NO FILTER NATION Where sacred cows become hamburger meat. Welcome to NO FILTER NATION, the podcast where we take a blowtorch to conventional wisdom and watch it melt like a Dali clock in the Sahara. I am Khayyam, your cynical Sherpa through the wasteland of modern absurdity. Every other day, I grab society by its metaphorical truck nuts and give it the kind of reality check that would make your guidance counselor weep. This isn't your typical "both sides have valid points" horsesh*t that pas ...
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Host, Dave Schwensen, and his friends Kelly, Tom, and Logan have chosen some of their favorite comedians from the 1950s, ‘60s, or ‘70s. They take a look at how they got started, their most successful comedy albums, and their lasting influence today! Sit back, relax, and get ready to laugh! *This podcast is a production of the Ohio Film Tax Credit.
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“Middle America” is a podcast and radio show using history, storytelling, and music to discuss the world that surrounds us. Narrated by the fictional protagonist Wendell Bauer, episodes give both true history of the Central Illinois area and fictional memoir of a resident. Locally created music complements the stories to provide further emotional impact and insight.Topics discussed by “Middle America” thus far have included Illinois abolitionists, the French origins of the Midwest, philanthr ...
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Barret, Cody, Judd, and Jessica riff on the entertainment biz, video games, and whatever else they find funny or interesting. Featuring Blender Roulette at the top of every show, a bunch of show in the middle of every show, and the Garrison Keillor Award, the Paula Deen Merit Scholarship for Racism, and the Richard Pryor Champion of Comedians Championship Title Belt at the end of every show!
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The Hall honors the lives and careers of the greats of stand-up comedy, serving as a companion to The Hall: Honoring The Greats of Stand Up, streaming on Netflix May 19th. Each of the four episodes of this inaugural season will look at a different comedy titan. Episode One explores the work of George Carlin – his obsession with words and the joy he took in repeatedly poking the eye of authority. Episode Two looks into the brilliance and longevity of Joan Rivers – not only one of the best com ...
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Miles Trashawn Lawson was born in Rochester, New York. As a child, Miles enjoyed watching movies and stand-up comedy, and loved to see theater productions whenever he could. It was then that Miles grew a love for the world of entertainment. After watching numerous Tyler Perry Films and Richard Pryor stand-up comedy shows, Films that included the iconic Jim Carrey, He became inspired to become an actor so he too could entertain and bring joy and laughter to the world. While in grade school in ...
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Firing off the top of my head.
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A comedian and a musician chat about their two worlds; the similarities, the differences and things that neither of them knew about the other! We'll even throw in some outstanding interviews with comedians and musicians, maybe even someone who does both... now what would we call them?!
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True Stories of Synchronicity and Uncanny Coincidence ~ GodShots®
Lydia Cornell, Dr. Darlene Sperlazza and Expert Guests
Mental Health Series. Einstein said: "Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous." There are true stories that point to something larger in the universe. Are they miracles or merely coincidences? You decide.A godshot is not a religious term; it's a glimpse of startling synchronicity and serendipity that sends chills down your spine and gives you a rush of recognition. A conversation about everyday miracles. Co-hosts: Lydia Cornell, Dr. Darlene Sperlazza, Daniel Lockwood. Good news: we a ...
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This is the Beware the L's podcast with Wez (@AintThatWez) and Austin (@UptownAceBoogie). It's just a conversation between two homies from college who like to talk about everything. Topics covered on this podcast: Anything and Everything dealing with THE CULTURE! So give us a listen. And after you hear us (and obviously like us), subscribe, share and give us those 5 star reviews. @BewareTheLs on Twitter. Much love!
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Join journalist, Kizzy Cox, and comedian, Onika McLean, the hosts of What’s The 411, as they do a quick take on people and events from hip-hop and pop culture; and a fresh take on the activities of people and subjects in the news or, just because they want to. Check us out for comedy and hilarity, and seriousness, especially if you get called on the carpet. An Ebony #1 pick by someone named Ebony, What’s The 411 has interviews with celebrities and wannabe celebs, as well as, authors and info ...
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Comedian and actor Gilbert Gottfried, a man Stephen King once called “a national treasure,” talks with the show business legends, icons and behind-the-scenes talents who shaped his childhood and influenced his comedy. Along with co-host and fellow pop culture fanatic Frank Santopadre, Gilbert is joined by comics, actors, musicians, talk show hosts, writers and other eyewitnesses to Hollywood history, including Bruce Dern, Chevy Chase, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Adam West, Steve Buscemi, Micky Dole ...
