COEXIST INC

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  ep. 226 - Going to Jail For Sending a Picture of Shrek's Green Penis 31.07.2026 1t 12min

  Journalist DJ Byrnes was arrested for sending an Ohio State Senator a picture of Shrek's penis (message me and I'll show you the picture if you're brave enough). He now faces jail time because the Ohio judicial system likes to do favors for those in power. This is both very funny and very serious. This is a first amendment case. Say what you will about those dandy founding fathers of ours, but they did enshrine in law our right to psychically torture our elected officials. If DJ goes to jail, this will set an incredible precedent. We will all have to rally behind Shrek's green hog (and DJ). We also talk about the Vivek Ramaswamy's pathetic campaign for governor of Ohio (he might lose!) and how you, too, can be a journalist gadfly at your local government buildings. Please show DJ some love and support his work over at The Rooster. 
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  ep. 225 - Graham Platner: Autopsy of a Failure 27.07.2026 7min

  There was something unique I noticed about Platner’s campaign. Unlike Mamdani with his polished, quick and highly produced videos, Platner would speak into a front facing camera with no cuts to say he is sorry. Each time he had to address some past scandal, his drinking, his womanizing, his Nazi tattoo, he would look into his camera, apologize, and his poll numbers would go up. Why? I realized that it was this front facing confession of his sins that put us in the position of a priest. Platner, instead of denying or doing the corporate dem meaningless word salad, was saying he was wrong and was asking for forgiveness. And We were on the receiving end of his apology and we were given the power to grant him grace. But we are not priests. We are Americans. The blood is on our hands. Platner is just a mirror. He is the avatar of our guilt, of our sins. If a man who was a soldier in a criminal war, a man who was an abusive drunk toward women, a man who served the mercenary machine and fed it blood can be redeemed, then maybe there is hope for us all. Because deep down I believe that Americans know we are living wrong. To discuss this further, I am joined by journalist Jasper Craven who recently interviewed Graham Platner in the New Yorker. Craven has written extensively about the culture and psychology of American veterans, most notably in his excellent new book, God Forgives, Brothers Don't, which we will be doing a book club on the very near future, so if you haven’t got yourself a copy, make sure you do. As always, thank you thank you for your continued support. Send me messages of things you’d like me to talk about, criticisms of what I could do better, because I’m in it for the long haul. Enjoy the show. 
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  ep. 224 - Why We Shoplift (And How They Are Trying to Stop You) 23.07.2026 52min

  “I suddenly began to realize that everybody in America is a natural born thief.” - Jack Kerouac, On the RoadAmerica is a country of thieves. We stole the land from the people who stole the land. And we love of our romantic criminals. Who doesn't enjoy a good heist? So why so much fearmongering around shoplifting? They will tell you there is a sticky finger epidemic in America. That's why they have the deodorant behind plexiglass veils. That's why there are cameras absolutely everywhere. That's why they need to implement more facial recognition technology at the self-check outs. They will tell you that American companies lost more than $112 billion to shoplifting in 2022 alone. This is a lie. There is a lot of money to be made telling and selling the idea that corporations are victims. Slate reporter Alex Sammon's latest piece dives into the world of anti-shoplifting technology and the multibillion dollar industry behind it. He joins the show to talk about how we shoplift, why we shoplift, and how you can get away with it.Read the story here. 
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  ep. 223 - National Anthems: 16.07.2026 7min

  What makes a national anthem good? Why does the Star Spangled Banner suck? Ben and Jordano of Remember Shuffle help Brother Isaac rank a good chunk of the world's anthems. 
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  ep. 222 - Kill Me, I'm Irish-American: How to Travel in Ireland 06.07.2026 1t 34min

  No country suffers more from the American need for ancestral heritage than Ireland.Ireland is full of hyphenated Americans who are looking for some kind of belonging because they do not have it in America. The American obsession with heritage is a kind of subconscious self-loathing. It is not enough to be American. It is not enough to have it all. No, we must be Irish, or Italian or EUROPEAN, even though we have no real relationship to those places. We gave that all up when we entered the diaspora. So what do the Irish think of "Irish-Americans?" How can you travel to Ireland without being a part of the problem? Brother Isaac is joined by Ciarán of Corner Späti to guide him through the land of a thousand welcomes. Also, support the show and and show your true Irish heritage with the new "Kill Me, I'm Irish-American" t-shirt. Available in white, black and green.
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  ep. 221 - One Trillion Reasons to Hate Elon Musk 25.06.2026 1t 5min

  We will never colonize space. Smug folks love to look down on drunks who play the lottery. "The odds are a million to one! You'll never win! Better to save your money and put it towards something real, ya bum!" The math of a drunk playing scratch-offs is far superior to those who tell you we will "bring the light of consciousness to the stars." Our bodies can never permanently leave this earth . And yet, this is the contract Elon Musk has made with the global economy. Space X's $2.7 trillion valuation is premised on Musk colonizing Mars with one million human inhabitants. Maybe he will nuke the brains of one million Neuralink users and imprison them on the planet and fulfill his fiduciary obligations, but you'd be better off putting all your money into a POWERBALL lottery ticket. Why do people continue to believe in Musk? What happens when this promise that holds the global economy hostage fails to come to fruition? Fellow Musk-hater, Jacob Silverman, joins the show once again to gawk in horror at the existence of the world's richest man. 
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  ep. 220 - Disclosure: Gay? 19.06.2026 9min

  Stephen Spielberg's Disclosure Day might be one of the worst movies of the 21st century. What does this mean for the UFO community? How could they have fumbled such a timely story? If you didn't believe in aliens already, this movie might vindicate that. If you do believe in aliens, this movie might have you questioning why you believed in the first place. Brother Isaac is joined by his friend and true believer, Ian, to discuss this massive disappointment.
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  ep. 219 - The World Cup Is Evil. I Am Going to Watch It Anyway 15.06.2026 1t 25min

  Is it OK to watch the World Cup? This is the first time in history that a nation hosting the the FIFA event is at war with another participating country. The United States is somehow a worse than Qatar. Corruption is rampant. Prices are exorbitantly gouged. Visiting players are being treated like criminals. How can I maintain my principles and still watch the beautiful game? To figure out how, I am joined by Klonny (@parapowermapping) to talk about sports and why they cannot be abandoned. 
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  ep. 218 - Texas Vs. Florida: Where Is the Center of America? feat. Jake Rhodes of Pendejo Time 02.06.2026 1t 58min

  Sometimes I feel like I am at the center of the world. I’m not talking about that main character energy nonsense. I mean that living in Florida makes me feel l like I am close to beating heart of the evil empire. Our nefarious overlords practice on Florida first: Data centers, detention centers, etc. Sometimes it feels like Florida is the most American state in the country. But maybe I’m biased. There is one other state that rivals Florida’s centrality: Texas. So to find out which state is the center of the US empire, I am joined by Jake Rhodes of Pendejo Time.And as always, if you enjoy the show, show your love however you can. Subscribe, follow, share etc etc etc. Enjoy. 
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  ep. 217 - Why I Love Che Guevara And So Should You 28.05.2026 14min

  There aren’t many true believers left in the world today. Lots of people well perform their supposed principles. They will tell you they are good Christians or Communists or whatever, but a very quick glance will tell you it’s all just words. So on the eve of what appears to be an American military incursion on the tiny island nation of Cuba, I feel compelled to express my love for Ernesto Che Guevara. I know that his image has been tainted over the years by hipster merchandise, but don’t let that diminish you appreciation for a recent historical figure who was a principled, true believer. And definitely don't buy a word of those Cuban American gusanos who try to equate him to Hitler. Che was good.On today's episode, I am joined by Ben and Jordano of Remember Shuffle to remind you just how incredible and inspire Che Guevara is and how to explain the prevalence of his image in the 2000s. 
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  ep. 216 - Good Riddance to Stephen Colbert 21.05.2026 1t 43min

  The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is no more and Brother Isaac says not a moment too soon. Stephen Colbert is a husk of his former self. He once parodied bloviating conservative media pundits with deadpan perfection. Then, during the Obama and Trump years, he became a parody of the vacant liberal dem. One was funny, the other was not. People are blaming Trump for his cancellation, and maybe that's true, but its unfortunate because he should have been booted by his own lack of comedic merit. Now, he gets to be a liberal martyr in the fight against the bad orange man. He should be so grateful. To discuss the rise and precipitous fall of Stephen Colbert, Brother Isaac is joined by Brothers Ben and Jordano of Remember Shuffle. Be sure to follow them if you aren't already. 
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  ep. 215 - How to Live Well While Living In Hell 18.05.2026 12min

  Do you feel good?You know you can always feel better?Are you optimizing? Are you eating the right things? Are you listening to the right music? Give me your metrics. Give me your metrics. Give me your metrics. You did not sleep enough. You slept too much. You could feel better than you feel right now. Summer Emerald (@salesforcechild) joins Brother Isaac to teach you how to live well while living in hell. Be sure to check out Summer's exhibition, 5000 More Years and the Masur Museum of Art in Monroe, Louisiana. If you want to feel just right you must go and see it. 
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  They Want You to Want to Believe: The Truth is Out There, Far Away and Never to Be Found (Part 2) 14.05.2026 10min

  Brother Isaac gets his mind blown by Laura (freudwasframed) again and again and again. The X-Files intro ends with "THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE." That means the truth is not here. The pursuit of UFO believers will have resolution. They're not unlike those Christian Millenarians waiting for the rapture. But what are the stakes of believing in aliens? What moral life choices does believing provide? Or is UFO belief symptomatic a society devoid of authority, community and ritual? 
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  ep. 213 - They Want You to Want to Believe: UFO Infinite Disclosure (Part 1) 11.05.2026 55min

