Best Eleanor Janega Podcasts (2025)

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Vít Jedlička (with Eleanor Janega) 1:20:44

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21d ago1:20:44

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This week, Riley goes Mattie mode and profiles a guy that is technically a mayor but kind of not really, Liberland's Vít Jedlička. And we're joined by Medievalist but more importantly Czechia expert, our pal Dr. Eleanor Janega! Municipal meeting minutes include: What if something good happened?, Fascist Nonna, Fungal Trump, Are women bourgeoise?, C…

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What’s Feudal About ‘Technofeudalism’? With Eleanor Janega 1:29:58

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Jem is joined by medieval historian, comrade and friend of the show Eleanor Janega, to talk about what exactly is ‘feudal’ about ‘techno-feudalism’ or ‘neo-feudalism’. Several prominent theorists and commentators have recently claimed that somehow, we’ve left the age of capitalism behind and entered a new epoch of…some kind of ‘feudalism’. But what…

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PREVIEW: Robert Briscoe 10:31

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This week, Nova’s the mayor and we’re talking about Robert Briscoe, the Forrest Gump of 20th century Ireland and most easily radicalized man in the history of the world. Municipal meeting minutes include: Getting handed a shamrock from a Cossack, Irish Serious Man, scamming Mr. Woolworth, Costume Party Theme: Today's Newspaper, staring at a cop's b…

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Touch Grass: LARP ft. November Kelly 10:49

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This is a preview of a bonus episode! You can find the rest on our Patreon, alongside hundreds of hours of interviews, TV, Movie, and Book reviews, as well as general musings. ------ This week, our pal November returns to the show to talk about going on her first Live Action Roleplay (LARP). She tells us about the hobby, what the LARP community loo…

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Byron Brown 1:05:19

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This week, we've got a NEWS PEG! Wow. Mattie brings the crew Buffalo's longest-ever-serving mayor, Byron Brown. Municipal meeting minutes include: Nova’s gas corner, the boy mayor of LEGO “Castle”, finding out that you’re 5’9” (hoops again), Fallout: Niagara, In This House We Believe?, OK Campaign, and The Center-Left IMF. Pre-order Mattie's book o…

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For You Politics ft. Will Davies 1:17:35

9d ago1:17:35

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Sociologist and political economist Will Davies joins the show to talk about his recent forays into Faragist TikTok, and what it tells us about Britain’s online habits, and how it’s influencing contemporary politics. Will talks to us about how the For You Page became the dominant organisational system for using social media, and how this has create…

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Emergency Podcast July 2025 1:42:17

13d ago1:42:17

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Professor Alan Finlayson is back to discuss the latest developments in UK politics: the suspension of several Labour MPs and the announcement of a new left party to be led by Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn (maybe). We also discuss the vexed questions of why Starmer’s government is so unpopular after its first year in office, given the relatively p…

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PREVIEW: Rob Ford, Part III ? 9:57

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This week, we're covering the Netflix documentary "Trainwreck: Mayor of Mayhem," their Rob Ford documentary. Did you know this guy Rob Ford invented lying and demonizing the media? Crazy. Head on over to the Patreon to listen!

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What is ‘Blue Labour’ 1:49:39

16d ago1:49:39

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‘Blue Labour’, an explicitly conservative tendency within the politics of the UK’s Labour Party, is said to be one of the few intellectual influences on the government of Keir Starmer. So in this episode, Jeremy is joined by Alex Worrad-Andrews to answer the question on everyone’s lips: what is ‘Blue Labour’? We discuss the history of the term and …

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10K Posts 5 Year Anniversary Q&A 13:27

16d ago13:27

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This is a preview of a bonus episode! You can find the rest on our Patreon, alongside hundreds of hours of interviews, TV, Movie, and Book reviews, as well as general musings. ------ Can you believe it's already been 5 whole years since we first got together on a sunny July morning in Lockdown to talk about Eric Garland's game theory thread? We can…

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How to Fix Your Attention Sp- ft. Rebecca Jennings 1:18:03