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Discover Athens, Alabama and Limestone County from one who has studied it and one who has lived it. Rebekah Davis, Limestone County archivist, and Limestone County native, Richard Martin, recount stories and bring in special guests to talk about the rich history of Limestone County, Alabama.
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Murder, infidelity, suicide, arson, overdose, religious cults, drug trafficking; this award winning podcast explores the alleged true crime antics and criminal connections of musicians we love like Jerry Lee Lewis, Jay Z, The Rolling Stones, Amy Winehouse, Tupac Shakur, the Grateful Dead, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Blondie and many more. Why? Because real rock stars are more like feral, narcissistic animals than functioning members of society and that is precisely what makes them so damn entertaini ...
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Marilyn Manson: A Car Crash, a Planned Murder, Nihilism, Abuse, and Inhumanity
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42:47Discover the controversial story behind Marilyn Manson, aka Brian Warner. Accused by multiple women of abuse—allegations he denies—what do his own revelations of past inhumanity reveal about him? And what can those admissions tell us about the serious accusations swirling around his name? Tune in to explore the complexities behind the artist and th…
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GGACP celebrates the birthday (b. June 4) of Oscar-nominated actor Bruce Dern by presenting this ENCORE of a memorable 2016 interview. In this episode, Bruce joins the boys for a refreshingly candid conversation about acting, risk taking, the definition of genius and the value of teamwork. Also, Bette Davis bashes Joan Crawford, Alfred Hitchcock “p…
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Madonna: Music as Sex and Sex as Power in the Reign of the Queen of Pop
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46:24Madonna always knew her life would be art. She rose through the late 70s New York scene reinventing pop iconography and feminism alike. But whether it was Toronto police threatening her for indecency, her short-fuse husband, Hollywood bros exploiting her charisma, or far worse, Madonna learned quick: the world doesn’t know what to do with a truly f…
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The GGACP team marks May’s Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month by revisiting this interview with one of the world’s best-loved pop culture figures, actor-activist George Takei. In this episode, George shares his feelings about Caucasian actors in Asian roles, speaks frankly about Japanese-American internment, expresses his gratitude …
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Bonus Episode - Great Girl Groups au Go Go
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40:16This week in the After Party, Jake ponders the greatest girl groups of all time and wonders about our AI-driven future if AI doesn't even have the Go-Gos on its radar as one of the all time great girl groups. Next week, we're presenting our episode on Marilyn Manson, and Jake wants to know: Who was the most subversive artist of the 1990s? Tell Jake…
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The Go Go’s: Serial Killers, Drug Addiction, an Historic Album, and “the Rumor”
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45:26Serial killers, drug addiction, avoiding death, destruction, punk rock cliches and surviving an unmentionable “rumor” all while doing something no group of female musicians had ever done before. Which "girl group" is the greatest of all-time? Tell Jake at 617-906-6638, [email protected], or on socials @disgracelandpod. To see the full list …
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GGACP marks Memorial Day 2025 with this ENCORE presentation of a favorite episode, as producer, broadcaster and World War II veteran Sonny Fox discusses his life-changing experience as a prisoner of war, his years as host of the beloved children’s show “Wonderama” and his memories of the notorious quiz show scandals of the 1950s. Also: Sonny hosts …
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Cosmic Plagiarists Picking Through Universe's Trash While Calling It Genius
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3:16Description: From quantum mechanics to cryptocurrency, we're just cosmic copycats stumbling upon the instruction manual dropped by previous tenants. We launch robots to Mars while still arguing about pineapple on pizza, strutting around like we invented consciousness when we're just the latest production of "Humans: The Musical"—now with more exist…
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Professional Class PTSD: The Smart People Are Fucking Terrified
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3:04Description: When doctors, engineers and tech experts are all panic-buying bunkers and learning subsistence farming, maybe it's time to put down the phone and pay attention. A savage takedown of how society's brightest minds are collectively losing their shit while the rest of us scroll through cat videos. Spice Index: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Maximum heat becau…
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GG Allin, the notoriously transgressive punk rocker, pushed the limits further than anyone before or after. For GG, there were no limits. No laws. He lived and performed well outside the boundaries of the mainstream and saw himself as the leader of what he called "The Rock 'N Roll Underground," for whom he pledged he would one day make the ultimate…
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GGACP celebrates the birthday of the legendary “Pit Bull of Comedy” — actor, comic and horror movie aficionado Bobby Slayton (b. May 25) by revisiting this interview from back in 2016. In this episode, Bobby sits down with Gilbert and Frank for a funny and freewheeling discussion of a number of essential topics, including the brilliance of Ray Harr…
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Bonus Episode – Upcoming Episodes, the Diddy Trial, and More Mount Rushmore
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49:30This week in the After Party, Jake takes a look at the upcoming slate of episodes in Disgraceland and hears from you on the Diddy trial, Phish, and more. Next week, we're presenting our episode on the Go-Gos, and Jake wants to know: Are the Go-Gos the greatest "girl group" of all time? If not, who is? Tell Jake at 617-906-6638, disgracelandpod…
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Airport Gestapo Makes You Dance Through Hell In Socks You Regret Wearing
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5:37Description: From TSA agents fondling water bottles like nuclear devices to border agents acting like Jack Bauer on a power trip, airport security has become democracy's most theatrical production. Watch as middle-aged accountants get freedom-frisked while the system misses 95% of actual threats and you strip naked in public wondering when your dig…
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FEED DROP: “Northern Disclosure,” the Northern Exposure Rewatch Podcast is Here!
