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“I used to be the largest dairy consumer on the planet. I used to eat so much dairy and meat. The more that I looked into the dairy industry, the more that I saw that it was the singular, most inhumane industry on the planet, that we've all been lied to, including myself, for years. I always believed that the picture on the milk carton, the cow standing next to her calf in the green field with the red barn in the back was true. It’s certainly the complete opposite.” – Richard (Kudo) Couto Richard (Kudo) Couto is the founder of Animal Recovery Mission (ARM), an organization solely dedicated to investigating extreme animal cruelty cases. ARM has led high-risk undercover operations that have resulted in the shutdown of illegal slaughterhouses, animal fighting rings, and horse meat trafficking networks. Recently, they released a damning investigation into two industrial dairy farms outside of Phoenix, Arizona supplying milk to Coca-Cola’s Fairlife brand. What they uncovered was systemic animal abuse, environmental violations, and a devastating betrayal of consumer trust. While Fairlife markets its products as being sourced "humanely," ARM’s footage tells a very different story—one of suffering, abuse, and corporate complicity. Despite the evidence, this story has been largely ignored by mainstream media—likely due to Coca-Cola’s massive influence and advertising dollars.…

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A chapter by chapter, beat by beat analysis of classic Japanese Roleplaying Games (JRPG). We delve deep into the story, dialogue, game mechanics, music, influences, and themes. We've covered Xenogears, Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy VIII, Suikoden, Suikoden II, Xenosaga Episode I, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete. Yes, we will kill god.

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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E27: A Body Built for Sin [Vane Under Attack] 1:05:46

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Are you being able to look into my brain magically? Are you able to ear listen to us yearning for days of wine and song, creating a Hot Rod situation, making sure this Bud’s for you, speaking with bad grammar, calling dad by his first name, focusing on the world of nature, staying in the closet, ogling stuff we don’t need, establishing the prescient NPC, getting drunk after an argument, building a body for sin, bringing out the slipper-kisser in me, reliving the trauma of the past, and falling down a spiral of regret. No nuts. Only sadness. 00:00:00 Season 8 Speculation 00:02:44 Intro 00:04:07 Mel’s Mansion, Post Stone 00:10:01 Meriba Post Stone 00:26:24 Black Rose Post Stone 00:33:03 Althena’s Shrine Post Stone 00:34:39 Nanza Barrier Post Stone 00:43:52 Lann Post Stone 00:45:16 Saith Post Stone 00:46:43 Burg Post Stone 00:47:35 Vile Crustacean 00:56:06 Real Net 01:02:08 Outro Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com…

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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E26: The Room of Stoned Fathers [Meribia Under Attack] 1:07:28

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Down here, it doesn’t matter. Down here, we’re loving when a town turns into a dungeon, keeping the Ramus Shop vibes intact, starting a signal fire, CAPITALIZING words ARBITRARILY, ethically debating nude fortune telling, yacking all over shoes, asking for booze, screaming like a cat in heat, frying bastards alive, exploring tomato broiling technology, really getting into the weeds with flame broilers, getting dad stoned, reading Mel’s book titles, and reminiscing Larry Johnson and the value of physical nostalgia. Get out there and be the hero you always talk about becoming. 00:00:00 Nostalgia Timing 00:03:45 Intro 00:06:18 Meribia Imperiled 00:10:35 Ramus’ Shop 00:17:38 Black Rose Street Imperiled 00:25:41 Meribian Panic II 00:27:52 Seagull Tavern Panic 00:35:42 Mel’s Mansion Panic 00:48:20 Sadness 00:48:48 Mel vs Xenobia 00:55:49 Meribia - Sega CD 00:57:03 Real Net 01:02:15 Outro Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com…

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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E25: My Weirdo Secret [Exploring the World] 57:30

