Western Kabuki

There is a giant anvil dangling above the tech industry Ft. Ed Zitron

Ed joins us to talk about Google's anti-trust legal woes and the red flags to look for if you're trying to predict the AI bubble burst. We also run the numbers on how many images you would need to generate per day on Grok to bankrupt X, and whether Elon Musk will go out like David Carradine or Budd Dwyer.
Find Ed at wheresyoured.at
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Preview - Kyle Rittenhouse: The Anatomy of a Six Hour News Cycle

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The Trial of Jocat Ft. Jocat

Jocat is a content creator who has gone viral multiple times, albeit not for good reasons. If you haven't seen his controversially uncontroversial content, don't worry. We spend the first half of this episode discussing it, then we bring Jocat on himself for the second to half chat about his experience being shoved into the spotlight and the consequences of being a "main character".

Minion Death Cult (Preview)

Caleb here. We were joined on this week's Patreon by our friends from the Minion Death Cult show, which has been one of my favorite shows for some time. We ran through some insane news stories and talked about how Facebook is destroying the boomer mind. Check them out at https://x.com/miniondeathcultListen to the whole thing at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Bored Ape Yacht Club: a Chimposium Ft. Molly White

We brought Molly White, crypto researcher and curator of "Web3 is Going Great" on to discuss the rise and fall of the BAYC. Follow Molly at: www.twitter.com/molly0xFFF and www.twitter.com/web3isgreat

Context Elegy Ft. Mark Bankston

Biden is out, Kamala is in. Trump is mad. Elon wants to spend a lot of money on another failed project. We also talk about couch fornicator and Vice Presidential hopeful JD Vance's very bad memoir "Hillbilly Elegy" as well as some other fun things with WK legal correspondent and right-wing b.s. understander Mark BankstonFollow Mark Bankston at www.Twitter.com/BankstonAtLaw 
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Worst Tweets of Q2 2024 Ft. Diana Thirst

Note: this was recorded the day Trump got convicted and sat on the shelf for awhile, some of the intro banter has arguably not aged well.Our friend Diana aka @rlycalm is back to take on the quarterly bracket. Follow her at www.twitter.com/rlycalmYou can find the slide show linked in our discord, patreon, or at this link that probably won't work on whatever podcast app you're reading this from.Listen to part two at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki

Big Bite Mindset Part 1 Ft. The Homie Marcos

We're going Summer Mode. Marcos joins us to talk about the 4th of July, hotdogs, some wild news stories, some mail bag, and more.
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