Minion Death Cult

TODAY: A brief review of the ILM "Light and Magic" documentary series beginning with plucky model makers and dedicated autodidacts, and ending with Jar Jar Binks contemplating suicide AND: We explore the Right's enthusiastic support for a white woman caught on camera repeatedly calling a child the N word, the hundreds of thousands of dollars she's since raised, and the various less-racist right wing mouthpieces trying to navigate the controversy. Get a bonus episode every week by signing up at http://patreon.com/miniondeathcult for only $5/month  Music: Med, Blu, Madlib - Knock Knock (feat. MF Doom) Neu! - Hero

TODAY: Alex details a weird evening involving buying controlled substances for a homeless person, a confused yet authoritative security guard, and a squatting fainting woman PLUS: More good news as the Trump administration is forced to reinstate the Visas of thousands of immigrant students, and MIT students successfully pressure their school to divest from Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems--but at what cost? FINALLY: TPUSA influencer Topher spits some dope rhymes about how Americans don't deserve a college education. The youth are sick of learnin / the mines are what we're yearnin Don’t need a degree to rely on / we put our faith in Zion! Get a bonus episode every week by signing up at http://patreon.com/miniondeathcult for only $5/month   

TODAY: Alex vents about Teamsters president Sean O'Brien's most recent Prager U Grandpa arc and we try to figure out why a labor leader would spend this opportune moment podcasting with celebrities and criticizing pro-labor dems. ALSO: Trump's approval numbers sink--even among young men--as people are reminded once again what a Trump presidency looks like. MAGA voters somehow see this as an opportunity for a third term. FINALLY: Despicable feminist Greta Gerwig weighs casting an iconic actor to play Aslan in her Lion, the Witch, and The Wardrobe reboot, and a jewish conservative AM radio host bursts a blood vessel thinking about how the Christ he doesn't believe in has been defiled. Get a bonus episode every week by signing up at http://patreon.com/miniondeathcult for only $5/month  Music: 3mouth - Fortified Residential Zone XTC - Making Plans for Nigel  Iron Lung - Perfect Ending (updated file fixing mixing issues 3/29)

TODAY: We discuss the illegal abduction and deportation of Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia and the mass hysteria around his "MS-13 tattoos" We explore the collective delusion cultivated by and for Trump supporters in order to convince themselves that the smiley face is a gang sign. ALSO: An Amateur golfer wears a DISGUSTING and DISRESPECTFUL upside-down logo hat to the Augusta Masters tournament adn we're left to wonder if there is any goodness left in this world. Get a bonus episode every week by signing up at http://patreon.com/miniondeathcult for only $5/month   

TODAY: Ani the Annihilator joins us to discuss the warzone of her hometown of Seattle and the vicious guerrilla fighting over control of the city's crosswalk messages. Will a cheeky anti-Bezos recording be the end of billionaires in the silicon city? Or could the whole thing just be "AI"? PLUS: We review a new christian hardcore band and discuss the best christian hardcore bands throughout history as well as our personal histories destroying non-believers in the Norma Jean mosh pit FINALLY: A schism in the Conservative Goths facebook group over an "ideal woman" meme causes female members to wonder why their male counterparts are acting like a bunch of woman-hating liberals. Meanwhile, the men gently remind them that birthing 5 children is the most goth thing a woman can do. Get a bonus episode every week by signing up at http://patreon.com/miniondeathcult for only $5/month  Watch on youtube: http://youtube.com/miniondeathcult  Music: SPORTSGIRL and VAPERROR - Topspin Turvy Zao - Ravage Ritual Shockwave - Shoc

TODAY: Alex recommend Common Side Effects, a new animated show from the creators of Scavenger's Reign, Mike Judge, and Greg Daniels. Can a hippie nerd with a magic mushroom take down Big Pharma and their government cronies? ALSO: Trump tells reporters his "third term" speculation isn't a joke, and his loyal followers pretend that its still a joke, lament that it's not real, and mock liberals for their concern. We discuss the methods Trump might use to run for a third term and wonder if this final power grab would be enough for normal liberals to start doing very cool things. LASTLY: We review some instagram clickbait slop in the form of Nazbol butt rock. Can the far left and the far right unite to make cutting music for 13 year-olds about flying on broken wings?? Get a bonus episode every week by signing up at http://patreon.com/miniondeathcult for only $5/month   

TODAY: We follow up on Trump's on-again-off-again Tariffs to remind everyone that we are watching a master at work.  Why would Trump tank the stock market, lose a bunch of political capital to achieve less than nothing? We look at the 5D chess explanations such as: "It's called insider trading, dumbass," and "the market is volatile, idiot" ALSO: The right wing has gone too long without a race war, so theyre desperately taking an imagined L in the self-defense stabbing of a white teen by a black teen who was reportedly assaulted at a track meet. We take a look at the actual story vs. the racists' fever dream and the victim's father's grace in tragedy vs. the wretched ooze seeping from childless misanthropes online. FINALLY: A mother and three children are freed by ICE after mass protests at Border Czar Tom Homan's NY home. This is the way. Music: Trail of Dead - Will you smile again for me Artificial brain - celestial cyst Nosebleed - Flammy Get a bonus episode every week by signing up at http://patreon.com/mi

