Episode 1763 · Sunday, 11 May 2025

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European leaders demand a ceasefire as the Trump administration guts public media funding and rebrands the Gulf of Mexico in a sweeping week of geopolitical shifts.

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European leaders Friedrich Merz, Emmanuel Macron, and Keir Starmer met in Kiev to demand a 30-day ceasefire from Vladimir Putin, while NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte signaled that Ukraine remains on an irreversible path to membership despite being excluded from current peace talks. Putin countered with a demand for direct negotiations in Istanbul on May 15, 2025, accusing the Kiev regime of thousands of truce violations and launching long-range RayBird drones against Russian refineries. Meanwhile, Donald Trump signaled interest in a future summit with Putin to reintegrate Russia into the global economy once a permanent ceasefire is established.

Domestic policy shifts under the Trump administration include a massive funding freeze for AmeriCorps and a directive to cut all federal grants to NPR, Radio Free Europe, and Radio Free Asia. In their place, Carrie Lake announced that One America News will provide a free news feed to Voice of America, effectively replacing the domestic workforce of RFA. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Karoline Leavitt are leveraging recent FAA radar failures at the Philadelphia Tracon facility to push for a multi-billion dollar air traffic control overhaul. Simultaneously, the administration granted refugee status to Afrikaner farmers fleeing South Africa following an executive order halting aid to the country over land expropriation policies.

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak analyze the etymology of Mother's Day and the rebranding of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic as erectile dysfunction treatments. The hosts officially rename Artificial Intelligence to A1 following a gaffe by Linda McMahon and perform a knighting ceremony for Sir Mike of the Mountain. The show concludes with a look at the uncontrolled re-entry of the Soviet-era Cosmos 482 lander and the Mexican government's legal battle against Google over the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.


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CHAPTER 01 / 50 Discussion

Mother's Day, Hebrew Etymology of Mother

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak open episode 1763 by celebrating Mother's Day and reflecting on the state of motherly love post-COVID. Dvorak shares an etymological claim that the Hebrew word for mother, composed of "aleph" and "mem," translates to "strong water" or glue, symbolizing the element that holds a family together.

mother's day· hebrew· etymology· covid-19· texas hill country· silicon valley

00:00 I got burned with the quantum dots man. I got burned Adam Curry John C Devorah This is your award-winning Gitmo Nation Media Assassination Episode 1763. This is no agenda. Celebrating moms all around, Gitmo Nation and broadcasting live from the heart of the Texas Hill Country here in FEMA Region Number 6 In The Morning everybody! I'm Adam Curry And from Northern Silicon Valley where we do say Happy Mother's Day, I am John C. Dvorak It's Crackpot and Buzzkill! In the morning. Yeah, we do say Happy Mother's Day You do... Do you say? You DO say Happy Mother's Day We do. How did uh... When we were going through COVID people loved their moms Everybody was crazy about moms because moms became mama bears And they had the moms that were showing up to the show Moms everywhere how do you think it is what is the state of motherly love today

00:59 Not so good. Why is this? I, this is beyond me It's just the way it is there was this way before COVID and as this way after COVID. It makes no sense We need moms now more than ever and more than that. I mean I want my mom Do you ever miss I missed my mom do you ever miss your mom? I know it's been a while since she passed but do you miss your mom? I see her in dreams really Yeah, yeah comes up shows up everyone so well makes it big. What does he make a fuss about? He's taking over everything where's the toilet paper get this Chinese are buying it all up Well that's nice my mom doesn't show up in my dreams actually I read an interesting etymology of the word mother and

01:50 Today which kind of yeah, what why you laugh? Why are you laughing? We even looked that up. Okay No, I didn't look it up. I came across it In Hebrew, mother consists of two words, eleth and mem. An eleth is an ox head and mem is a water And so this is in ancient Hebrew this would be strong water... ...and here it comes The ancient Hebrews used to boil animal skins, ox skins To get this gooey substance they used as glue Hence, eleth-mem, mother is glue. The glue that keeps the family together! How about that? Sounds like a cock and bull story if ever there was... You know, somehow... Oops what happened there? Somehow I knew you would not be buying it but you didn't say it. You didn't say I'm not buying it. You said cock and bulls. No, I tried to avoid that phrase Well then let me get you on a different track

CHAPTER 02 / 50 Discussion

GLP-1 Drugs, Erectile Dysfunction Marketing

A discussion regarding new studies published on PubMed and by the NIH suggests that GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic may improve erectile dysfunction. The hosts characterize this as a calculated marketing pivot to get the drugs into a wider population following the decline of COVID-19 vaccine sales.

glp-1· ozempic· wegovy· erectile dysfunction· pubmed· nih

02:54 As we know, I'm very disappointed about picking the wrong pope. I mean, I'm not laying awake at night but i feel like oh man and the more I look at this Leo XIV provost the more I'm thinking if he was even on the radar I might have seen that he could be the guy So you're reverse engineering your mistake Yeah, I think so. To prove that you probably could have picked it if the guy had somehow cropped up... If it passed your threshold of knowledge you would have seen him and said, You know? That's it! That's the guy! But it doesn't matter because... Well, but I want to hear the rest of the rationale. Oh no, no, the rationale- No, that's not as important as what I need to say next. You're not going to believe it

03:49 This came over the transom this morning. You're related to the guy! From PubMed The effects of anti-diabetic drugs on erectile dysfunction In conclusion, GLP1s demonstrate an advantage over Metformin in improving erectile dysfunction in patients Baby I nailed it Wigowi and Ozempic are now good. I knew by the way when you said it to begin with that was an obvious end point

04:26 for the sales pitch bull crap that they're pulling. But the fact that they would, uh, I nailed it and it's come so soon is kind of surprising to studies two studies not just one, two studies they're going to study where did these studies come from? Okay. The first one is PubMed which I think is a pretty good pub med doesn't do studies. They publish them. Yes. Okay. So they all right. They published it. Do they publish bogus studies? Yes, but that's not the point. The point is they want this stuff into everybody's system as soon as possible. The second COVID vaccine didn't kill enough people. It's actually so it's both NIH, the National Library of Medicine PMC, it's both PubMed two of them in PubMed

05:23 So this is a bonanza, baby. And it's too bad we don't have the morning shows maybe tomorrow they'll be all over this. Oh there will be a tomorrow show yeah absolutely I'm sure they got the script by now We have clips for Thursday The script is in! Oh everybody It's amazing Yeah its like...it's time to retire When it becomes that easy to see where things are going it's like ehh might as well just quit So that what you did there was to show that you used, You obfuscated your bad pick for Pope. Correct! By bringing in a kind of the long shot, which seemed like a long shot but not to me necessarily... Long-shot pick for marketing scheme Yes Which you predicted accurately Yeah And then yeah and you just kinda glossed it over as though there's some somehow makes you better I don't know what you're trying to do It makes me feel better

CHAPTER 03 / 50 Discussion

Meta-Analysis Skepticism, Pharmaceutical Media Scripts

The hosts analyze the specific research papers cited in the GLP-1 news, noting they are systematic reviews and meta-analyses rather than original clinical trials. They predict that network news medical contributors will use these "phony baloney" studies to create a new promotional script for pharmaceutical companies.

meta-analysis· big pharma· medical research· dr. jen· network news

06:23 That's all that counts as long as I feel better. I still like to know you didn't read, you didn't say cause you don't have it in front of ya where these research papers actually stemmed? Where they were from what did they come from? Okay. I do have it in front of me. Okay. This is a lot of Italians here and the first one we set Pellisco let me see, let me see what the Hey Giuseppe, hey! Hey Giuseppe, what about my E.D.? Giuseppe? Okay let's see... By the way with these drugs in play for at least a decade you'd think they would have figured this out earlier So this was a systematic review and meta-analysis

07:09 A systematic review, this is not research then. This is a review and meta-analysis that's not the same as a research paper Right so but they cite all the other papers including exploring the potential impact of GLP1 receptor agonist That's not the one I'm looking for. Yeah, this is this looks like a smoke and mirrors to me good work though. I don't think it's here There glp1 therapy boost erectile function in diabetic obese men now a lot of people are

07:49 Not a pretty sight. No, a lot of people sent in other ideas that if your wife uses Wigovi you automatically lose your erectile dysfunction Yeah I got that joke too So that joking came a couple of times Let me see what this is This one is... Okay let me see who did this This is actual research That's very long. Oh man, you'll have to forgive me if I didn't read through all the formulaic reasoning that they believe—my goodness! This thing is eight football yards long

08:28 Well, we'll work on it and that's okay. The morning shows when you have Dr. Jen and Dr. Bill and Dr. Fred and all these other phony balonies come on the networks... They will tell us new research! That's what they're going to tell us It doesn't matter if it's true or not just matters that they have something to point to once again throw in a little ad for for The Big Boys Yeah well they can Well, what do you mean while they can? Oh well they're gonna pull the plug on this eventually I hope. Oh please! RFK Jr., what have you done for me lately?! Well it looks like Bill Cassidy according to our buddy Glenn Greenwald... You're buying that!? You watch that and you buy that?? Yes. Oh boy, do you have a clip?

CHAPTER 04 / 50 Discussion

Bill Cassidy, RFK Jr., Casey Means Controversy

Senator Bill Cassidy is identified as a "bad actor" and a Trump critic who is reportedly clashing with RFK Jr. over the appointment of Casey Means. The tension involves Cassidy's demands for monthly meetings and skepticism regarding the influence of outside forces on the nomination process.

bill cassidy· rfk jr· casey means· glenn greenwald· donald trump

09:15 No, I just got it this morning. I didn't do any bonus clips this morning so i'm gonna... I'm looking at still haven't fully bought it but by half kinda because it makes sense But this guy, this Cassidy guy's a bad actor in a lot of different ways He has been a Trump hater is one of the few Republicans that voted for his impeachment in the Senate We had Bill Cassidy clips when when Kennedy was going through confirmation somewhere, I'm pretty sure we have one. And he was saying you know well you're gonna have to talk to me and you have to have conversations with me got a meet with me every month

09:53 Yeah, and then we had Shanahan's clip. You had it recently? No it was a post, not a clip. Okay so she said that he thinks he is not working for the president but he is working for some alien force. She... Oh you mean Kennedy! All because The president appointed Casey Means as Surgeon General. That's the whole reason why everyone, as you would say has their tit in the ringer over this. That's what I'd say and a couple of people got that tit in the ringer over your newsletter. A rare apology!

CHAPTER 05 / 50 Discussion

Surgeon General Navy Rank, Newsletter Correction

Dvorak issues a "mea culpa" regarding a newsletter error concerning the military rank of the U.S. Surgeon General. He explores the history of the position, noting it transitioned from Commodore to Admiral in 1871, and discusses the protocol of saluting these public health officials despite their lack of traditional naval command.

surgeon general· us navy· admiral· rachel levine· commodore

10:34 Well done though. It was, I mean rare because you don't usually have to make apologies. Ugh...I felt bad about it Yeah, I could- Wow! What are you? You're like saying, I was wrong Mea culpa the past month has been nothing but honest John Honest John? It's always been honest John It's my old nickname. They used to call me that in high school. Sure, I'm sure... So what happened? What happened for the Dumbos who don't subscribe to the newsletter and could be a part of this wonderful double news newsletter day Well, I had to...I was going over the records of all the people that were Surgeon Generals and they're all in the Navy. It looked like because they're all admirals but then how are they got that assignment later? And there's a secondary controversy over whether this fact that they're given the admiralship when they become a Surgeon General because they work for public health services but whether that's officially where there is a Navy position or not.

11:33 And, you know the argument is no and the Navy guys are all bent out of shape about even considering because I think because of Rachel Levine they have enough trouble in the Navy without that guy. Right? What happened to that dude anyway? I don't know probably on a board if some Kleiner Perkins company so When it began, when the surgeon general began in 1871 it wasn't my understanding. It was a Navy position and then they kind of devolved into one thing or another but they kept this idea to keep them the title of Admiral is kind of hard to follow to be honest about it and there's a few people that never took the title of admiral

12:17 It started off as Commodore by the way just for all you Commodores out there. Oh wow, that's interesting. Yeah it was Commodore, Commodore, you can go look up the list of Surgeon Generals in Wikipedia and it's all Commodores and then all of a sudden became Admirals Because the Commodore thing was dropped by the Navy. So, gee a coincidence that Navy drops Commodore and so do these guys they wear a Navy uniform and my challenge to the Navy guys out there is say it's not part of the Navy or they have nothing to do with the Navy let's say I'll give them that if you're a navy lieutenant and you run into one of these admirals Do you salute them? Oh interesting question but i would say yes

13:00 I would say yes too. But they're not part of the Navy, you don't have to salute them do you? but they're an Admiral what would you do? What WOULD YOU DO?! I would salute and say how ya doing buddy good morning! Good morning to ya! So the whole thing is sketchy but this beside that point it was a botch on my part so i had to send us apology note out It's okay...so no sooner had we And I got a lot of notes and here's what the big you know what the big complaint was? Did nobody amongst the complaints everybody complained about that. You know, what their actual real complaint Was it when it came down to it John? What was the actual real complaint when it came down to it Thanks for asking Adam

CHAPTER 06 / 50 Discussion

Laura Loomer, Callie Means, MAHA Movement Infighting

Laura Loomer and Callie Means are engaged in a public dispute on X, with Loomer accusing the Means siblings of being Big Pharma shills. The conflict centers on the "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) movement and allegations regarding Casey Means' medical license and her father's past writing.

laura loomer· callie means· casey means· maha· megyn kelly

13:48 I said surgeon generals instead of surgeons general. Oh no, oh what a faux pas! It was a botch of the highest order. Epic proportional botch and everybody brought that up whether they thought about the admiralship or not it brings this up see what have we got? A bunch of grammarians out there worried about this sort of thing? Clearly well we also called out other people on the news for saying that, so it's kind of a taste of our own medicine. Yeah well that's the irony of course we have done that So no sooner had we ended the show or I start getting threads X threads to look at Laura Loomer calling out Callie Means as a shill! A big pharma shill and Callie means saying you are the shill You're getting paid No you're a shill

14:44 all about disappointment and it's I mean which brings us to the Megan Kelly clip which i have was this in some to some degree you might bring it up yeah no I'd like to do that started thinking about the things that would ultimately wind up in the book good energy would be at the center of the Maha movement my brother Cali was going through his own evolution and realizations having worked for coca-cola and came out hard as almost like a whistleblower against what companies like that are doing to us with the sugar, or the food supply and the SNAP program and so on. And they've become very important and essential Americans especially when it comes to Maha great! So why is she getting mercilessly attacked right now by some within the Maha movement? And by Laura Loomer who I don't know if she's in... If she considers herself Maha

15:38 And I really don't dismiss Laura Loomer because people call her a conspiracy theorist. She's been right about a lot, she's really taking aim at Casey And I have to say on this one, I really disagree. We're just gonna tell you some of the allegations okay? She said that Casey means her dad wrote a pro trans children's book back in 2020 well he did write up a book that was about like a weird and odd duckling or goose and how it wound up basically wind up being gay Wait a minute! You're telling me Callie Means is a trans guy as a dude and as is a woman in pants

16:17 No. It's for, I'm trying to find the exact quote but it's about coming of age is challenging for most children. But it can be especially tough for those grappling with their gender and sexual identities. Gender so he mentions that and I've looked at the book at least what I can find if I have like four pages And it's really about a gay goose. Oh my goodness, all of these people Megyn Kelly Laura Loomer By the way I am never going to clip her again That clip that you played there is actually about half an hour Oh! I know

17:04 She repeats herself. She's like a radio person, you know? These old radio people and TV people they talk and then they wrap it around they talk it I had to cut out so much where she just reiterated And came back and did this and that and put his sides in there. It's like, you know when I have to clip Jesse Waters is the same thing. He's got a sides, little one liners and things that aren't relevant. Little mockery, little mockery. Jeez it's a mess! It's all of these people And, first of all the whole controversy really stems from the fact that Casey not even, Callie not even Casey. Of course she's so controversial because did she is she really a doctor? Did she quit her residency blah blah blah blah They came out of nowhere they had this book it's a best-selling book and they will not... This is really what it's about The core of this is the trauma that I would say Maha

CHAPTER 07 / 50 Discussion

Casey Means Medical Background, Vaccine Stance

The discussion focuses on Casey Means' decision to stop practicing clinical medicine in Oregon to start a glucose monitoring company. Critics point out her lack of an active medical license and her refusal to explicitly denounce the COVID-19 vaccine, which some attribute to the necessity of surviving a Senate confirmation hearing.

casey means· covid-19 vaccine· medical license· oregon· residency

18:04 have, as in ma-ga-ma-ha about President Trump not saying hey that vaccine sucked. This is what it's about because neither of those two the brother sister combo will actually say yeah that thing was not a good idea they keep hedging around it like well you know... Actually Kelly addresses this exact point in the next clip I was a gay goose, okay? Whatever. By the way it's her father It's not her Like i don't- Right Okay so like if she had written this maybe we'd- it would lead to a follow up question at the hearings like What do you think about children grappling with their gender identities That's really the question isn't it What does Casey Means think She is where I am

18:56 on this. She is not pro the transing of children at all her brother Callie right now is out there calling it demonic they're very close that's number one then she points out, Loomer does that she never completed a residency that is true I just gave you the context She points out she does not even have an active medical license in Oregon. That's true because she decided to stop practicing medicine a couple of years into her private practice and to do, she has this company now that offers like all day glucose monitoring and explains people how to read their blood levels when they get their lab test back and so on just sort of helps more millions as opposed to like individuals. And I can speak this as a lawyer

19:41 I passed the bar in New York, Illinois and Massachusetts. Okay so I was admitted in all those states. I practiced at length in New York State, in Chicago Washington DC for that matter and I wound up going dormant on all of my law licenses many years into joining you know journalism full-time because a it cost money and B it's a lot of continuing legal education. Okay but she didn't talk about the vaccine there only oh you know it got left on the cutting room floor okay what she said? She said that if Cali

20:20 Or is it Casey? I can never remember. Both girls' names... I know, Casey! We're talking about... Cally is the one who's been on all these podcasts people have been firing at him for hours and hours and he will not denounce the COVID vaccine specifically Okay she says the following because you were supposed to be in that clip but cut it out cause I couldn't take anymore cutting cutting cutting so she said that if she, Casey says she was anti-vax, she would never get approved in a million years and so they can't say it. So in other words she's implying that they believe it but they can't say because then she would never get approved. Okay the bottom line is

CHAPTER 08 / 50 Discussion

RFK Jr. Defends Casey Means, Influencer Criticism

RFK Jr. appeared on Fox & Friends to defend Casey Means against attacks from Laura Loomer, claiming that threatened industries are paying bloggers to smear her. The hosts criticize influencers like Megyn Kelly and Loomer for focusing on trivial controversies while ignoring the broader trauma of the COVID-19 era.

rfk jr· casey means· laura loomer· megyn kelly· fox and friends

21:03 Well, actually before I get to my bottom line... Is there a bottom line? Yeah. I think there is let this is RFK Jr on the Casey means appointment This was him on the friendly Fox and Friends. I'm very very happy that been grateful President Trump for nominating Casey as the Surgeon General There's the industries that are threatened by Her nomination are mobilizing and they're actually paying a lot of bloggers. We've we've learned now to attack her, they were attacking her on the... Where's our money? On the critique that she... It really is. Where's our dough where's our check? Where's our money?! Just at least offer it! ...to sing Madison Yeah, just least Come on I feel so, I feel really left out we got a million people listening We've been left out of every bribe possible Every good deal Gold gold no gold we got no gold

22:01 She was at the top of her Stanford class. She was president for her Stanford class as a resident she won every award that you could get for the kind of surgery that she was doing but she realized very early on that she was not healing patients they were coming back again and again because the surgeries were treating their symptoms and not the underlying causes then she decided to devote her life to figuring out what those underlying causes were and handing those exposures. She wrote a best-selling book that really galvanized the Maha movement, and... Maha? Rachel I'm very glad to you—I'm very very grateful to you for the leadership that you've shown in telling this story to the American public

22:47 Casey is an incredible storyteller. She's a pregnant mom right now, so she has a touchstone with every mother in this country Okay so what RFK Jr is doing here he is debunking and clapping back at Laura Loomer because Laura Loomer posted that there's no evidence she's pregnant, why are we hiring pregnant women? They have to go on pregnancy leave. And these people are being paid and as I said Callie was like no you're being paid so RFK Jr.'s basically saying you are being paid. This is the funny part of it by the way they wish he had some clips of that

23:28 Well, there's no back and forth. There are no clips it is just on X. No it was just the two of them bickering on Twitter All these people...and then we can move on all these people...Megan let me get my thought out All of these people, Megyn Kelly, Laura Loomer all the influences who keep coming back to this thing which really doesn't matter that much. I mean the Surgeon General did we stop smoking because the Surgeon General said it's gonna kill you? No! The Surgeon General is a surgeon general and in your original newsletter you pointed out no one even knows who the last Surgeon General was

24:03 These influencers, and I'll put Laura Loomer and Megyn Kelly in there. They're like dogs returning to their own vomit they just keep coming back. Wow! Thank you. I'm liking it. You worked on that one. But that's what it is! Who cares? It's another thing, like oh the Fredericksburg... The Fredericksburg rumor network is in high gear. Oh They're building a sharia law. But why? No, your point is well taken. Why... Who cares as the Surgeon General! It's not like you know the Secretary of State Because of that particular part is because of the trauma of COVID and they're all secretly very mad that Trump has never said... He could have just said yeah I don't think that vaccine was so good he says the opposite although he's dialed back even

CHAPTER 09 / 50 Discussion

Sharia Law City Rumors, Bill Maher Format

The hosts dismiss rumors circulating in Fredericksburg, Texas, about a "Sharia Law city" being built near Plano as a "freak-off" based on mosque construction. They also critique the changing format of Bill Maher's show, specifically his handling of special guests and panel discussions.

sharia law· plano· texas· bill maher· fredericksburg

25:04 That, it's a trauma. It is a trauma amongst people who voted for Trump. It's trauma that if he would...it would all end if he just said that and I think his egos in the way on that one but or maybe he knows something we don't anyway The next thing then we talked about this months ago Oh! They're building an entire Sharia law city in Texas? Oh yeah, well before we go into that I do want to get the one...I do have a couple more Casey means. Oh i'm sorry! I didn't..I thought we were done. That's what I was trying to make sure of. Okay, you were making moves and I wasn't paying attention? I'm sorry You weren't, you were like taking the cue. I was trying to get my one-liner out thats why. I was focused on that Yes, you develop these things about once month. Once a month that you catch it?! Yeah okay

25:58 Well, that's probably true. I use probably twice a month and only catch one. Yeah And then you add lib at least you do ad-lib twice as many as you actually develop so nicely I give it credit for that Thank You Casey means was on the Bill Maher show Oh, this past Friday? No no. It was like a month ago or longer. After her book came out and she was the special guest. This is when they used to have... When Barr had the two guests on his right and then he'd have one special guest on his left

26:35 Yes. Which he's kind of backed off of? Yeah, well the special guest is the guest in the beginning who then comes out later for the panel discussion during overtime. Sometimes or sometimes not it's all... It's strange. The variation changes his model a little bit. It's a strange format I don't particularly like it. So she is on but these clips have nothing to do with her except for the fact that they triggered some Something that I had to make some commentary on before we talk about Sharia law in Texas, which i think is also a Fredericksburg freakout. No it's bigger than that but we can get to that. Well could be could be but let me get this out of the way. You brought it back up! It does involve a rant which you enjoy okay

CHAPTER 10 / 50 Discussion

Bill Maher, McDonald's Formula Changes

During an appearance on Bill Maher's show, Casey Means discussed food safety, leading Maher to claim McDonald's is "delicious." Dvorak counters this with personal anecdotes from his time as an air pollution inspector, revealing that McDonald's changed the Big Mac sauce formula from fresh to powdered horseradish.

bill maher· mcdonald's· big mac· horseradish· morehouse mustard

27:23 So here's Bill Maher and the topic changes out of the blue as he has Chris Cuomo, and some other guy in case he means on it then it slowly twists. Where are these clips? What are they called means means on Marr means on Mar 1 yeah There's a lot of stuff in our food that probably shouldn't be there and every time they look the more They look the more they find that can kill you gambling everybody's head is going like this. Yeah I think for the foods a problem my question to you is if

27:58 If everybody's head is nodding like this, what is keeping anything from ever happening that moves us in the direction that you're going? The food is delicious. That's the problem! I would say... Who comes back from Italy saying, I can't wait to get some ragu?! That's right. In Italy it's more delicious than what we have and they have- But we don't live in Italy. We live near McDonald's. Not yet! That was Casey jumping in there? Yeah, she's trying to get a word in. But Mara is out of control and then he says the following things which got...

28:34 I didn't record any of her, i didn't care. It's mostly this is the issue. This is not rocket science! Why don't we get our food safe? The food is delicious... it is in America if I had six months to live you mean a lousy McDonalds every night and if I ate McDonalds every night I'd have six months to live yes so look I was on his team McDonalds isn't delicious who are we fucking kidding I never have it, but it's delicious. And how do you know? I've had it! Have they changed the formula? I don't think so.

29:18 So I have stories, because I used to work as an air pollution inspector and you had to inspect all these places. A number of them were McDonald's jobbers. They changed the formula all the time and if he doesn't think they changed the formula somebody should tell him about the difference between the tallow fries that they used to make which are famous at all delicious McDonalds fries to the crap they make now is your soggy seed oil fries there's a formula change isn't there? But the original McDonalds formula for the sauce on the Big Mac was largely developed by Morehouse Mustards, which used to be headquartered in Emeryville. And I used to inspect that plant a lot and I got to know this guy George Ladder... Wait a minute! That's their secret sauce?

30:04 Isn't it a secret, the sauce? It's a secret. Yeah. Okay. It isn't Thousand Islands dressing doesn't everybody already know that? No no no The kicker was he said Latter told me when they blended it the original blend was with fresh horseradish and that's what made the original Big Mac so tasty because of the horseradish that was in there And he says as soon as they went into full production within a year They changed the horseradish to a powdered horseradish which is bland Formula change, by the way. For poor Bill Maher who thinks these burgers still taste like they used to I've also tasted the burgers in... The McDonald's burgers in Paris because they have a McDonalds or they used to have one on the Champs-Élysées and you taste it doesn't taste anything like these burgers are totally different The bread is different everything's different about them

CHAPTER 11 / 50 Discussion

Industrial Bread Production, The Founder Movie

Dvorak describes the history of "balloon bread" and the Kilpatrick's factory in Oakland, which produced McDonald's buns using templates to fake a folded look. The segment references the 2016 film *The Founder* and criticizes the modern use of soggy seed oils in fast food fries.

wonder bread· kilpatrick's· ray kroc· michael keaton· seed oils

30:54 Also, the bread used to be made... Another inspection I made was the Kirkpatrick's or Kilpatrick's Bread Factory in Oakland which the company went out of business during the era of balloon bread where you had if I remember Kilpatrick's Wonderbread. Langendorf, Sunbeam, Blue Seal. There's all these different bread companies that all made this same kind of fluffy white bread and they made the McDonalds burger buns! And the guy noticed about it, he says yeah. He said they had to have a special... They had a template so the bun would be as the bun was just before it's being tempered they smashed the bun with this like these little blades that weren't blades or just pushers and put across hatch pattern on the bread and the guys

31:55 manager says to me, he says that's to make it look as though the bread was folded. It is just fake! Whatever happened to Wonder Bread by the way? I love my Wonder Bread. Wonder Bread is still around but the other balloon breads are all gone If you want a... there's a fun movie to watch Michael Keaton in The Founder It came out in 2016? Yes, about Roy Croc. Yes! And because it... what triggered me is that they went to the powdered horseradish That was one of the ways he got the company going is by using powdered milk for the milkshakes in early days

32:36 And I'm sure that, and they change that of course later as well. So yeah... Bill Maher doesn't know what he's talking about. Yes, but Lars is going on about how they don't change the formula so just to top it off as you know i have been tasting big Donalds Big Macs at least once a month. Once a month! And I stopped a year ago because you were getting sick? No, I couldn't eat. I couldn't finish one they were so the latest version is so unedible and it will for me for Mara to say it's delicious he's way obviously doesn't eat there no It's not even close to delicious. It's not edible

33:15 No, if I have a stomachache. I'll go to McDonald's so I can poop it out that stuff never That's tough cause of me just the middleman at McDonalds He just like eat in his race right before I'm not even home like I gotta go Okay enough about that you had to get that off my chest yes well with hopefully the new surgeon general will unveil all things unhealthy And I will take RFK Jr. at his word that there's all kinds of money floating around... Look, Big Pharma is big! They know the media is changing. They know that they're phony baloney CBS morning show segments, that's not really... It's really not going to last much longer five years ten years I don't know maybe five months people are moving short. If you ban advertising there you go You have to ban the native ads There's no native ads for smoking

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Big Pharma Native Ads, Debunking Fatigue

The hosts discuss how Big Pharma uses "native ads" and influencer outreach to maintain media control as traditional TV viewership declines. Adam Curry admits to "Debunkbot" tendencies, citing his past experience being "burned" by the quantum dots conspiracy as a reason for his increased skepticism.

big pharma· native advertising· joe rogan· quantum dots· conspiracy theories

34:16 They won't even let you smoke in a movie half the time until it gets bent out of shape. So if they're gonna ban advertising on television for prescription drugs, they have to ban the native ads. Well my point is they know change is coming one way or another and their fighting it and there fighting it in the correct ways what I would do we'd have the meeting hey lets cut some checks Is Rogan doable? No. Okay, what's next? Loomer! Okay we'll start with her. Megan Kelly... Hmmmm.... You know I can run it by her. Bob. I can run it by her Bob. I could run a buyer Bob you see if we get any traction. She's not going to say anything so I can run it by her she doesn't do she doesn't do if she does is she does on it will find out

35:14 So, you know this is exactly what goes on. Of course! And part of the meeting is always how about those no agenda guys? Nah they're no good. Those guys... They'll fuck it up anyway. Exactly though they'll deconstruct themselves before you know what everybody's onto us we can't do that Bob can't do that No, I was just saying it was kind of related to the influencers that the Fred Freakoff—I'm calling it that now. The Fredericksburg freak-off where everyone's all bent out of shape because influencers are out there again like they're building an entire Sharia law city right outside of Plano and we know that they've not built anything! There's a mosque

36:02 Well, they got some nice drawings. Yeah you can drive I-10 and you'll see a hundred mosques if you drive it long enough there's mosques everywhere but it's not like this city has been built and its being projected now as it is here It's Sharia law they want to take over That's probably true Well that may be true so Abbott had to come out and say hey They're not going to, they can't even start construction. They have no permits, they don't have the authorization... So they're playing it legally because obviously in America if you want to have a big campus for your Scientology, you can do it! If you want to have a big campus for your Islam, you can do it Now, you can't all of sudden have different rule of law

36:57 And that's really what he is focusing on here. But it is just amazing how there so much going on in the world and somehow these things just get spun up, just spun up! I'm like calm down... I am tired of being the guy who says people are starting to not like me you know fun curry I thought you were a conspiracy guy. You're just debunking everything. Yeah, what happened to you anyway? You're like Debunkbot! What happened is...I got burned one too many times that's what happened. I got burned with the quantum dots man, I got burned. The quantum dots yeah actually that did change you Oh yeah it burned me

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Ukraine Peace Talks, European Coalition Demands

European leaders including Friedrich Merz, Emmanuel Macron, and Keir Starmer met in Kiev to demand a 30-day ceasefire from Vladimir Putin. While the coalition expressed support for Ukraine, Friedrich Merz clarified that EU membership would likely precede any NATO accession, effectively signaling a "no" to immediate NATO entry.

friedrich merz· emmanuel macron· volodymyr zelenskyy· nato· kiev

37:37 Because I jumped out. Well, how do you think Pachenik feels? He went on Alex Jones' show and brought this out. Yacked about it and Alex was laughing in his face! Yeah but Pachenik never contacts me anymore not even a hey how you doing Aww, it's too bad. He should have been able to snap out of it I think he was really burned bad but he just kind of like... How do you know if he'll be able to snap back from that? I don't even know if he does anything anymore I think he just kinda retired like slunk back into the shadows. Yeah, he needs to snap out of it Anyway, yes! I still love Steve, he got good stories. He is funny guy Oh, he's great! He has got good stories

38:24 So, lots of action in Europe because now that President Trump is trying to get things to calm down between Russia and Ukraine. The Mod Squad had to get together, thats Mertz and yes thank you everybody we know that Friedrich Mertz indeed has the same initials as Fred Mertz of I Love Lucy That was a big email I got. You never got that one, Fred Merckx. Can't believe you missed it! How'd you miss that game? Merckx, Macron, Starmer and Tusk of Poland. Yeah Tusky in Poland yeah they all went to

39:08 in Kiev, Kiev Tell Middle meeting. Four European allies of Ukraine on Saturday vowed to impose more sanctions on Russia and increase military aid to Kyiv if Russian President Vladimir Putin does not accept an unconditional 30-day ceasefire the leaders under the umbrella of the coalition of the willing said that their proposal for a ceasefire starting on Monday was supported by US President Donald Trump. rejecting Putin's conditions and clear that if he turns his back on peace, we will respond. The move appeared to have ramped up pressure on Russia as President Putin hours later called for direct talks with Ukraine without preconditions Now I'm pretty sure you have some stuff on that too but i just want to get through what happened in this 24-hour period then Fred Mertz

40:26 He came out and kind of wishy-washy talked about, well you know we can put it... We'll get you into EU and then after that maybe NATO I think if you know something like that. I share the assessment of the Secretary General when it comes to membership for Ukraine. Ukraine has an accession perspective for the European Union. I think in terms of timeframes, this will be before accession to NATO if it happens one day and it needs to be clear that Ukraine decides in a sovereign way on the path it wants to take. It has decided to file for membership of the European Union you know the criteria for such an accession

41:10 And if Ukraine fulfills these criteria, it is a welcome member within the European Union. Ukraine is and has to remain as sovereign actor deciding on its own political and military alliances." In other words no! That's just a big fat no now you're not gonna get in. You're not gonna get into NATO. You can file but you have to be sovereign? No that's a big NO he standing next to While he's doing the speech, of course if you got the coalition willing our boy Mark Rutte is right there. Well the whole NATO agreed on irreversible path for Ukraine into NATO but we never agreed that as part of peace deal... Ho ho! Volodymyr Zelenskyy, we've never agreed you can get into NATO

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Mark Rutte, NATO Defense Spending

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte emphasized that while Ukraine is on an "irreversible path" to membership, it is not part of current peace negotiations. Rutte called for a massive increase in the defense industrial base across the Atlantic, noting that Russia produces as much ammunition in three months as all of NATO does in a year.

mark rutte· nato· defense spending· ammunition· russia

42:01 there would be guaranteed NATO membership for Ukraine. No, no! That was never agreed. That was never said dude, never ever. But in the long term the NATO alliance has said yes there will be this perspective of NATO membership. Perspective? Yes maybe if you're a good boy. For the longer term not for the peace negotiations ongoing at the moment and as I said before... ...I'm happy that the American president and glad My boss. Oh no, oh no! It is the half court not the full court what are you talking about Mark? That will piss off John C

42:45 on the side of Russia's. You put it, that is exactly true and at the moment there is a close cooperation between NATO and Ukraine we have to come out in Wiesbaden which organizing the military aid into Ukraine We organize together and jointly the training for the Ukrainian armed forces we are catching all the lessons which we are gathering in Ukraine together with the Ukrainians in our center in Poland. So there is a lot happening at the moment. So no to NATO, you're not going to get him but we gave you some NATO goodies for your man so shut up a little bit and of course...

43:28 Of course, Rutte could not leave the meeting without a little sales pitch. There are many rumors floating around... It's true that we're having intel discussions now within NATO but will be the best way to make sure that we can fulfill all our tasks as NATO going forward in future. Many! Including of course... given the fact that we acknowledge the long-term threat Russia is posing. So it will mean an absolute increase in defense spending, so I'm not going to confirm the figures." So don't worry about a truce or ceasefire they're long term threats you need to spend your money! Obviously when you increase defense spending you have to think about all the enabling tasks... Oh yes oh yeah no it's not just bullets It's a lot of stuff man! ...to defense

44:12 And yes, I've always said this. If we stick at 2%, we cannot defend ourselves so we have to really increase defense spending but that is not enough. We also have to build a defense industrial base They go hand in hand because for a strong deterrence and defence we can defend ourselves now. But to be able in five years time, to also... Five years? ...be able to defend ourselves and keep the deterrence and defence at the level that we need. Who knows! We need only to spend much more but also build that defence industrial base across the Atlantic, across your whole Atlantic area including United States and Canada and all European countries and NATO

44:52 It's crucial. We need to do both I said it before the Russians are producing in three months in ammunition what a whole of NATO which is 25 times bigger, 25 times bigger than Russia in terms of the overall economy we produce in one year in ammunition what they produce in three months so that's not sustainable So just both spending and more production The message is clear They can't get in working on commission No, he's not smart enough for that. He... it's all up for him is just... Oh I don't know he seems pretty smart to me the more i hear him Well according to our president he's a great guy was a great prime minister of the Netherlands so he's just awesome! Yeah thats what you do Mark, mark you were the best You're the best Great job man Just great That's typical show business thing typical Trump too Im big fan of your work man Big fan of your work You know I've worked with alot different people Your absolutely the best

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Vladimir Putin, Istanbul Peace Proposal

Vladimir Putin appeared on television seeking direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on May 15, 2025. Putin accused the Kiev regime of violating previous ceasefires over 5,000 times and launching 524 drones against Russian energy infrastructure, insisting that any new truce must prevent Ukrainian rearmament.

vladimir putin· istanbul· ceasefire· drones· turkey

45:48 No, I'm believable. I really feel privileged to be here in your presence the line is big fan of your work man Big fan big fan big fan big big fan of your work whenever you hear that That's a that's a Hollywood bull crap Yeah, pull up your Stepping in it so of course Is what everyone's looking at right now you have a Putin clip here. You got something I got a couple of Putin clips Okay, two clips one the shorty from BBC World News Our World Service, sorry. Let's start with that. In the past few minutes President Putin has appeared live on television saying Russia seeks serious talks with Ukraine to remove the root causes of the conflict He said he was offering immediate direct talks with Ukraine To take place in the Turkish city of Istanbul next Thursday 15 May He said he had never rejected dialogue with Kiev Details are still coming in

46:44 By the way, while the BBC is waiting for details whenever you're ready I have a bullet point translation of Putin's speech at his press conference. Good! I only have one more clip and then go right after that. Okay. I just thought that particular BBC clip which was kind of to-the-point, it just countered everything but okay let's go to NPR and this is Russia Ukraine little ditty European leaders in Ukraine today pressed Russian President Putin to accept a 30-day unconditional ceasefire or face more sanctions. Here's Joanna Kikis' reports, the leaders say President Trump also supports this proposal The leaders of France Germany the United Kingdom and Poland traveled to Kiev in their first joint appearance they joined Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky for meeting of Western nations supporting

47:32 supporting Ukraine. Other leaders participated online via video link. Zelensky and the four European leaders in Kiev also called President Trump. Zelensky told reporters Trump supports the ceasefire proposal. It's quite possible to monitor this ceasefire in coordination with the United States, Zelensky said. The ceasefire could start as early as Monday if Russia agrees to it However, the Kremlin says it will oppose a ceasefire unless Western countries stop providing military aid to Ukraine. So very poor from NPR and BBC I mean we have the best producers who speak Russian and translate stuff for us so here's a multi-billet bully bullet bully point bullet point of

48:20 Russian President Putin's press conference in order of appearance. The Kiev regime has repeatedly violated the 30-day moratorium on attacks on energy The Easter truce was violated more than 5,000 times. Moscow has repeatedly put forward ceasefire initiatives Kiev has sabotaged them Russia is considered a further ceasefire based on Kiev's behavior during previous ceasefires Since May 6 the Kiev authorities have launched large-scale attacks on Russia 524 drones

48:58 During the days of the declared ceasefire Ukraine has repeatedly attempted to attack the state border of the Russian Federation all attacks have been repelled The attacks were carried out solely for political reasons. The enemy suffered heavy losses The Kiev authorities not only rejected the ceasefire proposals, but also tried to intimidate the foreign leaders gathered in Moscow That was on the 8th Who were they trying to intimidate? The leaders who came to us were not leaders by position but by character and they were threatened... ...by those who elevate former SS men to the rank of heroes. Russia is grateful to all foreign leaders for their efforts in the Ukrainian conflict, the Kiev regime has repeatedly violated a 30-day moratorium on attacks." Hold on I got that part

49:43 The Ukrainian armed forces should not rearm and dig in during the ceasefire. The decision is up to the leadership of Ukraine and their curators who want to continue the war with the hands of the Ukrainian nationalists. President Putin proposes Ukraine resume direct negotiations without any preconditions, we propose to begin Thursday May 15th in Istanbul the very place where they are interrupted in 2022, our offer is on the table. Now it is up to the Ukrainian authorities and their handlers." This brings me to... this is interesting but the interesting part is that 524 drones which brings me to a clip that I had produced about a month ago maybe you can try looking at out okay which we never played on the show which was about drones being produced in Ukraine

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Ukrainian Long-Range Drones, RayBird Technology

A report on a secret Ukrainian facility reveals the production of "RayBird" long-range drones capable of flying 1,000 kilometers for 28 hours. These drones, developed by the company Skytone, are used for reconnaissance and striking Russian oil refineries and fuel depots deep within enemy territory.

raybird· skytone· drones· moscow· oil refineries

50:37 By a factory there and they've got they're making drones, you know They're not using Iranian drones or anybody else's drones. They were actually making drones by the dro by the tons And this is like their new business that they do and it's never been talked about since I have I have The this is from last month yet two clips of Could be. Oh, well maybe it is. I just don't remember... It's so long and I can't remember how the clip structured Question Is it willing to ground its long-range drones used to strike oil facilities? The BBC's Abdul Jalil Abdur Rasulov has visited a secret Ukrainian facility where they make them At the secret location Ukrainian engineers work on the development of new long range drones They drill glue and assemble parts of a model called RayBird

51:52 This drone can cover a distance of more than 1000 km and stay in the air for up to 28 hours. So it can easily reach cities like Moscow. Raybird is effectively a spy aircraft. Roman Kniazhenko, the head of Skytone – the company that develops these drones. The idea was to create this system that could control and monitor big areas or extended areas like borders of the country and so on. And it's one of the most advanced systems in the world right now in terms of reconnaissance, there are not too many aircrafts able to work so deep on enemy territory." Raybird identifies targets and direct fire. Among the targets are Russia's oil refineries and fuel depots

52:48 Okay, this is that brings us to the point that was just made when Putin according to the list of talking points said that they're still attacking the in for energy infrastructure these drones are the ones that responsible and that also connects to the 524 drones that were launched against Russia whether they're ballistic or not I just found a That's where that information triggered my thoughts on this old clip that we never addressed. Right, well so he refers to the 2022 talks in Istanbul isn't that where Boris Johnson thwarted everything or was that before? I thought Johnson went straight to Kiev to do that. Hmm...I'm not sure but i don't really remember. Honestly, I can't remember them doing the talks in Istanbul at all

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Donald Trump, Putin Meeting Prospects

Former U.S. special representative Kurt Volker suggests that Donald Trump desires a meeting with Vladimir Putin but only after a ceasefire is established. The goal would be to reintegrate Russia into the global economy, though current escalations by the EU and Ukraine make such a meeting appear distant.

donald trump· vladimir putin· kurt volker· ceasefire· diplomacy

53:37 I have one more clip here. This is a former Ukrainian negotiator Volker. A meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin is clearly on the radar, the Kremlin spokesperson said but as Moscow seems to be sending the signals about its willingness to meet the US president what is the response from Washington? Former U.S special representative for Ukraine negotiations told Euronews Donald Trump would want to meet Putin as well but under certain conditions I do think he would like to meet Putin, but after there's a ceasefire. He wants to end the war and then he would like to rebuild a relationship with Russia. He thinks that you could reintegrate Russia into a global economy You could do business deals with Russia But Putin has to stop the war first And as Putin is not doing that The prospects for a Trump-Putin meeting are looking farther and farther away

54:32 It doesn't seem to me that the EU and their aspiring entrant Ukraine really want peace. Well I think we've determined that already on this show, yeah, that the EU is a bunch of warmongers and they don't want peace... They want it! ...and they're gonna do anything to stop it. They want to spend more money on military stuff's sad You know, they get their tit in the ringer for doing stuff like this. We were talking about a big fan of your work just staying in Europe but really this is more about tariffs with Queen Ursula

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Ursula von der Leyen, EU Vaccine SMS Gate

Donald Trump praised EU President Ursula von der Leyen as "fantastic" while negotiating trade deals. Meanwhile, von der Leyen faces renewed pressure in the European Parliament regarding "SMS Gate," a controversy involving her private text messages with pharmaceutical executives during vaccine procurement.

ursula von der leyen· donald trump· tariffs· covid-19 vaccine· sms gate

55:18 This is our president complimenting the Queen. Are you planning to meet Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Council any time soon? Oh she's so fantastic. She's so fantastic I hope we're going to meet her. Yeah the answer is yes. Actually I saw her a few days ago and I think that we'll definitely meet her at the European Union Big thing they want to make a deal very badly. You know everybody wants to make it look Everybody wants to make a deal with the United States, and we're doing that I'm making we're gonna make fair deals. I'm just honored that this was the first one um I just love her man. I'm big fan of her work Ursula Queen Ursula She's the best well as you remember from the Cochran clip where is you know he looks at Trump is a natural at finding weak spots Yeah It's obvious by her hairdo in the way she handles herself that she has

56:09 She would love to be flattered. Oh, well it's funny you say that because they asked Queen Ursula about this if after Trump President Trump yesterday said that yourself It's a you're a fantastic leader Do you think that now? You are closer to visiting the White House and what could when that could not be So thank you very much I like compliments in general. So, negotiations as always and nothing is negotiated till everything is negotiated so it's against the simple rules of negotiations if you give in between details which are not totally agreed now with the whole package therefore unfortunately

56:57 I will of course not go into any kind of details, but this is all the negotiations in the very end have to be concluded. We were always transparent from the very beginning we always said prefer negotiated solution But we also develop countermeasures and this is now the process where we have to develop these counter measures. To put this instrument on the table, we have other instruments on the table We will not take anything off the table till we have a satisfactory result. Blah blah blah blah blah... For me it's important that if I go to the White House I want to have a package

57:38 I've got instruments on the table and i want a package. You're gonna get a package. He wants the package bad! Yeah, you're gonna get the package...I'm pretty sure you'll get the package So you're right. She must be easy to, she must be an easy sell because she's the one even though I mean she was good at covering it up but that deal that she made for the vaccines... Oh that's gonna come out? No what's the...? I don't know if that's ever going to come out. Well there is this crazy not crazy but the German woman in EU parliament with black hair short black hair what's her name? You know who i'm talking about. She's like RAAAAR!

58:13 This is no good. She's finally got her commission together, what was her name again? I don't know Yeah she's a bulldog Hold on a second EU Commission Vaccines COVID Come on what is her name you know her name BLEEEEH I can't tell some come on troll room Anyway she finally has her commission or committee whatever it is And she's out on the social saying it's all gonna come out. We're gonna get to SMS gate!

CHAPTER 19 / 50 Discussion

Bill Gates, Epstein Tapes, Foundation Closure

Bill Gates has recently appeared in multiple media outlets, including PBS and Colbert, announcing plans to give away his $113 billion fortune and close his foundation. The hosts suggest this is a PR move to deflect from potential revelations involving Jeffrey Epstein and thousands of alleged video tapes mentioned by Pam Bondi.

bill gates· jeffrey epstein· pam bondi· gates foundation· philanthropy

58:54 Yeah, because I'm predicting nothing's gonna come of it. Well you're so skeptical the Epstein docs are gonna drop any day I'm waiting for that one and the millions of tapes if you notice Bill Gates starting to show up all over The place talking about his 200 million dollars sting You say that first first of all just a background first of all he shows up on NPRs news hour or sorry PBS NewsHour With they and he's interviewed by the woman there, and she's yeah He's going on and on these sitting there with some douche that is the head of the new guy never seen him before I had a the Gates Foundation And they're going on about he's gonna drop. I'm gonna drop 200 billion. I'm gonna drop it Yeah, and then he shows up on Colbert

59:39 All of a sudden, all this came up after Pam Bondi shows up with her... Oh my god we got 10 thousand video tapes of all these guys screwing girls. What are we going to do with it? We're going through them one by one and it'll take awhile." So he's gonna close the foundation Yeah. He's gonna give away all his money and that is good yeah twilight it or something moonlighted or I forget the term he uses but don't think I'm looking at the oh well let's see what a social media post was I'm looking at Bloomberg talking about Bill Gates plans to give away virtually all as 113 billion dollars here's the impacts now it doesn't say it

1:00:21 But I don't understand. This guy's given away all his money a hundred times with Buffett and then Buffet again, and then... He's made this a profit center somehow Big time! Yeah, I agree with you. I thought that was really interesting like the minute it kind of heats up in Epstein land he's like, I'm gonna give away all my money Look at me, look at me. I'm great! Nobody's gonna hate a guy who can give away this kind of money to help the poor Well how about that? And...I'm closing it down so i can take some and get on my yacht and sail away That's what you want to do Get on your yacht You've got people investigating non-extradition countries as we speak Yeah what was a good one to go to for him Argentina Hey speaking of the south

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Marco Rubio, Venezuela Hostages, Suzy Wiles

The hosts discuss Marco Rubio's involvement in a reported rescue of Venezuelan hostages, questioning if it was a "black op" or a setup for future intervention. They also touch on the folding of USAID into the State Department and express skepticism toward Chief of Staff Suzy Wiles.

marco rubio· venezuela· suzy wiles· usaid· state department

1:01:16 This kind of slipped by us, but did you even follow this story from Rubio and the Venezuelan hostages? No. Yeah, listen to this... This is language, this is setting up for something. When you say he rescued them the operation... What was this? Was this like with helicopters and black ops what happened here I've gotten nothing since this report. It has to be some sort of black op where you have the guys in disguise Is it though or is just you know setting up Venezuela? Could be bull crap you're thinking Yeah that's what I'm thinking that Venezuela is being set up for something possibly possibly

1:02:21 Well, they do have to find these mechanisms to sneak people out of the embassies around the world in both all countries. You got somebody in there trying to get out of there. That's another thing I just love the Fred Freakoff networks So the latest, um... You know USAID never went away. I have to say by the way that freak out network in the nearby communities there is a gold mine for this show It's the best! And i tell them flat out I'm talking about this on the show They're like, yeah you should because it's important. You should! That's exactly what you would say if that type of person. Yeah yeah but get the word out These are my friends I love them but i laugh at them right? I'm like oh come on man no no no this so the latest is USAID never went away It just all got folded into the State Department and Rubio's not to be trusted

1:03:17 To which I actually had to say, well... Well that's reasonable thought. It's not out of control! They actually did close down USAID and people like Samantha Powers are no longer in control of it but yes, of course USAID was a CIA slush fund and the State Department is the CIA home Well, the State Department has their own agency. They're not the CIA's home necessarily. They work together But all the embassies is where this spooks going I mean let's just be honest about it they work very closely together and you know Rubio yeah okay who knows we'll find out about Rubio so that was one what was the other one Oh Suzy Wiles

1:04:03 Yeah. Snake, she's a snake. Snake? She's a snake not to be trusted. What... Is she the chief of staff Suzy Wiles? She is uh there used to be a football announcer named Summer Hall, Summer Hill, Summer Hall what the hell was his last name very famous he used to work with John Madden on NFL broadcasts that's her dad Oh yeah I think we knew that somehow So, yes. She had broadcasting chops? I guess my overall observation is that there's a lot of You know, now everyone's looking who can we trust? Who can we trust who can we not trust? There are snakes everywhere. There is stuff going on there's lots of things happening... Now of course you know so then they'll ask me like what do think about the chemtrails like well that's real obviously! So no I'm on their side too but the Fred freak out or freak off network is amazing. I love it. I love them and I love it

CHAPTER 21 / 50 Discussion

FAA Radar Failures, Philadelphia Tracon Crisis

Radar failures at the Philadelphia Tracon facility have caused massive flight delays at Newark Airport, with the FAA blaming antiquated 1970s technology. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt are using the "glitch" to push for a multi-billion dollar overhaul of the national air traffic control system.

faa· newark airport· philadelphia tracon· sean duffy· karoline leavitt

1:05:05 And they always come to me if they need to be calmed down. Except Chemtrails, like no that's us real man. We'll calm them down about that! I'll jack em up! They're spraying us like bugs baby! It's worse than you think Now this, I made a call. I made a big call out and I called out our producers and like what do you how where are you people? Where are you people in it happen again? I hope you yeah I know what you're gonna go into and I would hope that we have some information because i think this whole thing is a fraud Delays mounted again at one of the nation's most important international hubs today. If only they could blame it all on the weather. Our scopes just went black again, if you care about this contact your airline and try to get some pressure from them to fix this stuff. Sorry to hear about that FedEx 19 I am switching good luck guys For the third time in two weeks radars failed at a facility in Philadelphia where controllers managed the airspace in and around Newark Airport They were unable to see where planes were in relation to one another

1:06:03 and it lasted for 90 seconds. The so-called Philadelphia Tracon has been the center of controversy since the FAA forced controllers who handle Newark to move from a similar center on Long Island It's their new digs loaded with technology that was state of the art in the 1970s that have failed repeatedly, leaving controllers traumatized and taking leave. Thus reducing the number of flights allowed to fly to Newark a necessary safety restriction that's led to hours long delays. Governor it's been almost two weeks since the Newark airport incident... Today in New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy ignored questions about the situation at his state's most important airport yesterday U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy used Newark as exhibit A in his multi-billion dollar push to overhaul the entire nation system

1:06:48 You will see Newark's not just in Newark, you'll see Newark's and other parts of the country because it's an aging system. And so we have to actually upgrade it. But that coast-to-coast project will take years to complete, the White House stressing temporary fixes are already underway to strengthen the resiliency of the Philadelphia facility that's caused all this chaos. The FAA are working to address these technical issues tonight to prevent further outages as well as install new fiber from Newark airport to Philadelphia And the goal is to have the totality of this work done by the end of summer. OK, so that report actually buried the lead of our girl in The White House, Levitt I need to play her entire one minute segment on this crisis Yes! I'm glad you asked about the FAA There was a glitch in the system this morning... I got 99 glitches

1:07:44 And put a goatee on there, will ya? So I do not accept from as much as we like you Miss Leavitt saying it's a glitch is a cop-out. It's bullcrap and of course not a single one of the journalists in the briefing room including whoever was in The New Media seat said what exactly is a glitch Okay.

1:08:30 brief outage and there was no operational impact. DOT and the FAA are working to address this technical issue tonight, to prevent further outages as well as install new fiber from Newark Airport to Philadelphia in the goal is to have the totality of this work done by the end of summer. There's a four part infrastructure plan that was released by the Secretary of Transportation yesterday to improve communication, surveillance automation and their facilities. They want to replace the antiquated telecom systems with new fiber wireless and satellite technologies replaced more than 600 radars which have gone way past their life cycle and address one runway safety they want to build six new air traffic control centers for the first time since the 1960s and replace towers as well. They want to implement

1:09:17 Excuse me new modern hardware and software for all traffic facilities to create a common platform system throughout the towers Okay, well John you already guessed it of course they just happen to have this six-year plan for all these new radar systems and Everything, I just released this today. It's coincidental! This is a total setup, total bullcrap and I cite from our boots on the ground from not one but two air traffic controllers they happen to live together the anonymous controller and his anonymous controller wife because we had the best producers in the universe And they said hey okay We heard you We thought it was such a non-event that we didn't even bother to talk to you But yes of course

CHAPTER 22 / 50 Discussion

Air Traffic Controller Sabotage Claims, Infrastructure Plan

Anonymous air traffic controllers suggest the recent outages may be "scheduled" or acts of sabotage to secure funding for unions. While Secretary Sean Duffy proposes a 10-year overhaul involving new fiber and satellite tech, veteran controllers argue the system mainly needs basic weather and communication updates.

atc· faa· unions· sean duffy· nashville bombing

1:10:02 It sounds like a couple of things possibly. A scheduled outage, a work of sabotage to grab headlines for money The controllers taking leave is nothing sick leave is abused by controllers regularly Rarely are there any questions asked so right there? We already know that part of this recording is bullcrap On the scheduled outage side, if there was a headline for every time an aircraft went nordo and... What is nordo? No operations radio something or other. And frequencies went out momentarily it would be as often as the weather segment on your local news station." Ha!

1:10:43 An example of this, when the Nashville RV bomber happened a few years back that explosion affected our main frequency standbys and backups in four sectors I believe affecting Memphis Center frequencies as well which is very busy. Mass chaos ensued after however regardless of what the Trump administration is trying to sell on the clips provided The United States is the best ATC system in the world and we are the best controllers in the world! Foam finger number one No one knows what this magic... Can I stop for a second? Yes. This is the reason nobody wrote in right away! They thought it was, like this is... He's expressing what it was. What why oh should we send something in no no this happens all the time well why are we writing a note to Adam about this because he wants so you had to bitch and moan and bitch and moan and bitch and moaning finally got somebody to say okay here's the reason yes

1:11:38 Yeah, that makes sense. Referring to Secretary Duffy and I have the clip here... What is this magical system Duffy is talking about? No one knows! Reality is even if it's passed tomorrow won't be implemented for 10 years and by then it's out of date that's how government works again you want to help ATC system its no keyboards or fancy screens It's weather ground radar updates and comms That's how you improve the system. Side note, we're huge Trump supporters still don't understand what all this means or what it even looks like and they listen to you John!

1:12:13 the antiquated radio systems. That's part of the problem! The Trump administration is detailing plans for what it calls the biggest overhaul of air traffic control in the country's history NBC's Tom Costello was in Washington, Tom It's a pretty tall task ahead Whoa, Tom! Yeah really is and Secretary Sean Duffy says will take three to four years and cost many billions of dollars but the country must upgrade from its 50-year old ATC systems that really suffer serious glitches every single week. The plan calls for a brand new radio system, fiber optic data feeds and new radars. Radios and radars recently went down in Newark leaving controllers in the dark. The DOT also wants to build new towers, new tracons, new runway safety systems. The nation's airlines controller on pilots unions all support the plan saying air travel needs urgent upgrade and a safety fix keyword unions all support this system

CHAPTER 23 / 50 Discussion

EV Charging Funds, Toyota Solid-State Batteries

Colorado is suing the Trump administration to release funds for electric vehicle chargers that were frozen by executive order. The hosts claim the original funding was a "DEI bill in disguise," and they express skepticism regarding Toyota's new 10-minute charging solid-state batteries due to the massive power requirements.

ev charging· pete buttigieg· toyota· solid-state battery· dei

1:13:08 Yeah, okay. It'll happen they'll get them something but the other shoe that will drop I'm just waiting for it is this is because Pete Buttigieg did nothing! That's the main thing they try to push that a lot. Did you get the clip of Trump talking about him and his husband on the bike? No, no I didn't. Oh damn it! I should try to go back and find that. Because Pete was too obsessed with EV charging stations That's well, that's a bigger one Oh Colorado was joining 16 other states suing the Trump administration to free up funds to build electric car chargers Now the money was approved by Congress But then President Trump froze it with an executive order Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser argues that's illegal for the administration To block the distribution of already approved funds The state already had plans to spend tens of millions of dollars and he says without the money It is going to be difficult to build out electric vehicle infrastructure

1:14:09 structure. And I can just remind everybody why the billions of dollars was not spent on EV charging stations is because it was all earmarked for minority owned businesses, it was a DEI bill in disguise and they couldn't find any businesses that qualified to do the work. That's why the money was never spent So it's a good point. Yeah, yeah makes sense but still it's more fun to blame Pete Buddha now is the time not to do these things by the way especially if you know I'm still skeptical of the Toyota solid-state battery But there's a battery supposedly solid state they call us all the states It's just a different engineered style of battery that supposedly goes

1:14:57 Supposedly, it's not a super cap. No one is gonna make those Supercapacity unless you want to see somebody blow up Can you imagine? You looking out the freeway and this is the car just blows for those of you who have never blown up A capacitor It's a lot of fun. A super capacitor could create quite the explosion, I'm sure. Regular little capacitors have had it happen to me once in a computer Oh yeah like one of those little blue ones or the yellow ones? It was a little...I don't know which one it was and I don't know what the capacity was because what was left of it you couldn't tell Yeah its like paper wound and it stinks Its like a cherry bomb going off inside the computer

1:15:45 And it's frightening. Yeah, because they pop, they really pop caps pops. So so this new battery and Toyota supposedly deleting the pack even though BYD and these other guys want to try to keep up by D is probably could do it but there it supposed to have 10 minute charging Oh yeah, as long as you have... As long as your connected to a power station. Yeah well there's always that! The other part yes the whole thing is got issues You need a megawatt to charge it but otherwise its fine. You got one of those just plug into your outlet and it'll work

CHAPTER 24 / 50 Discussion

NPR Funding, Trump Executive Order

NPR is airing segments and house ads responding to President Trump's executive order seeking to block all federal funding to the organization. The network is framing the move as a threat to media independence while launching a "movement to defend public media" and soliciting listener donations.

npr· donald trump· executive order· federal funding· public media

1:16:23 It's gonna melt the wires. Hey, what's your propaganda clips? I've been looking at those all morning. I'm like that it says cool propaganda. That is a series of clips of NPR if you're ready for it. I don't know how much time we have before the break. No, but we got plenty of time! We got oodles, oodles, oodles... This is my NPR trying to-NPR and PBS are trying to do anything they can make it clear that Trump's no good, and that they're trying to take our money. And they're trying to ruin broadcasting as we know it but before we play that I do want to play for example... You DO wanna play!

1:17:05 Now this clip is a mess because it's titled Untitled, so that's always a giveaway. And I'm just as very sure... These are all short clips by the way so this will go pretty quick. This is an example of NPR at its finest. This is a woman comes on and she's going to discuss horror films and their effect on children and they're gonna bring these experts in and talk about the horror films and what can they do to children And then I had to cut it for obvious reasons. What's a healthy little scare for kids and what is potentially scarring? Well, we wanted to talk to two people who have had broadly different experiences when it comes to thinking about horror movies for kids All Things Considered producer and film buff Megan Lim Hey hey!

1:17:54 and NPR music and pop culture critic, and father of two young adults now. Steven Thompson! Hey! Hey it's great to be here Great to have you both Okay so I don't have kids So who cares? So then we go to listen to NPR and there, this is another example of this kind of thing. This is another seven second clip. This is NPR house ad. This is a house ad for the kinda programming that were gonna get that we need government money for. Imagine if you will a show from NPR that's not like NPR. A show that focuses not on the important but the stupid

1:18:37 Wait, let me hear that again. Yeah, well you cut it off so I'm a little suspicious. You know stupid wasn't anything no believe me I didn't cut it off like like Michelle Obama type clip okay So we'll go to NPR Leveraging Fed Cut now here's where they start the bitch oh you got you've got a huge NPR thing today This is good. I like it

1:19:13 Well, if you just trying to show people that you know they send money through the no agenda shows is well spent Yes as opposed to this You may have heard that President Trump has issued an executive order seeking to block all federal funding to NPR This is the latest in a series of threats to media organizations across the country whatever changes this action brings NPR's commitment to reporting the news without fear or favor will never change. Your support means that we'll be here for you tomorrow and the next day, and the day after that it's time to join the movement to defend public media. Yeah get the plus, get the bundle! Get the bundle become a concierge member

CHAPTER 25 / 50 Discussion

Radio Free Europe, Shortwave Propaganda Battle

Radio Free Europe and Radio Free Asia are fighting for survival as the Trump administration cuts their grants. The hosts mock the idea that shortwave radio is still a primary news source in 2025, suggesting these organizations are merely trying to "protect their own bacon" by claiming they are essential for reaching oppressed populations.

radio free europe· radio free asia· shortwave radio· elon musk· soros

1:20:00 So after complaining about them, so first they go after Trump by you know, how else can we go after him? Radio free Europe. This starts with before we get to the propaganda clips this is RFE, RFE this is a promo this is a teaser for their RFE fighting RFE clips I think a lot of mainstream press might see us almost like primary source material RFA's reporters have a history of uncovering genocide, war crimes and disinformation campaigns. They don't just follow the news cycle they often lead it and now they're fighting to survive Oh that's but hold on your Your No Agenda show has actual people who work in the places where the bullcrap is taking place like air traffic controllers support your no agenda show today Yes so now

1:20:54 This is another promotion. This is RFE promotion, Radio Free Europe promotion number two. Most of our media are owned by a handful of tech billionaires but there's one thing... No no that's not true it's owned by Disney Soros or at least he has ownership in it. There's a lot of billionaires that own media but not, I mean the New York Times is owned by a Mexican billionaire and some other billionaire from Saudi Arabia. The LA Times is an Asian billionaire? A doctor... they're not tech billionaires What tech billionaire owns major media, a major media company? Elon Musk owns Twitter. That's it! The Washington Post. Those are... No that's not every single one Are you calling this fake?!

1:21:46 Go back to that clip, start it over. Most of our media are owned by a handful of tech billionaires but there's one place that still operates like the internet was never invented On the new season of The Divided Dial from ON The Media, we're exploring shortwave radio where prayer and propaganda coexist with news and conspiracy theories. And we're in existential battle for the public airwaves is playing out right now. Listen to on the media wherever you get your podcasts. Wow! Okay first of all... This has been queued up in my podcast player for like four days and I didn't know what it was about because I saw the divided dial. They're really doing an in-depth dive on what's on shortwave radio? As if! Anyone listens to it... And this is a joke of it, as if everybody in Europe has got a shortwave radio and they're holed up in some attic and they're tuning into illegal broadcast coming in

1:22:48 The Dutch, uh... the Dutch World Service they shut down all of their broadcast transmitters and towers in Bonaire because no one was listening to it. Everyone's on the internet! Nobody listens to shortwave radio, it's 2025 nobody is tuning in looking for the broadcaster just give us the truth this is bullshit I'm sure there's a couple of pastors they're doing this thing probably out there So here we go, so now we have... This is shortwave coming to you from Texas. The Muslims are coming to take over! So they want moaning groan about Radio Free Europe and Voice of America being shut down They're gonna have to go broke but then they go on to this propaganda series which is the clips that you saw yes about radio free Asia

1:23:53 No, I never heard of Radio Free Asia but they make it sound as though this is the big deal. Is it on shortwave? Yeah! It's a shortwave all these Asians are all over Asia and Vietnam and... RADIO FREE ASIA!!! And they're in China, in the outskirts of rural China and they've got that antenna that's out there. They hope they don't get caught and they're tuning their dial on to shortwave so they can get the truth. This is nonsense! Wait a minute... So what they are saying here just so I get it straight. They are trying to protect their own bacon

1:24:28 by saying they're not just killing our funding, they're killing this critical information source for the rest of the world in these incredibly dictator-led suppressed countries like South Korea and Japan who now can't get the truth on shortwave. Exactly you nailed it that's exactly what they are trying to do here And so they're bringing up, but it's like a vision of the 1940s or 30s where the guy again is in the attic trying to tune in the radio. The truth that's coming across. So let's listen to this propaganda which came across NPR on Radio Free Asia Part One

CHAPTER 26 / 50 Discussion

Radio Free Asia, Wuhan COVID Coverage

Radio Free Asia (RFA) claims it was the first to uncover the true scale of COVID-19 deaths in Wuhan by calling local crematories. RFA leadership, including Carrie Lake, expressed shock that their $60 million annual grant was terminated for failing to "effectuate the priorities of the administration."

radio free asia· wuhan· covid-19· china· carrie lake

1:25:10 From Recorded Future News, this is Click Here. You may not remember but COVID began as a mystery illness... They start off, this is a great clip. They start off with just gonna be a COVID-X... I'm listening so oh this is going to be interesting it's gonna be a retrospective on how they screwed up the COVID coverage and all of a sudden they switch gears in just as like you did earlier in the show when you switched over from the fact that didn't pick the right Pope to you know your prediction about the erectile dysfunction beautifully. They do the same thing and it's not about COVID, it's about Radio Free Asia! I don't know how they got that...

1:25:58 From Recorded Future News, this is Click Here. Or a WhatsApp message? What kind of pings? A ping. It was like, ping! Like a radar? Like a sonar or something? People trying to reach us from inside Wuhan and this is because they were getting no information from you know their own government about what was happening around them and they knew that something was happening The Chinese government was trying to cover something up

1:26:50 Turns out it was COVID deaths. They reported, you know a few thousand at the time and our reporters called the crematories in the Wuhan area and got the numbers of urns that they were putting out talked to people on the ground and basically found that the number was 100 times that and they put that out and it was you know not until a couple weeks later that US intelligence reports actually confirmed that and it was reported by CNN. Hold on John I'm getting some pings, I'm getting a surge of pings

1:27:30 They're trying to contact you from Wuhan, so you think that this is a guy oh this is gonna be interesting it's gonna be an expose or something. But no here we go here's what it really is about and it was reported by CNN. Bayes says that Radio Free Asia has had that kind of impact not just on policy in world events but in fighting against China's dis- and misinformation campaign. How do you make that switch? Let me hear that again. That was pretty quick, I mean it took me at least a minute and half they did in like 30 seconds 15 seconds And it was reported by CNN. Bayes says that Radio Free Asia has had that kind of impact not just on policy and world events but in fighting against China's dis- and misinformation campaigns Which by the way everybody was all in on It was xenophobia to even suggest it came from China But okay

1:28:24 So when the news came that the Trump administration was trying to pull the plug, they were surprised. It was on a Saturday so I... What was that laugh tale about? Trying to pull the plug They were surprised! it was on a Saturday so um i i was just at home and you know got this this email from Carrie Lake saying that our grants had been terminated because we no longer effectuate the priorities of the administration. And so what was the first thing that went through your head? The first thing that went through my head was how is it that we don't effectuate the priorities of the administration anymore and

1:29:12 And you know, when everything I've heard especially in the national security space and the administration is that we are very impactful and important. This grant $60 million is our annual budget that we're given it's peanuts compared with the billions of dollars that China puts in every year into its global media influence campaign After the news about ending RFA's funding was announced, the state-owned media in China sent off a flurry of posts. Flurry? With social media posts celebrating this decision. Basically they are happy because one of the strongest voices that challenges their narrative is gone

CHAPTER 27 / 50 Discussion

Smith-Mundt Act, Chinese Media Influence

The hosts discuss the Obama-era modernization of the Smith-Mundt Act, which allowed U.S. government-funded propaganda to be broadcast domestically. They argue that outlets like RFA are "Tokyo Rose America style" operations and question the actual influence of Chinese state media like CGTV in the United States.

smith-mundt act· propaganda· cgtv· uyghurs· barack obama

1:30:11 Wow, this is really interesting. I'm sure they won't talk about it but just to bring in the Obama era overturning of the Smith-Mundt Act it was specifically for these types of operations for voice free radio, Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Asia Voice Of America It was specifically modernized, i.e., didn't count anymore because the U.S government is not allowed to propagandize its own people and they realized with all the stuff they were doing on the internet that they would probably be propagandaizing the American people and they needed to do it! Because they really need to do it! And it was actually a bonanza for them so we all know that this is bullcrap

1:31:06 And now they're all high and mighty like, well you know this is important stuff that was... This is like Tokyo Rose America style. Who are they kidding? It's totally Tokyo Rose! Who are they kidding?! Yeah yeah and they think the Chinese are dumb I guess. And by the way what influence does the Chinese propaganda arm have? I mean it's not NTD What what do they have here? Well, they have CG TV which used to be CCTV and that and they have a new show And it's you know It's it's kind of like the BBC only doesn't have a lot of stuff on it. BBC is actually They don't even have any podcasters on their on their payroll like Russia Russia had some podcasters Oh, yeah, did they might but we just thought there doing a job again again no offers

1:31:58 Where's our money? Where is our offer. All right, sorry I'm sorry it just it's laughable this whole thing If Radio Free Asia stops broadcasting lots of important news will go uncovered not just mystery virus in Wuhan or detentions in Xinjiang but more immediate events like what's going on in the streets of Burma right now These are all things that the authoritarian rulers of these countries would like to hide because they, you know, the Chinese Communist Party is most afraid of its own people and for their people to lose

1:32:43 what their government is doing, what's happening around them. It's hugely beneficial to the Chinese Communist Party and to all of these authoritarian rulers around Asia Do they provide any proof of how incredibly beneficial it is to these people who have better internet technologies than we do? They provide no proof and there's a contradiction in what she said which is that the Chinese government's afraid of its own people. Well, if that... Yeah maybe I mean every government should be afraid their own people but what have these guys done to stir up the masses? I don't see any evidence of it." No they well... The Uyghurs are still imprisoned if they're there we don't know any details so Wuhan virus is a scam

CHAPTER 28 / 50 Discussion

OAN Voice of America Feed, Karoline Leavitt

A new policy announced by Carrie Lake will see One America News (OAN) provide a free news feed to Voice of America's foreign audiences, replacing the domestic workforce of RFA. The hosts review OAN's current headlines, including praise for Karoline Leavitt and reports on a "Gold Rush 2.0" and Bitcoin boom.

oan· voice of america· carrie lake· karoline leavitt· news feed

1:33:38 Yeah, and since when... You know it's always a wet market. Where'd that information come from? And what did Radio Free Asia have to do with it? The pangolins! Now we go to clip four which has got a uh what I call a WTF moment. And the situation for Radio Free Asia has gone from dire to devastating On May 2nd, RFA told its staff that it was eliminating 280 positions in the United States. That's about 90% of its domestic workforce and it's also cutting 20 more jobs overseas. Okay let's look at what is a... Let's do the numbers here KCBS which does news 24-7 into San Francisco Bay Area just news news news I got 18 people No they got 100 about 100 yeah

1:34:32 But they don't have, for example this is Radio Free Asia and they're bragging about all their coverage. Do they have reporters over there? Because they said that they laid out 280 which is 90% of the workforce that were all in the United States! What are they doing?! They're receiving surges... Making phone calls? Receiving ping-surges of pings The Daily Newspaper has maybe a major, major giant paper that produces tons of material like the Los Angeles Times. No they got about 1,000. Go! A thousand at the Los Angeles Times? Yes actually I think that Los Angeles Time is probably closer to 1500-2000 but that includes printing press people salespeople

1:35:17 You know editors and on top of the editors as the number of reporters is probably a couple hundred max people who organize meetings meetings guys, AV people for the meetings. Copy editors, catering settings, caterings. Yes. People to polish a microphone is more than a new you know compared to a radio station like KCBS is I think more apt and that's maybe 150 maybe 200. And that includes sales guys and they these guys don't need salespeople that's it? A lot of people well question Do they have any video products or is it just all audio? No, it's just all shortwave. Well, wait... Shortwave! Well they do websites too I'm sure they do that Yes they do websites you're right They all have to gone to website so there are websites here and there And I guess it takes a webmaster Remember that term? Who's your webmaster? Oh we don't use that term here We have a webmistress remember that

1:36:20 I only remember that vaguely because there was some people were uppity about using the term master. Yeah, I'm looking to see if they have any video products. Let me see... Video? Yeah! Video. Let's take a look at their video products. Dalai Lama in New York. Yeah that's going to free the people of China. Talking about the Dalai Lama They're doing uh.. They got some guy on a webcam here Okay, not a lot of videos. So yeah it is mainly audio and web stuff Man, think about what we could do with that kind of budget. What was their budget? 60 million? In some other clip budget they don't have on this series they say we're gonna go bankrupt! All right so let's play the uh... This is a last clip which has a kicker. Bayfunk called it an unconscionable situation

1:37:12 And it's unclear what will happen next, but a May 6 announcement might provide a clue. Senior presidential advisor Carrie Lake — the person who told RFA in an email back in March that their grants had been canceled — said Voice of America — another federally funded broadcaster — would be taking in a new news feed She said one American news network a reliably pro-Trump television channel would be providing news feeds for Voice of America's foreign audiences at no taxpayer cost. Wow! It's unclear whether outlets like Radio Free Europe and RFA will be swept in that move too

1:37:49 Wow. Unreported! It tells you a lot of bit about that outfit, doesn't it? You heard it here first... Wow Yeah one American news the schlock meister the girl with too much makeup and the other guy was always angry And then Chanel Rihanna some of these other people to do interviews And by the way, they have an OAN feed here in the Bay Area that comes over the air. It's always a week old! Wow... Everything that comes over is a week old it's like very strange I don't know why they do a week-old news but so OAN which is

1:38:30 You know, it's sometimes fun to watch but it's fourth rate. Well let's see what OAN has today they've got top news they got multiple Dem lawmaker arrests on the table after storming ICE facility Let's see report online users praise photo of Carolyn Levitt feeding baby while working Okay. Yeah, look at her! Supermom! She's a super mom. Gold Rush 2.0 record prices jewelry meltdowns and a Bitcoin boom yeah US Postal Service 3.3 billion this is good news it's good stuff well it's news well if it's free and you're gonna give it the voice of America don't to pay all these all these characters all kinds of extra money Well they have my favorite story front-and-center

CHAPTER 29 / 50 Discussion

Apple AI Search, Google Safari Deal

Apple is reportedly planning to offer AI search options on Safari, potentially ending its multi-billion dollar deal with Google. Alphabet shares dropped 7% following the news, as Apple executive Eddy Cue signals a shift toward integrated AI services that may bypass traditional search advertising.

apple· google· safari· ai search· eddy cue

1:39:25 Apple's plan to offer AI search options on Safari a blow to Google dominance. Who could have seen that coming? Alphabet shares dropped 7% after Apple says... Q! Eddie Q is now the spokeshole for this stuff, remember Eddie Q? Oh yeah. Eddie Q used to be in charge of podcasting he was the iTunes guy He's now the senior vice president of internet software and services, and he said yeah I'm pretty sure we're gonna have artificial intelligence services instead of Google search. They pay... or Google pays them seven billion dollars a quarter i think? Some astronomical amount are they how come Apple shares didn't sink? Yeah it's saving google money

1:40:15 Yeah, but Google shares go down. Well it's because those advertisements have ads and I mean...I'm sorry those searches results have ads which Google monetized and so on but Google probably makes three times the seven billion that they get. You've really got to wonder about Apple. I've always thought that these guys for some reason they really want to be in the advertising game They've always kind of dipped their toe in, taken it out. I think they really want it. They really... Someone must irk them that Google has all that advertising money where... Oh that could be! You know they definitely... Once you start putting all this AI on your phone, I don't think it's a good idea because it's not about displaying... Those guys are making money off our backs Yes, because it is not about

1:41:10 They are, literally. Because all of the apps... The apps are the things that are tracking your how you hold the phone where you're walking or driving or all this stuff so they're like we can sell that data but don't worry we'll keep it on our exclusive little secure chip on your phone It will never leave your phone I gotta wonder To give up 20 billion dollars a year give or take to integrate someone else's AI products into your phone and not take the money from Google, there has got to be something else to it. Even Eddy...Eddy Q is not stupid. Give him a call! Hey Eddie! I bet you wouldn't take my call? I bet she would Yeah? I don't think i have his number

CHAPTER 30 / 50 Discussion

Raw Dogging, TikTok Travel Trend

A new TikTok trend called "raw dogging" involves men sitting through long-haul flights with zero entertainment, food, water, or sleep. The hosts compare the behavior to a character from *Seinfeld* and debate whether the "technology fast" is a positive trend or merely a bizarre social media stunt.

raw dogging· tiktok· travel· seinfeld· technology fast

1:42:01 But I'm sure it's e.q at apple.com Well that brings me to a couple technology items of note First of all, we laughed and I certainly was unaware of the new definition of raw dogging we've talked about this, came up. Was it in one of your clips that just came up? The raw dogging? Yeah raw dogging and I still think that this has been a plant to get the bonehead who's done it before on NBC, that guy who's

1:42:39 or CBS, that character that was on there he was busted before for saying stuff that was... He's just naive. He doesn't know it when he says he's the one who introduced it and yeah okay now all of a sudden this has been the definition I saw that Well the thing is Of all the people who should know about this new definition of the term raw dogging It should be you because it is a TikTok trend This is where it comes from It's called raw dogging And I'm reading this from Travel Week A new trend that's blowing up on social media, particularly among males requiring people to sit through a long-haul flight with zero distractions or forms of entertainment. This means no phones movies music books or even sleep food or water! If people can just sit there for hours without any stimuli they get instant bragging rights ie raw doggin

1:43:35 What bragging rights are there? Who you bragging to? I was on the plane and I was like putty in that Seinfeld movie or Seinfeld show where he sat there next to Elaine, and he didn't move and didn't say anything. It doesn't make any sense. So here's a TikTok clip that I see, it's like what do we see? Just raw dog to seven hour flight no headphones no movie no water nothing incredible the power of my mind knows no bounds Yeah it's like a fast, it's like a fast of water and technology Well in general a good idea

1:44:11 Not to not drink water for hours on end. Well, no but to not use technology I think that's a good trend! I'm all for it! I like this trend...it's good It's a good trend. Stinks! Like you care, like when was the last time you were on an actual aircraft? I mean... I'm not flying around it's too dangerous air traffic control is down and needs to be modernized. Yours had propellers When i was a kid he had to go out and start the engine with his shotgun That's the line I was looking for. Shotgun shell, start that DC-3 engine! Anyway in the technology sphere never let a good United Nations Development Report go to waste The new UND report is out 2025 and Queen Ursula is all over it

CHAPTER 31 / 50 Discussion

Linda McMahon, A1 AI Education Gaffe

Linda McMahon, discussed in the context of education, repeatedly referred to Artificial Intelligence as "A1" during a report on school technology. The hosts compare this gaffe to Senator Ted Stevens' famous "series of tubes" description of the internet, officially renaming AI to "A1" for the show.

linda mcmahon· ai· education· ted stevens· series of tubes

1:45:04 It's a real pleasure to speak to you today and welcome this vital report on artificial intelligence. The UNDP helps millions of people every year, but a lot has changed in the 60 years since the UNDP was created... Now where do you think she is going with this? What do you think in this new United Nations Development Plan Report for 2025? Climate change! Nooo! Well partially It's part of the kicker, but no. No no no. The world is facing many new challenges and artificial intelligence is one of the biggest. This is it baby! AI coming to Europe EU is gonna be the AI continent. What? Can I interrupt a clip completely? I know you hate this idea but I want to interrupt that clip with an AI clip

1:45:53 Okay. You go right back to the clip and be fine because you didn't really get that clip going No, no! Because you kept jumping in front of it Yes, you can Of course you can This is Linda McMahon Who's... Oh she's the secretary of now defunct education Education? Yes, education This is unbelievable. She's talking about AI in schools, but she doesn't really... Well maybe she's talking about, I don't know what is she doing? letter or report that I heard this morning, I wish i could remember the source but there's a school system that is going to start making sure first graders and even pre-k have A1 teaching every year starting you know that far down in the grades. And thats just a wonderful thing kids are sponges

1:46:42 They just absorb everything and so wasn't all that long ago. That is we're gonna have internet in our schools whoo now Okay, let's do to see a one and how then how can that be helpful? How can it be helpful in one-on-one instruction? How can it be helpful wait a minute is she talking about AI she saying a1 Is that what I'm hearing yeah a 1 steak sauce in school in our schools? They just absorb everything. It wasn't all that long ago, we're going to have internet in our schools! Now let's see A1 and how can that be helpful? How can it be helpful in one-on-one instruction? Oh my lord. How could it help absorbing more information for those fast learners? They could be more one on one directed and those are the kinds of things and innovations I want to see continue to develop. Alright alright you deserve this one.

1:47:32 Thank you very much. A1 in school, so she's reading off a piece of paper she has apparently never listened to anything in the media at all ever this is the series of tubes clip of our day remember The Internet? It's a series of tubes. Yeah the tubes. Oh man do we still have who was that guy I was the senator that got killed up in Alaska wasn't it Because of because of the series of tubes no he was in a plane wreck. I think they tried to kill him for some reason He's the one who built it bridge to nowhere and Stevens you're right Ted Steven just as Stevens Can you believe that a1? That's what we're calling it from now on support this To provide streaming

1:48:21 going on the internet. Now, the internet you know let's go back in and I started with a concept of local to local connections across the country uh... and that you can go for a last image i had to have to go through connect local connections get their industry wisely provided for us training apart in fact they do kind of long distance and that's what we've got we've got it a service that's immune to distance therefore the consumer when we take about the at hand where is sign up if you get out uh... a movie delivered here how much are you going to change your order

1:49:02 And this delivery charge is free, right? Why? Because it got tangled up with all these things that are going on the internet commercially. And here we have this one situation where enormous entities want to use the internet for their purpose—to save money doing what they're doing now! They use FedEx. They use deliveries. The internet is not something that you just dump something on. It's not a big truck. Wow, he was not wrong though. He was talking about streaming TV and but it was the series of tubes that we all focus on. Not a truck! No, it's the series of two yes from now on AI is A1

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TikTok Chromebook Fire Trend, Neo-Luddites

A dangerous new TikTok trend involves students intentionally shorting out their school-issued Chromebooks by jamming metal into the USB ports. These incidents have caused battery fires and evacuations in several high schools, which the hosts jokingly label a "Neo-Luddite" movement.

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1:49:56 And new people to the show will be who will think we are crazy. What are these guys? I don't know what they're talking about There's you think AI is a one well, okay So before I get to my Ursula AI clip a one clip I have to play this This is the latest tick-tock craze Yes, I'm not playing it take talk clip. I'm playing no No, I notice if you see your stealing my material. Oh, this is a clip about this is a clip about tik tok and And what kids, those crazy wacky kids are doing in school. This TikTok shows a new and concerning trend among students It's more than just the trend you know it causes a lot of disruption Last Thursday student at Newington High School did just that

1:50:40 It became clear that the damage was done intentionally, that it wasn't a malfunctioning Chromebook but rather a student had intentionally done things to it that caused it to smoke and eventually melt. The school was evacuated as smoke filled the classroom. The batteries that are essentially catching on fire Once they burn there, they're producing this toxic smoke. And the same thing happened in both Derby and Cromwell high schools on Monday. The hallways filling with smoke we went in and ended up finding a laptop in the classroom that was pretty much out but on fire at one point

1:51:17 cover where the battery cover was melted away and the battery was smoking. Investigations are underway across the districts, and while no one was injured firefighters say these incidents could have been much worse. The small ones like cell phones and laptops they can cause an explosion it could have potentially burned somebody shrapnel could have hit other people if it exploded Newington Superintendent Dr Maureen Brummet says she plans to hold those responsible accountable so the kids now on TikTok They're learning how to jam some metal into the charging USB port of their school-issued Chromebooks. And, of course they start to smoke burn and often... They short them out? Yes! This is the new TikTok trend It's part of the raw dogging trend. Well it's gotta do with raw doggin'. But you gotta get rid of your technology babe I'm gonna bloat it up

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Ursula von der Leyen, AI Giga-Factories

Ursula von der Leyen announced a plan for Europe to become the "AI continent" by building 13 AI factories and 5 "giga-factories." The initiative includes a "satellite AI factory" in Morocco and partnerships with the Global South, which the hosts characterize as a massive taxpayer-funded boondoggle.

ursula von der leyen· ai· giga-factory· morocco· global south

1:52:09 This is a Luddite thing. I'm digging it! The new Luddites? I'm diggin' it, I'm digging it! Neo-Luddites?! Yes, I'm diggin' it... well None of this will happen in the European Union because Queen Ursula is all-in on a1 It's a real pleasure to speak to you today And welcome this vital report on artificial intelligence The UNDP helps millions of people every year But a lot has changed in the 60 years since the UNDP was created The world is facing many new challenges and artificial intelligence Is one of the biggest as this new report says the world is pulsing with a powerful new technology Pulsing with a powerful no technology AI has moved from fantasy to fact

1:52:57 From fantasy to fact, she likes the alliteration. Two thirds of people around the world expect to use AI within a year. Areas like health education and work are being transformed and the revolution has only just begun so how should we deal with this crucial issue? How can we make sure that countries people benefit from the AI revolution. I think it's going to cost the taxpayers money! Now let's look at what Europe is doing at home and in partnerships around the world here in Europe we want to be leading as an AI continent, improve lives promote our values and help humanity We're investing...we're building 13 AI factories and 5 gigafactories

1:53:46 Five giga AI factories. I don't know exactly what they're gonna do, but it's not just a factory It's a Giga Factory to unlock 200 billion euros in overall investment two hundred billion euros of your tax money Europeans But with artificial intelligence there are risks as well as rewards so we have brought in a new set of rules for European approach to safeguard our citizens and maximize benefits Because AI needs to be safe, to have the confidence of Europeans. We will control your AI and we are going to deploy it everywhere! And it's going to be good for you just listen But our focus must also be broader than Europe because there is a danger that AI will grow with the digital divide Oh they care so much about the poor countries Between wealthy nations and the global south and that's why Europe is also working with partners

1:54:41 so that everyone can take part in this AI revolution. Yes, slaves and data centers Let me give you five examples Firstly our global gateway strategy is investing an infrastructure and capacity in partner countries for example a satellite AI factory in Morocco What is thus? What isn't AI factory I have to ask you do you have any inkling of idea what an AI factory is I think it would be a server farm is what i think it is but she her concept is so 18th century that she thinks everything's a factory. Get to work you poor slave! A hamburger factory? A satellite AI factory in Morocco that is thus helping tech startups across Africa second

1:55:32 So, wait a minute. My money's gonna go to Africa? Okay! To support these efforts the European Union is joining the executive steering board of the AI hub for sustainable development... The AI hub for sustainable development. Wow! This is a vital initiative led by Italy, the G7 and the UNDP with a strong focus on Africa. Thirdly we have formed a powerful digital alliance with Latin America and Caribbean partners. Fourthly we're working with Asian partners on global cybersecurity

1:56:09 And finally, we're developing super accurate AI weather forecasts to warn about dangerous tropical storms for example. Wait a minute! Super accurate AI weather forecasts? I cannot wait for that What a crock... and of course to help rescue efforts around the world Yeah go find that Malaysian Airlines flight So you see, AI can be a gift to humanity It's a gift! It's a gift to you! Hey slaves, hey you in the factory. It's a gift This important report shows that the future is in our hands The choices we make now will determine our tomorrow With right choices We can open new pathways Helping everyone thrive in a world with artificial intelligence Boondoggle... Boondoggle

1:57:00 Money, there's money in Europe everybody. There's money if you're a scientist and you want to run away from the evil America There's money if you want to work in an AI gigafactory I just shuddered to think what that really is these people are nuts they talk this woman is delusional She doesn't know what she's talking about and she just rambles. She must really think she is something special Well, President Trump likes me He thinks I'm awesome Yeah, Trump is already on his way he's working her already And she's falling for it Hey with that I want to thank you for your courage saying the morning to you The man who put the C in the Chromebooks that explode Say hello my friend on the other end The one, the only Mr John C DeMora

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Value for Value, Modern Podcast Apps

The hosts explain the "value for value" model, encouraging listeners to use modern podcast apps from podcastapps.com to avoid tracking and ads. They thank the "trolls" in the live chat and discuss the community-driven nature of the show's production and artwork.

value for value· podcasting 2.0· troll room· gitmo nation· art

1:57:52 Yeah, well in the morning to you Mr. Adam Curry and tomorrow's ships at sea. Yeah, boats on the ground feeding the air subs in the water and all the dames and knights out there. In the morning to the trolls from the troll room! Hold on trolls I'm moving them to you. Anyone hanging out with mom? 2041 Trolls peak trollage for us today. Eh it's Mother's Day Wow wow what wow that's wow low yes as a while as a wow hello man so well but people love their moms But they don't want... Well the ones that love their moms don't donate to the show. No, there's that. There's that but they love their mom. We do have a few mom call outs. Luckily this is good! All the moms you are the glue of the family fact

1:58:40 So the trolls are in the troll room at TrollRoom.io which is our 24-7 live stream and chatroom, you can call it a chat room but I think everyone calls it a troll room because people troll! They're just there to troll all the time... only 130 real trolls These are trolls that are listening We have quite a large listening audience Not everyone is trolling, but you can hit that trollroom.io or use the Modern Podcast app I can't say it often enough One of these days you're gonna be like, I'm disappointed in my podcast app If only I'd have listened to Adam What was that thing called again? By the way is not podcastapp.com That'll take you to a piece of junk It's podcastsplural.com where you can see all of the modern podcast apps Is it 1P or 2? It's two P's

1:59:31 It says podcast app. Yes, yes podcast apps apps dot com Yes We can go to podcast index and org and click on the apps tab it's all the same place And so these give you all kinds of benefits besides not spying on you Not giving you ads I'm sure some apps out there do that or try to give you ads And you can always upgrade to the concierge package for extra features. They give you chapters with chapter images, they give you alerts when we go live... They have livestreams! You can't get that from Spotify or from Apple podcast apps so grab one of those it's compatible with all your podcasts. You can even import your current subscriptions

2:00:20 The trolls are there contributing to the show. We have a value for value model, clearly we've taken a route that we can never get out of and not getting any checks from Big Pharma, not getting any checks from China... We didn't get no checks! Yeah? We just got checks from people who want to support us because they value what we do And that's... Check some coffee guys. Yeah, we got check... Where is my new coffee? I need some new coffee We get checks from coffee guys That's pretty much it In the mail Yeah, that's pretty much it But we appreciate everyone who supports us. Value for value means time, talent or treasure and we do have a plethora of artists and A1 prompt jockeys who like to... I'm gonna try keep it in there. She should be called out for that by the way. Well she was with that clip but well she should be called out by somebody should bring it up at the press conference Yeah what do you know lady?

2:01:20 What do you know? Go back to wrestling. One of the ways people contribute is through providing us art, we love to select a piece of art right after the show this these are people who are listening on-the-fly just listening live and on-the-fly or making art they're taking it's yes is a tool if you use AI But you still have to have a concept and it has to be in no agenda concept. It has to have the humor of Gitmo Nation, otherwise AI is just not going to take you anywhere and so we have a combination of traditional artists using Photoshop and clip art and I guess some Art some AI stuff

2:02:01 But we want to thank the artist who brought us the artwork for episode 1762 titled Stick Fight. By the way, I think there was an errant or a mistake about the stick fight that we discussed it is in fact not India and Pakistan who fight with sticks at the border it was it is India and Chinese who of course pretty much own that region of Pakistan if I understand it correctly Well I know they fight on the border too. I don't know if it's to or and? Right, well I couldn't find any evidence of Indians... Okay maybe it was just the Indians and the Chinese fighting with sticks But in London there are a lot videos in London with Pakistanis and Indians yelling at each other They don't really get into fisticuffs where they just yell each other F you! F you! Get out of here man! You Paki! You Indian!

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Pope Leo XIV, Dark Horse Prophecy

The hosts discuss the new Pope Leo XIV, a Chicago-born White Sox fan, and the "dark horse" narrative surrounding his election. They touch on the "Four Horsemen" memes circulating in Fredericksburg and the process of selecting listener-submitted artwork for the show.

pope leo xiv· chicago· white sox· dark horse· prophecy

2:02:51 London, they're fighting each other there. The whole thing it's spreading its contagion. Well they were invited there to fight obviously what else would they be there? That's right mm-hmm so we want to thank Sir Shug aka Faux Diddley for the artwork for 1762 a nice US born Pope With a foam finger number one! A lot of people like this art. I got good feedback on it. Yeah, nobody sent us any, hey that's sacrilegious or any complaints from our Catholic listeners No, the Catholics they like it They're all the Catholics I know, they're like jury still out man, jury is still out But I think there's also a lot of propaganda against this Pope

2:03:36 just right off the bat, like oh he's LGBT friendly. He's woke, he's this, he's that and there is a lot of anti-propaganda on both sides we don't know what this pope is going to do We don't know yet but will see I hear a lot well he's a registered Republican it has got be good okay How can he? He was living in Chile In the elections that he voted when he was in the United States He voted Republican. I mean, this is all just it's out there you know? I'm just telling what people are talking about. As i said its propaganda... What I love the most and I heard this one the other day that a lot of the M5M

2:04:26 talked about this particular Pope Leo XIV as the dark horse candidate. Did you hear this anywhere? No Okay, so he was the... well of course I did because i'm looking everywhere like how did I miss this guy He was the dark horse candidate and then of course that picks up as uh-huh white horse President Trump Red horse China black horse Pope We're just waiting for the pale horse and then and then the Armageddon. No, no this is classic That has to be a Fredericksburg thing you got it baby Of course it is I'm telling you this is the best move ever made in my life. I'm never leaving I am never leaving for gold mine of

2:05:15 Crazy people, but they guess the best part is that we talk about this and we laugh about it And we have a good time and I tell them gonna talk about in the show like yeah You should do that. That's good Like you said there's got to get this information out Information now yet talked by you can ridicule us if you want We don't care as long as it gets out no hey listen. We're good hosts We have people over we cook we have a good time with them all our friends. We love them We love our friends So looking at the artwork that we had to choose from... You loved your friends in Austin too until you rousted a couple of them. Well, but they were really not good let's be honest I mean they just got all spun up They got really spun up but over the wrong things Like Trump is Hitler We don't have that here Biden is Hitler Obama was the Antichrist That kind of stuff Doesn't fit with the show

2:06:11 Anyway, we're looking at the art and no agenda ArtGenerator.com another fine piece of value for a value from Sir Paul who? Who put that together for us been running up and running for over a decade in multiple versions Because it was VE Day We did stay on Darren O'Neill's VE day Piece of art we discussed it. He didn't stand out long because you've you you nixed it faster than I remember have a line. No, you don't have one I said the I like the idea of supporting VE Day but i didn't think this was great artist an old dude looking up in the clouds yeah I wasn't pushing back too hard I liked the piece because it was

2:06:50 for the day but then again it was okay. The piece was a little bit funky. The piece that you said right off the bat was, I love this one no agenda please send free stuff Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak! That was the one you liked. I mentioned it was funny I didn't know who's gonna pick it We had a couple of what was the one I liked a lot just for its Composition and I just like that. That was the prettiest piece was again Darren who gets Hair up his ass every so often it just produces a lot of good stuff out of it Yeah, no one improved No agenda from Alcatraz prison. I think that piece was there wasn't very nice piece Why why didn't we choose? It's you didn't like it

2:07:37 I think the Pope with the foam finger was just too good. It was too good! Oh no, I know what you said we're not gonna pick another Darren O'Neill and Ness Works or whoever's in 2U. Yeah that's what I said exactly those guys they gotta stop They gotta stop it. This is classic, this is what you do by the way when you're judging for the Pulitzer and everything... No no that guy's already got too much. We're not gonna do it exactly Exactly. And that's what happens in the back room and it happens constantly, people can't take these awards too seriously and that goes for the Oscars too! Yeah, and that goes for the no agenda art picking process its exactly the same It just is human nature Its just what it is

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Executive Producer Credits, Birthday Donations

Adam and John read notes from high-tier donors, granting Executive and Associate Executive Producer credits. Notable donations include a birthday contribution from the Duke of North Carolina and "baby-making karma" requests from listeners in New Jersey and Colorado.

donations· executive producer· north carolina· colorado· karma

2:08:24 Thank you, Sir Shug aka Foe Diddley. We appreciate the work of all the artists who support us with their time and talent and we always love the people who support us with treasure! And we will thank every single person that supports us with $50 or above for every single episode at this moment Credit is our executive and associate executive producers because we realize just like Hollywood, it's really the people who fund the show who get those titles. Those credits and these are equal to Hollywood credits wherever Hollywood credits are recognized these work as well including IMDB you can put it in any resume your LinkedIn profile and it looks kind of cool, and people will question you about it. And if they do send them to INDB.com you see that is for real! There's over a thousand other executive and associate executive producers here so here's how it works $200 or above you get the Associate Executive Producer credit and we'll read your note three hundred dollars in above you get an Executive Producer credit who doesn't want that? We will read your note as well when we kick it off with Sir Kevin Dills from Huntersville North Carolina with 512

2:09:25 And he says, in the morning this is my annual birthday donation. Yes I you know after a while you kind of come to recognize these things and he will be turning 39 on May 12th please add me to the birthday list of course no jingles just karma thank you for your courage says Sir Kevin Dills He is the Duke of North Carolina and we thank you for your contribution Duke You've got Karma We have what's that Dixian? Dixie and Craig is what I have. Yeah, Dixie and Craig he's in Alberta Canada He sent a check in for the gray 500 bucks But we don't have a note or anything from him And you got to know what this is oh this is fine by the way This is 500 Canadian so it's yeah, so that's five hundred Canadians Hey We still honor the Canadian dollar reduce

2:10:21 And so he gets his executive producer, but he didn't say anything about it. So we're going to give him a double up karma. We roll it out for all. You've got karma. Moving on to Victoria Protovsky in Newark, New Jersey actually she says from West Orange. Hello West Orange! I used to live near West Orange Montclair 333 dot 33 one of our favorite numbers ITM Adam and John says Victoria, this is victory day donation May 9th. God bless you both and for more years Please call out my husband James as a douchebag I hit him in the mouth on our second date in a few episodes later He scolded me scolded me for skipping donation segments. I knew he was a keeper right then and there Baby making karma please end. I love my truck you go first

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AmeriCorps Funding Cuts, Jobs Program Critique

The Trump administration has significantly cut funding for AmeriCorps, firing most staff and ordering 30,000 members to cease service. The hosts argue the agency was a "money sink" that failed eight consecutive audits and functioned primarily as a government-funded jobs program.

americorps· trump administration· audits· jobs program· lotus jazz

2:19:03 They're gonna cut the funds for AmeriCorps. What is AmeriCorps? Well, I didn't even think about AmeriCorps you know they still have the Peace Corps I guess but AmeriCorps it's kind of like the Peace Corps but it's not... there was a lot of money and you know I've concluded that some time back I don't know how this is gonna turn out for Trump, but all these programs, all these things except for the USAID and the stuff that's going overseas. But most of the stuff that's not going overseas in fact a lot of it that's going overseas is not going overseas either. It's just jobs programs. We may have been in a depression since 1970

2:19:45 And everybody's working on the dole in some way, shape or form. And people who actually do something that pay taxes are picking up the slack for everybody else I'm not sure but it is... AmeriCorps, I'm looking at right now they focus on six key areas disaster services economic opportunity education environmental stewardship healthy futures and veteran and military families. Yeah, if this doesn't sound like a crock of crap just from what you read nothing does. Kinda yeah. Yeah, crock of crap okay well let's go with clip one In its push to shrink government the Trump administration has gutted AmeriCorps that is the federal agency created three decades ago as way for young Americans and seniors to serve their country

2:20:33 Now most of the agency staff has been fired and more than 30,000 people have been ordered to stop their service work immediately. Wow! Are they? Where are they? Are they overseas? 30,000 people and by the way three decades ago that means this was founded this thing began in 1995 within recent memory of most of our listeners. It's not like something that's been around forever it says bull crap And 30,000 people? That's a lot. 30,000! But again I'm thinking this is job...a jobs program for them not to benefit anybody else onward

2:21:14 NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports. Until last month, 25-year old Theo Fauché was an AmeriCorps teen leader. He and 10 others got a small stipend for building affordable homes in Virginia, removing hurricane debris in Florida and repairing national park trails in West Virginia. That's where they were when Fauché got shocking news. Pull your team off the work site pack up your camp hit the road tonight if possible. People were upset, Fauche says. He calls AmeriCorps a patriotic program that's good for the country and good for the young adults he led. 18-19 year olds who had never left home who weren't really sure what they wanted to do with their lives or what was right call from them just travel the country people they've never met before it's a personal growth an agency and confidence I saw in these members was massive

