
Sun, September 29, 2024
235 - Most People Don't Know This, But Karl Marx Actually Wrote in German and Joe Rogan's Nipples Were Lactating During His Standup Special
The British version of Joe Rogan tries to get deep about the true meaning behind Kamala's platitudes with reknowned pompous blowhard Eric Weinstein. Evangelical Christians on the verge of taking the Christ out of Christianity and how does this relate to organized labor in the United States? MAGA nation takes on the oppressors over at Big Baseball. Trump ranks some self-described "Black Nazi Perv" alongside MLK. The Hollywood Hills are being overrun by the unhoused and no one can figure out who's to blame. The mystery of thousands of Garfield novelty telephones washing up on French shores for decades was finally solved. Climate activists are getting record prison sentences for misdemeanors. The Jews must stand up for Eric Adams! claims Jewish video game scholar and noncommisioned officer for the IDF in a mildly schizophrenic article. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Genral Recommendations Josh's Recommendation: Class Action Park Tim's Recommendation: Queen of Villains Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Show notes + Full list of links, sources, etc More From Joshua Nomen-Mutatio Some Fiction Writing An ongoing novel: The Feeding Stage A short story: Lydia's Drive A short story: The Form Awards More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE / violentpeople.co Tweets: @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: <a href='https://mail.google.com/mail/u/%20%20%20?to=heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com%20
Thu, September 26, 2024
234 - De-escalation Through Escalation: Orwell's Grave-Spinning Reaches Lightspeed | The Eschaton Review | Transmission 004
More transmission compiled and sent during human moments in World War III, from the atom mother satellite's heart in the Extremely Above Ground Bunker. US-NATO-Ukraine relations push the planet ever closer to committing seppuku with a big ass nuclear warhead. Ansarallah will hopefully form an alliance with the astronomers of the world and wage war on Elon Musk's Starlink satellites. The US tries to censor and ban African Stream media, and tells on its racist self big time in the process. Israel de-escalates via escalation, i.e. killing 500 Lebanese people in 30 minutes. A variety of Zionist hasbarist sickos continue to rejoice and gloat and boast and splash around in the blood of innocent civilians and the US Establishment gives a big ol' thumbs up and joins in the festivities as well. Local Oaf, John Fetterman, barely capable of even subnormal human speech, articulates his love for killing and permanently maiming (Arab) civilians. Rania Khalek makes pro-sexual-slavery attorney Alan Dershowitz squirm uncomfortably on TV by spitting straight facts in his disgusting war criminal paedo-face. Israel holds a shitty concert to celebrate carpet bombing 500 people to death. US continues to pretend it's helpless and doesn't know anything about what Israel gets up to. Pres. Herzog whines about how Israel doesn't even like war. Israel shuts down another Al Jazeera office in the region. For freedom of speech and democracy reasons of course. Israelis take boat tours of decimated Gaza for "fun," atrocity sightseeing, and "real estate scouting" purposes. IDF tosses Palestinian bodies off roofs just because they can. Ackshually, Gazans destroyed themselves. Yep. That's right. Even anti-CPC Chinese media is a billion times more honest about Israel's ongoing mass murder campaign than anything in the Western mainstream press. US Congress passes 25 anti-Chinese bills in a single week. Joseph R-Word Biden, still POTUS, brain still a puddle of ironic punishment. Special thanks to KNOWER for the vocal sample in the intro music. Special thanks to Tom O'Bedlam and Morphing Reality for the cold open reading of "Darkness" by Lord Byron. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithda
Sat, September 21, 2024
233 - Tom "Lil Goebbles" Cotton and Eve "Dead Name" Barlow Specifically Requested to Be Waterboarded With Solid Gold Bricks
October 7th: The Play: The Movie: The Musical: The Coupon: The Ride Eve Fartlow wants us to know her deep suffering, her righteous laughter at dead and mutilated civilians, and appreciate the thousands of years everyone has enjoy the humor and intellectual achievements of her people. Tom Cotton found to be Freudianly slippin' on main. Also, been caught stealin' gold in Iraq. New Havana Syndrome just dropped. Trump rally attendees report mysterious eye maladies. Trump misgenders at his own peril. Is it problematic to kink-shame a self-described "Black Nazi" who wishes slavery was still legal? A most cursed image breakdown. Jordy B Petes has some intense condemnation for the vile and disgusting profession of "Social Worker." Matty "Woman Whisperer" Walsh has some intense condemnation for those who sickeningly, embarassingly "call in sick to work." A libertarian-theologian-blogger answers the age old question once and for all: What kind of government runs the One True Christian Heaven? Special thanks to the god, Very Tall Bart , for their fantastic work which comprises the intro to this episode. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Genral Recommendations Josh's Recommendations: 1) 972mag.com & 2) Arrested Development Tim's Recommendation: Industry Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Show notes + Full list of links, sources, etc More From Joshua Nomen-Mutatio Some Fiction Writing An ongoing novel: The Feeding Stage A short story: Lydia's Drive A short story: The Form Awards More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE / violentpeople.co Tweets: @ROHDUTCH </
Thu, September 19, 2024
232 - Israel Has the Right to Autoerotically Asphyxiate Itself Straight to Shamayim | The Eschaton Review | Transmission 003
I begin my full orbit around the Earth while positioned over southeast Asia, delivering my observations upon terra firma via the podcasting apparati. News items (ordered, more or less, from the most grim and bleak to the least) from the following nations are commented upon and delivered: Lebanon Israel Italy Yemen Afghanistan Russia USA Mexico Ecuador Brazil Switzerland Special thanks to KNOWER for the vocal sample in the intro music. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Show notes + Full list of links, sources, etc More From Joshua Nomen-Mutatio Some Fiction Writing An ongoing novel: The Feeding Stage A short story: Lydia's Drive A short story: The Form Awards More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE / violentpeople.co Tweets: @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathodtheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Sun, September 15, 2024
231 - Joe "Skipped the Final Flight School Lesson" Biden Will Do 9/11 Tomorrow
Well-established all around degenerate piece of shit, Dr. Phil , does some good ol' fashioned genocide whitewashing in an exclusive interview with one Bibi "The Butcher of Palestine" Netanyahu. AI music scams in the grand grifting USA tradition, as old as the Republic and what this nation was built upon + AI cries for help and roboticized tears. Joe R-Word Biden has a 9/11 to get ta doin', mack! Kamala continues to be honored by Republicans and MegaCorporations endorsing her brat ass candidacy. Momala in Veep will do everything to restore reproductive freedoms except the things that could actually be done right now. CoconutKween used secret spy earrings to be fed lines like "MOST LETHAL MILITARY" and "GOLDMEN SACHS LOVES MY PRESIDENTAL ASS" during the big debate. Brett Weinstein's deep conspiracy theories about DebateEarring/EarbudGate and his most pathetic plea to Trump/Bobby (RFKJr. but he calls him "Bobby"). Laura Loomer picks fights with Lindsey Graham, MTG, others. // Eats dog food. // Drops fetish signals to Trump in tweets about Haitian cannibalism. Special thanks to Very Tall Bart for the soundclips in the intro [YTP] what [YTP] Kamala Harris Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Genral Recommendations Josh's Recommendations: DOUBLE FEATURE of 1) The Saddest Music in the World and 2) Wild at Heart Tim's Recommendation: Industry Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Show notes + Full list of links, sources, etc More From Joshua Nomen-Mutatio Some Fiction Writing A short story: Lydia's Drive A short story: The Form Awards More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE / <a href
Wed, September 11, 2024
230 - This Colorless Transparent Fireworks Display of the Mind | The Eschaton Review | Transmission 002
Transmitting for a second time from the Extremely Above Ground Bunker, encircling the Earth at 17,000 miles per hour, witnessing 16 sunrises and sunsets per day, detached from mother gaia's fullest grativational embrace. These Are The 10 Worst Ads Exploiting The 9/11 Attacks New Popular Front rallies French to save democracy from Macron-Le Pen coup Turkey's Erdogan Pretends to Support Gaza While Cozying Up to the US War Machine More endless hell from Israel-Palestine. South Korean solidarity with Palestine. China adds something good and useful to the world. Mexico's National Regeneration Movement political party is kicking ass and gearing up to enact twenty excellent constitutional reforms, including democratizing the selection of federal judges, which the US and Canada are very pissed off about, but AMLO effectively told them to fuck off. Dick Cheney is so brat, you guys. Special thanks to KNOWER for the vocal sample in the intro music. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Episode Notes, Sources, Et cetera More From Joshua Nomen-Mutatio Some Fiction Writing An ongoing novel: The Feeding Stage A short story: Lydia's Drive A short story: The Form Awards More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE / violentpeople.co Tweets: @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathodtheuniversepodcast
Sat, September 07, 2024
229 - Extra, Extra! Cure Your Doom Scrolling Affliction By Drinking ProTate™ All-Natural Nootropic Fortified Milk of Magnesia!
We belatedly note the recent appearance of Labor Day and talk through the "weird history" of how newspaper boys, ages 7 to 12, formed a union and brought two towering newspaper publishers to their knees in the summer of 1899 . After that, we discuss a new documentary called Doom Scroll: Andrew Tate and the Dark Side of the Internet . We talk Tate but we moreso talk about the documentary's larger preoccupation with the evils of algorithms and AI and one USofA flag-hugging, Filet-O-Fish®-gobbling, Donald The Jonald Trump. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Genral Recommendations Josh's Recommendations: 1) KNOWER 2) Oz Tim's Recommendation: Industry More From Joshua Nomen-Mutatio Some Fiction Writing An ongoing novel: The Feeding Stage A short story: Lydia's Drive A short story: The Form Awards More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE / violentpeople.co Tweets: @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathodtheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Thu, September 05, 2024
228 - It's All Nothing Until It's Everything | The Eschaton Review | Transmission 001
The inaugural episode of The Eschaton Review, a podcast within a podcast. Peering down upon the globe from his Extremely Above Ground Bunker, in solitude, Josh will relay the events unfolding on the fractitious Earth below. Today, the following happenings were monologued about: Nicolás Maduro declares Christmas to be on October 1st this year. Who Does He Think He Is, Saint Nicolás Maduro?, Remarks John Bolton, Other Assholes. The Venezualan government stole Air Force One. Or possibly it's the other way around, and US goverment stole Venezuala's presidential airplane. I'm sure both situations would get the level and tenor of media coverage, right? The Canadian government is afraid to be embarassed by giving asylum to 900+ Waffen SS Nazi soldiers. Whoopsie doodle, eh? Soarree about all the Nazis, eh? South Korea's deeply conservative President Yoon may well appoint a religious lunatic who opposes the very concept of human rights to the position of chairman of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea. Tokyo's gubenatorial election has brought out some very colorful characters. The Japanese government condemns Lindsey Graham for being an evil, bloviating, human-shaped demon. Finally. The Chinese exist...BUT AT WHAT COST?!?! A historical look back up the immediate aftermath of the Trump earsassination and which nationality was instantly blamed by the New York Post. China creates a meltdown-proof nuclear power plant. Does laps around the world with wind and solar power. Two Good Jewish Boys record the World's Most Immoral Podcast. Germany's AfD Party wins state election, the first far-right government to do so since, you know who. He had a mustache and wrote extensively about his "struggle." The UK reduces a tiny fraction of it's weapons shipments to Israel. It's so small that it's worse than not doing anything at all. Yemen continues to dominate the Red Sea, US Navy humiliated, solidarity with Palestine intact. Special thanks to KNOWER for the repurposed episode title and vocal sample in the intro music. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Episode Notes, Sources, Et cetera More From Joshua Nomen-Mutatio Some Fiction Writing An ongoing novel: The Feeding Stage A short story: <a href='https://docs.g
Bonus · Mon, September 02, 2024
The Eschaton Review | Infomercial + Trailer
Please enjoy this infomercial and trailer for this upcoming podcast within a podcast, a little thing I like to call The Eschaton Review . Special thanks to Heat Death Familial Unit Member, Jason D. Newland for the wonderful title. Expect something to land in your RSS feeds by Wednesday, September 4th, 2024. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE / violentpeople.co Tweets: @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathodtheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Sun, September 01, 2024
227 - We're All Whale Head Psy-Ops Now
We talk about three lawsuits. It's exciting, I swear on e'rythang. We read an amazing prophetic divining of the future year 2051 by some fantasia-fueled Party cheerleader who thinks voting blue no matter who will usher in a utopian age. What's going on with all the "ceaselessly fighting for a ceasefire" by the Politics of Joy USA Party? Joe Biden has completely disappeared from our minds once again. He's the President still, yeah? Other assorted CocoWalznutz odds and ends. What's really going on beneath the surface of this hilariously insane RFK Jr. whale decapitation story? What kind of name is "Kick"? And is Ben Affleck straight-for-pay or what? (👁️??) Rudy "9/11 Was Personally Great For Me" Giuliani complains to Mike "Pillows 'n' Crack Cocaine" Lindell about how Steve "Two Shirts 'n' Pure Nightmarish Evil" Bannon is being "let's say, tortured" by being deprived of some televisual and podcast content. We're All Settler Colonialists Now . Yep, that's all. From the Big Bang onward. Do some quick darkness reporting on the deranged state of Israel. Polio outbreak, waving giant signs declaring Palestinians not to be of equal value to Israelis, making admitted rapists into TV stars, didn't even get around to the invasion of the West Bank and several other things like lies debunked about made up witnesses to atrocities, made up things said by real released hostages, etc. I may well do a shorter, solo, supplementary podcast on this kind of stuff in the future. If you feel like looking into the heart of darkness you can check out the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem's report "Welcome to Hell" . Very quickly mention the absurd alliance being formed by France's liberal centrists and France's outright Nazi party in order to stifle the recently electorally successful leftwing New Popular Front. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Josh's Recommendation: Boards of Canada ( Spotify / Youtube ) Tim's Recommendations: 1) Industry 2) Starting from the beginning Further Reading, Viewing, Listening <a href='https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gMwZQsI_qhA3XPTBO
Sat, August 24, 2024
226 - DNC: Zone of Disinterest
We talk through the week's display of the Demonic Nuremberg Callousness convention. Also, a splash of hilarious and horrendous hasbara. And we make sure to be Fair and Balanced™ by mocking Jizz Dance Vance's latest rally paraphernalia, look at how Trump continues to lash out and seemingly give up at the same time, RFK's bombshell endorsement of Trump and the most hilarious possible cabinet positions he may receive as quid pro quo. Credit for the title of this episode to u/girl_debored . Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Josh's Recommendations: Memoirs of an Addicted Brain + The Biology of Desire by Marc Lewis Tim's Recommendation: violentpeople.co Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Show notes + Full list of links, sources, etc More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE Tweets: @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Sun, August 18, 2024
225 - Hangry For Oblivion and Eternal Life in Equal Measure
Donald Trump is dumb. Have you heard this, folks? Have you heard about this?? I call him Donald Dump. Disney is one step closer to being omnipotent, omniscient, and omnispresent. And the descendant of Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar is heading up their legal team in order to meet these ends. Do CEO lives matter? Does boycotting work? Or is Starbucks just shuffling money and people around like always? Biden's going to cure cancer and keep the weapons flowing to Israel from beyond the grave. Hey Tiktok fam, what's up with all this weird fake ass fruit?? Is it Bill Gates trynna jab our liberties away? Or is it just frozen? Over-ripe? Is it all cope for living in a world filled with microplastics? We may never know. Anyway, smash them like and subcribe buttons!!! Update on Algerian boxer Imane Khelif's "controversial" nature in the Olympics. Hilarious shenanigans and propaganda RE the Nordstream Pipeline saboteur. Cui bono? + How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline by Seymour Hersh JD Vance talks racial enclaves, Scorsese movies he doesn't understand, and a very forcefully stupid brand of pro-natalism. Plus, where's ol' Lindsay Graham's children at?? Trump campaign hacked. Get #IranianGate trending in preparation for the lost election. Also, #ReleaseTheVanceDossier! Liberal Zionist Brianna Wu's lil'est pity party for two with white supremacist and noted race science moron Richard Hanania (are those wedding bells I hear??) The Japanese had to go and make the remembrance of the bombing of Nagasaki a "political" statement. Etiquette much, Japan?? Tune in next week to see if our guesses about the DNC are on or off the mark. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Josh's Recommendations: 1) Alien: Romulus 2) Portishead - Dummy Tim's Recommendation: Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution Joint Recommendation: Bad Hasbara (The World's Most Moral Podcast) Further Reading, Viewing, Listening <a href='https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OmwTtX1KvfOnPv5elH6Gn4jNcSHQgiHwOU2XQGcBLxo/edit?usp=sh
Sat, August 10, 2024
224 - Kamala's Last Walz with the Most Deranged Nations on Earth
We're back after missing a week due to Tim's being down with the sickness. We talk about Kamala's Last Walz, how Julian Assange was right and fuck the DNC, the psychotic state of Israel and its riots for and 'spirited debates' about the right to rape detained Palestinians, those kooky Olympic shenanigans, Trump's waning will to power and waxing will to gorge on shitty food, the bullshit insanity of the US criticizing Venezuala's democratic processes, Maduro's willingness to fist fight Elon Musk (pleeeeeease happen, please!), and other assorted stuff. UK Pedos 4 England continue to riot and run wild. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Josh's Recommendation: MaXXXine Tim's Recommendation: Tim's appearance on The Stink Sheet 08/07/24 More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE Tweets: @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Tue, July 30, 2024
223 - The Day Before Tomorrow After Today's Yesterday's Man's Twilight of the Sundown's Passing of the Torch
Is it really Joever? Or has it Joenly Joest Jeejun? Aaron Sorkin out-dumbs himself again. (Plus, we're so psyched for his Jan. 6th movie !) Dialectical ruminations on JD Vance/Jeb Bush, the Jiggle Billy style origins of Mountain Dew, erotic couch speculations, etc. The dumbest Smart Guy™ since Aaron Sorkin, Curtis Yarvin is now the philosophical consultant to the Thiel-Vance Chimera. (Also, Josh tells riveting tale of once having been on the same flight as His Majesty King Yarvin.) Let the coconutpilling begin! Watch the right flail and seem to have been totally unaware that Joe Biden could drop out or die and be replaced before November 2024. And watch the left lose their minds with relief, memes and total amnesia RE Kween Kamala. Will the DNC nominate Ralph Nader if enough of us simultaneosly do some kind of occult-like ritual (the non-animal/human sacrificing kind) like all make Nader-based Vision Boards and read the holy text of Unsafe at Any Speed aloud every night before bed? Only one way to find out. Laura Loomer v. Kyrsten Sinema in a hatefuck contest for the ages. Our hosts briefly make their cases for their chosen contestant. Mr. Blood-drenched Liar Goes to Washington (and has plenty of dirty clothes in need of laundering). Another astoundingly fake Hamas video made and released by Israel. RIP Sonya Massey Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Josh's Recommendation: The Songs of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen Tim's Recommendation: NOlympics LA Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Show notes + Full list of links, sources, etc More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE Tweets: @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link <a href='https://
Mon, July 22, 2024
222 - RNC: Fighting Your Inner Deep State By Finding Your Inner Brain Damaged Child
Theme of the Day: Pointing Out Hypocrisy is Usually Futile, But, Also, Some Things Just Are Not a Good Look We talk RNC. We talk ICJ ruling on Israel-Palestine: cloud with silver lining or silver with cloudy lining? USA cares not 'bout the ICJ or ICC, just ask Nicaragua, for one. Trump is absolutely not fighting the deep state , is just another neocon in "populist" clothing, and has just chosen the embodiment of the deep state as his running mate and his running mate's puppet master, Peter Thiel by extension. The ceaseless nightmare in Gaza only gets worse, now with polio having emerged from the sewage people were already drowning in there to begin with. Brianna Wu not only hates Palestinians but cannot grasp the message behind Paul Verhoeven's classic film Starship Troopers . A man with the real legal name Mr. Pancakes goes on a possibly PCP and/or meth inspired breaking and entering spree that ends in a Richard Gere rumor styled fashion. Jordan Peterson can't take the heat from the racist dumbass kitchen he built and made his fortune on—the face-eating leopards have come home to roost. Some hip-hop music must now be approved by Uncle Sam before release. Bullet vending machines. "The Cancer of Social Media" and the live music performace selfie stickification of our dear diseased culture. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Josh's Recommendation: "Dress Sexy at My Funeral" by Smog Tim's Recommendations: 1) Sorry/Not Sorry 2) SMILF 3) Better Things Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Full list of links, sources, etc More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE Tweets: @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inqui
Sat, July 13, 2024
221 - Donald Trump is the New Vincent van Gogh feat. Alex "WORLDWIDE" Kellar
Hear ye, hear ye! Alex "WORLDWIDE" Kellar ( @TheTowerSkin ) of the Bored2Life podcast ( @Bored2LifePod ) joins Josh while Tim's away not covering breaking news of Donald the Trump being shot in the ear and hilariously sealing the fate of the nation. We discuss all manner of shit before and after this news breaks in real time, including 90s dual-film-releases (a la Armageddon/Deep Impact, Volcano/Dante's Peak), Biden's pathetic "Big Boy" press conference, CrossFit/suicide, robot suicide, France's leftwing coalition humiliates France's fascists, Israelis continuing to steal watermelon valor, Ben "If These Hands Could Eat Pussy" Carson being the perfect Trump ticket VP and debate nemesis for Kamala, being Chinese...BUT AT WHAT COST?!?, does it matter or not if independent media is correct way before everyone else catches up, and more. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Josh's Recommendations: 1) Commune with nature, on your own terms, erm, or something 2) Ikiru Alex's Recommendations: 1) Horizon (no subtitles, 500mg THC-A) 2) Yambag 3) Deathro More From Alex "WORLDWIDE" Kellar Podcast: @Bored2LifePod Twitter: @TheTowerSkin Music: Ratfucker [Send an email to bored2lifepod@gmail.com to get a tape.] More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE Twitter: @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text <a
Tue, July 09, 2024
220 - Wild Napalms: Fire Talk With Me feat. Adrian DeLaTorre
Because there is nothing going on in the world, in history, across the infinite spatio-temporal expanses . . . we watched a movie that Time forgot or never knew to even try to remember, Wilder Napalm ( Trailer & Full Movie ). Adrian DeLaTorre ( @b00tz2big , Never Seen It ) joins us once again to meditate upon a timeless tale of two brothers who can generate and control fire with their minds. One (Dennis Quaid) is a brash carnival clown seeking fame and fortune via his powers, the other (Arliss Howard) is a Kwik Foto booth attendant, volunteer firefighter, and a fulltime cuck who fears the use of his powers. Then there's the sexually insatiable, deeply intellectual, manic pixie dream minx and accidental arsonist (Debra Winger) who they both vie for the affections of. Classic storytelling. Also, Jim Varney plays a carnie (or itinerate carnival employee, to be politically correct). Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Josh's Recommendations: 1) Siskel & Ebert 2) Michael Keaton, generally (3) Billions Adrian's Recommendation: Paul Giamatti’s CHINWAG with Stephen Asma Further Reading, Viewing, Listening IMDb's Summaries and Synopses of Wilder Napalm Josh's Notes/Bulletpointed Plot Outline More From Adrian DeLaTorre Podcast: Never Seen It Letterboxd: @b00tz2big TikTok: @b00tz2big More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE Tweets: @ROHDUTCH Send us a text Support the show
Bonus · Tue, July 02, 2024
President Joe Robinette Biden 100% Endorses the Heat Death of the Universe Podcast!
Thanks, Joe! Listen, cornfatpop, I've always said you're fit as a ponyfaced fiddle! See the endorsement video here: President Joe Robinette Biden 100% Endorses the Heat Death of the Universe Podcast! Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE Tweets: @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Mon, July 01, 2024
219 - Julian Assange is Free! & J Robinette B is Imprisioned Within His Own Mental Hell
Discuss the hilarious reactions to the presidential debate as massive swaths of the population suddenly realize and/or admit Joe Biden's obvious senility which many maligned people have been screaming from the rooftops since 2019. Julian Assange is free! Good news so unbelievable that's it's surreal. For once. Absolutely unhinged Israelis and their supporters in Britain try to "take back" the watermelon symbol, something adopted by Palestinians as a response to having their flag banned and marginalized. Tim teaches Josh about Skibidi Toilet and how it surely will corrupt generations of wiley youths for years and years to come. Also, what's the most addictive internet thingy and/or app anyway? Jordy B Peteyson can haz wEsTeRnVaLuEs any way that is most convenient for him at the time. Leads us into the subject of "Kid Cities" This uber-self-cucker, Jerguns Beeee PeesonGuy, continues to shriek Kermit-from-hell pronouncements of insanity (in cringe-as-fuck poetry formatting) about how plumbers save more lives than doctors. Charlie Kirk's lady Joker™ sells us bottled water (just like the Biden administration is doing ) to help us reaffirm our political identities while shelling out hard earned cash. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Full list of links, sources, etc More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE Tweets: @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text <a rel="payment" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/12
Sat, June 29, 2024
218 - Let's Get Ready to Mumble (and Lie): Presidential Debate Live Commentary feat. Jason Newland
We talk about and often over the first of three 2024 presidential debates between two uniquely unhinged and brain-damaged purveyors of straight up foolishness—LIVE!—as it unfolded before the world's horrified and jaded eyes. First attempt at doing anything video related with the podcast, so apologies for the glitchy quality of the actual debate video. See the video here. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE Tweets: @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Sun, June 23, 2024
217 - Thus Spake Prophet Carolla: A Televisual Show For All and None
We finish discussing the latter three episodes of The Daily Wire's mind-bogglingly unfunny anti-woke abomination, Mr. Birchum. But before we dive into all that we have a brief free-form conversation that contains talk of feeling like having been forced into secret time travel due to public menaces like Adam Carolla and Tucker Carlson seeming to not know what year they currently live in, the glory of early Zach Galifianakis standup comedy, Louisana's recently enacted law making the posting of the Ten Commandments mandatory in all state-funded schools, from Kindergarten to College, the uncanny existence of flat earthers, online debates, Alex Jones v. Nick Fuentes: "Hitler: Good or Bad?", and Kanye's greatest lyrics. Via Episode 214 : "We discuss The Daily Wire's latest original "entertainment" programming, Mr. Birchum , which is shockingly unfunny and politically stale even by Daily Wire standards, all thanks to Adam Carolla's insistance that people will love the musings and non-adventures of his wildly beloved woodshop teacher character, Mr. Birchum. It's so fucking unbelievably bad." Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Josh's Recommendations: 1) I'm a Virgo 2) I Saw the TV Glow 3) Anti-scammer videos 4) Sovereign citizen videos 5) Flat earth debate videos Tim's Recommendations: 1) Scott Henson's youtube and podcast output 2) GoFundMe: Scott William Henson AKA Scoot AKA Big Cat Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Worth It Or Woke Review of Mr. Birchum ‘We Need A Guy Like Birchum More Than Ever’: Cast Of ‘Mr. Birchum’ Discusses New Comedy On ‘The Megyn Kelly Show’ Mr Birchum: A PAINFULLY Unfunny Conservative Cartoon Conservative "Comedy" Ca
Mon, June 17, 2024
216 - Matt Walshian Bargains Out For Harambe
Amazonian tribe gets the internet for the first time via Elon Musk and its society immediately degenerates into financial scams and porn addiction. Pair of Evangelical weirdo fascists upset about the name of a quaint seaside Californian town taking the 'Christ' out of Fuckin' in the Backseat Lover's Point & Makeout Ridge. Chinese People Exist...BUT AT WHAT COST??!? Learn about the existence of an elusive black market for chintzy paintings stolen by no-good-nik irony-poisoned millenials from several franchises of one of the most hallowed US cultural institutions: Taco Bell. Lindsey Graham continues to be a demon (who deep down just wants to dance and play dress up) shrieking through the megaphone of cable news about how Ukraine's got them precious minerals we need real bad. We take a trip way back to 2016 to look back upon Matt Walsh's totally normal and not psychotic role in HarambeGate. Brianna Wu: Electric Boogaloo RIP to a real one: Clare Daly lost her seat in European Parliament (which is taking a turn for the worse, fascism-wise). Capatin AnCap, Javier Milei, is still up to his ol' tricks (this time with more pedo accusations!) and Argentina is in continuous turmoil, erm, uh, I mean, in a libertarian utopian anarchocapitalist paradise. What's new in the world of AI scaremongering/utopianist grifting? Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Josh's Recommendations: Aspire to see the following movies in the future: 1) MaXXXine 2) Longlegs 3) The Beast 4) I Saw the TV Glow 5) In a Violent Nature 6) Presence Tim's Recommendation: Sweet Tooth Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Full list of links, sources, etc More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE Tweets: @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link
Tue, June 11, 2024
215 - New Shitty Presidential Pants, Who Dis?
Briahna Joy Gray booted from her job for crimes against zionistic propaganda. Joe Brandon one million percent shat himself on stage while memorializing D-Day. LGBT-GOP? Delusional or really delusional? Dark Brandon pleases Blue MAGA by doing exactly what Red MAGA wants. Nikki Haley signs munitions ("Finish them!") that will be or already certainly have been dropped on the heads of non-combatants/non-humans in Gaza. The Biden-Harris campaign motto seems a tad ominous and nearly the same as Nikki Haley's aforementioned autograph/wish written on a bomb. Joe Rogan delves into the Black psyche and makes insightful political predictions. Trump gets booed at Libertarian National Convention. Nick Fuentes and his Groyper Army will take their voting block elsewhere, thankyouverymuch, Mr. Trump, sir. Alex Jones loses everything, sorta. Lunatic libetarian anarcho-capitalist president of Argentina, Javier Milei, is a spectacular failure. Jesus Christ is now Mexico's new First Gentleman. Hasbara AI art is going so hard right now and Israel's gonna #takebackthewatermelon. Jim Davis clears up 34 year long confusion about Jon Arbuckle drinking dog semen in a cartoon strip...or does it raise more questions than answers? Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Josh's Recommendation: Godzilla Minus One Tim's Recommendation: Wet Hot American Dragon Summer Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Full list of links, sources, etc More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE Tweets: @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text <a
Mon, June 03, 2024
214 - Mr. Birchum's Epic, Edgy and Totally Random Anti-Wokestravaganza
We discuss The Daily Wire's latest original "entertainment" programming, Mr. Birchum , which is shockingly unfunny and politically stale even by Daily Wire standards, all thanks to Adam Corolla's insistance that people will love the musings and non-adventures of his wildly beloved woodshop teacher character, Mr. Birchum. It's so fucking unbelievably bad. We cover the first the three episodes and still are unable to thoroughly cover everything that's notably wrong with them in 2.5 hours. So we might just reprise this whole thing for the following three. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Josh's Recommendation: Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee Tim's Recommendation: Under the Bridge Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Worth It Or Woke Review of Mr. Birchum ‘We Need A Guy Like Birchum More Than Ever’: Cast Of ‘Mr. Birchum’ Discusses New Comedy On ‘The Megyn Kelly Show’ Mr Birchum: A PAINFULLY Unfunny Conservative Cartoon Conservative "Comedy" Causes Contusions || Mr. Birchum More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE Tweets: @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Sat, May 25, 2024
213 - Attacking The Hague With Our Spiritual Sapphism
Quick Q&A in our accidental new segment Korea Korner. The ICC, the ICJ, and belligerance and mafioso style threats made by Lindsey Graham, Tony Blinken et al. Cartoonishly Evil Business Cabal's WhatApp Chat Gets Leaked, Consent No Longer Needs Manufacturing (+Remember Noam Chomsky being on the Epstein flight logs??) IDF threatens literal prepubescent children with wanted poster leaflets rained down from the sky, telling them to turn themselves in for being Hamas agents or face the consequences of the might of Israel's punishingly intense *self-defensive* carpet bombing and/or sport sniping. IDF has a good ol' fashioned book burning and documents it for The 'Gram. What were some other famous book burnings in the 20th century? We may never know. CRINK! Fear the CRINK! McDonald's weighs in on mental health discourse via their [insert emotion] Meals for kids. The leader of a university Zionist fanclub blames relapses with their cheese addiction (treated at $6000/week rehab) on the pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campus. Anti-Sex Beds For Horny Olympians IVF Bad Because Them Babies Is Made Out Of Porn Jizzlets, Says Family Research Council Human-shaped thorn-in-side, Aimee Terese, and other drooling idiots, following in the closet case racist shoes of Nick Fuentes and contribute to the discourse about how being straight is actually pretty gay when you actually think about it. Rudy Guiliani once was lost but now is found, and now you can buy coffee with his face on it. Trump gave a "controversial" speech at an NRA summit, lib commentators get everything wrong. New No-No! : Eve Barlow is Batman now. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Josh's Recommendation: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Tim's Recommendation: Tell uninformed voters that Joe Biden has a bitchin' Camero. Joint Recommendation: Bored to Death Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Full list of links, sources, etc More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE Tweets: @ROHDUTCH </li
Sun, May 19, 2024
212 - Fake Violence For Zion, Fake Money For The Homeless
Anthony Blinken rocks in the free world and eats pizza in a Nazi restaurant. [Factual correction: 48, not "like a hundred," people died in the Odessa Trade Union Fire .] Biden channels Dirty Harry and now we have three debates between him and Trump to look forward to. Huge windfall for the pharmacuetical amphetimine industry. Morning Joe gets righteously cucked by his own father-in-law, on TV, in front of his wife, back in 2009 RE Israel-Palestine. Biden shockingly continues to sell weapons to Israel despite his frail gesture of a "pause" last week. Violent counter-protesters at pro-Palestine emcampments are being identified, linked to ethically dubious funding. Bridesmaids going broke for friends weddings—a microcosm of something larger. A $22,500 purse made of ice on the red carpet of the MET Gala. British castration club...exists. Governor of New York, Kathy Hochul, tells us that black people in the Bronx don't even know the word 'computer' and we need their diverse technology innovations to lead us into the diversely technologically innovative future. Jordan Peterson continues to faithfully document the persistant loss of his everlovin' mind, this time on a cringily titled tradcath podcast. Men would rather wear 1960s Batman villain costumes and call debate Luciferian than go to therapy. Some abhorrent poor man's Charlie Kirk guy proudly shows the internet how he gives counterfeit money to the homeless in order to "clean up the streets." Scamming the elderly just got a whole lot Robert De Niro-er. Referenced previous episode: 015 - Here are Your Choices, America, You Pathetic Shitheel (Presidential Debate Live Commentary) Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Josh's Recommendation: Election Tim's Recommendation: Bodkin Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Full list of links, sources, etc More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE Tweets
Fri, May 17, 2024
211 - Something So Unbelievably, Surreally and Exquisitely Terrible That You Want to Share It With the Rest of the World feat. Adrian DeLaTorre
We discuss the somehow fifteen years in the making, unhinged in all ways, crème de la crème of Bad Cinema—an animated kid's movie trying to cash in on 1995's Toy Story mania— Foodfight! We gather 'round the table of the theater of the mind with good-bad cinema coorespondant Adrian DeLaTorre ( @b00tz2big ) of the podcast Never Seen It and discuss all its mind-rattlingly grotesque CGI animation, bizarre and turbulent production backstory, the tyrannical and oblivious figure of Lawrence Kasanoff (director, writer, producer) at the helm of this feverish, malformed vision, the confused messaging about the Third Reich and how it's connected to buying generic brands, interspecies and BDSM trysts, and the all the other myriad unintentionally surreal, hilarious, and nightmarish qualities of it as a whole. Referenced previous episodes: 158 - The Sky Was Crystal Blue, Just Like 9/11 feat. Boomer Death Squad 000 - Easy Rider 2: The Ride Back - Commentary Track feat. Boomer Death Squad Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Josh's Recommendation: Nathan Rabin , in general, and his "My Year of Flops" more specifically. Tim's Recommendation: Drake–Kendrick Lamar feud Adrian's Recommendation: Dead Eyes Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Foodfight! (Full HD via YouTube) ROTTEN: Behind the Foodfight (Documentary) Supermarket Brands Sponsored Case File #34: Foodfight! by Nathan Rabin This Looks Terrible! Foodfight! (2012) by Nathan Rabin <a href='https://web.archiv
Tue, May 14, 2024
210 - Who Will Notice™ the Noticers™?