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It’s painful when the memories return too suddenly. It’s less painful when we’re stealing villagers for mining work, blowing up a tombstone, revealing Chris’ ultimate weirdo secret, counting action figures, seeding rumors of a beautiful singer, shaking the faith of the faithful, extracting lore from the library, taking over the world for non-sexual reasons, psychologically torturing mom, realizing Alex is the last potential Dragon Master, guessing the next three plot points, mistrusting handsome men, confusing GnR with AC/DC, and yanking buns out of a fire. Whatever the problem is, the books will always have an answer. 00:00:00 Suiko Promo 00:02:07 Intro 00:03:50 Burg-er Time 00:05:40 Saith-er Time 00:14:58 Nanza Barrier Time 00:17:43 Lann-er Time 00:18:40 Althena’s Shrine-r Time 00:20:43 Vane-r Time 00:24:45 Magic Guild-er Time 00:44:46 Panic In Meribia 00:47:41 Real Net 00:52:30 Outro Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com…

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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E24: These Unsettled Times [The Magic Emperor Revealed] 1:12:22

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I have so many frightening dreams these days. You have so many Lunar podcasts. This one’s got us getting villainously angry at Dyne’s Monument, locating a prescient Burg resident, being last beheld, refusing to forgive a loss-causing world, sending in the clowns, executing the perfect anime betrayal, speculating jokerification points, staring a dragon equipment collection, becoming a nasty little stain, mixing titillation with fear, asking Ghaleon to not kill one specific guy, threatening to bite off nuts, and boiling every video game objective down to this question: are you a bad enough dude to rescue the president? 00:00:00 Tryout Update 00:03:11 Ghaleon at Dyne’s Monument 00:06:34 Burg Spring 00:11:59 Not Ghaleon, Dear Quark 00:31:05 Sega CD Ghaleon x Quark 00:37:31 Alex Wakes Up 00:43:05 Back In Burg 00:49:38 Dyne’s Monument 00:57:52 Real Net 01:05:22 Outro Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com…

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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E23: The Trolley Scenario [Traveling with Ghaleon] 1:11:03

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Once more into the poopy pit. Inside that mess we’re aspiring to the rank of Dragonmaster, misunderstanding Jessica’s social cues, hijacking the seas, letting Jessica cook in Silver Star Harmony, blowing up food, sleeping on the floor, getting my dinghy wet, better concealing the evil in our hearts, hitting Alex with a Trolley Problem, refusing to sign cleavage, suggesting a three way, repairing the marriage for the kid, avoiding hag sister friendship, debunking Fulari, and living a Total Elimination lifestyle. Just kidding, perv. 00:00:00 Fake Net Tryout Eval #1 00:01:44 Intro 00:03:08 Master Mel & Ghaleon 00:08:24 Mel’s Mansion Sleepover 00:15:38 Bad Dream 00:17:53 Merbia’n 00:24:17 Boat Trip 00:27:37 Ghaleon x Saith 00:34:30 Ghaleon x Saith Houses 00:43:33 Ghaleon x Old Hag 00:47:47 Ghaleon x Weird Woods 00:48:19 Ghaleon x Burg 00:51:54 Ghaleon x Burg Houses 00:54:40 Real Net 01:02:56 Outro Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com…

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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E22: The Satan-Althena Pipeline [Post-Crystal Tower] 1:11:42

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Enough with the googoo eyes, you geek. All you need is googoo ears to hear us forcing Mia to take control of the Magic Guild, sequence breaking a heel turn, addressing a problem but refusing to solve it, sniffing Mia’s bed sheets, beating the shit out of Lemia, using knowledge of the past to deal with the present, seeking to get railed, ogling at a birdy leggy bromide, becoming a sensual tomboy, only hiring pretty ladies, playing music from Eternal Blue, and marveling at Mary’s lust for Sega CD Alex. Loser pays for the drinks. 00:00:00 The Fake Net Is Dead 00:02:40 Intro 00:04:42 Great Hall Debrief 00:12:21 Magic Guild Debrief 00:21:52 Vane Debrief 00:30:20 Spring of Transmission 00:31:00 Althena’s Shrine Debrief 00:34:24 Meribia: What’s New? 00:45:21 Black Rose Street Debrief 00:50:05 Meribia Dock Debrief 00:50:37 Mel’s Mansion 00:52:59 Real Net 00:58:16 Outro Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com…

