Whack @WhackNicholson, Juniper @JUNlPER, and Caleb @BirdRespecter with their trusty producer Alex @Agormund delve into internet topics du jour.
The Western Kabuki podcast is a captivating and thought-provoking show that delves into the depths of internet subcultures, while also offering insightful commentary on a wide range of topics. With its deep dives into the world of internet weirdos and its humorous yet sincere approach to discussing various subjects, this podcast offers a refreshing and unique listening experience.
One of the best aspects of The Western Kabuki podcast is its ability to shed light on obscure corners of the internet and examine the fascinating individuals who inhabit them. The hosts do an excellent job of researching and presenting these stories in an engaging manner, allowing listeners to gain insight into these often misunderstood subcultures. Additionally, the thoughtful commentary provided by the hosts adds depth to each episode, providing listeners with a greater understanding of the topics discussed.
Furthermore, The Western Kabuki podcast stands out for its authenticity. Unlike some podcasts that may exaggerate or misrepresent their content for entertainment purposes, this show maintains a genuine tone throughout. The hosts present their material with honesty and sincerity, ensuring that listeners can trust the information being shared. This authenticity allows for a more immersive listening experience where one can truly connect with the stories being told.
While The Western Kabuki podcast has many strengths, it does have some drawbacks as well. One potential downside is that it may not appeal to everyone's taste. Its focus on internet subcultures and sometimes niche topics may limit its appeal to a specific audience. Additionally, some listeners may find certain episodes or topics less interesting than others, depending on individual preferences.
In conclusion, The Western Kabuki podcast is a hidden gem in the world of podcasts. Its exploration of internet subcultures combined with insightful commentary makes for an intriguing listening experience. While it may have some limitations in terms of broad appeal and occasional variation in topic interest, overall it delivers thought-provoking content that keeps listeners coming back for more. Whether you're interested in delving into the depths of internet weirdness or simply enjoy quality conversation, this podcast is worth adding to your regular listening rotation.
Dan Boeckner (podcaster and front-man of Wolf Parade et al) joins us to talk about news, this time with heavy emphasis on Canadian and Israeli politics, plus the unfortunate shooting that happened at the SLC 50501/No Kings protest. GoFundMe for Afa Ah Loo: https://www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-support-needed-support-the-family-of-afa-ah-loo Follow Dan: https://www.patreon.com/BOECKNER https://linktr.ee/Boeck9
This is the first episode of Ill Conceived, a new podcast from Josh Boerman from The Worst of All Possible Worlds and June Sternbach from Western Kabuki. Get new episodes every Friday in your favorite podcast client: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Spotify Pocket Casts YouTube Josh and June take a look at Promise Keepers, the organization that massed 700,000 men on the National Mall in Washington, DC for a 1997 rally that promised to bring spiritual renewal to its attendees and a new order to the social health of the country. While they didn't quite pull off the fundamental transformation they were hoping for, Promise Keepers left a significant impact on the evangelical Christian psyche. And somehow, they're still around today, desperately trying to convince the world of their definition of fatherhood and family. SOURCES: The First Promise Keepers Event: Witnessing the Power of God" by David Roadcup Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes du Mez Seven Promises of a Promise Keeper by Bill McCartney et al. "Promise Keepers pledge to move from stadium rallies to the marketplace" by Adelle Banks, Religion News Service "New Promise Keepers CEO ready to see a revival among men" by Maina Mwaura, The Christian Index "Promise Keepers Pour Into The Nation's Capital" (CNN, 1997) "The Promise Keepers Opens Its Doors To Women" (NPR, 2009) AUDIO CLIPS: 6:18 – Bill McCartney in a profile by WXYZ-TV Detroit (September 24, 1994) 32:46 – Norm MacDonald on Saturday Night Live Weekend Update (October 4, 1997) 33:23 – Joseph Garlington, Promise Keepers worship leader, at the 1997 Stand in the Gap rally 34:55 – Patricia Ireland, president of the National Organization for Women, on Charlie Rose (October 3, 1997) 36:31 – Huron Claus, Native American Christian evangelist, at the 1997 Stand in the Gap rally 38:00 – Bill McCartney, Promise Keepers founder, on Larry King Live (October 7, 1997) 47:49 – Shane Winnings, current Promise Keepers CEO, on Morning Joe (April 3, 2025) 50:50 – Web trailer for Wake-Up Call, the 2025 Promise Keepers in-person summit in Yakima FOLLOW THE SHOW: Website: com Bluesky: @ill-conceived-pod.bsky.social Tumblr: @illconceivedpod FOLLOW JOSH: Website: https://joshboerman.com/ Bluesky: @bosh.worstpossible.world Other podcast: The Worst of All Possible Worlds Stream: Traditional Scrench FOLLOW JUNE: Bluesky: @junlper.beer Other podcast: Western Kabuki Writing: June's Substack
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Brace stops by to talk with us about the rise of the "Soy Right", posting tactics, and much much more. Follow him at https://trueanon.com/ Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki
Luke and Eleanor of the We're Not So Different + Going Medieval shows join us for a look at how the far right appropriates various nostalgic aesthetics from Rome, to the crusades, and beyond. Support them here: https://www.patreon.com/wnsdpod/ Follow: @lukeisamazing and @goingmedieval Follow us at https://www.patreon.com/westernkabuki
We had Miles Klee come on to tell us about his experience visiting a crypto convention in Las Vegas, but first we had to discuss the question on everybody's mind: who's winning, Trump or Elon? Follow Miles: https://www.rollingstone.com/author/miles-klee/ Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki
Liv Agar of the QAA podcast joins us to talk about the modern day hippies and what political forces drew them into fake new age medicine and conspiracy theories. Follow Liv Agar / listen to QAA here: https://x.com/Liv_Agar / https://open.spotify.com/show/6qAmVJsQW0k51ZJ9bDZyZd?si=d013e0cb760b442b Support us at Patreon.com/WesternKabuki
We are joined by David Roth of Defector & The Distraction Podcast to talk about the wonderful world of masculinity retreats-- a sometimes hilarious, sometimes horrific, industry that supposedly helps disaffected men who spend tens of thousands of dollars get in touch with their masculine roots (and occasionally results in death). Follow David: https://bsky.app/profile/davidjroth.bsky.social Read Defector, the last good website: www.defector.com
We are joined by iDubbbz for a frank and honest conversation about what it means to take accountability, growing and changing as a creator, losing friendships over "content" and more. Follow Ian at https://www.youtube.com/iDubbbzTV Follow us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki Special thanks to YumOJ on bluesky for appearing in this week's closing track
Jordan aka Dead Domain joins us to discuss their recent documentary on friend of the show Brianna Wu. Watch the documentary here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1O6S7MWXb8 Support Jordan here: https://www.patreon.com/jordanleendertsen Listen to the full episode at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki
Alex Novell joins us to talk about the story of Jason Itzler aka Mr. Based: pimp, pornographer, lolcow enthusiast, a man who stares directly into the sun daily, and a possible murderer. Watch the documentary here: https://www.youtube.com/@Alex-Novell Support us at Patreon.com/WesternKabuki
Listen to the full episode here: https://www.patreon.com/c/westernkabuki We kick off the month with a couple news stories and some casual conversation amongst friends :)
Caleb joined our friends at The Worst of All Possible Worlds for an episode on Richard "Beebo" Russell. This is the first part, the second is available on their Patreon at http://patreon.com/worstofall. Content warning: this episode heavily discusses suicidal ideation and is at times emotional
Webby award winning smiling man Ed Zitron gives us an update on the world of AI funding, the impending collapse, and more. Follow Ed at wheresyoured.at More at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki
Listen to the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/posts/return-to-world-127550114 We talk to friend of the show MLYP about the recent hacking of and takedown of 4chan and the impact that 4chan has had on the world. Follow MLYP: https://bsky.app/profile/mlyp.bsky.social Listen to All This For 10 Dollars: https://10bux.neocities.org/
We talk to Palestine activist and student at Columbia University about how the Trump administration is using the full weight of the state with compliance from Columbia to clamp down and oppress student protesters and what that means for all of the US Follow Layla: https://x.com/itslaylas Support this campaign: https://chuffed.org/project/113327-refaat-alareer-camp-the-sameer-project Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki
Marcos aka The Homie aka Aintershow comes on to discuss the phenomenon known as treatlerism. Follow Marcos: https://x.com/AinterShow https://bsky.app/profile/aintershow.bsky.social Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki
Listen to the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/c/westernkabuki/ The gang is joined by host of the podcast Worst Of All Possible Worlds to talk to us about the Donald Trump tariff agenda and how that has impacted the deal he was trying to make with ByteDance. Listen to Worst Of All Possible Worlds: https://www.worstpossible.world/ Follow Josh: https://bsky.app/profile/bosh.worstpossible.world
Grummz, through his advanced network of spies, got the scoop and called the FBI on us. We are currently in prison, woke has been defeated, and video games are now entering a golden age of eternal basedness. Pack it up folks, it has never been this over. Link to the video we discussed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY0Xva_QPpU
For the full episode, subscribe on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/westernkabuki Find our research here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lW-47QyII7q86AI2LGmpkCrXoam5988DppC1lzEDOts/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.ct86khdx2874 Follow Kate: https://bsky.app/profile/katewillett.bsky.social Dystopia Now: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6P6ekhshLnQAaA7JffTN4-Xkl5NPJAwa
