Propagandos

The Propagandos welcome back Aamer to the show to discuss Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza's Warfare (2025). We don't want to spoil what everyone thought, but we assure you that minds were changed (mostly Conner's). Plus a bonus mini-conversation on Canada's recent election! Listen to Aamer's new podcast, Hell To Pay, wherever you get podcasts! Here's the RSS feed: https://anchor.fm/s/1023dd33c/podcas...

It's time for a lunch break liaison! Conner and Alek couldn't record during their normal time this week so they're cranking one out during the workday. We're talking about a petulant Gen Z conservative influencer, Larry David's essay satirizing Bill Maher, Danny Bessner's issues with the use of the term "fascism" and the White House's official account of COVID-19 . It's a surprisingly jam-packed e...

Welcome, propagandos! Conner and Alek are talking about Katy Perry in space, Chinese manufacturing videos and Angel Studios latest animated POS. We hope you have as much fun listening to this episode as we did recording it! Got something to say to the Propagandos hosts? Send us an email at propagandospod@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter/X ( https://twitter.com/propagandospod ), Bluesky ( https://...

This week, Conner and Alek are talking Las Vegas, the Ghibli AI controversy and a new Christian-inspired anime series from Angel Studios. There's a bit of discussion on the Tuttle Twins near the end before finally wrapping with a brief discussion on the Nintendo Switch 2. CORRECTION: In this episode, Alek says Steph Curry went to Liberty University. This is incorrect. He meant Seth Curry, Steph's...

We're back! After like a month! In this episode, Conner and Alek examine the Ashton Hall workout video and how it's a truly unattainable lifestyle pushed by the manosphere. Then we talk about Moby Dick a little bit before discussing conspiracy theories and the type of people who believe them. We even have sources!: Ashton's Morning Routine Who Believes in Conspiracy Theories? Network Diversity, Po...

Holy hell, Texas has had a hell of a news week. Conner and Alek talk about three big events rocking Texas right now: Dan Crenshaw's hot mic moment, the fallout of the Texas Lottery scandal/scam (scamdal?) and the Colony Ridge ICE Raid - which had its roots in a far-right conspiracy. The Propagandos go through it all - to the best of their ability - in their efforts to present to you, the listener,...

This week we talk about politics in the heart of Europe! Our friend Mirko explains how the old coalition fell apart, who the big players in the election are, and why the hell Elon Musk is talking about Germany. Got something to say to the Propagandos hosts? Send us an email at propagandospod@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter/X ( https://twitter.com/propagandospod ), Bluesky ( https://bsky.app/prof...

The Propagandos venture once again into the world of Angel Studios to discuss their post-apocalyptic thriller, Homestead . We look at the world building within the film and how it differs from the book it was based on, Black Autumn , and how it all ties into the Black Rifle Coffee Company Extended Universe (BRCCEU). Conner's Substack Review: https://substack.com/inbox/post/153273840 Got something...

The Propagandos are joined once again by Bernie Goldsmith, aka UAE Exotic Falconry Finance 𓅃 ( https://twitter.com/FalconryFinance ), to talk about Luigi Mangione, the Palisades fires, the NOLA "ISIS" attack and the Cybertruck explosion in Vegas. To sum it all up: the vibes are OFF. It's another philosophical episode exploring what's real, what's not, and what that distinction really means, if any...

We're joined by Maya this week to discuss the research she has been doing on cottage core, tradwifery and the industry that Ballerina Farms heavily benefits from. It's a good one! Got something to say to the Propagandos hosts? Send us an email at propagandospod@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter/X ( https://twitter.com/propagandospod ), Bluesky ( https://bsky.app/profile/propagandos.bsky.social ) a...

In early November of this year, Texas lawmakers filed their bills for the upcoming legislative session. Conner and Alek go through some of the bills and compare them to the Texas GOP Party Platform that was released earlier this year to see what planks of the platform the party is committing to. It ain't good folks! Source for this episode: Texas lawmakers target property taxes, abortion and gende...

Beloved guest Aamer returns this week to fill the boys in on the facts of the fighting that broke out between fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv and residents of Amsterdam last week. It's not every day we get to see propaganda being whipped up in real time, so we do our best to break it all down. Aamer lays out a timeline of the tensions that started well before the football match even began and Alek rightf...

