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Under the Influence is a satirical political commentary podcast featuring a group of friends under the influence and duking it out each week to be the most influential.

Under the Influence


    • Apr 2, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 50m AVG DURATION
    • 40 EPISODES


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    Neutered Authors

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2023 44:29


    George Washington, stupid Zoomers, rewriting the greatest children's author, and James and the Giant Dildo. All this and more on this special edition of Under the Influence. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    Summer Specials

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2022 52:24


    Beer not being available at the dairy, ads on Spotify podcasts, zombie bureaucrats, Amazon is taking over everything and knows everything, Atlantis and Hogwarts are equally real, and the timecube. All this and more on the summer special of Under the Influence! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    Ukraine

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2022 43:30


    We're back baby! Discussing the war in Ukraine in our own way. Back for this special bonus episode, we hope that you all enjoy. Peace! At the 35 minute mark Alex loses his shit and dies. Donate here: https://bank.gov.ua/en/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    The End

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2022 43:42


    Tis the end of Under the Influence dear listeners. I know, you'll be crying yourself to sleep tonight thinking back on all the good times. But hey, all things come to end. This week we lament on the amount of coins in our pockets weighing us down, facial recognition that does not see through your face mask, and flat advertisement to basically go live in a commune. Also, Belgium gets new passports, and a judge in the US is forcing a group of workers back to work. The world has gone completely crazy and on that note, the podcast Under the Influence comes to an end. We love you all. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    Russian Shirt Stains

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2022 55:21


    This week on the Under the Influence, shirt stains, yogurt pottles, Taliban suicide brigades, Russian invasions, NFT idiots, and COVID voting. All this and more on another episode of the greatest satirical-political commentary podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    Slaves to Central Wankers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 58:54


    This week on Under the Influence, hilarious online gamer buddies relive their glory days, creepy-Christians continue to give out more life advice, tokenism morphs into radicalism, ethnic classifications are stupid, people with trash food takes, and Trump's reelection all but assured thanks to the failure of government to do anything that a government should do. All this and more on this week's episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    New Year, New You

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2022 44:52


    This week on Under the Influence we take aim at new year's resolution, the French language, self help messages from creepy-Christians, beds are ugly, the decline of Western civilisation is happening but no one is going to do anything about it. All this and more on this week's episode of Under the Influence. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    Xmas Specials and Movie Spoilers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2022 44:45


    This week on Under the Influence, Xmas COVID narcissism , fruit in your main dishes (ew), Peleton stock crashes because of Sex in the City, the Man kicking you when you finally win, going to the movies during the day, Spiderman spoilers, the grand conspiracy that the world is controlled by shape shifting trans people who are killing famous people and then transitioning into their bodies, the roman empire didn't exist and is a complete fabrication of the antichrist trans Napoleon. The truth will set you free. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    Human Rights and Asylum Seekers

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2021 59:46


    Gym rats, booster shots, getting sick with not-COVID, crypto-bros, not getting paid, loud eaters, Christmas parties ending your political career, left-wing Kremlin talking points, and the colonisation of Brazil involving some Tortilla Treaty. We also talk serious with a special guest about human rights and the realities of being an asylum seeker. All this and more on what might just be the last episode of 2021 for Under the Influence! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    Christmas Shopping Scam Discounts

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2021 39:04


    Christmas shopping, men's sections in stores, Black Friday fake discounts, language guidelines and independence from ol'Liz, and getting charged for being poor. All this and more on this week's episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    Locking Down Freedom

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2021 56:02


    The high density of grills, the independence of Bougainville (boganville lol!), Uber bans, book bannings, and the re-lockdown of freedom. This week on Under the Influence we reach the big 30, and our arthritis is already kicking in. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    Hyperinflated Anachronistic Maps

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2021 51:40


    This week on Under the Influence, the gang grows by one and we discuss anachronistic maps, gas shortages, English football fans, and self-defense defences. I know what your asking yourself everyday, how does one stop hyperinflation? Well we have the answer for you, you're welcome. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    Supercharging the Right to Repair

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2021 28:58


    Is the statement "better late than never" an apt saying? Honestly probably not. This week on Under the Influence, we race through the episode because Alex woke up too late from his night out the day before: charging stations for electric vehicles, truth seeking anti-vaxxers, and Alec Baldwin goes postal on set, and the right to repair. Points to those in the audience to guess how bad Alex felt later in the day when his hungover kicked in. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    Kentucky Fried Influencers

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2021 38:08


    This week on Under the Influence, boiling eggs, USB-C chargers, unsolicited advice, getting caught in lockdown with KFC, the cancer in society that are influences, journalist anti-democrats, and the getting woken at night by earth holes. All this and more on this week episode of Under the Influence! Also here are some links to the thinks we mentioned on the pod this week: Binging with Babish: https://www.youtube.com/c/bingingwithbabish joeybtoonz: https://www.youtube.com/user/JoeyDrawsStuff Politico: https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-election-2021-bundestag-parliament-seats/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    IKEA Whale Harpoons

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2021 45:53


    This week on Under the Influence, IKEA labyrinths, whale clubbing, jokes that go too far, #MeToo Theranos?, and guy in a Trinidad now has giant balls thanks to the COVID vaccine! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    Warmongering Tourists

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2021 44:27


    This week on Under the Influence the gang get back together after the summer break to see what was influential. The world might be upside down but its all a bit the same as downunder goes into lockdown while tourists flock about to steal the restaurant tables of locals. It also turns out that the media are a bunch of warmongering racists - who'd of thunk it. All this and more on this week's episode of Under the Influence! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    Lost Episodes from Galaxies Far Far Away

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2021 51:40


    The lost episode makes its triumphant return! man compliments, people wanting things from you, balding heads, people who pronounce things wrong, the Israel-Parlestine conflict, Afrikaners living in Georgia (the country not the state), people's need to be aggressive on the street, and stupidity of Non-Fungible Tokens, and an interview that spans music, art and special effects for international blockbusters. All this is SO much more on this week's (Lost) episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    Vanity Projects

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2021 52:49


    This week on the Under the Influence, get ready for profanity, lots of profanity... and vanity projects! US flags at foreign protests, saying "you're stupid" straight to their face, service workers trying their best, fined for not wearing bikinis, mosquitos gods gift to the world, and the Nerdcast levels up on Athenian democracy. We are going on hiatus until September, but in the meantime we will release the lost episode, so stay tuned for that! Don't forget to check us out on Twitter. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    It's All Greek To Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2021 45:06


    This week on Under the Influence, skipping out to go on man-dates, guys who can't dress themselves, cigarette butts on the beach, the American withdrawal, and myth-busting ancient Greece. Don't forget to check us on Twitter and join the Discord. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    Lost in the MIddle of the Atlantic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2021 41:08


    Bullshit job titles, packages lost in the endless Atlantic, deplorable audio engineers, decency laws, pseudo-philosophical expressions, and the government using facial recognition to monitor your gaming time in order to protect the children. All this and more on episode 22 of Under the Influence! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    The Young Squirts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2021 41:54


    This week on Under the Influence, travelling the world with toddlers, going to restaurants if you can't eat, people with shit music, skipping vaccine lines, #freeBritney, and the nice government of Canada together with the Catholic Church are found to have gone on a child genocide spree. All this and more on episode 21 of the podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    Rentier Bidet Capitalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2021 38:08


    Shipping things to islands, North Sea Nazi lobster monsters, McAfee most certainly was not killed by the CIA, banks and hedge funds using your tax money to buy up your houses propelling us ever close to the full rentier service economy, and a Bidet political platform. All this and more on this week's episode of Under the Influence! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    A Scandalous Affair (It's Just Incredible)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2021 37:52


    Cut internet connections, trash bag cross dressing, bottle-gate, bureaucrats scandalously giving away your information to foreign governments, and a whale swallows a guy! All this and much more on this week's episode of Under the Influence. What else can be said, it's just incredible. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    Le Demi-eme Sex

