The Crumbling

The hosts are joined again by writer, researcher, and podcaster, Corrigan Vaughan (Jack of All Graves, Wisecrack) to continue their conversation about the SPOOKIEST couple of frauds there ever was Ed and Lorraine Warren. They talk about the Conjuring movies, and how their legendary history is mostly just taking advantage of people with mental illness or aiding other people in doing big grifts, along with a big side of "trying to bring back conservative Catholicism." ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Reply on Bluesky Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Josh Heltke Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed OhMan Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt

The co-hosts are joined by writer, researcher, and podcaster, Corrigan Vaughan (Jack of All Graves, Wisecrack) to talk about the SPOOKIEST couple of frauds there ever was - Ed and Lorraine Warren. They talk about the Conjuring movies, and how their legendary history is mostly just taking advantage of people with mental illness or aiding other people in doing big grifts, along with a big side of "trying to bring back conservative Catholicism." ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Josh Heltke Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed OhMan Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt Reply on Bluesky

The co-hosts are joined by journalist, researcher, and Congressional candidate for IL-09 (parts of Chicago and surrounding areas), Kat Abughazaleh. They talk about her history working for Media Matters and other outlets, why she's running, the term "influencer," ICE, and so much more. Check out Kat's links www.katforillinois.comKat Abughazaleh ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ show notes www.thecrumbling.beehiiv.com www.thecrumbling.comThanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Josh Heltke Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed OhMan Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt Reply on Bluesky

The co-hosts are joined by journalist and podcaster Heath Druzin (Howl, Extremely American, Boise State Public Radio) American discuss the direct line from Ron Paul's 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns to the rising popularity of the militia movements. V finally lets one of her special interests out of the bag (this exact topic), and Heath illuminates the story with deeper knowledge of these movements. Groups like the Oath Keepers and Three Percenters are discussed. We finally and frustratingly get to January 6th.Check out Heath's links https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510381/extremely-american https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/people/ heath-druzin Support the show ww.patreon.com/thecrumblingpodcastshow notes www.thecrumbling.beehiiv.com www.thecrumbling.comThanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Josh Heltke Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed OhMan Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt Reply on Bluesky ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The co-hosts continue to discuss the history of the Austrian and Chicago schools of economics. From Uncle Milty (Milton Friedman) to Murray Rothbard, all your least favorite economists of this era make appearances in episodes 24 and 25 part of the Libertarianism series. This episode shows how Rothbard especially built a coalition that spawned one of the bridges between normal Republicans who just kind of hated the government and virulent racists!support the showwww.patreon.com/thecrumblingpodcast www.thecrumbling.beehiiv.comwww.thecrumbling.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Reply on Bluesky Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Josh Heltke Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed OhMan Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt

The co-hosts start to discuss the history of the Austrian and Chicago schools of economics. From Uncle Milty (Milton Friedman) to Murray Rothbard, all your least favorite economists of this era make appearances in This and the Next few episodes Support the show ww.patreon.com/thecrumblingpodcastshow notes www.thecrumbling.beehiiv.com www.thecrumbling.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Reply on Bluesky Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Josh Heltke Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed OhMan Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt

Sophia and V are joined by the talented journalist, Laura Jedeed, to talk about her upbringing in the Objectivist philosophy. This is part 2 of a 2 episode block with Laura, with episode 22 being on Ayn Rand's thought in general, and her cultural impact more broadly.Support the show ww.patreon.com/thecrumblingpodcastshow notes www.thecrumbling.beehiiv.com www.thecrumbling.comLaura's site www.bannedinyourstate.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Reply on Bluesky Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Josh Heltke Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed OhMan Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt

Sophia and V are joined by the talented journalist, Laura Jedeed, to discuss one of the right libertarian movements biggest contributors and haters: Ayn Rand. They discuss a bit of her history, but focus on her work and the impact it had. This is part 1 of a 2 episode block with Laura, with episode 23 being an interview with her on her family's adherence to the Objectivist movement. Check out Laura's sitehttps://www.bannedinyourstate.com/support the showhttps://www.patreon.com/TheCrumblingpodcastshow notes www.thecrumbling.beehiiv.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Reply on Bluesky Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Josh Heltke Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed OhMan Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt

Sophia and V move into talking about two proto-chuds whose admissions of elitism would make Anton LaVey blush: HL Mencken and Albert Jay Nock. Both were brutally critical of democracy, and Nock was one of the first figures on the right to refer to himself as "libertarian." This episode explores three of the main characteristics of all libertarian ideology that remain elusive unless you've had to read a lot of this nonsense.support the showhttps://www.patreon.com/TheCrumblingpodcastshow notes www.thecrumbling.beehiiv.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Reply on Bluesky Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Josh Heltke Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed OhMan Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt

Sophia, V, and Davin start a journey through the history of rightlibertarianism (libertarian capitalism), starting with its ideological forebears, and laying out some definitions. They discuss some of the greatest sh*t-talkers in philosophical and political history - French people in the 18th and 19th centuries. They discuss a bit of the history of socialism, and how that relates to the inception of the word "libertarian," as well as the birth of the word "capitalism." More importantly, they totally don't do the song "AI SCREAM" by Japanese idol group AiScReam. Totally never happens.support the show ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ show notes www.thecrumbling.beehiiv.comThanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Josh Heltke Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed OhMan Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt Reply on Bluesky

Thank you Guys for pushing us to reach our 2000'th download , we hope you keep listening! Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Josh Heltke Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed OhMan Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sophia and V continue the two part interview with Aly Wane, an immigrants' rights activist, about his history with the work, his thoughts about our current moment, how we got there, and where we can go next. The connections between this and the prior interview with David Livingstone Smith are discussed, as well as ideas on dehumanization. The parallels between the oppression of transgender people, immigrants, and Palestinians is discussed at length, and so is how to find solidarity among us all, so that we can all achieve justice.www.patreon.com/thecrumblingpodcast www.thecrumbling.beehiiv.com https://immigrantjusticenetwork.org/ Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Josh Heltke Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed OhMan Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sophia, Davin, and V embark on the first episode of a two part interview with Aly Wane, an immigrants' rights activist, about his history with the work, his thoughts about our current moment, how we got there, and where we can go next. The "post-truth" moment is discussed, and how that informs the specific atrocities that we're all seeing laid out before us right now, in May www.patreon.com/thecrumblingpodcast www.thecrumbling.beehiiv.com https://immigrantjusticenetwork.org/ Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Josh Heltke Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed OhMan Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sophia, V, and Davin interview David Livingstone Smith, a