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WHAT IS POLITICS?

WorldWideScrotes

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Politics is one of the only practical disciplines where none of the main concepts have clear, coherent definitions. We define ourselves with terms like "left” and "right" and we believe in things like "democracy," “markets,” "capitalism" and "socialism" even though we don’t really know what any of these words actually mean. This series aims to make sense out of the political muddle that we've inherited from media, academia, and from decades of cold war propaganda, so that we can figure what ...
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For years, Matt’s been unpacking the events, people, and culture wars shaping the world around us. On A Bit Fruity, we take deeper dives into those issues — joined by celebrities, experts, and journalists who help us laugh and learn along the way. Follow Matt: https://www.instagram.com/mattxiv Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MattBernstein1
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British comedian Adam Buxton talks with interesting people. The rambly conversations are sometimes funny, sometimes more serious with funny bits. Adam makes the jingles and records the intros and outros for most episodes while walking with his dog friend Rosie in the East Anglian countryside where he lives with his wife and three children. Adam has appeared in films such as Hot Fuzz, Stardust and Son Of Rambow as well as a variety of TV shows in the UK. Since 2007 he has hosted BUG, a live s ...
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Office Hours Live is a weekly call-in show with Tim Heidecker, DJ Douggpound and Vic Berger (aka the holy trinity). Every episode you'll hear sound bite battles, drops galore, special guests, and Tim's rants and riffs on politics, music, his kids and whatever else is happening in his life, and the lives of our callers. Support the holy trinity, get the full two-hour show, the entire archives and more at patreon.com/officehourslive.
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Infinite Lunchbox

Stephanie Lepp

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When I was in second grade, I had a lunchbox with Bert and Ernie on it. On the lunchbox, Bert was carrying a lunchbox, with Bert and Ernie on it. On that lunchbox, Bert was carrying a lunchbox...and I wondered: how far do the lunchboxes go? Am I in a lunchbox too?? You're opening the Infinite Lunchbox, for a fresh take on what's going on. I'm Stephanie Lepp, your monochromatic host. If you're new here, start with DEEP RECKONINGS, How to Transcend Post-Truth, and How to Agree on Science. If y ...
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Liv Agar