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2021 45:07


    This week on Under the Influence, Nat joins the gang to discuss the ins and outs or demi-sexuality and brings and air of respectability to an otherwise trash-heap of a show. Eric laughs at nationalists, Alex thinks football is stupid, and Nibbler learns the hard way about the evils of copyright. Meanwhile, South Korea looks like its on the brink of creating a third Korea, Macron gets slapped and everyone's laughing (except the guy now in jail), and it turns out we're all peasants just working for the government! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    Absolutely Nothing Happening Here

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2021 38:29


    This week on Under the Influence, Eric talks about how incredible China is, we take a whirlwind tour back in time to 1989 when absolutely nothing happened in Tiananmen Square, Alex bemoans slavish lines and people making their problem your problem. Meanwhile Nibbler discusses his waifu love, chip shortages, sugar daddies, and getting Ruled 34'd. All this and more! Don't forget to check us out on Twitter! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    Hot Tub Housing Crisis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2021 54:46


    Cashiers who don't care about the queue that's longer than a communist breadline, rental scammers who are too intelligent for their own good, coincidence, hot tub streamers, housing crises with no end, policing communities, and destruction of the principles upon which our society is founded. All this and more and this week's episode of Under the Influence! Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    Debt-Financing Your Slavery

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2021 43:53


    This week on Under the Influence, the gang get together without a special guest to discuss some pretty interesting philosophical topics. For example, are trash bags the best receptacle to carry petrol? Should we use tracking devices to protect our loved ones? Do face masks block vacciners from infecting us with government mind control devices? And am I justified in believing that the clock is telling me the time? Lots of questions, and very, very few answers! Check us out on Twitter and join us on the Discord --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

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    SLAPP'd in the Anal Breathing Turtle

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2021 68:56


    This week on Under the Influence, perhaps the most insane person to grace the Earth with his presence decides to join us to talk about anal breathing turtles... and also how he got sued by the government for the most innocuous tweet in human history. Honestly, if the audience think that Alex is a bit crazy, just you wait. Remi will prove to come out trumps in the crazy category. The gang also put their heads together to discuss the morality of COVID vaccine patents, cryptocurrencies that meme all the way to the moon, the memory of Napoleon, and a farmer who moved the Frenco-Belgian border creating an international scandal. All this and much, much, more! Check us out on Twitter and share with us your thoughts on the podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    Finding our Goodspace

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 61:00


    This week on Under the Influence the zen-master Jeff from kiwi indie-band Goodspace joins us! The gang discuss crypto versus fiat currencies, May Day and the nature of the labour market post-COVID, White Knights, video games released unfinished and broken, and bane of our collective existence - pseudo-spiritual platitudes. Everyone please go check out the links below to get more of Goodspace! Interview starts at 41:15 Links: Spotify Facebook Instagram --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    Digging into the Past

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2021 69:41


    After a one-week hiatus which everyone was despondent about, we're back and better than ever! Our special guest this week, Joe, joins us to talk about digging into the past. Meanwhile, Alex gets roasted for having passed out and failing to turn up last week, Eric complains about airport staff, a car salesman proves why he is a car salesman and not a physicist, Ramadan during curfew, de-worming your cat, Elon goes to ISP, and Joe tells us of his newfound love for F1. Also, stay tuned for the interview where Joe tells us what it's like to be an archaeologist in the 21st century, and along the way, you may learn something about some pretty neat New Zealand history. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    Wrestling the Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2021 59:38


    This week on Under the Influence, special guest Ethan joins us to discuss his budding career as a wrestler and the wonderful drinking culture inculcated by the six o'clock swill down under. Meanwhile the rest of the gang grapple with some of life's greatest mysteries, like, why are public administrations so terrible? why do game servers crash over Easter weekend (Jesus is not happy!)? And, is Dubai actually gay for deporting 15 goddesses? All this is much, much more on this week's episode of Under the Influence. Trivialities: 3:00 mins What's Influential: 19:20 mins Interview: 30:04 mins --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    Sayonara to the West

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2021 85:20


    A blockbuster episode for you all this week! Special guest Aiden opens the door to Japanese culture so we can experience it all vicariously. Meanwhile, Nibbler feels he has to show us how pretentious he is about his knowledge of Japan while he complains about woeful public transport systems ruining his hot dates. Eric and Alex take a backseat keeping things casual with some classic trivialities like having to pay for water and to use the toilet in Europe, Amazon trying to destroy unions, cavalry charges to break up fake COVID parties and Aiden sets the record straight - trains do intersect roads in Japan (apparently). All this and more on this week's episode of Under the Influence! Leave us messages on our Twitter page @podinfluence --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    Memes, Memes, Everywhere...

