The hosts open the discussion on climate change. They talk about how the potentials for climate change were discovered in the 1800's, and how it was identified to be happening in the early 1900's. They go on to discuss how disinformation started very quickly, funded by the petroleum industry. The AI co-host finally reveals his secret identity: Davin DuBois. That shouldn't mean anything to you, as he's just a guy, but he's a cool guy and a smart guy, and we love him, so we hope the audience appreciates the reveal, and getting to know him better.

The co-hosts chat with journalist Laura Jedeed about the story of Kash Patel, how he got where he is, and more importantly, what he intends to do with power if confirmed. They read one of his childrens' books, which is perhaps one of the worst things ever committed to paper. The glowing poo is revealed.
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The co-hosts chat with journalist Laura Jedeed about the story of Roy Cohn, in order to show the parallels between his life and Kash Patel's. The discussion centers around his role in McCarthyism, as a lawyer for Trump, and why his life was so consequential, despite him being a corrupt and inept jerk. They also get into how some shoes have a sport mode, and why this is perhaps silly. The AI requests new training data.

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The co-hosts chat it up with Taylor Lorenz, in an interview that spends a lot of time talking about another interview: the one that she did with Chaya Raichik, the woman behind the account Libs of Tiktok, who used her platform to build massive harassment campaigns against queer people and their medical providers. They talk about how GamerGate laid the foundations for the current "Groomer Panic," and Taylor gives some sage and sobering advice for dealing with malicious people. They also talk about which Christmas movie characters could use plastic surgery.

Sophia continues the story of how GamerGate set the stage for a lot of modern events, including the Groomer Panic, where people blamed the existence of queer youth on queer adults. The group talks about how this was spread largely by people like Chaya Raichik, who used her Twitter page, Libs of Tiktok, to spread mass panic across the conservative media ecosystem, and thereby people all over the world that share the ideology.

Sophia continues the story of how GamerGate gamed our collective understanding of reality, this time through how PizzaGate spawned QAnon. The group gives a light intro to the conspiracy theory, and how it spread through MLM mom's and a weird story about furniture. Andrew gets Q-pilled and becomes a crab rangooner. Javier is replaced with a potentially sentient AI. The group talks about the scariest and funniest consequences of the 2024 nightmare election. Some overarching themes are introduced.

Sophia continues the story of how GamerGate gamed our collective understanding of reality. Sophia resents that Mike Cernovich is a main character of anything, but the episode has a lot of content about him and his unambiguously pro-violence blog. The cohosts chat about crystals that stop 5G poisoning or something. Anonymous co-host goes by Javier for the episode. They still don't have any sponsorships related to sweets.

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Sophia and Andrew introduce themselves to the audience, and the anonymous co-host decides not to, and to go by Julian for the episode. Sophia starts to tell the story of GamerGate and why it has everything to do with how we have no collective sense of reality anymore. Andrew explains that he's a cat guy, and insists on a sponsorship deal. Julian talks about how he has a sword. The cohosts discuss when and where to use air horns