In Which We Reveal Our Ignorance

Sam, Dylan, and Stephen reconnect with their old Bennington friend Tim Verras to talk about postumanism, corporatocracy, automation, the 1%, and the future of humanity. 

Scott Neagle joins as our special guest as we talk about Trump and Trumpism, Hillary Clinton's clear path to the presidency, what we expect from a Clinton administration, the list of things Stephen has in common with Hillary, multiculturalism, diversity, Sharia Law in the gym, and the future of eugenics.

Sam Tyndall, home sick with mild alcohol poisoning, stays home and so special guest Megan O'Byrne and Stephen Bruckert spend an hour talking about pop music, Beyonce, Lemonade, taste, and the republican primary.

Jeff Cee purposefully pontificates postulations pertaining the presidential primaries, party politics, Prince, plus picking partners for politician's presidential platforms.

Chris Gampat, Editor-In-Chief of The Phoblographer, joins us to talk about the upcoming NYC primary and public education. Also Dark Souls and breaking the first wall in Hearthstone.

In this very special episode the podcast is joined by someone neither Dylan nor Stephen have met in person before and whom Stephen met on facebook by getting into a heated political discussion : brave and enthusiastic conversationalist and musician Eric Vitoff joins Stephen and Dylan this week to talk about race, racial justice, the Oscars, protest, the democratic primary, white guilt, and more.

Jason Oberholtzer joins us as we talk about abortion law and why nobody believes women should be prosecuted for getting abortions. 

We're joined this week by Olivia Davis who shares one particular passion with co-host Sam Tyndall : HEARTHSTONE. They spend 40 minutes (plus an hour and a half before we started recording) about their favorite classes to play, deck builds, professional players, and the upcoming set Whispers of the Old Gods.Then we talk about politics at the end.

Sam Tyndall is out sleepy and Kryssy Wright joins as our special guest to talk about Donald Trump, sex workers, avant garde music, new music, rat park, and other things. We agree on everything and struggle to keep the show moving forward. 

Sam and I had planned to talk about the Trump rally in Chicago that was disrupted by protesters last night, but instead we get sidetracked to talking about ISIS's method of keeping woman viable as sex slaves. It's really, really horrible and this is an unusual episode. 

There is a video game called "The Witness." We all played it, we all loved it, and today we sat down with Mike Rugnetta of PBS Idea Channel and Molly Templeton of Everybody at Once to talk about it. Next week we'll be back to our regular politics and culture show.

Sam and Stephen stop in for a quick call to talk about the Super Tuesday results. 

Sam Tyndall and Stephen Bruckert sit down to talk about Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, pragmatism, idealism, and the bipartisan effort to defeat Donald Trump. 

Singer Catherine Herrick joins us as we talk about the FBI's recent demands on the Apple corporation and touring the United States as a band. 

Artist Alison Brady and writer David Holmes join us today to talk about Alison's breathtaking and unsettling work and the reasons they're voting for Hillary Clinton.

In this week's episode Stephen presents his findings from diving in deep to Donald Trump's platform and Sam Tyndall talks about the latest Democratic debate. 

We welcome lawyer Megan O'Byrne to the podcast this week to talk about the shooting of LaVoy Finicum by FBI agents, rapper B.o.B.'s revelation about the physical dimensions of the planet, Michael Bloomberg running for president, and Donald Trump's dodge of the last Republican debate before the Iowa caucus. 

Sculptor, performer, art hanger, and music producer Rob Parker (instagram @nobodymakesart) joins us today over skype to talk through lead poisoning in flint michigan, volunteer labor in the NFL, and rap battles in the east village while a blizzard rages on outside our homes.

Vanessa Arnold, feminist, artist, and know-it-all joins Stephen Bruckert, Sam Tyndall, and Dylan Thuras this week to talk about David Bowie, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and The Freedom Girls.

On this week's episode we talk about the ranchers occupying a federal building in Oregon, President Obama's executive action on firearms, and the death and rebirth of the underground in New York City with author of Brooklyn Spaces, Oriana Leckert.Here's the link to the paper on the cost of grazing cattle we talk about on the show : http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/public_lands/grazing/pdfs/CostsAndConsequences_01-2015.pdfHere's the link to Oriana Leckert's all-woman book club : https://www.facebook.com/groups/jugsandcapes/?__mref=message_bubble