The bodies on the gears of the culture industry
I was very lucky to get to chat with writer, reporter, MSNBC columnist, Marisa Kabas, about the object of our mutual obsession, George Santos.
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Oh, and Daniel & I have a new backer-only bonus up on Lethal Weapon (1987) …
Hey all, Jack here with some catch-up. Sorry I haven’t been posting here. Pure forgetfulness. Plus I’ve had a bit of a rough time these last few months. Thanks to El for helping me get through it.
So, since we last spoke, IDSG has released:
A bonus in which we hang out and chat with our friend Eiynah from Polite Conversations
An episode about Daryl Brooks and the ways the Right have weaponised him
A bonus in which Daniel and I chat about the death of the Queen
An episode in which Holly comes on to tell me and Daniel all about Ye
A backer-only bonus episode in which Daniel and I chat about the Basic Instinct movies
And an episode in which Eric from ESG Hound talks with Daniel about Elon Musk and Twitter
In other news, I have started a Substack in order to curate tweaked versions of some of my old stuff that I like.
Oh, and IDSG is now on YouTube. I’m gradually uploading the back catalogue. Please like and subscribe, etc.
Love to you all.
J.
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We’ve been away but now we have returned and your ears will be sorry… largely because we’re back with a soft-reboot episode in which we go back to our roots, i.e. the proper nazis… specifically, the cesspit that is the TRS podcast.
In this show we take you behind the paywall and present a catalogue of hideousness, focusing on TRS co-host Jesse Dunstan (AKA Sven) and his various thoughts on ethic cleansing (‘peaceful’, of course), how to react properly to mass shootings by genocidal racists (don’t deny, celebrate), the Holocaust (guess what he thinks), and why certain people should be forced to justify their right to exist.
In the process, Dunstan is discovered mirroring the recorded words of one Heinrich Himmler (several times), Daniel speaks earnestly about his recent difficulties, and Jack gets more familiar with the appearance of the n-word as a waveform than he ever wanted or expected to.
It’s a long one. Bits of it are very grim. But we think it might be one you’ll remember.
Content Warnings. Obviously.
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Episode Notes:
“Did We Win?”, an analysis of Unite the Right five years out by friend of the show Emily Gorcenski.
IDSG Episode 9, Mike Enoch and The Daily Shoah
IDSG Episode 52, Genocide and The Right Stuff
Angry White Men, “Pool Party’s Closed: A Timeline of the Right Stuff’s Meltdown”
Johnny Monoxide at the SPLC
Chip Rowe, The Highlands Current, “The Extremist Next Door”
Himmler Speech in Posen (Poland) in October 4, 1943.
Sorry about getting behind here with IDSG news.
Since I last posted, we’ve put up…
Episode 111: Elijah Schaffer with special guest José, here: I Don’t Speak German: 111: Elijah Schaffer etc, with José (libsyn.com)
Episode 112: Primary Colors (and other discussions), here: I Don’t Speak German: 112: Primary Colors (1998) and other discussions… (libsyn.com)
A bonus episode on Slaughterhouse Five for our patrons: I Don’t Speak German: PREVIEW: Backer Bonus Episode on ‘Slaughterhouse Five’ by Kurt Vonnegut (libsyn.com)
An unlocked bonus episode featuring Daniel and myself in conversation with James Murphy on Red Dwarf – Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers, here: I Don’t Speak German: UNLOCKED! Bonus Ep#6 Red Dwarf – Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers (libsyn.com)
And our new episode, Episode 113: The People’s Party, with Rob from The Right Podcast, here: I Don’t Speak German: 113: The People’s Party etc, with Rob from The Right Podcast (libsyn.com)…
Part 2 of Jack’s look at Jimmy Dore. Jack continues to tell an increasingly (and understandably) resentful Daniel all about insidious YouTube ‘comedian’ and political commentator Jimmy Dore, detailing his ‘leftist’ or ‘progressive’ version of reactionary politics via accounts of his slimy transphobic coverage of the Lia Thomas story (leading to a bizarre open challenge to all trans man basketball players), his frothingly misogynistic coverage of Taylor Lorenz’ interview about the harassment she faces, and his insane conversation with deeply silly and unpleasant Stalinist Caleb Maupin, in which they free associate (based on a ridiculous Grayzone article) about ‘Breadtube’ being run by the CIA. Along the way, it becomes very clear to see that their version of socialism is the national kind. Also features a discussion about Libs of Tik Tok.
Content Warnings.
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Jimmy Dore:
Jimmy Dore at RationalWiki https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Jimmy_Dore
Jimmy Dore at Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Dore
The Jimmy Dore Show https://www.youtube.com/c/thejimmydoreshow
Videos:
Trans Swimmer Destroying Competition and Setting Records, May 20th 22 Trans Swimmer Destroying Competition And Setting Records – YouTube
Snowflake Journo Taylor Lorenz cries “victim” to silence critics – April 3rd Snowflake Journo Taylor Lorenz Cries “Victim” To Silence Critics – YouTube
Left-Wing YouTubers Co-opted By Security State, Mar 30 Left-Wing YouTubers Co-opted By Security State – YouTube
Rod Webber’s raw footage from Jimmy Dore interview Jimmy Dore – Raw footage from interview – YouTube
On Lia Thomas:
Members of Penn swim team say Lia Thomas shouldn’t compete – Sports Illustrated
Why I’m Proud to Support Trans Athletes like Lia Thomas | Opinion (newsweek.com)
Trans swimmer Lia Thomas bows out of college sports amid continued hate (pinknews.co.uk)
Emily Kreps at Broad & Liberty You searched for emily kreps – Broad + Liberty (broadandliberty.com)
RT article on Thomas feat. Kreps and Forstater Transgender swimmer breaks record as women ‘race for second’ — RT Sport News
Outkick.com
Outkick covers Taylor Lorenz You searched for lorenz – OutKick
Details about Outkick from Media Bias / Fact Check OutKick Bias Rating – Media Bias/Fact Check (mediabiasfactcheck.com)
Taylor Lorenz, harassment, etc
WaPo report by Lorenz on Libs of TikTok Libs of TikTok has become central to right wing politics – The Washington Post
Lorenz at Daily Beast on Instagram influencers hiding Pamela Geller connection The Instagram Stars Hiding Their Famous, Muslim-Hating Mom, Pamela Geller (thedailybeast.com)
Rolling Stone covers Lorenz / Libs of Tik Tok / Conservative backlash Conservatives Enraged Taylor Lorenz Wrote About Libs Of TikTok – Rolling Stone
Original MSNBC report Journalists Face Online Harassment – YouTube
Grayzone / Maupin / CIA conspiracy theory
Original Grayzone article about Abigail Thorn etc Leaked files expose Syria psyops veteran astroturfing BreadTube star to counter Covid restriction critics – The Grayzone
Fred Hampton and the Young Patriots The Panthers and the Patriots (jacobinmag.com)…
So there’s this jagoff comedian making videos in his garage… I mean, this millionaire Hollywood guy running his own media venture, employing writers and producers… who is persecuted… I mean, criticised… for bravely standing up to the establishment and the corporations and American imperialism… I mean, for being a reactionary, and platforming fascists, and doing interviews on fascist TV with America’s most prominent fascist, and spinning conspiracy theories, and engaging in stealth antivaxx during a deadly pandemic that he downplays and about which he spreads misinformation, and smearing people who point out that he’s full of shit, and making covert apologias for Trumpism, and sneakily implying that brutal, murderous, authoritarian, imperialist dictators like Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad are actually not that bad…
Content Warnings apply, not least for clips of very shit comedy.
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Episode Notes:
Jimmy Dore:
Jimmy Dore at RationalWiki https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Jimmy_Dore
Jimmy Dore at Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Dore
The Jimmy Dore Show https://www.youtube.com/c/thejimmydoreshow
The Dirt: Political Commentator Jimmy Dore Buys Rambling L.A. Compound Jimmy Dore Bought a Charming Los Angeles House – DIRT
WSWS: YouTube personality Jimmy Dore Promotes fascist Boogaloo Boy YouTube personality Jimmy Dore promotes fascist Boogaloo Boy – World Socialist Web Site (wsws.org)
Jimmy vids (or vids featuring Jimmy) we clip / talk about:
ANOTHER Bogus Fact Check of Jimmy Dore DEBUNKED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g9w7lGD31o&t=3s
Yes, Ukraine DOES Have Biolabs – Admits US Government. w/Glenn Greenwald https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV8S8NN7yfU
Total Deaths From COVID MUCH LOWER Than Reported https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O7ugdwv3iY
One of Jimmy’s many cosy chats with America’s favourite fascist broadcaster Comedian tells Tucker Carlson his take on identity politics – YouTube
Videos about Jimmy:
Shaun’s video: Jimmy Dore’s Anti-Vaccine Lies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wRDLf54Scs
José: The Jimmy Dore Show, What Bad Leftwing Critique Looks Like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwsr1PDpb2g&t=445s
The Majority Report on Jimmy Dore The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder – YouTube
The Serfs on Jimmy Dore The Serf Times – YouTube
Sophie From Mars: Conspiracy on the Left Conspiracy on the Left | Sophie from Mars – YouTube
(Also mentioned: LonerBox: Russell Brand’s Despicable Coverage of Ukraine Russell Brand’s Despicable Coverage of Ukraine – YouTube)
Regarding Jimmy’s videos:
Politifact: No, death totals from COVID-19 in England have not been overstated PolitiFact | No, death totals from COVID-19 in England have not been overstated
Regarding Ukraine’s Biolabs:
Victoria Nuland’s Senate testimony (exchange with Marco Rubio) Ukraine Has Biological Research Facilities, Concerned Russian Forces May Seek To Gain Control: US – YouTube
Glenn Greenwald’s Substack article re Ukraine Biolabs and Fact Checkers https://greenwald.substack.com/p/victoria-nuland-ukraine-has-biological?s=r…
This time we are honoured and delighted to welcome special guest Kelly Weill of The Daily Beast (etc) to talk to us about her new (and excellent) book Off The Edge, a history of Flat Earth, the current state of the Flat Earth movement, and our cultish and conspiratorial times generally. A fun and thoughtful – and sometimes melancholic – discussion.
