Pod Damn America

We discuss the episode of the simpsons where Krusty becomes a truth teller comic and then we talk about the state of comedy in the year of our lord 2025. FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

Filmmaker Alex Megaro joins us to talk about his film WTO/99, an immersive archival documentary that depicts the four-day clash between the then-emerging World Trade Organization (WTO) and the 40,000+ people who took to the streets of Seattle in 1999 to protest the WTO Conference and the WTO’s impact on human rights, labor, and the future effects of continued globalization. Also it's Christmas. WTO/99 https://www.wto99doc.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpV0V3aniDY WHITE ELEPHANT SHOW IN MINNEAPOLIS https://www.bryantlakebowl.com/theater/white-elephant MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica

We discuss the 2003 failed coup of Venezuela's left wing then-president Hugo Chavez. FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

Holiday music, Orwell, Chile, and the FBI's new arch enemy. MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica

Anders explains the trotskyist group that took over Liverpuddlian politics in the 1980's plus we talk about why people from Liverpool are called that. Also ghosts. FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDMANAMERICA

We discuss the venture-capital-funded for-profit-city in Honduras where the grandchildren of history's greatest monsters gather to undergo body modification surgery. MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica

We discuss the UK's new left wing political party that for some reason is called Your Party and also some innovative new street fighting techniques. PAID PROTEST NYC bit.ly/PAIDPROTESTDEC MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica

We discuss the greater meaning of gooning. It's a thanksgiving miracle.https://harpers.org/archive/2025/11/the-goon-squad-daniel-kolitz-porn-masturbation-loneliness/ FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

This week in Mexican Rev history, the Porfiriato's American consuls chase down the Magonistas. But first, something strang happens. MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica

We discuss the 1954 CIA backed coup of the democratically elected government of Jacobo Arbenz in Guatemala and the far right regime that replaced him... for no particular reason FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA