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We return to Somalia, this time via a close read of book-length interview with Giancarlo Marocchino — The Moroccan. He rubs shoulders with killers, insults Admirals, dodges cannon fire, and delivers unmarked sealed crates (no questions asked) across Mogadishu.

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Episode 440: Il Polpo 3: Truth Is Not A Choice: Part 1 (trailer)

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Joe, Tom, and Nate talk about one the stupidest but certainly bloodiest battle in Texan history.

Sources:

Ted Schwartz. Forgotten Battlefield of the First Texas Revolution: The Battle of Medina, August 18, 1813

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/medina-battle-of

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/gutierrez-magee-expedition

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/magee-augustus-william

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local_news/article/Texas-battle-now-has-three-site-markers-4568808.php



Episode 354 - The 1813 Battle of Medina

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380 - Man’s Best Friend

Artificial Intelligence carries a host of risks: it could reshape jobs and the economy, alter educational practices, help powerful figures dodge accountability through AI-assisted decision-making, and even influence our personal relationships and mental well-being. But here’s the biggest question: how will AI affect the content filling up your social media feeds?

In today’s episode, journalist Ryan Broderick joins us to discuss the influx of “AI slop” — which increasingly jostles for space alongside human-created content. We’ll explore the “Shrimp Jesus” Facebook phenomenon, a viral (yet entirely fabricated) story about Elon Musk saving a young girl with Neuralink, and the 1995 sci-fi horror film Screamers. 


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REFERENCES


Nearly all Americans use AI, though most dislike it, poll shows
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/15/americans-use-ai-products-poll

Behold the AI Slop Dominating Google Image Results for "Does Corn Get Digested"
https://futurism.com/google-image-corn-ai-slop

Facebook's Shrimp Jesus, Explained
https://www.404media.co/email/1cdf7620-2e2f-4450-9cd9-e041f4f0c27f/

Zuckerberg 'Loves' AI Slop Image From Spam Account That Posts Amputated Children
https://www.404media.co/zuckerberg-loves-ai-slop-image-from-spam-account-that-posts-amputated-children/

Why you should be skeptical of that ‘leaked’ audio of JD Vance criticizing Elon Musk
https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2025/jd-vance-rant-elon-musk-making-look-bad/

‘Trump Gaza’ AI video intended as political satire, says creator
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/06/trump-gaza-ai-video-intended-as-political-satire-says-creator

“AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism.” New Socialist https://newsocialist.org.uk/transmissions/ai-the-new-aesthetics-of-fascism/

Signal President Meredith Whittaker calls out agentic AI as having ‘profound’ security and privacy issues
https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/07/signal-president-meredith-whittaker-calls-out-agentic-ai-as-having-profound-security-and-privacy-issues/


AI Slopaganda feat. Ryan Broderick (E319)

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Part 3/4

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Episode 359 - The Armenian Genocide: Part 3

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George Patton launches a very badly thought-out mission to rescue his son-in-law from a POW camp.

Sources:

http://oflag64.us/ewExternalFiles/whitaker-richard-tfb-article.pdf

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/costly-failure-pattons-raid-liberate-hammelburg

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/task-force-baum-george-pattons-controversial-mission-to-rescue-his-son-in-law-from-a-pow-camp.html

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/witnessing-pattons-failure-a-prisoners-view-of-the-task-force-baum-raid/

Episode 362 - Task Force Baum

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In which the casus belli of two 14th-century Italian city states going to war was, in popular consciousness at least, the theft of a town's wooden bucket. Some Germans get involved as well.

Sources used:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/war-of-the-bucket

https://www.historynet.com/what-we-learned-from-the-battle-of-zappolino-1325/

https://militaryhistorynow.com/2020/10/18/beyond-the-pail-the-unbelievable-war-for-the-oaken-bucket-2/

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/bloodiest-medieval-war-fought-bucket.html

http://www.zappolino.it/battaglia.htm



Episode 365 - The War of the Oaken Bucket

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Episode 367 - The Order: Part 2

In this public News Brief, we break down the selling of an unpopular, disastrous war in record speed. 

News Brief: Pundits Speed-run 15 months of Iraq War Propaganda for Iran in Five Days

Our old pal Steve Sladkowski from the band Pup stops by to talk tariffs, Canadian politics, TikTok, Drake's abs, and what peak performance looks like

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Episode 399: Venetian Polymath Diet (w/ special guest Steve Sladkowski)

We managed to catch up with actor and environmentalist Ed Begley Jr. while he was in town for Harry Dean Stanton Fest. We talked about a number of things like, of course, Harry Dean Stanton, as well as demonic possession, our favorite movies, and why a hot pot of magma will make you well-liked among all your friends. Also, happy birthday to our dearly departed Harry Dean Stanton.

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BONUS: Six Degrees Of Ed Begley Jr. (w/ special guest Ed Begley Jr.)

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