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McMansion Hell writer and architecture critic Kate Wagner joins us for an early review of the Obama Presidential Center. We talk about its design, its architecture, its cloying message of “HOPE” that feels like Ludovico conditioning, and what it means as a final, definitive end of the Obama era and the Long 2010s. Check out McMansion Hell: https://mcmansionhell.com/ Follow Kate Wagner on X: https:...

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  Aaron and Tonery are joined by Klonny of ParaPower Mapping to discuss Jeffrey Epstein's involvement in the Iran-contra meta-conspiracy. Check his recent article on the subject: " Jeffrey Epstein’s War and the PedoFash International (Pt. II): Iran-Contra and the Year of the Spy " ParaPower Mapping is an auditory and prosaic cork board mapping the interlocks and hidden passages of the capitalist e...

Uma, Nick and Ciarán talk about the protests in Albania (which expanded aggressively since recording), Germany's failed UNSC bid and Henry Nowak