MAGA diapers and brainworms. More brainworms abound in the form of the ever-mindnumbing Red Scare podcast and their recent strokefest with the most boring and incoherent and inexplicably valorized of "race realism" blowhards, Steve Sailer. They have a wonderfully stupid time being little "Noticers" together. Farha Khalidi is the actually intelligent and interesting "Red Scare-esque," vocal fry monotoned, bohemian layabout-er, niche internet personality we need as an alternative to whatever the RS ladies have been up to these past four or five years. More outrageous and horrific news about Israel-Palestine. Kristi Noem loses her shit on TV and, in turn, probably, her nomination to be Trump's VP. Vivek Ramaswamy gets cucked into oblivion by Franksteinian relic Ann Coulter. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Josh's Recommendations: 1) Owen Jones 2) Rahma Zein Tim's Recommendation: The Jinx (Season Two) Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Full list of links, sources, etc More From Joshua Nomen-Mutatio The band he hits drums 'n' such with: Gorymurgy (links to just about everything) More specifically: Music videos, live show videos, etc. More From Timothy Robert Buechner Podcast: Q&T ARE Tweets: @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Sat, May 04, 2024
209 - Sea-Lioning All the Way to the Bad Food Restaurant (Because We're Bored and Need a Cause, Any Cause)
All the elements for an explosion of class struggle are amassing aboard the Serenade of the Seas' nine month long world-spanning, sanity-teasing cruise. Obama 2008 campaign ad that used the WUSSUP! commercial to inspire the unwashed masses. Change. That's wassup. Four distinctly stupid theories about why these dern kids are making such a ruckus from Skeletor-faced dipshit Professor Scott Galloway, Smugness Incarnate Trying to Devour Itself and Jack Off at the Same Time (Bill Maher), Fareed "What's Wrong With a Little South African Apartheid" Zakaria, and with a mind as sharp as a down pillow, Jordan Peterson. Many are saying that Sen. Tom Cotton is into Goebbles-play (eroticized lying + infantilism + scat/breath-play). Sea-lioning "journalist" cries in mind-numbingly stupid propaganda video. Elon Musk thinks children are raised without the use of money. Elon Musk bans Nelson Mandela's Grandson from Twitter for "totally mysterious reasons." The White House Correspondance Dinner and Colin Josts should be shot out of a canon into a radioactive undersea volcano. Restaurants are taking advantage of pathetic people and catfishing them into eating at their establishments via dating apps. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Josh's Recommendation: Love Lies Bleeding Tim's Recommendation: depop.com Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Full list of links, sources, etc More From Joshua Nomen-Mutatio The band he hits drums 'n' such with: Gorymurgy (links to just about everything) More specifically: Music videos, live show videos, etc. More From Timothy Robert Buechner Q&T ARE @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of
Mon, April 29, 2024
208 - The Brave Little T-Shirt Wife
We return to the more standard format of a flurry of cornucopias of pastiches of mixed bags of different topics. Cucker Tarlson forcibly time travels us back to the culture wars of the mid 2000s by confidently denying that evolutionary theory is a viable reality. Anthony Fauci did not have to conspiratorily create HIV to be the heinous person that he is. The bravest lil wife and her Jew/Israel t-shirt. [Factual Correction: They went to the Yale campus not Columbia.] Prime Minister Bibi thoughtfully equates anti-genocide, anti-ethnic cleansing, anti-apartheid protests at current day universities with the anti-Semitic, pro-fascist, pro-genocide agitations on university campuses in Germany during the rise of Nazism in the 1930s. We talk about the state of the protests, their attendent media coverage, etc. Tim analyzes the faces of the various prime ministers of Israel over the years. (Teaser: one looks like a melting American movie star.) British journalist Gideon Falter does his smaller scale and Zionist version of the Jussie Smollet staged victimhood-ality. More evidence of the IDF being the "most moral army in the world": drones that lure innocents into sniping range with recorded cries for help, mass graves of hospital patients (i.e. terrorists), and more. John Fetterman (i.e. Shrekton LaVey ) continues to be a complete moron spewing dangerous gibberish. TikTok about to be banned the day before the next president takes office. Aaron Sorkin is writing a script about January 6th. "Tony Khan discusses taking the TK Driver from the Bucks and compares WWE to Harvey Weinstein" Elon Musk denies his roots, and more. Another very public self-immolation hits the news wires. What are the inscrutable Chinese doing on the dark side of the moon?? South Korea has competitive "Space Out" tournements, so lower that heartrate and go for the gold! Referenced previous episodes: 112 - Jailed Innocents and Fauci's Three Pillars of Evil 022 - Levitate This Podcast!: The Trial of the Chicago 7 089 - Scratch Adams Bootstraps for Dullards Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale
Sun, April 21, 2024
207 - Taking Drugs To Make Podcasts To Take Drugs To (Although You Never Can Tell) feat. Elicia McCoy
We dive into the widely heralded, earth-toned and Scorsese-helmed artifact of the mid-70s, The Last Waltz , with special guest Elicia McCoy. We discover extratexual tidbits, branch off into fractals of digression, share diverging and converging opinions alike, and generally have a hip and groovy time thinking about the Thankgiving Day 1976 vibes created by Marty's (yeah, we call him Marty, so what?) pioneering directorial efforts. The nature of art and commerce, uncanny links to Pulp Fiction , alternate timelines where John Hinckley Jr. pulls an assassination attempt on someone at the famed concert instead of upon Ronny Reagan, dueling guitars-qua-phalluses, the elusive nature of the guitar solo itself, the connection between touring and drug use, the special effects created to hide Neil Young's coke nostril, Thanksgiving dinner for 5,000 inebriated people, the grand unified meaning of the whole dang thang via ancient Heraclitean wisdom — it's all there, man. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Josh's Recommendation: Fearless Freaks Elicia's Recommendations: 1) Off the Charts: A Song-Poem Story 2) Find the hard-to-find documentary It’s Bigger Than Hip Hop and send it to her via the podcast 3) Bathtubs Over Broadway Tim's Recommendation: Michael and Us Further Reading, Viewing, Listening You Had to Be There (podcast) - The Last Waltz The Making of The Last Waltz, the Band’s Concert-Film Masterpiece American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince More From Joshua Nomen-Mutatio The band he hits drums 'n' such with: Gorymurgy (links to just about everything) More specifically: Music videos, live show videos, etc. More From Timothy Robert Buechner Q&T ARE
Mon, April 15, 2024
206 - Wall Street, Occupied
Before we talk about the overall phenomenon and legacy of Occupy Wall Street, we briefly acknowledge the final betweeted words of OJ Simpson: "Hospice? Whatchoo talkin bout hospice?" Referenced previous episodes: 124 - The Lost Boomer Death Squad Crossover Episode 070 - The CDC and Bill Gates: Normalizing Death 013 - WAR IS A RACKET! Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Josh's Recommendations: 1) Bones and All 2) O.J.: Made in America 3) The People v. O. J. Simpson Tim's Recommendation: The Great Gatsby Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Full list of links, sources, etc More From Joshua Nomen-Mutatio The band he hits drums 'n' such with: Gorymurgy (links to just about everything) More specifically: Music videos, live show videos, etc. More From Timothy Robert Buechner Q&T ARE @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Mon, April 08, 2024
205 - Perchance to Unplan, Babies to Blame, Sources Say
We go strictly off-the-cuff. Something not done since Episode 064 - Our 11th Hour Improvised Episode . Come for the hodgepodge, stay for the fun talk about getting arrested and locked up. Extreme sleep deprivation (for one of us). Fake news generator ( perchance.org/newsheadline ). Self-haircuts: yea or nay? The rhythm method. Struggling mightily to locate a nagging memory of The Simpsons ( found it later ). The true pronunciation / kickass official emblem of Oman. Cute mascots for George Floyd. Pachinko machine parlors are loud as fuck? Debate! TV about the seriousness of working at a restaurant: good or bad? One of the hosts talks about firsthand experience with carceral winemaking. Remember taser- and pepperspray-based memes? Movies: just things happening on a screen? It's digressions all the way down. Return to more formalism next week. Probably. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Josh's Recommendation: Animal Collective - Sung Tongs - Live/Full Set Tim's Recommendation: BloodPop® (FKA Blood Diamond. Contact us or Tim if you know what song he's talking about.) More From Joshua Nomen-Mutatio The band he hits drums 'n' such with: Gorymurgy (links to just about everything) More specifically: Music videos, live show videos, etc. More From Timothy Robert Buechner Q&T ARE @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com <a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twil
Sun, March 31, 2024
204 - I'LL MONETIZE ANYTHING THAT MOVES!
We discuss the new documentary series The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping and the inexhaustable ability to exploit and capitalize upon anything under the sun, including 'troubled teens,' 'at-risk youth,' etc. We talk about the micro to the macro regarding the Troubled Teen Industry (TTI) and Josh brings along some firsthand experience with working at similar kinds of institutions to the conversation. Don't worry, there are still grim jokes and dark goof-em-ups. Past HDotU episodes related to the topic: 060 - Body Brokers and the Business of Recovery 067 - The Self-Help and Guru Industrial Complex feat. Ian from Camp ReEducation Further Reading, Viewing, Listening WWASP Surivor Testimonies Fatalities of the Troubled Teen Industry in the United States Troubled Teen Industry Timeline Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Josh's Recommendations: 1) Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief 2) The Business of Recovery 3) Jesus Camp Tim's Recommendation: WrestleMania 40 More From Joshua Nomen-Mutatio The band he hits drums 'n' such with: Gorymurgy (links to just about everything) More specifically: Music videos, live show videos, etc. More From Timothy Robert Buechner Q&T ARE @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.com/heat
Mon, March 25, 2024
203 - The Persistant Vegetative State of the Manosphere
We talk about the origins, taxonomies, evolutionary arc and generally weird and grotesque nature of the broadly defined Manosphere/Redpill subculture. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Josh's Recommendations: 1) The Pickup Artist 2) The Dark Side of Comedy / The Dark Side of the 90s Tim's Recommendation: SpongeBob memes More From Joshua Nomen-Mutatio The band he hits drums 'n' such with: Gorymurgy (links to just about everything) More specifically: Music videos, live show videos, etc. More From Timothy Robert Buechner Q&T ARE @ROHDUTCH Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Farha Khalidi ( @KhalidiFarha ) Video Essay: The Tragic Tale of JustPearlyThings | The Un-Pickable Pick-Me Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Mon, March 18, 2024
202 - Do Not Worship This False Prophet From the Streets of Sesame!
Daniel Hale is finally out of prison and has written an article that asks why he was locked up for the same crime Joe Biden has openly admitted to (although Joe's motives were far less noble than Daniel's). Jordan "Stop! Or My Dragon of Chaos Will Shoot!" Peterson continues to publicly lose his mind and keep the grift alive and well, redmeat-induced tears and all. Major publishers and broadcasters try to construct the thinnest of facades of apparent sanity over their evil deeds, journalist Steven W. Thrasher ( @thrasherxy ) doesn't let them off the hook so easily. The smaller scale equivalent of Fyre Fest, but with knock off Willy Wonka centric and abysmal AI-generated theatrics, caused children to cry and parents to call in the cops. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Josh's Recommendations: 1) Poor Things 2) Anatomy of a Fall Tim's Recommendation: Homemade Dumpling Soup *** *** "As Gao described, Chancellor Zhuge Liang, a brilliant political strategist of the Shu Kingdom, was returning from a campaign against a group of Southern ‘barbarians’ when faced with a particularly turbulent river crossing. According to local tradition, the only way to safely complete the crossing was to appease the river gods with tributes of decapitated heads. Unwilling to resort to human sacrifice, Zhuge instead ordered his crew to fashion animal heads out of wheat dough and meat fillings. The River Gods were fooled, the ships crossed safely, and his doughy creations became known, thereafter, as ‘barbarian heads’. " More From Joshua Nomen-Mutatio The band he hits drums 'n' such with: Gorymurgy (links to just about everything) More specifically: Music videos, live show videos, etc. More From Timothy Robert Buechner Q&T ARE @ROHDUTCH Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Full list of links, sources, etc Locationless Locatio
Mon, March 11, 2024
201 - Vote Blew No Matter Fuck You feat. Alex "WORLDWIDE" Kellar
We're joined by Alex "WORLDWIDE" Kellar ( @TheTowerSkin ) of the Bored2Life podcast ( @Bored2LifePod ) to sift through the news rough in search of humor-diamonds and various truth-gems. Asking the difficult questions like, Where have all the good porn parodies gone? And why's cash being left on the table with the absence of an I ♡ Huckabees meets the Trumps incestual cuckholdry extravaganza? Biden and his sad dwindling fanclub also said and did a bunch of hilarious and heinous shit yet again. A pop star's charitable donation dwarfed the US governments token gesture of aide to the genocide cage called Gaza by more than a 100x (and didn't manage to drop said crate of expired food rations on five people, striking them dead). Matt Miler, the cartoonisly evil lacky for the Vereinigten Staate Ministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda , continues to brazely smirk and appear to be stifling wild Jokerfied laughter while lying and talking about unspeakable atrocities. Various politicians and other reprehensible demons in humanoidlike disguise continue to be protested in public, often revealing a glimpse beneath the humanoid or "progressive" veneer, including the "good ones" of The Squad variety. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Tim's Recommendation: Watch the Oscars?! Josh's Recommendations: 1) Dune: Part Two *** 2) The Beekeeper *** ‘Dune 2’ Will ‘Delay the Spread’ of Streaming and ‘Crumbled’ My Fear That It Was Time to Start Watching Movies on Phones, Says Hideo Kojima More From Alex "WORLDWIDE" Kellar Podcast: @Bored2LifePod Twitter: @TheTowerSkin Music: Ratfucker [Send an email to bored2lifepod@gmail.com to get a tape.] More From Joshua Nomen-Mutatio The band he hits drums 'n' such with: Gorymurgy (links to just about everything) Mo
Mon, March 04, 2024
200 - A Bicentennial Saturnalia to Remember! feat. Jason Newland
We ring in 200 episodes by answering randomized questions to get to know us better. Before that, we cover a few topical news bits and shoot the shit with VIP guest Jason Newland. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Jason's Recommendation: Pluto Tim's Recommendation: 1) Note-taking 2) Fargo (Season Four) Unanimous Recommendation: Bored to Death Josh's Recommendations: 1) Curb Your Enthusiasm 2) Gorymurgy More From Joshua Nomen-Mutatio The band he hits drums 'n' such with: Gorymurgy (links to just about everything) More specifically: Music videos, live show videos, etc. More From Timothy Robert Buechner Q&T ARE @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Sun, February 25, 2024
199 - That Rascally Vaush Will Keep You Gessen, Haddish?
What's often lurking beneath the surface of libertarianism via Penn Jillette. Will a socialistic revolution create a lowered age of consent? & the demarcation between toon and non-toon pornography & celebrity endorsement deals with the Israeli government via Vaush and Tiffany Haddish. Highly digressive "Red Scare Scrounge Up". Navalny's false martyrdom and his very real white supremacy. Matt Walsh (the bad one) acts-a-fool again. More ups and downs between Snoop Dogg and Trump. Trump's new footwear product manifests his core essence. Have things cooled down in Gaza yet? You may not like the answer. Michael Rapaport being hit in the head with a snowball mid-screeching monologue is the cureall you didn't even know you needed. Hillary Clinton just wants to drone Assange. Is that so much to ask? It's HER time! I am proudly wearing my "I Drone Innocent Journalists With Her!" button on my pussy hat. Slay. Despite sending a certain contingent of NPR totebag clutching types into hysterics because he pointed out that both Trump AND Joe Biden are old, Jon Stewart sounds indistinguishable from the neocons (and the conserva-libs in the ever-rightward shifting overton window) he gleefully, profitably, skewered in the old days. Ben Garrison's still at it, making political cartoons based again. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Josh's Recommendations: 1) Fargo (Season Five) 2) The Onion Tim's Recommendation: The Last Waltz + The idea of covering it on the podcast More From Joshua Nomen-Mutatio The band he hits drums 'n' such with: Gorymurgy (links to just about everything) More specifically: Music videos, live show videos, etc. More From Timothy Robert Buechner Q&T ARE @ROHDUTCH Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Full list of links, sources, etc Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link <a href='
Mon, February 19, 2024
198 - I'm Singin' in the Galactic Nympho-Insomniac Rain...Now feat. Adrian DeLaTorre
After we address some news items of the day, we assemble at the General Council of Anthropomorphized Astrological Signs, along with good-bad cinema coorespondent Adrian DeLaTorre ( Never Seen It / @b00tz2big ), and discuss the brand new Jennifer Lopez vanity project / perfume ad / EPK for her new album / movie (?) This is Me...Now . Described to us in advance as being about JLo as a "Sex-Addicted Insomniac In Space" but it's so much more (and less) than that. Did Jane Fonda, Fat Joe, Neil DeGrass Tyson, and Post Malone all work for scale? Just who exactly is Ben Affleck's bit role as a news anchor character supposed to be lampooning? Did Jennifer Lopez rip off Neal Breen or is it the other way around...now? Does the director's credit as the director of a promotional video for the utopian Saudi project NEOM have any connection to anything here? Do hummingbirds dance in the rain? And do you know the tale of Alida and Taroo? No? Well, let JLo narcissistically unfurl this legend before you. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Josh's Recommendation: The Films of Neal Breen Tim's Recommendation: Fateful Findings Adrian's Recommendation: Kanopy Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Links to news items from the episode More From Adrian DeLaTorre Podcast: Never Seen It Letterboxd: @b00tz2big Twitter: @b00tz2big More From Timothy Robert Buechner Q&T ARE @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: <a href='mailto
Wed, February 14, 2024
197 - Hello Darkness My Old Friend feat. Jason Newland
Just as we did in the infancy of this podcast in the fall of 2020 ( 008 - I'm Thinking of Ending Things ) we cover the latest Charlie Kaufman (screenwriting) project: an animated children's movie about how we're all hurtling towards death (sorta), Orion and the Dark . Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Josh's Recommendations: 1) Sleep Mask with Bluetooth Headphones 2) Make the piece of shit company Payoneer a mortal enemy 3) Elect rogue candidate, Barack Obama Mandela, to the US Senate to Represent California Jason's Recommendations: 1) webcurios.co.uk 2) FutureCanoe More From Timothy Robert Buechner Q&T ARE @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Sat, February 10, 2024
196 - A Supposedly Sympathetic, Well-Meaning, Elderly Man with a Poor Memory I'll Never Not Laugh at Again
We're talkin' Biden keeping totally cool and calm and 1000% lucid during a press conference in which his cognitive faculties are mildly questioned. When they go low, he goes high. Real high. On secret amphetamines brewed in John Podesta's cauldron in the depths of the Pentagon. Tim updates us in his Red Scare Scrounge Up (patent pending) segment. Who wore the border wall and kid cages better, Biden or Trump? Will HRC run again? Kamala as running mate? We speculate not wildly or irreverently at all. HBO Go™ to the Polls! (Pokemon tired, HBO Go™ wired.) We're talkin' the 9 month long cruise and cruises more generally. New "Guy" discovered for the show, most likely: Dusty Deevers, Christian Dominionist extraordinaire, gonna outlaw pornography, abortion pills, Trans Storytime events, but not the sacred union of sexting between a married CIS het man and CIS het woman. And more! Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Josh's Recommendations: 1) Dicktown 2) Zach Woods Tim's Recommendation: Mystery Team More From Timothy Robert Buechner Q&T ARE @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Support the show Send us a text Support the show
Sun, February 04, 2024
195 - When Mating Strategies Fail
A seriously digressive episode. Forty minute 'cold open' which hit the cutting room floor, which I then slipped on, banana peel style, only to bash my head into the editing bay console. When I came to, this episode was uploaded somehow. I may someday release the UNRATED UNCUT version. We talk a bit about the brilliance of James Adomian . Podcasting about podcasts a little bit. Though we manage to right the ship sometimes and touch upon topics like: Why You Should Never Retire J "Through a Brandon Darkly" Robinette B wakes up for his allotted 3.5 minutes per day and publicly flies into another senile rage about "How dare he say that about my son and [unintelligible slurring]! I call em patriots'n'[unintelligible slurring, sounds like 'hoes']." Some moron writes moronically about how Javier Milei's overt fascism is actual quite Nuanced and Pragmatic. Scott "Dilbertarian" Adams has some interesting opinions about the profound role of jism in our crumbling civilization and an interesting take on how to greet one's father in a society where all men implicitly want to harm each other. Snoop Dogg ends beef with Trump. (Would be an unstoppable duo.) Libs obsess over Trump minutia to fill the void of Russia Gate. What would you say to Ben Stein if he walked up to your cash register? Burlington, Vermont City Council meeting involves a litany of Zionist crybabies and one in particular let's out a fantastic Freudian slip. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Josh's Recommendations: 1) Siddhartha 2) Sparklehorse - It's a Wonderful Life 3) Make the piece of shit company Payoneer a mortal enemy 4) Elect rogue candidate, Barack Obama Mandela, to the US Senate to Represent California Tim's Recommendations: 1) Spotty Dolo 2) violentpeople.co More From Timothy Robert Buechner Q&T ARE @ROHDUTCH Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link <a href='https://instabio
Wed, January 31, 2024
194 - There's No Sound I Don't Like, Solitary Mind Games, and Cage-based Parental Strategies feat. Jason Newland
Mythic co-founder/cosmic wendigo/mid-wifery doula figure of the podcast, Jason Newland, returns as Tim's tending to highly classified, kinetic-style subterfuge-type affairs. The White House pharmacy is handing out all manner of psychotropics like so many sugary delights on All Hallows' Eve. The more or less death of Pitchfork Media, which once gave Music, a mode of creative expression consisting of sound and silence expressed through time, a 6.8 out of 10 rating . Opioids keep wreaking havoc, but at least were getting some solid dramatic streaming series out of it. Lex Friedman and Ted Cruz propose totally realistic ways to choose between our two favorite and deranged presidential candidates. USA shatters more fun records (beyond opioids) like homelessness, mass shootings, inability to pay rent and just plain ol' 'suffering' in the abstract. Prince Andrew's puppet fetish revealed. AI errors in naming products online: next step in the evolution of the comedic arts? Gas station heroin: good or great? AI generated hallucinogens: key to Jason's dream job? Apex of homosapienkind reached: a person beats Tetris for the first time ever. This is all to say, we should still feel uplifted by a young kid being cured of their deafness through a new gene therapy. Until next time, keep on avoiding the void—as well as The Noid , naturally. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Jason's Recommendations: 1) Slow Horses 2) A Shop For Killers Josh's Recommendation: Double Feature: Nice Guys / Kiss Kiss Bang Bang More From Timothy Robert Buechner Violent People We Don't Know Wrestling WDKW Ko-fi Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod</a
Tue, January 23, 2024
193 - Everybody Haaretz Sometimes
Bryan "Don't Die" Johnson goes on Red Scare. God Made Trump. Speculation about the future and/or lack thereof. And more. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Tim's Recommendation: 1) Fargo (Series) 2) @violent_people Josh's Recommendations: 1) Foe 2) Middleditch & Schwartz 3) Elect rogue candidate, Barack Obama Mandela, to the US Senate to Represent California 4) Hanna Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Full list of links, sources, etc More From Timothy Robert Buechner Violent People We Don't Know Wrestling WDKW Ko-fi Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Mon, January 08, 2024
192 - Kamikaze Detroit feat. Adrian DeLaTorre
Jay Leno and Pat Morita starred in a moving picture called Collision Course and we somehow decided to watch it and talk through our many complex feelings about it. We're joined by Adrian DeLaTorre from the Never Seen It podcast and take a look at this barely-existant artifact of late 1980s Hollywood, racism, and economic-based, lizard-brained fear. Is Jay Leno too nice/square to even believably pretend to be a jerk and/or drunk? Wait, w-w-w-what did Pat Morita nickname himself in the 60s and 70s?!? Why so many cookies for sale at a crime scene? How much better was Tom Noonan's revised version of the script? Bazookas, factory jobs, 'Merican can-do-it-ness, Biker From Hell (slash Raising Arizona), inexplicable lines and their delivery, etc. Detroit was fine until the Japanese ruined all the fun. What did we ever do to deserve this?? Oh, right. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Josh's Recommendation: 1) Showdown in Little Tokyo 2) Elect rogue candidate, Barack Obama Mandela, to the US Senate to Represent California Tim's Recommendation: Late Stage Live! with Ella Yurman Adrian's Recommendation: Kanopy (free streaming with US library card) Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Pat Morita’s Big Scene That Was Almost Cut from Karate Kid Showdown In Little Tokyo (1991) Official Trailer - Dolph Lundgren, Brandon Lee More From Adrian DeLaTorre Podcast: Never Seen It Letterboxd: @b00tz2big Twitter: @b00tz2big More From Timothy Robert Buechner We Don't Know Wrestling WDKW Ko-fi BIG EGG Substack Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: <a href='https:
Thu, January 04, 2024
191 - How Many Years Can Dance on the Head of a Pin?
Part meta-/accidental-Year-in-Review, part anhedonic spiraling, part analysis of predictions made 100 years ago about the Year of Our Lord 2024, part the world's sloppy lattice-worked and splatter-painted miscellania and detritus, part Pancake Party. What year is this? Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Tim's Recommendation: ThROH The Years Episode 121 - Motor City Madness 2006 Josh's Recommendations: 1) Elect rogue candidate, Barack Obama Mandela, to the US Senate to Represent California 2) Fargo (Season 5) Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Full list of links, sources, etc More From Timothy Robert Buechner We Don't Know Wrestling WDKW Ko-fi BIG EGG Substack Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Tue, January 02, 2024
190 - Oh Well Whatever Never Mind: The Barack Obama Mandela Esquire Story
In no particular order: classic Floridian manatee molestation; continued highlighting of author, lawyer, voice of a generation, and former IDF member Barack Obama Mandela, Esq; Gaza should aspire to become like post-War Auschwitz; rabbinical scholars teaching the IDF about permissible rape, righteous ethnic cleansing, and about how Hitler was just a little misunderstood, if you, like, really think about it; public school teacher threatens to behead a student due to a distaste for the symbolic representation of tHe OnLy dEmoCrAcY iN tHe MidDLe EaSt in the classroom; quiet-part-LOUD: "I am for war crimes, I don't care if I'm criticized, I am unable to sleep without watching homes in Gaza being destroyed, more houses, more buildings, I don't want them to have anything to go back to" ; of course Mike Johnson took is daughter the local purity ball to pledge her hymen's allegiance to her Lord-appointed daddy-figure; TPUSA's AmericaFest keeps up the good work; Michelle Bachman tries to exist again; Rosanne embarresses herself in front of the TPUSA set; is Nirvana's iconic album so good it should be illegal?; etc. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Tim's Recommendation: Froggy Fresh - Dunked On Josh's Recommendations: 1) Dream Scenario 2) Elect rogue candidate, Barack Obama Mandela, to the US Senate to Represent California Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Full list of links, sources, etc More From Timothy Robert Buechner We Don't Know Wrestling WDKW Ko-fi BIG EGG Substack Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com <a targ
Sun, December 17, 2023
189 - An Immense and Complex Quantity of Brain Fog Protocol
Trump's new humble, playfully self-effacing persona sells us pieces of his mugshot suit. Biden remains senile as ever, 65 years on the kibbutz, all compressed down to a 2.5 month timespan, will do that to a feller. TERRORISM-FENTANYL SCREAMS ACROSS OUR SKIES. Slick Willy Clints uses language-violence to make fun of Hilldawg. Satanists will troll to make a valid point, and weirdos will take it too seriously. Bryan Johnson still thinks he'll escape the eternal icy claws of nothingness forever, but no amount of grass- juicing, erection-counting, or bowel-prioritizing will ever let you truly evade the tireless grind of the Universe. You will die, Bryan Johnson, just like all of us. Josh will soon enter the ThunderDome of Florida and hurl various footwear at Meatball/wad Ron's target of a forehead. Argentinian Arby's will be the legacy of totally normal, non-sister-fucking Javier Milei, especially after completely gutting the Argentinian government. Biden accuses Israel of literal warcrimes, but knows not what he does, Lord. John Kirby is the most evil ventriloquist dummy cursed to experience the world and wander it forever. The blessed Hasbara Machine keeps on churning out hits. The surgically-precise "dumb bombs" keep falling. Soldiers get diap'd up. No hospital, home, school, UN safezone or Palestinian "life" can withstand all this mega-flexing right-to-self-defense death rained down from the anti-Amalekite skies. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Tim's Recommendations: 1) A Murder at the End of the World 2) True Detective (Season Two) Josh's Recommendation: Civil War (TRAILER) Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Full list of links, sources, etc More From Timothy Robert Buechner We Don't Know Wrestling WDKW Ko-fi BIG EGG Substack Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send
Sun, December 10, 2023
188 - Kobe-Lebron Goebbles Conquers America's Cursed Evolutionary Misstep of Consciousness
Does Time Magazine's "Person of the Year" matter even just a little bit? Are Taylor Swift and George Santos truly folk heroes? Joe Biden gets debriefed on the dangers of AI by watching a blockbuster action movie while deeply sundowning, is mystified by his own deepfake memes, and was gripped by near-total confusion while people chanted the word "Genocide!" at him in Nantucket, surrounded by holiday cheer and flash photography. Poor little guy's had a hard couple of months. No one's had it tougher, really. The Onion lists all the terms being used in lieu of "children" to decribe non-adult Palestinians and it's funny and upsettlingly accurate. Israel uses AI tech literally called 'Gospel' to help intentionally target more civilians. No one's even pretending about this anymore, accept for that ventriloquest dummy from hell, John Kirby. Pentagon scientists held a conference on creating supersoldiers, that will be "flooded with pain-numbing stimulants," tactically assess and eliminate their programmed targets until they're disposed of likewise. The DeSantis v. Newsome debate symbolizes the abysmal state of the union and its half-assed culture wars. Only the outsider politician/author of "the most important book since Adolf Hitler's MEIN KAMPF" ( Black Hitler: Kobe-Lebron Goebbels Conquers America ), Barack Obama Mandela (legal name) can pull us back from the brink. He must shove aside the demonic creature in human skin suit, Adam Schiff, and ascend to (the late and likewise demonic creature) Diane Feinstein's empty Congressional seat. Finally, some planes were seen behaving badly and Rust Cohle tells us about the curse of consciousness as a bedtime story before we sign off. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Tim's Recommendation: True Detective (Season One) Josh's Recommendations: 1) Leave the World Behind 2) The Sympathizer (TRAILER) 3) The Killer Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Full list of links, sources, etc More From Timothy Robert Buechner We Don't Know Wrestling <a href='https://soundclo
Mon, December 04, 2023
187 - How Do I Get Through to These Kids?! feat. Adrian DeLaTorre
Alright, we did it, you got us. Just like every other podcast in the world we decided to celebrate our 187th mainline episode with a viewing of the classic 1997 film, One Eight Seven . We're joined by Adrian DeLaTorre from the Never Seen It podcast to discuss and do a little postmortum examination in a longer-than-the-run-time-of-the-movie episode. We talk about the teacher-in-tha-hood subgenre, mid-90s errata, the inability of Samuel L. Jackson to be bad in even the worst movies, the peculiar fun of incoherent screenplays, sucking on crucifixes, Pyrrhic victories, and much more. Very Unfortunate Note: The first hour and twenty minutes of the raw recording of Adrian's track was lost to a rare Zoom recording error. Luckily the remaining two hours and four minutes of raw recording is intact. So the opening will have some odd moments where you're encouraged to imagine the funny and interesting things Adrian said. For example we had a good sidebar on the legacy of Waterworld (also directed by 187's director), Henry Kissinger vampiric-romantic fan fiction, the nature of the guys-talking-about-whatever genre of podcasts, and more. I've tried to insert as many director commentary-like alerts where these moments occured but went horribly unsaved by the our Skynet overlords, the ghost in the Zoom machine. More From Adrian DeLaTorre Podcast: Never Seen It Letterboxd: @b00tz2big Twitter: @b00tz2big Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Tim's Recommendation: Never Seen It Adrian's Recommendation: Microsoft Flight Simulator Josh's Recommendation: Double Feature: One Eight Seven / Dangerous Minds More From Timothy Robert Buechner We Don't Know Wrestling WDKW Ko-fi BIG EGG Substack Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.com/heatdea
Tue, November 28, 2023
186 - The Podcast Equivalent of John Cage's 4'33" Turned Up to the Max
In the most pressing news of the day, Snoop Dogg (formerly known as Snoop Lion) reveals what giving up smoke means to him, and totally isn't just reading copy, gets candid as hell. "Ceasefire," hostage swapping, proportionality, Dr. Eli's Hasbara Outlet Black Friday Sale (don't forget your DSA Cyber Monday sale either!). J Robinette B sundowns harder than ever and will, in fact, save that kid with the psychic abililties (sniffs hair in order to read minds). Argentina goes full accelerationist with President Milei, his cloned dog advisors, his sister-wife, his chainsaw, his pro-children-for-sale stance, and his *shocking* full-fledged allegience to dollarization and all things true blue anarcho-capitalistic. Hey, remember Ron Paul? We do, too, against our wishes. An impassioned aside in defense of LA public transit. Stuart Seldowitz gives everyone laughs, the creeps. Children are recruited to sing a song that says the loud part even louder about the annihilation of Gaza. There's a funny AI artwork about parting the sea with the strength of Zionism. More and more bad news. But at least Swedish labor unions are giving Elon Musk some backtalk. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Tim's Recommendation: Get a good night's sleep Josh's Recommendation: Double Feature: Burn After Reading / The Hudsucker Proxy Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Full list of links, sources, etc More From Timothy Robert Buechner We Don't Know Wrestling WDKW Ko-fi BIG EGG Substack Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com </
Mon, November 20, 2023
185 - Who Needs Food, Water, Medicine and Electricity When You've Got This Abundance of Hasbara?
