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  Uncle TED Talks

  Netflix’s UNABOMBER Uncle Tuesday Analysis

  Oct 1, 20263h 5m

  Netflix's UNABOMBER Gets the Uncle Tuesday Treatment I am the ghost of Theodore. I died in 2023. In 2026 Netflix made a movie about me. This week the uncles went live from the road to break down Netflix's UNABOMBER—and spent most of the episode on the good part: young Ted at Harvard, the creepy "debate club" that was definitely just MKULTRA with a forged permission slip, Russell Crowe as gravelly Professor Murray, and the timeless question of how institutions identify, isolate, and weaponize brilliant and beautiful young men. Then the conversation went full Uncle Tuesday: boot camp conditioning, propaganda, Dunning-Kruger, GDP as a meaningless number, the culture war, and why the 1957 material was riveting while the 1995 FBI manhunt was, in technical terms, hot garbage. Tangents include: Moby-Dick , Taxi Driver , Iron Maiden (the GOAT), Dropkick Murphys, American Gods , stupidity of Stew Peters, snake venom and/or LSD in the water supply, and whether the government creates monsters just so it can pass laws to govern them. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00:00 — Road show opening, introducing the uncles 00:01:10 — Setting up the UNABOMBER discussion 00:03:18 — Oscars, theaters, and a detour into military service 00:09:57 — The uncles begin reviewing the film 00:12:14 — Ben reacts to the MKUltra angle 00:16:13 — Timeline structure, manhunt stakes, FBI framing 00:23:51 — Harvard debate club and how Theodore is selected 00:30:37 — Debate club becomes psychological conditioning 00:42:46 — Government manipulation and Russell Crowe as Murray 00:55:33 — Media reviews, MKUltra denial, Dunning-Kruger 01:21:31 — Family conflict, dinner parties, and the 1995 plot 01:43:44 — Industrial society, technology, and control 01:55:46 — Media narratives, division, and the rabbit trap 02:15:48 — Did they weaponize a brilliant but vulnerable young man? 02:24:44 — CIA acceptance in pop culture UNCLE TUESDAY is long-form conversation with no clean lane: movies, history, conspiracy, technology, propaganda, military life, and whatever happens when a bunch of uncles start pulling on the TEDs. Watch live on Tuesday Nights Subscribe on YouTube:   https://www.youtube.com/@weavingspiderswebs2642/streams https://www.youtube.com/@BenjaminBalderson/streams Subscribe on Rumble:   https://rumble.com/c/AMWakeup/livestreams Confidential feedback: contact@allenmarcus.com (00:00:00) Road show opening and introducing the uncles (00:01:10) Setting up the new Unabomber movie discussion (00:03:18) Oscars theaters and a detour into military service (00:09:57) Uncles begin reviewing the film (00:12:14) Uncle Ben grades the movie and reacts to its MKUltra angle (00:16:13) Timeline structure manhunt stakes and the FBI framing (00:23:51) Harvard debate club and how Theodore is selected (00:30:37) Debate club becomes psychological conditioning (00:42:46) Government manipulation and Russell Crowe as Murray (00:55:33) Media reviews MKUltra denial and Dunning Kruger (01:21:31) Family conflict dinner party scenes and the 1995 plot (01:43:44) Industrial society technology and control (01:55:46) Media narratives division and the rabbit trap scene (02:15:48) Did they weaponize a brilliant but vulnerable young man (02:24:44) CIA acceptance in pop culture (02:34:41) Upcoming debates travel plans and loose closing banter https://serve.podhome.fm/uncle-ted-talks https://serve.podhome.fm/episodepage/uncle-ted-talks/netflixs-unabomber-uncle-tuesday-analysis UNABOMBER, MKULTRA, and the Making of a Monster Breaking Ted: Our Roadside Review of Netflix’s UNABOMBER Debate Club, Brainwashing, and the Unabomber Movie From Harvard to the Cabin: Talking Through UNABOMBER The Uncles vs. UNABOMBER: Movies, Mind Control, and Propaganda UNABOMBER (Netflix): https://www.netflix.com/title/82010386 Duty to Disobey: https://dutytodisobeyfilm.com/ The Northman: https://www.focusfeatures.com/the-northman Cocaine Bear: https://www.universalpicturesathome.com/movies/cocaine-bear Dropkick Murphys: https://dropkickmurphys.com/ “Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya” by Dropkick Murphys: https://dropkickmurphys.com/2009/02/19/johnny-i-hardly-knew-ya-music-video/ Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2701 Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman: https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393355680 Manhunt: Unabomber: https://www.netflix.com/title/80176878 American Made (official trailer): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEBIJRAkujM Taxi Driver: https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/taxidriver Back to the Future: https://www.universalpicturesathome.com/movies/back-to-the-future Joker (2019): https://www.dc.com/movies/joker-2019 American Gods by Neil Gaiman: https://neilgaiman.com/works/Books/American_Gods Harvard University: https://www.harvard.edu/about/ Official ASVAB information: https://www.officialasvab.com/applicants/ Thematic Apperception Test (APA Dictionary): https://dictionary.apa.org/thematic-apperception-test CIA FOIA Electronic Reading Room: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/ Crrow777 Radio: https://www.crrow777radio.com/ Sam Tripoli: https://samtripoli.com/ Dave Smith: https://www.davesmithon.com/ (00:00:00) Road show opening and introducing the uncles (00:01:10) Setting up the new Unabomber movie discussion (00:03:18) Oscars theaters and a detour into military service (00:09:57) Uncles begin reviewing the film (00:12:14) Uncle Ben grades the movie and reacts to its MKUltra angle (00:16:13) Timeline structure manhunt stakes and the FBI framing (00:23:51) Harvard debate club and how Theodore is selected (00:30:37) Debate club becomes psychological conditioning (00:42:46) Government manipulation and Russell Crowe as Murray (00:55:33) Media reviews MKUltra denial and Dunning Kruger (01:21:31) Family conflict dinner party scenes and the 1995 plot (01:43:44) Industrial society technology and control (01:55:46) Media narratives division and the rabbit trap scene (02:15:48) Did they weaponize a brilliant but vulnerable young man (02:24:44) CIA acceptance in pop culture (02:34:41) Upcoming debates travel plans and loose closing banter