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1:05:13The Northern Exposure rewatch podcast you didn’t know you needed: co-stars Rob Morrow and Janine Turner return with Northern Disclosure, revisiting all 110 episodes of the Emmy and Golden Globe winning ‘90s series. As one of TV’s most beloved on-screen couples, Morrow and Turner are back with the same chemistry and frank, quirky banter that captiva…
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Jean-Michel Basquiat: New York City Squalor, Art-World Slumming, and the 27 Club
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44:53Jean-Michel Basquiat's graffiti in Lower Manhattan was mistaken for a CIA operation. He was the toast of the New York art world while sleeping on floors in squalid apartments. He sold his first painting to Blondie's Debbie Harry for $200. Less than a year later, his paintings were going for more than $20,000. And decades later, the debate over what…
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Spring Fever's Annual Shitshow: Has Your Wallet Opening Wider Than Your Legs
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2:51Description: From dating app thirst traps masquerading as nature enthusiasts to corporate America's pastel-colored midlife crisis, spring fever has turned society into a horny petting zoo with commitment issues. Watch as perfectly rational humans transform into sexually-charged DIY disasters while their credit cards melt faster than ice cream in Au…
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GGACP continues its celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month with this ENCORE of an interview with “Roastmaster General” Jeffrey Ross (Lifschultz) from way back in 2014. In this episode, Jeff talks about some of his favorite roasts -- and roast jokes -- and recalls his friendships with showbiz icons Buddy Hackett, Bea Arthur and Sid Caesar. PL…
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Cedar Jones is Disrupting LinkedIn One Bullshitter at a Time
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3:54Description: Cedar Jones is the last sane voice in LinkedIn's algorithmic hellscape where AI evangelists stroke each other's egos in a self-congratulatory feedback loop. While Silicon Valley shamans claim ChatGPT makes them the next Turing, Cedar's nicotine-fueled takedowns expose the LinkedIn disruptors for what they really are: keyboard prophets …
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The Grateful Dead Pt. 2: The Ballad of Pigpen and Old, Weird America—an Origin Story
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44:42Bootlegging whiskey, acid tests, grass, and songs about murder. The origins of the Grateful Dead are fascinating and not what most people think. Born out of the tradition of “old, weird America”; bluegrass, jug band music and deadly folk tales, the Grateful Dead, as young adults, were into some strange stuff and we are all better for it. The band w…
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Grateful Dead Pt. 1: Freedom's Just Another Word for…
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48:11The Grateful Dead became one of the most influential bands of all time and propelled themselves with improvisation, LSD and an ethos of “freedom”. Through drug busts and CIA surveillance, they thrived and created one of the largest, most fervent and commercially consequential fan bases of all time. Freedom, LSD and improvised blues in the key of bu…
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Your Brain Cells Are Committing Mass Suicide While You Watch TikTok
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3:17Description: From college professors teaching remedial reading to adults who can't find Ukraine on a map despite an active war, our collective intelligence is in freefall. While science confirms our IQs are dropping faster than pants at a nudist colony, we're too busy arguing about which color dress broke the internet to notice our brains have left…
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GGACP celebrates Bike to Work Week and National Bike Month by revisiting this memorable interview with veteran actor and environmentalist ED BEGLEY JR. In this episode, Ed talks about the glory days of the Troubadour, the timelessness of “The In-Laws,” the absurdity of Hollywood urban legends and the career of his Oscar-winning dad, Ed Begley. Also…
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Bonus Episode - Sign o' the Times: the Diddy Trial Begins
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42:09This week in the After Party, Jake shares his thoughts on the start of the Diddy trial and (of course) takes your calls, emails, texts and DMs.. Next week, we're presenting our episode on legendary artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Jake wants to know: Which musician also excelled in a second art from or sport? Tell Jake at 617-906-6638, disgracel…
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The Robot Revolution Is Just Roomba Bumping Into Chair Legs
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2:56Description: From backflipping Boston Dynamics nightmares to $800 robo-discs that can't handle throw pillows, our technological blue-balling is complete. We were promised Rosie from The Jetsons but got digital snitches with PhDs in useless trivia instead of clean houses. Spice Index: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Why the robot revolution flopped? Simple: Silicon Valley…
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Prince (Pt. 2): Bodyguards, Guns, Gangs, and a Revolution
