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Alek is sick this week so Conner is doing most of the talking in this one and little nerdy got his booky-wook! That's right, Conner read the dang Joe Biden book that everyone is talking about and he answers Alek's questions about its contents.

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We're joined by political cartoonist/commentator Ted Rall (https://rall.com) to talk about Biden's cancer diagnosis, the Biden-Hur tapes, Ted's experience being "depersoned" by ChatGPT and his new book "What’s Left: Radical Solutions for Radical Problems" before ending on a riveting tale of a buzkashi game. You're not going to want to miss this one!

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It's time for another Angel Studios show! Conner and Alek are joined by their friend Ned to discuss the latest Angel Studios acquisition: the young adult fantasy show The Wayfinders! Tune in as the three of them revel in the fact that this show is actually... kinda good? Well, for Angel Studios at least.

Listen to Honey, I Shrunk The Binge here: https://honeyishrunkthebinge.com

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This week, the energy is OFF! We're talking about Intelligencer's bombshell report on Senator John Fetterman, the US-Houthi truce and the Hasan-Ethan debate. We'll see y'all next week!

Ryan Grim's reporting on the truce deal can be found here: https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/yemen-houthis-us-trump-truce

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The Propagandos welcome back Aamer to the show to discuss Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza's Warfare (2025). We don't want to spoil what everyone thought, but we assure you that minds were changed (mostly Conner's). Plus a bonus mini-conversation on Canada's recent election!

Listen to Aamer's new podcast, Hell To Pay, wherever you get podcasts! Here's the RSS feed: https://anchor.fm/s/1023dd33c/podcast/rss

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It's time for a lunch break liaison! Conner and Alek couldn't record during their normal time this week so they're cranking one out during the workday. We're talking about a petulant Gen Z conservative influencer, Larry David's essay satirizing Bill Maher, Danny Bessner's issues with the use of the term "fascism" and the White House's official account of COVID-19. It's a surprisingly jam-packed episode considering the time crunch!

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Welcome, propagandos! Conner and Alek are talking about Katy Perry in space, Chinese manufacturing videos and Angel Studios latest animated POS. We hope you have as much fun listening to this episode as we did recording it!

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This week, Conner and Alek are talking Las Vegas, the Ghibli AI controversy and a new Christian-inspired anime series from Angel Studios. There's a bit of discussion on the Tuttle Twins near the end before finally wrapping with a brief discussion on the Nintendo Switch 2.

CORRECTION: In this episode, Alek says Steph Curry went to Liberty University. This is incorrect. He meant Seth Curry, Steph's brother. This explains why Conner was incredulous because deep down, he knew Alek was lying.

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We're back! After like a month! In this episode, Conner and Alek examine the Ashton Hall workout video and how it's a truly unattainable lifestyle pushed by the manosphere. Then we talk about Moby Dick a little bit before discussing conspiracy theories and the type of people who believe them. We even have sources!:

Ashton's Morning Routine

Who Believes in Conspiracy Theories? Network Diversity, Political Discussion, and Conservative Conspiracy Theories on Social Media

Michael Pence Hanged to Death at GITMO

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Holy hell, Texas has had a hell of a news week. Conner and Alek talk about three big events rocking Texas right now: Dan Crenshaw's hot mic moment, the fallout of the Texas Lottery scandal/scam (scamdal?) and the Colony Ridge ICE Raid - which had its roots in a far-right conspiracy. The Propagandos go through it all - to the best of their ability - in their efforts to present to you, the listener, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Texas news.

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This week we talk about politics in the heart of Europe! Our friend Mirko explains how the old coalition fell apart, who the big players in the election are, and why the hell Elon Musk is talking about Germany.

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The Propagandos venture once again into the world of Angel Studios to discuss their post-apocalyptic thriller, Homestead. We look at the world building within the film and how it differs from the book it was based on, Black Autumn, and how it all ties into the Black Rifle Coffee Company Extended Universe (BRCCEU).

Conner's Substack Review: https://substack.com/inbox/post/153273840

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The Propagandos are joined once again by Bernie Goldsmith, aka UAE Exotic Falconry Finance𓅃 (https://twitter.com/FalconryFinance), to talk about Luigi Mangione, the Palisades fires, the NOLA "ISIS" attack and the Cybertruck explosion in Vegas. To sum it all up: the vibes are OFF. It's another philosophical episode exploring what's real, what's not, and what that distinction really means, if anything.

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We're joined by Maya this week to discuss the research she has been doing on cottage core, tradwifery and the industry that Ballerina Farms heavily benefits from. It's a good one!

