Red Channel Condition

Trim up the tree, light your menorah, set up your kinara and lift your glass - it's holiday time again at last! The boys are ready to sleigh into the end of the year, and as always they're delivering good cheer - join Peter, Jon and the M.I.K.E. AI as they talk about the best holiday movies, the tastiest holiday treats and even potential new holiday traditions. However, things might be a little ab...

The year is racing to a close, and your boys are going for broke! Peter, Jon and the M.I.K.E. AI read some more chatter from the Collective, dive deep into the ChatGPT bot taking the Internet by storm, and wonder if inclusive eSports gaming can truly be inclusive? Also, Peter makes his opinions - and lungs - crystal clear. Light the beam, join the team...it's new Red Channel Condition right now!

When it's time for solidarity, your boys won't break the line! Peter, Jon, and the M.I.K.E. AI examine the narrowly-avoided US railway strike, explore NYC Mayor Adams' shocking new program for addressing the city's homelessness and mental health problems, and engage in a spirited discussion about Ye/Kanye West's apparent fascination with German engineering. Also, the boys have a potential idea we...

You ask, the boys answer! Peter, Jon and the M.I.K.E. AI fish a real whopper out of the mailbag, get hooked on some new official Star Trek hooch, and take the bait on a potential sequel to science fiction cult classic The Fifth Element . Also, M.I.K.E. calls out to the ancestors - will they accept the charges? Cast your line, you know it's time for a fresh new Red Channel Condition today. Catch it...

The holidays are fast approaching, and our boys are getting ready to trim turkeys, trees and everything else! Join Peter, Jon and M.I.K.E. as they pay respect to the voice of Batman, the great Kevin Conroy, pay big bucks for a VR helmet that's really killer, and pay attention to the secret life of bumblebees to determine if animals truly play and have feelings. Also, Jon struggles mightily to resi...

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of space will stay your boys from delivering! Join Peter, Jon and M.I.K.E. as they unwrap the mailbag once again, unpack the ever-increasing costs of Walt Disney World, and uncoil some thoughts on alternative methods of animal control. Also, M.I.K.E. embraces his lineage across time. Unzip your genes, it's a new episode of Red Channel Condition coming your...

It's a very special episode for our boys! A guest from deep in the Collective has come far beyond the stars to chat with them, and they're going where only they've gone before - take a trek into the life and times of an actor as they show Peter, Jon, M.I.K.E. and YOU what real role playing is like. Also, it's spooky season - will our guest stand a ghost of a chance chopping it up on the ship? Don'...

It's critical on the ship, and your boys are ready to role! Join Peter, Jon and M.I.K.E. as they journey through the vagaries of voice acting and the volatile situation with Nintendo, Platinum Games and Bayonetta 3, take the initiative to talk about therapy via roleplaying games, and level up their health with the newest (and moistest) technology. Also, M.I.K.E. is a fearsome competitor. Ready you...

Grab your buddies and get nostalgic; your boys are reminiscing about those days of yore! Peter, Jon and M.I.K.E. travel back to how it all started as friends, stop to address rumors of the death (!) of TV's Cartoon Network, and take a bite out of DARPA's newest nutritional solution - protein powder by way of plastic. Also, Peter invents a radical new snack. Have you hugged your friends today? Show...

Time to queue up and grab your ticket - best believe your boys are with it! Peter, Jon and the M.I.K.E. AI are in the booth chopping it up on some unconventional topics as New York Comic Con docks in the big city. Join our panel on the reveal of the Super Mario Bros. Movie's teaser trailer (and Chris Pratt's Mario voice), stop by for some killer takes on the latest twists in the ongoing New York c...

It's an ape escape, and our boys aren't monkeying around! Join Peter, Jon, and M.I.K.E. as they drill into the recent allegations of animal abuse with trials of Musk's Neuralink technology, explore the ethics of bioprinting new organs, and adjust their computer visions for the future of creativity when art and algorithms collide. Also, the boys get...Q snapped? Swing by, tune in and go bananas wit...

When everything else is a bust, you know the boys in whom you can trust! Join Peter, Jon, and M.I.K.E. as they examine better living through non-compliance, explain the no good, very bad week Twitch.com is having, and explore the reports on NASA's speculation on potential sticky situations caused by insterstellar copulation. Also, M.I.K.E. learns it's hard to love without a body, but easy to do ma...