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  Episode #36

  perseverance

  Oct 1, 20264h 1m

  Braunschweiger, the mysterious Pump and Munch, and a septic-truck design featuring the immortal phrase "Turd Snacks." Another Ted Tuesday descends into the dumbest timeline yet: AI-generated memes, the collapse of irony, true crime, Russian mobsters, federal land, old-school TV, gas-station cuisine, and a surprisingly serious debate over the only correct Eagles song. The cabin fills up for another chaotic installment of Uncle Ted Talks , bouncing from the Minnesota State Fair and nostalgic TV rewatches to AI art, meme culture, political internet absurdity, Netflix's UNABOMBER , and the question of whether anyone is still capable of recognizing irony once the meme becomes the identity. The panel talks about the viral Chudley meme, AI-generated political content, the growing use of AI for design work, and concerns about what happens when people outsource creativity and critical thought to machines. Along the way, the conversation veers into true crime cases, media narratives, Russian gangster stories, Flock cameras, self-piloted air taxis, and the never-ending AI race. And because this is Ted Tuesday, there is plenty of completely unrelated nonsense: Atari and Nintendo nostalgia, The X-Files , True Detective , Zelda, gas-station hot dogs, Taco John's Potato Olés. The Chudley Problem The panel examines the viral AI-generated caricature, the reaction to it online, and what happens when political meme culture absorbs its own parody. AI Slop & Human Creativity ChatGPT, Grok, AI-generated artwork, cheap design work, and the argument over whether these tools expand creativity or encourage people to stop thinking creatively themselves. True Crime & Media Narratives A sprawling discussion of several high-profile criminal cases, disputed evidence, prosecution narratives, and the panel's skepticism toward the way sensational cases are presented by media and institutions. Mafia Princesses & Russian Gangsters Ted recounts a relationship involving a genuine Russian gangster family. Naturally, the story eventually involves demolished factory windows, stolen building materials, and the possibility of ending up in five different dumpsters. The Dumbest Timeline January 6, political memes, partisan internet culture, AI, surveillance cameras, and the increasingly strange relationship between online reality and real-world events. Nostalgia Corner Atari, Nintendo, The X-Files , True Detective , old television, and the era when having one or two good shows to watch each week was apparently enough. Food Fight QuikTrip vs. Casey's. Taco John's Potato Olés. German food. Gas-station roller dogs. Braunschweiger. And the discovery of a place called Pump and Munch . The Only Correct Eagles Song Steve settles the question once and for all: apparently the only acceptable answer is "Seven Bridges Road." Debate accordingly follows. Ted Tuesday: AI Slop, Meme Wars, and UNABOMBER From Chudley to the Cabin: A Ted Tuesday Spiral Meme Irony, Netflix’s UNABOMBER, and the BLM Land Question Ted Talks After Dark: AI Art, January 6, and Off-Grid Reality The Collapse of Irony: Memes, Media, and Land Control We kicked off another Ted Tuesday with a wide-ranging hangout that moved from Midwest fair season and old-school TV nostalgia into a longer conversation about online meme culture, AI-generated content, and the strange way irony collapses once people start identifying with their own caricatures. Along the way, we talked about panels and stream appearances, debated the appeal and danger of AI tools for art and media, revisited shows and movies like The X-Files, True Detective, American Horror Story, South Park, Zelda, and Tetris, and reacted to the newly discussed Netflix UNABOMBER project. Watch live on Tuesday Nights Subscribe on YouTube:   https://www.youtube.com/@weavingspiderswebs2642/streams https://www.youtube.com/@BenjaminBalderson/streams Subscribe on Rumble:   https://rumble.com/c/AMWakeup/livestreams Confidential feedback: contact@allenmarcus.com (00:00:03) Cold Open and Ted Tuesday Banter (00:03:37) Weekend Check-In and Back Pain Stories (00:04:40) Minnesota State Fair and Midwest Crowds (00:07:58) Streaming Panels and Manosphere Talk (00:12:30) MAGA Meme Chudley Takes Over X (00:15:24) Rewatching X-Files and Old TV Favorites (00:20:45) Breaking Down the Chudley Meme Backlash (00:30:17) Hunter Biden Meme Coin and Internet Grifts (00:31:38) Ted Krasinski Joins and Forced Meme Talk (00:48:02) AI Design, Sign Shop Work, and Turd Snacks (01:04:26) True Crime Cases and Media Narratives (01:25:02) Motivation Clips, Tires Talk, and Netflix (01:45:35) Travel Stories, Russian Mafia, and Road Talk (02:11:45) Food Tangents, BLM Land, and Cabin Sign-Off https://serve.podhome.fm/uncle-ted-talks https://serve.podhome.fm/episodepage/uncle-ted-talks/36 In the back half, the conversation turned more serious as we got into media spectacle, January 6 as a documented event versus a lived one, and a surprisingly detailed breakdown of federal land, conservation, and Bureau of Land Management policy. As usual, the panel wandered, argued, laughed, and circled back, but the throughline was clear: technology, narrative control, and who gets to shape reality—whether that’s through AI slop, online politics, or control of the land itself. Benjamin Balderson YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/BenjaminBalderson The Raging Tomato: https://www.theragingtomato.com/ AM WakeUp on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/AMWakeup Weaving Spiders Webs YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS2s2LXUHP8WhwQ7oGSj38A Michael Sartain YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/MichaelSartain WikiLeaks: https://www.wikileaks.org/ ChatGPT by OpenAI: https://openai.com/index/chatgpt/ Grok: https://x.ai/grok Bureau of Land Management: https://www.blm.gov/ The X-Files on Hulu: https://www.hulu.com/series/the-x-files-d6a7aec6-72d2-46bb-b337-2cb412df64c8 True Detective Press Page: https://www.hbomaxlapress.com/programming/series/204 American Horror Story: https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/american-horror-story Tires on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81758875 The Legend of Zelda: https://zelda.nintendo.com/about/ Tetris: https://tetris.com/ UNABOMBER on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/82010386 Chudley, AI Slop, Mafia Princesses, and the Dumbest Timeline Shaking off the Labor Day weekend hangover, the cabin fills up for another chaotic installment of Uncle Ted Talks , streaming live to Benjamin Balderson on YouTube and the usual Rumble suspects. This week, the panel navigates the absurdity of AI-generated political memes, septic tank wraps, Russian mobsters, and the endless debate over gas station cuisine. The Meme of the Moment: Chudley and the MAGAtard The panel digs into the viral "Chudley" meme—an AI-generated, live-action caricature of a red-capped, mobility-scooter-riding Trump supporter that the political right inexplicably adopted as its own mascot. As Steve puts it: "The political right saw Chudley and went, he is us. We embrace you... We are all overweight, extra chromosome, half tooth glucking retard. Please please please let this be our mascot." The conversation turns to the irony of the left trying to weaponize the meme and the right absorbing it, with Steve arguing that "the first casualty of the Marmot going into the Large Hadron Collider and hurdling us into this, the dumbest of all timelines, the first casualty was irony." The group notes that the "We Are Forbidden" X account pushing these memes is reportedly run by a guy named Mohammed El Saeed out of Dearborn, Michigan, while Alex Jones is already trying to sell Chudley t-shirts and Hunter Biden is launching a "Laptop Coin." AI Slop, Turd Snacks, and the Death of Human Creativity Spin, the self-described "token white belt," reveals he's been using ChatGPT to design a wrap for a client's septic pump truck—complete with a giant shit emoji and the slogan "Turd Snacks." He proudly reports the client "came to pick up the truck and he was laughing hysterically," while admitting the whole thing cost only "$300 to $400 to design the whole trailer." This prompts a heated debate about AI outsourcing human creativity. As Steve rails: "It works off of theft. And then beyond the theft, it's the outsourcing of human critical thought... And then people who aren't creative... go, I love it. Because what else are you gonna do? Be like, that's shit? You can't do anything like that." The AI absurdity peaks when the group tests Grok's art prompts, only for the AI to suggest a deeply unsettling, Lindsey Clancy-style murder mystery prompt involving a woman shattering glass shards from her mouth while making a sandwich. True Crime, Sus Prosecutions, and the Dumbest Timeline The conversation turns to the Lindsay Clancy case in Massachusetts (where a single holdout juror caused a hung jury), the Idaho Four, the Delphi murders, and the Tupac/Keefe D trial. The panel is uniformly skeptical of law enforcement and media narratives. As Chris puts it: "A lot of these cases are really sus... They're all relying on really sketchy cell phone evidence. A lot of it looks manipulated." Steve adds his own take on the justice system: "Lawyers are the scum of the glucking earth. And they will do whatever, whenever, however illegal in order to win their case." Amidst the true crime, Spin shares his own viral contribution—a Burger King fight video with "737,804 views" —which he filmed on his way to an Eagles concert. The cause of the melee? "She ordered a chicken sandwich, and the chicken sandwich did not have barbecue sauce on it." Mafia Princesses and Russian Gangsters In a wild tangent, Ted recounts dating a Russian woman whose grandfather was a real Russian gangster. In a display of ultimate mob dominance, her grandpa once tore the windows out of a rival mafia's factory just to install them in his new house. Ted realized he had to flee the relationship to avoid ending up "in five different dumpsters." Steve shares a similar story about a buddy who found out his girlfriend's family was the mob during a Colorado vacation, prompting him to flee and work Renaissance Festivals for a decade just to stay off the grid and avoid being on any payroll. Nostalgia Corner: Atari, Zelda, and TV That Didn't Suck The group reminisces about the Atari 2600, Nintendo, and the days when "that one or two shows that, like, one night a week TV came on was, like, all you could really handle." They discuss True Detective Season 1, rewatching The X-Files and realizing it was just "predictive programming's old yearbook," and the news that South Park is renaming itself South America . They also geek out over the RAF Red Arrows flying at the Oshkosh EAA airshow, and mock the new "Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Crime" trailer where Link apparently travels through time to investigate Epstein Island. Air Taxis, Flock Cameras, and the AI Race The tech talk turns dystopian with news of self-piloted air taxis in Orlando costing $150 to $220 a pop, and Flock cameras everywhere ( "Too many flock cameras in the neighborhood" ). The endless AI race with China is questioned: "What does it mean to win the AI race?... So isn't all this AI stuff potentially, like, the end of humanity?... It very well might be. So why are we racing towards it? Because China might beat us to it." Meanwhile, RFK Jr. is caught on clip declaring war on "fat gay kids," and JD Vance is hinting at the end times. Food Fights and Regional Rivalries No episode would be complete without a food argument. The group debates QuikTrip vs. Casey's ( "Casey's is better than QuikTrip" ), Taco John's potato Oles ( "the food of the gods" ), and the proper way to eat a gas station roller hot dog ( "You want that grease to coagulate a little bit on the outside in a nice even patina" ). They also dive into German cuisine, praising Braunschweiger on white bread with Schaefer's beer, and Rhubarb Kugel. Spin reveals he's never heard of Casey's, prompting Ted to ask: "Where the gluck is a Casey's?" The answer: "In the South. It's up in the North Upper Midwest." Oh, and they also discover a gas station called the "Pump and Munch." 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  Episode #37