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In early November of this year, Texas lawmakers filed their bills for the upcoming legislative session. Conner and Alek go through some of the bills and compare them to the Texas GOP Party Platform that was released earlier this year to see what planks of the platform the party is committing to. It ain't good folks!

Source for this episode: Texas lawmakers target property taxes, abortion and gender transition care in first bills for the 2025 session

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Beloved guest Aamer returns this week to fill the boys in on the facts of the fighting that broke out between fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv and residents of Amsterdam last week. It's not every day we get to see propaganda being whipped up in real time, so we do our best to break it all down. Aamer lays out a timeline of the tensions that started well before the football match even began and Alek rightfully asks why Mossad agents were in Amsterdam as well. Conner is a stupid American so he mostly just asks questions in this...

This week, Conner and Alek welcome back friend of the show Nate Smith to discuss S. Craig Zahler's police thriller Dragged Across Concrete (2018), which forces us to ask a troubling question: does S. Craig Zahler know any black people? We doubt it!

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It's just the Propagandos boys this week! Conner and Alek have some fun stuff on the docket this week: our thoughts on The Great British Bake Off, Lake Charles conspiracy theorists, Conner's experience seeing Deadpool & Wolverine and finally a conversation on Jeremey Saulnier's civil asset forfeiture thriller Rebel Ridge (2024).

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Saddle up, Propagandos! This week, Conner is joined by Dr. Tore Olsson from the University of Tennessee to discuss his latest book Red Dead's History: A Video Game, An Obsession, and America's Violent Past. The conversations ranges from the deconstruction of the hillbilly myth to the portrayal of religiosity within the Red Dead games (or lack thereof) and wraps with what SHOULD be in the next Red Dead Redemption game. Obviously this interview is just a sneak peek of what is contained within the book, so if you like what you hear, pick up Dr. Olsson's book today!

Well... we watched it so you don't have to, I guess. This week, the Propagandos welcomed back to the pod Rahul Rao (@coyotebloodbath; @rahulraoandthewhites) to discuss Matt Walsh's new documentary Am I Racist?, a critique of anti-racist workshops that Walsh calls "the DEI industry". We really don't want you to pay to see this film, so there is an in-depth plot summary of the film before we go into our analysis.

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This week, we have the incomparable Bernie Goldsmith, aka UAE Exotic Falconry Finance𓅃 (https://twitter.com/FalconryFinance) joining us for a discussion about posting, disinformation and vibes as politics. This conversation starts as an examination of some of Bernie's best tweets and from there sprawls out into an all-encompassing discussion that touches on Venezuelan gangs in Aurora, Russian funding of Tenet Media and right-winger's odd sexual obsessions. Enjoy!

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Well, we did it. We watched Reagan (2024). I mean, how could we not? This movie is prime propaganda and we're joined by writer and journalist Nathan McDermott to analyze the movie and break down what it gets right and wrong about the Regan administration (spoiler: it gets a lot wrong!).

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Witajcie słuchacze! Gather around and get ready for a story. This week, we're talking about the exciting world of... wheat! Alek breaks down a wheat scandal in Poland that has rocked Europe for over a year now while Conner's Americanized brain struggles to make sense of a political system with more than two parties. We promise you: it's way more entertaining than it sounds!

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We're back with part two of our discussion with Nate Smith. This time around, we're talking about Mormon noir by way of Richard Dutcher's Brigham City (2001). We also do a little debunking about some Mormon myths amd set the record straight on Mormon swinging.

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We got another two-parter! This time around the Propagandos are talking with Nate Smith about Mormon cinema, specifically the works of Richard Dutcher. The conversation ended up being VERY long so we broke it up. In this episode, we're discussing God's Army (2000) and how accurately it portrays Mormon missionaries and the various flavors of crises of faith.

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Saddle up, listeners! The Propagandos are joined by Brian Huberman, a documentarian and professor at Rice University who studies the Western genre, to discuss Kevin Costner's marriage-ending epic Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1. Conner, Alek and Brian debate about the historicity of the film - and if it really matters - as well as what Costner borrows from and contributes to the Western genre.

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This week, Conner and Alek take a look at a staple of good ol' fashioned Texas cranks: Alex Jones. The conversation starts with a breakdown of Jones' documentary Endgame: Blueprint for Global Enslavement (2007) and how these once fringe conspiracies are now on display in mainstream U.S. politics. To sober up, the Propagandos watch and discuss the recent HBO documentary The Truth vs. Alex Jones and discuss why Jones went from attacking global elites to private citizens - and the consequences he suffered because of that.