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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E21: You Can't Bring Guns to Church [Crystal Tower] 1:00:43

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Show all the true soul of this imposter. Show your ears the tales of us demonstrating bravery, wearing underthings on the dome, prohibiting weapons at church, restoring memory with song, kidnapping singers for occult rituals, going Full Mom, predicting anime, desiring evil mommy punishment, blinging the dragon ring, passing back through the Cave of Trial, sorting through extended Sega CD events, and debuting the world’s finest Ghaleon impression. Brought to you by Michael “Rage” Hardy and James “Smarty” Cools. 00:00:00 Let’s Be Cops 00:01:09 Intro 00:02:43 Return to Magic Guild 00:07:12 Crystal Tower 00:15:33 Star Chamber 00:26:06 Anime Spiral 00:28:39 Resuming Star Chamber 00:35:40 Sega CD Star Chamber 00:42:14 Star Chamber Debrief 00:47:40 Real Net 00:55:43 Outro Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com…

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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E20: It All Goes Back to Golgatha [Return to Magic Guild] 1:03:03

7 weeks ago1:03:03

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Screaming will achieve nothing. That's why we're speaking at normal volume about lamenting the loss of democracy, getting weirdly nationalist about fish and chips, committing to a Ghaleon bit, doubling down on menopause jokes, finding ourselves incarcerated, taking Luna to Golgotha, spitting up dots, wondering if mom’s soul has been poisoned, smelling the real mom, freeing a criminal, growing a backbone, eating lunch during class, telling the world Alex is not a criminal, and doubling down on feet stuff. Crap on a Krispy Kreme. 00:00:00 Naming Roses 00:02:38 Intro 00:04:23 Grand Hall 00:12:17 Meeting Lemia 00:20:27 Jail 00:35:06 Jailbreak 00:52:53 Real Net 00:57:44 Outro Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com…

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INFINITE PERFECT 003: British People [Wipeout & Wipeout XL] 1:15:28

8 weeks ago1:15:28

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In the past, British People were responsible for the future. What a time to have never been alive. 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:35 Hackers 00:06:03 Techno 00:11:41 Wipeout Demo 00:26:36 Wipeout 00:35:50 The Prodigy 00:44:17 Wipeout XL 01:02:07 Wiped Out 01:09:14 Outro

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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E19: Blowing On My Nevermind [Lann Island] 1:11:23

8 weeks ago1:11:23

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Real men can pitch tents in the blink of an eye. Real listeners will know when we’re threatening to zap men to the Frontier, steering a boat, deploying pipe organs in a fetid swamp, avoiding poisonous wa-wa, guessing dragon colors, regretting infernal curiosity, performing a sexual attack, promising not to use magic for evil, wondering if Phacia is real, feeling meat pass fresh lips, leaving to pursue a music career, blowing on my nevermind, bumpin’ uglies, predicting a fortune in the past, and using practical magic. I’ll never shut my cake hole. 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:21 Guy and Boat 00:07:54 Lann Island 00:18:30 Zoc 00:31:25 Phacia? 00:36:05 Lann Debrief 00:42:22 Meribia Check In 00:43:08 Althena’s Shrine Check In 00:44:06 Vane 00:47:39 Magic Guild 00:54:42 Harmony Tea Time 01:01:00 Real Net 01:07:24 Outro Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com…

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Suikoden | E66: War Touches Everyone [The Legacy, the Remaster, and Aidan Moher's New Book] 1:26:38