The gang brings on Kate Willett to talk about the billionaire plot do run a parallel system of government to work along side of, and eventually replace democracy + other insidious happenings. Kate Willett is a comedian, actress and writer who has appeared on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Netflix's Comedy Lineup. She has a podcast called Dystopia Now where she covers this and more at greater length. Follow Kate: https://bsky.app/profile/katewillett.bsky.social Dystopia Now: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6P6ekhshLnQAaA7JffTN4-Xkl5NPJAwa Pt. 2 on Patreon soon at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki
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We talk to Kat Abughazaleh about her IL-09 campaign announcement, what inspired her to run, what she thinks needs to change in democratic party politics and how to take on the growing threat from republicans. Find Kat Abughazaleh at Katforillinois.com Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki Find where else we post our episodes at and more: https://linktr.ee/westernkabuki
Tom and Joe from the Anime Sickos are here and we talk about the history of 4chan, the websites and culture that preceded it, and more. Note that this episode covers the timeline from the mid 1990s right up to the website's founding. Another episode further discussing the inner-workings of 4chan, notorious moments, and what's going on today will follow in the future. In the meantime, follow Anime Sickos at https://animesickos.com/ Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki This was originally recorded on February 21st
Full episode at https://www.patreon.com/c/westernkabuki YouTuber Eden Riley joins to give us a tour of the current right-wing video creator ecosystem.
Independent journalist Marisa Kabas walks us through the wild world of DOGE and what to expect next. Follow her at: https://bsky.app/profile/marisakabas.bsky.social https://www.thehandbasket.co/
We talk about the rise of anti-woke venture capitalists in the new era of Trumpism 2.0 and revisit some old brands from the conservative parallel economy to see how they're doing in 2025. www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki
The gang guested on the pilot episode of "Culture Dumpster" by Johnny Amizich, author for Hard Drive & friend of the show. You can hear the full thing and more at https://www.culturedumpster.com
We talk about the deteriorating reality we live in from the new 'Lavender Scare' in the Trump government, to tumbling Tesla sales, and a few other stories. Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki Find where else we post our episodes at and more: https://linktr.ee/westernkabuki
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Molly White joins us to discuss the future of crypto under the Trump administration and more. Follow Molly: https://www.citationneeded.news/ https://www.mollywhite.net/linktree/ Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki
The first annual gamer awards show ft. the ghost of Dave. www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki
Friend of the show Cameron, aka MLYP has just launched a podcast on the Something Awful forums. We talk about how it birthed the worst website in the world: 4Chan and the political schism that formed between the two sites. Note that this episode will be followed up with a 4chan history episode soon. Follow Cameron: https://bsky.app/profile/10bux.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/mlyp.bsky.social Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki
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Josh from TWOAPW returns to talk about why the TikTok ban happened, and how that differs from the reason we've been told. Follow Josh: https://x.com/BoshJ https://x.com/TWOAPW Note: we recorded this episode immediately preceding the ban issue and reinstatement Support us on www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki
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Our friend Alex aka LolOverruled tells us about his history with Mr Beast, then joins us for an odyssey through the worst tweets of Q4 2024. It is an episode full of heat and also some genuine brain rot. Follow Alex: https://x.com/LolOverruled https://loloverruled.substack.com Note: Alex/Lolo's mic was having some issues, we got it sorted out during the break and you can hear part two at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki SLIDES: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tBFtkfasMWaVhw90cuKv0rJMDj9DjBpeSVZTZpHHYzo/edit?usp=sharing
Nick Calandra, Editor-in-Chief of Second Wind joins us to discuss the challenges of having a critical engine around the gaming industry and more. Follow Nick at: https://x.com/nickjcal https://x.com/SecondWindGroup www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki for the whole episode https://wkchicago.brownpapertickets.com/ for tickets to our first live show in Chicago on 3/15
We talk to Megan Romer, National Co-Chair of the Democratic Socialists of America, on the future of DSA, what to expect in the next four years, and how to get off the couch and start organizing.