  Almost nobody is buying it. They could roll out a little green man and most of the American public would probably just demand he be deported. After another empty disclosure drop, it appears that most of us just don't seem to care about aliens. So who is all this disclosure for? Who are the believers? Why do they believe? And should you care to believe at all? For the first installment, Robert Skvarla, our Information War Corespondent, graces us with his presence. 
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  ep. 212 - Bad Robot Dog! Bad! 08.05.2026 57min

  Have you noticed all the robots? The ones going up and down the grocery aisles? The delivery boxes bumping into everything? The robot dogs patrolling our streets? The Flock cameras watching your every move? They are here. And don't you dare confuse them for cute. They are our enemies and you should know your enemy well. To talk robot dogs invading our streets and the Filipinos that pilot them from halfway across the world, Brother Isaac is joined by internet personality James Rehwald. 
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  ep. 211 - The Lonesome Death of Suchir Balaji and How to Log Off w/ Jacob Silverman 01.05.2026 1t 23min

  Was OpenAI whistleblower, Suchir Balaji, really murdered at the behest of Sam Altman? Or is it something even more sinister? Jacob Silverman joins the show to talk about logging off Twitter (I will never call it X) and how right-wing media distorts reality by feeding us our narrative desires. Read Jacob's story about Balaji over at The Nation. And keep with Jacob's consistently great work here. 
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  The Jewish Question II: Electric Boogajew 27.04.2026 7min

  *In a bad Jerry Seinfeld impression: "What's the deal with antisemitism?"Don of Fourth Reich Archeology returns to discuss the prevalence of antisemitism in American discourse. From the crocodile tears of American Zionist Jews who have to concoct shameless "acts" of antisemitism, to the accidental Jewish supremacy of real antisemites who make Jews all-powerful movers of history, the "Jew" is at the center of it all. But what I told you that Jews don't really exist, at least not in the way you think they do? What if the Jew and the antisemite are the yin and yang of fascism? 
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  ep. 209 - The Death of the Florida Orange and Why Marie Gluesenkamp Perez Hates Sea Lions 24.04.2026 1t 1min

  The Florida orange is dead. Who killed it? State officials want to blame the little Chinese psyllid, a small bug that transmits a bacteria that causes citrus greening and kills the tree. One hundred percent of Florida orange trees are infected. Alex Sammon went to what's left of the skeletal Florida orange groves to find the real culprit. Read his excellent story here: Who Killed the Florida Orange?And Brother Isaac talks about his dear friends Marie Gluesenkamp Perez again. This time he talks about her war on sea lions. Does she just hate the charismatic mega fauna? Or is there something else behind this latest media campaign? 
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  ep. 208 - Happy Birthday Hitler Revisionism 20.04.2026 10min

  Why can’t we settle history? Growing up in the end of history it seemed liked we had all agreed that slavery was bad. The colonial raping and pillaging of the new world was a bad thing. Hitler was bad. Case closed. But in 2026, all of history and morality is up for debate. The Zoomers love Hitler. Today is Adolph Hitler’s birthday, so I thought it was an appropriate date to remind everyone that Hitler was actually very stupid and lame. He was not some Great Man of History. He was a bumbling fool who found himself to be the boogeyman of modernity. And you liberals aren’t going to get away with it either. I’m sure you’ve heard the time travel hypothetical: If you could travel back in time, would you kill baby Hitler. The socially acceptable answer is always yes. You’d stop the holocaust! Wrong. The idea that Hitler moved the world is giving him too much credit. This is the same thing as doing the the zoomers who love Hitler but from the opposite side. Hitler was an avatar of history. He became the figure head of western anti communist movement. Gaza happened under Biden and Trump all the same. Libs also love to give Hitler some kind of villain origin story. He killed Jews because he was a bad painter. Or, my personal favorite, he was the most evil man in history because he had a micropenis. They'll do anything but acknowledge the complicity of capital. To talk about why Hitler is for children, I am joined by German correspondent Nick from Corner Späti 
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  ep. 207 - No Iranian Ever Called Me Jarhead: Troops Refuse to Fight w/Mike Prysner 06.04.2026 40min

  American Soldiers are objecting to this war. I didn’t know it, but any solider can conscientiously object. They don’t need to be a Quaker. All they need to do is make the case that the war goes against their beliefs. What is it about this war that is making them turn their backs on their service? To explain how and why US armed service members are protesting this war, I am joined by Mike Prysner, the Executive Director of the Center on Conscience & War. His organization is helping these soldiers opt out of fighting a criminal and immoral war. If you are an active service member, a vet, you have family in the armed services, you MUST get this information out. If our military refuses to fight this war, we might be able to clear all this fog and breathe again. Go here to learn more.Or call 202-483-2220