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Off The Edge links
Off the Edge – Workman Publishing
Kelly’s Twitter @KELLYWEILL
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In rank defiance of all the various conflicting things we’ve told you Episode 105 would be about, here is an episode about 2015’s (and sadly also 2022’s) Lauren Southern (lying, untruth-telling nazi liar-nazi) and the mainstreaming and normalising thereof.
In this episode we consider Lauren’s career (in brief, owing to the fact that chronicling her trail of lies and evil acts has become something of a cottage industry for the online left), her departure from politics and regrettable return, her ostensible changed nature (lol), her pub-excluding ideological lenses, and her sitcom life which comes complete with eccentric stereotype boyfriend, slapstick boat adventures and rollerblading accidents, and snarky one-liner strewn bickering with her mismatched (or is he really so mismatched?) buddy ‘Destiny’.
We take a stop-off with fan-favourites Posobiec, Elijah Shaffer, and (by mention) Rittenhouse, via Lauren’s lie-filled ‘documentary’ Crossfire. We listen in on Lauren’s conversation with Nicky-Boy Fuentes’ old friend (turned undeadly enemy) James Allsup back at the time of Unite the Right. Then we also pop in on Lauren’s friendly and boozy and giggly stint as a guest of our old ‘person we talked about’ Tim Pool. It is possible that unflattering nicknames were mentioned, and not just Tim’s. We then round it off with some seriously nerdy shit. Elvish swords at the ready for the protection of pan-Western civilisation or some such stupid bollocks.
Content Warnings, of course.
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Episode Notes:
Lauren Southern in Lakemba, Australia, 2018
Why the Alt-Right’s Most Famous Woman Disappeared
Hey It’s Vadim The Truth About Lauren Southern and Christchurch
Lonerbox, Lauren Southern and the Boats
Xanderhal talks to Lauren Southern
Jose, The Many Lies of Crossfire
This time, we look at the recent AFPAC conference, Nick Fuentes’ gathering of the Groypers, i.e. the even worse version of CPAC, attended by Marjorie Taylor Greene and Joe Arpaio, among many horrible others. Controversies, squabbles, coalition-building, Christian dominionism, and very long, weird speeches. Daniel and Jack both do voices.
Content Warnings.
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Hey Eruditorum Press readers. I have two new shows out. I genuinely think both these shows are, in their different ways, among the best shows I’ve been involved with recently.
The first is a new episode of It *IS* The Same Log, with myself, George Daniel Lea, and Elliot Chapman. This one is on Nicolas Roeg’s mesmerising and mysterious film about grief, marriage, murder, and precognition in Venice Don’t Look Now (1972).
Here. (My Patreon supporters got this a week ago.)
The second is, of course, a new episode of I Don’t Speak German with Daniel Harper, this one on the removal of Art Spiegelman’s classic graphic novel about the Holocaust and historical memory, Maus, from the curriculum by the McMinn County School Board in Tennessee.
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So, McMinn County School Board in Tennessee decided to remove Maus – Art Spiegelman’s classic graphic novel about the Nazi Holocaust and historical memory – from their syllabus, on the grounds that some simply sketched mouse nudity and a few very mild swears would upset and corrupt their pupils, which is obviously very reasonable and evidence of extremely well balanced priorities. Actually, alongside the epidemic of attempts across the US to remove certain sorts of books from school libraries and curricula, it is evidence that an insidious reactionary agenda is gaining traction.
In this episode we talk about the decision of the school board, and look through the minutes of the meeting. Daniel even gives an impromptu dramatic reading. We talk about where the appalling decision comes from, and what it really means both for the students and in terms of the wider culture. Along the way we consider the lies of slimy propagandist Christopher Rufo and the spluttering fanaticism of the increasingly unhinged James Lindsay.
Content very much warnings.
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Episode Notes/Links
Judd Legum tweet about the banning of Maus
“Continuing the recent spate of conservative book-banning initiatives, The Mcminn County School board just voted to ban the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel “MAUS” by Art Spiegelman from all of its schools, citing the inclusion of words like “God Damn” and “naked pictures” (illustrations) of women.”
Official Statment from the McMinn County School Board
CNN, “Maus” author reacts to his book being banned
Exposed by CMD, ALEC Inspires Lawmakers to File Anti-Critical Race Theory Bills