49th Parahell
110 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 72 ratingswhere we explore the hellish nightmare world of modern reality together
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Episodes
Episode 58: Electile Dysfunction (with Andrew Neville)
September 13, 2019 20:27 - 1 hour - 69.8 MBIt's election season, baby! In Canada now, too. So Andrew Neville of Dog Island joins the show for a super special election preview spectacular. Also a few words on Joe Biden's ongoing physical and cognitive decline. Support the show on patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell
Episode 57: Price of Gaza (with Abby Martin)
September 06, 2019 20:40 - 1 hour - 70.2 MBBetween Joe Biden's brain liquifying climate townhall performance, Trump's insane Alabama fixation and Boris Johnson's unbelievably terrible start as UK Prime Minister, Rob wonders whether the simulation is crashing or if he's simply losing his grip on reality. Then Abby Martin joins the show to talk about her new film Gaza Fights for Freedom, the Great March of Return and the ongoing human rights disaster being carried out by the Israeli government.
Episode 56: Canadon't (with Livvy Fanon)
August 30, 2019 19:29 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBI go over the wonderful Bret Stephens/bedbug saga, a now-former Quillette "journalist" possibly facing some legal issues, and the latest in the profoundly undemocratic brexit process, then Livvy Fanon joins the show to discuss the ancient art of billionaire boat murder and help shatter Canada's carefully managed and marketed image as a nation that has moved beyond its violent settler colonial roots in any meaningful way. Support the show on patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell
Episode 56: Canadon't (with Livposting)
August 30, 2019 19:29 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBI go over the wonderful Bret Stephens/bedbug saga, a now-former Quillette "journalist" possibly facing some legal issues, and the latest in the profoundly undemocratic brexit process, then Livposting joins the show to discuss the ancient art of billionaire boat murder and help shatter Canada's carefully managed and marketed image as a nation that has moved beyond its violent settler colonial roots in any meaningful way. Support the show on patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell
Episode 55: Far Right Appetite (with Mack Lamoureux)
August 24, 2019 15:18 - 1 hour - 72.9 MBDavid Koch tragically dies in an (alleged) most dangerous game gone wrong, the Amazon is on fire but business is booming, and bad faith conservatives are bending over backwards to handwave away Trump's obvious antisemitism. Also, Vice's Mack Lamoureux joins the show to talk about his experiences covering the rise of the Canadian far right, the increasingly obvious rhetorical crossover between extremists and mainstream conservative politicians & journalists and much more. Support the show...
Episode 54: Brexit Stage Left (with Abi Wilkinson)
August 16, 2019 21:07 - 1 hour - 64.4 MBI speculate on how the Epstein case would have impacted the Clinton Administration in the alternate brunch universe, than Abi Wilkinson joins the show to explain the latest Brexit drama involving Jeremy Corbyn's godfather offer to the LibDems and Tory rebels, how the rise of Corbyn (and Bernie Sanders) has exposed all kinds of ruling class contradictions, and more. Support the show on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell
Episode 53: Discourse of Inaction (with Brandon Sutton)
August 09, 2019 20:41 - 1 hour - 86 MBBrandon Sutton/Chad Vigorous joins the show again to talk about Quillette/DSA drama, mass shootings, the various ways establishment media has repeatedly failed to accurately describe the reality of the American dystopia and more. Support the show on patreon: patreon.com/49thParahell
Episode 52: Return to the Nation (with Andray Domise)
July 26, 2019 13:35 - 1 hour - 77.1 MBAndray Domise returns to the show for the first time since episode two, and we wonder whether the discourse around concentration camps in the US has progressed at all since we last spoke, or if canada's migrant detention issues have improved in any way. we also preview our upcoming horrific election season and more. Support the show on Patreon: patreon.com/49thParahell
Episode 51: Nuremberg Mindset (with Eli Valley)
July 19, 2019 20:55 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBPolitical cartoonist Eli Valley returns to the show to talk to me about Trump's increasingly apparent fascism, the targeting of Ilhan Omar, the ways in which the political/media establishment has failed to confront the crisis of the Trump presidency, and how the modern far right uses Jewish trauma to advance their toxic & oppressive agenda. Support the show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/49thParahell
Episode 50: The Epstein Equation (with Travis View)
July 12, 2019 19:03 - 59 minutes - 57.9 MBTravis View of the Qanon Anonymous podcast joins me to talk about the emerging, depraved details of the Jeffrey Epstein case, and how the Qanon community is not only reacting to his arrest but reconciling it with his longtime association with President Donald Trump. Then I put on my own conspiracy theorist hat, tug at some of the loose threads around the Epstein case and start to wonder just how deep that particular rabbit hole goes. Support the show on patreon: patreon.com/49thParahell
Episode 49: Concrete Crisis (with Karen Geier)
July 05, 2019 20:06 - 1 hour - 80 MBIt's been yet another week of terrible, mind-numbing discourse, so three-time guest Karen Geier returns to the show to help me break down Portland's Ngo Go Zone, the Patriot Prayer rally, concrete milkshakes, right wing disinformation and much more. Support the show on Patreon: http://patreon.com/49thParahell
Episode 48: Mass Debaters (with Sam Knight)
June 29, 2019 21:40 - 1 hour - 72.6 MBSam Knight of District Sentinel joins 49th Parahell for the second time to break down this week's two democratic debates as well as Nancy Pelosi setting a new high water mark in a long career of pathetic capitulations to the GOP. Support the show on patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell
Episode 47: Strongplan Style (with Emma Jackson)
June 21, 2019 21:00 - 56 minutes - 55.3 MBI go over the brain-melting concentration camp discourse that took place this week and talk about why debating conservatives is a useless endeavour, then Emma Jackson joins me to talk about the Green New Deal, the Trans Mountain Pipeline, the highly similar liberal/conservative approaches to climate policy, the future of climate justice and more. Support the show on Patreon: www.patreon/com/49thParahell
Episode 46: Pedantic Getaway
June 08, 2019 00:06 - 56 minutes - 54 MBIt's a solo episode! I go over the way conservative pundits bent over backwards to not discuss the actual substance of the Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, the get into the whole Steven Crowder Vox Adpocalypse thing. I also take questions from Patreon subscribers in the 49th parahell Discord server! Support the show on Patreon http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell
Episode 45: Bidening Gyre (with Jack Allison)
May 31, 2019 18:14 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBThis week I explore the very different approaches to climate policy coming from Alberta's UCP and Quebec's CAQ, then Jack Allison of Struggle Session and Jack AM joins me to talk about Joe Biden, Robert Mueller's boring press conference, Nancy Pelosi not doing her job and the abysmal state of american political comedy. Support the show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/49thParahell
Episode 44: War Hoarse (with Nate Bethea)
May 24, 2019 18:19 - 1 hour - 84.5 MBThis week I take a look at the Australian election results, which wound up playing out rather contrary to popular expectations, and try to figure out what that means (despite knowing very little about australia). Then Nate Bethea of Trashfuture and What a Hell of a Way to Die joins me to break down exactly why a US/Iran war would be an unmitigated disaster, we also discuss other foreign policy issues, Trump potentially pardoning alleged war criminals, Brexit, the EU elections, milkshakes, ho...
Episode 43: Democracy Sausage (with Andrew Law)
May 17, 2019 20:22 - 1 hour - 89.4 MBThis week, I try to maintain a cool head amid a sudden escalation in military tensions between the US and Iran and then talk a bit about the disturbing, draconian forced-birth laws being put into place in some American states. Then Andrew Law of Boonta Vista joins me to break down the upcoming Australian election and describe some of the absurd political turmoil that's basically become the status quo there. Also: similarities between political struggles in Australia, Canada, the US and the U...