We spent a lot of time reflecting and discussing with our families how to never forget 99% Hitler Voter Guy. Salon dot com seems to be writing satirical articles now...or are they? Nikki Haley wants us all to use our real names online, exempting herself, Nimarata Randhawa, from this data collection. She also thinks we ought to work until we give up the ghost, 65's way too young for retirement. Biden is certain of the location of TerrorCity but forgot when he was scared by Tony Blinken's death glare at the moment J Robinette B causually called Xi a dictator. We barely skim the surface of the vast and deep ocean of hasbara just from the past week alone. Plus, learn how to 'displace' and 'cleanse' the pounds away using the genocide stress diet! Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Tim's Recommendation: Joseph Montecillo - PREVIEW: Chris Hero vs. Timothy Thatcher | A Rivalry Breakdown (VIDEO NOW ON WEST COAST PRO) Josh's Recommendation: The Curse Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Full list of links, sources, etc More From Timothy Robert Buechner We Don't Know Wrestling WDKW Ko-fi BIG EGG Substack Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Bonus · Wed, November 15, 2023
Maximum Entropy Theater Presents "RoseBudGarden59 or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the #PsakiBomb"
The inaugural episode of what will likely turn into a regular type of series of shorter, scripted-ish bonus episodes. Some background, per our Discord : "Karine Jean-Pierre said some typically awful bullshit recently . So that got us talking about Psaki by comparison. Then I found a Psaki simp in her comments on twitter. I began imagining the hell that must exist in the mind of this man who lives for Monday nights with Jen and Maddow. This naturally led to the idea of Psaki erotic fanfiction. Couldn't find any worthwhile, so I decided to write some myself, which is more about the mental state of this pathetic shit lib guy fantasizing (mentally writing erotic fanfic) strangely, impeded by his desire to be Woke to the Max, but still drawn back to his "lovely Jen" again and again. Kind of like an MSNBC/NPR loyalist liberal version of an 8Chan incel troll type. Anyway, we might make this a semi-regular segment and will try it out on the next episode." Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Mon, November 13, 2023
184 - Courtroom Sketches Against Humanity
Various GOP bullshit. The Monarchy is too funny to exist. Zelensky doing the geopolitical equivalent of panhandling now. It's about time Homer Simpson stops physically terrorizing his son, says supposed "person" at the Guardian. P.S. Stay tuned for a short bonus episode later this week about a DNC/#resistance simp's struggle to wokely honor and simultaneously jack off to Jen Psaki. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Tim's Recommendation: 2001 Ghost World Japanese Pin Badge Set Josh's Recommendations: 1) Novara Media 2) Mint Press 3) AJ+ Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Full list of links, sources, etc More From Timothy Robert Buechner We Don't Know Wrestling WDKW Ko-fi BIG EGG Substack Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Mon, November 06, 2023
183 - An Ambulance as a Hornless Unicorn, Exploded
Things get a little freeform and loopy. The abandonment of Zelensky. Tony Blinken dressing his son up as Zelesky and daughter as a Ukrainian flag for Halloween. More ghastly atrocities pile up overwhelmingly in 21st century Judaea. Try and pull out of the deathspiral of the topic into lighter climes: We put Biden's two Press Secretaries on the binary scale, this leads to satirical erotic fanfiction being written by yours truly, and then we dish about Ronnie DeSant's height-enhancing boots. [Note: I started talking about the existence of the Jenin Horse statue, made from exploded car and ambulance pieces and meant to be a symbol of hope for those in the Jenin refugee camp, and Palestinians more broadly. I get sidetracked from finishing the point of bringing it up which was that even the statue made from war crime remnants has been ripped away, stolen and destroyed by the IOF .] Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout / buymeacoffee Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Tim's Recommendation: YuMex (Yugoslav Mexican Music) Josh's Recommendations: 1) Gen V 2) The Beatles latest single "Now and Then" Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Full list of links, sources, etc More From Timothy Robert Buechner We Don't Know Wrestling WDKW Ko-fi BIG EGG Substack Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text <a rel="payment" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/
Mon, October 30, 2023
182 - A.M.B.E.R. Alerts for Everyone!
Tennessee makes being unhoused a felony. In California, mobile homelessness is on the rise, but don't worry, there are some safe parking lots to sleep in. Another Californian development: The Ebony Alert system is finally here! Space Force continues to be uncanny and just off-beat enough subsection of the US Armed Forces. Mike Pence shocks dozens of his dozens of fans by dropping out of the presidential race. Trump promises buckets of enemies blood and blowhard Nikki Haley tries to out-Trump him (all at the recent Republican Jewish Coalition Conferene (RJCC, duh) in Las Vegas). Japanese people pay money to relearn how to smile. The anniversary of the Halloween tragedy in Seoul last year gets Josh going off on a little rant. Israel-Palestine conflict only gets worse. And more. My bones hurt. My shoes hurt. I cain't summarize no more. Weep for me, humankind. Wail and gnash. Transubstantiate yer worries away amidst my aching flesh singing out. Invest your stockage in weird, sad novels, too. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout / buymeacoffee Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Josh's Recommendations: 1) Antkind by Charlie Kaufman 2) Mars Attacks! Tim's Recommendation: Dark Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Full list of links, sources, etc More From Timothy Robert Buechner We Don't Know Wrestling WDKW Ko-fi BIG EGG Substack Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Sun, October 22, 2023
181 - Welcome to the MetaHarem™, Now and Forevermore feat. Jason Newland
An olde tyme friend visits us. We have a chatabout. We each section one another for crimes against comedy/humanity. We vent spleens about Israel etc. We digress, digressively. Who will be possibly the next Pointless/Demagogical Mayoral-King-Duke of the USofA? We talk some news of the weird. Australia gets America's wang transplanted upon it. A duo of idiots pretends to kidnap themselves-ish. Neo-Nazis collect insects for the sake of the Fuhrer (also, cars of the same entomological genus are collected, similarily). We talk Artifical Intellgience, Cronenbergian porn of the weird, and its ascending trajectory. We talk. Talk some more. Jason dazzles us with some tales from r/LinkedInLunatics . I, the Josh voice, forcefully and impassionately recommend that you read and/or at least listen to Whalefall , because it's mind/body/soul-bogglingly great. We sign off. We "We" ourselves into inanimate pulp and continue the life-cycle, waving goodbye for eternity. Also, there's some conversation between Tim and Jason about the wide world of professional wrestling hidden-tracked after the outro. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout / buymeacoffee Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Josh's Recommendations: 1) Whalefall 2) Ballerina Tim's Recommendation: Patton (a true General recommendation) Jason's Recommedation: The Devil's Plan Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Full list of links, sources, etc More From Timothy Robert Buechner We Don't Know Wrestling WDKW Ko-fi BIG EGG Substack Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, In
Tue, October 17, 2023
180 - What We Talk About When We Don't Talk About feat. Kurt Hull
We are joined by our guest Kurt Hull (aka Otis P. Stinktrigger) and talk around all the latest from the front lines of the serious geopolitical echo-chamber of the faux news wars, you know, where the real battles take place. More updates on planes behaving badly. Circuitous routes and side-quests abound. Check out Kurt's podcast here: The Stinksheet Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout / buymeacoffee Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Full list of links, sources, etc More From Timothy Robert Buechner We Don't Know Wrestling WDKW Ko-fi BIG EGG Substack Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Sun, October 08, 2023
179 - Designated Surmiserz
Kevin McCallister's been demoted to scamming the nation and fistfucking the globe from a less visible post. Political theater prevails as the dominant mindvirus. Commander Biden's list of crimes expands further. A Danish artist hilariously cons the High Art/Tax Evasion/Money Laundering World. Chicago TV news crew robbed in a very meta-fied way. The depraved aeronautical sciences strike another beautiful soul down once again. Trump's fraud trial serves up more fodder for hidden messages to be disseminated through Poland Spring, his Real Doll attorney and, well, We're Lovin' It™, folks. Vovan and Lexus get more people in positions of power (Sarah Ashton Cirillo in this case) to belt out the quiet parts so loudly that upon finding out that they've been duped she claimed that the 30+ minute video and audio record of her abysmal remarks was a Russian conspiracy deepfake. We mourn Bernard Sanders' continued downfall and irrelevance as he poorly responds to Code Pink's anti-war protests. Jamaal Bowman seems to think certain fire alarms trigger openings into fun places like escape rooms, BatCaves, or alternate dimensions in which the wave phony socialists in Congress weren't just status quo at best, a more insideous evil at worst. Elon Musk did some dumb shit, shockingly, improbably. And we remember the time Grimes tried to raft her way down the Mississippi River. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout / buymeacoffee Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Josh's Recommendation: Trailer for the amazing looking film Dream Scenario Tim's Recommendations: 1) Snakes on a Train 2) Poland Spring water 3) Drink water, motherfuckers Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Full list of links, sources, etc More From Timothy Robert Buechner We Don't Know Wrestling WDKW Ko-fi BIG EGG Substack Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com </
Wed, October 04, 2023
178 - I'll Miss You, Me feat. Alex Keller
Tim and Alex Keller ( @TheTowerSkin ) discuss Feinstein, Nazis, a special rolliecoaster, flamethrowers as tools of political action, and the insanity of claiming the US military budget is in danger of being too damned tiny . Check out Alex's podcastorial work at Bored2Life . Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout / buymeacoffee Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Full list of links, sources, etc Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Sat, September 23, 2023
177 - Wave Bye-Bye to the Bureaucrat & Last Chance Tours, Inc
South Koreans have a bizarre way of keeping track of people's ages, and it's going out of style. Sean Penn is a vile idiot who should've saved us all on 9/11. Some run of the mill tech-bro got a wild hair up his ass and is emotionlessly, delusionally, grandiosly and obsessively chasing after immortality via some hybrid of internalized Mormonism and The Singularity style futurism guru insanity. Cancer cases have skyrocketed in the last 30 years. AI-equipped robots are CEOs now. "Last-Chance Tourism" raises questions about how we interface with climate cataclysm, who's ultmately most responsible and just how precisely fucked are we and when exactly? Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout / buymeacoffee Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Josh's Recommendation: All of Alex Garland's Film and Television Work Tim's Recommendation: Teach English Abroad Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Full list of links, sources, etc Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Sun, September 17, 2023
176 - Airplanes Spitting in the Face of the One and Only Lord and Savior
We briefly revisit the Metaverse and its grand announcement that they've finally added (sort of) the god-kissed locomotive powers of legs to the little Metaverse representation pixel-creatures. We digress about the man-o-sphere for a bit. Airplanes and their great lack of crashing into one another: humdrum miracle or vile affront to the Almighty? Space Force is weird and its patches and insignia are even weirder ( click here to follow along visually as we discuss them ). Republicans are scrambling to do some PR with the term "pro-life" and the results are predictably baby-brained. Digressions on the Schumacher Batman movies and Lauren Bobert's recent vaping/groping-related ejection from Beetlejuice the musical. Then we talk about the phenomenon of Biden's Vibrant Economy and the whining plebes within it, and how there's indeed a Silent Depression descended upon the land, despite what Democratic Party partisans will have you believe. Quick hits on Hunter Biden's legal issues, NATO's role in the flooding of Libya, and how even the Pentagon is now warning that our Geriactric Leaders (Feinstein, McConnell, Biden) are not only embarrassing and dangerous but national security threats. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon / buzzsprout / buymeacoffee Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Tim's Recommendation: Get an abortion Josh's Recommendation: Telemarketers Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Full list of links, sources, etc Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Mon, September 11, 2023
175 - The Smart-Ass Book Reader Podcast
There's been a shift in the 'cast's, um, cast. Past guest Timothy Robert Buechner joins as an official cohost. We talk through and detour from topics such as microplastics in our brains; the nature of well-crafted clickbait via murder-by-dessert and mailing cadaver bits 'n' pieces through a FB/Meta group; other podcasts; a Nebraskan governor whose officially signed a bill into law declaring Dudes to Rock; how the anti-trans movement has and will continue to accidentally destroy itself; bad journalism about toxic dudes-rocking-ness being stopped dead cuz 2023 said so; Scientology's legal grasp upon its own e-meter IP; a glorious individual named Reza Baluchi who just wants to sail in peace with his knives and homemade hamster-wheel shaped vessel; the novelistic sequel to Forrest Gump; the nihilistic knotted heart of our dear gerontocracy; and more. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod + buzzsprout.com/heatdeathoftheuniverse Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Tim's Recommendation: Union Membership Josh's Recommendation: Mask Girl Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Full list of links, sources, etc Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Sun, May 28, 2023
174 - I'm a Slave 4 Endorphins
We take a brisk tour through various current AI implications. A "free" 55-inch flat screen TV that merely wants to turn your living room into a advert-hellscape. A possibly inebriated driver switches seats with his dog, the officer in question may never notice the oddness of this. In Portugal, canine lifespan records, shattered. Some annoying person ate a piece of art made by another possibly even more annoying person. 500 pounds of pasta mysteriously left alongside a stream in New Jersey. Another 500 pounds of pasta may well be running for President of the Republic. Ronald Dion DeSantis audibly reveals his micro-penis to a Twitter crowd of 700,000—only 300,000 stay afterward. We give positive cover to two "Florida Men," shattering stale stereotypes. Various people intentionally and extremely isolate themselves, independently, for science. Did a man really collapse his skull and remain alive due to an addiction to energy drinks? Heroes all around us and also a villain who jostled open the door of an airborne passenger plane. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod + buzzsprout.com/heatdeathoftheuniverse Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Jason's Recommendations: 1) The Last Kingdom 2) Vinland Saga Josh's Recommendations: 1) Emily is a Criminal 2) Modest Mouse Discography from This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About (1996) to Everywhere and His Nasty Parlor Tricks (2001) Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Full list of links, sources, etc Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com <a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/12
Sun, May 21, 2023
173 - Inside the Mind of a Boston Dynamics Robot Laughing With Salad While Beating Themselves Over the Head With The Bible Every Morning
We eulogize the Metaverse, read the lips of King Charles, hear Mr. Musk out (not really) on why working remotely is evil, discuss Patient M: The Man Who Was Shot in The Head And Woke Up Seeing The World Backwards , chat about a youtuber who deliberately crashes a plane to get the hearts going in the chat, ask ourselves if Holocaust textbooks are too woke for Floridian standards, contemplate the life of the mind of an AI-generated woman laughing alone with salad, and round things out with Second Life addiction and/or perversion, and the presence of a new street drug in Los Angeles that has the pesky side effect of decaying one's flesh. This was another long hiatus ended, and we should be back to a once per week schedule for the foreseeable future. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod + buzzsprout.com/heatdeathoftheuniverse Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Jason's Recommendations: 1) Unicorn: Warriors Eternal 2) Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal 3) Return to Seoul Josh's Recommendations: 1) Stationary cycling 2) Activity trackers 3) Teaser for Maxxxine 4) Beau is Afraid Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Full list of links, sources, etc Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Sat, February 25, 2023
172 - Mayor Pete Needs to Return Some Video Tapes
Another overstuffed episode (with leftovers for next time). French labor unions cut off electricity and gas to targeted homes of politicians and billionaires. A string of articles showing more hubris and self-cannibalization in the nervous system of USofA. "Nothing will fundamentally change, jack, unless it's for the worse!" AMLO dramatically increases Mexico's minimum wage and human-shaped triple-bleached dough with hair and teeth, David Frum, tells us why he's a no good autocrat. Updates on the great balloon menace. Mayor Pete barely represses urge to strangle journalists in the camera-barraged, bright light of day, and we can only laugh. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod + buzzsprout.com/heatdeathoftheuniverse Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations JD's Recommendations: 1) The Glory 2) King of Pigs JNM's Recommendation: Infinity Pool Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Full list of links, sources, etc Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Thu, February 16, 2023
171 - What's the Deal with 'Nothing, Forever'?
Back after our longest and unintended hiatus. Talking balloons, toxic clouds, uncanny valley AI eternal recurrence stuff, the world's first digital nation, royal paedo defense, Ghislaine Maxwell hosting etiquette classes for inmates, organ harvesting prisoners for pay, Amazon leaves more corpses on the warehouse floor, WW2 Part 2: The Ride, more sociocultural inner rot, Biden (or the series of handlers and amphetamines than comprises him) is harsher on Cuba than any previous president, and more. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Poker Face JNM's Recommendations: 1) Milf Manor 2) The Menu Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Full list of links, sources, etc Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Wed, February 15, 2023
171 - What's the Deal with 'Nothing, Forever'?
Back after our longest and unintended hiatus. Talking balloons, toxic clouds, uncanny valley AI eternal recurrence stuff, the world's first digital nation, royal paedo defense, Ghislaine Maxwell hosting etiquette classes for inmates, organ harvesting prisoners for pay, Amazon leaves more corpses on the warehouse floor, WW2 Part 2: The Ride, more sociocultural inner rot, Biden (or the series of handlers and amphetamines than comprises him) is harsher on Cuba than any previous president, and more. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Poker Face JNM's Recommendations: 1) Milf Manor 2) The Menu Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Full list of links, sources, etc Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com
Sat, December 17, 2022
170 - Open Source AI Wrote This Entire Episode
We talk AI, ramshackle border wall construction, the world's largest doomsday bunker community, the "country"/cult within Germany that doesn't recognize the modern State, Floridian PPP grifter Daddy 'n' Sons op, self-defeating marriage equality legislation, precocious youth run amok, downtrodden youth in handcuffs, British colonialism's staggering destruction, and a breakthrough in fusion energy that may or may not stem the blood-red tide that approaches. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations JD's Recommendations: 1) In Bruges 2) Music , generally ( Ed. "Pitchfork Gives Music 6.8" ) JNM's Recommendations: 1) The Mezzanine by Nicolson Baker 2) Barbarian ( Ed. Highly recommend avoiding trailers and reviews and going in as blind as possible.) Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Arizona Gov. Ducey stacks containers on border at term’s end Apocalypse Chic: Inside the World’s Largest Community of Doomsday Bunkers Vivos PointX Official Website The self-proclaimed kingdom that doesn't recognise Germany Florida pastor and his son are arrested in alleged $8 million Covid scam The Respect for Marriage Act Is Also a Victory for Same-Sex-Marriage Opponents Diet of rainbows and sunlight: California girl given first-ever unicorn license https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hundreds-of-elementary-students-arrested-at-us-schools-in-2018-report/ (The page may have been removed, had its name changed, or is just temporarily unavailable.) <a href='https://multipolarista.com/2022/12/12/britain-100-million-india
Wed, December 07, 2022
169 - Give Me Stock Buybacks or Give Me Death
Competitive grave digging in "vampiric" Eastern Europe. The world's tallest jail—who dare says the US can't still aspire to greatness? In China, fifty year old "Uncle Chen" can beat the average marathon time—while chain-smoking the whole way. The constellation of handlers, pharmacists, and groper-conversion-therapists that comprise "Joe Biden" asked the "Presidential Emergency Board" to weigh in on the nightmarish and recently revisited railroad union "negotiations," only to discover the irrefutable fact that "capital investment and risk are the reasons for their profits, not any contributions from labor" . There's an epidemic-level population of enraged upper-class nose-biters out there. Heroic man in Japan harasses cops every 6 minutes for 9 days straight. US continues to steal 80% of Syria's oil supply while occupying 1/3 of its landmass. Rightwing lunatics continue to get angry at LGBT books while enlisting their daughters in pedo-parades. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Weak Hero Class 1 JNM's Recommendations: 1) Pepsi, Where's My Jet? 2) 'Union Joe' Biden sells out railworkers Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Grave Diggers Get Down And Dirty At International Competition The Jailscraper vs. Chinatown: NYC Residents Fight Construction of World’s Tallest Jail Chain-Smoking Marathoner Finishes In Under 3.5 Hours And He's Done It Before The socialist response to US railroads’ false claim that “labor does not contribute to profits” Golfer bit off man’s nose in argument over game Saitama man arrested for calling police 2,060 times in 9 days to yell at them US stealing Syrian national treasure is a long-time crime <a href='https://soranews24.com/2022/12/02/saitama-man-arrested-for-calling-police
Sun, December 04, 2022
168 - Make Neoliberalism Based Again? feat. Timothy Robert Buechner
Timothy Robert Buechner returns as dual guest & substitute cohost for Jason. We talk about the fledging effort to make neoliberalism cool (again?); the nature of all 'centrisms'; Volcels are Basically Cows; how the most labor friendly president in US history has recently shown his friendliness to railway union members; how the NYTimes has suddenly, cynically, meaninglessly, developed an interest in human rights vis-à-vis Julian Assange; and finally, where are the best places to survive nuclear war in the US? Crack open a recent Newsweek to find out! Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations JNM's Recommendations: 1) Pearl 2) Triangle of Sadness Tim's Recommendations: 1) Getting pussy 2) Physical 3) Blood Meridian More From Timothy Robert Buechner We Don't Know Wrestling WDKW Ko-fi BIG EGG Substack Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Can these Gen Z and millennial wonks make neoliberalism cool again? What Biden and Congress’ move to ban railroad strike reveals Bernie Sanders, DSA play crucial role in passing anti-strike law against railroaders Rail workers: A single day of sick leave please. CNN: WHY DO GREEDY RAIL WORKERS NOT WANT LITTLE JIMMY IN THE CHILDREN HOSPITAL TO GET SANTA’S DELIVERY THIS YEAR Why The New York Times Is Too Late (to finally call for the end of torturing Julian Assange) - VIDEO SEGMENT An open letter from editors and publishers: Publishing is not a Crime US defense to its workforce: Nuclear war can be won<
Sun, November 13, 2022
167 - Live Every Day Like It's Kristallnacht at KFC
Fuck the midterms. Slavery now illegal in 3 of 4 states. Man steals own car. Shooting the homeless now a misdemeanor. Hero unleashes bees at eviction cops. Hero throws can of 'White Claw' at Ted Cruz during baseball parade. KFC urges German customers to celebrate Kristallnacht with cheesy chicken. Advertising in space, the future is now! More nonsense from the new CEO of Twitter. Crypto con-artist loses all his dang money. US & EU reps forced to grovel to Maduro for oil, please, Mr. Real Presidente, sir. Digital artist's AI that creates infinite conversations, one on display now between Werner Herzog & Zizek. Park rangers battle desperate DMT junkies in the great psychedelic toad wars. Giant silver orbs break free & terrify the streets of London. 2022 Ig Nobel Awards briefly discussed. General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: The Dragon Prince JNM's Recommendations: 1) Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities - Episode 7, "The Viewing" (Directed by Panos Cosmatos) & 2) "Corruption exposed: US meddled in Ecuador's election, using Julian Assange as bargaining chip" by Ben Norton ( Video ) ( Article ) Further Reading, Viewing, Listening The Midterms Are No Victory for the Democrats, but... Slavery now prohibited Slavery rejected in some, not all, states where it was on the ballot Black man handcuffed after car Montreal police thought was stolen ended up being his Nashville Porsche driver gets probation for shooting homeless man who asked her to lower music, move car Woman charged with sending bee swarm on deputies at eviction Sen. Ted Cruz hit by flying ‘White Claw’ at Astros’ World Series parade KFC Apologizes For Using Kristallnacht To Promote Cheesy Chicken In Germany </l
Sat, November 05, 2022
166 - Lula Wins, Bolsonarista Resistance Crushed & Other Headline Detritus
We cover a lot of subjects and articles today and have run out of character allotment for these notes, so take a look below at the links for a preview of what to expect. General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Kim Jung Gi JNM's Recommendations: 1) r/TrueAnon & 2) Bodies Bodies Bodies Further Reading, Viewing, Listening 156 die in Halloween crowd crush in Korea's Itaewon Lula wins Brazil election: Game-changer for BRICS and Latin America The Bolsonaristas set up highway blockades and the favelas and steelworkers intervened Colombia’s new president reverses US coup, visits Venezuela, pledges unity in ‘spirit of Bolívar’ ‘War on drugs has failed’: At UN, Colombia condemns ‘addiction to money and oil’ At UN, Bolivia presents revolutionary 14-point socialist program to transform world Entire world votes 185 to 2 against blockade of Cuba – US and Israel are rogue states at UN That Time Cuba Offered Doctors to the U.S. After Katrina. And the U.S. Refused False nuclear emergency messages sent to everyone in Hawaii and its possible connection to a human trafficking / pedophile ring Elon Musk Orders Twitter Staff To Work 84-Hour Weeks As 75% Of Employees Face Being Fired Equifax Used Its Own Technology to Find — and Fire — 24 Workers With Secret Second Jobs How to make $72,800 a year snitching on bike lane blockers in New York Someone made a program that checks to make sure that you're still looking at the commercial and giving your full attention to it. </li
Sun, October 30, 2022
165 - Wage Slavery Cured My Depression During This Nuclear Winter!
Slavery becomes freedom. Diplomacy becomes treason. Food stuffs become climate activism, again. And more! Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations JD's Recommendations: 1) Decision to Leave 2) Spy × Family JNM's Recommendations: 1) Broker 2) r/antiwork 3) r/ABoringDystopia Further Reading, Viewing, Listening I Took an Amazon Warehouse Job to Cure My Burnout Tesla faces U.S. criminal probe over self-driving claims Railroad workers want more time off, don’t like agreements Paris Baguette Is Being Boycotted After a Factory Worker Was Found Crushed in a Machine Mexico is ending daylight savings time, America should do the same Haiti Isn’t Asking for US Intervention 30 House Democrats sent a letter to Biden urging him to seek peace talks to end the conflict in Ukraine. Less than 24 hours later, they retracted it under pressure. The letter, which called for the most basic diplomacy to avoid nuclear war, was met with extreme backlash and condemnation by their fellow Democrats: HOUSE PROGRESSIVES FLOAT DIPLOMATIC PATH TOWARD ENDING WAR IN UKRAINE, GET ANNIHILATED, QUICKLY “CLARIFY” Diplomacy Becomes Treason: Tepid Dissent on Ukraine Crushed in D.C. w/ Medea Benjamin Insane: Progressives WITHDRAW Letter Urging Diplomacy with Russia The War in Ukraine Could Lead to Nuclear War <a href='h
Fri, October 21, 2022
164 - The Drinkin' Bone's Connected to the Weird News Bone
We spouse-swap the standard all-encompassing geopolitical &/or generalized existential doom for the humdrum miracle of other sorts of headlines, those on the margins of the edges of the normie strata of the lunatic fringe. (Problem with the links—too many, and too tired to fix in a timely manner.) Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations JD's Recommendations: Narcos-Saints JNM's Recommendation: Dahmer Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Google Says It Will Stop Android Phones From Suggesting "My Face" When Users Type "Sit On" Police: Naked man arrested at Planet Fitness said he thought it was a "judgement free zone" Court Recommends Electronic Monitoring For Woman Accused Of Escaping Electronic Monitoring Florida man says he wasn't drinking while driving -- only at stop lights and stop signs Germany: Man bites police dog, woman punches officer Doctor removes 23 contact Germany: Man bites police dog, woman punches officerlenses from eye of patient who 'forgot to take them out' Doctors Find 55 Batteries In Woman's Body — 'Highest Reported Number' Ever Hurricane Ian ‘street shark’ video defies belief Man charged with smuggling pythons in his pants at US border Nigeria seizes donkey penises to be smuggled to Hong Kong Chinese man trapped aloft in hydrogen balloon for 2 days North Dakota Woman Charged After Bringing Raccoon Into Bar FDA Warns Against Using NyQuil As A Chicken Marinade Woman Accused Of Stealing Pelosi's Laptop Has Odd Request To Leave House Arrest Canadian Politician Gets Buzzed After Swallowing Rogue Bee At News Conference Car Thief Who Hid From Police Inside Giant Teddy Bear Learns His Fate South Korean Town's Garlic Ad Reeks Of Obscenity, Farmers Say Spain's Prime Minister Suggests Ditching Neckties To Save Energy Man Pushes Peanut Up Colorado Mountain Using Unconventional Body Part Michigan Home Inspector Convicted After Masturbating With Client's Elmo Doll Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com <a target="_blank" href="https:/
Sun, October 16, 2022
163 - Long Covid Brain Fog Funeral Celebration
William Shatner shares his despairing thoughts while staring out at the earth from space with Jeff Bezos aboard the Blue Origins craft. Elon Musk uber-fans have uprooted their lives and built a small village outside of "Starbase" so that they can witness each rocket launch. Warren Buffett is not your grandpa. Moron parks a car on train tracks, nearly killing someone else. Thousands of Coors cans spilt across a Florida highway, creating a beautiful shimmering sea. Vegan food exec aggressively bites a man's nose, presumably in an attempt to eat him. Tomato soup is thrown at a Van Gogh painting. Amazon will not be providing storm shelter protection to its rebuilt factory that was destroyed by a tornado, killing six. And the USA is running out of Adderall, folks, and coincidentally becoming less productive. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: 1) Preoccupations - Arrangements 2) Big Mouth (Korean TV Series) 3) Bullet Train 4) Rings of Power 5) YepX's Solidarity Through Adversity JNM's Recommendation: 1) Kingdom: Exodus 2) Melancholia Further Reading, Viewing, Listening William Shatner says his trip to space ‘felt like a funeral’ for Earth Encounters with SpaceX fans who uprooted their lives and moved to Starbase What is the brutal truth about Warren Buffett? Warren Buffet is Not Your Grandpa Colorado police release video of police car with suspect inside hit by a train A truck collision turns a Florida highway into a silver sea of beer cans Dads shot each other’s daughters in Florida road-rage gunfight: cop
Fri, September 23, 2022
162 - Frustrated Incorporated
“Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.” ―Gustave Flaubert “The more I think about language, the more it amazes me that people ever understand each other at all.” ―Kurt Gödel Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Little Women JNM's Recommendation: The Long Goodbye Further Reading, Viewing, Listening US launched 251 military interventions since 1991, and 469 since 1798 MAGA 'communism'? Ridiculous right-wing grifters cash in posing as 'patriotic socialists' If We Want Humanity to Survive, We Must Cooperate With China Branko Marcetic RT: "Was alerted to this new Foreign Affairs piece where Fiona Hill accidentally lets slip a key fact: Russia & Ukraine agreed to a tentative settlement in April that would've halted the war, Course, Hill doesn't mention UK PM flew to Kiev instantly to scuttle it." ARTICLE: West killed peace proposal to end Ukraine war, Russia supported negotiated settlement + VIDEO West prepares to plunder post-war Ukraine with neoliberal shock therapy: privatization, deregulation, slashing worker protections Zelensky rings New York Stock Exchange bell as Euro dips below dollar As Zelensky outlaws labor organizing, he appeared on Wall Street to launch #AdvantageUkraine, a shameless appeal for the corporate plunder of Ukraine which promises rapid deregulation and features the country's arms industry at the top of its "investment menu" Zelensky quietly deletes photo of his bodyguard’s pro-Hitler patch Germans revive Cold War Monday d
Fri, September 09, 2022
161 - And the Monarchists Wept
A little loose-y goose-y today. The Queen, etc. New PM, etc. Political fat shaming?, etc. Brazilian coup, etc. Hilldog will never again admonish us to Pokemon Go to the polls while simply chillin' in Cedar Rapids, etc. Undrinkable water, etc. WWIII update to be continued, etc. Shed 96 tears, one for each year of Elizabeth II's magical life. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations JD's Recommendations: 1) Dendrons - 5-3-8 & 2) Turn off autoplay functions everywhere, on everything. JNM's Recommendation: Rewatch Curb Your Enthusiasm Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Queen Elizabeth II has died UK: RUSI military think tank details Liz Truss’s warmongering agenda Britain's new Prime Minister Liz Truss has appointed Thérèse Coffey as the country's new health secretary. Here is a picture of her. In April 2018, Liz Truss visited Brazil to promote "free markets, an open economy, and privatisation". For three years, the UK government has been refusing to answer my FOIA request, asking if Truss held secret meetings with neo-fascist Jair Bolsonaro. Vincent Bevins RT on an awful pro-Bolansaro article in the NYT Jair Bolsonaro Is Laying the Groundwork for a Coup in Brazil HRC says she'll never run for president again Biden’s speech and the danger of fascism in America Biden broke his promise to waive Big Pharma's vaccine patents, and then tossed us the crumbs of lower prices on 10-20 drugs for 17.7% of Americans in 4-6 years Jackson, Mississippi’s water disaster is a crime of capitalism City issues boil-water notice for West Baltimore after E. coli found in tap water at 3 locations</
Mon, September 05, 2022
160 - Where's Your Jazz Messiah Now? feat. Timothy Robert Buechner
Is our modern immiseration just some jazzy jazz? Tune in to find out this and more. (Too tired to summarize further, Ed.) Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: The Parking Lot is Full Tim's Recommendation: Sam Hyde (in general) and his bizarre crashing of a TED Talk JNM's Recommendations: 1) Alex's War 2) Knowledge Fight More From Timothy Robert Buechner We Don't Know Wrestling WDKW Ko-fi Pod King's Patreon Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Palate Cleansers: A List of Things People Blamed on Jazz Fact Check: Did Donald Trump Give Out 'Nuke Codes' in Fundraising Email? Does Mark Zuckerberg Not Understand How Bad His Metaverse Looks? "NPR scolding Beto for cussing out the guy laughing at 19 dead children is the essence of modern liberalism" >>> Weighing the pros and cons of Beto O'Rourke dropping an f-bomb on a heckler Bill to enshrine gig work into federal labor law 'would effectively get rid of the minimum wage and overtime compensation' My favorite Facebook genre is parents posting unhinged nanny requirements >>> Unhinged requirements continued VIDEO: Ted Cruz spews bullshit about student loan forgiveness <a href='https://www.livescience.com/saccorhytus-an
Wed, August 24, 2022
159 - Stuff Paul Krugman's Smug Mouth Full of Thorium and Yunnan Cypress Leaves
Is a broken Rand Paul right twice a day? People focusing on all of the wrong things with regard to Trump's legacy (e.g. forget debunked Russiagate myths and January 6th, and look toward WWIII inciting foreign policy first). Does North Korea have anything the US wants and can scoop up into a net? Will Jurassic Park -like tech magically save the planet? Speaking of climate disaster mitigation: China and India have better ideas in mind a la trees and thorium-based energy production. Canadians turning to medical euthanasia as solution to the integral poverty of a neoliberal order. Biden's the front-runner for "Lie of the Year." DeSantis will slay the dragon of woke, using all his might, even if he has to be elected president in the process—he'll humbly sacrifice for our children's unwoke futures. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: The Rehearsal JNM's Recommendation: Nope Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Trump, Classified Nuclear Files, Saudis: What We Do Know, What We Don't Donald Trump Has His Own History With the Espionage Act CIA sued over alleged spying on lawyers, journalists who met Assange Bitcoin billionaires bet big on reviving woolly mammoths to combat climate change Bad News for Earth: Rainwater Is No Longer Safe to Drink, Study Says Human Activity in China and India Dominates the Greening of Earth China to Activate Experimental Nuclear Molten Salt Reactor What is India’s 3-stage nuclear energy programme? Indian test reactor reaches operation landmark <a
Wed, August 17, 2022
158 - The Sky Was Crystal Blue, Just Like 9/11 feat. Boomer Death Squad
In what is now a annual tradition come August, we celebrate surviving another year in podcasting with the gentle souls of Boomer Death Squad (Danny, Matt and sadly Joe couldn't make it) by covering a remarkably bad, politically-bent, movie. Last year, we commented on what was the GW Bush era time-capsule / series of wrong turns and bad calls (by a legacy act spoofmaster of Zucker Brothers of residual fame) called An American Carol . This year, we turn toward even sleazier, more mind-bendingly ill-conceived fare and bring you an off the cuff commentary track + full episode discussion of the never-should-have-been-made "film" Easy Rider 2: The Ride Back (2012). A film written, directed, produced by and starring complete and utter nobodies (save, sort of, for Jeff Fahey and the inexplicably "present" Rance Howard) and done against the wishes of every single person who worked on the 1969 original and now canonized classic film. Put on your totally non-ironic American flag motorcycle helmet, pick up a protest sign and commie-killing rifle alike, and join us for this long, strange, 98 minute and 36 second trip, man. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: A Model Family Matt's Recommendation: Play Sky Rim again Danny's Recommendations: 1) Yards Pale Ale & 2) Easy Rider JNM's Recommendations: 1) Easy Rider & 2) Easy Rider 2: The Ride Back & 3) Good-Bad Movies in General & 4) The Films of Neil Breen , namely Fateful Findings & 5) Ben Norton's reporting at Multipolarista More from Boomer Death Squad Twitter: @BoomerDeathPod Soundcloud: <a href='https://soundcloud.com/
Bonus · Wed, August 17, 2022
000 - Easy Rider 2: The Ride Back - Commentary Track feat. Boomer Death Squad
If you want to watch along, I'm sharing my copy of the movie along with a separate subtitles file (which is essential due to the terrible sound mixing on this cinematic masterpiece). In what is now a annual tradition come August, we celebrate surviving another year in podcasting with the gentle souls of Boomer Death Squad (Danny, Matt and sadly Joe couldn't make it) by covering a remarkably bad, politically-bent, movie. Last year, we commented on what was the GW Bush era time-capsule / series of wrong turns and bad calls (by a legacy act spoofmaster of Zucker Brothers of residual fame) called An American Carol . This year, we turn toward even sleazier, more mind-bendingly ill-conceived fare and bring you an off the cuff commentary track + full episode discussion of the never-should-have-been-made "film" Easy Rider 2: The Ride Back (2012). A film written, directed, produced by and starring complete and utter nobodies (save, sort of, for Jeff Fahey and the inexplicably "present" Rance Howard) and done against the wishes of every single person who worked on the 1969 original and now canonized classic film. Put on your totally non-ironic American flag motorcycle helmet, pick up a protest sign and commie-killing rifle alike, and join us for this long, strange, 98 minute and 36 second trip, man. Send us a text Support the show
Wed, August 10, 2022
157 - Do The Chinese Even Bury Their Dead?