TODAY: We're revisited by an old friend, Minion's Law, over a Wikipedia citation, and are left to wonder how the CIA is corrupting definitional overviews of various political tendencies on the user-annotated database PLUS: We discuss the Trump tariffs and the feverish cope radiating from all corners of the right wing internet as the stock market loses trillions in speculative wealth. Is this Trump's genuine stab at economic populism? Can we tax ourselves into spontaneously reindustrializing? Will the rest of the world eventually get sick of our shit? Get a bonus episode every week by signing up at http://patreon.com/miniondeathcult for only $5/month  MERCH UPDATE: Shirt and Hoodie orders are scheduled to be finished printing and shipped to Tony this Friday. Thanks again to everyone!

TODAY: Aaron Thorpe of the Trillbillies joins us to talk sci-fi art, alleged acts of anti-Tesla terrorism, and Minion Death Cult being cancelled for liberalism (supporting unions) We start off with a brief review of Mickey 17 and our mutual childhood love of art and how our nostalgia is Good vs the fascistic nostalgia going around right now THEN: We explore the curious nature of a failing, overpriced car brand with thousands of unsold vehicles with manufacturing defects being suddenly "attacked" by anti-Elon protestors and whether anyone might stand to benefit from these liabilities being written-off as insurance claims. FINALLY: We address the accusations of "liberal bullshit ideology" directed at us via an anti-capitalist facebook page after an old MDC post about organizing your workplace goes viral.   Sign up at http://patreon.com/miniondeathcult for $5/month and get 2 bonus episodes a week   Listen to Close Other Tabs w/Ani and Alex on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podcast Addict, or wherever you get podcasts

TODAY: Bill Gates comes out in favor of AI replacing millions of workers, and we get to see the right react to a "bad" billionaire espousing the same exact views as the "good" ones. Patriots weigh their hatred of workers against their hatred of "liberal progressive socialist tech billionaires," and some conclude that the wealthy elite owning the means of production might have some downsides. PLUS: A MAGA man deputizes his facebook friends as US Marshalls and plans a daring attempt to take back control of the country and you could earn up to $500/day helping him reclaim government assets for the commander in chief. Get a bonus episode every week by signing up at http://patreon.com/miniondeathcult for only $5/month   

FIRST: We celebrate pretending to play sports, from the ghost baseball of Field of Dreams to a golf influencer who uses an imaginary golf ball to Make A Point THEN: A clever Minnesota GOP culture warrior files a cheeky bill trolling Trump haters before immediately getting arrested for soliciting a minor. Maybe the Trump Derangement people actually are psychic? ALSO: Trump eliminates collective bargaining rights for thousands of federal workers, and Alex tries to talk some sense into private sector union workers refusing to stand with their public sector siblings. Get a bonus episode every week by signing up at http://patreon.com/miniondeathcult for only $5/month  Music: City of Caterpillar - When was the Last Time We Painted Over the Blood on the Walls? Jean-Luc Ponty - Enigmatic Ocean Part II

TODAY: Aaron Thorpe of the Trillbillies joins us to talk sci-fi art, alleged acts of anti-Tesla terrorism, and Minion Death Cult being cancelled for liberalism (supporting unions) We start off with a brief review of Mickey 17 and our mutual childhood love of art and how our nostalgia is Good vs the fascistic nostalgia going around right now THEN: We explore the curious nature of a failing, overpriced car brand with thousands of unsold vehicles with manufacturing defects being suddenly "attacked" by anti-Elon protestors and whether anyone might stand to benefit from these liabilities being written-off as insurance claims. FINALLY: We address the accusations of "liberal bullshit ideology" directed at us via an anti-capitalist facebook page after an old MDC post about organizing your workplace goes viral. We also take a look at the afro-pessimism espoused by the page, whether not knowing how to organize in America is "mayo," and how the fetishization of historic black radicalism can lead to modern apathy and ina

TODAY: We touch base with Tony's dumpster fucker friend and I think we also touched on goth fashion and doorman etiquette . PLUS: We check out a Measles Death Cult in Texas made up of mennonite anti-vaxxers who allowed their daughter to die of the preventable illness. We consider the parents' claim that "there's too much negativity and stuff" and muse about how to get americans to take their shots. FINALLY: ICE kidnaps MAGA man's immigrant wife and he says "thank you, sir!" and the comment section wonders why this guy was so stupid as to think he's allowed to live with his wife in the first place Get a bonus episode every week by signing up at http://patreon.com/miniondeathcult for only $5/month  Music: Caribou - Melody Day Lo Fidelity Allstars - Battleflag  

