

Left Unread
Left Unread
A podcast about history, politics, leftism, weirdness, and crime by two friends trying to make each other laugh.
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Feb 6, 2025 • 1h 9min
148. South of Heaven
There are really only three great Slayer albums.
We talk about the AI arms race, the state of affairs with Elon, Vivek, and DOGE, and the pros and cons of benevolent rule by Shamans guided from beyond.
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Jan 25, 2025 • 1h 20min
147. HyperBrandonization
We bid adieu to the Brandon era.
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Jan 16, 2025 • 1h 38min
146. Barbarians II: It's Cool to Be a Goth
Cam continues his Barbarians series by examining the first of our tribal confederacies: The Goths. Picking up where episode 143 left off, we will discuss who these people were, what brought them into conflict with the Roman world, and where and how they appeared as a dominant cultural force in the rapidly changing cultural landscape of Europe in Late Antiquity.
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Jan 7, 2025 • 1h 37min
145. Enemy at the Gaetz Redux: Mattocalypse Now
The return of the Matt Gaetz saga. Pay for play, sex trafficking, cryptocurrency mines, intelligence, dead spooks, autoerotic asphyxiation, Trump’s return to power, the mysterious Nestor, and the chase for Attorney General.
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Dec 19, 2024 • 1h 23min
144. Like 'Talk To Her', Get It?
This week we discuss Hailieilyi Welch's increasingly disastrous career turn as a crypto guru, touch on some developments in the Luigi Mangione assassination case, and go off on some of our favorite books, movies, albums, and video games of 2024. We'll be back soon with Barbarians II, so stay tuned ;)
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Dec 14, 2024 • 1h 15min
143. Barbarians I: Ends and Beginnings
This week, in the introductory episode of Cam's long promised series on the 'Fall' of the Western Roman Empire, and the rise of the 'Barbarians' we outline the mission statement for the series as a whole, and discuss the state of the Roman Empire from the late-2nd Century up through the mid-4th Century CE. This includes the Antonine Plague, the Crisis of the 3rd Century, the brief but glorious reign of Emperor Aurelian, the sundering of the Empire by the Emperor Diocletian, and the early introduction of the Goths and their friends.
We appreciate your patience in waiting for this series, and further appreciate those who subscribe to our Patreon. If you do not already subscribe, now would be a wonderful time to consider, as we're cranking out the good stuff. The link is below:
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Dec 10, 2024 • 1h 16min
142. Any Relation to Chuck?
This week, we got together to briefly talk about the bizarre failed coup and failed impeachment in South Korea and the events in Syria before diving into whatever the Hell is going on with the assassination of the UHC CEO and the bizarre twists and turns the case has taken so far.
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Nov 23, 2024 • 1h 4min
141. Our Thoughts on New Hit Musical Film 'Wicked'
Just kidding, did we clickbait you?
Today we sat down and talked about a cool new knife Cam got, God Hideo Kojima, Trump's increasingly horrifying cabinet choices, and the escalation of tensions in Eastern Europe during the Biden lame duck period.
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Nov 14, 2024 • 1h 13min
140. The Results Are In
This week we discuss the results of the US Presidential Election which saw Kamala Harris defeated by Donald Trump, who has successfully completed his bid to strip Grover Cleveland of his immortal status as a Bar Trivia answer. We gotta get back to talking history, because woof.
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Nov 8, 2024 • 1h 3min
139. Chico & the Scamp
Your favorite Twisted Twosome of Talk Radio are back to chat about everything from Elon Musk to the hottest Rock and Roll of the EIGHTIES, NINETIES, AUGHTIES, and TODAY on another exciting installment of the Chico & the Scamp Rock Radio Hour, only on LU420 FM, "THE LOO"!
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