Topic: Larry James

The episode concludes with a special musical mix themed around the war in Iran, featuring contributions from Jesse Coyne Nelson, Tom Starkweather, and James Treese. The hosts sign off from Texas and the Pacific Northwest, reminding listeners to tune in for the next broadcast on Thursday. The final segments include a satirical song about "World War III" and "nuclear fusion decay" as the show transitions to the "Larry Show" on the stream.

Former CIA agent Larry Johnson claims that British intelligence agency GCHQ passed information to the Obama administration through back-channels to bypass U.S. surveillance laws. Johnson asserts that while Barack Obama may not have directed the activity, John Brennan and James Clapper were fully aware. This alleged meddling is cited as a primary driver of the current schism within the intelligence community.

The hosts perform a formal knighting ceremony for Sir James Brewis, Sir James Sutton, Sir Michael Miller, and Black Knight Sir Larry Corpy. They address technical issues with PayPal subscriptions and mention that director Joss Whedon reportedly referenced the show on Twitter. The segment emphasizes the "value-for-value" model of the podcast.

President Obama appointed Dr. Larry James, a former chief psychologist at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib, to a White House task force on military family well-being. The hosts also critique a new IBM Watson commercial, arguing that the "deep analytics" claimed by the computer are a marketing front for a simple lookup program. They reference Edwin Black's research on IBM's historical involvement with the Holocaust.