Kill The Computer

June and Alex have opted to leave the left and take positions within the incoming Trump Administration. Caleb refused, and is now in a secure prison facility. The crew discuss various social media figures and politicians who are "leaving the left" with friend of the show and co-host of Kill James Bond, Devon. Follow Kill James Bond at www.KillJamesBond.com or Devon at www.twitter.com/Devon_OnEarth Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

June gives her thoughts on the results of the election. Note: this is a re-upload. A previous version of this episode was corrupted during the upload and cut off prematurely.

By listener request, and just in time for the election, we're doing the RFK Jr. episode. Ryan Broderick joins us to talk about the troubling man Trump wants to put in charge of the FDA and the current conservative landscape at large. Follow Ryan at twitter.com/broderick Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

We brought on Talia Lavin, author of Culture Warlords and Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America to talk about the current moral panic we find ourselves in. Follow Talia: https://www.twitter.com/mobydickenergy Buy Wild Faith: https://bookshop.org/p/books/wild-faith-how-the-christian-right-is-taking-over-america-talia-lavin/21057649?ean=9780306829192 Follow Western Kabuki on Patreon: www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Find the rest of the episode at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki Follow Aaron at https://x.com/afrocosmist Listen to the Trillbillies Workers Party Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trillbilly-workers-party/id1227003413 Find where else we post Western Kabuki episodes at and more: https://linktr.ee/westernkabuki

Thank you for your submissions! This quarter had most tweets we've ever gotten (and genuinely some of the worst). We sorted through several hundred of them in order to bring you this episode, and to celebrate we brought Eliot and Ricky from Internet Today. Follow twitter.com/EliotETC twitter.com/RickyFTW and twitter.com/InternetTodayTV or subscribe to Internet Today at Youtube.com/InternetTodayTV Find Part 2 at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

We're joined our friends Josh and Brian from TWOAPW pod to return to the South Korean gender wars, some forum history, and more. Thank you to all the help we got on this episode from our listeners and friends in South Korea as well as domestically. Heads up: this episode contains descriptions of various crimes of sexual nature as well as other various inappropriate behaviors to that end. Part two gets particularly dark. You can support TWOAPW at: Twitter.com/TWOAPW There is a follow up to this episode available at Patreon.com/WesternKabuki where you can hear lots more additional content.

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We bring back John Cullen from Blocked Party + The POD Kast to discuss some of the worse products being advertised to you on the internet. Follow John at @CullenTheComic on Twitter Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Caleb's new show with Arif Hasan and Ed Zitron is out now! If you like the NFL and want a show that does a cultural and political critical analysis, this one's for you. If not, we will be back to our regularly scheduled programming soon! Follow us on twitter at twitter.com/60MinutePod and find links to download on spotify, apple etc at www.linktr.ee/60MinuteDrill

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We brought our friend Janie on to discuss some horrible trends happening in the world of AI Facebook Slop, get into why these images exist, and into the financial incentives surrounding them. You can see the images we referenced in our notes, they're on our Patreon at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki or for free on our Discord at linktr.ee/WesternKabuki Follow Janie Danger https://twitter.com/Wifesucker Download East Atlanta Sober at https://www.janiedanger.com/

We briefly discuss the how the DNC sucked, then get into the history of Adin Ross with our friend Miles Klee of the Rolling Stone. View Miles's work, including his article on Adin Ross here: https://rollingstone.com/author/miles-klee/ Listen to the full episode at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Ed joins us to talk about Google's anti-trust legal woes and the red flags to look for if you're trying to predict the AI bubble burst. We also run the numbers on how many images you would need to generate per day on Grok to bankrupt X, and whether Elon Musk will go out like David Carradine or Budd Dwyer. Find Ed at wheresyoured.at Support our show on Patreon at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

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Jocat is a content creator who has gone viral multiple times, albeit not for good reasons. If you haven't seen his controversially uncontroversial content, don't worry. We spend the first half of this episode discussing it, then we bring Jocat on himself for the second to half chat about his experience being shoved into the spotlight and the consequences of being a "main character".

