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Ken returns to the show to discuss his previous reporting on UAPs as far back as 2023, the current UFO files, new counter-terrorism strategies from the Trump admin that may target Tucker Carlson, and more.Support Ken: https://www.kenklippenstein.com

Mia Sato, Senior Reporter with The Verge, joins us to discuss the "Clip Economy" where streamers, podcasters, brands, and platforms themselves operate a shady secondary market of short form content whose ownership is unclear and is often not disclosed as advertising.
Read Mia's Article: theverge.com/report/920005/social-media-clipping-podcasts-clavicular-marketing-mrbeastListen to the remainder of this episode at www.Patreon.com/killthecomputer 

Maddyson joins us to discuss the rise and fall of Simone Cromer, the 59 year-old behind the notorious Club Chalamet fan account who recently announced a sort of soft retirement from covering Timothée Chalamet. Please visit www.killthecomputer.com for fun, games, merch, and friendship.

Johnny, Nick, and Matt of the newly formed GG Tribune come on to tell the story of why they left Hard Drive magazine to start their new website. We talk about the Pragmata controversy and other gamer news.Follow and subscribe: https://ggtribune.com

Ben Collins, aka Tim Onion comes on to talk about The Onion's long battle over the rights to the Infowars IP, what's next, and gives us some reasons to be hopeful for the future.Support The Onion: membership.theonion.com

Big news guys: we have launched our brand new website at killthecomputer.com that is going to increasingly serve as a centralized hub for the show in the coming weeks. On it, you can play games, listen to episodes, songs from the show and shop for our brand new merch line (see also shop.killthecomputer.com). Additionally, we are launching our "sideload series" episode run where you, our community, tell your unique stories to us: we'll provide the gear, handle the logistics, and pay you for your time. Send pitches to mail@killthecomputer.com and stay tuned for more info very soon.In the meantime, we have friend of the show Morgan Stringer, an attorney with Farrar & Ball, on to talk about infowars liberation day, how AI is clogging the court systems, and the recent series of lawsuits against Google and Meta. Follow Morgan at: https://bsky.app/profile/mostring.bsky.social.Read the Futurism article we discussed by Maggie Harrison Dupre here: https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-lawsuits-chaos-courts-lawyersSupport us: Patreon.com/KillTheComputerMerch: Shop.KillTheComputer.comContact: Mail@KillTheComputer.com

MLYP takes us through a history of Trump's relationship to the UFC (and WWE) and how that's relevant today.Slideshow: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vQv3iMXUeNeVgmPstsJCdxlJWPYbRzDkDW6jvyDlBgO609u-yal3crKFWXMuArtYfLkXipDubrhVonM/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=30000&slide=id.g36f69057379_0_79

We were originally supposed to record our next installment of Going Back, our LOST side series on the Patreon. But instead we decided to have Maddy join us to end our pod marathon week with something fun and silly: MAGA influencer civil war. Keep an eye out for the next part of that series in a few days at Patreon.com/KillTheComputer

The third and final installment of our Beast Week series with our friends at TWOAPW. Listen to the full episode at www.patreon.com/killthecomputer
 

As part of our ongoing collaboration with The Worst Of All Possible Worlds, this is a preview episode of our Beast Week series discussing Beast Games Season 2. The full episode can be found at www.Patreon.com/worstofall
This Friday, Beast Week 2 will conclude with another episode on the premium Kill The Computer feed!