Looks like it's time to turn and face the strange in Season 3 of Red Channel Condition ! Peter, Jon and something called M.I.K.E. (?) are fascinated by the changes in the world at large since they left the air, the changes in AI that could whitewash Disney's live-action Little Mermaid movie, and the changes in chess cheating that are making grandmaster play a real pain in the ass. Also, Peter is r...

When it's time to dive into a topic, only one cast will do; join our boys in the Red Channel Condition crew! Mike, Peter and Jon end their second season as masters of their (public) domain, close out the final episodes of Star Trek Picard's latest season, and arrive at a shocking data-driven conclusion about dating in today's day and age. And speaking of shocking conclusions...well, you're just go...

Will humanity make it to the year 3000? Gotta make it through this tough 2022 first - and who better to parse this mystery with than our boys? Join Mike, Peter and Jon (with the help of their robot friends) as they sop up the shocking details of the US Supreme Court's leak of the Roe v. Wade decision, light up about the exciting release of the Sonic the Hedgehog SATAM Season 3 trailer, and wrap up...

It's time to stand tall and shake the heavens - our boys will show you how! Mike, Peter and Jon indulge their egos reaching into the mailbag, active time babble about a controversial limb lengthening procedure, and gear up to discuss a lowering (!) Japanese age of consent for video "performers". Also, Peter is TIRED of all the unwanted attention for his unfortunate affliction. Get on our wave (exi...

Just how committed are you to your causes? Our boys are going to test that dedication! Mike, Peter and Jon explore how deeply we want to clean up the environment, how passionately we burn for activism, and how strongly we believe in the words of our elected leaders all across the globe. Also, Mike measures up - but can he spare any? Cor blimey, it's another ripper Red Channel Condition, mates!

Wild times in a wild world, and our boys are here to explore the wildlife! Mike, Peter and Jon learn way too much about some very questionable lizard hunters, open up about the new wave of unionization in the workplace, and turn the crank on what is possibly the most indie video game system ever, the Playdate. Also, Jon's price for a self-transforming Optimus Prime is possibly a war crime. You don...

Lock and load, listeners - our boys are shooting off their mouths, and you know it's high caliber stuff. Mike, Peter and Jon cover the shocking Brooklyn subway shooter, unload the mailbag, empty the clip on the social pressure to tip, and reload on best practices for dealing with the shady world of data brokers. Also, size doesn't matter to the CIA, because they can see your dick from outer space....

Can you blow birthday candles out in space? Hell no, but our boys are ready to try anyway. Mike, Peter and Jon celebrate ONE YEAR of the show and party hearty as only they can - join the crew as they cut a big slice of discussion on scientists mapping the entire human genome, scoop up some cool chat about what it means to over-optimize yourself, and bust open a pinata filled with random Star Trek...

Whatever's happening in our world (or any other), our boys are always part of the conversation on their terms! Mike, Peter and Jon unload for a good old fashioned bitch session about protecting one's mental health in times of bad news overload, what it means to pursue your dreams in the post-remote working world, and using video games to learn about...history? Also, the topic EVERYONE'S talking ab...

Snitches get stitches, but will they profit too? That's what our boys intend to find out! Mike, Peter and Jon square up and fight over a lucrative tattletale business in New York City's Citizens Air Complaint Program, knuckle up and chat about a new work perk that's jerking everyone back (to the) office, and wrap up with another thrilling tale of everyone's favorite private dick. Also, special sho...

No one man is an island, but our boys just might buy one! Mike, Peter and Jon get together and discuss the rules of acquisition when purchasing a whole-ass island, talk about the new documentary Last Exit: Space and whether or not humankind can colonize other galaxies, and reach one more time into the mailbag. Also, Werner Herzog has a lot to say about drinking urine. Quench your thirst for hot ta...

It's back to the final frontier for your boys! Mike, Peter and Jon take to the stars with the season 2 premiere of Star Trek: Picard, pop off about some unlikely expansions to the Dragon Ball and Twisted Metal (!) universes, and learn some hard truths about modern warfare courtesy of the mailbag. Also, RABBIT WARS: COKESNIFFER VERSUS LOP. Don't make it an away mission - beam in for a new Red Chann...

War never changes, and neither will our boys; you know they've got something to say about the state of the world, and they're coming in hard. Mike, Peter and Jon revisit the debate on unhoused people and mental health, and then discuss what's on everyone's mind - the war in Ukraine. Also, who will speak for the grinders? War never changes, but at least you can laugh with us through the chaos. Grab...