9 weeks ago1:26:38

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Surprise! We’re back to season four with a very special 66th episode. We’re joined by Aidan Moher to discuss his upcoming book on Suikoden and Suikoden II and listen to some of Aidan’s thoughts on Suikoden I&II HD Remaster. In finer detail, that includes: accepting Suikoden pronunciations, measuring Suikoden’s place in RPG history, wondering if RPG sequels have a place in today’s game space, exiting battles in five seconds, filling a world with life and activity, totaling the cost of violence, interpreting Suikoden differently as adults, comfortably adjusting to sprite changes, making questionable decisions about what to remaster and what to leave behind, failing a background check, experiencing existential dread in a remastered Pizza Hut, smoothing out some legends of localization, and remaining true to piss. You must still Determine or Cancel. Find Aidan and his work at: Bluesky Astrolabe Fight, Magic, Items: The History of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and the Rise of Japanese RPGs in the West 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:50 Suikoden’s Beating Heart 00:15:36 Suikoden’s Stellar Moments 00:24:02 Let’s Make a Water Margin RPG 00:39:29 Favorite Stars of Destiny 00:46:42 Pronouncing Jowy 00:48:00 Bespoke Animation Preservation 00:51:23 Remaster? Remake? 01:02:16 Localization: Adjustment or Replacement? 01:10:05 New Features 01:15:16 Bonus Questions 01:21:46 Outro…

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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E18: Girl Power Statement [Lann] 1:04:35

9 weeks ago1:04:35

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That freakin’ kid has no appreciation for capitalism. You freakin’ kids have appreciation for defining the rules of a cave, becoming the Chad of socialism, landing on Star Search, casting spells on the lake, tossing fireballs at fishermen, recording three distinctive la la la songs in Lann, playing booger barter, appointing a tormenter, using rage energy to turn into a Witcher, wondering if Victor is either supportive or critical of feminism, fondly recalling projectile vomit, and rhyming moss with boss. I LUV VANE. 00:00:00 Intro 00:04:21 Nanza Mountain Pass West 00:10:35 Lann - Outside 00:22:26 Lann - Indoors 00:31:18 Lann Chief’s House 00:43:05 Lann NPC Redux 00:46:41 Real Net 00:51:30 Outro Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com…

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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E17: Reflective People Mucus [Nanza Barrier] 1:19:20

10 weeks ago1:19:20

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Cool, man. We cool men and a robot are socking a cheater in the gut, suffering a honker punch, getting duped by a lying treasure chest, allowing the fascists to pass through, teeming with the criminal element, moving drunk Kyle around the map, sleeping on a rock bed, building a jail in the basement, eating bugs, appreciating milfs, wondering if mountain fish is fresh, sashaying into a bedroom, smelling some sheets, reflecting people on mucus, becoming most entirely berserk and uncontrollable, and letting the brewskis run their course. I bet he could beat up all of you. 00:00:00 Elemental Gearbolt 00:01:53 Intro 00:03:49 Meribia Mop Up 00:07:35 Nanza Pass East 00:11:32 Nanza 00:15:35 Dirt Surface NPCs 00:19:05 Nanza Basement NPCs 00:30:17 Nanza Upper Level NPCs 00:39:42 Chasing Kyle 00:46:24 Jail 00:55:24 Post Jail 00:59:53 Real Net 01:07:48 Outro Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com…

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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E16: Pegging a Dragon Master [Magic Guild, Part II] 1:05:18

11 weeks ago1:05:18

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Luck had nothing to do with it. You made the choice to listen as we’re applying Goku logic, admiring fashionable mage robes, ticking a clock, cosigning a case to a charge, going back to the pool, hearing rumors of a fake dragon master, leaving some dragon master business unfinished, falling asleep in class, letting Luna meet Mia, imagining Ghaleon vs Dyne 1v1 Final Destination, refusing to read books, detouring into Heathcliff, and following Christ’s twelve sidequests. I pegged a dragon master. 00:00:00 Vagrant Story Promotion 00:01:45 Intro 00:03:31 Meeting Ghaleon 00:20:06 PSPool Scene II 00:25:38 Magic Guild NPC Round Up 00:33:31 Vane NPC Round Up 00:46:56 Shrine of Althena 00:51:29 Real Net 00:56:31 Outro Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com…

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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E15: A Wretched Soul [Magic Guild, Part I] 1:06:12

12 weeks ago1:06:12