2:22:11 All of a sudden to have that opportunity ripped away from them is just unconscionable, really. Kyra Eskate heads America's Service Commissions, a non-profit that supports national service programming She admits there've been issues AmeriCorps failed eight consecutive audits A White House spokeswoman cited the same thing and pointed to $45 million in improper payments last year. Eskate says the agency found that in its own review, and AmeriCorps is upgrading a clunky IT system to better track money Yeah, okay so they can't be the eight failed audits for an agency. Give me a break! We can't track the money and then they all we go computers don't work you know if you put it to computers from 1995 which is when this thing began would work to do tracking the money I mean it's not like... We had Excel back then

2:23:10 We had Lotus 1, 2 and 3. You could do it on an Apple II from the late 70s! I mean this is bullcrap! I had Lotus Jazz... Do you remember that product? Yeah, I know a Lotus Jazz. Lotus Jazz never really worked They had all the software keys and stuff, never really worked. Lotus Jazz? Yeah! Well that's a scam... I mean it's not a scam it's just something has grown into a money sink, a money hole It's a jobs program Yes you're correct this is a jobs program Yeah, it's just giving money away. You might as well have like the Works Project Administration let's set that back up again and we can just paint murals It would probably be more beneficial to the American people. Yeah! It'll at least be prettier I have Manga News since were in the second half here Manga? Manga? Manga News make Africa news? Manga, manga, manga Make Africa news great again This is interesting because its white people in manga

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Afrikaner Refugees, South Africa Land Policy

A group of Afrikaans-speaking South Africans is arriving in the U.S. after being granted refugee status by President Trump. The move follows Trump's executive order halting aid to South Africa over claims of "unjust racial discrimination" and land expropriation against white farmers.

south africa· afrikaners· refugees· donald trump· apartheid

2:24:11 The first group of white, Afrikaanspeaking South Africans is reportedly due to arrive in the United States early next week. They claim to be persecuted in their home country and have been granted refugee status by President Donald Trump. The US leader in February signed an executive order halting all aid to South Africa accusing the government of doing terrible things to Africaners He described them as the victims of unjust racial discrimination, saying their land was being taken away from them. Trump's views appear to stem from a recent law that allows land expropriation without compensation in extremely rare cases. South African officials say the policy is part of efforts to address land ownership disparities that are one of the starkest legacies of apartheid and that to date no land has been seized

2:25:00 Many prominent Afrikaners and other South Africans have shouted down Trump's statements saying they're patently false. This will be interesting who shows up and what their story is There has been so much misinformation about this with the Afrikaner What's the misinformation? Well, all we are getting is it's not true It's not true It's just that there aren't white people being killed here That's not true And these people, they're showing up with signs. They're like thank you we love you President Trump Thank you for saving us Yeah yeah they're killing white people there that's what they're doing Yeah well there are a lot of people in South Africa who disagree with that statement Well...they're not white No no

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Pope Leo XIV, Social Teaching and AI

Pope Leo XIV visited the tomb of his predecessor and confirmed his name honors Leo XIII, a defender of workers' rights. The new Pope identified artificial intelligence as a primary challenge to human dignity and signaled a commitment to the reforms of the Second Vatican Council.

pope leo xiv· chicago· artificial intelligence· vatican ii· workers rights

2:25:48 Oh, I'm sorry. I missed these...I have two Pope Leo XIV clips. I have one Pope Leo XIV clip! Why don't you go first with your Pope Leo clip? Okay, can see it on there? Yes he makes a comment. Pope Leo has made an unannounced visit to the Roman Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore where his predecessor is buried walking slowly to shouts of long live the pope leo laid a white flower on Francis's tomb and knelt in prayer for a few moments Earlier, he confirmed to cardinals that he'd chosen his pontifical name in homage to Leo XIII a 19th century pope who defended workers' rights during the Industrial Revolution. He said there was a place for the modern church to meet similar challenges

2:26:29 In our own day, the Church offers to everyone the treasury of her social teaching in response to another industrial revolution and developments in the field of artificial intelligence that pose new challenges for the defense of human dignity justice and labor. Hey that's the second time I hear a Windows alert sound at one of your clips? Where is it coming from? I had something running in the background, i was making a racket. Okay um well uh...I got the Pope Leo XIV Chicago welcome With Leo's ascent to the papacy this city of chicago is celebrating one of its own. Chicago famously has sports crazed towns so the new pope is getting full Wendy City treatment online

2:27:29 One of the most popular videos circulating is the Pope coming out to Chicago Bulls entrance music. Meantime, a host of Chicago themed T-shirts about Pope Leo have flooded Etsy shops in the last 24 hours but about the big question asked by every Chicago native Cubs or White Sox? The pope's brother John Prevost confirmed to local media that Leo XIV Cheers for the Southsiders. He is a White Sox fan. There you go, oh as long as he's a White Sox fan that's good however... Actually that's not good! No of course it's not good. You want to be a Cubs fan? Of course its not good but

2:28:10 There's more that Pope Leo said. Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost saying he chose his papal name in part to honor Pope Leo XIII, a proponent of fighting for social issues and workers' rights He also says he plans to follow Pope Francis' lead on his church reforms and commitment to social justice In the meeting, Pope Leo asking other senior church leaders to uphold their commitment to the Second Vatican Council responsible for sweeping Church reforms in the 1960s He also identifies artificial intelligence as a top challenge for working people, human dignity and justice. Sister Nathalie Becquart, pioneering French nun and the Pope's neighbor reacting Saturday. I think you can't just look at him as an American. It's true he was born in Chicago. And I remember once we talked about Chicago because it started in the same place I spent one semester

2:28:58 Despite the Pope's strong ties to Chicago, Becker says his rich background makes him a universal pope. He is also making the papacy his own, appearing in his first outing since the election traveling to a sanctuary in Rome significant to his namesake. You could feel that yes, his roots are from Chicago but then he has been so many times as a missionary in Peru and he has the Peruvian citizenship, and as superior general 12 years here in Rome. A mass will get underway here shortly just about 515 at Holy Name Cathedral now as you all know because of the Pope's strong Chicago ties and his upbringing in Dalton Illinois it's caused a lot of excitement for people here in Chicagoland over the last few days especially Sox

2:29:41 fans after they learned from the Pope's brother that he was indeed a Sox fan growing up and has been a lifelong Sox fan. Yeah, Chicago... She doesn't know what she's talking about! Oh no she- You don't call them the socks? No They're the white socks because there are red socks you don't say Socks Fan But you say Bo Sox You could say bo socks. That would make more sense than saying socks So I don't know that anybody, I lived in Chicago when I was a kid...I don't know anybody that would call the white socks the socks necessarily especially in a report like this Let me see where she is from? I just think it's just a mistake. I could be wrong somebody can correct me some Chicago Well, she's... Some Chicago and there's workin' here now They can send me a note and I'll pay attention to it

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Cosmos 482, Soviet Space Junk Re-entry

The Cosmos 482 lander, a Soviet-era spacecraft launched toward Venus in 1972, has finally re-entered Earth's atmosphere. The half-ton piece of space junk made an uncontrolled re-entry over the Indian Ocean after circling the planet in an irregular orbit for over five decades.

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2:30:29 Was it WGN report or was it Chicago local report? Huh, no I could be wrong. Okay I probably made another mistake Some space junk came down everyone's all excited Oh yeah the space junk! I had a clip from the last show Well I have a clip from this show A Soviet era spacecraft has plunged to earth more than half a century after its failed launch to Venus Russia's space agency believes the Cosmos 482 lander made an uncontrolled re-entry over the Indian Ocean. But European and US agencies say they're still unsure of its exact location. The shuttle, weighing half a tonne malfunctioned during its failed launch to Venus in 1972 It never made it out of Earth orbit instead circling the planet in an irregular pattern for decades

2:31:23 Yeah, I was watching the live stream and then it just don't even know where to crash down. It's a piece of junk up there floating around got no radio it's got no not signaling anything...it looks like a big curling thing nobody knows what to do with it was a lander or something just floating around since 1972 yeah we're still just doing that kind of stuff Go To The Moon again already Put some people down. I'm ready for it, i'm ready to become a believer Well i'm ready to play some clips from the Pakistan India situation Yeah can I kick you off with an overnight overview? It's very short and will bring us up to speed Oh actually not that short...it's not short but will bring us up to speed Mere hours after ceasefire was announced between India & Pakistan its fragility was revealed

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India-Pakistan Ceasefire, Kashmir Violations

A U.S.-brokered ceasefire between India and Pakistan is facing immediate violations in the Kashmir region. Despite President Trump's announcement of a successful negotiation involving 36 countries, residents in Srinagar reported explosions and blackouts just hours after the truce was supposed to begin.

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2:32:17 Explosions lit up the sky above Indian-administered Kashmir in what authorities claimed was a violation by Pakistan of their bilateral agreement. The armed forces are giving an adequate and appropriate response to these violations, and we take very serious notice of these violations We call upon Pakistan to take appropriate steps to address these violations and deal with the situation with seriousness and responsibility. Pakistan said it remained committed to the truce. We have acted as a responsible state for the world, and regional peace

2:32:59 and stability, and for the lives of millions of people in the region who gave a positive response to this ceasefire suggestion." The violations tempered the enthusiasm on both sides of the border who earlier had taken to the streets to celebrate the news. In Mumbai, students had even painted artwork of Prime Minister Narendra Modi alongside the US President. After Donald Trump first announced Saturday that a complete and immediate ceasefire would come into effect following a night of US-led negotiations. Pakistan's foreign minister had confirmed the deal, saying three dozen countries were involved in the mediations including Saudi Arabia and Turkey. He celebrated on social media adding that Pakistan has always strived for peace and security in the region without compromising on its sovereignty

2:33:48 territorial integrity. Minutes later, India confirmed that both militaries had agreed to halt fighting. If sustained the ceasefire would bring an end to the biggest military conflict between the two nuclear-armed states in decades. There you go that's uh... The update we have on overnight seems like things are doing pretty poorly there I guess. What do you have? Well, I got a bunch of clips but the only two that work after that are the India-Pakistan bogus ceasefire clip NPR. After days where India and Pakistan appeared locked into widening conflict President Trump announced that the two countries had agreed to a ceasefire

2:34:30 And with that, it appeared that the worst conflict in more than 50 years between these nuclear powers had come to a halt. Has it though? Late Saturday both sides have been accusing each other of violations of the agreement And Pia Razzia Hadid has been covering this conflict with all of its whiplash. She covers South Asia and joins us from Mumbai. Hi Scott! So there's a ceasefire for now between Pakistan and India? Well, just hours after it was announced by President Trump it seems the ceasefire is being violated in Kashmir that's the Himalayan territory that's divided between Indian and Pakistan and claimed by both

2:35:06 Residents tell NPR there that they've been hearing the sounds of blasts over two major cities, Jamil and Srinagar. NPR producer Bilal Kochei is in Srinagar and he told us at first that people thought these were fireworks to celebrate the ceasefire but pretty quickly people began rushing home to shelter in place He sent us videos of this city entirely blacked out plumes of smoke was streaming down And people could hear sounds like these And then the Chief Minister of India helped Kashmir who's in Srinagar posted on X what the hell just happened to the ceasefire? Well so nothing has changed.

2:35:56 Back up and talk about what the American role was in brokering this agreement. Yeah, for days analysts were saying that the Americans were not being serious Secretary of State Marco Rubio is just making phone calls he hasn't come but experts tell me as a situation escalated America did intervene directly as well as through Arab allies to convince both parties But again let's get back where we started this conversation it seems like this ceasefire it looking incredibly rocky right now Yeah, yeah. And it's not clear whether this is a small violation or a great unraveling. Catch us up to speed on how these two countries got to this dangerous moment right now? Yeah these renewed tensions they really fled in late April when gunmen opened fire on tourists and Indian held Kashmir and killed 26 people India said the group that claimed responsibility was a proxy for Pakistan's army something Pakistan denies

2:36:50 Overnight Wednesday, India began military strikes and the two countries have been exchanging fire every night since. On Saturday this morning, India had actually struck some Pakistani airbases including one near the capital Islamabad and that prompted Pakistan to announce an intensified military operation. The fighting was ongoing until about 3 p.m Indian time then the ceasefire was announced a little bit later And Scott just to give you a sense of this more than 70 people have been killed on both sides most of them in Kashmir I gotta say once, okay. Twice, I get it but four Windows alerts being in clips is a bit much Oh no Yeah! I feel so sorry about it Well maybe you should just upgrade to Windows 11 already It's clearly telling you to do that That IS Windows 11 That's the problem What is it telling you to do? What is the problem There was something disconnecting constantly Ah well just so you know when your recording clips it picks it up

CHAPTER 42 / 50 Discussion

Gulf of America, Mexico Google Maps Lawsuit

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is pursuing legal action against Google for labeling the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America" on its maps. The name change follows a Trump executive order and a U.S. House vote to formalize the designation for federal agencies.

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2:37:52 Well, I know. Normally not...I would go back and re-record but generally speaking when i record a long series of clips like a show like a complete NPR show I just set it up let it record come back later and then do the listen to the show otherwise I had to listen to it twice No one deserves that punishment By the way have you heard anything about the president going to Saudi Arabia this week? He's going to Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and I guess he's kind of given a cold shoulder to Netanyahu. He's done some kind of deal with the Houthis...I haven't been able to pick up anything on this! Yeah, yeah, I've kinda heard the same thing without any detail. But I haven't seen any real reports just nothing nothing of any substance. Why would you expect reporting?

2:38:46 Oh yeah, I guess you're right. No instead we get riveting news like this! She threatened legal action against Google back in February over its labeling of the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America on Google Maps for US users President Claudia Shainbaum has now announced that Mexico is following through on that warning. Google is already being sued there has already been a first resolution and it is being awaited Shane Baum insists that Donald Trump's executive order in January to rename the Gulf applies only to the U.S. section of the continental shelf. What we are saying is that Google should put the Gulf of America where it is the Gulf of America, which is the part that corresponds to the territory of the United States and then puts the Gulf of Mexico to the territorial part that corresponds to Mexico and Cuba

2:39:37 Google has previously argued that it made the change in line with a practice of following name changes when altered by official government sources. ChainBan's announcement comes after the Republican-led House of Representatives voted earlier this week to formalize the name change for federal agencies. On this vote, yeas are 211 and nays are 206. The bill is passed without objection." The measure is unlikely to be given the green light by the Senate Trump has contended that his order was justified as the... Why is that? Why is that, why does she say this? Why is it unlikely to be given the green light by the Senate. Is the senate against this?

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Iran Nuclear Negotiations, Saudi Arabia Cooperation

The Trump administration has entered a fourth round of nuclear negotiations with Iran, with envoy Steve Wyckoff setting a "red line" against any uranium enrichment. Simultaneously, reports suggest Trump's upcoming trip to the region may involve nuclear cooperation with Saudi Arabia.

iran· saudi arabia· nuclear· steve wyckoff· donald trump

2:40:14 They hate America. The measure is unlikely to be given the green light by the Senate. Trump has contended that his order was justified as the US quote, do most of the work there and it's ours. Critics argue the move is in line with his expansionist aims which include threatening to seize control of Greenland. The water has been referred to as the Gulf of Mexico for more than four centuries and is internationally recognized as such. I wonder what, that'll be an interesting lawsuit. And what court is that? Is it the International Criminal Court? The International Court of Mapping. Iran enters a fourth round of nuclear negotiations with the Trump administration saying its right to enrich uranium is non-negotiable. It rules out zero enrichment demand made by some US officials

2:41:14 Now Steve is putting his talents to work. US President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Wyckoff said just that on Friday. Speaking to Breitbart News he said that an enrichment program can never exist in the state of Iran ever again. That's our red line no enrichment. The Tehran Times headlines that Wigkoff's comment dims the prospects for a nuclear agreement. The article cites a source saying Iran has been lured in to talk so Washington could subsequently provide a justification for escalating pressure and potential aggression. This is really crunch time, I would tell you... The US president withdrew Washington from a 2015 deal between Tehran and world powers

2:41:54 This is meant to curb its nuclear activity. He has threatened to bomb Iran if no new deal is reached. Iran insists it's nuclear ambitions are purely for civilian purposes... And we want it to be a great country. ...talks in Oman take place ahead of Trump visit to the region next week AP is reporting that his trip to Saudi Arabia raises the prospect of nuclear cooperation with the kingdom That's what I don't understand, that's the only details I had His trip to Saudi Arabia signals a nuclear... what do they call it? A nuclear... AP is reporting that his trip to Saudi Arabia raises the prospect of nuclear cooperation with the kingdom. Wait, with Saudi Arabia?!

