Pod Damn America

Today's episode is a rapid fire lightning round of bad things happening in the world. Happy October. FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

We go over some comedy news items like Theo Von's special meltdown and the Riyadh Comedy Festival. Then an interview with author and critical psychiatrist Sami Timimi on RFK junior's misguided quest to cure autism and broader problems with the way the world understands mental health. Sami's book: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/459411/searching-for-normal-by-timimi-sami/9781911717126 Subscribe to our bonus feed for extra episodes: patreon.com/poddamnamerica

Long live the new flesh. Kayte, Dave and guest Jake Flores dig into David Cronenberg’s weirdo masterpiece, Videodrome. We talk Marshall McCluhan, techno-utopians, techno-fascists, kink and more! Media referenced:  The Medium is the Massage by Marshall McCluhan and Quentin Fiore  Rev Left Radio: episode on Marshall McCluhan & The Medium is the Message with Matthew Furlong. Listen here. Videodrome: The Slithery Sense of Unreality by Gary Indiana. Read here Jake is the co-host of Pod Damn America, Why You Mad (on hiatus but listen to the old eps!) and The Preacher and The Slave. He’s also a standup! Follow him on insta for dates. Dave is also a co-host on Genre Reveal Party and hosts This is Your Afterlife Kayte is also a co-host on Fangs for the Memories and makes art here!

Anders catches us up on Uk politics—the Corbyn/Sultana party meltdown, Keir Starmer’s ongoing disaster government— and then gives a little history lesson on Blairism and New Labour. But first, Make a wish kid becomes deputized to fight immigrants. FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

Today I tell the story of my great great great great great grandfather's attempt to lead an army of the dispossessed to overthrow a dictator. MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica

We discuss Jimmy Kimmell, the FCC, and what if an owl was a judge. FULL EP AT patreon.com/poddamnamerica

We discuss the assassination of Charlie Kirk by the UwU Tyler Robinson MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD Patreon.com/poddamnamerica

What is a wi**er? Noel Ignatiev, author of How The Irish Became White has thoughts, and Tony Boswell from WORDISBONDTV joins us to discuss. Charlie Kirk ep coming soon we promise. WORDISBONDTV https://www.youtube.com/@wordisbondtv420/ @wordisbond FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

We catch up on the latest Trump follies in American empire: the 2019 North Korea revelations and Department of War name change. Then Financial Times writer David Bradley Isenberg joins the show to talk about the looming economic crisis, the AI bubble and what the SEC is letting Wall Street do to 401ks. Find David's work: https://www.davidbradleyisenberg.com/ Paid Protest Queens 10/18: https://qedastoria.com/products/paid-protest?event=2025-09-18T21:00:00 Subscribe to our bonus feed for full episode catalog: Patreon.com/poddamnamerica

Anders tells Jake about the legacy of McCarthyism and the problems with its modern implications and Jake says "HUAC Tuah" a lot. full ep at PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA