American Century of Humiliation

Danny and Solomon get together to discuss the "big news": a bunch of sweaty Yankees think they can whip jolly old England!

We're back after a long break, to discuss the Iranian negotiations, New York's recent slate of Democratic primaries, and McDonald's as a third space. Theme music is "Wish in Twos" by ⁠⁠⁠Cheap52⁠⁠⁠ Interstitial Music is by LCD Soundsystem

Genuinely this hotel sucks so bad. Also we talk about the elections from earlier this week. Theme Music is "Wish in Twos" by Cheap 52.

The Administration spreads its wings to the Middle East and the Far East, finding out a way to fuck up negotiations in both Iran and China. Then, we talk about our love for Boots Riley. Theme music is "Wish in Twos" by ⁠⁠Cheap52⁠⁠ Interstitial Music is by Novo Combo

We're joined by Julian Andreone, Capitol Hill Correspondent for Drop Site News, to discuss the reports of the Israel Lobby's influence in the Pennsylvania 3rd Congressional District Democratic Primary, Israel's influence on corporate media, and progressive tide of Pro-Palestine candidates in the US. You can read Julian's work at Drop Site , and you can follow him on X. Theme music...

We're joined by Ryan Devereaux of Type Media to discuss his new piece in The Intercept about DHS issuing a subpoena to Reddit for information on a user who criticized ICE, as well as a short history on what DHS is and how it works. You can find more of Ryan's work on Type Media and The Intercept . Theme music is "Wish in Twos" by Cheap52 Interstitial Music is from the album &quot...

The White House Correspondents Dinner comes under fire from a would-be Presidential Assassin, and our favorite FBI Director has a really tough week. Theme music is "Wish in Twos" by Cheap52 Interstitial Music is "Seven Times" and "Discord Moderator" by Driving in America.

Later upload than we'd hoped, but we talk about the nuclear threat issued by the US against Iran, Pam Bondi's ousting from the DoJ, and Hunter and Jill's porn accounts. Check out Mishap Mag , out now! Theme music is "Wish in Twos" by Cheap52 Interstitial Music is "The Song is You" by Pat Suzuki.

The Prarieland Case's federal trial has reached a verdict, and all nine defendants have been convicted, with their associations now being touted as a victory against an "Antifa Cell". Adam Federman of Type Investigations and In These Times comes on to discuss the case, and newly revealed FBI files that the defense never received during discovery. You can read Adam's reporting on the FBI Files ment...

Back with a classic two-hander, discussing the recent No Kings protests, Kash Patel's XVideos account, the War with Iran, and DHS being stuck in the airport. Theme music is "Wish in Twos" by Cheap52 Interstitial Music are the songs "Hit Vibes", "Strawberry Lemonade", and "NEED U TONIGHT" by Saint Pepsi.

Our old pal Grant, co-host of the Bonafide Tastemakers podcast, is on to talk about political merch drops and his traumatic CVS encounter. Though, this episode is mostly just bullshitting. We tried to keep it light and apolitical, just like Grant specifically asked us to do. Theme music is "Wish in Twos" by Cheap52

Solomon's out, so Danny is joined by Murtaza Hussain of Drop Site News to discuss the background of the United States' relationship with Iran, the reasoning for the war (or lack thereof), and the many miscalculations of the United States only a little over a week into the conflict. You can read Murtaza's work at Drop Site News , and on his personal substack . You can also follow his Tw...

The boys talk the changes, or lack there of, in Kristi Noem's ousting from DHS, the results of the Texas Senate primary, Gavin Newsom 'coming around' on Israel, and the cynical deployment of political stances we're bound to see. Theme music is "Wish in Twos" by Cheap52 Interstitial music is "The Cairn" by Kubbi

The US and Israel have launched joint missile strikes on Iran. We still kinda have no idea what's happening at the time of recording, so we mostly rant about how much this sucks. Theme music is "Wish in Twos" by Cheap52

Mid-blizzard, we give a quick view of the nation's military buildup against Iran, chat briefly about the Olympic culture war of Gu and Liu, and then we draft our favorite Trump 2 administration members. Interstitial music is "Too Bad" and "Let's Pretend" by George Howard Theme music is "Wish in Twos" by Cheap52

A few days late on the upload, we discuss the DHS shutdown that conveniently doesn't include ICE, as well as discuss the United States' economic oil blockade against Cuba, and the humanitarian crisis it has created there. Isolating Ice - The American Prospect Washington's War on Cuba is Collective Punishment - Jacobin Trump threatens tariffs on countries supplying Cuba with much-needed oil - Al Ja...

Danny (me) and special guest Rohan riff on the deific delusions of Silicon Valley and its search to invent a new god as they attempt to bargain for their own mortality, and then we close with a discussion of conservativism's attempt to save a monoculture. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:06:33 - AI, Techno-superstition, and Transhumanism 00:48:20 - Conservative media and the end of the monoculture 01:05:38...

After a pretty crazy weekend of document dumps, we dip our toes in slightly on some mentions in the Epstein files. Then, our main portion of the show, we talk to Dustin Gouker of Event Horizon about the rise of prediction markets. 00:04:20 Talking Epstein Files 00:23:24 (Fake) Commercial Break 00:24:40 Interview with Dustin Gouker You can subscribe to Dustin's Substack about prediction markets...

One week between record and release on a news-centric podcast? What's the big deal. In this outdated episode, we talk about some of the timeline of events in the Twin Cities, and end with a little more Kanye talk. It runs long. Obviously, the stuff about the Jan 30th economic blackout day is super outdated, but we left the bit in because our thoughts remain generally the same, in case this eve...

We dig in on the USDA's new "whole milk" campaign, and talk at length about Trump's plans for Greenland, and touch a little bit on Kanye's resurgence. "The Tech Billionaires Behind Trump’s Greenland Push" by Lois Parshley on Jacobin. "Danish Forces Are Mandated to Fire Back if U.S. Attacks Greenland" by Nick Turse on The Intercept. SBWU Benefit Show in Philly! - ⁠ https://www.ticketweb.com/event/s...

We talk about the devastating news coming out of Minnesota this week after the killing of Renee Good, the role of ICE agents in growing fascism, and also whatever is up with Bowen Yang this week. Also, Starbucks Worker Silvia Baldwin comes on to chat about the Starbucks Workers United strike. That segments starts at 01:02:55 No Contract, No Coffee - https://www.nocontractnocoffee.org/ Starbuck Wor...

The second year of the American Century of Humiliation starts off with a bang as the US Military kidnaps Venezuelan President and Trump's most heated silly-dance-at-rally rival, Nicolás "Fancy Feet" Maduro. Also, we give our predict a few of 2026's upcoming headlines. In true podcaster fashion, Solomon's mic bro right before we recorded this. Promise the sound quality will not stay this way. Inter...