THIS IS REVOLUTION >podcast
bitterlake
Nignorance from across the diaspora. We discuss politics and pop culture from a left perspective. Enjoy and tell a friend.
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Dec 5, 2025 • 2h 16min
BEYOND THE RED ZONE: DARNOLD'S REVENGE!
Darnold got the chance to go against his old team. Did he get the upper hand?
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Twitter: @TIRShowOakland
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Substack: https://jmylesoftir.substack.com/.../the-money-will-roll...
Read Jason Myles in Sublation Magazine https://www.sublationmag.com/writers/jason-myles
Read Jason Myles in Damage Magazine https://damagemag.com/2023/11/07/the-man-who-sold-the-world/
Dec 4, 2025 • 2h 15min
THE CHAMPAGNE ROOM: GEN X MTV NOSTALGIA MTV MIX
Jason and Ryan Zickgraf are the Philip Bailey and Phil Collins of left media.
Dec 4, 2025 • 1h 6min
EP. 818: I WANTED MY MTV ft. Ryan Zickgraf
Read Ryan's piece on the end of MTV here: https://unherd.com/2025/10/goodnight-mtv/
Once the Oracle of youth culture, now a forgotten relic of a time long ago. Two Gen X'ers wax poetic on the life and times of Music Television.
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG9WtLyoP9QU8sxuIfxk3eg
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Thisisrevolutionpodcast/
Twitter: @TIRShowOakland
Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland
Substack: https://jmylesoftir.substack.com/.../the-money-will-roll...
Read Jason Myles in Sublation Magazine https://www.sublationmag.com/writers/jason-myles
Read Jason Myles in Damage Magazine https://damagemag.com/2023/11/07/the-man-who-sold-the-world/
Dec 3, 2025 • 4h 34min
EP. 817: END OF THE YEAR TIR FUN RAISIN SHOW
It's the that time of year, and being that we are listener funded, we have to do our biannual TIR telethon. It will be filled with guest appearances and insanity. Will it be another 8 hour marathon? Who knows?
Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop
Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined,
BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only programing, you'll get bonus content from many of the episodes, and you get MERCH!
Become a patron now https://www.patreon.com/join/BitterLakePresents?
Please also like, subscribe, and follow us on these platforms as well, (specially
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THANKS Y'ALL
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG9WtLyoP9QU8sxuIfxk3eg
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Thisisrevolutionpodcast/
Twitter: @TIRShowOakland
Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland
Substack: https://jmylesoftir.substack.com/.../the-money-will-roll...
Read Jason Myles in Sublation Magazine https://www.sublationmag.com/writers/jason-myles
Read Jason Myles in Damage Magazine https://damagemag.com/2023/11/07/the-man-who-sold-the-world/
Dec 2, 2025 • 1h 18min
PHILOSOPHY FOR THE PEOPLE EP. 95: BRANDON SANDERSON AND THE STATE OF FANTASY
Stefan and Quinn discuss the state of fantasy literature in the context of the work and influence of Brandon Sanderson
Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop
Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined,
BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only programing, you'll get bonus content from many of the episodes, and you get MERCH!
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THANKS Y'ALL
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG9WtLyoP9QU8sxuIfxk3eg
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Thisisrevolutionpodcast/
Twitter: @TIRShowOakland
Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland
Substack: https://jmylesoftir.substack.com/.../the-money-will-roll...
Read Jason Myles in Sublation Magazine https://www.sublationmag.com/writers/jason-myles
Read Jason Myles in Damage Magazine https://damagemag.com/2023/11/07/the-man-who-sold-the-world/
Nov 28, 2025 • 2h 6min
BEYOND THE RED ZONE: MAC AND J WERE RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING
Are the Chiefs still alive in the AFC? Are Denver and the Colts for real, or will they falter in the playoffs? Is the Eagles loss to the Cowboys a troubling sign of things to come or just a momentary hiccup?
Did Notre Dame really put up 70 on Syracuse and only throw 16 passes?
We'll discuss all the week's sports news and at some point find a way to go so far off the rails we'll forget it's a goddamn sports show in the first place!
Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop
Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined,
BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only programing, you'll get bonus content from many of the
episodes, and you get MERCH!