Chicago Update: The final round of tickets are available at: https://wkchicago.brownpapertickets.com/ If you're in Seattle, NYC, Philly, LA, and possibly Dallas: I wouldn't be surprised if we have something fun for you soon too. Everyone else, wait and see!
We're doing our first ever live show at The Lincoln Lodge in Chicago on March 15th. It's a small room so get your tickets here: https://wkchicago.brownpapertickets.com/ If you're in Seattle, NYC, Philly, LA, and possibly Dallas: I wouldn't be surprised if we have something fun for you soon too. Everyone else, wait and see!
We discuss the ongoing Groyper/Tech Bro Civil War with our friend Diana then debate on whether Adrian Dittmann is actually Elon, or simply an admiring pervert. Follow Diana @ https://twitter.com/rlycalm Listen to our full premium episodes on www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki
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Arif Hasan is an NFL reporter and author writing a book on the relationship between Western Imperialism and Sports. Follow Arif at www.WideLeft.Football or https://x.com/ArifHasanNFL Listen to Arif's show 60 Minute Drill with Caleb and Ed Zitron at www.linktr.ee/60minutedrill Support this podcast at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki
www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki We're going back to 2015 to talk about the political landscape, on and offline, that led to the election of Donald Trump to see what's changed and what we can learn. Follow David: https://www.youtube.com/daviddoel https://bsky.app/profile/daviddoel.bsky.social
We talked to Matt Binder about Hawk Coin, the financial key to success provided to people by Hailey Welch, as well as Luigi Mangione the alleged UHC CEO shooter. Follow Matt: Newsletter: http://disruptionist.com YouTube: http://youtube.com/MattBinder Podcasts: http://ScamEconomy.com // http://DOOMEDcast.com // @majorityfm PURCHASE TICKETS TO OUR FIRST EVER LIVE SHOW AT WWW.PATREON.COM/WESTERNKABUKI
June accidentally stumbled head first into the beautiful world of "ice wall" theory, so we brought Marcos onto the show to help completely and totally ice pill her. Follow Marcos's show: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-aint-shit-show/id1525171566
We enter the Costco Cinematic Universe with friend of the show Hoots to talk about the dark world of child influencers. Follow Hoots: https://www.youtube.com/@hootsyoutube This episode was originally slated to be a Patreon exclusive, but we unlocked it for everybody. If you'd like to support us, please consider doing so at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki
Cartoonists & co-authors of the Justice Warriors series Matt Bors & Ben Clarkson are back to talk Bubble City & read some news with us. Strap in for a very silly episode. Buy Justice Warriors 2: Vote Harder at: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Justice-Warriors-Vol-2/Matt-Bors/JUSTICE-WARRIORS/9781952090325 Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki
June and Alex have opted to leave the left and take positions within the incoming Trump Administration. Caleb refused, and is now in a secure prison facility. The crew discuss various social media figures and politicians who are "leaving the left" with friend of the show and co-host of Kill James Bond, Devon. Follow Kill James Bond at www.KillJamesBond.com or Devon at www.twitter.com/Devon_OnEarth Support us at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki
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