  Welcome to the Equinox

  Sep 24, 20262h 57m

  Welcome to the Equinox: Thin Mint Whippets, $9 Diesel, and the Lutefisk Capital of America Grab your Thin Mints and crack open a whippet, because the Equinox is upon us and we are equinox maxxxing. If you missed this week's episode of Uncle Ted Talks, you missed a glucking masterpiece. The crew gathered in the cabin to celebrate the changing of the seasons, and naturally, the conversation spiraled from ancient pagan sun rituals into the dark, hilarious depths of meme coins, Midwest oddities, and Korean demon-summoning cookies. Watch on Rumble because YouTube removed this! https://rumble.com/v7fuwf8-37-equinox.html https://rumble.com/c/AMWakeup Whether you're here for the conspiracy theories, the pop-culture roasting, or just to hear us complain about the price of gas, this episode has something for everyone. Here is a taste of the madness you missed: Xenon Coins and Dark Matter Detectors We kicked things off by addressing Ted Allen's "subtle" announcement that he may launch a Xenon detection company. It may actually just be a Solana meme coin called Xenon Coin, and we're all praying it doesn't pull a Hunter Biden and rug in the first half hour. We also dove deep into the science of Xenon, dark matter detectors, and whether or not you can get high huffing Freon instead of dark matter. Hint: Freon gets you way higher. $9 Diesel and "Piss Water" The economy is glucking ridiculous, and we felt it. We're talking diesel hitting $9.99 a gallon in San Diego and the absolute scam that is DEF (Diesel Exhaust Fluid). We broke down why your modern diesel truck keeps breaking down and concluded that DEF is effectively just "piss water" with ionized granulated pee. Plus, a shoutout to South Dakota for being the last bastion of cheap gas and zero flock cameras. One Dabs, Unabombers, and Pink Oreos We roasted the upcoming Netflix Unabomber movie (and predicted they're going to make him gay but not black), shared a wild backstage story about Machine Gun Kelly taking exactly one dab and having to be hauled out to a limo, and uncovered the dark truth about BTS-branded Brown Sugar Pancake Oreos. Buy enough of them, arrange the QR codes just right, and you might just summon the original text of the Necronomicon. Your excrement will also turn pink. You've been warned. The Lutefisk Capital of the World We took a virtual trip to Madison, Minnesota, the undisputed lutefisk capital of the United States. We played a clip of a local legend, Jerry Osterus, who sat down and ate eleven glucking pounds of the gelatinous fish in one sitting. If you think that's crazy, wait until you hear about the fermented Greenland shark (Hakarl) that's buried underground for months until it's edible. Carpeted Grocery Stores and Robot Dogs We defended the absolute luxury of shopping in a carpeted grocery store ("You don't hear the clickety-clackety!"), analyzed the neighborhood barometer of Church's Chicken vs. Boston Market, and cheered on a real-life ram that absolutely destroyed a Boston Dynamics robot dog. Real dogs > fake robot dogs. Period. Watch live on Tuesday Nights Subscribe on YouTube:   https://www.youtube.com/@weavingspiderswebs2642/streams https://www.youtube.com/@BenjaminBalderson/streams Subscribe on Rumble:   https://rumble.com/c/AMWakeup/livestreams Confidential feedback: contact@allenmarcus.com (00:00:02) Cold Open and Uncle Ted Movie Setup (00:04:34) Smurfs, Zendaya, and Hollywood Roast (00:08:47) Casting the Unabomber and Method Acting (00:12:53) Audio Quality, YouTube Compression, and Music (00:16:45) Are Nuclear Weapons Real (00:20:32) Xenon, Low Background Steel, and Sci-Fi (00:28:49) Equinox Rituals, Whip-Its, and Dark Matter (00:35:53) Weather, Salmon Runs, and Road Trip Stories (00:41:00) Gas Prices, Diesel, and DEF Problems (00:46:23) Lawnmower Racing and the End of Privacy (00:52:23) Folding iPhones and the New