Recorded on Monday, July 8th, 2024

It's part 2 of our discussion on the MCU (Muslim Cinematic Universe) with Aamer! This week, we're discussing The Lion of the Desert (1980), which was the big budget movie Moustapha Akkad agreed to make for Gaddafi in exchange for funding his indie passion project The Message (1976).

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Recorded on Saturday, June 22nd, 2024

We've got one heckuva guest this week, folks. Aamer joins us for the first half of a two-part series on the (Gaddafi-funded) cinematic masterpieces from Moustapha Akkad. In this episode, we are discussing The Message (1976), how it serves as a piece of propaganda for Islam and if it would be effective in helping Donald Trump find the light of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). Tune in next week for part 2!

Get your free copy of the Holy Quran here: https://www.islamicity.org/free-quran/

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This week, Conner and Alek break down the 2024 Texas Republican Party Platform and what it means for the future of conservatism throughout the country. Spoiler Alert: it ain't good!

Episode image art: https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/greg-abbott-seized-power/

Recorded on Saturday, June 15th, 2024

WE'RE BAAAAACK! This week, Conner and Alek kick things off with a deep dive on Angel Studios before going into a brief review of The Shift. The movie itself is loosely based on the Book of Job, so of course we have a brief conversation on suffering and what makes a GOOD Christian movie and if movies like this have cultural staying power.

Recorded on Friday, June 7th, 2024

Conner and Alek are joined by Sam "The Unconventional Journalist" Oser (@samthemullet on Instagram) to discuss a recent Supreme Court decision to not hear McKesson v. Doe and the impact that can have on protesting in the Fifth Circuit (Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi). In this episode, Alek gives us a brief primer on how the different levels of courts relate to one another and Sam gives us some uplifting thoughts on ways to build spaces for the marginalized beyond protest actions.

Sources for the episode:

https://inthesetimes.com/article/war-protest-standing-rock-cop-city-repression-criminalize-dissent-political-rights-first-amendment

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Conner and Alek got together to watch Alex Garland's divisive Civil War (2024) and had a LOT to say about it... so much so that they ended up recording two separate times! A lot of talk about the politics (or lack thereof) of the film, if it's representation of a domestic civil war is realistic and, of course, is the weaponry and military equipment accurately portrayed??? We're in blanks and squib country, y'all!

Recorded on April 13th, 2024

Conner and Alek are joined by Rafael de Leon to discuss the Sicario movies! One is good, one is bad but they are both used to make your parents afraid of Mexico. Rafael also helps debunk some of the narco myths that the movies perpetuate and we're all left wondering if Benicio Del Toro can pull off a Mexican accent.

CIA Review of Sicario: https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/static/Sicario.pdf

Episode art by Ned Gayle

Recorded on April 6th, 2024

This week, the show opens with Conner and Alek discussing two movies about social media: Not Okay (2022) and Mainstream (2020). This leads to a greater conversation about what it means to be a person and activist online and if it even matters. Finally, the boys discuss the proposed TikTok ban and Conner lays out the case for why it isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

04:53 - Not Okay discussion

30:31 - Mainstream discussion

49:01 - TikTok ban

Recorded on March 17th, 2024

We're back after an unintended break! This week, Conner and Alek discuss an actual propaganda film: The Battle At Lake Changjin. After that, a brief commentary on Joe Biden's SOTU speech and Trump's "fact-checking" on Truth Social. Finally, Conner talks about his experience getting bullied online.

Watch the film for free here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRVGP7GDm1E

Recorded on March 9th, 2024

Conner and Alek are joined by their good friend Rahul Rao to talk about Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade, the the works of Mamoru Oshii as a whole and an exploration of various stages of police states. Alek goes OFF on this one!!!

You can hear the full version of A Nuanced Analysis Of Race Relations (Ytppl) by Rahul Rao & The Whites here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toAyF4MQBfg

Recorded on February 24th, 2024

We return to our original show concept and get into some media criticism! Conner and Alek break down the pilot of Designated Survivor, the Keifer Sutherland led Neoliberal post-apocalyptic fantasy series where the entire leadership of the United States is wiped out in a terrorist attack and absolutely nothing changes (kinda).

Recorded on February 16th, 2022

This week, Conner and Alek discuss Metal Gear Solid 2 (finally), Taiwanese elections, baptism culture, the defunding of UNRWA and discuss what propaganda actually is and how it works.

Recorded Saturday, February 10th

We tried and failed to record a full episode this week but life got in the way. Conner threw everything off by catching COVID-19 and infringed upon Alek's shift at the Parenting Mines. We'll see y'all next week, we promise!

Recorded Monday, February 5th