Become a patron now https://www.patreon.com/join/BitterLakePresents?
Please also like, subscribe, and follow us on these platforms as well, (specially
YouTube!)
THANKS Y'ALL
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG9WtLyoP9QU8sxuIfxk3eg
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Thisisrevolutionpodcast/
Twitter: @TIRShowOakland
Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland
Substack: https://jmylesoftir.substack.com/.../the-money-will-roll...
Read Jason Myles in Sublation Magazine https://www.sublationmag.com/writers/jason-myles
Read Jason Myles in Damage Magazine https://damagemag.com/2023/11/07/the-man-who-sold-the-world/
Nov 27, 2025 • 2h 30min
THE CHAMPAGNE ROOM: HOT CHEETO BEHAVIOR: LOSING YOUR HUMANITY IN A POST LITERATE SOCIETY
Jason tells the story of Joe Delaney, the guy that "created" Flamin' Hot Cheetos, Reagan and more.
Nov 27, 2025 • 1h
EP. 816: TROUBLEMAKER: THE FIERCE, UNRULY LIFE OF JESSICA MITFORD ft. CARLA KAPLAN
Get Carla's Book here: https://carlakaplan.com/troublemaker-the-fierce-unruly-life-of-jessica-mitford.html
The second youngest of the famously beautiful—and brilliant—“Mitford Girls,” Jessica Mitford was brought up by an eccentric English family in the bucolic Cotswolds. She and her sisters were raised to marry well and reproduce their class. Five of them enthusiastically embraced that path and went on to lead glamorous lives that have been the subject of countless books and movies, with more on the way. And then there was Jessica...
Jessica—known as Decca—broke the Mitford mold. At the age of nineteen, she ran away from a world of wealth and privilege to fight fascism in the Spanish Civil War. She survived war; her husband, Esmond, did not, leaving her to raise their then-unborn child alone. Undaunted, Decca became an American Communist and, in mid-life, pioneered a witty and wildly popular style of writing which placed her at the heart of the social struggles of her day. A celebrity in the civil rights, free speech, antiwar, and prison abolition movements, she relentlessly pursued both fairness and joy, injecting humor into all her political work and encouraging the activists she influenced to do the same. She left her mark on celebrities too, including famed baby doctor Benjamin Spock and best friend Maya Angelou. Decca’s anti authoritarian irreverence had an impact that was broad and profound.
Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop
Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined,
BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only programing, you'll get bonus content from many of the episodes, and you get MERCH!
Become a patron now https://www.patreon.com/join/BitterLakePresents?
Please also like, subscribe, and follow us on these platforms as well, (specially
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THANKS Y'ALL
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG9WtLyoP9QU8sxuIfxk3eg
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Thisisrevolutionpodcast/
Twitter: @TIRShowOakland
Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland
Substack: https://jmylesoftir.substack.com/.../the-money-will-roll...
Read Jason Myles in Sublation Magazine https://www.sublationmag.com/writers/jason-myles
Read Jason Myles in Damage Magazine https://damagemag.com/2023/11/07/the-man-who-sold-the-world/
Nov 26, 2025 • 3h 22min
EP. 815: A BRIEF HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL BRIGADES
Going back to the days of Spanish Civil War, where is today's left when it comes to joining international armed struggle?
Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop
Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined,
BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only programing, you'll get bonus content from many of the episodes, and you get MERCH!
Become a patron now https://www.patreon.com/join/BitterLakePresents?
Please also like, subscribe, and follow us on these platforms as well, (specially
YouTube!)
THANKS Y'ALL
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG9WtLyoP9QU8sxuIfxk3eg
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Thisisrevolutionpodcast/
Twitter: @TIRShowOakland
Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland
Substack: https://jmylesoftir.substack.com/.../the-money-will-roll...
Read Jason Myles in Sublation Magazine https://www.sublationmag.com/writers/jason-myles
Read Jason Myles in Damage Magazine https://damagemag.com/2023/11/07/the-man-who-sold-the-world/
Nov 24, 2025 • 2h 24min
THE CHAMPAGNE ROOM: VARN & J. MYLES RADIO SHOW
Varn and J play and discuss everything from New Jack Swing to experimental metal. Good times.