This is a long 27 minute preview of this week's bonus episode. Sign up at http://patreon.com/miniondeathcult in your browser to hear an hour more of bad pro-Elon memes in coworker facebook groups and about crucifying yourself on the altar of cringe to educate fellow union members. TODAY: Jacob Morrison of The Valley Labor Report joins us to talk about Trump stripping collective bargaining from the TSA union. Public Workers: do they deserve to exist? We ask Jacob, a public union member, to justify his existence to us and the audience Why are private sector unions better and more honorable than public unions? Should a government do anything that's good? ALSO: Alex talks about being nice like Dalton in Road House as he unveils his new theory of Talking that you are not going to want to miss. Music: Hail Mary Mallon - Whales 37500 Yens - Microphonie Get a bonus episode every week by signing up at http://patreon.com/miniondeathcult for only $5/month   

TODAY: Immigrants have DESTROYED nu-metal. Find out why it is IMPOSSIBLE to do rap rck anymore thanks to insidious multiculturalism. Neo-nazis swarm Alex's twitter after he makes fun of them for being scared of the Deftones... but Grok backs him up??? Has the west finally finallen? PLUS: Democratic voters turn against Democratic leadership and Chuck Schumer after he passes the Republicans' spending bill. Dorothy from Wisconsin will find you Chuck and you'll wish you wouldve staged several more rallies when she's through with you.  Music: Tropical Fuck Storm - Maria 63 Bleu Toucan - Le Chant du Cygne   Off Minor - Cadaveric Get a bonus episode every week by signing up at http://patreon.com/miniondeathcult for only $5/month   

TODAY: We tackle a pressing issue plaguing the Carnivore Diet community: the news reporting on Cholesterol Hands--a NORMAL side effect of the Jordan Peterson diet. Why wont the news report on how the Carnivore diet cured my wife's muscular dystrophy? PLUS: Arnold Schwarzenegger calls out the weak sissy men in fascism and tells them to stop being losers. The online right reacts in just about the way you'd think. Get a bonus episode every week by signing up at http://patreon.com/miniondeathcult for only $5/month   

TODAY: Fired Veterans say they feel betrayed by federal job cuts, but have we considered this is being reported by the AP? What if the veterans like it? And who ever said we had to take care of veterans? Shouldn't they get nothing just like everyone else? PLUS: Trump scores an epic win for BlackRock, and we watch unpatriotic corporate firms cope and seethe.  HOWEVER: I heard somewhere that BlackRock is also Chinese. We investigate.  Listen to Nate on Hell of a Way to Dad Lions Led By Donkeys and Trash Future Get a bonus episode every week by signing up at http://patreon.com/miniondeathcult for only $5/month  Music: Modest Mouse - Learnin' to Leave the Livin' Open Head - House    

TODAY: It's DOGE's America, we're just living in it. We read about more ways the "efficiency" department is making America run smoother, like cutting glamorous motel stays for volcano researchers and owning annoying scientists that study fish in the San Juan river. Why can't we just let the fishing industry and volcano industry pay for these services if they're so great... PLUS: Alex talks with a MAGA guy struggling to get a passport who is convinced that cutting funding to the USPS will help speed up the process. AND:  It's bird flu time, baby. How come it only affects the animals we eat the most??? And then how come it also affects other animals once we notice it didn't affect them?? What the hell is going on!!!!!!! LAST CHANCE TO PREORDER MERCH! PREORDER ENDS TONIGHT! www.miniondeathcultmerch.bigcartel.com Get a bonus episode every week by signing up at http://patreon.com/miniondeathcult for only $5/month   

TODAY: we enter EPSTEIN: PHASE ONE and get so excited about the dark secrets probably to be revealed in the sequel that we forget information we previously had.  AND: the House GOP dunk on those foolish enough to have believed them about releasing the files with some dank memetic warfare PLUS: Hitting your emo son or daughter--is it good to? The facebook comment section tackles an anti-spanking anthem from a high-minded emo(?) band. Get a bonus episode every week by signing up at http://patreon.com/miniondeathcult for only $5/month  one week left to preorder merch at miniondeathcultmerch.bigcartel.com  Music: MACINTOSH PLUS - 02 リサフランク420 - 現代のコンピュー Hella- Welcome to the Jungle Baby, Your Gonna Live!

TODAY: We follow the white rabbit into a white girl's def MAGA ascended poetry slam, seeing how deep into mystic-narcissistic-personality-disorder-posing-as-politics the rabbithole takes us Is the journey to political revolution contained within the self? Do you actually have to organize or talk with other people to achieve your political goals? Only if you don't know how to make your own enlightened hats, I suppose. ALSO: We follow up on our reactionary Teamsters segment from last week to talk about another kind of American: the temporarily embarrassed CNBC economist We watch more anti-USPS propaganda make its way into Teamsters facebook groups, with many lamenting the lack of "profit" generated by the national service. What makes working people think this way? Can we break the conditioning that causes wage earners to worship profits? Get 20% off all merch and a bonus episode every week by signing up at http://patreon.com/miniondeathcult for only $5/month