Ted Movie (00:59:18) True Crime, Podcasts, and Online Debates (01:06:12) POD, 9 11 Memories, and Nu Metal Detours (01:13:47) Renaissance Festival Stories and Mardi Gras (01:21:27) Archaix, Online Personalities, and Allegations (01:26:49) Country Music, Covers, and Modern Pop (01:31:32) Tuna Bomber, Pocket Salmon, and Broadway Bits (01:38:50) Michael Jackson, K-Pop, and Beauty Standards (01:48:32) Oreos, Comedy Bits, and Grocery Store Talk (02:04:19) Horror Franchises, Fantasy Books, and D and D (02:15:11) Retro Games, Dogs, and Robot Anxiety (02:34:09) Target Controversy, Lutefisk, and Sign-Off https://serve.podhome.fm/uncle-ted-talks https://serve.podhome.fm/episodepage/uncle-ted-talks/37 UNABOMBER, Xenon, and the End of Privacy From Ted Kaczynski to Lutefisk: Cabin Talk Gets Weird Project Hail Mary, Netflix Trailers, and Equinox Madness Gas Prices, Retro Games, and the Tuna Bomber Norm Macdonald, Nuclear Doubts, and Minnesota Nonsense Michael Jackson “They Don’t Care About Us” video/version referenced in the conversation as inspiration for K-Pop Ted Kaczynski and Netflix’s upcoming UNABOMBER to Project Hail Mary, Norm Macdonald, and whether modern Hollywood can still make anything weird without sanding all the edges off. Along the way we went deep on compressed audio, old physical media, low-background steel, xenon, nuclear paranoia, and the strange little internet rabbit holes that open up when one topic collides with another. It was one of those cabin conversations where a movie trailer, a half-remembered science fact, and a cultural tangent can all end up in the same fire. We also wandered into live-stream nostalgia, Equinox ritual absurdity, road-trip notes from Minnesota and South Dakota, gas-price sticker shock, renaissance-festival stories, podcast recommendations, retro gaming, lutefisk lore, and the general feeling that the internet era gave everyone a camera but somehow left us all wanting privacy instead. In other words: a very normal episode of Uncle Ted Talks. UNABOMBER (Netflix): https://www.netflix.com/title/82010386 Project Hail Mary – official trailer (Amazon MGM Studios): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0XN3-n-2Lo Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald (Netflix): https://www.netflix.com/title/81611105 Tim Butterly’s Show – Ep. 121 “WHY, GARY, WHY! w/ Jody Plauche” (Apple Podcasts): https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/ep-121-why-gary-why-w-jody-plauche/id1725297259?i=1000789688932 P.O.D. official website: https://payableondeath.com/ Satellite by P.O.D. (Apple Music): https://music.apple.com/us/album/satellite/300206574 P.O.D. Satellite Flannel (Dixxon): https://www.dixxon.com/products/pod-satellite-flannel OREO x BTS Sandwich Cookies (SmartLabel): https://smartlabel.mondelez.info/044000086060-0001-en-US/index.html United States Postal Service – Rural Carrier Associate careers: https://about.usps.com/careers/career-opportunities/top-jobs.htm Dungeons & Dragons official site: https://www.dungeonsanddragons.com/ Pokémon Trading Card Game: https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-tcg/ Nintendo history (includes Nintendo 64 era): https://careers.nintendo.com/our-history/ Scarborough Renaissance Festival: https://www.srfestival.com/ Selena Fox / Circle Sanctuary: https://circlesanctuary.org/about-us/About-Selena-Fox Big Stone Lake State Park (Minnesota DNR): https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/big_stone_lake Lou T. Fisk – City of Madison, Minnesota: https://cityofmadisonmn.gov/about/lou-t-fisk/ Michael Jackson official site: https://www.michaeljackson.com/ Resident Evil Portal (Capcom): https://game.capcom.com/residentevil/en/lineup.html Evil Dead (Sony Pictures): https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/evildead Army of Darkness (Universal Pictures): https://www.universalpicturesathome.com/movies/army-of-darkness