Chuck Schumer's gang blows all of our minds (and our genitalia). Pizza, pizza. A North Carolina school district will install safes full of AR-15s to help the underfunded police. Malcolm Gladwell secures his position as an absolute piece of shit. Monetarily-mediated AI friendships are on the rise. Megan McArdle tries to cover her neocon core with philosopher name-dropping. Gig economy will destroy us all. Prisons manage to find more areas to profit from. Joe Rogan and some dipshit standup named Theo try to crack the case of 'China's Bad Becuz' only to reach the most hilarious of conclusions. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations JD's Recommendations: 1) The Bear 2) The Sandman JNM's Recommendations: 1) Prey 2) 10 Cloverfield Lane Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Senate passes Democrats’ fraudulent climate and “tax fairness” bill North Carolina school district planning to put AR-15 in every school in the even of another school shooting ‘Hunted’: one in three people killed by US police were fleeing, data reveals Malcolm Gladwell: Working From Home Is Destroying Us! >>> Gladwell is awful, Pt. 1 >>> Malcolm Gladwell Unmasked: A Look Into the Life & Work of America’s Most Successful Propagandist Replika AI Ads All Over My Twitter Megan McArdle Tries to Use the Rawlsian Veil of Ignorance to Support Anti-Abortion Position Bill to enshrine gig work into federal labor law 'would effectively get rid of the minimum wage and overtime
Fri, August 05, 2022
156 - Nuke My Moon Away
We discuss three desperate, pleading, bottom of the barrel ideas to halt climate disaster: nuclear war, dim the sun with chemicals in the air, and blow up the moon (for real). Celebs be private jetting too much (and Jason learns about just how far LA really is from NYC). Biden gets covid again. The CDC hates your fucking guts. Amazon expands its Cthulhu-like tentacles into the medical industry. Bank of America fucking hates your guts. Child labor in Alabama. WH Press Secretary has a mind-bogglingly stupid "Who's On First?"-type exchange with a reporter about the border wall that Biden's building, not finishing...or finishing, not building...? Biden keeps his research staff busy pretending not to find things. The nation is thriving. Andrew Yang created an idiotic political party beyond parody. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Jason's Recommendation: A Theory of Justice JNM's Recommendations: 1) Decision to Leave 2) Thirst 3) Retraction: Primitive Tech Vids Are Almost All Fake Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Nuclear War Reverse Global Warming As 1.5C warming nears, interest in sun-dimming tech heats up The Professor Who Wanted To Blow Up The Moon To Solve All Of Life's Problems Professor wanted to the blow up the Moon with nukes - to improve weather on Earth Biden Tests Positive for Coronavirus Again in ‘Rebound’ Case Head of the CDC explains why some people deserve better medical treatment than others Amazon Joins The Medicare Privatization Spree Hyundai subsidiary has used child labor at Alabama factory Hila
Sat, July 30, 2022
155 - Stephen King & Stepan Bandera Tag-Team feat. Timothy Robert Buechner
Jason's on vacation, so I had the pleasure of sitting down with Timothy Robert Buechner of the We Don't Know Wrestling Podcast Network and ending up with a sprawling-in-the-best-way, fuller-length episode. Biden v. Trump w/r/t Covid-19, mental deterioration, and more. Mayor Pete has a weird exchange while testifying before Congress in which he cartoonishly pledges fealty to whoever he has to in order to get ahead. Stephen King is hilariously pranked and promotes genocide in the process. Then we shift towards the news of Vince "The Rapist" McMahon retiring from the WWE, the metafictional narratives and the Andy Kaufman of the pro wrestling world, the useful wrestling-to-politics analogies found in the field, and the "Dark Side of the Ring," both literally and figuratively, in tragic figures like Chris Benoit, Jake the Snake, Brian Pillman, and in bizarro events like "The Plane Ride from Hell." Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations Tim's Recommendations: 1) We Don't Know Wrestling Podcast Network & 2) Joseph Montecillo's Video Essays JNM's Recommendations: 1) Cosmopolis & 2) Maps to the Stars Further Reading, Viewing, Listening US President Joe Biden 'doing great' after testing positive for Covid Sec. Buttigieg clashes with GOP congressman on Biden's mental fitness | USA TODAY >>> House Approves 25th Amendment Resolution Against Trump, Pence Says He Won't Invoke Stephen King admits to falling for Russians’ prank: ‘Fool me once, shame on them’ >>>FULL VIDEO: Video-prank with Stephen King (Original in English) Dark Side of the Ring: S02E01 - Chris Benoit Part One S02E02 - Chris Benoit Part Two <a href='https://www.dailymotio
Mon, July 18, 2022
154 - Just Livin' the Duck 'n' Cover Fever Dream
NYC's duck 'n' cover PSA. A couple of congress members make far too little, far too late (and probably cynical and calculated) gestures in defense of whistleblowers. Abe's whitewashed legacy and why some in Korea and China are celebrating his assassination. The necessity of prison labor (i.e. slavery) said aloud in Arizona. Millennials & renewables are the real problems here. It's terrifyingly, soul-shittingly hot these days. Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Extraordinary Attorney Woo JNM's Recommendations: 1) Men & 2) Crimes of the Future Further Reading, Viewing, Listening NYC Emergency Management Department issues Public Service Announcement for nuclear attack >>> PSA Video Rashida Tlaib Is Trying to Fix the Espionage Act, but Whistleblowers Are Probably Out of Luck >>> VIDEO: The Squad Actually Acknowledges Julian Assange Exists >>> AOC Rips Marjorie Taylor Greene's 'Insurrection' Claim as Roe Feud Heats Up Abe's Death, and Korea's Japanophobia >>> VIDEO: US-backed fascism in Japan: How Shinzo Abe whitewashed genocidal imperial crimes >>> ARTICLE: US-backed fascism in Japan: How Shinzo Abe whitewashed genocidal imperial crimes >>> Shinzo Abe shooting: who are the ‘Moonies’ and why are they in the spotlight? Arizona communities would 'collapse' without cheap prison labor, Corrections director says >>> Bizarre message board thread on this subject <a href='https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stefficao/ted-cruz-home
Sat, July 16, 2022
153 - The Sound of God Jr. Screaming Has Been Removed
Trump on Musk literal violence. Now you can eat the rich at $10 a pop. Do you make more per month than Xi Jinping? Sri Lankan uprising. Biden reads teleprompter instructions. The wall building never ends, even though the chanting has. Mayor Pete makes pathetic plans. Limewire's back, this time in NFT form. Akshualee, it's good that things are bad. Bolton/Pompeo scream the quiet parts. More Uvalde horrors. It's so hot that birds are falling out of the sky. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: 2666 by Roberto Bolaño JNM's Recommendation: God Jr. by Dennis Cooper Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Trump on Musk Truth Social Violence "Eat the Rich" ice cream truck sells $10 popsicles shaped like Bezos, Musk, other Xi Jinping Makes less than $2000/month Following president’s resignation, political turmoil in Sri Lanka intensifies Biden reads the teleprompter instructions New Biden border wall plans would put an end to Friendship Park Biden administration ‘slowballing’ border wall construction by calling for study What Does Pete Buttigieg Think the US has to Teach the World? Limewire’s return? With NFTs? Article describing “The Benefits of World Hunger” published by the UN goes viral, netizens confused whether it is real or satire Pay raises are getting smaller. That could be a good thing for workers. John Bolton casually takes credit for organizing coups on CNN <a href='h
Fri, July 08, 2022
152 - The Kamala Harris Aphorism Viral Load
A severe case of journalistic integrity busted all over the face of the news crawl (see the sources below for more specifics). Jason starts a new religion inspired by the wit and wisdom of Kamala Harris.* *and/or nascent schizophrenia and/or a series of miniature aneurysms Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: RRR JNM's Recommendation: "Escape From Spiderhead" by George Saunders [Full story] Further Reading, Viewing, Listening The Weirdest Small Towns in the United States Joe Biden Doesn't Really Support Abortion Rights Kyrsten Sinema fundraises after killing plan to codify abortion rights Biden taps Sen. Manchin's wife to co-chair Appalachian board US Supreme Court rules in favor of public school officials pressuring students to participate in Christian prayer Texas educators’ proposal to use 'involuntary relocation' instead of slavery rejected Supreme Court cripples the US government's power to fight climate change UN warns Earth 'firmly on track toward an unlivable world' China Reduced Air Pollution in 7 Years as Much as US Did in Three Decades Never-before-seen microbes locked in glacier ice could spark a wave of new pandemics if released Universal Health Care Could Have Saved More Than 330,000 U.S. Lives during COVID Fauci told you it's safe to unmask. This is the protoco
Tue, June 28, 2022
151 - Even a Grey Slow News Day is a Good Day Now
Colombian elections update. Alexa will soon be your teacher, mother, secret lover . Assange update. NFT/Crypto-verse bitter irony. Slavery's still A-Okay in the USA. Uvalde update. SCOTUS update. Havana syndrome update. WWIII update. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Slow Horses JNM's Recommendation: Mr.Heang Update Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Colombia’s first ever left-wing president Video Amazon's Alexa will soon be able to read you stories in a loved one's voice - even if they're dead The Economist - How Democracies Decay - The Warning from Latin America UK APPROVES ASSANGE EXTRADITION Media Cheer Assange’s Arrest (April 2019) Mexico’s President AMLO demands freedom for Julian Assange, ‘prisoner of conscience’ and ‘best journalist of our time’ Video w/ English translation NFT-themed Bored & Hungry restaurant no longer accepts crypto US Supreme Court abolishes constitutional right to abortion Democratic Leaders Don’t Fear Their Own Base. They Should. California Senate rejects involuntary servitude amendment Uvalde Hires Private Law Firm to Argue It Doesn’t Have to Release School Shooting Public Records U.S. to give some ‘Havana syndrome’ v
Fri, June 17, 2022
150 - Unwind After Work and Fail the Turing Test
We stitch together the false start recording from last week with the continuation a week later. Gay bullets, gay burgers. Google's AI labs have leaked something interesting. Nothing Will Fundamentally Change still has not fundamentally changed. War and strife, up is down, erotic nukes and frothy jingoism. Socialist in-fighting. Mexico's President AMLO goes HAM after boycotting Biden's condescending little summit of the Americas. Recycling is fake, the Unabomber was right. A prison bans books in Spanish and Swahili because prison guards are a'feared of prison riots that they can't decipher the linguistic value of. Interstitial palate cleansers about nature's oddities: source . Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendations: 1) My Mister & 2) Outer Range JNM's Recommendation: X Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Pride is now just a chance to show off your ‘gay friendly’ credentials, in a rainbow painted empty gesture Google engineer put on leave after saying AI chatbot has become sentient Biden Hikes Medicare Prices, Funnels Profits to Insurers Biden Is Locking Up Thousands of Immigrants in For-Profit Detention Centers Jan. 6 Hearings Give Democrats a Chance to Recast Midterm Message Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia exposes the hypocrisy of the imperialist war against Russia The Biden Administration Is in No Rush to Help Ukraine Negotiate an End to the War Biden’s reckless escalation toward nuclear war with Russia ABC News glorifies submarine capable of annihilating hundreds of millions <a href='https://www.ws
Thu, June 02, 2022
149 - Wittgenstein Was Far More Based Than Elon Musk
One of our longest cold opens yet. Colombian electoral politics take a tentatively promising leftward turn. Mass shootings, American exceptionalism par excellence. A dipshit congress-thing weighs in on the discourse and let's us know that wokeness and CRT are the main culprits for causing mass shootings. Weird, obsessive clickbait harassing Greta Thunberg is clicked upon, discussed. Marjorie Taylor Greene makes a *shockingly* *stupid* proclamation, and has four less syllables in her name than AOC. Elon Musk can't code and is just another boring villain who happens to shitpost. Biden and Modi have a big idiot's laugh about how nations across the world handled the totally, very much so, now eradicated coronavirus pandemic. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Blacktop Wasteland JNM's Recommendations: (1) Benedetta (2) Moonfall Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Colombia elections: Left wins historic victory against narco-regime Colombia’s far-right presidential candidate praised Hitler: Millionaire Rodolfo Hernández goes to runoff “False positives”: The cold-blooded murder of over 6,400 poor civilians by Colombian military assassins between 2002 and 2008 The Uvalde massacre and the pathological violence of American life https://massshootingtracker.site/ It's 21 weeks into the year and America has already seen 213 mass shootings This Republican senator thinks 'wokeness' is the cause of mass shootings Marjorie Taylor Greene predicts straight people will soon be extinct Dogecoin co-creator says Elon Musk is a grifter who doesn’t know how to run basic code ELON MUSK IS NOT A RENEGADE OUTSIDER – HE’S A MASSIVE
Tue, May 24, 2022
148 - Change the Currency to Oak Leaves, Greenspan!
Biden's in our neck of the woods. Some weird facts interspersed for palate cleansing. Let's hope Lula can displace Bolsonaro (whom Musk is courting in dangerous ways). Sonic inflation, don't even look it up. The NYT claims that the good times are upon us! Mayor Pete accidentally critiques capitalism on TV. A German will make a movie about the subtle and all-equalizing majesty of Japanese restrooms. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendations: Everything Everywhere All At Once JNM's Recommendation: 1) Law & Order S21E08 "Severance" (about Havana Syndrome) / S21E09 "The Great Pretender" (about the Sackler family) & 2) The Northman Further Reading, Viewing, Listening South Koreans protest Biden’s visit to Seoul amid heavy police presence Pro-, anti-Biden demonstrations to be held in front of Hyatt hotel VIDEO: Brazil’s Lula proposes creating Latin American currency to ‘be freed of US dollar’ dependency ARTICLE: Brazil’s Lula proposes creating Latin American currency to ‘be freed of US dollar’ dependency Brazil’s Most Popular President Returns From Political Exile With a Promise to Save the Nation The Neocolonial Game Behind Musk-Bolsonaro Rendezvous Twitter Bait Tricks People into Looking Up Bizarre Sonic Fan Art For Tens of Millions of Americans, the Good Times Are Right Now No Way Out But War The Inflation Crisis: a Tool of the Capitalists <a href='https://www.jacobinmag.com/2022/05/pete-buttigieg-free-market-hung
Fri, May 20, 2022
147 - Technical Difficulties in the Beautiful Sinkhole's Ancient Forest
Well we had a major recording problem in which Josh's track stopped recording about 20 minutes in and wasn't realized until about 90 minutes into the podcast. So we released those first 20 minutes, tacked on an explanation and some recommendations. Sorry 'bout that. We were actually keeping the mood relatively light for once, too, which paradoxically makes me think there's some deeper force out there dictating that our overall tenor be one of doom. Not really, but, ya know, just feels like something beyond bad luck. Anyway, our Discord is newly open to all comers. Check it out. Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendations: Don't relapse with nicotine and take up running. JNM's Recommendation: Phantoms in the Brain by V.S. Ramachandran Further Reading, Viewing, Listening There's A Failed Mount Rushmore In The Middle Of Virginia Brazil’s Lula proposes creating Latin American currency to ‘be freed of US dollar’ dependency World's most boring person revealed - so boring it's not worth read… A Town’s Covid Money Was Sent to One Man in Error. He Gambled It All Away. Giant sinkhole with a forest inside found in China Glass delusion VERIFY: If an American is charged with a war crime, would the US invade the Netherlands? U.S.: 'Hague Invasion Act' Becomes Law G.Dubya.Bush's Massive Freudian Slip Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: <a href='mailto:heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com'
Tue, May 10, 2022
146 - Give My Stimulus Check to the Palo Alto Capsule Life Correspondents Dinner
Elon Musk hilariously, idiotically, feigns worries about the CIA finding him with two self-inflicted gunshots to the back of the head (emeralds pour out according to crypto-bro lore). Updates and reminders on Steven Donziger, Julian Assange and Daniel Hale. A brief rage spiral directed at the White House Correspondents Dinner and Trevor Noah's bafflingly tone deaf and hypocritical self-suckjob concerning the US "free press" and all its intrepid journalist-poet-warriors. Aggressively pushing the George W warhawk agenda and cozying up to literal Klansmen: Joe Biden is a piece of shit pre-plastic surgery and post- or it's just gaffey stutters, stuttery gaffes. Nate Silver's stupidass website tries to convince those ground under the boot of capital, imperialism, graft, etc, that it was their meager stimulus checks that have caused skyrocketing inflation (' stop hitting yourself, stop hitting yourself ' goes the schoolyard chant). The US government, in its routine, matter of fact way, covers up more imperialistic crime RE Haitian Presidential Assassination. People are cramming themselves into little 'pods' (14 people in a 3 bed 2 bath house) for what still amounts to exorbitant monthly rent. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Severance JNM's Recommendations: 1) Escape Room & 2) Escape Room: Tournament of Champions Further Reading, Viewing, Listening After almost 1,000 days of arbitrary detention, Steven Donziger’s release highlights urgent need for action Australian government, Labor wash their hands of Assange amid imminent extradition threat Daniel Hale Support Team You Were Right About COVID, and Then You Weren’t Covid will always be an epidemic virus — not an endemic one, scientist warns What “endemic” COVID-19 really means: Mass infection and death forever (Pt. 1) What “endemic” COVID-19 really means: Mass infection and death forever (Pt. 2) “Endemic” COVID-19 may lead to 250,000
Tue, May 03, 2022
145 - New is the New Old
Back after a weird, unexpected, two week hiatus and talking about the incoherent mess of artificial "cool" and "intellect" that bored billionaire Peter Thiel is amassing around him like a human moat AKA The New Right. Josh wishes actual non-parodic, non-satirical bodily harm upon the insufferable PhD in Edge Lord Studies incarnate, Curtis Yarvin. Et cetera. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: My Liberation Notes JNM's Recommendations 1) On Becoming a God in Central Florida & 2) The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat & 3) The Fiery Furnaces - Rehearsing My Choir Further Reading, Viewing, Listening INSIDE THE NEW RIGHT, WHERE PETER THIEL IS PLACING HIS BIGGEST BETS Mouthbreathing Machiavellis Dream of a Silicon Reich Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Also, check out our newly updated YouTube channel for the hell of it Send us a text Support the show
Fri, April 15, 2022
144 - That of Which We Cannot Speak We Must Pass Over in Digression
Millionaire lifelong politician tells the unhoused to "go home." Nazis getting pwnd in WWII. Bloods and Crips develop class-based praxis. The immense tragedy of the Saudi siege upon Yemen. A bird shits on Biden and reminds us of "Birdie Sanders," etc. MEP Clare Daly goes off on actual Nazi-saluting MEP Angel Dzhambazki during a parliamentary proceeding. WWIII flare up. Covid, etc. NYT affirms the glaringly obvious about Hunter Biden's laptop, penis. Digressions and a lot of movie chatter in the mix as well. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: The Green Knight JNM's Recommendations 1) Billions (Season Six) & 2) Nope (Trailer) / Men (Trailer) & 3) Utopia Further Reading, Viewing, Listening WATCH: Maxine Waters Tells A Group Of Homeless People 'To Go Home' 10 Times The Nazis Got Completely Outsmarted By Con Men & Magicians WATCH: This Isn’t Ukraine, It’s the World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis | Saudi Siege of Yemen SILENT KILLER: The Siege of Yemen by Richard Medhurst and Amir Althibah WATCH: WAR IS PEACE? Blanket calls for more arms, more sanctions, more destruction are unweaving any chance at ending this war. MEP Angel Dzhambazki, fined one day prior for performing a nazi salute in the parliament, questions the morality of anti-war politics. Not in my books… US likely to see a surge of Covid-19 in the fall, Fauci says The WPost editorial page admits -- the first to do so -- that the corporate media owes the country a reckoning for the falsehoods they spread about the Biden docs before the election: "There’s also a danger of suppressing accurate and relevant stories." Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please
Tue, April 12, 2022
143 - In the Foothills of the President's Decaying Synapses
Biden tops himself topping himself. Robber Barrons be robbin' (teachers, specifically). Starbucks cracks down on labor unions. Amazon does the same in an even more dystoptian manner (see: list of banned words). Global supply chains be breakin' down. Student loans be unforgiven. People be lonely and weird and sex is off the menu for unintuitive reasons. Peter Thiel & Co. want to take away our fun drugs and MKULTRA them on our asses. Elon be Elon-ing. Tech monsters be tech monstering. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Atlanta JNM's Recommendation: Dicktown Further Reading, Viewing, Listening "I was in the the foothills of the Himalayas with Xi Jinping, I don't know that for a fact." Wall Street Is Fleecing a Bunch of Teachers Starbucks Is Desperate to Stop Unionization, So It’s Firing Worker Leaders LEAKED: NEW AMAZON WORKER CHAT APP WOULD BAN WORDS LIKE “UNION,” “RESTROOMS,” “PAY RAISE,” AND “PLANTATION” This Is What Happens When Globalization Breaks Down The student loan pause has been extended until the end of the summer How Everyone Got So Lonely LSD Capitalism Promises a Bad Trip for Us All WHAT ELON MUSK COULD MEAN FOR TWITTER Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link <a href='https://instabio.cc/208
Tue, April 05, 2022
142 - Houdini's View From Nowhere, Everywhere, Somewhere
Amazon labor union's huge tiny gains made in Staten Island. Houdini-talk interspersed throughout. As the World Burns. Make the personal sleep-deprivation political sleep-deprivation. That's me in the corner, losing my ambition, that's me in the spot light, eh fuck it. China Covid, Covid China, again. And heaps of digressions available upon stream and/or download. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Ping Pong JNM's Recommendation: Windfall Further Reading, Viewing, Listening In a stunning victory, Amazon workers on Staten Island vote for a union 15 Tales of Supremely Fearless and Totally Bizarre Houdini Exploits In a World on Fire Stop Burning Things Poor Sleep: being-underslept-and-out-of-sync-is-a-political-injustice Losing My Ambition China doesn't have a Covid exit plan. Two years in, people are fed up and angry Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Also, check out our newly updated YouTube channel for the hell of it Send us a text Support the show
Fri, April 01, 2022
141 - Biden's Poppers Habit Equals Imminent Nuclear Winter
Teachers must side-hustle to survive. More budgetary sadism from the Grand American Experiment. SARS-CoV-2 manages to create millions of orphans despite no longer and/or never existing. Joseph Robinette Biden may set off nuclear annihilation through typical senile outbursts stutters gaffes etc. South Korean labor unions invoke Squid Game while organizing a general strike. The Wizard of Oz is an allegory for something you've likely never heard about. Big dumb corporations get pathetic. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Pulp Fiction JNM's Recommendation: Death Becomes Her Further Reading, Viewing, Listening New Teachers are Earning 11% Less Than They Were 30 Years Ago Our Nation’s Teachers Are Hustling to Survive Congress Found An Easy Way To Fix Child Poverty. Then It Walked Away. There’s no return to normal for millions of children orphaned during Covid Joe Biden’s Careless Babbling Could Get Us All Killed First look: Biden to ask Congress to fund the police Korean unions use Squid Game to mobilize for general strike The Wizard of Oz as an Allegory for the 1896 Presidential Election From 5 fewer Doritos to shrunken Gatorade bottles, here are the insidious ways companies are charging the same amount for less stuff Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: <a href='mailto:heatde
Tue, March 29, 2022
140 - All Hail the Madam Secretary Who Bravely Refused to Wear a Human Skin Suit
RIP Secretary of State Bog Monster. Fascinating Facts. That's life in the biiiiiig city. More Fascinating Facts. Sea mammals learn to salute the flag and spill blood for the war effort. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Pachinko JNM's Recommendation: Homecoming Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Madeleine Albright dead at 84: American imperialism mourns a war criminal WATCH: War Criminal Madeleine Albright Dies at Age 84 Why life is faster but depression is lower in bigger cities How dolphins protect the US nuclear arsenal Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Also, check out our newly updated YouTube channel for the hell of it Send us a text Support the show
Fri, March 25, 2022
139 - Mark Linkous Explains It All
Things get loose and levity reigns (mostly) while discussing things that don't cast a shadow. Standard Stateside corruption. Jason tests Josh's miserable understanding of the FBI's Guide to Internet Slang. World War III still can't be ignored no matter how much we may like to (sudden remembrance /slash/ recommendation: "Human Moments in World War III" a short story by Don DeLillo). Mike Tyson sells ear-shaped THC candies now. The Earth's burning at both poles. A man in Japan is making a living by actively doing nothing. Plentiful tangents abound. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: 1) The Righteous Gemstones & 2) running & 3) What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami JNM's Recommendation: TrueAnon episodes 212: NATO (Part 1) , 213: NATO (Part 2) , and 214: NATO (Part 3) + 210: War In Ukraine Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Why Is Joe Biden Defending Betsy DeVos’s For-Profit College Giveaway? FBI Guide to Internet Slang WATCH: How the US and NATO started the war in Ukraine (Highly recommended, extended interview with Ben Norton, formally of The Gray Zone and now of Multipolarista.) WATCH: The battle for Ukraine, with ex-UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter Why did Ukraine suspend 11 ‘pro-Russia’ parties? Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky Combines All National TV Channels TYSON 2.0 MIKE BITES EAR-SHAPED CANNABIS GUMMIES Heatwaves at both of Earth’s poles alarm climate scientists </
Wed, March 23, 2022
138 - Everything's Amazon Now Except the Amazon
Well fuck it. We just talked about the near universal denial of the germ theory of disease, the 70 degree temperature increase in eastern Antarctica, and mostly just a documentary about the Reign of Bezos. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Valley of the Boom JNM's Recommendation: The History of Oil Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Also, check out our newly updated YouTube channel for the hell of it Send us a text Support the show
Mon, March 14, 2022
137 - An Earful of My Weird Escapism on My Obituary Birthday
Biden could single-handedly expand Medicare to everyone (and of course he won't). Dilyana Gaytandzhieva's rigorous and detailed reporting on US bioweapons labs staged around the globe finally gets some vindication. Ukrainian Nazism is not to be dismissed as insignificant. Larry Summers and Stephen Colbert act like assholes on TV. The current state of sanctions, global economy, etc. One of us, guess who, feels miserable about everything (hint: It very well may be both of us). Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Attack on Titan JNM's Recommendation: My Friend Dahmer Further Reading, Viewing, Listening How Biden Could Give Everyone Medicare on His Own Explosive Article: The Pentagon Bio-Weapons by Dilyana Gaytandzhieva Bulgarian journalist confronts US official over secret biolabs [WATCH] MintPressNews with Dan Cohen: US Admits to Funding Biological Laboratories in Ukraine, with Dilyana Gaytandzhieva [WATCH] Richard Medhurst: US Admits to Biolabs in Ukraine [WATCH] US diplomats involved in trafficking of human blood and pathogens for secret military program Documents expose US biological experiments on allied soldiers in Ukraine and Georgia MintPressNews with Dan Cohen: The Ukraine Crisis with Scott Ritter [WATCH] The Presence of Neo-Nazis in Ukraine Pushback with Aaron Maté: US-Russia conflict threatens economic havoc worldwide [WATCH] Biden Administration May Shield Bank Linked To Russian Oligarchs How Boris Johnson’s Party Shielded Russian Oligarchs’ Cash <b
Thu, March 10, 2022
136 - The Dark (K)night of the Soul of the Inception of the Nation
One of us saw The Batman . The other doesn't care at all about spoilers. We talk all, or many, things Caped Crusader and discuss multiple socio-political interpretations of the various incarnations of the property, as well as some of the more surface level elements of these chiropteran narratives. But mostly we just shoot the shit, to be honest, I think. Beware all ye who dare tread: COPIOUS SPOILERS AND EVEN MORE COPIOUS DIGRESSIONS ABOUND. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Paprika JNM's Recommendation: The Long Halloween Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Superheroes create cultural acceptance for popular oligarchy The Ideology of Nolan's Batman Trilogy The Confused Political Commentary Of ‘The Batman’ What Are The Batman’s Politics? How The Evolution of Batman Reflects The Zeitgeist The New Batman Is Deeply Unsettling. The Director Says That's the Point The Politics of Batman Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Also, check out our newly updated YouTube channel for the hell of it Send us a text Support the show
Tue, March 08, 2022
135 - The New Multipolarity's Rolling Up and Down Nancy Pelosi's Spasmodic Spinal Column
We're back and once again recording in the evening. Got a little loose and digressive. Nancy Pelosi’s remote controlled corpse malfunctioning on live TV right behind Joe Biden while he slurred every fourth word due to a childhood stutter that comes and goes when a convenient explanation is needed. We talk about not talking about Russia-Ukraine (then later can't help but talk about it a bit). Condi Rice tries to get her own damn self put on trial for crimes against humanity. Josh quizzes Jason on "Who Said It: Trump or Biden?" in between other segments. A Supposedly Fun Thing I Never NOT Do Again: some Wall Street douche decides to live on cruise ships for two decades and counting. ( Cruising is real.) SNL is still a cultural barometer? Man charged 13k for donating his kidney. NFT crypto bros have made monetary earnings a nihilistic ritual now. Elon Musk dares labor unions to even fucking try to undermine his spoiled brat kingdom. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Sleeping on your back by surrounding yourself with pillows JNM's Recommendation: 1) Barking Dogs Never Bite (Bong Joon-ho's first film) & 2) Joint Security Area (Park Chan-wook's fourth and first highly noted film) Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Pelosi sparks new SOTU meme during Biden ‘burn pits’ moment Iraq War architect Condoleezza Rice condemns Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as war crime Meet ‘Super Mario’, the man who’s lived on cruise ships for two decades He Donated His Kidney and Received a $13,064 Bill in Return Joe Biden Is Quietly Pursuing the Creeping Privatization of Medicare Gravitas: Western media's racist reportage on Ukrainian refugees The internet turned “money” into a hobby <a href='https://www.cnbc.com/2022/
Fri, February 25, 2022
134 - Speculatory Fog of War
Russo-NATO relations. Multipolar v. Unipolar global power arrangements. Elon Musk tries (and fails) to buy some kid's Twitter account for $5000. Tesla factories now racially segregated. Neuralynk's torture chambers. AI insurance claims adjusters, nuclear weapons operators, and sex dolls—lotsa sex dolls. People stop getting and dying from SARS-CoV-2 if nobody's counting anymore—the UK and US get this practice trending. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Inventing Anna JNM's Recommendation: The French Dispatch Further Reading, Viewing, Listening BREAKING: Putin Announces "Special" Operation in Ukraine's Donbas Region [VIDEO] Elon Musk offered a Florida teen $5,000 to delete a Twitter account tracking his jet California is suing Elon Musk's Tesla, alleging it runs a "racially segregated" workplace “Elon Musk’s brain-chip company Neuralink accused the company of subjecting monkeys to ‘extreme suffering’ during years of gruesome experiments.” When an AI rejects him for life insurance, Mitch wonders if he can escape his fate US defense to its workforce: Nuclear war can be won Giving an AI control of nuclear weapons: What could possibly go wrong? The sex tech to come could offer more than ‘the real thing The COVID-19 cover-up: Hear no deaths, see no deaths, speak no deaths Johnson government to end daily reporting of UK COVID deaths End of COVID-19 hospital death reporting is “incomprehensible,” says US health official A Potential COVID Game-Changer <a href='https://multipolarista.com/2022/02/05/us-sanctions-afghanistan-
Fri, February 18, 2022
133 - Praise the Propaganda and Pass the Ammunition
Update on Steven Donziger's incarceration. A rightwing ideologue who helped prosecute Donziger on behalf of Chevron is now being appointed by Biden to be a judge on a federal circuit court. A simple country billionaire doesn't know what all the fuss is about with wealth and resources being concentrated in the hands of a few people. The Grayzone has lost an amazing reporter in Benjamin Norton (who is carrying on with a new project called Multipolarista), likely due to disagreements about the pandemic. Coronavirus doesn't exist yet more people have it than ever (call it "Fauci's Paradox"). The Great Barrington Declaration was funded by hard right think tanks, notably ones backed by the Koch brother (now singular). An "ex" CIA operative, now State Department spokesperson, was made to squirm under simple, basic journalistic questions and it was glorious. Anti-Russian propaganda accidentally celebrates Ukrainian Nazism. Then we talk about TV for a bit. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: 1) All of Us Are Dead & 2) Yellowjackets & 3) Raised By Wolves JNM's Recommendation: 1) Multipolarista (website) / Multipolarista (youtube) & 2) Murderville Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Human Rights Lawyer LOCKED UP AGAIN With Alli McCracken Jarrar & Paul Paz y Miño [VIDEO] Biden nominates corrupt Trump-backed Republican judge [VIDEO] The moral calculations of a billionaire How The Koch Network Hijacked The War On COVID A Right-Wing Think Tank Is Behind the Controversial Great Barrington Declaration Calling for COVID-19 Herd Immunity Reporter challenges US gov't 'Russian false flag' conspiracy, compares it to Alex Jones [VIDEO] Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here<
Tue, February 08, 2022
132 - Articles and Topics is a Genre Now
Biden keeps on being Biden (now with 58% less brain activity!) and has given free rein to The Market in all areas of our lives. Ruthless privatization in general continues to be ruinous to hearts (literally) and minds. A back 'n' forth about private media monopolies, free speech, censorship and Neil Young's view that HIV can be transmitted via fast food French fries, all via the latest over-discussed Spotify/Rogan controversy. How to see everything Amazon and Google have compiled about you and your disgusting (probably) "private" lives. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: The Legend of Vox Machina JNM's Recommendation: The Devil's Advocate Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Breaking Down Biden’s Order to Eliminate DOJ Private Prison Contracts Biden vowed to close federal private prisons, but prison companies are finding loopholes to keep them open “Get This Thing Out of My Chest” A High-Risk Medical Device Didn’t Meet Federal Standards. The Government Paid Millions for More. Making Life-or-Death Health Care Decisions Thousands of Patients Were Implanted With Heart Pumps That the FDA Knew Could Be Dangerous Joe Rogan and Spotify How to Download Everything Amazon Knows About You (It's a Lot) Send us a text Support the show
Wed, February 02, 2022
131 - The Limited Hangout of Judge Holden's False Endemicity
Havana Syndrome wasn't real all along?? An evil judge ( see previous episode ) will finally vacate the bench. The pandemic will not become endemic, fuck whatcha heard. Anti-Chinese propaganda hits new lows. What if the towers never fell (at the end of Fight Club )? Modern Kamikaze, CIA Asset, Yakuza Boss. US Democracy is a sham, it's a "hat trick in a medicine show, a fevered dream, a trance bepopulate with chimeras having neither analogue nor precedent, an itinerant carnival, a migratory tentshow whose ultimate destination after many a pitch in many a mudded field is unspeakable and calamitous beyond reckoning." Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Archive 81 JNM's Recommendation: Innerspace Further Reading, Viewing, Listening CIA says 'Havana Syndrome' not result of sustained campaign by hostile power Tennessee Judge Who Illegally Jailed Children Plans to Retire, Will Not Seek Reelection What “endemic” COVID-19 really means: Mass infection and death forever American capitalism demands the infection of China China’s Zero-Covid Policy Is a Pandemic Waiting to Happen New York Times compares China’s Zero-COVID policies to the Holocaust The global media’s latest anti-China salvo: “Won’t somebody please think of the hamsters?” 'Fight Club' has a new ending in China. And this time, the authorities win A Japanese Dives Plane Into House Of Lockheed Agent <a href='https://r
Tue, January 18, 2022
130 - The David Brooksian Veil of Teledildonics
Back from an 11 day hiatus, our longest since beginning the podcast, and sassier and brassier than ever. Grab your kente cloth and take a knee as we discuss how MLK's been whitewashed and used to advance vile agendas by those who still pay nominal "respect" one day a year. Drape the Rawlsian "Veil" over your face and discover how deliberate ignorance can be bad...but also good! Astounding acts of premeditated sadistic murder never seen before in the animal kingdom (outside of humans, of course) have been taking place in a small village in the Indian countryside. David Brooks remains a braindead prig. Study: People Are More Attractive With Half of Their Faces Covered. Come for the lessons on how to transmit hugs to your grandma via the world wide web; stay for the primer on "teledildonics" and vagina dentata! Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Music Box: Listening to Kenny G JNM's Recommendation: 1) Selma & 2) Review with Forrest MacNeil Further Reading, Viewing, Listening MLK is revered today but the real King would make white people uncomfortable What We Don't Want to Know Monkeys blamed for hundreds of puppy deaths captured in India America Is Falling Apart at the Seams Face masks make people look more attractive, study finds Technology promises hugs at a distance. Beware what you wish for Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Also, check out our newly updated YouTube channel for the hell of it <a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/te
Fri, January 07, 2022
129 - Never-Ending Wrath Equation