Episode 42: Border Disorder (with Ken Klippenstein)
May 10, 2019 18:00 - 58 minutes - 54.7 MBThis week, journalist Ken Klippenstein joins me to talk about the story he uncovered about now-infamous border militia the United Constitutional Patriots, the increasingly state-sanctioned racist violence that Trumpism represents, Joe Biden's presidential prospects, how taking advantage of the Freedom of Information Act (or FOIA) is an essential part of a functioning democracy and more. Support the show on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell
Episode 41: Don't Stop the Music (with Emily Leedham)
May 03, 2019 17:48 - 1 hour - 64 MBThis week, in between coughing fits, I touch on the most recent failed coup in Venezuela & the perverse right wing media reaction to the latest white nationalist synagogue shooting, then Emily Leedham joins me to talk about the counter protest outside the Linda Sarsour event last week in Winnipeg, her run-in with Rebel Media, how we can disrupt these toxic conservative elements, the importance of anti-racist community outreach and much more. Support the show on Patreon: http://www.patreon....
Episode 40: Both Sides Bonafides (with Nora Loreto)
April 26, 2019 19:37 - 1 hour - 70.3 MBThis week, I attempt to emphasize one of the main lessons of Jason Kenney's election as Alberta premiere last week, also the bizarre attempt by Donald Trump and the right to rewrite history on Charlottesville and the history of the alt-right movemement, and an update on my ongoing efforts to destroy Joe Biden's presidential bid. Then Nora Loreto joins me to discuss her talk with Linda Sarsour in Winnipeg, the faux-controversy surrounding Sarsour, also Omar Khadr, the abysmal state of canadia...
Episode 39: Streets of Outrage (with Talia Lavin)
April 19, 2019 17:26 - 55 minutes - 52.3 MBThis week, writer Talia Lavin joins me to continue our targeted harassment campaign of Dan Crenshaw, discuss the conservative victimization industrial complex, commiserate about our experiences in the eye of the right wing outrage hurricane, go over some of the conspiracy theories that emerged the moment images of the burning Notre Dame cathedral hit social media, and much more. Support the show on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell
Episode 38: Escalator to Nowhere (with James Wilt)
April 12, 2019 20:38 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBThis week I talk a little about what it's like to be a parent in the pre-apocalypse, also Ilhan Omar gets piled on yet again by an increasingly unhinged & extremist right wing establishment. Then James Wilt joins the show to chat about Justin Trudeau's embarrassing handout to the Weston Family, the crumbling liberal order, our seemingly unavoidable coming conservative dystopian nightmare, what it's going to take to build a left wing social movement in this Canada, and much more. Support th...
Episode 37: Hellberta Decides (with Bashir Mohamed)
April 05, 2019 23:23 - 1 hour - 63 MBThis week I try to spend as little time as possible talking about Joe Biden, then Bashir Mohamed joins the show to break down the upcoming Alberta election, increasingly radical conservative politics in Canada and beyond, and how the media has been contributing to a toxic & dangerous political climate. Support the show on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell
Episode 36: Meltdown May (with Eleanor Penny)
March 29, 2019 16:59 - 1 hour - 89.6 MBThis week I go over the various unhinged reactions that the long-awaited and predictably disappointing Mueller report inspired, Eleanor Penny tries to explain to me what is happening with Brexit (with mixed results), also what's next for Corbyn and the Labour Party and how the rich are planning to cope with climate change. Then in feedback corner I read some of the comments I received after I ran afoul of the intellectual dark web.
Episode 35: Media Malaise (with Walker Bragman)
March 22, 2019 20:07 - 1 hour - 72.3 MBIt's been a week since a Donald Trump supporter went on a racist mass-murder spree (again) and the media is making sure he's held to account... for being mean to John McCain. Then journalist Walter Bragman joins the program to talk about the Bernie Sanders/David Sirota non-controversy, media opposition to the Sanders campaign, the anniversary of the Iraq War, desanitizing the human rights disaster in Yemen and much more. Suppor the show on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell
Episode 34: The Great Debasement (with Jordan Uhl)
March 15, 2019 18:41 - 1 hour - 56 MBJordan Uhl returns to the show this week in the aftermath of the horrendous Mosque shootings in Christchurch New Zealand to talk about online radicalization, right wing conspiracies, Fox News, the Tucker Carlson tapes and what they tell us about the conservative media machine and much more. Support the victims of the Christchurch Mosque shootings here: https://www.launchgood.com/project/support_for_the_families__victims_of_the_new_zealand_mosque_shootings
Episode 33: This McCain't It (with Jared Holt)
March 08, 2019 19:16 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBThis week, friend of the show Jared Holt of Right Wing Watch returns to the program to walk me through the existential horror of CPAC, and we contrast the troubling, formerly fringe elements of the conservative movement on display there with this week's news cycle that was once again dominated by tedious bipartisan handwringing over Rep. Ilhan Omar's statements about Israel -- highlighted by Meghan McCain's already legendary meltdown on The View. Support the show on Patreon: http://www.pat...
Episode 32: Drug Worriers (with Chuka Ejeckam)
March 01, 2019 20:48 - 1 hour - 75.6 MBThis week I go over Bernie's early struggles to outline a more progressive foreign policy and talk about the controversy surrounding his CNN Town Hall event (featuring my first and hopefully last on-air apology). I also go on somewhat of a rant about friend of the show Michael Bueckert's absurd defamation lawsuit. Then UBC grad student Chuka Ejeckam joins the show to talk about trying to maintain a sense of normalcy in the face of the coming climate crisis, drug war reparations, America's un...
Episode 31: Return of the Bros (with Tannara Yelland)
February 22, 2019 19:28 - 1 hour - 67 MBIt's episode 31 of 49th Parahell and Bernie Sanders just announced his 2020 campaign, so I drank far too much coffee and then talked about why I'm actually looking forward to participating in the sure-to-be toxic and brain-melting 2020 Democratic primary discourse. Then Tannara Yelland joins me to talk about Bernie, the #UnitedWeRoll pro-pipeline/anti-immigrant convoy and the rapidly deteriorating Liberal government. I also once again complain about the NDP. support the show on Patreon: ht...
Episode 30: Omar Coming (with Dan Boeckner)
February 15, 2019 19:23 - 1 hour - 68.3 MBThis week I become depressed after watching Donald Trump's rambling speech about his pretend national emergency, then Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade joins me to talk about life in Nanaimo, his songwriting approach, Ilhan Omar's remarkable 48 hrs, and why no one in this country seems to care that we're financing far right Ukranian nationalists. Support the show on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell
Episode 29: Kenney Logoffs (with Kate Jacobson)
February 08, 2019 19:50 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MBThis week Alberta United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney was extremely triggered by a piece in Vice that explored the anti-semitic origins of his attacks on environmentalist groups, so Kate Jacobson of the Alberta Advantage podcast (quoted in the piece and later publicly attacked by Kenney) joined me to talk about it, as well as how antisemitism is inseparable from capitalism, why Justin Trudeau only cares about corporate crimes when the US State Department tells him to, why we're hel...
Episode 28: Schultz-mentum (with Rob Sheridan)
February 01, 2019 18:54 - 1 hour - 69.5 MBThis week I talk about the Liberal government's attacks on Niki Ashton and the NDP for their opposition to the Venezuelan coup, also the hilariously backfired Bernie Sanders opposition research that was released on twitter. Then visual artist/art director and writer/creator of Vertigo Comics' HIGH LEVEL joins the show to talk about his new book, climate change, hopeless presidential candidate Howard Schultz and his incredible lack of self-awareness, why billionaire elites are so scandalized ...
Episode 27: Fear and Loathing in Caracas (with Hilary Agro)
January 26, 2019 16:35 - 1 hour - 65.9 MBThis week I go over the extremely depressing media reaction to the Covington High MAGA teen's carefully curated PR push, then UBC Anthropology PhD student Hilary Agro joins the show to talk about the burgeoning Venezuelan coup, Canada's role in legitimizing it, the profound lack of self-awareness on display at Davos, our post legalization landscape, the future of drug policy and much more. Subscribe to the show on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell
Episode 26: Fordpocalypse II -- Assault on Academia (with Michael Bueckert)
January 19, 2019 15:52 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBThis week, I complain about the weather and then briefly talk about the "crisis" on the southern US border. Then three-time returning guest Michael Bueckert joins me to discuss Doug Ford's latest assault on Ontario's education system, the disappointing Jagmeet Singh era, what Trudeau has in common with Jair Bolsonaro, our seemingly unavoidable conservative nightmare future and much more. Support the show on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell
Episode 25: Less Rock, More Talk (with Luke Savage)
January 12, 2019 14:55 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBIt's the first episode of 2019 and I have to re-remember how to podcast. Then Luke Savage returns to the show to talk about the ongoing media freakout over AOC, Bernie, Warren, Beto and Biden's 2020 chances, the gap between rhetoric and action, Trudeau's empty promises to indigenous communities and whether the CPC's embrace of pure malevolence & spite is a new phenomenon or recency bias.
Best of 2018
December 31, 2018 17:29 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MBWe might be exploring the hellish nightmare of modern reality together, but we've still managed to have a few laughs over the course of 24 episodes. Enjoy this compilation of some of the best segments of 2018 (plus an extra special bonus featuring twitter's @dogboner) and we'll be back in 2019. Support the show on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell
Episode 24: Algorithm Nation (with Kelly Weill)
December 20, 2018 19:43 - 1 hour - 55 MBThis week I describe my minor feud with the head of Center for American Progress, Neera Tanden, and explain why CAP's ongoing partnership with the truly vile arch conservatives at the American Enterprise Institute somewhat contradicts their claim that they stand for progressive values. Then Kelly Wiell of the Daily Beast joins the show to talk about Pewdiepie's (whom I also feuded with this week) latest controversy, the reactionary Youtube algorithm, Tucker Carlson and much more. Subscribe...
Episode 23: Big Tech Energy (with Maya Kosoff)
December 14, 2018 21:10 - 1 hour - 61 MBThis week I weigh in on Beto 2020 and the opening salvo of the democratic primary, then Vanity Fair's Maya Kossof joins the show to talk about the recent Mueller investigation developments, Canada imprisoning Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, activists fighting back against Amazon's HQ2, the farcical Google conservative censorship hearings, Facebook's recent trials & tribulations, Jack Dorsey's embarrassingly self-serving and tone deaf Myanmar retreat, the Trump administration's regressive climate po...
Episode 22: Cultural Snarxism (with Eli Valley)
December 03, 2018 21:00 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBThis week I go over the recent developments in the Mueller investigation and explain why I still find it unlikely that we'll ever see Donald Trump or any other wealthy politically connected elite in america actually face any consequences for their criminal behavior. Then author and cartoonist Eli Valley joins the show to talk about George H.W. Bush, Marc Lamont Hill, Laura Loomer, antisemitism, Israel and much more.
Episode 21: Ashamed Boys (with Karen Geier)
November 23, 2018 17:52 - 1 hour - 77.7 MBThis week returning guest Karen Geier joins the show to talk about Doug Ford, the Conservative Party, Trudeau, the media bailout, the postal strike, the relation between the decline in labor unions and modern economic alienation, Gavin McInnes quitting the Proud Boys, Hillary Clinton's tone deaf comments on European immigration and much more. Support the show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/49thParahell
Episode 20: High School Heil (with Jules Suzdaltsev)
November 16, 2018 20:36 - 1 hour - 65.1 MBThis week on 49th Parahell, Jules Suzdaltsev joins the show to talk to me about his viral thread this week that exposed a picture of junior high school students in Wisconsin giving an apparent nazi salute and turned into a national news story. We also discuss the widening gulf between american progressives & reactionaries, the right's highly successful "work the refs" strategy, the failures of big tech, life as a high-profile Trump reply guy and much more. Support the show on Patreon: http...
