Kill The Computer

We talk about the WGA strike and how it's going to affect the internet with a brilliant and funny homie, Ify Nwadiwe.  Follow Ify at https://twitter.com/IfyNwadiwe www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki for the rest of the episode

Thanks so much to Matt for joining us and talking about the various chicanery around social media recently. This time I really think we've got Elon on the ropes. He's going down, big time.   Follow Us: @MattBinder @JUNlPER @WhackNicholson @BirdRespecter @AGoldmund   BlueSky: @mattbinder.bsky.social @junlper.bsky.social @whacknicholson.bsky.social @birdrespecter.bsky.social @agoldman.bsky.social

Everyone wanted to hear how this one ended so we decided to throw both parts of our normal episode up over on Patreon this week and unlock this for the main feed. It's a doozy folks, strap in.   www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki for an entire two-part episode on problematic "Family Influencers" btw.   Hit us at mail@westernkabuki.com if you want to say hello.    

Christ, what a disaster. We reviewed the worst tweets of 2023 so far. Fortunately we had some help from our friend Marcos, a cult leader of the Radical Homieism movement and host of the A.S.S. podcast. Follow Marcos at https://twitter.com/AinterShow Follow us at https://Patreon.com/WesternKabuki where you can hear the second half of the bracket.

You heard us Delta, give our friend a thousand dollars. The rest of the episode is basically about AI. We talk about language models and how we build prompts to get answers. It's a really useful tool that we see a lot of value in getting people to work with models like ChatGPT.   Follow us : @WesternKabuki @AGoldumnd @Birdrespecter @JUNlPER @WhackNicholson

In this one Whack dumps his brain juices onto innocent and sweet co-hosts. He really goes through it in this one. We discuss the effects of streamer, bad person and video maker called Sneako and his nasty antics. Slideshow link is here.  Full conversation at www.Patreon.com/Western Kabuki

Great episode for you today, folks. Friend of the show and Senior NBC News Reporter Ben Collins joins us to discuss the ongoing Trump Prison Saga, and shares some stories of his work with us. We then speculate wildly on what's going to happen next. You can follow Ben at: twitter.com/oneunderscore__ To hear the full episode, please support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki Next week we're doing mailbag stuff again. Please call or text with thoughts and questions! ‪(971) 374-2265‬ or mail@westernkabuki.com

Folks, we got ourselves a good old fashion bank run. Returning show favorite Ed Zitron joins us to talk about his newest article, predict what may happen next, then discuss how Ed slays the perverts and demons of the fintech world an article and a smile at a time.  Follow Ed at @EdZitron on twitter, or www.ez.substack.com www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki Call or text: ‪(971) 374-2265‬, Mail@WesternKabuki.com

We bring Youtube documentarian and overall nice guy J. Aubrey on to do a deep dive into the world of VTubers.  Follow J Aubrey on Twitter at www.twitter.com/jaubreyYT Follow J Aubrey on YouTube at www.youtube.com/jaubrey www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki to hear the full episode. Text, call, & email at ‪(971) 374-2265‬ or mail@westernkabuki.com

Jordan Uhl, host of The Young Turks Deep Dive show + The Insurgents Podcast joins us to talk about military recruiters in schools, military direction of video games, and more. On the premium episode available on Patreon, he talks to us about the East Palestine train derailment, giving his perspective as someone who grew up in the area. Follow Jordan at @JordanUhl on twitter, or theinsurgents.substack.com www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki  Text, call, & email at ‪(971) 374-2265‬ or mail@westernkabuki.com