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NYGBC: I Heard it at a Hipster Coffee Shop: Jacob Wohl’s Rise and Meteoric Fall

This week, we take a detour to talk about a figure that should have been featured on this show long before now, convicted criminal and grifter extraordinaire, Jacob Wohl and his partner in crime Jack Burkman. Between the two of them they’ve racked up numerous fake sexual assault press conferences, several felony indictments, and at […]

Right Wing Wreckage – The Lost Murderous Children of the Right Wing Media System

This Week, we take a look at some examples of right wing radicalization to the point of violence, not an uncommon topic on this show, but this time we focus in on a specific form of radicalization. In particular today we talk about people who are radicalized by a hatred of the left, in the […]

Bundyville or Bust: The Second Wave of the Militia Movement

This week we try to distract ourselves from the impending doom of the fascist takeover of America about to occur after the midterm elections by finishing our mini-series on the militia movement in the United States. This time around we focused on happenings after 2008, when a second wave of militia activity definitely, absolutely, in […]

NYGBC: Bringing the War Home: The Militia Movement Explodes in the U.S.

This week we finally, at long last actually do our episode on the beginnings of the militia movement in the U.S. After many Benedict caused delays (I assure you) we take a peek at the wild world of woodland camouflage LARPing and the ocassional anti-government terror attack from its roots in the 1990s through its […]

NYGBC: There Are No Heroes: Ruby Ridge, Waco, And The Road to Oklahoma City

This Week, we begin a mini series within the Lunatic Fringe series on the militia movement in the united states by looking at three of the inciting incidents in the history of the militia movement’s history, Ruby Ridge, Waco, and the Oklahoma City Bombing. Through to today individuals on the far right still claim The […]

NYGBC: The Kids are Not Alright: Conservative Youth Culture on Campus

Photo: Left Coast Right Watch https://leftcoastrightwatch.org/ This week we continue the lunatic fringe series about how the far right became the moderate center of conservatism with an episode about the toxic sludge that is conservative youth culture. We explore this vapid pool of nuclear waste through the lens of three different groups, the traditional college […]

NYGBC: They Rise for the Purpose of Falling: Perennial Candidates and the Election Grift

This week, we take an official detour from the lunatic Fringe series to journey into the wild woods of grifter political candidates who make a living and a following off of hopeless campaigns for office to “take America back.” Those we are talking about today include Deanna Lorraine, a California based failure to launch who […]

Lorem Christum: Christian Nationalism and the Never Ending Crusade

This week we step back into the lunatic fringe for another ride down the slip and slide of fascism, taking a look at the topic we left off our first episode on fascism, Christian nationalism. On this week’s episode we discuss Christian nationalism as the most prevalent form of fascism in the US today. Make […]

NYGBC: A New Fascism for a Neo Era

This week, we cover something that is probably long overdue for this show given the subject matter we deal with. We take a look primarily at the question of what is fascism? And how fascism plays out in our modern world. Make no mistake, while the number of actual nazis or phalangists walking around may […]

NYGBC: Conspiracy in the Time of Water Filters: Alex Jones and the Monetization of Paranoia

This Week we dive back into our lunatic fringe series about how the far right has become the center of the modern republican party with a look at the second great harbinger of American conspiracy theory, Alex Jones, and the era of the commercialization of conspiracy. Today we talk about Jones, and the man who […]