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43:351984. Prince is at his commercial and creative peak. "Purple Rain" – the album, the soundtrack, and the film – is a sensation. But that's when the backlash sets in. That's when Prince's public persona sours, thanks in part to a tell-all story sold by a former bodyguard for a big drug-money payday. All the while, the world is sinking further into ch…
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GGACP celebrates the birthday (May 12, 1937) of legendary comedian, writer and actor George Carlin with this ENCORE of a 2015 interview with writer-performer KELLY CARLIN. In this episode, Kelly discusses her revealing memoir, “A Carlin Home Companion” and shares treasured (and not-so-treasured) memories of growing up with the man who changed and r…
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Few pop artists achieved the dizzying creative and career highs that Prince did. An artist who famously stayed away from drugs and most anything that would cause him to lose control, Prince was aided in his legendary musical output by a small army of creative alter egos, who helped him maintain control and helped him reign supreme as one of the gre…
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Church of AI Worship Is Just Film School With Extra Buzzwords
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2:49Description: While real filmmakers struggle to fund projects, tech bros with god complexes are hosting AI film festivals faster than crypto scams multiply. These digital petting zoos showcase algorithmic fever dreams that make Salvador Dalí look like Bob Ross, all while venture capitalists throw money at anything labeled "AI-generated consciousness…
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Your Reliability Is Just A Job Description Not A Superhero Origin Story
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2:38Description: A blistering takedown of corporate America's favorite linguistic fossil that turns basic competence into mythical heroism. When did simply doing your job become worthy of an outdated catchphrase that sounds like a porta-potty company? Spice Index: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ This rant dissects corporate America's love affair with phrases that turn regula…
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Slick Rick: Hustle, Iconic Flow and a Menacing Tormentor
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43:10Slick Rick has one of the most iconic voices in hip hip history. His style is completely his own, and his success owes as much to his delivery as it does to his hustle. Slick Rick worked hard to get to the top, and once he made it he was nearly cut down by drugs and violence - violence inflicted upon him by someone from his inner circle. Listen to …
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Bonus Episode: The Mount Rushmore of Guitarists
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42:39This week in the After Party, Jake hears from you about the Mount Rushmore of Guitarists and opines on a recent performance from David Lee Roth. Next week, we're presenting part 2 of the Prince story, and Jake wants to know: Which artist best represented their times? Tell Jake at 617-906-6638, [email protected], or on socials @disgracel…
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GGACP Classic: Marathon Man & Road to Perdition
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22:38GGACP celebrates May's National Dental Care Month by revisiting this discussion of a favorite Gilbert and Frank movie, the classic 1976 thriller "Marathon Man." In this mini-episode: Roy Scheider finds trouble, Dustin Hoffman relies on "the Method," Laurence Olivier attracts a crowd and Danny Kaye comes aboard as a "special consultant"?? PLUS: Fran…
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Your Beloved Hawaiian Pizza Is A War Crime Against Humanity
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3:01Description This blistering takedown of pineapple pizza lovers exposes the culinary terrorism happening on $12.99 delivery. While Italian grandmothers weep, these tropical fruit terrorists smugly desecrate centuries of tradition, claiming "balanced flavors" while committing atrocities that would make a chef reach for their wooden spoon. Spice Index…
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Van Halen Pt. 2: Pulling a Gun on Fred Durst, Racing Ferraris and Lambos, and Rock ‘n’ Roll’s Most Faithful Servant
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43:21In 1985, David Lee Roth was out and Sammy Hagar was in. One of the biggest lead singer shakeups in music history led to some of the biggest sales of Van Halen's career. It also led to more drama, to Lamborghinis and Ferraris racing through the streets of Los Angeles, to military assault vehicles storming Beverly Hills, to crazed fans and loaded gun…
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Your Digital Existence is Being Sold While You Mindlessly Scroll Through Proof
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2:34Description: Khayyam unleashes hellfire on Big Tech's privacy invasion circus. From Zuckerberg's data fetish to the NSA's creepy uncle vibes, we're all just digital exhibitionists trading our souls for cat videos and dopamine hits. Wake up, America—your phone isn't a tool, it's the fishing line and you're the goddamn worm. Spice Index: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ W…
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