Western Kabuki
Formerly the preeminent Nick Cage podcast, this show is now a few friends from Twitter, @Birdrespecter, @AGoldmund, and @JUNlPER discussing what’s going on online. Leave us a voicemail or text at (971) 374-2265 or mail@WesternKabuki.com Visit us on Patreon at www.Patreon.com/WesternKabuki
Episodes
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 websit...
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
or at:
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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-worst-of-all-possible-worlds/id1570782388
https://www.worstpossible.world/
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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
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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://b...
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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/
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.
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