professor of philosophy at the University of New England. The crew take a deep dive with Professor Smith into his area of expertise - dehumanization. They talk about how he got started studying dehumanization, how it arises, how it leads to genocides and other atrocities, and how it relates to our ongoing epistemic crisis (or, as we like to call it, "our sense of collective reality crumbling"). This is an eye-opening interview about a topic that everyone has heard of, but not enough people study, and it gives some language for how to talk about things happening right now.Support the Show ww.patreon.com/thecrumblingpodcastShow notes www.thecrumbling.beehiiv.comGuest https://www.davidlivingstonesmith.com/ Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Josh Heltke Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed OhMan Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sophia and V are once again schooled by Davin on the court...the actual court, though, and not physically on it, and really it's other people that got schooled...but you get it! They talk about how a certain UConn athlete (!!!) accidentally revealed the truth of how student athletes were compensated (or not), and how things have changed since then. The connection between this kind of exploitation and past exploitations is shown clearly for the audience, and everyone is left wondering how we fix something so monumentally broken.Support the showwww.patreon.com/thecrumblingpodcastShow notes www.thecrumbling.beehiiv.com Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Josh Heltke Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed OhMan Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Finally, Davin gets to tell a story! He fills the other co-hosts in on the story of the exploitation of NCAA athletes, prior to the push for some of them unionizing. He describes the conditions that led up to that movement, showing how the league continuously profited off of them, while denying them any chance at making money from their work. Also, two announcements: Tragically, Andrew has left the podcast, and so Davin and Sophia must search for a new third. In this episode, they try out a new cohost, V., in this episode. AND the Patreon now has new tiers, which feature some actual merch! Stickers and shirts! Please subscribe and rate the show if you like where it's going!Support the show https://www.patreon.com/TheCrumblingpodcastshow notes https://thecrumbling.beehiiv.com Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Josh Heltke Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed OhMan Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Returning for Part 2 of their deep dive into labor history. with a (mostly) serious panel discussion, Sophia and Andrew explore where we stand today, the historical impact of labor movements, and how they can help us build a future rooted in trust, authenticity, and solidarity. Join the conversation on the past, present, and power of collective action.Featuring Kim Kelly ( Author, Journalist )https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Kim-Kelly/178891913Steve Mooser ( Labor History), Treasurer of the Connecticut Council on Occupational Safety and Health https://connecticosh.org/ Vice President of the Greater New Haven Labor History Association https://www.laborhistory.org/,& former Director of Health and Safety of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU)Steve Thornton (co author of the book Radical Connecticut)https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/209155741-radical-connecticutHenry Snow (Colby College). @henrysnow.bsky.social ; https://notthisway.substack.com/https://open.spotify.com/show/5yTrGGxU5Wt4kT0IfqMGfRSupport the Showwww.patreon.com/thecrumblingpodcastShow notes and articles www.thecrumbling.beehiiv.comDisinformation, trust labor, unions, solidarity, history, labor history, misinformation, politics, Kim Kelly, Steve Mooser, Henry Snow, Radical Connecticut, New Haven , Steve Thornton, comedy, left, left-wing, unite, workers, NHV, NHV podcast Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Josh Heltke Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed OhMan Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

T he co-hosts have a chance to chat with the journalist Kim Kelly, author of the book Fight Like Hell and the upcoming book Fight To Win, about how labor movements provide a way to build a society based on trust, where disinformation doesn't have a chance to flourish. They also ask her what killer metal records have been coming out lately. Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Josh Heltke Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed OhMan Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The co-hosts are rounding out the journey through showing how climate change disinformation has led us to where we are now. They discuss the second Trump administration, and how it has, through DOGE and its own actions, buried information on climate change in order to benefit the American kleptocracy. They discuss the details of grants and other funding from the federal government that would aid research and infrastructure investments to help dull the effects of climate change on vulnerable people. Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Josh Heltke Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed OhMan Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sophia , Andrew & Devon are joined by comedian and science educator Annam Choudhry https://www.instagram.com/annamlaughs. They all continue on the climate change journey, this time discussing the careers of two men who both worked for the Cato Institute (a right wing think tank co-founded by Murray Rothbard, one of the Koch brothers, and another person), and we're Fox News contributors. Those men have their work put into the context about faith in scientific institutions falling among Republicans.Support the Show www.patreon.com/thecrumblingpodcastFallow along with full writeups and show notes www.thecrumbling.beehiiv.com Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Josh Heltke Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed OhMan Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Thank you Guys for pushing us to reach our first 1000 downloads , we hope you keep listening! Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Josh Heltke Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed OhMan Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The co-hosts continue their series on climate change, this time discussing both the mechanics of damaged caused by climate change and the escalation of disinformation in the 1970's and 1980's. Perry Como comes up, but nothing about climate change is a magic moment. Sophia loses her mind thinking about the reproductive habits of the eastern cottontail. The group has launched a site on beehiiv where you can check out all of our show notes, informational graphics, articles we'll be writing, and more. Click on our links for more! Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Josh Heltke Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed OhMan Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The co-hosts talk about how the 1960's had such bad air quality that parts of 1965 were compared to the days after 9/11 in New York. They also learned that that year was just awful in general, and may rival 2020 and 2025 for sheer audacity in being a bad and uncertain time to live. The recurring villain makes a return trip because how could the American Petroleum Institute leave anything good and decent alone? The co-hosts learn what the PSAC is and that it sounds dirty. Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Josh Heltke Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed OhMan Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The hosts open the discussion on climate change. They talk about how the potentials for climate change were discovered in the 1800's, and how it was identified to be happening in the early 1900's. They go on to discuss how disinformation started very quickly, funded by the petroleum industry. The AI co-host finally reveals his secret identity: Davin DuBois. That shouldn't mean anything to you, as he's just a guy, but he's a cool guy and a smart guy, and we love him, so we hope the audience appreciates the reveal, and getting to know him better. Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Josh Heltke Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed OhMan Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The co-hosts chat with journalist Laura Jedeed about the story of Kash Patel, how he got where he is, and more importantly, what he intends to do with power if confirmed. They read one of his childrens' books, which is perhaps one of the worst things ever committed to paper. The glowing poo is revealed. https://www.patreon.com/TheCrumblingpodcast https://www.bannedinyourstate.com Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Josh Heltke Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed OhMan Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The co-hosts chat with journalist Laura Jedeed about the story of Roy Cohn, in order to show the parallels between his life and Kash Patel's. The discussion centers around his role in McCarthyism, as a lawyer for Trump, and why his life was so consequential, despite him being a corrupt and inept jerk. They also get into how some shoes have a sport mode, and why this is perhaps silly. The AI requests new training data. https://www.patreon.com/TheCrumblingpodcast https://www.bannedinyourstate.com Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Josh Heltke Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed OhMan Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The co-hosts chat it up with Taylor Lorenz, in an interview that spends a lot of time talking about another interview: the one that she did with Chaya Raichik, the woman behind the account Libs of Tiktok, who used her platform to build massive harassment campaigns against queer people and their medical providers. They talk about how GamerGate laid the foundations for the current "Groomer Panic," and Taylor gives some sage and sobering advice for dealing with malicious people. They also talk about which Christmas movie characters could use plastic surgery. Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Josh Heltke Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed OhMan Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sophia continues the story of how GamerGate set the stage for a lot of modern events, including the Groomer Panic, where people blamed the existence of queer youth on queer adults. The group talks about how this was spread largely by people like Chaya Raichik, who used her Twitter page, Libs of Tiktok, to spread mass panic across the conservative media ecosystem, and thereby people all over the world that share the ideology. Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Josh Heltke Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed OhMan Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sophia continues the story of how GamerGate gamed our collective understanding of reality, this time through how PizzaGate spawned QAnon. The group gives a light intro to the conspiracy theory, and how it spread through MLM mom's and a weird story about furniture. Andrew gets Q-pilled and becomes a crab rangooner. Javier is replaced with a potentially sentient AI. The group talks about the scariest and funniest consequences of the 2024 nightmare election. Some overarching themes are introduced. Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Josh Heltke Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed OhMan Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sophia continues the story of how GamerGate gamed our collective understanding of reality. Sophia resents that Mike Cernovich is a main character of anything, but the episode has a lot of content about him and his unambiguously pro-violence blog. The cohosts chat about crystals that stop 5G poisoning or something. Anonymous co-host goes by Javier for the episode. They still don't have any sponsorships related to sweets. https://youtu.be/ULI6UcHWvSQ Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Josh Heltke Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed OhMan Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sophia and Andrew introduce themselves to the audience, and the anonymous co-host decides not to, and to go by Julian for the episode. Sophia starts to tell the story of GamerGate and why it has everything to do with how we have no collective sense of reality anymore. Andrew explains that he's a cat guy, and insists on a sponsorship deal. Julian talks about how he has a sword. The cohosts discuss when and where to use air horns Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Josh Heltke Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed OhMan Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★