Caleb here. We were joined on this week's Patreon by our friends from the Minion Death Cult show, which has been one of my favorite shows for some time. We ran through some insane news stories and talked about how Facebook is destroying the boomer mind. Check them out at https://x.com/miniondeathcult Listen to the whole thing at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

We brought Molly White, crypto researcher and curator of "Web3 is Going Great" on to discuss the rise and fall of the BAYC. Follow Molly at: www.twitter.com/molly0xFFF and www.twitter.com/web3isgreat

Biden is out, Kamala is in. Trump is mad. Elon wants to spend a lot of money on another failed project. We also talk about couch fornicator and Vice Presidential hopeful JD Vance's very bad memoir "Hillbilly Elegy" as well as some other fun things with WK legal correspondent and right-wing b.s. understander Mark Bankston Follow Mark Bankston at www.Twitter.com/BankstonAtLaw Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Note: this was recorded the day Trump got convicted and sat on the shelf for awhile, some of the intro banter has arguably not aged well. Our friend Diana aka @rlycalm is back to take on the quarterly bracket. Follow her at www.twitter.com/rlycalm You can find the slide show linked in our discord, patreon, or at this link that probably won't work on whatever podcast app you're reading this from. Listen to part two at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

We're going Summer Mode. Marcos joins us to talk about the 4th of July, hotdogs, some wild news stories, some mail bag, and more. For part two, follow us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki Follow Marcos at www.Twitter.com/AinterShow

We talk about the Dr. Disrespect situation with the person at the heart of the story. If you didn't know, Rod initially alluded to this story on twitter in 2020 but didn't explicitly state what he knew, causing a wave of backlash. We ask him why he couldn't go public then, what he knew, what's changed since, and what to expect going forward. Follow Rod at www.twitter.com/Slasher Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Julian from the QAA pod drops by to take our Gamer Gate 2 studies international. We discuss South Korea's current "gender war" how it relates to gaming, and what that means for us back here in the United States. Follow Julian here: twitter.com/julianfeeld Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki Join us over on Discord at www.discord.gg/westernkabuki

We brought on Josh from The Worst of All Possible Worlds podcast to talk about an apocalyptic conspiracy theory that is gaining traction in evangelical online spaces: the red heifer sacrifices. But we also had to also bring back Marcos to examine this information through the vaguely schizophrenic lens of his new worldview: the chiral vectors. We recommend smoking weed out of a can to get aluminum poisoning for this episode. Also possibly ingesting some ayahuasca. Find The Worst of All Possible Worlds at twitter.com/twoapw Find Josh at twitter.com/boshj Find Marcos at twitter.com/aintershow

We continue or side series journey into the underbelly of various awful websites with dear friend Liv Agar of the QAA show, where we talk about the history of 8chan and, of course, QAnon. Part two will be an interview with 8chan's founder Fred Brennan so be sure to check that out on the premium feed. Follow Liv @Liv_Agar Support this show at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Today, we're joined by WK Gaming Correspondent Dave aka @airbagged to discuss and dissect the mind of a generational pervert, Mark Kern aka Grummz. Happy Grummz Day everybody. Follow Dave at www.Twitter.com/airbagged Please support this show at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

You might know him as the lawyer who got his "Perry Mason" moment against Alex Jones during the Sandy Hook trials. You might know him as the guy who told Aaron Rodgers to shut the f*ck up. You might know him as the attorney representing clients who are suing Elon Musk, Tim Pool, and many, many more. Mark joins us to talk about some of his cases, as well as the right-wing disinfo ecosystem more broadly. Follow Mark at https://twitter.com/BankstonAtLaw Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Ben Collins is back to talk about his journey to become the new CEO of The Onion. We talk some Onion history and what the future of the publication might look like. Give The Onion $1 here or Ben will take it down forever: https://www.theonion.com/give-us-1-or-the-onion-disappears-forever-1851436787 Follow Ben at https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__

Tech reporter Kylie Robison joins us for a stroll through the current landscape of your favorite Silicon Valley perverts. Follow Kylie @kyliebytes www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Ed joins us to talk about private equity's destruction of the media, the deaths of some great outlets, and what to expect the news to look like in the future. Follow at @EdZitron and https://www.betteroffline.com/

You know what it is. Strap in because your noggins are getting cooked tonight, baby Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vSkKHmEZbBgF-mDAmPRpPrqD7pQLytZ2WSgRWuChhxM1IOueVMEWo1_ZNG9t_7PRo0IntaMvIUA_GHX/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=60000 Follow Kristi at @TheWapplehouse and @JortsCenterPod

We brought back friend of the show & Weird Culture Rolling Stone writer Miles Klee to discuss his article on tunnels. We review Dom Lucre's very, very, very bad documentary as well as discuss some other notable tunnelheads. Also as a contextual note, we recorded this in early February. Follow Miles at: https://www.rollingstone.com/author/miles-klee/ For the second part of this episode, we're joined by our friend Haus of Decline, and it gets strange so be sure to check it out at: www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Per request from, and with the support of our Discord members, we chat about the ongoing Sweet Baby Inc Detected drama. The crew and some of our listeners spent a few weeks in the new Gamergate Discord and Caleb relays his experiences. We then read from a few articles, weigh in on Elon and LoTT's participation before asking: does this all have the juice to become a full-fledged Gamergate 2? Support W.O.K.E. public radio's pledge week at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki Intro: Lakmé - Duo des fleurs Featuring clips from: https://www.youtube.com/@SideScrollersPodcast https://www.youtube.com/@HeelvsBabyface

We talked to Taylor Lorenz about some wild things that happened behind the scenes during her conversation with Chaya, cleared up some misconceptions about why the discussion took place to begin with, then went into depth about the person behind one of Twitter's most infamous and evil accounts. www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Okay, we had to finish this one up. We brought in Marcos to talk about more Starseed/New Age Super Humans. Per request, Caleb did end up getting a certification and read everybody's starseed super power charts, and we also talked about the CIA/DoD's research into telekinesis and remote viewing, which is where many of these beliefs come from. www.Twitter.com/AinterShow to find Marcos www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki for a fun premium episode this week + even more cool stuff

http://patreon.com/westernkabuki This week, we're joined by Diana to talk about some of the weirder news of the week, and then we talk about starseeds, indigo children, urine therapy, levitation, and much more. Follow Diana at https://twitter.com/rlycalm Vice's Indigo Children documentary https://video.vice.com/en_us/video/indigo-children/5706a687b36bf928768b467a The telekinesis videos we watched -- Tin Foil Telekinesis https://www.facebook.com/reel/326667367016127 Levitating man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_G1PlRV0sU

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Oh buddy, get ready for the annual Western Kabuki pigskin extravaganza. We brought certified football braniac Arif Hasan and resident Smiling Man Ed Zitron on to talk about the politics and spectacle of the 2024 NFL season. Find Arif Hasan at www.wideleft.football Find Ed Zitron at www.BetterOffline.com Listen to part 2 at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

https://patreon.com/westernkabuki This week we are joined by Parker Molloy as we bid adieu to the presidential candidacy of Ron Desantis, and look back at his inhuman facial expressions, his nasty little pudding fingers, and of course his shoe lifts. You can find Parker Molloy's work at http://readtpa.com And of course you can subscribe to our patreon at the link above! If you'd like to read any of the articles referenced in the episode you can find them in this Google document Caleb compiled. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mzPt6HeuI8r2KHxQhEaf5NE77q6777wveyKwE2RNG8Q/edit?usp=sharing

The deed is finally done. Thanks for listening along. Part two is out on Patreon. www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

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https://patreon.com/westernkabuki This week we talk Lance of https://theserfs.tv about how seemingly every right wing reactionary is coalescing behind their antipathy to "DEI," the new "CRT," and it makes us want to "DIE." Among other things we talk about the Epstein Flight Logs, Elon's weird replacement theory crap, and on the Patreon, we get to the incredible self-owns of billionaire dork ass Bill Ackman

We discuss the history and return of Alex Jones, the One True King of schizophrenic uncles Part Two is pretty silly. Listen to it at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

We had an episode planned around Alex Jone's return to the public eye, but Whack couldn't make it. So instead, we subbed in The Homie Marcos to talk about an article in Ireland's Business Post that surprisingly flew under the radar. It showcases leaked training documents wherein Twitter seems to explicitly condone posts containing slurs, harassment, unsolicited sexual content, holocaust denial and more by instructing employees not to remove them, putting Twitter on a crash course with EU regulators in early 2024. Support Marcos at https://twitter.com/AinterShow Please support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

We know the main feed episode is a little behind this week, it's coming! In the meantime, check out our review of Lady Ballers featuring Matt Lieb of Pod Yourself a Gun/Wire. Follow Matt at www.Twitter.com/MattLieb Hear the full episode at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Our good pal Ed gives us a crypto state of the union, then we talk about Elon's Media Matters lawsuit. If you didn't know, Ed has a new podcast called 15 minutes in hell where he interviews interesting people for 15 minutes, which is honestly the perfect length for podcasts if you think about it. Support Ed at: https://wheresyoured.at Hear the entire episode at: www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Marianne joins us to talk about her 2024 presidential aspirations, how to stay optimistic even though Everything Feels Very Bad, and tells us some really neat stories about her early life. This episode was originally slated to be a premium episode but we wanted to share it with all of you. If you'd like to support us anyway, please visit us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Documentarian J. Aubrey returns to talk about America's favorite former congressman, George Santos. Trust us when we say, whatever you think you know about him, the truth is even more insane. Slideshow: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/121Ftlf88DowiW8mnPN-MSt7UCCyjlM6r7xhTZ8SFjq4/edit?usp=sharing Follow J. Aubrey at: www.Youtube.com/@jaubrey www.Twitter.com/jaubreyYT Find additional content at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

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The first half of the Sequel to Q3 Bracket. We had to run it back with the BP boys. Thanks again to John and Stefan. Find the finale and learn the worst tweet of the third quarter at our Patreon! Follow blocked party Part two is here Reach us any time Slides here