All aboard the news maelstrom: Ghislaine Maxwell faces an effective lifelong prison sentence, but what about all the other Epstein-connected pedophiles? A small town experiments with UBI. In 897 CE the Catholic church put the corpse of the previous Pope on trial. Trump capitulates to the decorum police and cancels his 1/6 press conference. Silicon Valley cannot be tamed. In 1904 some guy got away with driving to the finish line during an Olympic marathon event. The New York Times publishes transparent state propaganda which tries to spin Guantanamo Bay into something delightful. You have no idea how hard it is to get a hamster drunk. In 1788 the Austrian army fought itself. “Anti-5G” jewelry and sleep masks are radioactive (lulz). People can't stop making things epic to the point of uselessness. In 1184 a floor collapsed sending a group of German noblemen to plunge into human waste. The USofA keeps on breaking records: 1 Million Infections in a single day. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: 86 JNM's Recommendation: Talking Simpsons Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Ghislaine Maxwell found guilty of sex-trafficking young girls for Jeffrey Epstein What happened when people in this upstate New York town started getting monthly $500 checks Trump Cancels Jan. 6 Press Conference Elizabeth Holmes’ verdict won’t change Silicon Valley Insane NY Times propaganda whitewashes Guantanamo prison camp [VIDEO] Guantánamo Bay: Beyond the Prison You Have No Idea How Hard It Is to Get a Hamster Drunk “Anti-5G” jewelry and sleep masks are radioactive Gigantism Is a Never-Ending Temptation for Engineers and Designers US tops one million new daily COVID-19 ca
Fri, December 31, 2021
128 - A Cure For Optimism By 2022
We look back upon the year via some MegaCorporation's search engine trends, a stupid op-ed written by an oblivious pseudo-journalist, and a braindead analysis of the worst political predictions of 2021. Also, if you're lonely or just plain weird and need a simulated group countdown to ringing in the New Year, we've got you covered in the final minutes of the episode. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Firebite JNM's Recommendation: The Great Frustration by Seth Fried Especially the final story "Animalcula: A Young Scientist's Guide To New Creatures" which can be read here online for free Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Google's "Year in Search" The Year in Review: Confessions of an Incurable Optimist The Worst Political Predictions of 2021 JNM's Review of The Great Frustration Biden Speaks After CDC Releases New Mask Guidelines [VIDEO] Take a look at the comments if ye dare tread Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Also, check out our newly updated YouTube channel for the hell of it Send us a text Support the show
Tue, December 28, 2021
127 - An Unflinching Look At Our Inability To Unflinchingly Look
Absurd histories. Who said it: Trump, Biden, Harris or Pence? Public dissections. Santa mock executed by a Nazi in Chile to teach children a lesson in terroristic coercion. Germany's Green Party's rightwing turn and belligerent nuke-mongering rhetoric. Trump plans to commemorate 1/6, the day the music died. The CIA tried to turn cats into spies. A wealthy heiress is incentivized to let her oil rig continuously leak oil into the ocean since 2004 till the ongoing present. Oceanic heat blob adds to climate doom. American clowns once fist-fought Canadian firefighters and created one of the biggest riots in Toronto history. NASA's still trying to pretend like everything's normal. China's dynamic zero COVID policy continues to be slandered, ignored, or diminished by a nation (guess which) with infection rates 2243x higher and death rates 817x higher (per capita). Pfizer drops a brand new drug, stayed tuned for our imminent unboxing video. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Don't Look Up JNM's Recommendation: Sorry to Bother You Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Stories From History That Are Almost Too Absurd To Believe, But Really Happened An unflinching look at a provocative public dissection of a ‘surplus’ zoo lion Germany’s New Green Foreign Minister Baerbock threatens Russia and China with nuclear weapons Trump plans news conference on Jan. 6, anniversary of deadly U.S. Capitol riot A Massive Oil Spill Helped One Billionaire Avoid Paying Income Tax for 14 Years Beware the Blob! Ocean heatwaves threaten micr
Fri, December 24, 2021
126 - The Dream of the Consortium
"The consortium was determined to satisfy the buyer’s secret desire: to appropriate the world, to possess it entirely." Josh reads the timely short story "The Dream of the Consortium" by Steven Millhauser from his collection The Knife Thrower. We'll be back with more regularly scheduled style programming next week. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Also, check out our newly updated YouTube channel for the hell of it Send us a text Support the show
Tue, December 21, 2021
125 - Elon Omicron's Hallucinogen-Fueled Nuclear Treaty
Time’s person of the year Elon Musk: Worshipping the pandemic profiteer The Democrats Are Trying To Lose Manchin says 'no' to Biden Florida man filed 745 tax returns in 4 years, collecting $235K in bogus refunds — ‘I found a flaw in your system, and I took advantage of it’ Factory bosses to workers before tornado: 'If you leave, you're more than likely to be fired' Amazon worker deaths in tornados raise questions about tornado training and cellphone policy “There is no reason people should have been scrambling last minute to get to shelter”: Sister of worker killed in Amazon warehouse crushed by tornado speaks out on lack of safety Outgoing NIH director warns that Omicron variant means “a million cases a day” by February Are you alarmed enough by omicron? Probably not. The Biden administration is lying: Scientists warned about Omicron threat Attacks on Brazilian scientists grow amid COVID-19 pandemic Psychedelics: The newest tool in nuclear negotiations? U.S. judge tosses $4.5 bln deal shielding Sacklers from opioid lawsuits <a href='https://slate.com/business/2021/12/speed-limit-americas-most-broken-law-history.html?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=em
Sat, December 18, 2021
124 - The Lost Boomer Death Squad Crossover Episode
Back in September 2021, Danny of Boomer Death Squad along with Josh and Jason of Heat Death of the Universe discussed the first episode of the then just premiering third season of American Crime Story: Impeachment , which focuses on the Clinton sex scandal (well the "big one" at least) that spawned an endless barrage of shitty late night show host and morning drive by radio DJ jokes and allowed a nation to be fooled once again by Slick "Epstein's Flight Logs MVP" Willy. Please enjoy this as bonus/supplement of sorts while the two hosts of Heat Death of the Universe adjust to (temporarily) being on opposite sides of the globe. A new episode should be dropping by midnight-ish, US Central Time, Monday (12/20/2021). Until then, enjoy this new configuration of BDS and HDU. Send us a text Support the show
Mon, December 13, 2021
123 - Our Unconscious Biases Swallowed By The Storm Drains of North Jersey
Steven Donziger is out of jail and back on house arrest. Assange is further being made an example of and the US is setting more dangerous precedents. Redditors are spamming Kellogg’s job portal to support striking workers. Chaos reigns along the Gulf Coast.. Grate-less storm drains in New Jersey keep swallowing people during floods. Could thorium-powered reactors save humanity? US consumer prices hit a 40 year high and wages have not increased. Bird aren't real, for serious. Mormons control the welfare state of Utah like a Sacred Underwear Mafia. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: The Beatles: Get Back JNM's Recommendation: Dopesick Further Reading, Viewing, Listening 'Huge Step Forward': Steven Donziger Transferred From Federal Prison to House Arrest UK High Court orders Assange extradited: A pseudo-legal travesty Useful Idiots - Reacting To Assange Verdict With UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer Redditors are spamming Kellogg’s job portal to support striking workers THE INDUSTRIAL INFRASTRUCTURE CATASTROPHE LOOMING OVER AMERICA’S GULF COAST Storm Drains Keep Swallowing People During Floods China shows us the path to the nuclear future US consumer prices rise 6.8 percent, near 40-year high Birds Aren’t Real, or Are They? Inside a Gen Z Conspiracy Theory <a href='https://www.propublica.org/article/utahs-social-safety-net-is-the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints-what-does-that-mean-if-youre-not-one?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_conten
Fri, December 10, 2021
122 - Listen, Chow Yun-fat, it's Chinagenocide
The Biden admin "diplomatically" boycotts the Beijing Olympics and opens itself up to scrutiny into its own human rights atrocities. Biden admin brazenly pretends its hands are tied when it comes to waiving patents on vaccines. Camel beauty contests in Saudi Arabia crack down on botox injections. Look at your life as a 4000+ week calendar/poster to boost "productivity." An Italian dentist (i.e. failed med student) uses a prosthetic silicone arm to try and get around being vaxxed. The US can't seem to prevent record numbers of newborn babies from getting syphilis because Congress gets to play doctor. People desperately want to clone the dead. The possibility of a Harris-Buttigieg 2024 ticket makes us laugh and laugh and laugh. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Arcane JNM's Recommendation: Maid Further Reading, Viewing, Listening The US boycott of the Beijing Olympics: A murderous state speaks of “human rights” US announces boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics Roughly 40% of the USA’s coronavirus deaths could have been prevented, new study says List of countries by incarceration rate The Xinjiang Genocide Allegations Are Unjustified Grayzone reporter talks Xinjiang, COVID-19 and western media [VIDEO] Max Blumenthal debunks US accusation of China's 'genocide' against Uighurs [VIDEO] I tried a calendar that's meant to boost productivity by mapping out the number of weeks you have left to live — here's how it went One Major Reason the U.S. Hasn’t Stopped Syphilis From Killing Babies The Lancet: I
Tue, December 07, 2021
121 - The CIA Loves Pedophilia and There Are Cool Living Bridges in Northeast India
The US twists the knife further into the Assange travesty. In Turkey, a drunk and "missing" man joins his own search party—you'll never believe what happens next! The concept of time is just, like, your opinion, man. [sings] All the single peasants (all the single peasants). The CIA's rife with pedophiles who totally evade all punishment by virtue of "protecting national security" (Also, this just in: the sky is blue). There are living bridges in northeastern India. The US can't stop voting in favor of Nazis at the UN. Black Friday remains a terrifying representation of US culture. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Megalo Box JNM's Recommendation: David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet Further Reading, Viewing, Listening US seeks to block Spanish investigation into CIA operation against Assange as British ruling on extradition appeal is “imminent” Turkey: 'Missing' man joins search party looking for himself How we became weekly The escalating costs of being single in America Secret CIA Files Say Staffers Committed Sex Crimes Involving Children The ingenious living bridges of India The Worst Black Friday Violence Horror Stories US keeps voting to defend Nazis at United Nations [VIDEO] Yesterday, the 76th session of the UN General Assembly once again adopted a resolution proposed by Russia against the glorification of Nazism. Only two countries voted against the motion: The United States & Ukraine. Incredibly, Germany abstained. UN Digital Library: "Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fueling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance" <a href='https://usun.u
Fri, December 03, 2021
120 - The Pizzagate Massacre: The Movie: The Ride!
We watched the recently released, darkly comedic satire and directorial debut, The Pizzagate Massacre . Then discussed the ins and outs of conspiracy theories, their subscribers and detractors, morally ambiguous characters, and how sometimes people just literally want a slice of pizza . Maybe two. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Jujutsu Kaisen JNM's Recommendation: JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Grimmfest 2021: An Interview With John Valley, Writer and Director of The Pizzagate Massacre True Anon - Episode 195: The Russia House (feat. Aaron Mate) Five Trump-Russia 'collusion' corrections we need from the media now -- just for starters Pizzagate conspiracy theory Podesta emails Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Also, check out our newly updated YouTube channel for the hell of it Send us a text Support the show
Tue, November 30, 2021
119 - Cash Scattered in the Middle of Nowhere
Update on whistleblower Daniel Hale and info on how to contact him in prison. Vietnamese factory workers lived in the factories for the greater good of the bottom line. Omicron, etc. FDR's forgotten crusade against "sexual perversion" in the Navy. Michael Flynn says the quiet part loud about the Evangelical theocratic endgame. Bill Gates bought all the news that's fit to print. Luxury survivalist training: new hedonistic kink for the uber-wealthy? Cash goes flying around the interstate—you'll never believe what happens next! Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Utopia JNM's Recommendation: The Purge franchise Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Write to Daniel Hale Workers in Vietnam lived inside factories to keep Samsung’s products on shelves during the pandemic Omicron variant puts world in a 'race against time', says EU Commission President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Forgotten Anti-Gay Sex Crusade Michael Flynn says of the US: 'We have to have one religion' Documents Show Bill Gates Has Given $319 Million to Media Outlets Are US spies behind Pandora Papers? And shady Facebook 'whistleblower' wants more censorship The New Luxury Vacation: Being Dumped in the Middle of Nowhere Cash scattered across a Southern California freeway sent drivers into a frenzy Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatde
Tue, November 23, 2021
118 - Implanted Advertisements in Our Dreams
The farmer's protests in India are going well and Modi's seemingly on the ropes. Biden sells off the Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas interests less than a week after talking about leading the world in climate emergency mitigation at the COP26 summit. Some scientists and marketing demons are researching ways to implant specific images and then full-blown advertisements into you dreams. Texas once again wants to secede from the country. NASA will fly a satellite into a pair of asteroids as preparation for an Armageddon-like event. Japan is turning shitty adult diapers into a new fuel source. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Hell Bound JNM's Recommendation: Urban Hiking Further Reading, Viewing, Listening In Rare Show of Weakness, Modi Bows to India’s Farmers Indian farmers hold mass rally, keep pressure on Modi despite climbdown US auctions off oil and gas drilling leases in Gulf of Mexico after climate talks Inside your dreamscape: Dream-hacking techniques can help us create, heal and have fun. They could also become tools of commercial manipulation Gravitas: Texit after Brexit? Why some Texans want to leave the US Nasa to slam spacecraft into asteroid in mission to avoid future Armaggedon A New Source of Fuel in an Aging Japan: Adult Incontinence Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeatho
Fri, November 19, 2021
117 - The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins (Part III)
We finish our final third of Vincent Bevins ' The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World about some of the most pivotal yet hugely unsung hinge points in the Cold War, centered around the mass slaughter of communists (and those alleged to be) in Indonesia circa 1965-66. We discuss the spread of anticommunist massacres in Chile, the Philippines, Argentina, Guatemala and beyond and try to take stock of what the whole Cold War period of installing murderous proxy dictatorships around the globe really amounted to and what it left us with at present. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's and JNM's joint recommendation: The Jakarta Method [AUDIO] Further Reading, Viewing, Listening The Murderous History and Deceitful Function of the CIA (discussion with Vince Bevins author of The Jakarta Method) [VIDEO] A Chat with Vincent Bevins (Full Interview) - The Jakarta Method [AUDIO] The Murderous Legacy of Cold War Anticommunism [Boston Review] Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Also, check out our newly updated YouTube channel for the hell of it Send us a text Support the show
Mon, November 15, 2021
116 - Chasing Our Tails Until Extinction & Enjoying the Circus Music Along the Way
Get exploited in your dreams for free. More and more people just might be noticing some fundamental problems but are still a million light years from a general strike or even a Howard Beale "Mad as hell" moment. Climate summits are mainly just monstrous wastes of time and energy, all the way down to the subatomic level. Climate science has spoken on the voodoo of "net zero." Kyle Tollhouse Porterhouse did etc, and his judge/manservant loves him enough to ban zooming in on crucial video footage for, uh, reasons and, er, 'logarithms.' A lawyer stalked a beach as a storm approached, dressed as The Shape in order to be a beacon of positivity. Kamala Harris 2024: " Together we must work together to do things together. " Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendations: 1) Courtney Barnett - Things Take Time, Take Time & 2) The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore & 3) Orbital - Orbital 2 JNM's Recommendation: Inspector Koo Further Reading, Viewing, Listening When Work Invades Your Sleep Through Your Dreams A record 4.4 million Americans quit their jobs in September Nancy Pelosi says the ‘climate crisis is a national security matter’ to defend Pentagon budget increase Climate scientists: concept of net zero is a dangerous trap Rich People Are Destroying the Planet Covid cases are surging in Europe. America is in denial about what lies in store for it Judge buys Rittenhouse lawyer’s inane argument that Apple’s pinch-to-zoom manipulates footage <a href='https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mark-metzger-iii-michael-myers-galveston-halloween_n_6142
Fri, November 12, 2021
115 - The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins (Part II)
We continue our Book Club series on Vincent Bevins ' The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World about some of the most pivotal yet hugely unsung hinge points in the Cold War, centered around the mass slaughter of communists (and those alleged to be) in Indonesia circa 1965-66. We draw more parallels between the Brazilian coup of 1964 and the Indonesian coup of the following year and dive into more gruesome realities and chains of evidence connecting the US government to these events. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Asparagus JNM's Recommendation: Nicaragua, Keith Olbermann & Climate Imperialism W/ Camila Escalante, Ben Norton & Danny Haiphong Further Reading, Viewing, Listening The Murderous History and Deceitful Function of the CIA (discussion with Vince Bevins author of The Jakarta Method) [VIDEO] A Chat with Vincent Bevins (Full Interview) - The Jakarta Method [AUDIO] The Murderous Legacy of Cold War Anticommunism [Boston Review] Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Also, check out our newly updated YouTube channel for the hell of it Send us a text Support the show
Mon, November 08, 2021
114 - One Great Big Festering Neon American Restroom Association
Biden is the new FDR, 'cept he's still got his functioning gams, jack! Some piece of shit judge wants to smooch with and make tender love to Kyle Rittenhouse. New psychological study says we're thought more highly of than we'll ever know. Some proto-Banksy enacted the inverse of Project Mayhem by covertly changing traffic signs on an LA freeway. The great Dave Anthony gives us a valuable scientific/political lesson and gets to slag Matty "One Billion American (Slaves) Needed" Yglesias along the way. CRT? More like See Me Pee (on the street because even toilets must be solely engines of capital consolidation). Also, the pinko commie rag The Economist reports on scientific findings indicating that two to four times as many people have died from coronavirus than the official number states. Long Covid is revealing itself to be more and more responsible for serious cognitive malfunction. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Made For Love JNM's Recommendation: Freaky Further Reading, Viewing, Listening The people Kyle Rittenhouse shot can’t be called ‘victims’, a judge says. Surprised? Actually, Everyone Is Thinking About You SIGN FROM ABOVE: Guerilla Traffic Sign Artist-Activist Climate change: Carbon emissions show rapid rebound after Covid dip Latest episode of The West Wing Thing as referenced and excerpted by HDotU Methane is more dangerous than carbon dioxide — the gas index can help Did critical race theory really swing the Virginia election? At Long Last, The Right Has Joined The Culture War Where Did All the Public Bathrooms Go? The pandemic’s true death toll <a href='https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2021/10/22/lingering-bra
Fri, November 05, 2021
113 - The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins (Part I)
We begin our Book Club series on Vincent Bevins ' The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World about one of the most pivotal yet hugely unsung hinge points in the Cold War, centered around the mass slaughter of communists (and those alleged to be) in Indonesia circa 1965-66. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: The Great JNM's Recommendations: 1) The Velvet Underground (2021 documentary) 2) The Act of Killing 3) Steven needs support on the inside. Please write and send letters to: Steven Donziger Register No: 87103-054 Federal Correctional Institution Pembroke Station Danbury, CT 06811 Further Reading, Viewing, Listening The Murderous History and Deceitful Function of the CIA (discussion with Vince Bevins author of The Jakarta Method) [VIDEO] A Chat with Vincent Bevins (Full Interview) - The Jakarta Method [AUDIO] The Murderous Legacy of Cold War Anticommunism [Boston Review] Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Also, check out our newly updated YouTube channel for the hell of it Send us a text Support the show
Bonus · Tue, November 02, 2021
000 - New Nightmare (1994) - Commentary Track
This is another one the of seven commentaries recorded on Halloween 2021 for the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise commentary marathon we did. We're now designating movie commentaries as exclusively for patrons of our aptly named 'patreon'. But since we just started we thought we'd make at least one or two of them 'public' to see if anyone's interested. On Halloween Day 2021 we did a seamless marathon viewing of all six (canon) entries in the A Nightmare on Elm Street movie franchise, from the game-changing innovation of the 1984 Wes Craven original all the way to the gobsmackingly chintzy, bizarre, it’s-the-90s-now, LooneyTunes-esque, tonally-clashing 1991 Final Nightmare: Freddy’s Dead . While still in the Nightmare mindset, Josh watched 1994’s New Nightmare and commented upon this non-canon, highly metafictional, full-circle return of Wes Craven, which pointed strongly toward the next step in popular horror cinema, 1996’s Scream . Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Also, check out our newly updated YouTube channel for the hell of it Send us a text Support the show
Bonus · Mon, November 01, 2021
000 - A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) - Commentary Track
This is one of the of seven commentaries recorded on Halloween 2021 for the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise commentary marathon we did. We're now designating movie commentaries as exclusively for patrons of our aptly named 'patreon'. But since we just started we thought we'd make at least one or two of them 'public' to see if anyone's interested. On Halloween Day 2021 we did a seamless marathon viewing of all six (canon) entries in the A Nightmare on Elm Street movie franchise, from the game-changing innovation of the 1984 Wes Craven original all the way to the gobsmackingly chintzy, bizarre, it’s-the-90s-now, LooneyTunes-esque, tonally-clashing 1991 Final Nightmare: Freddy’s Dead . While still in the Nightmare mindset, Josh watched 1994’s New Nightmare and commented upon this non-canon, highly metafictional, full-circle return of Wes Craven, which pointed strongly toward the next step in popular horror cinema, 1996’s Scream . Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Also, check out our newly updated YouTube channel for the hell of it Send us a text Support the show
Fri, October 29, 2021
112 - Jailed Innocents and Fauci's Three Pillars of Evil
Updates on both Donziger and Assange. The strike wave continues. Or does it? Avoid billions in income taxes with these 3 E-Z Steps! Fauci is irredeemably awful for many reasons here are three standouts. A man lived off of Six Flags concessions every day for seven years: listen to find out why! Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Hellbound (TRAILER) JNM's Recommendation: Call the Department of Justice and leave a message in support of Steven Donziger. Call 202 353 1555 and leave this message, as recommended by Steven himself : Mr. Attorney General I am calling on behalf of Steve Donziger and the values of our country to ask that you not let a corporate private prosecution take place in the United States that clearly violates the rule of law. All you need to do is one simple thing: take the case out of Chevron's hands and take it over directly yourself via the DOJ. Review it if you want or dismiss the charges as was the original decision by the DOJ but you can't let a private prosecution take place. Please take back the case and stop this unprecedented prosecution that has been condemned by members of Congress, 68 Nobel laureates, Greenpeace, the United Nations, and Amnesty International. Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Donziger’s Appeal Denied, Must Report to Prison Wednesday The horrific persecution of Julian Assange continues Is this a strike wave? Buy, Borrow, Die Elon Musk Throws a Shit Fit Over Possibility of Being Taxed His Fair Share How to Tax Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos In Major Shift, NIH Admits Funding Risky Virus Research in Wuhan Fauci critics say NIH letter debunks 'gain of function' denial An Open Letter To Dr. Anthony Fauci (1988) The Devil and Dr. Fauci: The Many Faces of Bureaucratic Evil <a href='https://www.peta.org/b
Mon, October 25, 2021
111 - Bolsanaro's Tears and the Manchin Family's Flame-Engulfed Yacht
New Zealand fired a wizard. Self-driving cars begin to eerily congregate in San Francisco. Big Tech & bellicose billionaires more generally decide to also help create the impending water wars in addition to all the rest the contribute to the world. Jair Bolsonaro is being indicted on 24 criminal counts, including crimes against humanity linked to his mass murderous handling of coronavirus. Somehow removing unemployment benefits didn't kickstart the economy and the employment rate has decreased even further since then. Joe Manchin rubs it in all our faces and we suggest fun ways for he and his disgusting family to "accidentally" be neutralized. The never-ending news of the spending bill provokes a vision that when all is said and done the thing will literally just be two nickels rubbed together by Manchin and Sinema while they belly laugh in all our faces on national TV. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Locke & Key JNM's Recommendation: Station Eleven Further Reading, Viewing, Listening A New Zealand city is taking its official wizard off the payroll after over 2 decades Self-driving Waymo cars gather in a San Francisco neighborhood, confusing residents Big tech data centers spark worry over scarce Western water Bolsonaro charged with mass murder for COVID-19 herd immunity policy in Brazil Where are the workers? Cutoff of jobless aid spurs no influx Trump and Miller attempted to deploy 250,000 troops to US-Mexico border in Spring 2020 Joe Manchin Is American Politics Biden Announces New Reconciliation Deal That Slashes Bill Nearly in Half 'Pressure from US, EU could destabilize Ethiopia' <a href='https://timesofsandie
Fri, October 22, 2021
110 - The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster
In another edition of our ongoing Book Club series, we discuss the bafflingly prescient and hugely unknown E.M. Forster proto-science fiction and dystopian story The Machine Stops . This was written in 1909 yet managed to very accurately predict technologies like the internet, including its ability to be used as a device that can allow people to never leave the house: video conferencing, delivering food, clothes, music, literature and even artificial oxygen all to individuals living in isolation in underground chambers, yet connected to thousands and mediated by "the Machine." A harrowing and all-too-familiar vision of a world saturated with social atomization and mechanized order as well the dire consequences they may bring. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Dune (2021) JNM's Recommendation: The Machine Stops Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Public domain copy of the story: The Machine Stops Audiobook of The Machine Stops "How E.M. Forster’s Only Foray Into Sci-Fi Predicted Social Distancing" "The Machine Stops" a review by famed neurologist and author Oliver Sacks "The Machine Stops: Science and Its Limits" The Machine Stops: Will Gompertz reviews EM Forster's work JNM's review of The Machine Stops WATCH: 1960s British science fiction anthology series Out of the Unknown included an adaption of "The Machine Stops" as one of their best received episodes (via archive.org) Review of the TV episode adaptation in Radio Times , September 29, 1966 Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et ceter
Tue, October 19, 2021
109 - Flow My Beers, the Policemen Said
We discuss the largely forgotten story of one of the largest riots in New York City history. In September 1992, some 10,000 off duty NYPs descended upon City Hall in a racially charged and drunken protest/riot, with their fury directed at Mayor David Dinkens, NYC's first and so far only Black mayor. We take a look at the details of the bizarre spectacle of off duty and on duty cops meeting at a bit of an "awkward" crossroads during the riot, the historical context of the event, and the instrumental role of the vile figure of Rudolph "9/11" "Don't-Call-Italians-Fascist" Giuliani. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Bad Religion - Let Them Eat War JNM's Recommendations: 1) The Vanguard Live with Abby Martin 2) “Here’s the awful truth: even if every person, every automobile, and every factory suddenly emitted zero emissions, the earth would still be headed—head first and at full speed—toward total disaster for one major reason: the US military.” —Barry Sanders, earthsgreatestenemy.com Further Reading, Viewing, Listening In 1992, thousands of furious, drunken cops descended on City Hall — and changed New York history Rudy Giuliani’s 1992 police riot Crowd psychology Groupthink Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind by Gustave Le Bon Rudy Giuliani Is Accused Of Inciting A Riot. It’s Not The First Time Officers Rally And Dinkins Is Their Target (1992 NYT Article) Rudy’s Racist Rants: An NYPD History Lesson Dinkins Denounces Police Protest As Furthering an Image o
Fri, October 15, 2021
108 - Bloodless Meridian, or Jailed For a Crime That Doesn't Exist
We discuss the investigative journalism of the recently published article "Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn’t Exist. Almost Nothing Happened to the Adults in Charge" about a sinister judge (Judge Donna Scott Davenport) ruling in in Rutherford County, Tennessee with totally unchecked impunity and an wholly deranged and bombastic sense of moral superiority. For more than 20 years now she's been sending numerous children, some as young as young as 7 years old, to a corrupt and abusive juvenile detention center for extremely petty offenses (like using curse words) or for absolutely nothing at all, as we see in the article. Hopefully her reign of terror can finally be ended by shining a light on her disgusting enterprise through journalism like this and attendant activism and social pressure. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD/JNM Joint Recommendation: Long Walks JNM's Recommendation: Useful Idiots Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn’t Exist. Almost Nothing Happened to the Adults in Charge. LISTEN: The Takeaway - Adults Jailed Black Children for a Crime That Doesn't Exist Kids for cash scandal WATCH: Variety of videos + full documentary about the scandal Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Also, check out our newly updated YouTube channel for the hell of it Send us a text <a re
Tue, October 12, 2021
107 - Reverse Sinema Logistics of the Faux-vel Office
The distractions of the interlocking bullshit from both QAnon and BlueAnon as recently exemplified by Tucker Carlson and Third Reich wunderkind Steven Miller's latest flame-fanning nonsense about the White House's fake Oval Office. The bizarre subterranean markets and mind-boggling waste from our big-box online overlords. Why is it China's responsibility to process all the world's garbage-rubbish-trash? Would a prison really spend 10 years and $20,000 just to refuse to give a blanket to an inmate? (SPOILER: Yes.) Kyrsten Sinema just being her own damn self. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD'S Recommendation: Metroid Dread JNM's Recommendation: 1) Banned Mormon Cartoon 2) Cutthroat Kitchen Further Reading, Viewing, Listening "The World is a Corporation" (Network, 1976) Why the White House Built a Fake Oval Office for Joe Biden Louis Vuitton bags, Nike shoes, stool samples: Inside the bizarre economy of unclaimed Amazon packages The Nasty Logistics of Returning Your Too-Small Pants Texas Prisoner’s Lawsuit Over Reaction to Prison Blankets Moves Forward Texas Inmate With Allergies Has Asked for a Cotton Blanket for 10 Years, Lawsuit Says Court sides with inmate who sued Texas prison over blankets KYRSTEN SINEMA IS LITERALLY TEACHING A COURSE ON FUNDRAISING Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: hea
Thu, October 07, 2021
106 - Stowing Away on The Korean Wave
We address several excellent questions and comments from a listener (u/joshuaism) about Korean culture, partially through the lens of the currently extremely popular Korean streaming series Squid Game . The nature of Korean entertainment on the global stage. The country's complex relationship with gambling. Debt. Wealth inequality. Economic and social mobility. Loan sharks. Organized crime and its portrayal in popular fiction. Christianity and religion or lack thereof more broadly. North Koreans defecting to the South. Immigration and migrant labor. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD'S Recommendation: Dasha Plesen JNM's Recommendation: The Housemaid Further Reading, Viewing, Listening BTS and EXO: The soft power roots of K-pop South Korea’s Complex Relationship with Gambling Household debt posing major threat to Korean economy amid pandemic From loan sharks to drug fortune: S Korean reaps virus rewards South Korea: Nature and extent of loan-sharking; protection available for victims of loan sharks Organized Crime in South Korea Kkangpae Christianity in Korea The Global Social Mobility Report 2020 Equality, Opportunity and a New Economic Imperative Generational Divides and the Future of South Korean Democracy 'Parasite' reflects deepening social divide in South Korea ‘Squid Game’ is No. 1 on Netflix and South Koreans are using the survival drama to talk about inequality North Korean defectors: What happens when they get to the South? Cro
Mon, October 04, 2021
105 - At Least The Mafia Has Some Rules
Update of the Steven Donziger situation. CIA assassination plans. Russiagate further devours itself. Democrats negotiate themselves into oblivion. Covid Relief funds used to build prisons. Pandora Papers just dropped. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD'S Recommendation: Exit JNM's Recommendation: As the Gods Will Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Lawyer Steven Donziger found guilty of withholding evidence in Chevron case Imperialist gangsterism and the CIA plot to kill Julian Assange With Clinton lawyer charged, the Russiagate scam is now under indictment What's in the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill? Why we're willing to put our votes on the line for the Build Back Better Act Nearly half of American workers don’t earn enough to afford a one-bedroom rental Real average hourly earnings for all employees in the United States Alabama GOP governor signs bills to use Covid-19 relief funds to build prisons into law The Bill For His COVID Test In Texas Was A Whopping $54,000 Pandora papers: biggest ever leak of offshore data exposes financial secrets of rich and powerful Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: <a href='mailto:he
Thu, September 30, 2021
104 - The Hidden Optimism of the Doomsday Clock
Steven Donziger finally catches a break. Conceptual art scams again. An unorthodox beverage choice causes a forest fire. 2021 Doomsday Clock Statement. Ban backpacks, not guns. 500k Americans lack indoor plumbing. Ban border patrol horses and everything will fall perfectly into place. Guantanamo Bay will be expanded, further privatized, and no goddamn horses or their pills and pastes will be allowed. Plus, we play around with this website . Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Diablo JNM's Recommendation: The Grayzone and more specifically these two videos: 20 years after 9/11, millions of victims of 'War on Terror' Biden's UN speech shows further US commitment to war and meddling, not 'diplomacy' Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Highest U.N. Human Rights Body Rules U.S. Government Must Release Steven Donziger from “Arbitrary” Detention and Compensate Him for Legal Violations An Artist Was Paid $84,000 By A Museum—And Delivered Two Blank Canvasses Woman Accused of Starting Fawn Fire Was Attempting To Boil Bear Urine to Drink It is 100 seconds to midnight - 2021 Doomsday Clock Statement Not a single G20 country is in line with the Paris Agreement on climate, analysis shows Is it too late to prevent climate change? Triple jeopardy: Children face dark future of climate disasters Gun Fears See School Ban Backpacks, Forcing Students to Improvise With Random Items <a href='https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-says-horses-will-no-longer-
Mon, September 27, 2021
103 - Havana Parliamentarian Squid Games Syndrome
Gig workers get a little dignity. Bill Gates is a weird pervert, allegedly. China is doing exciting research into new energy sources. The parliamentarian wields more "power" over the entire legislative and executive branches. Haitian refugees welcomed by Mexico as the US chases them with horses and illegally sends them back into immense danger. Congress absurdly and unanimously passes a bill to compensate "victims" of the extremely real and totally not fake "Havana syndrome." Defense budget predictably balloons for another fiscal year. We answer a listener's inquiries about Squid Games and Korean cultural and historical forces connected to anti-capitalist media. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD'S Recommendation: Cowboy Bebop (Live Action) - Opening Credits JNM's Recommendations: Triple Feature: The Last Boy Scout / The Long Kiss Goodnight / Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Further Reading, Viewing, Listening NYC Delivery Workers Gain Right to Use Restaurant Bathrooms The Labor Battle for the Right to Pee WATCH: Bill Gates says meetings with Jeffrey Epstein were 'a mistake' China eyes thorium breakthrough in Gobi desert Senate parliamentarian likely dooms plan to legalize immigrants through budget bill Mexico urges Haitians at US-Mexico border to give up and head south House passes bill to compensate 'Havana syndrome' victims House passes sweeping defense policy bill Pentagon buried study that found $125 billion in wasteful spending Why does social
Mon, September 20, 2021
102 - Munchward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way
"Who would die for this chance to be fed this death of pleasure with spoons, in their warm homes, alone, unmoving?" We celebrate Jason's birthday by discussing the extent to which nostalgia can negatively impact people and societies (happy birthday!) and then move on to read from the classic essay written by the trio of Daniel Bessner, Matt Christman and Amber A’lee Frost entitled “Slimer on Coke, Muncher on Zoloft" which examines the Ghostbusters franchise and how the original films, especially Slimer, accurately depicted the excesses of the 1980s and 90s, while a newer, bluer, abomination dubbed Muncher, created for the soon approaching Ghostbuster's reboot/remake/sequel/whateverthefuck so unfortunately reflects, with some real accuracy, the larger economic, cultural and mass-psychological state of present day America. Stick around to hear our effusive joint recommendation of the new Korean TV series Squid Game . Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990, VHS) full in HD Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Also, check out our newly updated YouTube channel for the hell of it Send us a text Support the show
