#253 - Cult Following

This episode is available as a youtube video with graphics and extra content! Find that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn278u6vwGo  The gang tries to venture into the extremely fraught territory of looking at content, and all get eaten by a grue. 

This episode is available as a youtube video with reference images, visual gags, and other additional content at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpPZKdXGOUY    The gang discusses how aesthetics took over political life thanks to the influence of Ed Bernays and mass media, and what that means for the information age. We use the works of Walter Benjamin and Guy Debord to help us answer the question: Can you still make real art?

The whole gang discusses the trends in trader joe's products, rare vances, pedophile allegations, cooking oils, steak n shake ads, culture war lines, and the effects of being a little bit old. Sorry for the bugged audio, reuploaded after updating VLC media player outro // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AafrdFzNijU

Todd and John discuss the nuances of Super Bowl Halftime shows, the puppygirl hacker polycule releasing police documents, the return of Fort Bragg, the pardons of Blagojevich and Adams, the fixations and proclivities of Vance and Kanye West, and ask the question: who makes the best beer can? for the full ep and more, subscribe at patreon.com/beepbeeplettuce  outro // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GesEA9MJuII&t=1s

Bryn, Chris, and John discuss the influence of prominent cults on members of the Trump admin, the origins of the Trump mindset, the effects of slashing USAID, the American legacy of Nazi practices, the weird blue shit RFK jr is drinking, the future of US-DPRK relations, and much more. John also introduces a bit that will make you nauseous, and claims sports medicine is not real. subscribe at patreon.com/beepbeeplettuce for twice as many episodes outro // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHR4SHtRMqM

The whole gang discusses the current state of trolling, the new Chinese app, the ceasefire in Palestine, tik tok, the coming cultural hegemony, the slop economy, and David Lynch RIP to the GOAT. For twi e as many eps, subscribe at patreon.com/beepbeeplettuce 

John, Todd, and Chris explore the Pit Vipers website, talk about the fires in California and the lack of adequate response, invasive tree species, Gavin Newsom's political career prospects, Carter's funeral, private firefighters, George Santos delayed sentencing, the reaction video economy, and what Halo would drive if he were Bladerunner. outro // we tell you in the episode, look it up For twice as many eps, subscribe at patreon.com/beepbeeplettuce

John, Chris, and Todd discuss the death of Jimmy Carter, the vehicular attack in New Orleans, the Cybertruck explosion outside Trump Towers, Elon's racist Twitter meltdown, the Boeing that crashed in South Korea, PDF to Brainrot dot com, and Arizona charter schools introducing AI education for the full ep and more, subscribe at www.patreon.com/beepbeeplettuce  

John and Todd discuss the finer points of Luigi Mangione, the details of the case, the Pelosi connection, several suspicious coincidences, and more. They also find time to address Trump tweeting AI-generated Chris Christie and the Theater Kid Occupied Government. outro // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC1NXV1cF8o

Chris and John discuss the finer points of the United Healthcare CEO shooting, make some comparisons to Shinzo Abe, take a long look at the tactics on display, then turn to some issues plaguing the Korean peninsula before turning their attention to Kevin Spacey in "Israel". For the full ep and more, subscribe at patreon.com/beepbeeplettuce outro // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiaNBTTflHU