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Welcome to the Not Your Grandmother's Book Club Podcast, where we read right-wing nonfiction so you don't have to. Join us and read along, or more likely don't as we slog through the worst that conservative publishing has to offer.

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    NYGBC: Prager Roulette Hall of Evil Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2025 39:29


    Sorry for the lack of new episodes lately, we wanted to make sure we keep in touch with the world so we sat down today to look at some new videos on Prager U about the most evil people they can twist towards their propaganda purposes. Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social & @benygbc.bsky.social  Show Links: https://www.prageru.com/video/the-hall-of-evil-vladimir-lenin https://www.prageru.com/video/the-hall-of-evil-joseph-stalin

    NYGBC: Death of the West Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 75:59


    This week, we dive back into the most racist thing written by someone to have worked in two presidential administrations (I assume) Pat Buchanan's Death of the West for Chapter 3. Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social & @benygbc.bsky.social 

    NYGBC: Prager Roulette Shockingly Racist Children Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 46:56


    This week, with Kevin getting ready to leave on vacation, we took a look at some truly messed up material from Prager U lamenting anti-white racism in South Africa Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social & @benygbc.bsky.social    Show Links: https://www.prageru.com/video/south-africa-lwazis-hard-lesson  

    NYGBC: Patron Only for all Michael Knowles Book Club The Scarlet Letter

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2025 62:22


    This week, we finished off the second half of our patron only bonus episode for the last month for you all to hear. We watched Michael Knowles and Julie Hartman pretend to have deep thoughts about The Scarlet Letter. Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social & @benygbc.bsky.social  Show Links: https://www.prageru.com/video/julie-hartman-the-scarlet-letter-by-nathaniel-hawthorne

    NYGBC: Death of the West By Pat Buchanan Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2025 76:05


    This week, we break open Pat Buchanan's racist screed “the death of the west” yet again to take a look at chapter 2 in which Pat makes clear that he thinks women should be making babies and absolutely nothing else. Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social & @benygbc.bsky.social    Show Links: Elon Musk being wrong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toxdgMEskLk 

    NYGBC: Prager Roulette Playskool Economics Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 65:39


    This week, we take a break from the hard slog of being adults and researching and writing episodes to watch some Prager U videos that clearly had the same level of motivation as us. Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social & @benygbc.bsky.social    Show Links: https://www.prageru.com/video/why-economic-systems-matter https://www.prageru.com/video/americas-economic-secret-sauce https://www.prageru.com/video/profits-and-losses-the-hidden-signal https://www.prageru.com/video/measuring-economic-performance

    NYGBC: The Death of the West by Pat Buchanan Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2025 79:19


    This week, we finally begin our review of Pat Buchanan's racist drivel “The Death of the West: How dying populations and immigrant invasionsimperil our Country and civilization. Pat doesn't even really try to hide it. Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social & @benygbc.bsky.social    Show Links: Pat being a bigot: https://www.mediamatters.org/pat-buchanan/buchanan-says-sotomayors-purported-discrimination-against-white-males-similar-what-was

    NYGBC: Pat Buchanan, Part 2 - The Nixon Years

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2025 63:13


    This week, we continue our author introduction of Pat Buchanan, the most racist member of the Nixon White House. This time we take a look at his time in the Nixon administration and his period of wandering in the wilderness before returning to the fold of the Reagan administration. Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social & @benygbc.bsky.social  Show Links: Spiro Agnew In Des Moines (AP): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDC7XYaqWUo  Agnew Transcript of remarks: https://www.otterbein.edu/alumni/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/04/1969-Agnew-Des-Moines-Speech-Handout.pdf  Inside Nixon's Deranged, Illegal Plot to Pin the Wallace Assassination Attempt on the Left: Conor Powell & Gary Scott: https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-nixons-deranged-illegal-plot-to-pin-the-wallace-assassination-attempt-on-the-left/ 

    The Answer Lies Within

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 69:54


    Enter should ye dare, and gaze upon the wonders within.   Also known as Michael Knowles get's real fashy over Dorian Gray part 2. Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social & @benygbc.bsky.social  Show Links: https://www.prageru.com/video/will-witt-the-picture-of-dorian-gray-by-oscar-wilde  

    NYGBC: Pat Buchanan: The Skeleton Key of Racism

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2025 77:06


    This week, we begin our author introduction of Pat Buchanan. Who it turns out, is just a giant racist. Who could have imagined? This time around we take a look at his early life before examining some of his writings and ramblings.  Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social & @benygbc.bsky.social    Show Links: I'm not linking to Buchanan's website but its easy enough to find if you want

    NYGBC: Executive Oh-No

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2025 59:52


    This week, we take a look back at the week that has been. Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social & @benygbc.bsky.social    Show Links: Us Committee For Refugees and Immigrants: https://refugees.org/  Advocates for Trans Equality Guide to Being an Ally: https://transequality.org/issues/resources/supporting-the-transgender-people-in-your-life-a-guide-to-being-a-good-ally  NPR - All the executive orders Trump has signed after 1 week in office: https://www.npr.org/2025/01/28/nx-s1-5276293/trump-executive-orders

    NYGBC: A Few Bad Men

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2025 55:38


    This week, we take a look at a a few of the incoming administration officials and gasp in awe at how anyone thought they were a good idea. Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social & @benygbc.bsky.social    Show Links: Pro Publica on Scott Turner: https://www.propublica.org/article/scott-turner-hud-nominee-trump-public-housing-texas Media Matters on Pete Hegseth: https://www.mediamatters.org/pete-hegseth/trump-picked-fox-friends-weekend-co-host-pete-hegseth-be-secretary-defense-heres-some

    NYGBC: Prager U Poli Sci 101 Master's Degree

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2025 57:34


    This week, we finish off our Prager U-ducation with the final videos from the Poli Sci 101 course that haven't been nuked off the internet for some unknown reason. Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social & @benygbc.bsky.social  Show Links: Donate to help LA Wildfire Victims:  World Central Kitchen California Community Foundation Wildfire Fund GoFundMe Verified Fire Victims https://www.prageru.com/video/left-or-liberal https://www.prageru.com/video/big-business-and-big-brother

    NYGBC: New Year New Pod

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2025 58:07


    This week, we bring on the new year with our annual listener Q&A episode, then we make some lukewarm predictions for 2025 and give you all a peek at our plans for the year. Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social & @benygbc.bsky.social

    NYGBC: Prager U Graduation Day - Final Episode of 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2024 71:10


    This week, we jump back into Prager U's “Political Science 101” course. Run off with our diplomas and see how well Benedict remembers the year. We'll see you next year Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social  Show Links: National Network of Abortion Funds: https://abortionfunds.org/find-a-fund/  Prison Journalism Project - Joybelle Phelan “Why I sometimes Wish I was Still in Prison: https://prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/12/18/the-greatest-christmas-gift-i-received-in-prison/  https://www.prageru.com/video/the-difference-between-a-democracy-and-a-republic https://www.prageru.com/video/where-do-you-want-to-live-red-state-or-blue-state

    NYGBC: Prager U Poli Sci 101 Junior Year

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2024 67:45


    This week, we jump back into Prager U's “Political Science 101” course, this time for our junior jaunt, with special appearance by bootlicking expert Dinesh D'Souza Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social  Show Links: ACLU Know your rights for protesters: https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights  https://www.prageru.com/video/is-fascism-right-or-left https://www.prageru.com/video/is-americas-government-secular https://www.prageru.com/video/do-you-understand-the-electoral-college 

    NYGBC: Prager U Poli Sci 101: Sophomore Slump Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2024 65:21


    This week, we jump back into Prager U's “Political Science 101” course, this time for our sophomore slump, in which Dennis Prager unveils his 19th century racism on a 21st century medium. Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social  Show Links: https://www.prageru.com/video/how-do-you-deal-with-painful-truths-left-vs-right-4 https://www.prageru.com/video/how-do-we-make-society-better-left-vs-right-5 https://www.prageru.com/video/how-do-we-make-society-better-left-vs-right-5

    NYGB: Prager Roulette: Poli Sci-101 Freshman Year Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2024 71:11


    This week, we took a dive into Prager U's “Political Science 101” course, which Kevin sacrificed the sanctity of his own email address to obtain. We find this course deserves an F-minus. Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social  Show Links: https://www.prageru.com/video/how-big-should-government-be-left-vs-right-1 https://www.prageru.com/video/does-it-feel-good-or-does-it-do-good-left-vs-right-2 https://www.prageru.com/video/how-do-you-judge-america-left-vs-right-3 https://www.prageru.com/video/how-do-you-deal-with-painful-truths-left-vs-right-4 https://www.prageru.com/video/how-do-we-make-society-better-left-vs-right-5  