Thu, September 16, 2021
101 - Everyone is Beautiful and No One is Horny
Today we read from the essay "Everyone is Beautiful and No One is Horny" by Raquel S. Benedict, which examines the evolution of fitness culture in the realm of Hollywood films, contrasting the current moment primarily with the cinematic expressions of the 1980s and 90s. Interesting parallels are drawn between social atomization, residential architecture, a society gripped by fear and the need to be "battle-ready," and this sexless pursuit of physical perfection, the body rendered solely or predominately as an investment of capital, just like a McMansion, some stock, or the eighteenth producer credit on another cape movie. Before all of that we talk about George W. Bush's dumbass speech on 9/11, and the massive governmental failure to prevent millions of people from getting evicted, all in service of taking the Emergency Rental Assistance funds back from the states that have been extraordinarily slow to disburse them. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: bloodknife.com JNM's Recommendation: A Naked Singularity by Sergio de la Pava Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Everyone is Beautiful and No One is Horny by Raquel S. Benedict States race to hand out billions in rent aid before federal deadline to use it or lose it Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Also, check out our newly updated YouTube channel for the hell of it Send us a text Support the show
Mon, September 13, 2021
100 - Clickbait Roulette Ouroboros
We take notice of hitting the 100th episode mark and bring things full circle back to episode 001 by having a spirited round of Clickbait Roulette (patent pending). We loosen our mouths and brains with some beverages and cover some of the more irregular news of the day: Political violence related to a side-by-side Biden flag and Trump effigy. An idiotic and "jasmine-scented" mural in London. The ignoble science behind fucking as a natural decongestant. A TikTok-based "Time Traveler" is shockingly full of shit. A possibly drunk person calls in a bomb threat about the flight they just barely missed. Giant strides in free speech rights made for labor unions/symbolic rodents. Turkish cops get the death penalty for gambling on sports. The Quietest Room on Earth. New Zealand's PM speaks out against people copulating in hospitals. What exactly is Grimace? A very polite person meets a truly gruesome and accidental end in a McDonald's drive-thru. Milkcrate Challenge + gender reveal party ends disastrously. A certain Japanese rollercoaster must be destroyed + and its riders must "please scream inside [their] heart[s]." Support: http://patreon.com/heatdeathpod General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Speed Racer JNM's Recommendation: Ween The Pod Pure Guava Chocolate and Cheese Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Also, check out our newly updated YouTube channel for the hell of it Send us a text Support the show
Thu, September 09, 2021
099 - The Ivermectin Climate Wars
We react to the death of Michael K. Williams, wax doomily upon the state of things like labor unions, the mask and Ivermectin culture wars, vaccine distribution, the 7 Stages of Covid , climate disaster, unemployment offices billing people to pay all their money back, Tara Reade, and more. General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: The Sandman (Audiobook) JNM's Recommendation: Paul F. Tompkins , in particular: "Werner Herzog's" Yelp Review for Trader Joe's on Hyperion (LIVE ) "Werner Herzog" Reviews Trader Joe's on Yelp (TEXT) Werner Herzog hears Paul F Tompkin's Werner Herzog Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Michael K. Williams Had a Future as a Serious Left Activist Biden Could Share Vaccine Data With The World Tell Biden to pick up his pen and sign the Section 1881A of the Social Security Act, giving healthcare to everyone Majority of remaining fossil fuels must stay in the ground to limit climate crisis below critical threshold, study shows Biden promotes unions as bulwark against growing rank-and-file rebellion Time's Up Declines to Fund Joe Biden #MeToo Allegation New Evidence Supports Credibility of Tara Reade's Allegation How Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and America Get Away With It A Year Later, Tara Reade Works to Correct the Record Democrats accused of double standard on Biden, Kavanaugh Loca
Mon, September 06, 2021
098 - A Fake May Day in September
We discuss the cruel timing of the Biden administration and the Democratic controlled Congress ripping away vital unemployment assistance and pandemic related programs from 7.5 million people on Labor Day, a day that was once a celebration of labor unionization and now has become another meaningless day to shop till ya drop or get blind drunk like usual. We give a very compact overview of all things labor union related throughout US history, from positive steps forwards to literal massacres on behalf of Moneyed Interests. And we round things out by discussing how Labor Day Is a Scam To Keep You Poor and Miserable Forever, and how May Day, the true international day of labor solidarity, was wrenched away from American consciousness, despite its origins being from the infamous Haymarket affair/riot in Chicago. General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Brand New Cherry Flavor JNM's Recommendation: Human Nature Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Labor Day Is a Scam To Keep You Poor and Miserable Forever Pandemic-related unemployment programs expire for over 7.5 million jobless workers in the US 30 victories for workers' rights won by organized labor over the years Ludlow Massacre Flint sit-down strike The prevalence of trade unions across the world as tracked by International Labor Organization History of union busting in the United States Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Also, check out our newly updated YouTube channel for the hell of it Send us a text <a rel="payment" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1228850/suppo
Sat, September 04, 2021
097 - End Times Weather Report / Listener Mailbag
Fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes and of course the pandemic holding it all together. There's a "Mu" variant in town, coming soon to a human population near you! The draconian Texas abortion legislation was, of course, all the fault of Ralph Nader, Susan Sarandon, and Bernie (and his awful awful "bros"). Pulling out combat troops, leaving the drones and the psychotic contractors behind in Afghanistan, all while bipartisanship gives the green light to adding another $25,000,000,000 to the (always underfunded) defense budget in 2022 (gotta annihilate Yemeni civilians somehow). The Sackler Family continues to embody evil. And we have our inaugural "Mailbag" segment on the show. General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: What If...? JNM's Recommendation: Taxi Driver (Korea, 2017) Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Also, check out our newly updated YouTube channel for the hell of it Send us a text Support the show
Wed, September 01, 2021
096 - Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber (Part II)
In our fourth Book Club installment we discuss the final half of David Graeber's excellent anthropological analysis of the modern workplace and economic landscape, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory . (Also, check out our newly updated YouTube channel for the hell of it.) General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: D.P. JNM's Recommendation: Double Feature: Taxi Driver / Bringing Out the Dead Further Reading, Viewing, Listening David Graeber on the Extreme 'Centre' [VIDEO] On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs: A Work Rant by David Graeber David Graeber: After the Pandemic, We Can’t Go Back to Sleep Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Sat, August 28, 2021
095 - Pray Away Project MK-Exodus
We veer away from our usual fair, slightly, and discuss the heinous cruelty of gay conversion therapy and several interrelated issues concerning American Christianity, homophobia, class-based analysis, cultural warfare, and more. We used the new Streaming Service documentary Pray Away as a rough guide for the discussion. General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Slay the Spire JNM's Recommendation: Clifford (not the red dog one) Tom Scharpling discussing Clifford on the Blank Check podcast Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Gay Conversion Therapy's Disturbing 19th-Century Origins Conversion Therapy Doc Pray Away Merely Offers Its Thoughts and Prayers Netflix’s ‘Pray Away’ Seethes with Contempt for Christianity Americans’ views flipped on gay rights. How did minds change so quickly? Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Mon, August 23, 2021
094 - Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber (Part I)
In our fourth Book Club installment we discuss the first half of David Graeber's excellent anthropological analysis of the modern workplace and economic landscape, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory . (Also, check out our newly updated YouTube channel for the hell of it.) General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: http://nestflix.fun JNM's Recommendation: The Untold History of the United States Further Reading, Viewing, Listening David Graeber on the Extreme 'Centre' [VIDEO] On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs: A Work Rant by David Graeber David Graeber: After the Pandemic, We Can’t Go Back to Sleep Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Bonus · Fri, August 20, 2021
000 - F9 (2021) - Supplemental Commentary Track
Since we did our first endurance film franchise marathon and watched all eight Fast & Furious movies last year, we felt it was our obligation to do a commentary for the new, ninth (!), entry in the franchise, F9 . Big magnets and an honest to goodness car-in-outer-space scene were the highlights. For context, we recorded this on August 2, 2021 after recording episodes 088 and 089 all on the same day, so things get a little loopy. Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Wed, August 18, 2021
093 - Operation Sigh-clone
We discuss the ongoing situation in Afghanistan and the history leading up to it roughly from 1978 to present. Also, check out our newly updated YouTube channel for the hell of it. General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Designated Survivor: 60 Days (Korean version) JNM's Recommendation: Saint Maud Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Bush rejects Taliban offer to hand Bin Laden over Afghanistan: It’s About Oil U.S. Identifies Vast Mineral Riches in Afghanistan Biden's speech on Afghanistan fact-checked Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Bonus · Sun, August 15, 2021
000 - An American Carol (2008) - Commentary Track feat. Boomer Death Squad
In a Heat Death first we have guests comment on a movie with us. Communing from the other side of the globe, Danny, Joe and Matt from Boomer Death Squad join us in viewing the worst movie in our podcast canon, An American Carol , a uniquely inept and horrendous film in every way, and that's not even factoring in its abhorrent political ideology. Still, wading through cinematic trash is still fun with your pals, so watch along with us, if ye dare tread. ***The actual movie/commentary begins at the 35:28 mark, prior to that is the last train to Riffsville and some discussion about what we're about to see. More from Boomer Death Squad Twitter: @BoomerDeathPod Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/boomerdeathsquad Discord: discord.gg/WkuHgEckkX Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Twitter: @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Sun, August 15, 2021
092 - The Last Gasp of the Bush Years or: Where the Laughter Died feat. Boomer Death Squad
We discuss our viewing of the abysmal, terminally unfunny, conservative skewering of 2000s era liberalism An American Carol . We take a crack at what exactly it is that keeps certain political comedy from being funny and ideologically coherent at the same time, and what renders certain comedy toothless and painfully unfunny. Nevertheless, we keep things pretty loose and digressive in the spirit of mutually celebrating a year in podcasting with our pals Danny, Joe and Matt from Boomer Death Squad. General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Doom Patrol JNM's Recommendation: Jodorowsky's Dune Danny's Recommendations: 1) Dune 2) Libra Matt's Recommendation: Tyler, the Creator - Call Me If You Get Lost Joe's Recommendations: 1) One Piece 2) Genshin Impact More from Boomer Death Squad Twitter: @BoomerDeathPod Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/boomerdeathsquad Discord: discord.gg/WkuHgEckkX Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Tue, August 10, 2021
091 - Atomic Anniversary / Cover-Up of Biden's Cover-Up
Per the 76th anniversary of Hiroshima, we discuss the surrounding historical details of dropping The Bomb. Biden wore a tan suit. Biden and Psaki lied about vital details concerning vaccinations and masks and no one gives a shit because half the country will take a bullet for their favorite political TV friends and the other half doesn't want to admit coronavirus is real or that masks have any efficacy. Anyway, check out this tune: Yo La Tengo - Nuclear War (Version 2) General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Grave of Fireflies JNM's Recommendation: Thoroughbreds Further Reading, Listening, Viewing The War Was Won Before Hiroshima—And the Generals Who Dropped the Bomb Knew It The Bomb Didn’t Beat Japan … Stalin Did Operation Cherry Blossoms at Night Plague as a Biological Weapons Agent 75 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki WATCH: What a Nuclear Bomb Explosion Feels Like WATCH: The Genius Behind the Bomb Leaked CDC document exposes Biden administration’s COVID-19 cover-up Joe Biden Spread COVID Misinformation in Last Night’s Town Hall. The Media Praised Him for It. Jen Psaki, Biden’s Press Secretary, Lied About The Vaccines Being Approved Joe Biden Said He’d “Follow the Science” on the Pandemic. He Isn’t. Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com <a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messag
Fri, August 06, 2021
090 - Evict the Affectionate Italian Man
We talk evictions, protests, deltas, shithead consumers, and America's Top Sex Criminals. General Recommendations JNM's Recommendations: 1) The Knife Thrower & 2) Dangerous Laughter by Steven Millhauser JD's Recommendations: 1) Hospital Playlist & 2) Ted Lasso Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Tue, August 03, 2021
089 - Scratch Adams Bootstraps for Dullards
We read an absurdly stupid "rebuttal" to Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed written by a doofus named Adam Shepard entitled Scratch Beginnings . General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Don't read Scratch Beginnings JNM's Recommendation: Cinematic Double Feature: Casino & The Departed Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Tue, August 03, 2021
088 - Solidarity with Daniel Hale
We cover the patently unjust sentencing of the extraordinary whistleblower/self-proclaimed proud "traitor", Daniel Hale. Also some thoughts on the addled US gerontocracy and the extreme corporate abuse of a man electrocuted at a Frito-Lays factory. General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Drink 8 Glasses of Water Per Day JNM's Recommendations: 1) Call Me a Traitor: Daniel Hale exposed the machinery of America’s clandestine warfare. Why did no one seem to care? 2) Letter from drone war whistleblower Daniel Hale to Judge Liam O’Grady Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Sun, July 25, 2021
087 - Psaki Bombs the Internet's Mod
We're half-vaxxed now. A small win for labor at the snack factory. San Francisco makes digging food out of the trash much harder. Rich assholes might have gone to space again and climate catastrophe is so boring. We disagree about internet censorship stuff. Come back into agreement about domestic terrorism laws. Cuba. Haiti. Somalia's back on the drone dance card. General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: The Kingdom JNM's Recommendation: The Tuttle Twins (Promo) + tuttletwins.com Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Fri, July 16, 2021
086 - Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
We discuss Nickel and Dimed , Barbara Ehrenreich's excellent undercover journalistic examination of the all too real, and oft-invisible, hand-to-mouth struggle of living in the lower strata of American life circa 1998-2000. Also, check out our newly updated YouTube channel for the hell of it. Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Tue, July 13, 2021
085 - Suborbital Rumsfeldian Trade Embargo Gets Vandalized by an Italian Hunter Biden
Billionaire space race is pure chintzy trash so of course Trump thinks he invented it. A belated "Rot in Hell" to Rumsfeld. Biden and Rumsfeld had differing but equally shitty ideas about Afghanistan c. 2001. Cuba is portrayed in a multitude of false and distorted lights by the Empire that brutally sanctions and otherwise sabotages it at every turn over the last 70 years. Of course the assassins of the Haitian president were Americans or informants to American law enforcement agencies. Julian Assange prosecutors' key witness recants their entire damning testimony and in response the Biden administration moves to extradite him for a second time on appeal. Daniel Hale still deserves gratitude, not prison. Hunter Biden's art nearly gets vandalized, but will instead safely be used to launder money and evade taxes by the idle rich—all with White House approval! Some Italian guys sells an "invisible sculpture" for $18,000. Some Vancouverian charges $680 a month to live in a bathroom (with a mattress). Next episode we'll be discussing Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich, Also, check out our newly updated YouTube channel for the hell of it. General Recommendations JNM's Recommendation: Balam Acab - See Birds JD's Recommendation: I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Newsrooms will shape how the world sees the billionaire space race Trump takes credit for billionaires' race to space Rumsfeld, Rot in Hell US secretly created 'Cuban Twitter' to stir unrest and undermine government U.S. Spends $24 Million On ‘Propaganda Plane’ Few Can See or Hear Key Assange Witness Recants—With Zero Corporate Media Coverage Why Daniel Hale Deserves Gratitude, Not Prison Hunter Biden's art gallery vanda
Fri, July 09, 2021
084 - Singing the National Anthem in a Walmart Raised 300 Feet Above the Boiling Seas
—Presidential assassination in Haiti seems suspicious at the very least and reminds us of the brutal colonialism & subjugation of that land from past till present. —People get unabashedly horny for Biden's imaginary war with Russia. —The climate emergency is only going to get worse from here on out. —Elon Musk is one step closer to implementing his childlike imagination's car tunnel idea. —The price of sliced cheese is 1% cheaper since last year: Biden has saved the USA, FDR-style! —Maskless, bovine, Texas-style Walmart herds spontaneously erupt into a chorus of cult-like chanting and it bReAKs teH iNtErNet via TikTok and it exemplifies nearly everything sick and sad about US culture and politics. —The LAPD moronically blows up a city block with confiscated fireworks, like an episode of the Little Rascals, but starring fat-necked, adult, instruments of The State with the legally sanctioned right to gun you down in cold blood. —Amazon's "Alexa" is becoming a real homewrecker and bully of children. Note: We had a real cornucopia of things on the docket today and didn't even get to them all, so we'll continue on the next episode... Also, check out our newly updated YouTube channel for the hell of it. General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Atlanta JNM's Recommendation: Biden’s Infrastructure Deal Is Terrible. Progressives in Congress Should Block It. by Branko Marcetic Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Bonus · Tue, July 06, 2021
000 - Planet of the Apes (1968) - Supplemental Commentary Track
We observed the sacred Fourth of July, about 11,000 miles away from the Statue of Liberty, with libations and our fourth movie franchise marathon. We watched the entire original Planet of the Apes franchise (1968-1973) on a rainy afternoon that turned into the crack of dawn. It got increasingly uninhibited and loose and very much in the spirit of 1776, Year of Our Simian Lord-Doctor Zaius. Note: Only the four of the five commentaries survived due to an unfortunate SD card deletion of the fourth film in the franchise, the pretty excellent prison-based Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Every Planet of the Apes movie has a pointed message about life in 2020 Continuity of the Planet of the Apes! Explaining the Timeline Every ‘Planet of the Apes’ Ending Ranked According to Its Soul-Crushing Bleakness Return to the Planet of the Apes How Battle for the Planet of the Apes Ended a Franchise Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Bonus · Tue, July 06, 2021
000 - Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) - Supplemental Commentary Track
We observed the sacred Fourth of July, about 11,000 miles away from the Statue of Liberty, with libations and our fourth movie franchise marathon. We watched the entire original Planet of the Apes franchise (1968-1973) on a rainy afternoon that turned into the crack of dawn. It got increasingly uninhibited and loose and very much in the spirit of 1776, Year of Our Simian Lord-Doctor Zaius. Note: Only the four of the five commentaries survived due to an unfortunate SD card deletion of the fourth film in the franchise, the pretty excellent prison-based Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Every Planet of the Apes movie has a pointed message about life in 2020 Continuity of the Planet of the Apes! Explaining the Timeline Every ‘Planet of the Apes’ Ending Ranked According to Its Soul-Crushing Bleakness Return to the Planet of the Apes How Battle for the Planet of the Apes Ended a Franchise Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Bonus · Tue, July 06, 2021
000 - Escape From the Planet of the Apes (1971) - Supplemental Commentary Track
We observed the sacred Fourth of July, about 11,000 miles away from the Statue of Liberty, with libations and our fourth movie franchise marathon. We watched the entire original Planet of the Apes franchise (1968-1973) on a rainy afternoon that turned into the crack of dawn. It got increasingly uninhibited and loose and very much in the spirit of 1776, Year of Our Simian Lord-Doctor Zaius. Note: Only the four of the five commentaries survived due to an unfortunate SD card deletion of the fourth film in the franchise, the pretty excellent prison-based Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Every Planet of the Apes movie has a pointed message about life in 2020 Continuity of the Planet of the Apes! Explaining the Timeline Every ‘Planet of the Apes’ Ending Ranked According to Its Soul-Crushing Bleakness Return to the Planet of the Apes How Battle for the Planet of the Apes Ended a Franchise Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Bonus · Tue, July 06, 2021
000 - Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) - Supplemental Commentary Track
We observed the sacred Fourth of July, about 11,000 miles away from the Statue of Liberty, with libations and our fourth movie franchise marathon. We watched the entire original Planet of the Apes franchise (1968-1973) on a rainy afternoon that turned into the crack of dawn. It got increasingly uninhibited and loose and very much in the spirit of 1776, Year of Our Simian Lord-Doctor Zaius. Note: Only the four of the five commentaries survived due to an unfortunate SD card deletion of the fourth film in the franchise, the pretty excellent prison-based Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Every Planet of the Apes movie has a pointed message about life in 2020 Continuity of the Planet of the Apes! Explaining the Timeline Every ‘Planet of the Apes’ Ending Ranked According to Its Soul-Crushing Bleakness Return to the Planet of the Apes How Battle for the Planet of the Apes Ended a Franchise Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Tue, July 06, 2021
083 - From Chimpan-A to Chimpan-Z
Our fourth ill-advised movie franchise marathon. While perturbing our nervous systems in order to open our third eyes to the fully unveiled truth, we viewed all five of the original Planet of the Apes films, leaving behind commentary tracks for each of them* in our wake. Here we discuss the viewing experience and the franchise on the whole. *Only four of the five commentaries survived due to an unfortunate SD card deletion of the commentary on the fourth film in the franchise, the pretty excellent prison-based Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. Also, check out our newly updated YouTube channel for the hell of it. General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: All the Planet of the Apes movies JNM's Recommendation: All the Planet of the Apes movies (except the Tim Burton one) Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Every Planet of the Apes movie has a pointed message about life in 2020 Continuity of the Planet of the Apes! Explaining the Timeline Every ‘Planet of the Apes’ Ending Ranked According to Its Soul-Crushing Bleakness Return to the Planet of the Apes How Battle for the Planet of the Apes Ended a Franchise Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Fri, July 02, 2021
082 - Eradicate the Royal Family
We shake the sleep out of our heads on this air polluted July morning with a discussion of the royals in part by way of Christopher Hitchens' 1990 polemical pamphlet The Monarchy: A Critique of Britain's Favorite Fetish . Also, check out our newly updated YouTube channel for the hell of it. General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Luca JNM's Recommendation: The Filth and the Fury Further Reading, Viewing, Listening There’s Never Been a Better Time to Abolish the Monarchy Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Mon, June 28, 2021
081 - JFK Was a Tucker Carlson Democrat
We update some issues related to our last two Book Club episodes: one of the big players in the manufactured opioid epidemic is being awful (gasp) & JFK being hero worshipped out of devotion to pure liberal fantasia about who he really was. Then we move on to some current happenings like Nestle's god given right to employ slaveholders. We accidentally get into #FreeBritney for a minute by way of discussing economic war with China. The sentencing of Derek Chauvin and the State of the ACAB Nation. Biden carries out more disastrous Trump initiatives, this time about finding some more ungrabbed power to obediently hand over to corporate pharmaceutical entities. FoxNews-style conservatives claim to want to defund the military over a single elective course at West Point that includes the gravest of evils: CRITICAL. RACE. THEORY. In equally guileless and predictable fashion, MSNBC-style liberals warmonger and try to outdo their conservative "counterparts" in their obsession with forever increasing the US military budget. Jason waxes hungrily about Italian cuisine. La podcast è servita! Buon appetito! Also, check out our newly updated YouTube channel for the hell of it. General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Pasta con la Mollica JNM's Recommendation: The Lighthouse Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Too tired to link all the articles. It's 3:36 AM and I have work tomorr—today. Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Fri, June 25, 2021
080 - Libra by Don DeLillo (Part II)
We continue the second iteration of the Heat Death of the Universe Book Club with the second of two discussions of Don DeLillo's 1988 landmark novel, Libra . Just exactly how unwitting was Oswald? Did you think that a hashish-fueled threesome would be part of the novel? Bullets are magic now? So Jackie O was doing what when she crawled onto the flat rear trunk of the limousine? Did Jack Ruby create a Twilight Zone- style end to Oswald's life? "Even though I'm better than you, I'm not." —JFK Also, check out our newly updated YouTube channel for the hell of it. General Recommendations True Anon's six-part JFK series Libra and Don DeLillo's work in general Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Q&A: Don DeLillo – Exploring ‘Libra’ and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Mon, June 21, 2021
079 - We Can All Have Full Heads of Hair as the Ocean Swallows Us Up
After a series of technical troubles issued by the chaotic void, we talked about Kamala v. Kamala; Biden v. Putin; grief-eating Champ Biden like an ortolan ; the Clintons slave labor at the governors mansion; Juneteenth is now a national holiday and all racism has been vanquished; a 1990s Dry Drunk Uncle Joe yells on the Senate floor about how confessions elicited via torture should be legalized (and about how Rodney King was beaten and might've confessed to murder for all we know); we take notice of a critical line in the XIII Amendment; see more continuity between Biden and Trump (on the use of private prisons for migrant detention); and other things. Also, check out our newly updated YouTube channel for the hell of it. (P.S. One side of our conversation was a bit plagued by technical difficulties. We'll be back to our normal sterling quality on the next one.) Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Luke Aikins No Parachute 25,000 Feet Airplane Jump Complete Video Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Fri, June 18, 2021
078 - Libra by Don DeLillo (Part I)
We begin the second iteration of the Heat Death of the Universe Book Club with the first of two discussions of Don DeLillo's 1988 landmark novel, Libra. Was Lee Harvey Oswald merely a dyslexic contrarian failson who wanted to dad-marry John Wayne, or did he hold deeper philosophical convictions and was his interior life more complex and compelling than it may've seemed in many lights? Just how deranged does one need to be to be a truly gung-ho CIA agent? Can enough research drive a person to a psychotic break? Was the mob more threatened by Bobby or John? Does it matter? Are secrets instruments of profundity or just places to keep the shame spirals? Was 11/22 really the Boomer 9/11? Well, as JFK himself once said: "Even though I'm better than you, I'm not." General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: The End of the World News: An Entertainment by Anthony Burgess JNM's Recommendation: All of Brad Neely's creative output Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Q&A: Don DeLillo - Exploring ‘Libra’ and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Mon, June 14, 2021
077 - Another Week of Harm Reductionism
It's been a hell of a week for Ol' Gaffes McGee. We power through an assortment of news articles showing how Uncle Grampy Biden was indeed the #1 Harm Reductionist of 2021, which he handily won in a landslide at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards (watch out in the green room, kids!), and things got a little dicey when a glassy eyed Hunter grabbed the mic during the acceptance speech. But no worries, no major outlets really reported on that part anyway. General Recommendations JNM's Recommendations: Double Feature: Sunset Boulevard & In a Lonely Place JD's Recommendations: 1) The Handmaid's Tale & 2) Brick Further Reading, Viewing, Listening California’s biggest heat wave of the year heightens drought and fire fears Will Biden’s Obsession With Compromise Poison His Agenda on LGBTQ Rights? Biden DOJ will defend excluding Puerto Ricans from disability payments Biden Is Planning to Illegally Cut Unemployment Benefits Biden Justice Department defends Trump in suit over rape denial In a Disorienting Return to Civility, Joe Biden’s DOJ Backs Up Betsy DeVos U.S. Led 2020 Nuclear Weapons Spending; Now Biden Going “Full Steam Ahead” on Trump’s Nuclear Plans Lawyer Who Sued Treasury Department for Exxon Nominated to Be Agency’s General Counsel Biden Administration ICE Contracts Encourage Forced Labor How Kamala Harris Fought to Keep Nonviolent Prisoners Locked Up Op-Ed: Wh
Sat, June 12, 2021
076 - Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Family (Part III)
In our third and final installment of this iteration of the Heat Death of the Universe Book Club we discuss the final third of the book Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Family by Patrick Radden Keefe. The book examines the nature of this pharmaceutical dynasty and its massive, instrumental role in the US opioid epidemic. Part Three focuses on the "Legacy" of the family, detailing more lawsuits, more absurd corporate pivoting, protests against Purdue/the Sackler family, and the third generation of Sacklers and how generational wealth tends to create diminishing returns in terms of overall human quality. Further Reading, Viewing, Listening New book sheds light on secretive Sackler family — the makers of opioid OxyContin [WATCH] Crime of the Century - Trailer [WATCH] Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Mon, June 07, 2021
075 - Strange Facts We Have No Business Knowing
A pretty loose conversation today about everything and much less. Charlie Rose's black eye. Trump's FUPA accentuating fashion choice / belief that he'll be the president before summer's gone. Biden gonna Biden. Obama bends history to his will. Knives are guns now. NFL helmets will soon be made with woodpecker tongues. The puberty to pyromania pipeline. Other stray thoughts. General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Sweet Tooth JNM's Recommendation: The Silence by Don DeLillo Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Charlie Rose Interviews Himself: 'Charlie Rose' by Samuel Beckett Federal judge overturns California's ban on assault weapons and likens AR-15 to Swiss Army knife Donald Trump is getting worse Trump's pants on backwards? Biden drops corporate tax increase and cuts infrastructure plan by over $1 trillion in negotiations with Republicans No, Obama Wasn’t Mad About Bailing Out His Wall Street Donors On This Day: June 7 Strange Facts We Have No Business Knowing Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Fri, June 04, 2021
074 - Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Family (Part II)
In our second installment of the Heat Death of the Universe Book Club we discuss the middle section and second third of the book Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Family by Patrick Radden Keefe. The book examines the nature of this pharmaceutical dynasty and its massive, instrumental role in the US opioid epidemic. Part Two focuses on the "Dynasty" of the family, largely represented by the strange specimen of Richard Sackler, the major pivot point of peddling Oxycontin with total moral abandon, and, of course, continuing the family's secretive and duplicitous business dealings and purely transactional philanthropic endeavors. General Recommendations JNM's Recommendations: 1) Tobacco - Fucked Up Friends & 2) Black Moth Super Rainbow - Start a People JD's Recommendation: Son Lux - Lanterns Further Reading, Viewing, Listening New book sheds light on secretive Sackler family — the makers of opioid OxyContin [WATCH] Crime of the Century - Trailer [WATCH] Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Mon, May 31, 2021
073 - Ice Cream & Steering Wheels & Nothing Totally Fucked Up to See Here
Biden (whom the "hard left" loves btw) and The Virus continue to creep. 40,000 ventilators were tossed in a Floridian landfill because of the poisoned logic of capitalism. Bezos gets a no strings $10,000,000,000 from the government to play spacemans with Elon Musk. Amazon installs mental breakdown booths for its warehouse workers. Biden remains disgusting and should be forever "satirized." General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Another Round JNM's Recommendation: Hands on a Hard Body Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Fri, May 28, 2021
072 - Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Family (Part I)
In our first ever installment of the Heat Death of the Universe Book Club we discuss the first third of the book Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Family by Patrick Radden Keefe. The book examines the nature of this pharmaceutical dynasty and its massive, instrumental role in the US opioid epidemic. Part One focuses on the "Patriarch" of the family, Arthur Sackler, and the origins of the family's secretive business dealings and purely transactional philanthropy. General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Thank You For Smoking JNM's Recommendation: Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief Further Reading, Viewing, Listening New book sheds light on secretive Sackler family — the makers of opioid OxyContin [WATCH] Crime of the Century - Trailer [WATCH] Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Mon, May 24, 2021
071 - I Want My MMT feat. Steven Grumbine
We spoke with activist, educator, macroeconomics/politics podcast host, and founder of Real Progressives, Steven Grumbine. We discuss Modern Monetary Theory in both theoretical and historical broad strokes and in more specified real world scenarios. We discuss how this macroeconomic theory is a valuable lens to view the world through but also needs to be utilized in conjunction with effective political and social movements behind it to bring it to its fullest potential. We discuss some of the common objections to MMT both from the right and the left, and several other topics that intersect with this sometimes polarizing macroeconomic theory, which is continuing to build momentum as a movement, and not merely confined as an academic exercise. Check out Steven's various projects below: action.realprogressives.org Macro N Cheese Podcast The New Untouchables MMT Mondays Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Extremely Basic Overview of MMT Basic Guide to Modern Monetary Theory This Year’s Underground Sensation: Modern Monetary Theory Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Tue, May 18, 2021
070 - The CDC and Bill Gates: Normalizing Death
We talk about the disastrous CDC guidelines about no longer needing masks if fully vaccinated, then jump into the human rights abuses, pillaging and conquests around the world committed by the harmless-seeming, sentient sweater vest and khaki combo, Bill Gates. General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Halt and Catch Fire JNM's Recommendation: A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines by Janna Levin Further Reading, Viewing, Listening End of CDC masking guidelines aimed at “normalizing” death Why the Bill Gates global health empire promises more empire and less public health Bill Gates’s Charity Paradox JNM's Review of A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Bonus · Mon, May 17, 2021
000 - The Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999) - Supplemental Commentary Track
The night before recording our episode about Bill Gates we watched the dull as dirt, yet somehow still overdramatized, 1999 made-for-TV biopic, Pirates of Silicon Valley . Bear witness to our great becoming. Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Mon, May 10, 2021
069 - Salò, or the 100 Days of Biden feat. Weston Pagano
We're joined by Weston Pagano, the creator of Waiting on Biden , and author of some notable pieces written about the 2020 Democratic Primaries. We discuss Biden's first 100 days in office via his thorough compilation of the current administration's trail of broken promises, extensions of failed policies from previous administrations, determination to keep the imperial nation lumbering along, and so forth. We discuss how to carry out good faith criticism, and a huge bulk of topics related to the Biden Admin, from Black Lives Matter to the minimum wage to aggressive imperialist foreign policy to immigration and beyond. General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Invincible JNM's Recommendation: Yesterday's Man: The Case Against Joe Biden by Branko Marcetic Weston's Recommendation: Playlist Further Reading, Viewing, Listening RAICES - The Refugee and Immigrant Center For Education and Legal Services Weston's Writing Detailed List of How Biden's Failed in His First 100 Days 125+ Reasons You Should Not Vote for Joe Biden A Guide to the 2020 Democratic Candidates You Should Not Vote For Joe Biden and Kamala Harris' record on the War on Drugs, and what they can do now to repair the damage they've caused. Jacobin On Immigration, Biden’s First 100 Days and Trump’s Last 100 Days Are Hard to Tell Apart Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: <a href='mailto:heatdeathoftheunivers
Wed, May 05, 2021
068 - State of the Coronation / What's in the News?
We have a State of the Corona Virus update, then move onto smash open the ol' news piñata and free a disparate collection of novel news items in an attempt to alleviate the psychic damage accumulated simply from living. Mysterious holes behind mirrors. Mummified cult leader wrapped in Christmas lights. Balloon Boy Update. Burning Man steals money from people. Cicadas return. A man scams all 35 of his girlfriends simultaneously. Crime doesn't pay--or does it? Thank god the royals are building a new yacht. Also, check out our newly updated YouTube channel for the hell of it. General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: The Mitchells vs. the Machines JNM's Recommendations: Double Feature: Experiment in Terror / Days of Wine and Roses Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Reaching ‘Herd Immunity’ Is Unlikely in the U.S., Experts Now Believe Why so many Americans are skipping their second COVID-19 shot Fauci warns against discarding trade rules on Covid vaccines What Did The New York Woman Find Behind Her Bathroom Mirror? Cult leader found mummified, wrapped in Christmas lights in Colorado home 'Balloon Boy' Parents Pardoned By Colorado Governor For 2009 Hoax Their three sons — Ryo, Bradford and Falcon — even defended the claims in an original heavy metal song titled " Balloon Boy, No Hoax ." BURNING MAN IS CANCELED FOR 2021 BUT THEY’RE KEEPING YOUR $2,500 RESERVATION FEE The Old Man at Burning Man by Wells Tower Trillions of cicadas are about to emerge after 17 years underground Summer Nature Sound in Japan/Cicada Shrilling 120min Man With 'Crime Pays' Tattoo Arrested
Wed, April 28, 2021
067 - The Self-Help and Guru Industrial Complex feat. Ian from Camp ReEducation
We talk about the history of self-help movements and gilded gurus that proselytize their cure-all tonics, wish-fulfillment effects, et cetera, and find something interesting in their modern roots (socialism). We also lay out a taxonomy of the various subspecies of contemporary self-help/life coach/guru figures, from OG kings of the grift like Tony Robbins to the humanoid slugs in the Pickup Artist underbelly to the deranged infomercial doom-pastor Jim Bakker and his reasonably priced buckets of Food ™ slurry. We close the episode with a look at how neoliberalism, social atomization, and "personal responsibility" (i.e. self-help) converge and self-perpetuate on grand socio-economic scales. Check out Ian's podcast Camp ReEducation: campreeducation.com Twitter: @CampReEducation Instagram: @campreeducation General Recommendations JD's Recommendations: 1) Shadow and Bone 2) Bullshit Jobs JNM's Recommendations: 1) Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America 2) Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America both written by Barbara Ehrenreich Ian's Recommendation: Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism by Fredric Jameson Further Reading, Viewing, Listening The Radical Origins of Self-Help Literature THE SELF-HELP MYTH Here’s Why Tony Robbins Should Definitely Not Be Your Guru 'Bright-Sided': When Happiness Doesn't Help Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com <a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_m
Mon, April 26, 2021
066 - Imperializing in Style
Biden requests the largest defense budget since WWII so we take a look at the imperialism, incompetence, the profound bloat and corruption of the military machine that receives more than half of all US federal discretionary spending and whose budget dwarfs all other nations by several orders of magnitude. We review a surprisingly truthful editorial segment from none other than CNN and read selections from Matt Taibbi's thoroughly incisive 2019 piece The Pentagon’s Bottomless Money Pit . General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Life in Color with David Attenborough JNM's Recommendations: 1) Mortal Kombat 2) Seaspiracy Further Reading, Viewing, Listening The Pentagon’s Bottomless Money Pit The Militarized Budget 2020 Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Bonus · Fri, April 23, 2021
000 - Waterworld (1995) - Supplemental Commentary Track
Is dry land a myth? Further Reading, Viewing, Listening The Story of Waterworld (1995) - Review & Retrospective [WATCH] What if all the Earth's ice melted overnight? 'Waterworld' Isn’t a Good Movie, But I Can’t Stop Watching It Waterworld at 25: Reappraising cinema’s biggest flop Waterworld – The Ulysses Cut Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Fri, April 23, 2021
065 - Recycled Urine and the Power of Myth
Immediately after recording our commentary, we talk about the 1995 climate disaster message movie, Kevin Costner ego-stroke, and infamous financial flop, Waterworld . Further Reading, Viewing, Listening The Story of Waterworld (1995) - Review & Retrospective [WATCH] What if all the Earth's ice melted overnight? 'Waterworld' Isn’t a Good Movie, But I Can’t Stop Watching It Waterworld at 25: Reappraising cinema’s biggest flop Waterworld – The Ulysses Cut Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Wed, April 21, 2021
064 - Our 11th Hour Improvised Episode
The plain chaos of existence put a last minute kibosh on our planned episode (with a secret special guest) so we decided, also at the last minute, to just record ourselves talking without any particular agenda. We'll complete our planned episode in a week from now, secret special guest and all. General Recommendations JNM's Recommendation: Enon - Believo! [LISTEN] JD's Recommendations: 1) Hollow Knight 2) Wanting to see the new Bob Odenkirk movie Joint Recommendation: Katamari Damacy Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Corporate Dems CASH IN After Killing $15 Min Wage [WATCH] Biden isn’t ending the Afghanistan War, he’s privatizing it: Special Forces, Pentagon contractors, intelligence operatives will remain After Promising To Stop Land Seizures, the Biden Administration Just Stole This Family's Property for a Border Wall Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Fri, April 16, 2021
063 - The Truth Shall Not Sink: The Sewol Ferry Tragedy
The Sewol ferry disaster happened exactly 7 years ago to the day, on the morning of April 16th, 2014. Of the 476 passengers and crew, 304 died in this immensely tragic event, 250 of them were the students from Danwon High School. This tragedy wasn’t like some horrible but unavoidable disaster, like a hurricane or a volcanic eruption, instead, from beginning to end this horrifying disaster is causally connected to the inherit greed that is part and parcel of neoliberal policies of “market-based solutions,” reckless deregulation of industries that entwine themselves with the government, and a capitalist economic system more broadly. Today we will discuss what happened on this day in the unforgiving waters of the Maenggol Channel, all through the lenses of multiple accounts, from a diverse array of documentary films and a small collection of opinion pieces. General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: The Storm [WATCH] JNM's Recommendations: 1) The Vegetarian by Han Kang 2) The Act of Killing [Trailer] Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Crony capitalism and the South Korean ferry tragedy An Overloaded Ferry Flipped and Drowned Hundreds of Schoolchildren. Could It Happen Again? More stunning evidence of government incompetence in Sewol’s “golden moments” THE LEGACIES OF STATE CORPORATISM IN KOREA: REGULATORY CAPTURE IN THE SEWOL FERRY TRAGEDY [Interview] Self-defeat and arrogance: the South Korean capitalist model THE SEWOL ON OUR SHORES Meeting a survivor from S. Korea’s biggest maritime disaster: Sewol Ferry Tragedy [WATCH] Documentaries In the Absence [WATCH] ‘In the Absence’ raises international awareness of Sewol ferry disaster Diving Bell aka The Truth Shall Not Sink with Sewol (Director's Cut) [WATCH] <a href
Mon, April 12, 2021
062 - The Dead-Eyed Cult of the Ivy League
We discuss the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal as portrayed by the documentary Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal as well as a broader view of education in the utterly commodified environment of the United States, ever-saturated with purely transactional relationships in virtually every crack and crevice of life. General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: SKY Castle JNM's Recommendations: 1) Escape from Pretoria 2) The Gray Zone Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal | Official Trailer 2019 college admissions bribery scandal Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Fri, April 09, 2021
061 - Free Daniel Hale (Pt. II) / Does Steve Bannon Contain Multitudes?
Biden Builds Back (Border Wall) Better! Daniel Hale remains an unjustly persecuted whistleblower who exposed large segments of the US military drone warfare and assassination programs developed during the Obama administration. Even while facing a possible 50 years in prison, he still tried to organize the kitchen staff at a restaurant where he was washing dishes and was fired for these efforts. We give some updates and further thoughts on the situation. Later, we dig into the repugnant, pseudo-intellectual oddity that is Steve Bannon, largely via the Errol Morris one-on-one interview-based documentary American Dharma . General Recommendations JNM's Recommendations: 1) Chimes at Midnight 2) F is for Fake JD/JNM's Joint Recommendation: The Third Man Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Stop the Prosecution of Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale (PETITION) Drop the charges against drone whistleblower Daniel Hale (PETITION) Whistleblower Daniel Hale - A Real American Hero (VIDEO via The Vanguard ) As Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale Pleads Guilty, Advocates Warn of 'Profound Threat' to Free Press Drone war whistleblower Daniel Hale pleads guilty to one count of violating the Espionage Act Our Previous Episode: 020 - Free Daniel Hale: Whistleblowing and the Despicable Espionage Act American Dharma (Official Trailer) America's Forgotten Populist History w/ Thomas Frank Thomas Frank on Fake Populism & Silicon Valley Fantasies | Useful Idiots Errol Morris thinks he may have assumed too much with his Steve Bannon documentary <a href='https://ww
Wed, April 07, 2021
060 - Body Brokers and the Business of Recovery
We discuss the morally dubious existence of the booming Rehab Industry and the pyramid schemes, dangerous misinformation, primordial greed, and reckless incompetence that lies at its heart. General Recommendations JNM's Recommendation: Celebrity Rehab JD's Recommendation: Vincenzo Further Reading, Viewing, Listening From Rehab to a Body Bag | Dying for Treatment: VICE Reports (VIDEO) As Addiction Deaths Surge, Profit-Driven Rehab Industry Faces 'Severe Ethical Crisis' “Mom, When They Look at Me, They See Dollar Signs” Is Addiction Really a Disease? Marc Lewis: the neuroscientist who believes addiction is not a disease The Business of Recovery (TRAILER) A Review: The Business of Recovery Body Brokers (TRAILER) Rehab television shows: intervention or exploitation? Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Fri, April 02, 2021
059 - The NRA and America's Deranged Hivemind
A historical view of the National Rifle Association. A grappling with the unique and slippery beast of USA Gun Culture. A peek at the socialist prescription for how to deal with the American Exceptionalism of gun ownership, mass shootings and a ceaseless governmental allergy to nearly all forms of weapons regulation. General Recommendations JD's Recommendations: Lil Nas X - MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) JNM's Recommendations: The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson Further Reading, Viewing, Listening The NRA’s Circular Firing Squad Gun industry prepares for a surge in demand after back-to-back mass shootings The Impact of NRA on the American Policy What a Socialist Approach to Gun Violence Should Look Like Australia's Lessons on Gun Control Good Guys with Guns - Why the Left Should Arm Itself Strict firearm laws reduce gun deaths: here’s the evidence Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Wed, March 31, 2021
058 - Fully Automated Luxury Doomsday Survivalism
Reading about various luxury underground bunkers from the inverted condo to the even more decadent fortresses in the Hobbit lands of New Zealand built by Silicon Valley caricatures like the founder of Reddit, eventually led to begin watching the 2012-2014 reality show, Doomsday Preppers, since it was mentioned as an example of survivalism in mainstream culture…and it turned out to be fairly interesting and illuminating with regards to the way people express anxieties about socio-cultural, economic, political, ethical and religious issues, and how these expressions are often rationalized after the fact in ways wholly untethered from reality yet still their anxieties are real and likely better explained through more rational or “reality based” frameworks. General Recommendations JD's Recommendations: Reading the Book of Revelation Aloud at a Party While Drunk JNM's Recommendations: After the Apocalypse by Maureen F. McHugh Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Weapons rooms, fake windows and a $3m price tag: inside a luxury doomsday bunker Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich WATCH: Doomsday Preppers JNM's Review of After the Apocalypse Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Thu, March 25, 2021
057 - Abolish the Senate / Drag the Duopoly
It's a late night double feature. First up, why and how the Senate should be abolished, razed down passed the roots. Next, third parties and why they're generally banished to the netherworld. General Recommendations JD's Recommendations: 1) what if the Banana was the same distance as the ISS 2) Titus JNM's Recommendations: 1) Don Hertzfeld's entire filmography 2) Happiness Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Abolish the Senate by Thomas Geoghegan, author of Only One Thing Can Save Us: Why America Needs a New Kind of Labor Movement The Case for Abolishing the Senate Behold: The American Political Monopoly Let a Thousand Parties Bloom Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Fri, March 19, 2021
056 - 99 Homes and the Aftermath of 2008
We watched and discussed the largely unseen, deal-with-the-devil thriller about the aftermath of the 2008 housing crisis, 99 Homes, directed by Ramin Bahrani, starring Michael Shannon, Andrew Garfield, Laura Dern and Clancy Brown. A desperate construction worker (Andrew Garfield) reluctantly accepts a job with the ruthless real-estate broker (Michael Shannon) who evicted him and his family from their home. General Recommendations JNM's Recommendations: 1) 99 Homes 2) Dark Crimes JD's Recommendations: Garth Marenghi's Darkplace Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Mon, March 15, 2021
055 - Sell Yourself at a Dollar Per Share While Watching Half of Life on Earth Vanish
Come for the gripes about imperialism, the judicial system, the plentitude of hopeless stupidity in the declining USA, and stay for the aside about carceral v. non-cerceral justice in a deterministic universe, the tale of a man turned himself into 100,000 shares at $1 apiece and the trends that followed in his wake, and then Andrew "Caused 15,000 Deaths" Cuomo almost makes me (Josh) punch a hole through my computer. General Recommendations JNM's Recommendations: 1) The Master 2) Freeway JD's Recommendations: 1) Future Boy Conan 2) Loop Hero Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Meet the Man Who Sold His Fate to Investors at $1 a Share The Pandemic That Won’t End: COVID-19 Variants and the Peril of Vaccine Inequity Bandaging the corpse: Biden's big bailout can't pull America out of its death spiral Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Bonus · Wed, March 10, 2021
000 - Jurassic Park (1993) - Supplemental Commentary Track
We embarked on our third intentional overdose of an American Movie Franchise. Unlike The Fast & the Furious and the Transformers franchise, one of these movies is genuinely great. We consumed 10+ hours of the Jurassic Park franchise in a non-stop fashion and it was a much less mind-shattering experience than the previous two marathons. As usual, commentary tracks will be subsequently released alongside a roundup episode of reflection upon the experience and the franchise overall, its place and meaning within cinema history, American and/or global culture writ large, and so on. Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Bonus · Wed, March 10, 2021
000 - The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) - Supplemental Commentary Track
We embarked on our third intentional overdose of an American Movie Franchise. Unlike The Fast & the Furious and the Transformers franchise, one of these movies is genuinely great. We consumed 10+ hours of the Jurassic Park franchise in a non-stop fashion and it was a much less mind-shattering experience than the previous two marathons. As usual, commentary tracks will be subsequently released alongside a roundup episode of reflection upon the experience and the franchise overall, its place and meaning within cinema history, American and/or global culture writ large, and so on. Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Bonus · Wed, March 10, 2021
000 - Jurassic Park III (2001) - Supplemental Commentary Track
We embarked on our third intentional overdose of an American Movie Franchise. Unlike The Fast & the Furious and the Transformers franchise, one of these movies is genuinely great. We consumed 10+ hours of the Jurassic Park franchise in a non-stop fashion and it was a much less mind-shattering experience than the previous two marathons. As usual, commentary tracks will be subsequently released alongside a roundup episode of reflection upon the experience and the franchise overall, its place and meaning within cinema history, American and/or global culture writ large, and so on. Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Bonus · Wed, March 10, 2021
000 - Jurassic World (2015) - Supplemental Commentary Track
We embarked on our third intentional overdose of an American Movie Franchise. Unlike The Fast & the Furious and the Transformers franchise, one of these movies is genuinely great. We consumed 10+ hours of the Jurassic Park franchise in a non-stop fashion and it was a much less mind-shattering experience than the previous two marathons. As usual, commentary tracks will be subsequently released alongside a roundup episode of reflection upon the experience and the franchise overall, its place and meaning within cinema history, American and/or global culture writ large, and so on. Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Bonus · Wed, March 10, 2021
000 - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) - Supplemental Commentary Track
We embarked on our third intentional overdose of an American Movie Franchise. Unlike The Fast & the Furious and the Transformers franchise, one of these movies is genuinely great. We consumed 10+ hours of the Jurassic Park franchise in a non-stop fashion and it was a much less mind-shattering experience than the previous two marathons. As usual, commentary tracks will be subsequently released alongside a roundup episode of reflection upon the experience and the franchise overall, its place and meaning within cinema history, American and/or global culture writ large, and so on. Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Wed, March 10, 2021
054 - This Episode Was 65 Million Milliseconds in the Making
We embarked on our third intentional overdose of an American Movie Franchise. Unlike The Fast & the Furious and the Transformers franchise, one of these movies is genuinely great. We consumed 10+ hours of the Jurassic Park franchise in a non-stop fashion and it was a much less mind-shattering experience than the previous two marathons. As usual, commentary tracks will be subsequently released alongside a roundup episode of reflection upon the experience and the franchise overall, its place and meaning within cinema history, American and/or global culture writ large, and so on. Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Tue, March 02, 2021
053 - Spitting Nails in Our Sleep
Amazon changes traffic light patterns as union busting. Biden bombs better. Kamala cages comfortably. The Parliamentarian has entered all our lives, now and forever. Kids wear tents. Kids sell lemonade to fight terminal brain cancer. Everything's fucked, so maybe just watch a good movie or two and soon enough you can sell your skin to robots. General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: 30 Coins JNM's Recommendation: The Vengeance Trilogy Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Mon, February 22, 2021
052 - Get to the Amazon Debtor's Warehouse-Prison Im-MAY-diately
Biden admin gets predictably worse and worse. Texas freezes. Textbook disaster capitalism. Cruz, Tanden, Manchin distractions. Prisons find new ways to exploit. Big tech gets bigger, tech-ier. General Recommendations JD's Recommendations: WandaVision JNM's Recommendation: We Need to Talk About Kevin (2003 Novel and 2011 Film) Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Tue, February 16, 2021
051 - Can't Get Us Out of Our Heads (Part II)
We continue to talk about the new Adam Curtis documentary, Can't Get You Out of My Head, and discussed the final three installments. Further Reading, Viewing, Listening WATCH: Can't Get You Out of My Head: An Emotional History of the Modern World WATCH: HyperNormalisation WATCH: The Century of the Self The Reverse Marxism of Adam Curtis’s ‘Can’t Get You Out Of My Head’ Can’t Get You Out of My Head review – Adam Curtis's 'emotional history' is dazzling Can’t Get You Out of My Head, BBC iPlayer, review: Adam Curtis’s terrifying documentary is a masterpiece Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Sat, February 13, 2021
050 - Adam Curtis Can't Get Out of Our Heads
We decided to watch the masterful and brand new Adam Curtis documentary, Can't Get You Out of My Head, and discussed the first three installments in this episode today. Tune in next Monday for our thoughts on the final three. Further Reading, Viewing, Listening WATCH: Can't Get You Out of My Head: An Emotional History of the Modern World WATCH: Hypernormalisation WATCH: The Century of the Self Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Tue, February 09, 2021
049 - Ceaseless Death & TikToks
Sleep deprivation. News detritus scattered in the wind. Super Bowl Spreader Event. Poisoned cultural discourse about a guitar. People continue to shepherd themselves into the the great grinding mechanism. Political landscape continues to rot. And more! It's pretty freeform today, folks. General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Space Sweepers JNM's Recommendation: Black Moth Super Rainbow Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Tue, February 02, 2021
048 - Threnody for the Victims of All of the Above
Updates on the whistleblower, Rebekah Jones, who outed Florida's state government for manipulating COVID data, the largest labor strike in human history in India, cops pepper spraying a nine year old girl because they can, leftist in-fighting, GameStopGate, the State of the COVID, the Sunrise Movement being fantastically naive, and the never-ending list of reasons for Biden, Yellen, Psaki, Fauci and Cuomo all being absolute shit. Also, Jason tells tales of projectile vomiting as a wee demon child and self-pepper-spraying as an inebriated adolescent. General Recommendations JNM's Recommendation: Lodge 49 JD's Recommendation: Snake Plisskin's Filmography Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Free COVID-19 whistleblower Rebekah Jones! Data Scientist Rebekah Jones, Facing Arrest, Turns Herself In To Florida Authorities Angry farmers storm India's Red Fort in challenge to Modi Protesting farmers return to camp after storming Indian fort Modi launches mass repression against two-month-long farmer agitation How Narendra Modi misread the mood of India's angry farmers Rochester police officers handcuff and pepper-spray a 9-year-old girl Rochester police union chief defending the pepper spraying of a 9-year-old girl In Philadelphia, A Scandal Erupts Over Vaccination Startup Led By 22-Year-Old New clinical trials raise fears the coronavirus is learning how to resist vaccines You Can Still Spread, Develop COVID-19 After Getting a Vaccine <a href='https://www.
Thu, January 28, 2021
047 - I Do Love a Soda Fountain With Teeth
Biden "follows the science," surrounds the Syrian oil fields, offers up the insulting $1400+$600 for further negotiation. Tony Blinken is a slightly more polite Pompeo. These COVID mutations are turning out to be quite serious. Reddit guys ban together to fuck an evil hedge fund out of billions and to illustrate the absurd meaninglessness of the stock market. So it's not all bad news. General Recommendations JNM's Recommendation: 1) Billions 2) Silicon Valley JD's Recommendation: Mega Man Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Joe Biden Said He’d “Follow the Science” on the Pandemic. He Isn’t. The global COVID vaccination distribution debacle is mirrored in the US Johnson government warns UK COVID-19 strain more deadly as hospitals buckle under pressure The GameStop Bubble Is a Lesson in the Absurdity and Uselessness of the Stock Market How Redditors Beat Hedge Funds at Their Own Game(Stop) Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Mon, January 25, 2021
046 - Lizzie Magie's Anti-Monopoly feat. Boomer Death Squad
Danny, Joe and Matt from the Boomer Death Squad ( @boomerdeathpod ) podcast join us to discuss the largely unknown history behind the Monopoly board game. At the turn of the century, a leftist political activist, resolute feminist, and fascinating renaissance women named Lizzy Magie, created a game to educate others about the evils of accumulated wealth. Follow the winding causal chain of events that led to the complete theft and inversion of her vision and, in true monopolistic form, basically erased her and her original creation from history, absorbing it all and shitting out these cardboard widgets called "Monopoly" that seize upon the worst of human instincts and continue to turn profits for the Hasbro and Parker Brothers cartels. Also, did you know the Nazis made board games? General Recommendations JNM's Recommendation: Network JD's Recommendation: For the Queen Danny's Recommendation: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky Matt's Recommendation: The Cure - B-Sides from The Head on the Door (i.e. Join the Dots: B-Sides & Rarities 1978–2001 ) Joe's Recommendations: 1) The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein 2) The Settlers of Catan 3) Naruto Further Reading, Viewing, Listening The Monopolists by Mary Pilon Excerpt: The secret history of Monopoly: the capitalist board game’s leftwing origins Lizzie Magie, Ralph Anspach, and The Monopolists VIDEO: The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind | Mary Pilon | Talks at Google Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - <a href='https://twitter.com/Imbalancing
Bonus · Mon, January 25, 2021
000 - Prelude to 046: Waiting for the Man feat. 2/3ʳᵈˢ of Boomer Death Squad
A free form conversation between Heat Death and Boomer Death, of the Universe and Squad variants, respectively. All leading up to episode 046 proper. "Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear." Albert Camus "It just never happened that we needed a nursing home to take a COVID positive person." Andrew Cuomo More things: heatdeathpod.com @heatdeathpod & soundcloud.com/boomerdeathsquad @boomerdeathpod Send us a text Support the show
Thu, January 21, 2021
045 - Gallons of Frothy Bipartisanship Will Save Us!
Biden is not the King of Empathy. Kamala would kill her first born for a horizontal promotion. Los Angeles has to lower air quality standards because they're cremating too many bodies from increasing COVID deaths. New admin will fix this by sending everyone back to work and school. We hate it all, don't we, folks? Many other things get brought up but your Dear Typist is too tired to summarize it all. Happy calf-cramping, Mr. Empathy in Chief, you swiss cheese brained mass murderer. General Recommendations JD's Recommendations: 1) Move to the woods 2) Battle Royale JNM's Recommendation: The Double Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Gwyneth Paltrow's Vagina Candle Reportedly Exploded, Starting an “Inferno” in a Woman's Living Room Los Angeles lifts air-quality limits for cremations as Covid doubles death rate Inauguration 2021: On the edge of an abyss Biden pledges to continue Trump’s campaign to open schools and businesses McConnell, Schumer close in on power-sharing agreement in evenly divided Senate Joe Biden Lifted His Health Care Plan From Insurance Industry Lobbyists Big Tech Critics Alarmed at Direction of Biden Antitrust Personnel Bezos says ‘the country is in trouble’ if big tech turns its back on the Pentagon: ‘We are the good guys’ Bill Gates is now the largest farmland owner in America The Iraq Death Toll 15 Years After the US Invasion Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link <a href='h
Mon, January 18, 2021
044 - Century of the Self-Internalized Oppression
In the first 10 days, Biden will heal the soul of the nation via The Ludovico Technique as imagined by radical centrists. The cabinet is full of predictably compromised and nihilistic people. Dark money flows. The vaccine rollout is fucked. P.S. Happy MLK Day. General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber JNM's Recommendation: The Century of the Self Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Scientists urge stronger Paris Agreement pledges to curb climate change Low-wage workers are suffering from a decline in the real value of the federal minimum wage Joe Biden’s Cabinet Is on Loan From Corporate America Joe Biden’s Nominees Walk Through the Revolving Door The Miseducation of Samantha Power Trump visits his border wall on the heels of deadly Capitol Hill riot Biden’s top economic advisor demands that “schools open” so parents “can get back to work” Biden names conservative appeals court judge Merrick Garland as attorney general Democrats deride 'dark' money, but a new analysis shows it helped boost Joe Biden The Forgotten Socialist History of Martin Luther King Jr. Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derisio
Fri, January 15, 2021
043 - Incarcerate the Rick Snyder Cut
A call to nationalize Big Tech. Trump flees to the Alamo. Biden teaches the country arithmetic like the biggest asshole on earth. AOC continues to dash any hopes that might be remaining. Remember Hunter Biden's incriminating pics and vids? Neither do we. Poof! It never happened. Rick Snyder might just have to pay up to a $1000 fine for poisoning an entire town. What a deal! General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Vikings JNM's Recommendation: The Staircase Further Reading, Viewing, Listening It’s Not a Big Tech Crackdown, It’s an Anti-Monopoly Revolution We need to nationalise Google, Facebook and Amazon. Here’s why What finally got congressional Republicans to see the light? Corporate America. Fact check: No, impeachment itself would not ban Trump from a 2024 presidential run Biden’s New Attempt To Reward The GOP Must Be Rejected Ex-Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder charged with willful neglect of duty related to Flint water crisis Remember that time Gov. Snyder said he'd drink Flint's water for 30 days straight? That's over already. Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text <a rel="payme
Mon, January 11, 2021
042 - Impotently Purging the Trailer Fash in the 11th Hour
More details emerge about the tacit or direct involvement of the state in the riot on Capitol Hill. Trump's permanent banning from Twitter et al creates a predictable shouting match within the left about tactics, censorship, and free speech. How seriously do people take their scolding and scaremongering? Axe Body Spray 4 democracy. Olive Garden's craven act of pasta-based punishment has been debunked. Kamala gets undermined by the elite and scheming fashionistas at Vogue Magazine. Biden continues to fail before he even begins. Joe Manchin is a name we will see far too much of in the future. General Recommendations JNM's Recommendation: Coherence JD's Recommendation: Kings Dragon by Kate Elliott Further Reading, Viewing, Listening The Police Enabled the Far-Right Mob That Violently Stormed the Capitol Building Details emerge of high-level state involvement in Wednesday’s coup attempt ‘Coward’: MAGA internet turns on Trump The Washington Riot Was a Defeat for the Far Right, Not a Triumph No, Olive Garden did not revoke Sean Hannity's lifetime pasta pass Republican Elites Are Responsible for Today’s Storming of the Capitol Joe Biden Will Call on Congress to Immediately Cancel $10,000 in Student Loan Debt Sen. Joe Manchin says he'd 'absolutely' oppose Biden's stimulus checks, then swiftly walks it back after stocks tank The Pro-Trump Mob Was Doing It For The ’Gram Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland
Fri, January 08, 2021
041 - Insurrection Happy Hour
Wade through that MAGA flood up on Capitol Hill. Democrats have no more excuses (but will create them anyway). Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos remain the worst the species has to offer. General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Hiram Walker Peppermint Schnapps 90 Proof JNM's Recommendations: Morning Joe - January 7, 2021: Cold Open Montage (feat. Johnny Cash 'Hurt') Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Madness on Capitol Hill After Their Victories in Georgia, the Democrats Have No More Excuses Elon Musk passes Jeff Bezos to become the richest person on Earth Has Jeff Bezos Decided To End World Hunger? (@HasBezosDecided) Has Elon Musk Decided To End World Hunger? (@HasElonDecided) Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Tue, January 05, 2021
040 - Vee Belief in Nussing, Pelosi!
