Digital Decline is a weekly podcast, brought to you by Mackenzie Graves, that mashes together internet culture and history. Mackenzie will bring on a guest each week to discuss news, memes, viral videos, and most importantly a historical topic of their choice. Ultimately this podcast seeks to address the question s "Is the internet helping society improve, or are we facing the Digital Decline?"
Comedian Ishmael Gaynor joins the pod to discuss the assassination of civil rights leader Fred Hampton. Fred Hampton was a member of the Black Panthers, who was able to organize an interracial coalition of Chicago gangs for political change. In 1969 on orders of the FBI, the Cook county police department raided his home and shot him dead in his bed. We also generally discuss the civil rights work of The Black Panthers and Nation of Islam. We also manage to get some jokes in! We talk about hip-hop, and how our moms weren't with it. Have y'all seen R/Blackfishing on reddit? It is WILD! Calm down with spray tan Becky! We also discuss two Twitter different takes on if an onlyfans during a relationship.
Stephen Bolles joins the podcast to discuss the Spanish Flu. In the midst of the quarantine we find our selves smoking too much. No weed does not make you more creative. Is Drake's son aloud to say the Karen? Will he be one of those rich kids that pretends that he's poor? Speaking of rich kids, why is hockey so expensive, they guys discuss! Stephen played the saxophone like a stereotypical fat kid, meanwhile Mackenzie fails out of band class. Tiger King, Carole def did it, but is Doc Antle the white R. Kelly? Corona conspiracies are whizzing around, but have you heard the fun one about birds not being real?? Finally we get around to Spanish Flu, a more deadly than Covid, but similar. Lastly, some loser begs Stephen's wife for feet pics! Check it out, don't forget to like and subscribe! (Recorded on ZOOM, please forgive any quality issues)
Mackenzie sits down with his good friend and fellow comedian Natan Badalov to talk about Martin Luther. First they discuss the bombings in Iran, Natan is concerned for his cousins in the region. Mackenzie teaches Natan about Onlyfans, so that he too can become a simp. Kevin Spacey is becoming a real life super villain, check his latest ominous video. Natan talks about being from Uzbekistan, where they do not like Al Sharpton. Are foot fetishes gendered? Any women with a foot fetish send in a dm! jk! Natan becomes the last person on planet earth to learn the definition of PAWG, google it if you don't already know. Finally the guys talk about Natan's historical pick Martin Luther. Martin Luther had 99 problems, but the Pope ain't one. Martin Luther was a shady hoe, he was dissing the pope, Muslims, and Jews on the same record, wish we could have seen him pop off on Twitter.
This week Myles Toe joins the podcast, to discuss JFK and his many affairs. The pod begins with fight videos, and the discussion of girls vs gay guys, is it ok? We learn why you should never mess wiht anyone in an 8-ball jacket. The conversation shifts to prison Youtube, would these guys survive in prison, probably not. Both Myles and Mackenzie went to alternative schools, Myles' seems much more fun. Finally, the boys go into JFK and his long list of affairs. Was JFK a scumbag, or an old school pimp? You decide and let us know!
Dan Carney joins the pod to discuss the legendary Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan. We begin at a description of Dan's whiteness, he's not completely translucent. Energy, comedy can sincerely lack it (this was pre-corona). Papa John has a pizza fueled meltdown, and we speculate where he will end up (the joker??). Hillary Clinton is still clawing at relevance, the guys discuss her latest Stern appearance. We all learn that young Hilldog was actually pretty cute. Finally the guys pivot to the Mongols and Genghis. They would not be reviewed highlighly, but would definitely trend on Twitter. Was Genghis Khan more like Cosby then Hitler??