I’m going to leave this free both to see how many downloads it gets over time and as a sample of podcast content
This week we say goodbye to Vice.com, and lament the hole it will put in the media environment when we no longer get stories about how to have sex with fat trans people with face tattoos. Watch the video from Pagliacci the Hater yourself, sharing some of Vice’s best headlines. I don’t want to steal the content to put it here, as it doesn’t have a watermark or anything.
It was a big week for Clown World news. Other topics are: Navalny update, no whites in the AI, Racists for Will Stancil, the real moon landing, ISIS did the Marea chemical attack, RIP Flaco, and the NYT sandwich scandal.
We have a great meeting of the week, which is why I do this segment, Taylor Lorenz interviews Chaya Raichik.
In Clown World History we discuss Kruschev’s famous denunciation of Stalin, and how these narratives can change on a dime.
The one picture from this that must be seen is Chaya in the Taylor shirt:
That is all for this week, thank you for listening! Please consider getting a paid subscription. There is still the special offer through the 29th!
Thank you for listening! As always, you can find Brad on Twitter @WaywardRabbler and Alexis @LaissezLexi
Dispatches from Clown World: Episode 23