Trump does pathetic mafioso cosplay and we wish him well on his yet to be named plan to build a bigger, gold-er, version of the White House next to the original. Julian Assange faces the first decent news in a decade. Congress continues to absorb and transform people like The Thing. The briefest of histories of Presidential pardons. General Recommendations JNM's Recommendations: Knowledge Fight JD's Recommendation: Crusader Kings III Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Transcript: President Trump’s Phone Call With Georgia Election Officials Julian Assange: UK judge blocks extradition of Wikileaks founder to US NANCY PELOSI RAMS AUSTERITY PROVISION INTO HOUSE RULES PACKAGE OVER OBJECTIONS OF PROGRESSIVES Pelosi’s Perverse PAYGO Play Austerity Kills. PAYGO Must Go. List of people pardoned or granted clemency by the president of the United States Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Sat, January 02, 2021
039 - The 2020 Human Misery Olympics
We strike a pose like Janus , the dual-faced god looking both to the past and future simultaneously, and mostly dig into other years throughout history that are held in infamy from our perch here at the end of 2020 and the dawn of 2021. General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: One Piece JNM's Recommendations: 1) Midsommar (Director's Cut) 2) Ari Aster on Midsommar, Cathartic Endings, the Director's Cut, and His Favorite Films 3) Ari Aster | Hereditary | Film Comment Talk 4) Ari Aster Discusses the Director's Cut of Midsommar Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Life for the Average Family During the Great Depression Memories of the 1918 Pandemic From Those Who Survived 536 AD — the worst year in history An Average Day In The Life Of A 14th-Century Plague Victim Daily life of the Athenian Everyday Life in Ancient Greece Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Tue, December 29, 2020
038 - $2000 Per Month is an Attack on Every American
Amazon's current form as a refutation of the intellectual justifications for capitalism. More stimulus bill fuckery. Trump pardons Black Water murderers amongst other murderers. Identity politics continue to be crassly used to shield bad politics from critique. General Recommendations JD's Recommendations: Flatland: The Movie JNM's Recommendation: The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster Further Reading, Viewing, Listening How Amazon Destroys the Intellectual Justifications for Capitalism Where In The World Is Kamala Harris? A look at the 29 people Trump pardoned or gave commutations “These Men Were Undeserving”: FBI Investigator Slams Trump’s Blackwater Pardons For interracial couples, Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff are a ‘monumental’ symbol JNM's review of The Machine Stops Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Wed, December 23, 2020
037 - We Can Be H.E.R.O.E.S. Just For One Great Conjunction
We do a light excavation of the newly passed (yet to be signed into law) "HEROES Act" (H.R. 133). Stanford Medical Center gives vaccines to each and every more deserving "elite" in their ranks while 1,342 frontline medical workers are left empty handed. As the vaccines roll out (and slowly trickle down from Mt. Olympus, where all our godlike ruling class reside) the UK is exploding with a new, highly infectious, strain of COVID-19, which Boris Johnson's insane, homicidal, "herd immunity" policies 1000% created the conditions for. But, on the other hand, Saturn and Jupiter have aligned in a way not seen since 1226, so, everything's lookin' up. General Recommendations JD's Recommendations: 1) Don't Celebrate Christmas 2) Use Electric Blankets JNM's Recommendation: Grizzly Man Further Reading, Viewing, Listening HEROES Act to give $350 million in coronavirus aid to 50 of the richest communities From racehorse owners to business lunch goers: Here's who got a tax break Democrats urged to fight for bigger relief checks Stanford hospital erupts in protest after vaccine plan leaves out residents Stanford frontline health care workers slam chaos in COVID-19 vaccine rollout Stanford apologizes after doctors protest vaccine plan Britain’s dangerous new COVID-19 strain Protest in front of Jeff Bezos' $165 million Beverly Hills mansion Protesters set up a guillotine outside Jeff Bezos
Mon, December 21, 2020
036 - Sacrificing Lives for the Holidays
Mayor Pete's impeccable qualifications for ruining public transit. AOC plays nice with Pelosi and still gets booted out of a key committee seat. Briahna Joy Gray makes the case for forcing a floor vote on Medicare for All. Delivery drivers in South Korea are being worked to death, literally. Leaked emails reveal the true intentions of the elite to deliberately infect huge numbers of people with COVID-19. General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: The Uncanny Counter JNM's Recommendation: Succession Further Reading, Viewing, Listening South Bend mayor stands behind Smart Streets after traffic death AOC Loses Committee Seat In Pelosi Orchestrated Coup The Establishment Strikes Back Kathleen Rice beats out AOC for spot on coveted House committee The Case for Forcing a Floor Vote on Medicare for All by Briahna Joy Gray Delivery workers in South Korea say they’re dying of ‘overwork.’ “We want them infected:” Emails show White House sought to promote spread of COVID-19 Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Fri, December 18, 2020
035 - Hunter Biden's Generic Post Zombie Formalism Illustration
State of the Corona Virus. Andrew "Camus" Cuomo gets an Emmy. Fauci and Biden-Harris get fellated by Time Magazine. Hunter Biden is an artiste. Nina Turner (yay!), Mayor Pete (nay). Massive corporations thrive harder than ever during the pandemic and their CEOs brag about it and laugh in our faces. The historically massive strikes and protests in India continue to grow. General Recommendations JNM's Recommendation: PCU JD's Recommendations: 1) The Turbo Kid 2) qBittorent Jackett plug-in Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Almost 1,000 daily COVID-19 deaths in Germany: The criminal outcome of keeping businesses and schools open Andrew Cuomo Got an Emmy for Literally Just Showing Up Not Mentioned in Cuomo’s Coronavirus Book: How Many Nursing Home Residents Died in New York 2020 Time Magazine Person of the Year: Biden-Harris TIME names Dr. Anthony Fauci and frontline healthcare workers as 2020 Guardian of the Year Hunter Biden preps first solo art show with Georgès Berges gallery Hunter Biden Has Left Lobbying to Become a Fine Artist. So What Does the Art World Think of Joe Biden’s Son’s Work? Power, Profits and the Pandemic (PDF) GOP Megadonor Celebrates His Profits From “Huge Increases In Rents” As Millions Face Eviction 10 Ways to Make Money During the Pandemic Indian farmers hold day-long hunger strike as protests intensify Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every
Tue, December 15, 2020
034 - Jimmy Dores / Joey Bides
We talk about the recent hubbub over Jimmy Dore's proposal that politicians actually use their power for the things they claim to be in favor of and after that we explore the bottomless depths of Joe Biden's depravity. General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Dehd - Flower of Devotion JNM's Recommendation: Threats by Amelia Gray Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Jimmy Dore Calls on Democrats to Withhold Support for Nancy Pelosi Unless She Brings Single Payer Medicare for All to a Vote Here's What Medicare For All Supporters In Congress Can Actually Do Biden's Leaked Audio: Reactions from Briahna Joy Gray & Katie Joe Biden has praised segregationists & James Eastlands for 40 yrs. But it’s MUCH worse. Joe & Strom Thurmond are co-authors of mass incarceration & Crime/Drug Bills in 82/84/86/88. Joe’s friendships w/Old Jim Crow IS what created New Jim Crow. Want context? Receipts? A thread: Joe Biden: Not Ashamed Of The 1994 Crime Bill JNM's Goodreads Review of THREATS by Amelia Gray Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Fri, December 11, 2020
033 - Bolivian Water Wars
In light of water recently being traded on Wall Street as a commodity, we talk about the privatization of Bolivia's water in the late 90s/early 2000s, more specifically the Cochabamba Water War . The Bechtel Corporation literally charged people for the rain water. (Seoul's remarkably high air pollution on 12/11/2020 was making us feel like shit during this one.) General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Porridge Radio, Every Bad JNM's Recommendations: 1) Burning & 2) Demand your Representatives withhold their vote for Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House unless she brings Medicare for All to the floor for a vote Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Timeline: The Cochabamba Water Revolt Cochabamba Water Wars As water becomes more scarce, new futures trade provides buffer Let’s use our leverage to force vote on Medicare for All Locationless Locations Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Tue, December 08, 2020
032 - Capitalism's Winter of Death + CocoRosie/Camus/Cuomo
We attempt and fail to steer completely clear of the State of the Corona Virus but eventually claw our way back to the ol' chaotic maelstrom of the Roulette Wheel of Clickbait and headlines otherwise. We also pose the eternal philosophical question "What is a vaccine, really?" General Recommendations JNM's Recommendations: 1) Cocorosie & 2) Mank JD's Recommendation: Yaeji Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Capitalism’s winter of death Did coronavirus data whistleblower hack Florida’s emergency alert system? Police raid home The UK approved Pfizer's vaccine too quickly and without the proper checks, EU politicians have warned Pfizer chairman 'unsure' if COVID vaccine prevents transmission to others How Salvador Dalí has influenced your wardrobe How the black turtleneck came to represent creative genius One lucky, wealthy person can now buy time alone with the 'Mona Lisa' Super Nintendo World is opening at Universal Studios Japan in February Yet another Italian village is selling $1 houses Lying down and vomiting between courses 50 cats inherit money from Frenchman How robots could save one of the world's most unusual cathedrals Technology will not save us Locationless Locations Every show-related link is
Fri, December 04, 2020
031 - Meanwhile in India: 250,000,000 Workers Strong
We discuss the heartening news of what is likely the largest general strike in history: 250 million farmers, laborers, unionists, etc, have united in a courageous march upon New Delhi and it gives a glimmer of hopeful possibilities of mass labor movements and general strikes as an effective tactic in the future (though the lot of us probably have to get a lot more desperate first). General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi JNM's Recommendation: Super Flat Times by Matthew Derby Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Over 250 million workers join national strike in India "This is a Revolution, Sir" Locationless Locations Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Sun, November 29, 2020
030 - The Heat Deaths Meet The Boomer Death Squads, Crossover Extravaganza
We convened, in clandestine fashion, with The BDS. The Boomer Death Squad ( @BoomerDeathPod ), of course. We had a grand ol' time orbiting around the conceit of assessing the Obama Years. This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Oh, and: This confession...has meant...nothing. General Recommendations JNM's Recommendations: 1) Love Liza & 2) Wild Turkey 101 JD's Recommendation: Mythic Quest Danny's Recommendations: 1) Jesus Son & 2) Grow a moustache & 3) King of Comedy & 4) Barton Fink & 5) Sour Monkey Joe's Recommendations: 1) Casino & 2) The nation of Ireland & 3) Rum Matt's Recommendations: 1) Fargo (TV Series, Season Four) & 2) Watchmen & 3) Wild Turkey Locationless Locations Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Fri, November 27, 2020
029 - Education in the Time of SARS-CoV-2
We try out our first Zoom call recording in preparation for our next episode with real live genuine guests. We discuss what it's like to teach during COVID times, how generally fucked things are, and bump up against the topic of leftist in-fighting as a teaser for a future episode. General Recommendations JNM's Recommendation: Four New Messages by Joshua Cohen JNM's review of the novel JD's Recommendation: Role Playing Games/Creating Stories with Friends Further Reading, Viewing, Listening As teachers fight deadly return to school, the DSA runs to the defense of the unions and Democrats New York City teachers union pushes for fast return to in-person classes COVID-19 and student performance, equity, and U.S. education policy Online learning cannot just be for those who can afford its technology How schools can reopen safely during the pandemic It’s past time for schools to reopen This Is What It's Like to Be a Teacher During the Coronavirus Pandemic Locationless Locations Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Bonus · Tue, November 24, 2020
000 - Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) - Supplemental Commentary Track
We tried once again to push the boundaries of our physical and psychological ability to endure extended, uninterrupted viewings of blockbuster cinematic universes with the 12 hour total runtime of the Transformers franchise. Unlike the 16 hours we endured during our Fast and Furious franchise marathon , we failed to complete the task. P.S. Commentary tracks (made during this torturous endeavor) for the first four movies in the franchise will be released gradually over the next week or so. Locationless Locations Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Send us a text Support the show
Bonus · Tue, November 24, 2020
000 - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) - Supplemental Commentary Track
We tried once again to push the boundaries of our physical and psychological ability to endure extended, uninterrupted viewings of blockbuster cinematic universes with the 12 hour total runtime of the Transformers franchise. Unlike the 16 hours we endured during our Fast and Furious franchise marathon , we failed to complete the task. P.S. Commentary tracks (made during this torturous endeavor) for the first four movies in the franchise will be released gradually over the next week or so. Locationless Locations Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Send us a text Support the show
Bonus · Tue, November 24, 2020
000 - Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) - Supplemental Commentary Track
We tried once again to push the boundaries of our physical and psychological ability to endure extended, uninterrupted viewings of blockbuster cinematic universes with the 12 hour total runtime of the Transformers franchise. Unlike the 16 hours we endured during our Fast and Furious franchise marathon , we failed to complete the task. P.S. Commentary tracks (made during this torturous endeavor) for the first four movies in the franchise will be released gradually over the next week or so. Locationless Locations Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Send us a text Support the show
Bonus · Tue, November 24, 2020
000 - Transformers (2007) - Supplemental Commentary Track
We tried once again to push the boundaries of our physical and psychological ability to endure extended, uninterrupted viewings of blockbuster cinematic universes with the 12 hour total runtime of the Transformers franchise. Unlike the 16 hours we endured during our Fast and Furious franchise marathon , we failed to complete the task. P.S. Commentary tracks (made during this torturous endeavor) for the first four movies in the franchise will be released gradually over the next week or so. Locationless Locations Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Send us a text Support the show
Tue, November 24, 2020
028 - Michael Bay's Sick Sad World
We tried once again to push the boundaries of our physical and psychological ability to endure extended, uninterrupted viewings of blockbuster cinematic universes with the 12 hour total runtime of the Transformers franchise. Unlike the 16 hours we endured during our Fast and Furious franchise marathon , we failed to complete the task. We still had a few things to say about the experience, about Michael Bay in general, and about the military-entertainment complex. P.S. Commentary tracks (made during this torturous endeavor) for the first four movies in the franchise will be released gradually over the next week or so. General Recommendations JNM's Recommendation: The Righteous Gemstones JD's Recommendation: Raspberry Pi Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Has Michael Bay Fallen Out of Love With the Military? MOVIES AND TV SHOWS SPONSORED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ENLISTING AN AUDIENCE: HOW HOLLYWOOD PEDDLES PROPAGANDA Call of Duty: gaming's role in the military-entertainment complex "Transformers": the biggest joint military operation movie ever made. Locationless Locations Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Send us a text Support the show
Fri, November 20, 2020
027 - Yass Vaccine
Vaccine or Vacc-unseen? Nancy Pelosi remains to be just the worst. Student debt relief is about as likely as ever seeing another COVID stimulus relief check, unfortunately. General Recommendations JNM's Recommendations: 1) Ikuru & 2) Dogtooth JD's Recommendations: Kiss Me Deadly Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Growing support among workers for shutdown of nonessential production as US death toll tops 250,000 Pfizer ends vaccine trial with 95% success rate, paving way for a shot this year Why the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine is a cause for optimism — and skepticism The real record of Nancy Pelosi Biden Wants To Help Pay Some Student Loans, But There's Pressure To Go Further Locationless Locations Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Mon, November 16, 2020
026 - The Kamala Harris Administration Appoints Joe Biden to Secretary of Gaffes
We take a closer look at some of the probable Biden cabinet picks, inevitably address the COVID crisis a bit as it is omnipresent, and issue a few stray thoughts on the Trumpian coup. General Recommendations JNM's Recommendation: Room 237 Official Trailer | HD | IFC Films Full documentary (Vimeo) JD's Recommendations: 1) Tower of God & 2) The God of Highschool Locationless Locations Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Send us a text Support the show
Mon, November 09, 2020
025 - USA DOA: Initial Electoral Autopsy
We hover over the barely twitching corpse of the United States of America and issue some thoughts about its last remaining, nauseated and disoriented neuronal pathways. We also find ourselves in a spirited discussion about the viability of The Squad et al., and whether the Democratic party can be transformed from within or needs to be challenged from without. Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Meet the contenders for Biden’s Cabinet Ding-dong, the jerk is gone. But read this before you sing the Hallelujah Chorus Whoever Wins, This Election Is Not the End of Trumpism On Election Day, Follow the Money for Both Parties Biden: Voting in Wisconsin Is Safe. Locals: It Could Kill Us No Election That Endangers Voters Is Legitimate Locationless Locations Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Wed, November 04, 2020
024 - The Anticlimactic Purge (Live Election Commentary)
Covering the US Presidential Election in real time from Seoul on our Wednesday morning until the afternoon. Locationless Locations Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Mon, November 02, 2020
023 - Give Us This Day Our Daily Clickbait
The US breaks more records. Holograms praise people. Discount full body contact leopard encounter. Diamonds made from the sky. Black Plague remembrance day. Expensive asteroid. Caspian Sea Monster. Misplaced nuclear bombs. Lisbon's destruction in 1755. Jason makes significant advances in Flat Earth Theory. Tigers and a bear predict the upcoming presidential election outcome via watermelons. General Recommendations JNM's Recommendation: The films of Neil Breen: In praise of Neil Breen, an auteur who finds new and exciting ways to be bad with every movie he makes by Leor Galil Why Fateful Findings Deserves Cult Status by Nathan Rabin Neil Breen's Pass-Thru reviewed by Nathan Rabin JD's Recommendation: Rat Queens Further Reading, Viewing, Listening US coronavirus cases break global daily record, and experts warn it will only get worse Kim Kardashian's Hologram of Her Late Father Calls Kanye West "The Most, Most Most, Most, Most Genius Man in the Whole World" US man mauled by leopard after paying $150 for a 'full-contact experience' Asteroid believed to be worth $10,000 quadrillion observed through telescope Watch these zoo animals predict the US presidential election This entrepreneur says he's making diamonds 'from the sky' The 'Caspian Sea Monster' rises from the grave How captivity saved these animals from extinction <a href='https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/11/08/the-lisbon-earthquake-in-1755-natur
Fri, October 30, 2020
022 - Levitate This Podcast!: The Trial of the Chicago 7
We discuss Aaron SOARkin's latest directorial/screenwriting endeavor The Trial of the Chicago 7. Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Chicago 7 prosecutor: ‘They were going to try to destroy our trial. And they did a damn good job.’ The Real Abbie Hoffman by Nathan Robinson The worst song choice for the intro montage of the movie: 'We're Going to Chicago' DANIEL PEMBERTON | The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) Official Song / OST ‘Banality Punctured By Moments Of Sheer Horror:’ A Reporter Remembers The Real Trial Of The Chicago 7 Locationless Locations Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Wed, October 28, 2020
021 - SCOTUS/Pestilence
One host tests negative for the novel coronavirus. We discuss the news of Amy Coney Barrett being sworn in for obviously nefarious reasons, the climate continues to catastrophize, and COVID continues to expose the worrisome machinations of capitalism and wreak physiological, psychological, and economic havoc more generally. We also discuss the differences between the South Korean healthcare model vs that of the disastrous US variety. General Recommendations JNM's Recommendation: Doctors Without Borders & Hitler's Circle of Evil (and not what I mistakenly called "Hitler's Henchmen" which is something else) JD's Recommendation: Stormlight Archive Series by Brandon Sanderson Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Why are Mitch McConnell's hands blue? Trump escalates coup plotting with swearing-in of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett Republicans Are Daring Democrats to Expand the Supreme Court Supreme Court is about to have 3 Bush v. Gore alumni sitting on the bench Socialists Have Long Fought to Disempower the Supreme Court. That’s More Urgent Than Ever Now. The Supreme Court has almost always sided with the wealthy, the privileged, and the powerful, a new book argues. Australian environmental scientists face mounting censorship The pandemic has only accelerated the underlying contradictions of capitalism Locationless Locations Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild
Thu, October 22, 2020
020 - Free Daniel Hale: Whistleblowing and the Despicable Espionage Act
We talk about the woefully underreported story of Daniel Hale, who leaked The Drone Papers to the press, and was arrested under the Espionage Act in May 2019. We go on to discuss whistleblowers, dissent, the persecution of Eugene Debs, US drone programs, and more. CORRECTION: The most successful third party run in US history was the Progressive Party in 1912, not Eugene Debs' Socialist Party run during that same year. Stop the Prosecution of Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale Tell Lawmakers to Reform the Espionage Act General Recommendations JNM's Recommendation: You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine & Intimations by Alexandra Kleeman ( @AlexKleeman ) JD's Recommendation: The Host Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Ex-NSA official charged with leaking classified drone documents Former intelligence analyst charged Government Moves to Block Alleged Drone Whistleblower's Defense VIDEO: Trump Steps up War on Whistleblowers Daniel Hale arrested for being the source of The Drone Papers Joe Biden told countries there'd be 'consequences' Joe Biden’s Love Affair With the CIA All the President’s Whistleblowers <a href='https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/06/one-
Sun, October 18, 2020
019 - Our Experimental Phase
We get mildly zooted on the nootropic equivalent of adrenochrome and languidly drift and fiercely machete our way through a very small percentage of the internet. Extraterrestrial life. Vlad the Impaler. Nuclear football. Herd immunity is genocide. COVID Derangement Syndrome. Flights to nowhere. A chicken nugget launched into space. Beheadings. 500 lashings for blasphemy. Beer flood. Kinetoscope anniversary. Top Gun sequel. Woodrow Wilson and Trump join their own pandemics. Nancy Pelosi will kill you for her fridges and iced creams. Nazi Olympics. Clickbait Roulette, the World Socialist Website, and On This Day segments get haphazardly spliced together on a near-chromosomal level. And more! General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Utopia JNM's Recommendation: Ari Aster's Short Films: Before ‘Hereditary’ and ‘Midsommar,’ Ari Aster Directed These Six Short Films With Similar Themes Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Why you should avoid afternoon surgery Australian man faces 500 lashes in Saudi Arabia for blasphemy A British supermarket launched a chicken nugget into space The Great Barrington Declaration: A manifesto of d
Wed, October 14, 2020
018 - Honey, I Broke the Sound Barrier's War on Drugs
We experiment with a more freeform style of conversation and then attempt to do a segment we intended to do before Episode 001 where we rifle through births, deaths, events, and holidays that occurred on the day we're recording. We revisit the War on Drugs, Chuck Yeager, Teddy Roosevelt's thwarted assassination attempt, and the underlying connections between National Dessert Day, National Pet Obesity Day, and National Fossil Day, among other meandering mental associations. General Recommendations JNM's Recommendation: American Movie JD's Recommendation: Lovecraft Country Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Read Tennessee educators form rank-and-file safety committee to close schools and save lives The betrayals of the UAW and the rise of right-wing militias in Michigan On This Day - October 14th Wikipedia: October 14th The War on Drugs kicked off in 1982 Chuck Yeager Broke the Sound Barrier in 1947 When Teddy Roosevelt Was Shot in 1912, a Speech May Have Saved His Life The Many Odd Holidays in October View Blockbuster Offers Glimpse Of Movie Renting Past Locationless Locations Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text <a rel="payment" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1228850/support
Thu, October 08, 2020
017 - The Eternal Recurrence of the Roaring Twenties
QAnon is still too idiotic to live. Trump still has COVID and is in a perpetually manic state. Biden is still depressingly terrible in every way. David Brooks is still a bloviating, smug moron. The Roaring Twenties still should not be idealized. The future is still a sprawling landmine field of "unknown unknowns." General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Hades JNM's Recommendations: Swallow Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Read The most unhinged Trump conspiracy theory comes from – who else? – QAnon followers Trump says he’s calling off stimulus negotiations with Democrats ‘until after the election’ Elect Joe Biden, America Joe Biden can bridge the nation's great divides America Is Having a Moral Convulsion Prepare for the Roaring Twenties Joe Biden Should Stop Shitting on the Democratic Party’s Base View BIDEN Won't Listen to the Scientists! Locationless Locations Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Mon, October 05, 2020
016 - The Bipartisanship of COVID-19
We mark the horrific milestone of passing one million COVID deaths (roughly 25% in the US which has 4% of the population), briefly rehash the grotesquery of the Presidential Debate, contemplate the possibility of a Trump coup, face the fact that many other experts and politicians were just as deceitful about the reality of COVID as Trump was in the early days of the pandemic, and do a thorough read-through of a classic Current Affairs article by Luke Savage ( @LukewSavage ) about the "Curse of Bipartisanship." P.S. There's an eerie howling wind in the background throughout the episode. Literally. Added to the ambient dread, in retrospect. General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis JNM's Recommendations: Podcasts: 1) Michael and Us ( @MichaelandUs ) & 2) Bad Faith ( @BadFaithPod ) Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Read With one million dead, governments abandon efforts to contain COVID-19 pandemic Coronavirus surges across US Midwest What Happens If a Presidential Candidate Becomes Incapacitated or Dies Trump’s Operation Dictatorship: What the debate exposed US governors told in February that pandemic would get “much worse,” but did not alert public The Curse of Bipartisanship Locationless Locations Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Outro Music
Thu, October 01, 2020
015 - Here are Your Choices, America, You Pathetic Shitheel (Presidential Debate Live Commentary)
Hoped for something truly unhinged and hilarious and got more bleak mediocrity instead. Again. The funniest part is that we got up early in the morning to watch this shit. Joke's on us. Again. Locationless Locations Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Bonus · Mon, September 28, 2020
000 - Game Change (2012) - Supplemental Commentary Track
We talk over and about large chunks of the 2012 HBO Original Film Game Change. Josh uses his midwestern roots to replicate Sarah Palin's Fargo-esque accent. Jason refuses to pronounce her name correctly. We give sweeping takes on the last two decades in the realm of political theater and/or circuses. We agonized over which of the following political films to do a commentary track for: First round picks: Man of the Year (2006) An American Carol (2008) Recount (2008) Swing Vote (2008) W. (2008) War, Inc. (2008) Too Big To Fail (2011) Game Change (2012) Second Round Picks: Man of the Year (2008) Swing Vote (2008) Game Change (2012) Send us a text Support the show
Mon, September 28, 2020
014 - The Unrelenting Horizonlessness of Clickbait Roulette
Things get pretty loose on today's edition of Clickbait Roulette. We also went on to record a movie commentary for Game Change immediately after this. General Recommendations JNM's Recommendation: How It's Made JD's Recommendation: A Visit From the Goon Squad Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Read Meet Mongolia's most eligible eagle hunter We're all medieval monks now 'Most clothes can be recycled' and 8 other myths 'Killer whales attacked my yacht for 45 minutes' Scientists win award for giving an alligator helium and making it shout Report noisy karaoke singers to help fight coronavirus, Philippine governor urges public Locationless Locations Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Outro Music 쾅 프로그램 (Kuang Program) "잘살아침" ("Jalsalachim") You or Me Excellent fan video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HekDIwoFHbs Send us a text Support the show
Wed, September 23, 2020
013 - WAR IS A RACKET!
We glance into the fascinating and interlinked historical events of the Business Plot (to overthrow FDR's White House on behalf of a handful of wealthy industrialists), the Bonus Army's March upon Washington DC, and the figure of Major General Smedley Darlington Butler and his rallying cry against the profit motive as connected to warfare, in his book War is a Racket. General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Internet Archive: Classic PC Games JNM's Recommendation: They Shall Not Grow Old Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Read War is a Racket by Smedley Butler (PDF) The 1932 Bonus Army: Black and White Americans Unite in March on Washington The Sad Tale of the Bonus Marchers View Excerpt from The Corporation on "The Business Plot" and Smedley Butler Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - The Business Plot The Bonus Army: An American Epic - A Presentation by the book's authors Listen Soldier Against Soldier: The Story of the Bonus Army War is a Racket (Audiobook) Locationless Locations Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Send us a text Support the show
Tue, September 22, 2020
012 - Kill Yr Idols: Political Phantasmagoria Edition
In this late night edition, we talk about wishful thinking, hero-worship, myth-making, cults of personality, et cetera, within in the political realm, be it through mind-numbingly inane fanfiction, terrible Hollywood screenwriters, or the delusional cries into the chasm of twitter and reddit and the like. General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: The Boys (again, oops) & Psycho Mall Walker JNM's Recommendation: One Strange Rock Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Read No Politician Deserves Fan Fiction Ben Garrison image search Jon McNaughton image search The Strange, Nostalgic World of Obama-Biden Fan Fiction Hope Never Dies: An Obama Biden Mystery , et al. Joe Biden: It Would Be an Insult to My Dead Son for Everyone to Have Healthcare 'The West Wing's' idealism looks even better 20 years after its first Emmy Listen West Wing Thing (podcast) Locationless Locations Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com <a ta
Thu, September 17, 2020
011 - Blood Red Skies & Broken Promises
Our mid week early morning episode centers around two of the latest articles from Luke Savage ( @LukewSavage ) in the ideologically-aligned warm embrace of Jacobin. The first regarding the absolute imperative need for a Green New Deal to even possibly combat the effects of climate change. The second deals with the perpetual disappointment of the Biden campaign, which not only will never be pushed leftward, but won't even deliver on its own lukewarm platform and promises. General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Castaway on the Moon JNM's Recommendation: Understories by Tim Horvath Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Read It’s Ecosocialism or Barbarism Pelosi calls the Green New Deal 'the green dream or whatever' Joe Biden’s Promises Were Meant to Be Broken Donald Trump Has Added Trillions to the US Military Budget. Joe Biden Wants to Spend Even More. House Democrats gave Trump 'everything he wanted' on a $738 billion defense bill while on the brink of impeaching him Joe Biden: It Would Be an Insult to My Dead Son for Everyone to Have Healthcare JNM's review of Understories Listen Luke Savage's podcast co-hosted with Will Sloan called Michael and Us: A podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world. Locationless Locations Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Outro Music The Flaming Lips "Talkin' 'bout the Smilin' Deathporn Immor
Sun, September 13, 2020
010 - Nikola Tesla's Big Mouth Billy Bass: (3)6 Chambers of Clickbait Roulette
Round three of the adrenaline-surging, highest of high stakes endeavor of Clickbait Roulette. It's a fun one. Or it isn't. You be the judge. Our fate is in your hands while our mouths are in your ears. General Recommendations JNM's Recommendation: In Fabric JD's Recommendation: Liveship Traders Trilogy Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Read 4 insane things just happened to Tesla FBI investigating report of 'guy in jetpack' World's slowest musical composition changes chord Talking robots could be used to combat loneliness These 'living clothes' can absorb carbon emissions NASA wants to buy moon rocks QAnon fans spread fake claims about real fires New York Man Fakes Death To Avoid Jail But Typo Gives Him Away Virginia man gets permission to be buried in Juicy Fruit-themed casket The unexpected side effects of tall buildings Woman who sawed off own hand found guilty of fraud Locationless Locations Every show-related link is corralled and available here . Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com <a target="_blank" hre
Thu, September 10, 2020
009 - Flint: Check Your Clean Water Privilege
But seriously, of course clean water is a right and not, as some seem to believe, a privileged commodity. The Biden campaign's recent, gleeful acceptance and touting of the endorsement from former Michigan GOP Governor, and obvious angel of death, Rick Snyder—this sparked an interest in taking a closer, retrospective look at the still ongoing water crisis in Flint, Michigan. Ways to help: 6 Flint Area Organizations That Are Making a Difference General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Raised by Wolves JNM's Recommendation: The Corporation Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Read Flint Water Crisis: Everything You Need to Know The Flint water crisis and the criminality of American capitalism Solving Flint’s toxic water crisis Flint Water Crisis: Capitalism Is Poisoning Us Five years on, the Flint water crisis is nowhere near over ‘Nothing to worry about. The water is fine’: how Flint poisoned its people Lethal Pneumonia Outbreak Caused By Low Chlorine In Flint Water View Frontline: Flint's Deadly Drinking Water NOVA: Poisoned Water Flint Water Declared Safe Based on LIES Flint: Gov. Caught Faking Water Tests New Bombshell Flint Documentary Exposes Government Crimes Murky Waters of Flint. How a whole city was poisoned Why Flint still doesn’t have clean water after 4 years <a href='https://www.youtub
Tue, September 08, 2020
008 - I'm Thinking of Ending Things
We take a much needed breather from all things psychologically-battering and ulcer-inducing (politics, climate catastrophe, pandemics, Aaron Sorkin) in order to discuss and recount the brand new (and extremely anticipated by yours truly) Charlie Kaufman film I'm Thinking of Ending Things and delve into Kaufman's magnificent filmography more generally. There will be significant spoilers—including this one: we highly recommend the movie, so go check it out (possibly more than once) on netflixdotcom (linked above) and then return to this episode. General Recommendations JNM's Recommendations: 1) Nine Eyes of Google Street View & 2) Hope Never Leaves the Theater JD's Recommendations: 1) Chef's Table: BBQ & 2) The Boys Further Reading, Viewing, Listening ‘I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS’: A BEAUTIFULLY CONFOUNDING KAUFMAN MASTERWORK To Make Any Sense of Netflix’s ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things,’ Let’s Turn to the Original Book Being Charlie Kaufman - The Definitive Charlie Kaufman Information Resource Since 2001 I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid Fregoli delusion Capgras delusion Cotard delusion Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer (Wanderer above the Sea of Fog) Jon Rafman Finds a Slice of Humanity in the Digital Terrain Carter Burwell's Theater of the New Ear Here’s Why Charlie Kaufman’s ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’ Has a Fake Robert Zemeckis Film Ice by Anna Kavan JNM's eight pages of notes taken during a second viewing of I'm
Bonus · Thu, September 03, 2020
000 - Charlie Wilson's War (2007) - Supplemental Commentary Track
Watch along with us. It's better than just watching this piece of shit without us. "The original draft of the screenplay by Aaron Sorkin, creator of The West Wing, is said to have been harder-hitting and to have ended by explicitly linking American support for the mujahideen to 9/11. Reportedly, Tom Hanks found this too "political". Instead of 9/11, then, Charlie Wilson's War ends with Wilson failing to persuade Congress to invest positively in Afghanistan. "We fucked up the endgame", a title card quotes him as saying – as if it would have been absolutely no problem to heap billions of dollars' worth of weapons into the hands of central Asian warlords for a decade if the Americans had built them a few schools afterwards." Excerpt from The fog of Charlie Wilson's War Send us a text Support the show
Thu, September 03, 2020
007 - More Like Charlie Wilson's Bore, Folks!
We wanted to hand over a lighthearted episode after the dark clouds of the DNC/RNC and we did! Lighthearted is a synonym for three-fourths drunk, yes? Yes. We recorded a commentary track for 2007's dull and infuriating Aaron Sorkin penned, conveniently glossed over, slice of modern US imperialist Cold War history, Charlie Wilson's War . Immediately after this we continued to celebrate everything and nothing by consuming more alcohol and attempted to make an episode reflecting upon the film and our loosey-goosey commentary. We decided to just upload it totally unedited (for content), either as a radical gesture of authenticity or just simply out of one particular individual's personal exhaustion with editing and with seeing what a daunting task it would be to edit this particular episode. Or little bits of columns A, B and C. Next episode should be less chaotic and more grounded, but sometimes you just gotta flip the script's hair down off the rails and born to be wild. Thanks for sticking with it if you do, it's understood if you don't. Outro Music Death Rattle Orchestra "The Hand's Mouth" (Special thanks to Hupp Purnell Smith) General Recommendations JNM's Recommendations: (1) Dr. Strangelove and (2) Election JD's Recommendation: Grave of the Fireflies Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Read The fog of Charlie Wilson's War Almost Everything in “Dr. Strangelove” Was True View In Praise of Term Limits for Legislators The Best of Dr. Strangelove Listen Podcast: West Wing Thing Locationless Locations Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . What? Who? Heat Death of the Universe is an End-Times-inspired podcast about a wide range of subjects falling under the enorm
Sun, August 30, 2020
006 - RNC: The Dullest of Death Cults
We attempt to countenance the disorienting glare of the flag-draped COVID-19 vector euphemized as the "Republican National Convention." We cause vital blood vessels to explode in our brains by bearing witness to the all-sensory bombardment of a turbo-speed edit of the "highlights." Afterward, we try to supply the ballast needed for our RNC-battered minds by listening to Chris Hedges explain why "lesser of two evil"-ism is a dead end and cannot be an option in electoral politics, as well as the imperative need to create a third party to shatter the US duopolistic stranglehold. We add our own two cents on the possibility of creating a robust and effective third party, although JNM forgot to include a bunch of stats and facts he'd gathered prior in this segment due to the aforementioned neurophysiological damage. Kneel and pray for us, and then hop right back up on your feet for The Anthem. General Recommendations JNM's Recommendations: 1) China National Highway 110 traffic jam and 2) Devs JD's Recommendation: Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Read "Aubade" by Philip Larkin A New Party of a New Type: An Interview With Seth Ackerman View Devs - Poetry Scene - (Aubade by Philip Larkin) Part 1: Chris Hedges vs. Robert Reich on Clinton, Third Parties & Next Steps for Sanders Backers Part 2: Chris Hedges vs. Robert Reich on Clinton, Third Parties & Next Steps for Sanders Backers Pic of the day: Trump's True Physique Locationless Locations Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . What? Who? Heat Death of the Universe is an End-Times-inspired pod
Wed, August 26, 2020
005 - Clickbait Roulette™ Lullaby
Chronic sleep-deprivation collides with another early midweek recording session and a few rounds of Clickbait Roulette™. Patents were proposed. Goof-abouts were gathered. News headline veils were lifted. Typhoon "Barbie" was on its way as well. General Recommendations JD's recommendation: The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin 刘慈欣 ( @liu_cixin ) JNM's recommendation: Broadcast (in general) - Tender Buttons (more specifically) Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Read Information about the 2019 film Vivarium Circuit bending is "the creative, chance-based customization of the circuits within electronic devices such as low-voltage, battery-powered guitar effects, children's toys and digital synthesizers to create new musical or visual instruments and sound generators." Clickbait Roulette™ articles — KFC suspends its famous slogan over COVID-19 — Nudes, prudes and swingers. Famed resort adapts to the pandemic era — This is Amsterdam's answer to the problem of 'wild peeing' — Apple apologizes after another app store controversy — Uncovering the eye-opening truth about Andy Warhol's past — Mayor Slaps Back at John Oliver with sewage plant renaming Cuckoos are brood parasites View Truly Repulsive KFC "Finger Lickin' Good!" Ad From March 2020 (COVID-19 very much existed then, you fuckers.) This terrible and bizarre monetization of trendy "mindfulness" by KFC Andy Warhol - "Kiss" / / "Empire" <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qK82JvRY5s&list=
Mon, August 24, 2020
004 - DNC Beyond Panderdome
After surviving the psychic gulag of watching all eight Fast & Furious movies, we jumped ship out of that frying pan into the fire of the 2020 Democratic National Convention and said our piece. Come for the livid reactions from yours truly, stay for the markedly better explanations from Briahna Joy Gray. General Recommendations JD's recommendation: Bright Eyes - Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was JNM's recomendation: Blueprints of the Afterlife by Ryan Boudinot Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Read Joe Biden: It Would Be an Insult to My Dead Son for Everyone to Have Healthcare Obama Says Movements Like Black Lives Matter ‘Can’t Just Keep on Yelling’ In Defense of Litmus Tests by Brian Joy Gray ( @briebriejoy ) How Obama Failed by Branko Marcetic ( @BMarchetich ) Joshua Nomen-Mutatio's review of Blueprints of the Afterlife /&/ review of The Littlest Hitler View NBC Highlights of the 2020 DNC Former Sanders Press Sec on How Biden Could Win Her Vote How Voting "Blue No Matter Who" Helps Trump with Former Sanders Press Sec Briahna Joy Gray Locationless Locations Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . What? Who? Heat Death of the Universe is an End-Times-inspired podcast about a wide range
Bonus · Wed, August 19, 2020
000 - F9 (2021) Trailer - Supplemental Commentary Track
Right before we summarized the madness glimpsed by our non-stop watching of all eight Fast & Furious movies, we watched and spoke over the trailer for the upcoming, ninth installment of the sprawling franchise, F9. Trailer: FAST 9 Super Bowl Trailer (2020) Fast And Furious 9, John Cena Send us a text Support the show
Bonus · Wed, August 19, 2020
000 - The Fast and the Furious (2001) - Supplemental Commentary Track
Listen and watch along with us and our unhinged rambling, while cars become Cars, family becomes Family, Ja Rule and nü-metal triumph together, and product placement reaches into your brain, causing an insatiable thirst for Corona (cerveza, non-virulent), nitrous oxide, and a Sobe/Snapple/Pizza Hut chaser to be smashed into your face as you drive your skydiving car out of an airplane one quarter mile at a time. § Also, you'll hear literal crickets throughout the track due to my window being open on a humid summer night right next to my microphone. § The first movie finishes playing at 103:43:00 and we start the second one soon after. However, the recording cuts out at 138:08:00 due to my SD card reaching its limit on my recording console, so you'll have to imagine the rest of what we had to say about 2 Fast 2 Furious . We scrapped the idea of recording commentary for all eight movies mainly because I didn't want to listen back to that much footage searching for good bits to insert into our overview of the franchise episode. § Enjoy this if you dare tread. § Live your life one 1/4 mile at a time. Because "family." Send us a text Support the show
Wed, August 19, 2020
003 - The 21st Century as Seen Through a Furious Franchise
Immediately after recording our previous episode, we moved the recording equipment in front of the TV, and began to watch all eight of the movies from the Fast & Furious franchise, in a single, virtually uninterrupted, sitting. We'd never seen any of these movies prior. We laughed and cried ( and cried and laughed about it all again ) through approximately 16 hours of running time. We reflect upon this very ill-advised act during today's episode. General Recommendations JNM's Recommendation: The Saddest Music in the World JD's Recommendations: 1) Staying Indoors and 2) Smashed Burgers Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Read Lost action hero: blockbusters used to fight capitalism – now they embrace it Fragile masculinity: why no one in the Fast and Furious films can lose a fight List of longest films View LOST TOY FAIR PERFORMANCE with VIN DIESEL 1994 Vin Diesel - How To Break Dance Video (ORIGINAL) Every time "family" is said in the Fast & Furious franchise Locationless Locations Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . What? Who? Heat Death of the Universe is an End-Times-inspired podcast about a wide range of subjects falling under the enormous Janus-faced purview of cultural and political commentary. Hosted by two long-time expatriated US citizens living in South Korea, mainly Seoul. Joshua Nomen-Mutatio currently teaches liberal arts to precocious child geniu
Sun, August 16, 2020
002 - The Bone-Chilling Cackle of Kamala Harris
We've returned, against the odds, with a conversation centered around the news of Kamala Harris becoming the VP candidate alongside Joe "C'mon, Man" Biden. The centerpiece of the episode was the Jacobin article "Joe Biden Has Found His Neoliberal Match in Kamala Harris" by Branko Marcetic . General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: 7 Wonders JNM's Recommendation: Cinemania Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Colbert & Kamala: It was a de-BATE! IT WAS A DEBATE! DEBATE! DEBATE! Richard Medhurst ( @richimedhurst ): — Kamala Cackles Gleefully About Jailing Parents for Truancy — Kamala Harris Lies Through Entire Acceptance Speech — Kamala Harris is a Racist Who Supports Genocide Hollywood Celebrities Go Crazy for Kamala: ‘Crying with Joy!!!!’ Celebrities Join ‘We Have Kamala Harris’s Back’ Campaign to Pressure Media to Protect Her from ‘Sexist Political Attacks’ Locationless Locations Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . What? Who? Heat Death of the Universe is an End-Times-inspired podcast about a wide range of subjects falling under the enormous Janus-faced purview of cultural and political commentary. Hosted by two long-time expatriated US citizens living in South Korea, mainly Seoul. Joshua Nomen-Mutatio currently teaches liberal arts to precocious child geniuses in the infamous Gangnam district, enjoys Latin-based pseudonyms (not rea
Fri, August 14, 2020
001 - Tactical Baby Holsters
After pushing through the knotty chaos of equipment acquisition stumbling blocks, a self-taught crash course in sound engineering and editing, relearning how to think and speak in the context of Podcast, and the evergreen, debilitating, self-conscious states of our very minds, we offer up this inaugural episode. We blindly delve into some truncated and often misleading news headlines, predict their contents, then reveal the actual gristle and bone behind their clickbait exteriors. General Recommendations JNM's Recommendation: The Flame Alphabet by Ben Marcus JD's Recommendation: The Expanse Further Reading Exchange Transfusion (Blood) Elizabeth Báthory Image Search: vincent d'onofrio law & order head tilt "Soylent has gone through multiple iterations which have significantly changed flavor, texture, and nutritional ingredients since release." JNM's First: Chevy Corsica JNM's Second (and last): Chevy Celebrity JD's First: 1988 Honda Accord Joshua Nomen-Mutatio's review of The Flame Alphabet Locationless Locations Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here . What? Who? Heat Death of the Universe is an End-Times-inspired podcast about a wide range of subjects falling under the enormous Janus-faced purview of cultural and political commentary. Hosted by two long-time expatriated US citizens living in South Korea, mainly Seoul. Joshua Nomen-Mutatio currently teaches liberal arts to precocious child geniuses in the infamous Gangnam district, enjoys Latin-based pseudonyms (not really, just the one), makes percussive patterns with <a href='https://g.c
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