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  Episode #20

  Uncle Ted’s Shed 20

  Sep 17, 20263 hour

  Digital Prison Grid, Data Thirst, and AI Delusions: A Tuesday in Uncle Ted’s Shed From Palantir to Peacocks: Fear, Control, and the Systems That Track Us Outlaw Country, Cashless Counters, and the Gummy Worm Gospel Water, Wires, and Watchlists: Life Inside the Technocratic Buildout Silver vs. Chocolate, Shrimp vs. Gummies: Incentives in a Tracked World In this Tuesday’s Uncle Ted Talks, we open with the Unabomber’s legacy and why a 1995 manifesto still haunts today’s debates on tech, surveillance, and control. From Hervoy Moric’s Geopolitics & Empire chat with Christian “Ice Age Farmer” Westbrook to Matthias Desmet’s psychology of totalitarianism, we explore claims that a global “digital prison grid” is already here—interoperable IDs, track‑and‑trace supply chains, and the culture shift that makes it all feel normal. We pivot into the Palantir moment—Alex Karp’s rhetoric, fear as a business model, and whether any of this can be “voted away”—then bring it down to earth with a Georgia data‑center water saga and the everyday nudges pushing cashless, trackable shopping. We also detour (on brand) through AI‑induced psychosis, chatbot mirroring, and the Gemini/Chrome era of hyper‑personalized persuasion; comedy riffs from Mark Normand and Tim Dillon; pop‑culture asides from Dogma to Repo Men; and a music lane spanning outlaw country to modern crossovers. We close with two field‑tested parables: sour gummy worms out‑fish live shrimp, and strangers still pick a Hershey bar over a 10‑oz silver bar—because incentives, optics, and appetite often beat fundamentals. 'Industrial Society and Its Future' (Unabomber Manifesto): https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/unabomber/manifesto.text.htm Hervoy Moric – Geopolitics & Empire (podcast): https://geopoliticsandempire.com Christian “Ice Age Farmer” Westbrook (archive/site): https://www.iceagefarmer.com Matthias Desmet – The Psychology of Totalitarianism (publisher page): https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/the-psychology-of-totalitarianism/ Palantir Technologies (company site): https://www.palantir.com Alex Karp (Palantir CEO profile – company): https://www.palantir.com/leadership/alex-karp/ Whole Foods Market: https://www.wholefoodsmarket.com Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/prime QTS Data Centers (Quality Technology Services): https://www.qtsdatacenters.com Georgia Power: https://www.georgiapower.com Repo Men (2010 film) – IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1053424/ Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008 film) – IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0963194/ World of Warcraft: https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com Google Chrome: https://www.google.com/chrome/ Google Gemini: https://gemini.google.com Replika AI companion app: https://replika.com xAI – Grok: https://x.ai World Vision – Child Sponsorship: https://www.worldvision.org/sponsor-a-child Newsboys (band): https://newsboys.com Skillet (band): https://www.skillet.com Candace Owens (official): https://www.candaceowens.com PragerU: https://www.prageru.com Willie Nelson (official): https://willienelson.com Waylon Jennings (official/estate): https://www.waylon.com The Highwaymen (legendary country supergroup – Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Highwaymen_(country_supergroup) Hank Williams III (official/estate info): https://hank3.com David Allan Coe (artist page/estate): https://davidallancoe.com Kinky Friedman (official): https://www.kinkyfriedman.com Oliver Anthony Music (official): https://oliveranthonymusic.com Jelly Roll (official): https://jellyroll615.com Captain Planet Foundation: https://captainplanetfoundation.org Cartoon Network: https://www.cartoonnetwork.com Ted Turner (Turner Enterprises): https://www.tedturner.com KPIG Radio (Freedom, CA): https://www.kpig.com Trolli (Sour Brite Crawlers): https://www.trolli.com The Hershey Company: https://www.hersheyland.com Mark Dice (creator of the silver vs. chocolate video): https://www.markdice.com Bubbies (pickles): https://www.bubbies.com IBC Root Beer: https://www.ibcrootbeer.com