Episode 19: Election Correction (with Jordan Uhl)
November 08, 2018 19:54 - 1 hour - 70.8 MBThis week, I explain how I was busted for voter fraud by Infowars and then contrast my own online activity with the misinformation peddled by far right conspiracy theorists (who were in rare form following the latest mass shooting in California). Then MoveOn's Jordan Uhl comes on the show to break down the US midterm elections. Support the show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/49thParahell
Episode 18: Mid-Terminal Velocity (with Hasan Piker)
November 03, 2018 13:35 - 1 hour - 68.4 MBAs right wing conspiracy theories spread by President Trump and the conservative media machine continue to inspire violence & terror across the country, Hasan Piker joins the show to break down the upcoming midterm elections and ruminate on the looming spectre of American fascism. Support the show on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell
Episode 17: Bomb-foolery (with Ishmael N. Daro)
October 26, 2018 19:45 - 1 hour - 71.3 MBThis week, I go over the explosive developing story about the Trump-obsessed right wing bomber and contrast it with the GOP's cynical midterm obsession with fake violent leftists. Then journalist Ishmael N. Daro joins the show for a wide-ranging talk on the Toronto municpal election, Faith Goldy, the increasingly dangerous conservative media in Canada & the US, the Migrant Caravan and more. Support the show on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell
Episode 16: Crowned Fool (with Ian Williams)
October 20, 2018 19:57 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBThis week, Ian Williams and I break down the legitimate international debacle that is WWE's upcoming Saudi Arabian event Crown Jewel, which has gotten pro wrestling mixed up in the political fallout to the sordid murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Support the show on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell
Episode 15: CAQ to the Future (with Ethan Cox)
October 09, 2018 19:39 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBIn episode 15 of 49th Parahell, I talk about the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh, America's point of no return and the IPCC climate change report, then Ricochet's Ethan Cox joins me to break down last week's Quebec election. Support the show on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell
Episode 14: Wrestling with Reality (with Aubrey Sitterson)
October 02, 2018 18:16 - 1 hour - 82.4 MBThis week I talk about Brett Kavanaugh and how the current political moment has turned me into a reluctant accelerationist. Then writer Aubrey Sitterson tells me about his new Comic Book Story of Professional Wrestling, how the One True Sport can help us understand politics, and his journey from teen reactionary dirtbag to long-haired socialist dirtbag. Support the show on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/49thParahell
Episode 13: Solidarité Toujours (with Kathleen Gudmundsson)
September 24, 2018 20:07 - 1 hour - 67 MBThis week on 49th Parahell, I make an attempt to take a truly ludicrous amount of news and shape it into a coherent & insightful introduction. Then Kathleen Gudmundsonn of Quebec Solidaire joins the show to share her fascinating political journey, the rise of the far right in Canada and the US, and what Quebec sovereignty means in 2018. Support the show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/49thParahell
Episode 12: Q York Minute (with Robert Wheel)
September 17, 2018 20:41 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBThis week on 49th Parahell, I try to make amends for personally deleting The Great Awakening reddit community by presenting some of my own research that I think followers of QAnon might be interested in. Then VICE's Robert Wheel joins the show to talk about the NY election, Nixon/Cuomo, Salazar, the IDC and more. Support the show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/49thParahell
Episode 11: Supreme Court Press (with Sam Knight)
September 07, 2018 21:53 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBThis week on 49th Parahell, Sam Knight of the District Sentinel joins the show to go over a wacky week in American news, which featured stoned Elon Musk, drama at the Supreme Court hearings, the mystery NYT op-ed, Colin Kaepernick’s Nike deal and more. Support the show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/49thParahell