The Age of Transitions

Aaron and Chuck have a conversation about their experiences making media online over the years. Things keep changing for the worse, and any semblance of a free internet looks doomed to extinction. 

Topics include: internet history, podcasting, live-streaming, true crime content, media history content, Howard Stern, satellite radio, history of comedy content, Opie and Anthony, Ai remaking c...

This new year is proving difficult to keep up with. On both the domestic and international fronts, there is no end of trouble. Whatever you do, don't trust Nick Shirley. 

Topics include: different ways to support the show, wild new year, Venezuela military operation, Maduro NY court case, Cartel de los Soles not a real cartel, criminal government, no rules or accountability, Global propag...

The underground counterculture world of independent DVD production spanned a huge variety of niche interests. Outlaw motorcycle stunt man Ghost Rider is an example of something that can never be replicated in today's world of total surveillance. 

Topics include: Ghost Rider motorcycle DVDs, underground indy media in 90s and 2000s, Bum Fights, INDECLINE graffiti collective, ADDTV, undergrou...

There is a major narrative shift now underway, and it centers on everyone being sick of our Strong Man in chief. 

Topics include: attention economy online, digital media, rage bait, click bait, analytics, influencing elections, right wing content creators, Alex Jones, MAGA, public relations, Trump losing support, medical issues, oligarchs in control, Neocons, exploitation of conspiracy th...

Don't feel bad if you aren't sure what to do right now. Even the high and mighty captors of America are relying on social media analytics to know what to say. 

Topics include: esoteric transhumanism, Peter Thiel, Patreon, AI automating online content creation, waiting for something to happen, no normal life, rapid pace of change, Big Tech AI projects, data centers, electrical power needs ...

Strong Man is living in a glass house, and he isn't one for setting stones aside. Even Roger Stone may not be able to save him now. 

Topics include: Lancer conference, Revolve book, audience, niche topic, Sora video, AI, transhumanism, uploading consciousness, digital clones, soft uploads, technocrats controlling government and more, purposely destroying old government, new mainstream medi...

Silicon Valley billionaires have been exploiting the MAGA movement to do their political bidding. The Rockbridge Network has been established to keep this ball rolling forward into the future. 

Topics include: back from break, eczema, minuscule audience, top transhumanism podcasts, online living, tech billionaires, propaganda, mainstreaming fringe online ideas, woke joke, Rockbridge Networ...

The maniacs taking over the US government are actually idealistic. They are the quixotic, dark idealists, pushing their Dark Enlightenment philosophy. 

Topics include: Don Quixote, quixotic, idealists, etymology, Tron Ares, occult concepts, virtual reality, Monterey CA, mundane world, The Ninth Gate, Grail legend, Left Hand Path occultism, dark idealism, Peter Thiel, Anti Christ lecture s...

America First is going full steam ahead as our new technocratic overlords successfully consolidate media. They use the platforms they buy to turn the population inward, and against itself, all the while international influence shifts to America's adversaries. 

Topics include: esoteric side of transhumanism, Looking For Truth in all the Wrong Places, living online, social media, information...

Aaron and Chuck have a conversation about foreign influence campaigns. Getting beyond confirmation bias is a real stumbling block when it comes to this topic. 

Topics include: Revolve, esoteric side to transhumanism, old days of Truth Movement, conspiracy and fringe topics exploited by establishment, early days of podcasting, alternative media scene infiltration, politicized narratives, J...

The new mainstream media is social media, but the new propaganda is starting to look similar to the old War on Terror propaganda. 

Topics include: digital media, Truth Movement shifted into the influencer economy, emerging technologies, TikTok divestment going through, Larry Ellison Oracle, Andreessen Horowitz, TikTok ban story was a farce, social media being bought up by tech oligarchs, t...

Trying to find some meaning with the insanity of this digital simulacrum. Also, just another take on the assassination of Charlie Kirk. 

Topics include: Patreon posts, small audience, hermit tendencies, This is Not Real Life Book, Lauren Southern, Alt Right, Unite the Right rally, White Noise documentary, honest behind the scenes stories, Tenet Media, Charlie Kirk assassination, video all ...

The pretense of being a Libertarian was just too much work to keep up with for Peter Thiel, and so a new label has been conjured up to describe him. As a contrarian, he now has the luxury of not having to believe in anything, and instead maintain an appearance of antagonism to the status quo. 

Topics include: Patreon posts, Carroll Quigley, mainstreaming of conspiracy culture, transformat...

The former "Truth Movement" is no longer in existence, however some of the personalities involved in it are still out there making media. The many unfortunate changes in their messaging are discussed here, and Aaron will be going further with this in his ongoing Patreon series. 

Topics include: improvements on Patreon, listeners who sent DVDs in the mail, history of Truth Movement, altern...

What heights were reached at the Alaska meeting of The US and Russia? What depths have we reached in terms of digital life? 

Topics include: Patreon project, Looking For Truth In All the Wrong Places, enemy combatants, Trump and Putin Alaska summit, bad audio with interpreter, peace, podcast imagery, red carpet, runway, fish avatars, gaining audience, optics, fighter jets, decline of Ameri...

There is an ongoing war in the podcast world. The latest comedian defector is Marc Maron, and he has done a good job calling out the unofficial leaders of the space. 

Topics include: Patreon ideas, scheduling live streams, continuing to produce online media, absence of Elon Musk, template for online behavior, AI, stolen election allegations, NSA audit, reversing the narrative, Butler assa...

Aaron and Chuck discuss the passing of Ozzy Osbourne. Later in the show, Aaron attempts to make sense of our senseless reality. 

Topics include: continuing on in the face of adversity, death of Ozzy Osbourne, Back to the Beginning, off of meds, charity event, Black Sabbath, solo career, heavy metal, darkness, trademark sound, identity, Lemmy, Parkinsons, Ozzfest, freak sideshow acts, rock ...

They are trying to build a prison for you and me to live in. Another prison system. 

Topics include: technical difficulties, Patreon videos, Singularity Summit interviews, International Alchemy Conference, New World Fest, insanity of the day, East Coast trip, new digital media propaganda, global propaganda, Epstein, taking away ability to think, influencer tools, tech elite, defense contr...

Aaron welcomes back Y as his guest to talk more about his Untold QAnon Origins article series. Here, they pick up with Julian Assange and Wikileaks. 

Topics include: Wikileaks, Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, The Family cult, Great White Brotherhood, QAnon, White Hats, Australia, arrest for hacking, online message boards, helping Russia hack the election, Gucifer, early S...