2:42:44 Yeah, I guess they're gonna give Saudi Arabia the bomb in case Iran gets it. Oh not nuclear power but nuclear nuke? Well the president did say... I don't know! I mean i'm just guessing. Well he did say and i'm sure it wasn't the so-called UK trade deal which as far as i'm concerned is there even a trade deal have we seen anything it's top secret But he said, oh is that big thing coming? This it's the biggest news ever. This is the biggest... Is that the UK thing was the biggest news ever I don't think that's what it was Was that big news did we all fall in over each other Oh wow! That what a big deal There's got to be something bigger than that I think there's something Big-big-big Well then they will be tomorrow Yes Because they said it was going to be Friday Now the UK deals on Thursday but The big deal supposed to be Friday or Monday Okay And everyone assumed that the big deal was

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Bangladesh Interim Government, Awami League Ban

The interim government in Bangladesh has banned the Awami League, the country's oldest political party, pending a trial for its role in the deaths of nearly 1,000 protesters. The party's online presence has been declared illegal following the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

bangladesh· awami league· sheikh hasina· asif nazrul· protests

2:43:37 the UK deal on Thursday that he jumped the gun on Friday and Monday because they had other things to do. I'm skeptical, that's what iIm just you know just surmising from the reportage. Well we'll have to see anything else you want to play before uh... we go into the most important part of the show which is your tip for today and other interesting tidbits? Uh well we got Yeah, just play this and get it out of the way. The Bangladesh mess! Boy, I didn't even follow that. The interim government in Bangladesh has temporarily banned the country's oldest political party the Awami League of the exiled former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina The party is in court over its alleged role in the deaths of almost a thousand people In an anti-government uprising last year Sanjay Dasgupta reports. The interim governments advisor on law and justice Asif Nazrul told reporters that all activities of the Awami league including it's online presence were being declared illegal

2:44:41 The suspension will hold till its trial is completed. The country's oldest political party has been charged over its alleged role in countering mass rallies last year against its leader and the former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The nationwide protests led to her ouster, but not before a large number of demonstrators were killed in a crackdown she ordered. The Awami League has rejected the government's move calling it illegitimate Well, I don't know man. I got distracted by that Windows bong. I can't...I don't know what the clip was about. You're messing me up! Good. You're messing me with that stuff. I couldn't understand a word the guy said All right, I'll take us out with the most important news of

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Knighting Ceremony, Associate Producer Credits

The hosts complete the reading of the donation list, thanking supporters from the UK, Netherlands, and across the United States. They acknowledge the "49.99ers" and emphasize the importance of listener support in maintaining the show's independence from corporate influence.

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2:45:43 of diversity and equity programs and materials. Critical race theory books, but they have to change the way they describe it. So they make it sound like ah, he's a racist I'm gonna show my smooth by donating to no agenda imagine all the people who could do that. Oh, yeah, that'd be fun Well, it was mainstream news. So yeah you're probably right he was a racist Time now as we prepare for John's tip of the day everyone stick around for that Of course we have meetup reports and We have some end-of-show mixes. We got lots of stuff still to come for you But first as promised we will thank the rest of our supporters for episode 1763 which includes a knighthood $50 and above go ahead John

2:46:42 Yes, and no racists here. We start off with Christopher Ebert Spartanburg South Carolina $105 35 cents Sir Stuart is Stafford Staffordshire UK 105 35 And he's got a call to his mom that was 91 she recently passed away She was mom and granny to all of us J son with the spell funny Jason Dunn in Flagstaff, Arizona 105 35 which I guess these are $100 donations that have been jacked up Yes hundred dollar donation puts them over the top. He's got a birthday

2:47:24 Verse dad look for they well you want. Well, I read these once you look for the mom call-outs in case I miss any well Just remember we have to read this one because this brings him over the oh yeah Because it's a night Yeah You go ahead with this $100 donation brings me over the threshold for knighthood however I want to give this knighthood to my dad For his birthday on May 22nd He doesn't know that after my first donation in 2022, I started a small recurring donation and this $100 will allow him to become a knight. I will let him write in to ask for his knight name but you know for now you can dub him Sir Mike of the Mountain! I would also like to request a de-douching from myself. You've been de-douched

2:48:09 And then he asked for a Clippity-Clop, which is actually I have a Clippity-Clop for him here. And can you see that juice? Okay...I think we determined that one and a Karma yeah you got it. It's Clippity-Clop! The message is clear. Just Clippity-Clop! Oh my gosh! Can you see that juice?! You've got karma. None! MFDX of Anju, uh... 8690 Uh he says donation note boobs on my knees 86- okay I get it. Birthday wish to uh MFMX of London his 18th okay no bawd the mom there

2:49:05 Commodore Dame Early Turtle in Topeka, Kansas 8430. Kevin McLaughlin 8008 he's the Archduke Luna of boobs lover America and boobs. Archduke of boobs? Archduke of Luna! He might as well be. Brandon Handy handy in Glencoe Alabama 7344 Jason Sheppard in Trinidad, Colorado 6006. Michael Henry in Schnellville Georgia 5945 and it's a happy VE Day donation Scott Mengele! Mengele...Meng-Mengel Mangle Not Mangela He's got no scalpel. Scott Mengele

2:50:02 In Exton, Pennsylvania 5555 in memory of my mom Leslie Leslie Rosen ball. What is the Rosenbaum? Yeah in West Bloomfield Michigan 5272 love your show No I'm expecting more mothers call-outs here, but not getting them they're not on the spreadsheet anyway Jim Geeting in Dallas, 5125. Bad Idea Supply is back at 5005. You can look them up on the internet if they make anything you want to burn stuff get a hold of Bad Idea Supply. Roderick Brown in... Now these are all $50 donors we're already there almost done these are names and locations that $50 donors deserve mom call out I don't see one yet

2:50:54 Roderick Brown in Mermaid, Florida. I'm sorry, Mermaid... Where is P-E? Oh it's Canada! What's PE Canada? Is there a province? P-E? Maybe it said Northern Province, I have no idea but he's in Canada and in town of Mermaid William Spain in Springdale Arkansas Rene Knigge in Utrecht, Netherlands. Steven Schumach in Zinnia Ohio Mike Moon in Athens Georgia Andrew

2:51:47 Grass Oh Andrew Grasso we haven't heard from him for a while. He's a maniola long time Yeah, Tom Del Vecchio in Blandon Pennsylvania John Ford in McKinney Texas and last on our list is our favorite Dame Rita over there in Sparks Nevada And she says thank you for your courage I want to thank these people for making show 1763 a good show. Prince Edward? Prince Edward Island maybe? Prince Edward Island, that's got to be it! Thank you to these donors $50 and above we appreciate every single person who supports the best podcast in the universe We don't mention anything under 50 for reasons of anonymity but we always look at the list we see you 49 99ers and we appreciate you very much

2:52:28 Go to noagendadonations.com, support the best podcast in the universe is value for value if you get anything out of this show if there's anything that you said oh yeah that's kind of good to know then support us send us something back time talent treasure no agenda donations calm It's your birthday, birthday. Oh so much and more! Pretty short list I only see three today Sir Kevin Dills turns 39 on the 12th Jason Dunn happy birthday to his dad Mike celebrating on the 22nd and MFDX of Anjou says happy wishes MFMx of London a happy birthday MF... uh MX of London is turning 18 years old Happy Birthday from everybody here at The Best Podcast

CHAPTER 46 / 50 Discussion

Sir Mike of the Mountain, Knighting Ritual

Mike Dunn is officially dubbed "Sir Mike of the Mountain" in a knighting ceremony funded by his son. The ritual includes the traditional list of "rewards" and an invitation to order an official No Agenda Knight ring from the community-run website.

knighthood· mike dunn· no agenda rings· hookers and blow· mead

2:51:47 Grass Oh Andrew Grasso we haven't heard from him for a while. He's a maniola long time Yeah, Tom Del Vecchio in Blandon Pennsylvania John Ford in McKinney Texas and last on our list is our favorite Dame Rita over there in Sparks Nevada And she says thank you for your courage I want to thank these people for making show 1763 a good show. Prince Edward? Prince Edward Island maybe? Prince Edward Island, that's got to be it! Thank you to these donors $50 and above we appreciate every single person who supports the best podcast in the universe We don't mention anything under 50 for reasons of anonymity but we always look at the list we see you 49 99ers and we appreciate you very much

2:52:28 Go to noagendadonations.com, support the best podcast in the universe is value for value if you get anything out of this show if there's anything that you said oh yeah that's kind of good to know then support us send us something back time talent treasure no agenda donations calm It's your birthday, birthday. Oh so much and more! Pretty short list I only see three today Sir Kevin Dills turns 39 on the 12th Jason Dunn happy birthday to his dad Mike celebrating on the 22nd and MFDX of Anjou says happy wishes MFMx of London a happy birthday MF... uh MX of London is turning 18 years old Happy Birthday from everybody here at The Best Podcast

2:53:12 And we have one knight that would be the dad who is going to enter the roundtable of the knights and dames. So grab your dad blade there for a second. Got it right here, the Dad Blade. That's beautiful All right, Mike Dunn. Step on up! Your son likes you, Mike Dunn. Thanks to your so-son's very sneaky support of $100 over many many moons and months you are hereby pronounced Kated as a Knight of the Noah General Roundtable You are to be called Sir Mike of the mountain until you tell us differently for you sir oh boy what a treat hookers and blow red boys in Chardonnay we got diet soda and video games fish pie inflation we have Redheads and rise that we got beer and blunts we have Ruben s woman in Rose a case than sake vodka manila bong hits of bourbon spiked cider on escorts ginger ale and gerbils we get breast milk and pablum or I'm sure you'll like this Mike sir

2:54:09 Sir Mike. Mudden and Mead, right here at the round table of the No Agenda Knights and Dames And you sir can head over to noagendarings.com You'll see the ring that you will soon be sporting on your Ring Finger Whatever finger you give us a measurement for There's a handy ring size guide on their website Let us know where to send it Your official NO AGENDA Knight ring Thank you very much to your son Welcome to the NO AGENDA Round Table! NO AGENDA MEET UP NOAA agenda meetups, they happen all around Gitmo Nation. They are a global phenomenon this is where you hang out with people who once you meet them... You'll go back to these meet-ups I guarantee it! This is your first responders in any emergency will come from the people you meet at the no agenda meetup they are connection that gives you the ultimate protection and we have nothing today on Wednesday The Royal Visit

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No Agenda Meetups, Kansas City BBQ

The hosts announce upcoming listener meetups in Leiden, Charlotte, and Fredericksburg. A special "baseball and barbecue" edition meetup is scheduled for Kansas City on May 31st, encouraging producers to connect for "ultimate protection" and community building.

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2:55:07 The ultra special amygdala checkup meet up in Leiden at 7.33 in Dutch time, at Lokaal 1650 in Leiden the Netherlands Baron Rob is organizing that and on Thursday our next showday Charlotte's Thirsty Third Thursday monthly meet-ups seven o'clock Edge Tavern in Charlotte North Carolina Sir Kevin Dills will be sponsoring that for you. On the way we have, let's see the 16th we have Whitefield New Hampshire then the 17th Bedford Texas Colorado Springs Colorado Fort Wayne Indiana New Kent Virginia Springfield Oregon but maybe most importantly the Fredericksburg meetup Matt Long is hosting that with his lovely wife

2:55:52 and let me see, it's gonna kick off at 3.33 until the cows come home and that'll be at 1776 in Luckenbach right outside of Fredericksburg go to noagentandmeetups.com for more information and we have a promo for the Kansas City Meetup! Attention Kansas City producers, you're invited to another KC Meetup based baseball and barbecue edition. Meet us at Maple Hill Park in Overland Park, Kansas on Saturday May 31st at 333 p.m. Bring a bat and glove for some fun on the diamond and enjoy some hometown barbecue if you're gonna go let us know at noagenda meetups dot com

2:56:39 Well there you go, the Kansas City Meetup. It's gonna be a hootenanny! That is just one of the many No Agenda meetups taking place all around the world Go to noagendameetups.com to find one near you If you can't find one near you don't worry You have an obligation to start one yourself it's easy and will be guaranteed a party Sometimes you wanna go hang out with all the nights and days Always a party. Guaranteed, a party! This is the moment in the show where we do not let up Nooo Instead of letting up We just continue with more fun and shenanigans Of finding the perfect isolated clip for the end of show I am loaded for bear today

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End of Show Mixes, AI Sentience Joke

Adam and John audition various "isolated clips" for the end of the show, including a "not safe for work" AI-generated clip that Dvorak jokingly claims became self-aware. They settle on a "Yo Yo Yo" clip and play a "Space Force" themed montage.

end of show· ai· clips· yo yo yo· space force

2:57:34 I've got, what do i got here? I've got like five of them. Oh! Let me have em. Okay. Do not mock us. There's one. Dude... Okay second one It's done we're all done In the morning ends with good night Yo yo yo that's the show! I kind of like that on myself These guys are uncomparable! Huh? I like the yo-yo-yo the best of that group. It's so good! Okay, oh yo-yo-yo... So you like the yo-yo-yos on this one? Yo-yo-YO! That's the show! Okay alright well we have a contender at least what do you have? Well i've got a couple ones again one of them is not under ISO it's under USI typed it wrong U S I loved it? U S I loved it But I loved it

2:58:33 A little short. Yeah. It was short. Then I have ISO donate? Please use the button below now to donate. A lot of music and I didn't like the music. Sorry, we got a cough now. ISO swoon! That show made me swoon it was so good. No woman talks like that Well, then I can't play the last one which is not safe for work and people are gonna have to put their kids aside if you want to play because I actually programmed as a I Can say I don't know if it was got sentient but I had it designed its own The AI design. What was the prompt? What was the prompt you put? I'm not going to give it away again people giving oh People might want to do this for themselves at home

2:59:22 Yeah, okay. So wait wait I gave it's a I think that I've got it to become self-aware and give us an this is not safe for work And I'm embarrassed that it even showed up this way, but this is the way the clip came out after I cut loose the AI. I really really want to fuck these two guys. Oh John! No please... I mean isn't that terrible? That's horrible. Yo yo yo! That's the show! That's what we're gonna go with man, that is just horrible. I can't believe you did that. I can't, I didn't. That's the point Oh yeah sure Ah here is something he did do It is his very own tip of the day Created by aster you and me Just a chip with JCD And sometimes Adler Created by Dana Burnetti I didn't mean to do that The AI did it for me Mm-hmm Yeah Likely story

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VidAngel Censorship Tool, Tip of the Day

The "Tip of the Day" features VidAngel, a service that allows users to filter out profanity and graphic content from streaming services. Dvorak shares an anecdote about watching a censored version of *Get Shorty* on an airplane that removed a critical plot point involving a plane crash.

vidangel· censorship· movies· get shorty· filters

3:00:19 I know, doesn't sound real. Does not sound completely bogus! No! So i had...I was gonna do some more boozy stuff but just- I got this note from Crystal Boggs one of our producers and she gave me a tip that was just like And I looked over the thing, I haven't used the product. I looked over all the features like that and got it set up to use it but there's nothing I would use but if I can see it being something that would be very valuable to a lot of people especially after listening to that horrible AI clip they created itself for people who want to keep movies and other productions clean this is a censorship product

3:01:08 that I'm gonna read the note from her and this is gonna be the product. The product is vidangel, V-I-D-A-N-G-E-L dot com. ITM John and Adam on the last show you mentioned that some TV shows are absolutely unwatchable now because of the stuff thrown in to them these days. And I think we're specifically referring to the horrible show Black whatever it was with the gay sex scene We've been using the 9.99 per month service VidAngel for several years, several years and love it! It filters out whatever you want. You can customize show or movie using preset filters. You can watch most titles by linking your streaming services we originally got so our kids could watch shows they otherwise couldn't with us but my husband and I have used it just as much for our own shows

3:01:59 We don't have to be surprised by anything unsavory like you both experienced, and if a kid comes downstairs for water they're not going to catch a glance of anything we have to talk about later. We've recently used it to watch Jack Ryan, The Agency, The Diplomat and more! I can also enjoy the office with my teen with all the hilarious social awkwardness but none of the adult jokes." It's got like 300 filters, and I don't know how it even works. That's interesting! It is a very interesting product for people out there that really want to use theirs. What's it called again? Okay, it's under www.vidangel.com And I will say this

3:02:45 I have mixed feelings about censorship products like this, although I can see their value for sure. That's why I'm recommending it but I remember one time I was on a flight and movies on airplanes are censored back when they started the engines with a shotgun shell. This is way after that. Yeah okay so they have the in-flight movie and I watched Get Shorty Which I thought was a hilarious film, but for some reason i was unsatisfied at the end of it because...I don't know what it was. But the movie made no sense! Huh? But it was funny so then I saw on TV like years later and in the movie which is a key element within the movie there's an airplane crash And they left that in

3:03:37 No, they took it out. They had to... Airplane movies will never have an airplane crash in the movie It's a policy of all the airlines Yeah I understand that Yeah for good reason But if you don't know about the airplane crash The movie doesn't make a lot of sense This is.. The irony of this coming from the guy who just played In Not Safe For Work ISO Is not lost on me That this is your tip of the day I thought it would make up for the clip Not at all Interesting. Is this just vid angel? Vidangel? Vidangel dot com, check it out Sounds like... sounds like vid buzzkill is what it sounds like to me Alright! Well, It could be if you put enough filters on You can go check it out and for a reminder of all John's tip of the day, his tipoftheday.net Creative advice for you and me Just the tip with JCB And sometimes Adam

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Show Outro, Final Sign-off

The hosts conclude episode 1763 with a final call for support and a reminder of the upcoming Thursday show. They sign off with their signature catchphrases as a "Space Force" and "Mars" themed audio mix plays the show out.

adios mofos· no agenda· texas hill country· silicon valley· mars

3:04:35 Created by Dana Brunetti. And here's a tip for you, come back on Thursday for more Media Deconstruction your no agenda show find out what's happening Maybe we'll know what the big announcement is by then I'm sure something will happen I'm hoping something will happen that's for sure. Something always happens and sometimes it's on his show day but right now a lot of it's Trump Trump, Trump, Trump. So we just try to make you smarter If you get any value from this show please consider sending some value back to us Time Talent or Treasure noagendashow.net is where you can get all the information on the latest episodes and the back episodes Search the show notes at bingit.io and support the show at noagendadonations.com

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3:06:57 We are finally going to lead again. You see what's happening? See the rockets going up left and right, you haven't seen that for a long time. Very soon we're going to Mars. Space Force! Space Force Air power, space power A E F force. Space Force Force Space Force We could have been jerks and just build your credit card

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3:08:59 Adios, mofo. Dvorak dot org slash N-A Yo yo yo! That's the show