Minion Death Cult

It's a very special UPS Facebook group episode as we report on how the current Teamsters contract vote is driving certain people insane. We find the same neuroses around voter fraud and stolen elections the right has about the US electoral system, but ported over to a union contract vote, and I try to talk some sense into one of them. We also look at the bizarre ways right-wing Teamsters are chann...

This week we catch up on how Twitter is doing… only to find them being interrogated by the Australian senate about reinstating the account who shared CSEM on Twitter "out of outrage" We examine the way social media's business model of farming for outrage has never been more apparent or disgusting Also, we take a look at the modern UPS Driver… through the eyes of a Silicon Valley tech podcast guy....

Today we're ashamed to find out that this country pays its UPS drivers more than US soldiers thanks to a viral tweet and a woman does transphobia so hard she develops an abscess when a hospital wont guarantee that no trans nurses will be attending to her finally, a facebook woman goes to target in blackface to yell things she saw on facebook in an obvious case of mental distress (facebook poisonin...

Today we're digesting the newest Trump Indictment via the small intestine of Truth Social--documenting the former president's colorful insults for Mike Pence, a key player in this newest round of legal challenges. It's Civil War City with black-pilled responses from bigtime right wing influencers Tim Pool and Mike Cernovich, while show favorite Scott Adams has a more creative response Finally, one...

This week Alex shares the story of a big time live performance flub and we look back at pop punk covers from our childhoods, including the "Punk goes Pop" and (worse) "Punk Goes Crunk" cover albums before diving into an extremely popular modern pop punk(?) cover band with an album of Disney songs From here we wind up at christian hardcore and reminisce about the early 00's wave of christian metalc...

It's a labor-heavy episode, folks--we're talking Alex's final thoughts on the UPS Teamsters Tentative Agreement before voting begins, third-party orgs participating in member mobilization, and what our long-term goals should be for the Teamsters. ALSO: The Rock donates a record sum to the SAG-AFTRA support fund, and Blaze readers ask, "Why does he hate veterans?" ADDITIONALLY: Snoop Dogg and Dr. D...

Today we check in on how Twitter's rebrand to X is going and find Elon Musk personally reinstating an account after it was disabled for posting (and apparently watermarking) CSAM Also, a Nazi gets beaten up at a Sepultura show and some Facebook users are shocked at the current intolerant state of metal Finally, we uncover the dark truth about our elites in Washington: they're fornicating. Support...

I'm afraid it's another banger, folks. Today we're talking highlights of the Teamsters/UPS tentative agreement: the great, the good, and the mid Also, the right is giving itself eating disorders you've never heard of, scrying raw chicken entrails and determining them to be woke Finally we cover the death of Obama's personal chef, Tafari Campbell, and the predictably homoerotic fantasies it has ins...

Today we've got small business social media drama involving a broken Big Game Hunter game cabinet ALSO: we discover proof of Hunter Biden being a California Weed Kingpin plus our final, devastating topic: THEY'RE ARRESTING YOUR GRANDPARENTS FOR VOTING FOR TRUMP Music: Annapura - Picos Power Trip - If Not Us Then Who

Today Alex describes his geriatric physical therapy routine ALSO: we listen to the corny, godawful, morose "Try That In A Small Town" and document viral misinformation surrounding the song And lastly, we visit one of the most cursed profiles on instagram, a man utterly abasing himself for a handful of likes. Sign up at patreon.com/miniondeathcult for bonus episodes

Today I chatted with a couple of my Teamster siblings about their experience working part-time for the multi-billion dollar UPS--detailing unsafe working conditions, harassment and irregular schedules. I asked them how they feel about the current contract fight with the company. Are part-timers aware of their importance in these negotiations, and is there a way to get them more involved?  What do...

In the main segment of the show we discuss the dense lore around the Actors' strike: - The studios' leaked threats to writers and actors' homes - ABC News attacks the strike as harming other adjacent businesses - Universal Studios apparent butchery of the trees that shaded the picket line - Misplaced cynicism over striking "millionaire" actors, and much more Also:  Tony sits for the flag in front...

Today Miles Klee of Rolling Stone joins us to talk Sound of Freedom, the child-trafficking action(?) movie dominating theaters and leaving its fans to say "if you didn't like it, you're a pedophile." We cover the morose film and the gruesome promotional push behind it, including twitter copypasta and weepy tik toks, learn about the film's real-life vigilante, and read from deranged responses to Mi...