23d ago1:18:03

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Rebecca returns to the show to talk about her recent attempts to reclaim her attention from screens and notifications, and whether it’s truly possible to build an attention span at all. We discuss the developing literature and research around attention, and what is meant when we talk about focus, delve into the great debate on declining literacy ra…

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Is Capitalism Over? The ‘Technofeudalism’ Debate 1:53:26

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Are we entering the world of ‘Techno-feudalism’, or ‘Neofeudalism’? Or are there better ways to understand our present situation, such as the concept of ‘Platform Capitalism’ ? In this episode Jeremy Gilbert, discusses these issues and lays out what’s at stake in defining terms like ‘capitalism’ ‘technofeudalism’ and ‘mode of production’. To find o…

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PREVIEW: Grafton New Hampshire 10:19

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This week we've got another one of Mattie's flights of fancy: Is this utopian community "a mayor"? (Yes.) Anyway, huddle up for a cautionary tale...it's statist to not listen! Municipal meeting minutes include: Experiencing Courtlessness, what if there was no mayor at all, was the 19th century grink there, libertarian outreach, chompers at dawn, do…

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10K Posts Film Club: Mountainhead [PREVIEW] 10:03

1M ago10:03

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This is a preview of a bonus episode! check it out on our reasonably-priced patreon! ----- This week, just the lads discuss Jesse Armstrong's directorial debut, the 2025 movie 'Mountainhead'. Four app billionaires sequester themselves in a mountaintop mansion as online misinformation brings the world to its knees. How will this affect their friends…

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Carolyn Goodman 1:20:35

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Would you care for a normal olive? This week, we’re covering Oscar Goodman’s Ptolemy II, his wife Carolyn. Mayoral Information Corner: Precious Bumpkins, Indianapolin vs fire, unhalled comrade, elected wife, Bucket of Gin O’Clock, startling Riley, rating the mantis, miniature iron dome, boy this lady stinks, 1-800-COP-FFS, and the best interview ev…

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Posters of History : Hildegard of Bingen ft. Eleanor Janega & Luke Waters 1:06:08

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This week, we're joined by friend of the show and returning champion Eleanor Janega, as well as her 'We're Not So Different' podcast co-host Luke Waters, to talk about Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th century Benedictine Abbess. Known for her religious visions, and the writing, sermons and music that emerged from them, Hildegard is often considered a po…

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PREVIEW: Larry Hand 10:53

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This week on the Mayoral Benevolent Feed: After a few Items(!) we watch the 1996 documentary Rats in the Ranks about the Leichhardt Council mayoral elections in Sydney Australia's suburbs. It's Uncut Gems but for one fitted-out Aussie politician. Municipal meeting minutes include: Back on the son beat, schrödinger’s boat, volcel Sy Abelman, bud win…

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🚨The Girls Are Fighting🚨 [PREVIEW] 10:27

1M ago10:27

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This is a preview of a bonus episode! Listen to the whole thing on our Patreon! ----- This week, Hussein and Phoebe catch up on stuff happening online. They talk about Catturd (pronunciation TBD) ending his friendship with Elon Musk over politics and what this tells us about how the verification system is going. They also talk about addressing thei…

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Oscar Goodman 1:25:25

2M ago1:25:25

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This week, we're talking about the universe's happiest mayor, Oscar Goodman! Take this one personally. Municipal meeting minutes include: Indicted in battle. Walkin’ on the Son, A new immortal precept, B’nai brith for Las Vegas, d=Doing the hora with Lefty Rosenthal, Spaghetti mission, The strip is a Line, Another hooping mayor, Dry martinis and we…

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Demon Ex Machina ft. Miles Klee 1:05:50

2M ago1:05:50

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Miles returns to the show this week to talk about why so many people are starting to treat Chat GPT as a deity, and are willing to sacrifice their friendships and intimate relationships so they can worship the computer. Miles talks about the people who have lost their loved ones to LLMs and the work it takes to bring them back from the brink, why t…

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PREVIEW: Taron Margaryan with Sam Martirosyan 10:52