    NYGBC: Prager Roulette What's Trending Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2024 68:15


    This week, we took a look at some of the slop being pushed out of Prager U while Dennis recuperates in a post-election edition of Prager Roulette. Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social  Show Links: https://ww w.prageru.com/video/who-are-the-most-powerful-people-in-america https://www.prageru.com/video/the-constitution-the-limited-powers-of-congress https://www.prageru.com/video/you-cant-be-free-without-this https://www.prageru.com/video/jfk-democrat-or-republican https://www.prageru.com/video/politics-and-populism https://www.prageru.com/video/the-constitution-presidential-powers

    NYGBC: Well Everything Kinda Just Sucks Doesn't It Now Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2024 56:04


    This week Benedict is back from vacation and we just sat down and talked about all the awful stuff ahead. Sad vibes ahead. Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social  Show Links: Palm Beach Playbook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FrDUsJ3KwU&t=376s  Michael Knowles has no shame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uDV_qIgNqQ&t=93s  Greg Kelly fits the whole boot in his mouth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1fsWoNW-ck&t=306s 

    NYGBC: Red, White and We're Screwed Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2024 63:48


    This week, we abandon the country during the election (just in case) and pull together a prager roulette, this time of some of the folks one possible future president may be listening to in the run-up to the election. Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social  Show Links: Palm Beach Playbook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FrDUsJ3KwU&t=376s  Michael Knowles has no shame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uDV_qIgNqQ&t=93s  Greg Kelly fits the whole boot in his mouth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1fsWoNW-ck&t=306s   

    NYGBC: The Heritage Foundation's Blueprint for Hell

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2024 83:19


    This week, we have the worst timing, deciding to start a multi-episode series about Project 2025 the week before the U.S. Election. This time around we look at the structure and purpose of the 2025 Mandate for Leadership, and dig into its Foreword, written by creepy weirdo and head of the Heritage Foundation, Kevin Roberts, proving that this document would not be taken seriously by anyone in a sane and good world. Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social  Show Links: Colin Dickey Reviews Kevin Robert' Book in The New Republic https://newrepublic.com/article/184651/voters-right-know-kevin-robertss-disturbing-book-says-j-d-vance-project-2025  Mandate for Leadership: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24088042-project-2025s-mandate-for-leadership-the-conservative-promise

    NYGBC: Unwoke by Ted Cruz Final Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2024 71:21


    This week, we finally finished Ted Cruz' book “Unwoke: How to Defeat Cultural Marxism in America” and it ended with the wet fart we expected. In a few weeks we will be picking back up with our new book review of Pat Buchanan's “Death of the West.” Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social  Show Links: Amanda Moore in the Nation https://www.thenation.com/article/society/rod-iron-freedom-festival-moon/ 

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    NYGBC: Paul Weyrich's Rotten Heritage

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2024 74:02


    This week, we took a look at one of the festering sores on the heel of the United States the Heritage Foundation, one of the largest and influential far right propaganda centers in the country. Connections to white supremacists, bad college recommendations, and priorities more at home in the 1920s than the 2020s, they've got it all. Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social  Show Links: NYT Article: https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/19/opinion/will-bush-purge-nazi-collaborators-in-the-gop.html Weyrich says the quiet part out loud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN7IB-d7Hfw  Kim-Phillips-Fein in The Nation: https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/the-conservative-promise/  Bad College Recommendations: https://datavisualizations.heritage.org/education/choose-college-with-confidence/?_gl=1*naofyh*_gcl_au*MTY5MTUwMjMyMS4xNzI4NzU3NjY1*_ga*NTAwODgzOTU4LjE3Mjg3NTc2NjY.*_ga_W14BT6YQ87*MTcyODg2MTA3Ni4yLjEuMTcyODg2MTc3NS4xMi4wLjA Heritage education rankings are bad: https://www.heritage.org/educationreportcard/

    Patron Only for all: Alina Habba Tells Little

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2024 58:38


    This week, in the middle of Chaos from travel and our everyday work responsibilities we were unable to sit down and record so we decided to release a belated Patron only for all. For all of our patrons we apologize for getting behind and we will be catching up this month. Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social  Show Links: https://www.prageru.com/video/trump-attorney-alina-habba-on-lawfare-in-americas-justice-system 

    NYGBC: Unwoke Chapter 9 Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 68:11


    This week, we begin the final chapter of Ted Cruz' “Unwoke” with chapter 9 China. This time around, Ted tells more fake glorious stories about his exploits behind closed doors and forgets what his personal Covid Conspiracy theories are. Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social 

    NYGBC: Prager Roulette The Lion The Witch and the Illuminati Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2024 64:46


    This week, we took a detour into some Prager Roullette, this week watching some videos about LBJ, a little dose of the John Birch Society, and some hot Lewis on Tolkien action. Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social  Show Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHIqmX8zxnQ  https://www.prageru.com/video/lyndon-b-johnson-and-the-vietnam-war https://www.prageru.com/video/lyndon-b-johnson-the-not-so-great-society https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWBbM6-98lQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZZwCSnX9rA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aaO6_VX0QE

    NYGBC: Unwoke Chapter 8 Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2024 68:56


    This week, we finished off the second half of Chapter 8 of Ted Cruz' “Unwoke” all about how the science is on Ted's side, as long as the science you want to believe in comes from creepy race science obsessed weirdos. Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social

    NYGBC: Conservatives Can't Read part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2024 30:43


    This week the boys are on vacation and we finished up the second half of our watch-through of a fantastically weird and awful project 2025 video. Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social  Show Links: https://www.propublica.org/article/video-project-2025-presidential-training-academy-trump-election 

    NYGBC: Kevin is Bad at Scheduling

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2024 53:06


    Hello everyone. I've named the episode honestly this week because it is what it is. Unfortunately we were stuck with just one recording session to fill the episodes for when Kevin is on vacation and here is the first of those. Unfortunately because we could only record two there will be a week where Patrons do not get a new episode. We will make up for it I promise and I will not be charging patrons at all for the month of September. Despite that, we did manage to have some fun with another Project 2025 training video and we hope you enjoy too. Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social  Show Links: https://www.propublica.org/article/video-project-2025-presidential-training-academy-trump-election 

    NYGBC: Unwoke Chapter 8 Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2024 60:05


    Hi all, first off Kevin has to apologize because somehow he eneded up screwing up and not releasing last week's episode. This is what was released to patrons last week and now to all of you. We apologize and will make up for it in the future.  This week, we start off the first half of Chapter 8 of Ted Cruz' “Unwoke” all about how the science is on Ted's side, as long as the science you want to believe in comes from creepy race science obsessed weirdos. Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social  Show Links: https://www.mediamatters.org/candace-owens/candace-owens-im-not-flat-earther-im-not-round-earther-actually-what-i-am-i-am

    NYGC: Proyecto Dos Mil Veinticinco

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024 81:14


    This week, we finish start off a two-parter episode about project 2025, the right wing plan to step on their own D*cks by watching one of the private training videos videos that Pro Publica and Documented released over the weekend. We find it… lacking. Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social  Show Links: https://www.propublica.org/article/video-project-2025-presidential-training-academy-trump-election 

    NYGBC: Unwoke Chapter 7 Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2024 75:28


    This week, we finish off the second half of chapter 7 of Ted Cruz' “Unwoke” in which we don't get any more stupid statements about Marvel or Watchmen, but do get a smorgasbord of bad takes about the dumbest media for an old man to yell about. Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social 

    NYGBC: Prager Roulette A Bunch of Freakin' Weirdos Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2024 60:48


    This week, we dip into a little round of Prager Roulette to look at just how weird JD Vance and some of the folks defending his weirdness really are.  Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social  Show Links: Prager U James Lindsay's New Buzzword: https://www.prageru.com/video/what-is-critical-immigration-theory  Vivek's Woke Inc: https://www.prageru.com/video/when-big-business-went-woke  Rod Dreher is a creepy weirdo: https://www.prageru.com/video/totalitarianism-can-it-happen-in-america  JD Vance: Weirdo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZiCTw6EBag 

    NYGBC: Unwoke Chapter 7 Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2024 90:10


    This week, we sincerely tried to read Chapter 7 of Ted Cruz' abortion of a book “Unwoke” but had to spend an hour and a half talking about how wrong he is about popular media instead. From Watchmen to Avengers, Ted doesn't know what the hell he's talking about.  Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social  Show Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pvNDpuWs_M

    NYGBC: Crypto, Just Say No!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2024 86:51


    This week, on Kevin's ADHD roller coaster topical tour, we take a trip to cryptocurrency mountain, where the water tastes like Lambos and the grift flows like wine. That's right, cryptocurrency is a ponzi scheme, but somehow more environmentally destructive than Bernie Madoff even tried to be. Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social  Show Links: Line Goes Up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ_xWvX1n9g&t=1s Bitcoin transaction fees: https://ycharts.com/indicators/bitcoin_average_confirmation_time  Nicholas Weaver explains why crypto is a scam: https://www.vox.com/conversations/2018/4/11/17206018/bitcoin-blockchain-cryptocurrency-weaver  SPLC tracked donations to Alex Jones and white supremacist groups: o   https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2022/04/29/updated-anonymous-donor-drops-2-million-bitcoin-alex-jones EIA In Depth Analysis on Crypto energy usage: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=61364 Coindesk reports the cost to mint bitcoin: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/05/16/bitcoin-mining-cost-estimate-drops-to-45k-as-inefficient-miners-exit-jpmorgan/ The Real World Costs of the Digital Race for Bitcoin: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/09/business/bitcoin-mining-electricity-pollution.html Bitcoin magazine on crypto electricity usage vs global banking system: https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/research:-bitcoin-consumes-less-than-half-the-energy-of-the-banking-or-gold-industries Digiconomist on the real cost of bitcoin: https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption Bitcoin transaction fees hit record highs: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/04/21/bitcoin-miners-reap-windfall-as-runes-debut-sends-transaction-fees-to-record-highs/#:~:text=Bitcoin%20transaction%20fees%20averaged%20a,based%20on%20coordinated%20universal%20time.  Bitcoin transaction fees hit 2020 lows: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-transaction-fees-lowest-2020 Financial Times explains why bitcoin is worse than a Madoff style Ponzi Scheme: https://www.ft.com/content/83a14261-598d-4601-87fc-5dde528b33d0 

    NYGBC: Unwoke Chapter 6 Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2024 68:34


    This week, we return to our review of the future required high school reading in Texas under supreme leader Abbott, Ted Cruz' “Unwoke” or how I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Cancun.  Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social

    NYGBC: What the F**k IS the Supreme Court Doing?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2024 94:38


    This week, we depart from our usual formula to discuss the supreme court, their absolutely F**ked up rulings to shepherd in our new terrible world. On a serious note, I apologize for the way the episode ended but we decided we just needed to finish where we were. I cannot tell you it will get better, but we will be here no matter what happens. Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social  Show Links: The 5th circuit is messed up: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/11/fifth-circuit-conservative-supreme-court/676116/ 

    NYGBC: Unwoke Part 8

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2024 90:06


    This week, we return to our book review of Ted Cruz' “Unwoke” with chapter 6 “The long march reaches the boardroom” In which Ted never bothered to think about his own premise of. Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social  Show Links: Ted Cruz hates woke baseball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAJNkZ1iJUo  https://consumersresearch.org/

    NYGBC: Cultural Marxism "Documentary" Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2024 77:10


    This week, with Benedict away we finished off the cultural marxism propaganda film we started weeks ago and it ends with exactly the whimper we would expect. We'll be back with a new episode next week. Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social  Show Links: Watch along with us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIdBuK7_g3M&t=4178s 

    NYGBC: Unwoke Part 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 79:24


    This week, we bring it back to our usual form by diving back into the pile of slop that is Ted Cruz' book “unwoke.” This time we read chapter 5 about how that Marxist *checks notes* Joe Biden is creating a new soviet republic here in the US.  Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social 

    NYGBC: The Religion of Green Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2024 34:52


    This week, we decided to finish off the short episodes we recorded for our now-cancelled month away in which we watched a Prager U Short Documentary entitled “The Religion of Green.” We had fun with it, and we hope you do too. Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social  Show Links: Watch Along With Us: https://www.prageru.com/video/religion-of-green

    NYGBC: Prager U Short Documentary "The Religion of Green"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2024 44:56


    This week, we decided to release the first of two episodes we recorded for our now-cancelled month away in which we watched a Prager U Short Documentary entitled “The Religion of Green.” We had fun with it, and we hope you do too. Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social  Show Links: Watch Along With Us: https://www.prageru.com/video/religion-of-green

    NYGBC: Unwoke Part 6

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2024 85:26


    This week, we boot up, log in and drop out chapter 4 of Ted Cruz' godawful mess of a book, “Unwoke” titled “Big Tech.” This time around we hear the same gripes against big tech that we've heard in ever book we've read with a dash of bad citations, and obvious lies disproven by how time works. Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social  Show Links: Ted Cruz Clip of the Week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RFclDjDYI4  Buzzfeed article released 5 years before Ted's book detailing one of his sources' intimate involvement with a neo-nazi: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/josephbernstein/heres-how-breitbart-and-milo-smuggled-white-nationalism#.qbXJVb4y4

    NYGBC: Prager Roulette Too Many Dead Presidents Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2024 77:51


    This week, we take a look at Prager University's Series on US Presidents.   Kevin is too tired to finish writing the show notes and will update them in the morning.

    NYGBC: Unwoke Part 5

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2024 80:19


    This week, we bust into Chapter 3 of Ted Cruz' “Unwoke” in which he squeals with joy over that time he was right and a reporter was wrong before spending almost 30 pages claiming the marxists have taken over the newsrooms and recommends OANN as a source of truth and unbiased reporting. It's that kind of week folks Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social  Show Links: Boston Globe Trump Prediction Front Page: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/10/473709316/boston-globe-runs-fake-front-page-detailing-a-donald-trump-world  Newsrooms that move beyond objectivity can build trust: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/30/newsrooms-news-reporting-objectivity-diversity/

    NYGBC: Prager Roulette Trad-Wives Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2024 73:22


    This week, we do a bit of a pre-episode watch through of some videos on the trad-wife movement in a prager roulette. We watched some mainstream far right presenters whinge and haw to try to make trad-wifery acceptable when a cursory overview shows that its one of the most toxic ideologies in our world today. Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social  Show Links: Michael Knowles lying about trad wives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e44jDgYU7BE  Piers Morgan is right for once:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbwKTQ3Zp8g  Feminism Bad: https://www.prageru.com/video/feminism-20  Knowles keeps being dumb: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wHvCV9wVOo  Ben Shapiro Reacts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pE_XXrnITM  Brett Cooper is a Native Informant on Women: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUO3WBzcnAM rule 23f Sian Nottiss in the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/31/white-supremacy-trad-wives-far-right-feminist-politics

    NYGBC Unwoke Part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2024 83:23


    This week, we crack open the musty slime covered diseased tome that is Ted Cruz' “Unwoke” and find ourselves again reading the type of political rhetoric better suited to the times of the black plague than the modern day. But remember kids, Castro gives you candy! Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social  Show Links: Communist Manifesto: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/Manifesto.pdf  Vincent Lloyd original article: https://www.compactmag.com/article/a-black-professor-trapped-in-anti-racist-hell/ Vincent Lloyd interview by Connor Friedersdorf: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/02/villanova-professor-vincent-lloyd-anti-racism-conversation/673079/  Books Unbanned Brooklyn Public Library: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/books-unbanned

    NYGBC: Cultural Marxism - The Corruption of America Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2024 65:14


    This week, jump back into the mind bending fantasy movie “Cultural Marxism - The Corruption of America” and get our earballs and eyeballs filled once more with a discordant stereoscopic display of crankery at levels the world has only yet contemplated. Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social  Show Links: Watch along: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIdBuK7_g3M&t=4178s  DOJ Press Release on Larkin Rose: https://www.justice.gov/archive/tax/txdv05626.htm

    NYGBC: Unwoke Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2024 80:55


    This week, we finish off the second half of Chapter 1 of Ted Cruz' neo-nazi inspired screed, Unwoke: How to Defeat Cultural Marxism in America. This time, like last week, Ted wanders through personal anecdotes of times he wishes he was persecuted while failing to understand by the worst people he knows get protested.  Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social

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    NYGBC: Trad Caths, Rad Trads and the Faux FBI Memo Outrage

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2024 101:52


    This week, we take a look at the “traditionalist Catholics” and rad trads and trad caths, a cesspool of antisemitism and misogyny (and some ordinary old religious fanatics as well). Benedict has also declared himself the anti-pope this week, so look forward to your forthcoming excommunication. Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show! Become a patron at patreon.com/NYGBCpod Find this episode on our website at NYGBCpod.com Follow us on twitter at @NYGBCpod Follow us on Bluesky @nygbcpod.bsky.social  Show Links: Josh Hawley Thinks he Has  Good Point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH7i4llRD6E  Pew religious landscape survey: https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/religious-landscape-study/religious-tradition/catholic/party-affiliation/ Berkeley Center Study: https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/responses/the-catholic-factor-in-the-2020-election Pew Research The Nones: https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2024/01/24/who-are-the-nones-how-are-they-defined/ Nostra Aetate: https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decl_19651028_nostra-aetate_en.html

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