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  Episode #35

  35

  Sep 10, 20263h 8m

  35 From Unabomber to AI Girlfriends: A Tour Through the Weirdest Corners of the Internet Flock Cameras, FBI Standards, and the Mystery of the AI Girlfriend Netflix’s Unabomber, Surveillance Creep, and Other American Nightmares The Surveillance State Meets Internet Freak Show Ted Kaczynski, Mystery, and a Very Strange News Week This episode took a wild, very online ride through conspiracy culture, media weirdness, and the modern surveillance state. We kicked off with Netflix’s new *UNABOMBER* film and used that as a springboard into Ted Kaczynski lore, government overreach, and the strange way pop culture keeps repackaging real historical darkness. From there, we veered into Flock camera backlash, Laura Loomer eating dog food looking like saw's jigsaw absurdity, and the increasingly surreal overlap between politics, influencer grift, and internet spectacle. We also dug into the latest WIRED story about pickup artist Mystery and his AI “girlfriend,” the reporting on loosened FBI hiring standards, and a string of side quests involving *The Boondocks*, *Snatch*, true-crime commentary, road-life camping tips, giant fantasy novels, and Midwestern food crimes like tossing lutefisk. In other words: part media criticism, part cultural autopsy, part late-night hang with friends trying to make sense of a deranged timeline. UNABOMBER (Netflix film): https://www.netflix.com/title/82010386 UNABOMBER (Netflix Media Center): https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/82010386 Flock Safety: https://www.flocksafety.com/ Pickup Artist Mystery Has an AI Girlfriend (WIRED): https://www.wired.com/story/pickup-artist-mystery-has-an-ai-girlfriend/ Ask Mystery / Erik von Markovik: https://www.askmystery.com/ The Pick-Up Artist (Apple TV listing for the VH1 series): https://tv.apple.com/us/show/the-pick-up-artist/umc.cmc.3pdrihsj32hx0e01h3r8dge06 The Mystery Method (book): https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780312360115/themysterymethod/ FBI Now Allowing History of Bestiality Among New Recruits (Futurism): https://futurism.com/future-society/fbi-bestiality-new-recruits At the FBI, a history of hiring prostitutes or stealing from employer may no longer be a barrier to being hired (CBS News): https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-candidates-prostitutes-theft/ Hipcamp: https://www.hipcamp.com/en-US BowFlex: https://www.bowflex.com/ The Boondocks: https://www.sonypictures.com/tv/theboondocks Snatch: https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/snatch Awesome God by Rich Mullins: https://integrityworship.com/songs/awesome-god-rich-mullins/ Animal Farm by George Orwell: https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/george-orwell/animal-farm/9781529032673 Brandon Sanderson: https://www.brandonsanderson.com/ The Stormlight Archive: https://www.brandonsanderson.com/pages/books-and-art Robert Jordan: https://us.macmillan.com/author/robertjordan

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