Today we revisit the mid-00's, Ice Cube-produced race-swapping reality TV show Black. White. Bruno does and says incredibly racist things while trying to prove racism isn't real Rene and Carmen fight over Carmen's use of the black term, "bitch"  Rose tries rapping in her def poetry group Rene listens to an argument from a white bar patron about "how black people are" And Bryan and Rene wait to see...

In honor of the current WGA strike, the boys from Talking Simpsons help us tackle a South Park episode mocking the previous strike in 07-08. We wade through a painful dearth of jokes and mind-altering note-for-note renditions of viral videos to see how foolish anyone would have to be to strike for "internet money" If you liked this episode, consider supporting our show for only $5/month and get tw...

Today Alex tells the story of getting fake written-up for parking while delivering 2 100lb boxes Also: the leftist San Fransisco police arrest 100 young skateboarders during an annual event... instead of just gunning them down?? and finally: Mike Pillowman is forced to sell off manufacturing equipment and space as retailers continue to refuse to carry his patriotic pillow. Soon, a real rain will c...

People are getting upset on planes. We're documenting it. Here to help us is Travis View of the Q Anon Anonymous podcast. We cover the conspiracy theory gripping the nation: a woman aboard an aircraft accused her seat neighbor of being not real Why did this vague proclamation strike such a chord with right-wing conspiracists, and what does it say about the movement at large? Following in the same...

IT'S DEATH CHAT 500 (07/08/23) We're talking bad Teamsters rap (can't let this one get out to the general public) Joe Rogan gets mad at people working from home as his friend gets completely owned by his employees Ani fights a Tesla  And, a demonic Axe commercial featuring Lil Baby is deconstructed by one of the finest minds Facebook has to offer. Sign up for only $5/month at http://patreon.com/mi...

Today we discuss the collapsed UPS-Teamsters negotiations, a likely strike, and how this time we're fighting for part-timers. Plus, a man has some tough-but-fair lessons for his dog who is afraid of fireworks and Finally, a small rural town in Maine is threatened with a gargantuan, dead-troop theme park--complete with 1776 ft. American Flagpole. Of course, the communists have a problem with it. Si...

Sorry for the late episode everyone. Alexander had a minor injury and some union duties to carry out, but we're back Today we catch up with UPS-Teamster negotiations, including the elimination of the 22.4 job category, and MLK Day as a paid holiday. Will UPS agree to a fair contract in time to avert a strike? We also address a baffling concern about Teamsters President Sean O'Brien turning his bac...

This week we cover a couple of weird guys in my work Facebook group and listen to the leaked audio from Trump showing off a classified doc, which is fantastic. Also, Biden says he sold state secrets into a mic on camera and then said he was joking, and the right wing has to pretend to think it's real Also, Netflix finally overplayed their hand with their most depraved move yet: making Titanic avai...

Today Alexander and Tony discuss the latest news in UPS-Teamster negotiations, the company's insulting economic proposal for its employees, and a potential strike Also: an aggrieved hardcore fan calls out legendary Boston band Bane for the singer's pro-trans and anti-american speech at a recent show. Is hardcore really the place for politics? Finally, we discuss the billionaire death sub, the awe-...

It's a jam-packed episode today as we listen to Florida republicans pass a harsh new anti-immigrant bill and then beg the undocumented people in their community to continue working on their farms. Also, a stewardess for an Irish airlines puts Israeli passengers' lives in peril when she says the P word over the intercom, and we look at some truly oblivious zionist clapbacks Plus: the "debate me" cr...

Today we watch Trump offer "food for everyone" at a restaurant before immediately leaving, and hear from a Fact Checker to see if the former president would really welch on a payment AND an interview with an anonymous Apple TV + executive reveals how important writers are to streaming companies—but how paying them better wages or allowing organized labor to succeed is antithetical to their core va...

Today we're talking Alex's bad back and scheduling days off work for physical therapy while your boss pretends he has a say in the matter and the Teamsters announce securing Air Conditioning for future UPS package cars. We talk about the merits, possible drawbacks, and address a few of the imaginative responses to this big step towards addressing safety concerns Also: we study the weird, tan, Cana...