Wetwired

Released in late 2021, David Graeber and David Wengrow's enormous book, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity, claims to try to set the record straight about the where we all came from. In this episode, we talk about what motivated Graeber and Wengrow to write the book and how the common narrative about the structures of human societies is both right and wrong for different reasons. We...

We did it!! We're releasing our first premium episode! Thank you for all the patience. We plan on releasing more premium episodes very soon. For the time being, our release schedule will be one regular episode and one premium episode each month. Eventually we'll be speeding things up at Wetwired headquarters and drop two of each flavor every month. Listen to this entire episode and future premium...

Sean and Jules talk about Daniel McCarthy's debate challenge to Trump. We remember one of January 6's fallen heroes, Kevin Greeson, who was thought by some to have died by tasing himself in the testicles. In our main segment, we talk about the recent riots in Kazakhstan and the following crackdown by a Russian-led military coalition. Articles: https://www.newsweek.com/ex-gop-senate-candidate-torch...

Jules and Sean reflect on 2021 and all the friends we made along the way. We cut straight to some of the aftermath of the Jan 6 riot at the capitol, just how vaxxed the US is at the moment, and why shitty employers can't find workers. We end with some inspiration about the liberal moderate from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and his letter from Birmingham jail. We wrap up with our Wetwired Podcast reso...

Jules and Sean pick apart the Negative 48 QAnon offshoot. Negative 48 gathered his flock to Dallas, Texas on the anniversary of JFK's assassination, believing that the murdered president would return along with his deceased son JFK Jr., Robin Williams, Prince, Tupac, and Richard Pryor. Many of them are still waiting. Clips from this episode: https://twitter.com/2021_Karma/status/146528461010377524...

Jules and Sean trace the origins of the American Veterans Day and why everyone else still calls it Armistice Day, Weimar post-war debt, Bretton Woods, the IMF, and the ISIS dinar. Sean gathers the threads of crypto-themed events, the Psychic Friends Network, Billionaire influencers, and Seasteaders into something that sort of looks like a theme. ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ For...

Part 2 of our series on the Protestant Ethic. Jules and Sean talk about Frederick Winslow Taylor, his Scientific Management (Taylorism) and how it's helped create our addiction to productivity porn. Along the way, they talk about bullshit jobs, side hustles, and Taylorism's connection to the Soviet Union. ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ For $3 a month, get an extra few subscriber o...

Here's a special episode! Sean and Jules discuss the ongoing John Deere strike. Along the way, they talk about the UAW's recent corruption convictions and how they sell out their union members for profit. ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ For $3 a month, get an extra few subscriber only episodes every month. We have a limited number of True Believer memberships available. https://www...

Jules and Sean talk about the origin of what we call the Protestant Ethic, and how it drives us to work longer and harder on things we never really cared about. Before that, they chat about recent reports that AT&T inspired the creation of OAN. ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ ⛬ For $3 a month, get an extra few subscriber only episodes every month. We have a limited number of True Bel...