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 46:16


    This week on Under the Influence, the CIA tries to remain relevant, a 200,000 tonnes ship gets stuck in the Suez, armchair economists, Instagram Reddit meme wars, and the Guardian hits a trifecta featuring the revenge of Karen. Meanwhile Nibbler goes on a date and Marcus the cat makes a first cameo to the show. All this and much, much, more! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    George Washington: President, General, Vaccinator

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2021 49:41


    This week on Under the Influence Nibbler makes his triumphant return to the podcast lamenting dating app ghosters and the possible ban on freedom of expression in Utah. Eric orders a book on how George Washington understood more about viruses than the average antivaxxer. Unfortunately, the postal service neglected to actually deliver the book. Luc ponders the future of the internet after it was recently revealed the government has finally figured out how to crack down on crack dealers, and Alex still recovering from a hangover from the previous weekend shouts into the microphone about dickhead kiwis who think they deny their fellow countrymen their basic human rights. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    Tulips on March 8!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2021 58:18


    The gang mark international women's day with Olly, who joins the show as a special guest to femsplain what it's all about (spoiler: it was a bunch of commies). Uber bans, Burger King fry cooks, people yawning while trying to speak, missing your vaccine allocation. All this and more on this week's episode of Under the Influence! Also a massive shoutout to Dissonance for the sick tunes! Check them out on Facebook, Instragram and of course at Spotify. Find us on Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    Liberté, Royalté, Brexité

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2021 56:20


    The world is crumbling down all around us as the very foundations of our liberal democracies are shaken to their roots by COVID-19. Yet this week Under the Influence the merry band of degenerates can only ponder small portion sizes, cows wandering through Cambridge, how to talk about the stock market without sounding like a douchebag, Marilyn Manson getting cancelled, how Hitler secretly infiltrated Amazon, and the Dutch considering if wind turbines are really worth it after all (sorry Greta). Our special this week graces us with his musings on the crown, Brexit, and Libertas before Augustus ruined it all. A jam packed episode for all to enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    A Train-Wreck Just Waiting to Happen

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2021 56:54


    People without screwdrivers, the Netherlands goes up one-nil against the European Union, fun facts on Tinder profiles, vaccine strategies done by society's most incompetent. Our special guest Jonas discusses the train wreck that is Europe's transportation network, Alex apologizes to the world for existing, Eric become a Memologist and can't stop surfing the internet for comments sections to laugh at, Nibbler questions whether kids are literate. All this and much much more on this week's episode of Under the Influence. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    Stalked as Cougar Bait

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2021 46:40


    Alex nurses a hangover and commits fully to the podcast, Eric contemplates OnlyFans, Nibbler goes on a date but recounts how he was stalked as cougar bait, children getting arrested for being kids, and the podcast considers who were the best and worst Presidents. Find out all about this week on this week's episode of Under the Influence. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    Alien Pyramids

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 46:29


    Aliens building pyramids, people using the YouTube comments section as a therapy session, Nibbler goes on a date and love advice from a listener, Alex melts down because the media lack the intellect to understand intellectual property, Kickstarter projects that take an eternity to arrive, Eric describes a new world order of COVID passports to travel all topped off with some weaselly words from a weaselly politician. All this and more on this week's episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

    GameStonks Post Mortem

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2021 67:36


    A GameStonks post mortem, dogs with shoes on, Nibbler gets stood up by a Canadian, festivals that make it too difficult to pay for things, Alex falls down the conspiracy wormhole and somehow Hegel and Carl Schmidt enter the conversation. All this and more on the first episode of Under the Influence. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-undertheinfluence/message

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