The Toddzilla X-Pod

Broadcast: August 15, 2025

Todd Thompson kicks off his new weekly broadcast with a personal and philosophical deep-dive into the moral void left by a culture replacing "God" with ideological religion.

What begins as a true story from 2008—being stranded in rural North Carolina and picked up by a Christian biker—becomes the anchor for a larger revelation: that modern “atheists” didn’t abandon religion. They just swapped it for som...

Episode 2 – August 11, 2025

On this week’s WBCQ broadcast, Todd dives deep into one of the most paradoxical coalitions — the Red-Green Alliance between far-left radicals and Islamist extremists. From its historical roots in the Soviet era to its modern presence in universities, activist networks, and even elected offices, Todd begins unpacking how two ideologies with irreconcilable differences unite against their shared enemy: West...

The Sacred Lie: Enlightened Masses, Media Manipulation & Digital Pentecostalism

In this sharp-edged, high-density solo episode of the Toddzilla X-Pod: Escaping the Cave, Todd Thompson takes a sledgehammer to the sacred myth of democratic wisdom. Are “the people” really wise and self-governing—or are they dopamine-driven echo chambers manipulated by narrative engineers?

Using thinkers like Walter Lippmann, H.L. Mencken, Edward...

In his explosive WBCQ premiere, the freshly resurrected and notorious radio legend Todd Thompson launches a scorched-earth offensive against the ideological virus hollowing out the West from within.

This opening salvo dives straight into the heart of the modern insurgency—unmasking the Democratic Socialists of America as a parasitic force infecting the Democratic Party through euphemism, moral camouflage, and Marxist entryism. Draw...

Three days before the WBCQ shortwave debut, the freshly rebranded Toddzilla X-Pod returns to its roots with a brutal, updated dissection of media literacy, mass manipulation, and ideological self-delusion. In this special Escaping the Cave edition, Todd revisits his foundational 2018 thesis—"It’s the People"—with sharper insight and seven more years of watching the informational apocalypse unfold.

From Bernays to Ellul, Le Bon to L...

In this episode, Todd continues dismantling the transformation of modern political movements into ideological religions—complete with dogma, heresy, excommunication, and a mob-ready priesthood of online enforcers. Drawing on figures like H.L. Mencken, Joan Didion, Noam Chomsky, and Ralph Waldo Emerson, he explores how belief systems—left and right—have become substitute faiths, powered by dopamine, hashtags, and performative outrag...

In this scathing and soul-punching episode, Todd eulogizes more than just Ozzy Osbourne and Hulk Hogan—he autopsies America’s descent into ideological fundamentalism. What do woke mobs, medieval witch trials, and Facebook shares have in common? The answer: moral certitude without grace.

Todd dissects how modern ideological tribes—particularly on the Left—have replaced traditional religion with secular dogma, complete with martyrs, ...

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Weaving together current events, political polarization, and the power of storytelling over facts, this episode explores the fragility of democracy in the digital age. Todd examines insights from George Washington, Walter Lippmann, Jonathan Gottschall, and Nicholas Carr, questioning whether media literacy or ethical gatekeeping can overcome our tribal instincts. This episode offers a candid look at the roots of division and the pos...

As the weather heats up, so does the stream of "news!"

Bernie Sanders is back on the agitrail stoking civil unrest. "Are you ready for the revolution?"

From the riots to Iran, everyone's interpretation is determined by political affiliation. Shall we have another failed impeachment party?

After Wisconsin, we heard the same tired and temporary refrain: "no place for violence!" Since when?

What happens when the people themselves are ...

Largely inspired by a strange trip to the dentist and Nicholas Carr's new book, Superbloom, Todd returns from his latest covert CIA mission to delve into how we've all been lied to: it turns out "sharing" more actually doesn't make people like you! Also, the disillusioning effects of abandoning comforting stories for naked truth. And why most instinctively avoid it.

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The Blue Origin "crew" thinks they made history. Laika the Space Dog and Valentina Tereshkova would like a word.

Bernie and AOC's Revolutionary Agitation Tour continues. So do the arson attacks. Weird, huh?

Bill Maher's blasphemous dinner at Berchtesgaden. 

Liberals are as responsible for Trump as MAGA.

Any open society is by nature defenseless against effective totalitarian movements. Centrism is the only bulwark against fanaticis...

Some believe AI levels the playing field. Will these tools castrate human creativity and imagination instead? Making everyone seem superficially clever but without an ounce of depth?  

New surveys indicates the left is increasingly embracing assassination and political violence as a whole. Duh. We needed a poll to tell us that? The media is asking why. The answer is surprisingly simple and resides in my archives: propaganda's goal ...

For every radicalization there's an equal and opposite radicalization. What happened to the supposed silent moderate majority? What does it mean if they're effectively dead? Emerson wrote about arguing with the "retained attorneys". When it comes to political discourse, and justifying political violence, are we in a race to the bottom? And are we debating or just litigating? What happens when post hoc rationalization rules? 

We're ...

Episode 159 starts with a warning about China's social media propaganda infrastructure. There are hints it's in place and it will certainly be fully unleashed at some point. Immediately after Act Blue's USAID money dried up, Bernie Sanders goes on his Eat the Bourgeoisie Agitation Tour, inciting another summer of civil unrest. On cue, American radicals seized on his revolutionary rhetoric and embraced French Revolution symbolism - ...

In this quick episode of "Escaping the Cave," Todd explores the dramatic events of March 5, 2025, as Donald Trump addresses Congress, sparking a whirlwind of political and emotional reactions. He delves into the unexpected twists, including Trump's surprising announcement about a potentially resuscitated peace deal with Zelenskyy.

The episode dissects the behavior of both political parties during this notable address, invoking Niet...

(2/27/25) Todd opens 157 reflecting on the habit of using cliches in radio broadcasting, the Detroit Pistons' surprising winning streak, and shares an anecdote about an image which was taken down by Facebook for supposedly violating their guidelines. He humorously recounts his appeal and the continued absurdity of Facebook's supposedly improved moderation system. 

After obnoxiously congratulating himself on reading Trump's Ukraine ...

Trump's acting like he's about to abandon Ukraine. Is he? Or is it a ploy to force Europe to begin defending itself? What would that mean for the European welfare state? Austerity riots, anyone? Speaking of Europe, is the anti-woke counterrevolution taking shape? Will proud English, German, and French men & women finally reclaim their free speech and patriotism while putting an end to EU suppression? J.D. Vance may have tapped ...

Recorded on a snowy February afternoon, this edgy episode shines a light on the Democrats and their bizarre, violently deranged-yet-impotent responses to Trump, Musk, and especially DOGE. It also highlights Christopher Rufo's exposé on Marxism's "Long March" thru American institutions and explores the aggressive counter-revolutionary efforts led by DOGE against entrenched revolutionaries and their newly-exposed bureaucratic rot. Is...