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This week on the Mayoral Benevolent Feed we've got Producer Sam on the other side of the microphone! We're talking about former Yerevan mayor and lover of the number 7, Taron Margaryan. Municipal meeting minutes include: Gotham matriculates tonight Batman!, like taking land from a baby, putting the pope in a glass cube, a TTE (Time to Embattlement)…

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Grok, Stock & 20 Teenage Atheists [PREVIEW] 9:36

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This is a preview of a bonus episode! Check it out on our Patreon! ------ This week, Hussein and Phoebe bravely battle through their various illnesses and brainworms to talk about Jordan Peterson’s staging a battle against 20 atheist teenagers and losing, and whether Peterson can even exist in the current right wing media environment. They also tal…

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William Lantigua 1:04:16

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This week, we cover possibly our most embattled and empaneled mayor, Willy Lantigua. Municipal meeting minutes include: Coconut water poisoning, dkdkflflfiffnfkrdjheb, Time to Embattlement (TTE), Deputy Neelix, The (International) Garbage Truck Conspiracy, the mayor that marries you, and a real smoothed-out town. Join our Patreon and get even more …

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Little Bosses Everywhere: An Interview with Bridget Read 1:23:39

2M ago1:23:39

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We’re joined by journalist and author Bridget Read, to talk about her new book, “Little Bosses Everywhere : How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America”. Bridget talks to us about the long history of Multi Level Marketing (MLM), its place in American mythmaking and how the Direct Selling industry was able to acquire political power and influence, which c…

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PREVIEW: Mega Municipal Roundup 10:50

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Turn on your mayor conditioners - the Mayortaculus is down this week for scheduled maintenance. Join us on the bonus feed for a mega municipal roundup. Hyah! nogodsnomayors.com

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My Life In Posting: Juniper [PREVIEW] 11:46

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This is a preview of a bonus episode! Check it out on our Patreon! ------ June joins us this week to talk about their life in posting, and goes through just some of the ways posting has shaped their lives, for good and for ill. We talk about the relationship between posting and loneliness, how the internet has created complex pathways to radicalisa…

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John Fetterman 1:19:26

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Greetings, municipality fans! This one starts out funny but ends up sad – much like the career of our guy here. Behold: The Oaf's Lament. Municipal meeting minutes include: Riley’s face sand table, oaf credentials, why is this pamphlet chained up?, the dusty pediment at the Kennedy School, the mayor has two bodies, the jeans runner, accidental disc…

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The Crisis of Liberalism (and the 2025 UK local elections) 2:38:48

3M ago2:38:48

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Alan Finlayson returns for an in-depth discussion of the crisis of liberalism as an effective and legitimate philosophy of government, as exemplified by the success of the right-wing populist Reform party at the May 2025 UK local elections. If you can support us with a small regular donation, please do so here. If you’d like to make a one-time dona…

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10K Posts TV Club: Paul American 1:12:20

3M ago1:12:20

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We watch the first episode of the HBO series “Paul American”, a documentary – sort of – about Jake and Logan Paul. We talk about the relationship between the Paul brothers and prime time TV shows, what happens when you age out of content economy but can only think in terms of virality, and try to figure out what this show is actually trying to say,…

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PREVIEW: Francis Suarez 11:11

3M ago11:11

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Greetings, citizens! This week, we cover Miami's "Bitcoin Mayor," Mr. "How Can I Help?" himself, Francis Suarez. This is a bonus episode! You can slot exactly 1 MiamiCoin into the podcast machine* in order to receive this episode. (* - 5 dollars into nogodsnomayors.com)

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10k Book Club: Careless People ft. Josh Boerman [PREVIEW] 10:59

3M ago10:59

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This is a preview of a bonus episode. Check it out on our Patreon! -------- Friend of the show Josh Boerman returns to the show to talk about “CARELESS PEOPLE: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism” by former Meta staffer Sarah Wynn-Williams. We talk about the controversy surrounding the memoir, the pretense that nobody at Facebook k…

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Randall Weddle 1:02:44

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Greeting quadropods! This week on the free episode, we talk about TWO medium large mayors: The “WhatsApp Mayor” of Bom Jardin Brazil, Lidiane Leite da Silva, and the long-promised London Kentucky’s Randall Weddle (Mr. Pedophile Parade Himself) biography. Municipal meeting minutes include: A Minneapolis Hello, Apostolic Roundup, The subsidized Girlb…

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Space Double Katy Perry is Now the Pope ft. Fred Scharmen 1:01:59

3M ago1:01:59

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Architect and urban designer Fred Scharmen joins us this week to talk about Jeff Bezos’ recent Blue Origin space flight, and what it tells us about how billionaires think about space exploration and settlement today. Fred explains how the utopian, collectivist visions of space exploration in the 20th century lost purchase as rich tech guys became m…

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PREVIEW: Fiorello La Guardia (with Calvin Kasulke) 10:57

3M ago10:57

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This week, we cover possibly the best mayor the podcast, nay, the world has ever seen? Municipal meeting minutes include: Choose your Columbo, a bowling ball I hate, Hepatitis B(eef), Selling Teddy Roosevelt some boots with your shirt off, stroking a firefighter’s cheekbone, Ominous Noises, mAyOr3, and municipal Itchy and Scratchy. This is an episo…

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Touch Grass : Graphic Design is my Passion ft. Michael Oswell [PREVIEW] 10:21

3M ago10:21

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This is a preview of a bonus episode- check it out on our Patreon! ------ Designer Michael Oswell joins the show this week to talk about his work in graphic design and typography. Michael talks about how he got started in design, at a time when work was still drawn by hand first and tailored to print mediums – and how the expectations of social med…

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Carter Harrison III 1:10:07

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This week on the free feed: A guy who loves to have his wives die, and also to go to Europe. Municipal meeting minutes include: Bakingmore Cookieland, The Uncle’s Price, Eric Adams: Unhobbled, getting sucked off by a Rockefeller, Go Chasers!, My two-year election beard, My wife may be dead but it's Herring season, The big hole where all the Guiteau…

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The Revolution Will Not Be Ghiblified ft. Gareth Watkins 1:20:11

4M ago1:20:11

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Writer and podcaster Gareth Watkins comes on the show today to talk about his essay, 'AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism'. We talk about the shifts in what we is considered to be the 'aesthetic' of AI, why so many on the right, including those obsessed with 'classical' beauty, seem to love using it, and what it tells us about the way political messa…

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PREVIEW: Nayib Bukele 10:20

4M ago10:20

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This week we’re talking about Salvadoran Pete Campbell and also [no spoilers for Nova’s theory], Nayib Bukele, who you might know from the news as being Comprador Hitler. Municipal meeting minutes include: We talk about the popcorn man finally, a less funny coup as well, EldestSon_finalFINAL.docx, I ❤️ N, my brother Grima Wormtongue, and an end to …

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Everything is Computer ft. Josh Boerman [PREVIEW] 10:09

4M ago10:09

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This is a preview of a bonus episode! Check it out on our Patreon! ------ This week, Josh Boerman from The Worst of All Possible Worlds returns to the pod to catch us up on everything happening in America, as it decides to self immolate for no other reason but to own the libs. We talk about how Everything Is Computer, and what that actually means i…

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William Armacost (with Julian Feeld) 1:24:44

4M ago1:24:44

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Alright, citizens! Grab a fresh bushel of lavender and take a big sniff. We go Sequimming with QAA’s Julien Feeld! Municipal meeting minutes include: chomo parade update, mayorotic asphyxiation, the 128th annual Miss Irrigation, save our squim, portlandia for being a fascist, coughing with the mayor, the year of kindness, Mike Pence II, RT for mole…

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The Personality of Power: A Theory of Fascism with Brian Massumi 2:00:03

4M ago2:00:03

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In this seminar, Brian Massumi discusses his new book, The Personality of Power: A Theory of Fascism for Anti-fascist Life. Brian is one of the major figures of Anglophone continental philosophy in our age and a key figure in the dissemination of the work of Deleuze & Guattari. This is part of our series From Marx to Spinoza: Affect, Ideology, Mate…

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Dunking Your Head into the Quizbowl ft. Ed Campbell 58:30

4M ago58:30

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Ed Campbell, Correspondent and Senior Political Producer at PoliticsJoe, joins us this week to talk about the morning routine and sigma grindset required to nearly win Britain’s favourite game show, The Chase. We talk about ice bowl dunks, getting evicted from your apartment for leaving too many banana peels on the floor, before moving onto Ed’s ex…

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PREVIEW: Kwame Kilpatrick with Joe Kassabian 10:19

4M ago10:19

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Greetings, local residents! We’re joined this week by Lions Lead by Donkeys' and Detroiter Joe Kassabian, to talk about actual mayor and area man Kwame Kilpatrick. Head on over to the Patreon to hear the full ep. And if you're in Chicago or Minneapolis, come see Mattie on tour!

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[PREVIEW] My Life In Posting: Jonathan Daniel Brown 9:42

4M ago9:42

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This is a preview of a bonus episode. Find the whole thing at our reasonably priced patreon! This week, we talk to independent film producer, director and actor Jonathan Daniel Brown. Based in LA, you may know him from his acting roles in Kid Cannabis and Project X, or as a former co-host of the podcast Struggle Session. We talk to Jonathan about h…

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Tiffany Henyard 1:07:45

4M ago1:07:45

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Many of you wrote in about this mayor, named the worst in America, and she definitely needed her own episode. How lucky that she was next in the order! Municipal meeting minutes include: We talk about the Coens again, the order sings its song, a moistened town, the fungal mayor, the cop king rolling at me very slowly, illegal truck parties, Eurotri…

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[UNLOCKED] 10k Film Club: "Eighth Grade" ft. Hannah Strong 1:22:53

5M ago1:22:53

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This is an unlocked bonus episode, originally aired on the 8th of March, 2024. Check it out on our Patreon! -------- We're joined by the writer and film critic Hannah Strong to talk about "Eighth Grade" the 2018 film debut from musician, comedian and Youtuber Bo Burnham. The film explores the final days of middle school for a young American girl, a…

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PREVIEW: Mega Municipal Roundup 9:33

5M ago9:33

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For the bonus episode this week, we check in with a bunch of past guests and also a very drunken Floridian. Listen to the whole thing over on the mayoral benevolent feed at Nogodsnomayors.com! City hall meeting minutes include: Getting uncle-chopped in Fiume, “reading an indictment” voice, No mailbox formed against me shall prosper, the medium is w…

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Parents' Evening ft. Annie Kelly [PREVIEW] 9:58

5M ago9:58

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This is a preview of a bonus episode. Find the rest, and our entire backlog, at patreon.com/10kpostspodcast Writer, researcher and co-host of QAnon Anonymous Annie Kelly returns to the show as we talk about the long tail of QAnon, and its lasting remnants on the ‘mainstream’ internet – in particular, in parenting content. Annie explains how conspir…

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Gabriele D'Annunzio. 1:11:25

5M ago1:11:25

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Join us this week for a particularly blasphemous episode, just in time for lent! Mayor November takes us on a historical tour of the little fascist statelet that wasn't, R̶i̶j̶e̶k̶a̶ Fiume C̶r̶o̶a̶t̶i̶a̶ Italy and its very normal guy leader, Gabriele D'Annunzio. Municipal meeting minutes include: The tragedy of mayorship, Posting (forum), Pathologi…

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Springtime In Germany ft. Corner Späti 1:17:52

5M ago1:17:52

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Nick and Ciarán from Corner Späti come on the show this week to talk about the recent elections in Germany, and the specific ways in which posting influenced its outcome. We talk about the rise of the far-right AfD and the ineffectiveness of liberal politics to counter it, and the surprise surge of the left-wing Die Linke. We also talk about rising…