Liv Agar

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Solo philosophy podcast for Liv Agar which generally covers current political events through a continental philosophical lens. Look for the weekly premium episodes for 2$ a month on the patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/Livagar Read along with a script while listening on the substack at: https://livagar.substack.com/
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Last week, world-class athlete Simone Biles stood up to failed-athlete-turned-crybully Riley Gaines when Riley antagonized a transgender child to her 1.5 million Twitter followers. A harassment campaign, which has become a standard (and winning!) online strategy for online right, ensued against Simone. The comments flooded in, eviscerating the gymn…
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Point: YouTube deep diver Natalie Wynn (aka ContraPoints ) joined us on zoom to discuss her latest video essay, "Conspiracy" among other topical topics. CounterPoint: Comedian Brent Weinbach (aka Braaaaant) joined us in studio to talk about his new special "Popular Culture" and to tinkle the ivories. Besides the point: Vic Berger III zoomed in from…
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What a fine morning we had with writer/musician Greta Morgan (Vampire Weekend, The Hush Sound) talking about her wonderful new memoir The Lost Voice, along with our mutual pal/Greta's former Vampire Weekend bandmate musician Brian Robert Jones. ALSO! We heard from a representative from Zohran for NYC Mayor, we had some new Lip Licks from Vic, we co…
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Adam talks with English author, actor and frontperson of seminal ska band The Selecter, Pauline Black about the early days of Two Tone, her experiences growing up feeling out of place as part of an adoptive family in Essex and how she came to be reunited with her biological mother. Conversation recorded face-to-face in Coventry on 8th May, 2025 Tha…
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Adam talks with British-Guyanese hip hop musician Loyle Carner about Mums, Dads, being a parent, kids' music, bear attacks, managing ADHD, unwelcome thoughts and the value (vs the potential danger) of hope. Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 12th May, 2025 Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and additional conversat…
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“From the river to the sea” is antisemitic. “Free Palestine” is antisemitic. Children’s YouTuber Ms. Rachel raising money for child amputees is antisemitic. ICE is kidnapping college students for antisemitism. Trump is dismantling higher education because of antisemitism. As a Jew, I’m… confused. And uncomfortable. Today, we examine the validity of…
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Market Exit, like many others before him, tells us that the left-right political spectrum is obsolete and does more harm than good. That’s because he doesn’t know what they mean. This video explains: 1. What the political left and right actually mean 2. Why elites don’t want us to know what they mean 3. How confusion about left and right is a major…
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You know we had to do it to ya with comedian Dan Licata celebrating the one year anniversary of his outstanding special "For The Boys" and musical guest Hurray for the Riff Raff kicking out their stupendous jam "Pyramid Scheme." Sandwiched in between things got a little randy with Dan's AI sex fantasies, the David Lynch estate auction and some of y…
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Adam talks with British writer/actor/comedians Tim Key and Tom Basden about their comedy film The Ballad Of Wallis Island, private comedy gigs, AI identity theft, and being told off on bikes. Plus, Tim introduces Adam and Tom to one of the all-time great accidental 'C' bombs. Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 9th May, 2025 CONTAINS ST…
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It was a full-on Kroll show this week with none other than A-List comedian Nick Kroll! As if that wasn't enough entertainment we also got drummer news with prog legend Mike Portnoy and a PBD report from our pal RM Brown. That’s three wows for the price of none! Watch or listen to another hour of today's episode with more Nick, RM and PBD, and Doug'…
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Adam talks with British stand-up comedian Jo Brand about collective lockdown trauma, Mums, dealing with violent hecklers at comedy clubs and wee-based restaurant revenge stories. Conversation recorded face-to-face in London, 1st May 2025. Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and additional conversation editing. Podcast illustrati…
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In today’s special episode, we’re taking a break from political and cultural analysis to chat with someone who’s been at the center of today’s culture wars but rarely in her own voice: Vivian Jenna Wilson, Elon Musk’s 21-year-old estranged trans daughter. She tells us about her decision to take back her voice after years of being spoken for by an u…
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Do not adjust your radio dial! Bona fide movie star Kumail Nanjiani joined us in studio to discuss his celebrity encounter with Michael Douglas, his return to stand-up comedy, Jerry Lewis energy, President Trump's entirely true fat shot drug story, baby skull x-rays, why stand-ups like Russell Brand stink and much more! Then music sensation Uwade p…
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Adam talks with Brit award-winning English singer-songwriter and actor Kate Nash about triumphs and humiliations in the music industry and the radical money-making strategy she's been relying on to keep her band on the road and herself out of the red. And bums. Kate also plays an acoustic version of her song Birds and Adam dithers over whether or n…
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All the stars from Pennsylvania came out this week with musician Kurt Vile and a full Berger family reunion including Vic Berger III in studio, and Lynn Berger and Tracy Berger in the control room. We covered the breaking Pope news, including an update from Phil Braun, talked to Marcus Converse about the unionizing efforts at University of Rocheste…
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Last week, the New York Times reported: “White House Assesses Ways to Persuade Women to Have More Children”. But who exactly is behind this push, and why, and what does it have to do with Elon Musk’s breeding compulsion? The answer is that “pronatalism”, a far-right movement that looks and smells a lot like a eugenics cult (despite what its leaders…
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Thursdays are for the Rachels with the return of our old pal comedian Rachel Kaly and the debut of our new fave musician Rachel Goodrich performing "Why Do We Fall In Love?" from her new album "Once Before." We had a true celebrity City of the Day presenter with Sir Paul McCartney, a MAJOR bone pick from Tim to Vic, and more. Watch or listen to ano…
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Why are nationalist / populist / far right candidates and parties getting elected all around the world? Why isn’t the populist left enjoying the same success? Why does inequality keep getting worse nomatter who gets elected? PAYPAL ONE TIME OR MONTHLY DONATIONS: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=XJ6HBHFJ6C3RU  PATREON PER EPISODE…
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Adam talks with British journalist (and old friend) Louis Theroux about AI, awkward interviews, alopecia, and arguing with your partner. There's also live music from Newcastle's Richard Dawson. Conversation recorded in front of a live audience at the Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith, London, on June 9th, 2024 Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for product…
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We were truly honored to present Stones Throw Records recording artist Kyle M in conversation and performing "Kid on the Range" and "Blue Car" live on the air with Doug Lussenhop on drums and Vic Berger on keys. We also heard from Phil Braun to discuss the death of Pope Francis, and got some bone picks from YOU on the hotline. We've got a bunch of …
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Adam talks with British journalist and author Kate Mossman about her book Men Of A Certain Age, in which she details encounters with elder statesmen of Rock. Kate tells Adam about meeting Kiss, Ray Davies and Kevin Ayers, her deep-level Queen issues, and the extent to which the relationship between father and daughter informs her feelings about som…
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When fitness influencer Ashton Hall’s absurd morning routine went viral a few weeks ago, I was… moved. The hours-long skincare, gym, and journaling ritual felt like an American Psycho-inspired metrosexual fever dream — one peppered with shocking misogyny and profound loneliness. Hall’s viral moment felt like a tipping in point in “alpha male” influ…
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Forget about Coachella, we have OHCHELLA at home with headlining acts Japanese Breakfast and Ginger Root! We came in hot with Cameron Lew (Ginger Root) performing "Only You" and then closed things out very strongly with Michelle Zauner (Japanese Breakfast) performing "Magic Mountain" from her new album "For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)." In b…
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Adam talks with British writer, director, actor and comedian Richard Ayoade about David Lynch, whether it was easy inventing the compete works of the fictional director and playwright Harauld Hughes, what Richard thought of David Letterman's enthusiasm for him and his work, the weirdness of interviews, the art of putting yourself down, why Orson We…
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We lived, laughed and loved our time with special guest comedian Melissa Villaseñor who brought joy and her drawings, Phil Braun sharing some secret recordings of President Trump regarding the new Beatles movies, and musical guest Tim Heidecker bringing a brand new song ripped from the headlines "Maintain the Robots." We've got an exciting pile of …
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Adam talks with Irish singer-songwriter CMAT, about modern gig etiquette, being a young weirdo, her conflicted relationship with the internet, the fury provoked by her Brit Awards bum-crack dress in 2024 and the advice Charli xcx gave her that changed her life. CMAT also performs two songs from her forthcoming album Euro-Country and in the outro, H…
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What does “gender ideology” have in common with ISIS? Well, they are both… things, arguably. As more people become aware of opportunities to commodify their trauma into anti-trans right-wing media bait, the race for those opportunities is getting more competitive, and the results are… fascinating. Today, veteran trans YouTuber Kat Blaque and I inte…
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Hot on the heels of a successful Tim Fest 2, the holy trinity reconvened in Glendale for a classic no guest romp. We campaigned hard for a Webby, heard another Question from Elsie Drake, saw what disgraced newsman Don Lemon has been up to, discussed the new Beatles movie quadrilogy and took an endurance test with the Worm Dude's new feature "Sir, P…
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