This week, Conner and Alek welcome back friend of the show Nate Smith to discuss S. Craig Zahler's police thriller Dragged Across Concrete (2018), which forces us to ask a troubling question: does S. Craig Zahler know any black people? We doubt it! Got something to say to the Propagandos hosts? Send us an email at propagandospod@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter/X ( https://twitter.com/propagandos...

It's just the Propagandos boys this week! Conner and Alek have some fun stuff on the docket this week: our thoughts on The Great British Bake Off, Lake Charles conspiracy theorists, Conner's experience seeing Deadpool & Wolverine and finally a conversation on Jeremey Saulnier's civil asset forfeiture thriller Rebel Ridge (2024). Got something to say to the Propagandos hosts? Send us an email a...

Saddle up, Propagandos! This week, Conner is joined by Dr. Tore Olsson from the University of Tennessee to discuss his latest book Red Dead's History: A Video Game, An Obsession, and America's Violent Past . The conversations ranges from the deconstruction of the hillbilly myth to the portrayal of religiosity within the Red Dead games (or lack thereof) and wraps with what SHOULD be in the next Red...

Well... we watched it so you don't have to, I guess. This week, the Propagandos welcomed back to the pod Rahul Rao (@coyotebloodbath; @rahulraoandthewhites) to discuss Matt Walsh's new documentary Am I Racist? , a critique of anti-racist workshops that Walsh calls "the DEI industry". We really don't want you to pay to see this film, so there is an in-depth plot summary of the film before we go int...

This week, we have the incomparable Bernie Goldsmith, aka UAE Exotic Falconry Finance 𓅃 ( https://twitter.com/FalconryFinance ) joining us for a discussion about posting, disinformation and vibes as politics. This conversation starts as an examination of some of Bernie's best tweets and from there sprawls out into an all-encompassing discussion that touches on Venezuelan gangs in Aurora, Russian f...

Well, we did it. We watched Reagan (2024). I mean, how could we not? This movie is prime propaganda and we're joined by writer and journalist Nathan McDermott to analyze the movie and break down what it gets right and wrong about the Regan administration (spoiler: it gets a lot wrong!). Got something to say to the Propagandos hosts? Send us an email at propagandospod@gmail.com or follow us on Twit...

Witajcie słuchacze! Gather around and get ready for a story. This week, we're talking about the exciting world of... wheat! Alek breaks down a wheat scandal in Poland that has rocked Europe for over a year now while Conner's Americanized brain struggles to make sense of a political system with more than two parties. We promise you: it's way more entertaining than it sounds! Got something to say to...

We're back with part two of our discussion with Nate Smith. This time around, we're talking about Mormon noir by way of Richard Dutcher's Brigham City (2001). We also do a little debunking about some Mormon myths amd set the record straight on Mormon swinging. Got something to say to the Propagandos hosts? Send us an email at propagandospod@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter/X (https://twitter.com/...

We got another two-parter! This time around the Propagandos are talking with Nate Smith about Mormon cinema, specifically the works of Richard Dutcher. The conversation ended up being VERY long so we broke it up. In this episode, we're discussing God's Army (2000) and how accurately it portrays Mormon missionaries and the various flavors of crises of faith. Got something to say to the Propagandos...

Saddle up, listeners! The Propagandos are joined by Brian Huberman, a documentarian and professor at Rice University who studies the Western genre, to discuss Kevin Costner's marriage-ending epic Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 . Conner, Alek and Brian debate about the historicity of the film - and if it really matters - as well as what Costner borrows from and contributes to the Western gen...

This week, Conner and Alek take a look at a staple of good ol' fashioned Texas cranks: Alex Jones. The conversation starts with a breakdown of Jones' documentary Endgame: Blueprint for Global Enslavement (2007) and how these once fringe conspiracies are now on display in mainstream U.S. politics. To sober up, the Propagandos watch and discuss the recent HBO documentary The Truth vs. Alex Jones and...

It's part 2 of our discussion on the MCU (Muslim Cinematic Universe) with Aamer! This week, we're discussing The Lion of the Desert (1980), which was the big budget movie Moustapha Akkad agreed to make for Gaddafi in exchange for funding his indie passion project The Message (1976). Got a question or comment for the Propagandos boys? Send us an email at propagandospod@gmail.com! Recorded on Saturd...

We've got one heckuva guest this week, folks. Aamer joins us for the first half of a two-part series on the (Gaddafi-funded) cinematic masterpieces from Moustapha Akkad. In this episode, we are discussing The Message (1976), how it serves as a piece of propaganda for Islam and if it would be effective in helping Donald Trump find the light of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)....