Name: Episode 284: Falun Gong Part 2: Qigong Fever by TrueAnon
Duration: 1 h 7 min 58 s
Description: We take a trip to China to uncover the origins of the Falun Gong, the contradictions between superstition and science, rural ear reading, levitation, and Qigong fever.

Freelance journalist Jacob Silverman joins us to talk about the collapse of Silvergate Capital, the shakedown of crypto, and his forthcoming series on Sam Bankman-Fried and the implosion of FTX’s billion-dollar fraud.

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We placed all our bets on Juicero and all our money in the bank — this is the story of how TrueAnon lost everything in the SVB collapse. Plus we talk shit about VCs.

Episode 277: Unbank Yourself

We snap our 78s over our knees and examine some of the industry-shattering changes that music has undergone in the recent past: how we make it, listen to it, think about it, own it, and pay for it — and who gets the money.

Thanks to Sean Agnew from Union Transfer (utphilly.com), Noah Kohll from Color Green (colorgreen.bandcamp.com/album/color-green), John Dwyer from Oh Sees (theeohsees.com), Geoff Rickley from Thursday (rosebooks.co/store/p/someone-who-isnt-me-by-geoff-rickly-paperback-preorder), Jess Williamson (jesswilliamson.com/), and Zola Jesus (patreon.com/zolajesus).

(MOBY is not mentioned in this episode we just had to put a guy as the picture and he is funny looking)

Episode 279: Welcome To The Machine (Taylor's Version)

We take a trip to Israel with Noah Kulwin and talk about Israeli political culture, Netanyahu, liberalism, money, and the Judicial Overhaul. Truly, Israel is a land of contrasts!

Tickets for the final Year of the Smile show in Austin, TX: prekindle.com/event/53167-trueanon-austin

Transcript of Yair Netanyahu telling his friends they can have sex with his girlfriend: haaretz.com/israel-news/2018-01-11/ty-article/the-full-transcript-of-yair-netanyahus-wild-tel-aviv-night/0000017f-e544-d62c-a1ff-fd7ff4de0000

Episode 281: Next Year In Jerusalem

We take a trip to Lincoln Center to finally answer the question: “Wait, what actually is Shen Yun?” Featuring: drunk monks, uncanny valley Colin Jost, fog machines, the Covid-19 virus, and the torrential storm of the apocalypse. Welcome to part one of our series on the mysterious and freaky Falun Gong.

Episode 283: Falun Gong Part 1: Shen Yun

We take a trip to China to uncover the origins of the Falun Gong, the contradictions between superstition and science, rural ear reading, levitation, and Qigong fever.

Episode 284: Falun Gong Part 2: Qigong Fever

Our old friend David A. Banks is back to talk about the release of his new book, The City Authentic: How the Attention Economy Builds Urban America. We also discuss the complicated legacy of Richard Florida and the false prophets of the creative class. 

Buy the book here: bookshop.org/p/books/the-city-authentic-how-the-attention-economy-builds-urban-america/18908149

Check out David’s substack here: https://otherday.substack.com/

Episode 287: Creative Ass

It’s Ted Lasso, folks! Yes, after many years of consternation around this show in the Discourse, many requests for review (and Will watching a bunch of that Good Doctor show and reporting back it was actually pretty ok), we decided to take a look at this footballing Yank and his relentless positivity. So, here’s our review of Ted Lasso and what it’s psychotic cheeriness says about TV and America.

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Debt ceiling showdown, losers of the Republican primaries, Pete Buttigieg’s Mind Cathedral, yes, yes, but we must focus on what’s really important: The Orcas are now in open revolt, and we need to strategize support for our cetacean brothers and sisters.

LAST DAY to buy this round of merch from us, get it while it’s available: https://represent.com/store/chapo-trap-house

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Episode 284: Falun Gong Part 2: Qigong Fever

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