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Dan and Sam talk about the grim Bored Ape concerts, January 6th hearings and Mike Pence's brush with the hog mob, the ongoing GOP freakout over their children refusing to become homophobic and transphobic bigots, Hollywood's useless pledge to reexamine firearms use in the wake of Uvalde, and the hogs who can’t afford all the junk food they want to eat because of Joe Biden and his inflation. As usual, we ramble, it gets dark at times, and we have almost no idea of what we are talking about, but it’s your boys. Check it out. It's a hog planet so please consider donating to: Help Secure Housing for an Immigrant Roma Family: https://www.gofundme.com/f/secure-housing-for-a-immigrant-roma-family?utm_campaign Ward 2 Mutual Aid: https://opencollective.com/ward-2-mutual-aid -- https://www.currentaffairs.org/2022/06/what-is-a-woman-is-a-feature-length-exploration-of-conservative-ignorance-and-prejudice/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hog-planet/message

To make up for yet another extended hiatus, Dan and Sam slapped together a real barnbuster of an episode for the hogs. Return guest Barto (@ElBartoArmy) joined us for a wide-ranging discussion of ongoing hog happenings. We began on a more somber note, with a brief tribute to the king Gilbert Gottfried and desperate musings about our diseased, violent society in the wake of the unthinkable shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Luckily, we were able to lighten it up with Dan’s unwittingly encountering a GOP Congressman's interminable speech, Seth Green’s stolen Bored Ape NFT, and the chaotic Havana Syndrome episode of Law & Order. Be sure to stick around to the end for Jack, our Resident Soulsborne expert, who joined us to help Sam rip apart tech dingus Elon Musk’s atrocious Elden Ring build. How to support the boys Ward 2 Mutual Aid: https://opencollective.com/ward-2-mutual-aid Barto's music: https://armed-jouissance.bandcamp.com/album/- Jack's music: https://johndonne.bandcamp.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hog-planet/message

On this one the hogs caught up with recent Epstein-adjacent developments, the Queen’s rather nasty bout of COVID, and Trump’s new TRUTH social media platform featuring Kodak Black. We spent the rest of the episode watching the clips, including the Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, a literal waste of a billion dollars spent on dated video game cut-scene level CGI and characters absolutely nobody cares about. We also bore witness to the advent of the upcoming planned communities for Disney adults in the Coachella Valley, the dreadfully awkward consent manufacturing on the Washington Post’s TikTok account, and the endless weed farms of the metaverse. To close out, we checked in on the musical world of the Canadian trucker convoy, including the vocal stylings of Jordan B. Peterson, just in time before our very own homegrown American chuds bring the party to Washington, DC. It’s a Hog Planet. Please contribute to Ward 2 Mutual Aid: https://opencollective.com/ward-2-mutual-aid --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hog-planet/message

Like the bat signal on the blackened skies of Gotham, feral hogs have descended upon the San Francisco Bay Area to herald the return of Hog Planet. On our triumphant return, we poured one out for the fallen hog lawyer Michael Avenatti, whose string of heinous crimes, including extorting Stormy Daniels and the Nike Corporation, among others, could land him in jail for decades. Next, Dan and Sam rampaged through the discursive streets of the Joe Rogan vaccine and n-word controversies. Our hosts’ credibility may never recover. Lastly, we handed the mic over to 4 AM fruit stand enjoyer and New York Mayor Eric Adams, who called us a certain wafery slur in return. There you have it, folks, this episode is a bona fide feral swine bomb. Stick around for an eyewitness Mayor Pete report before the hog credits roll. It’s a Hog Planet. Please contribute to Ward 2 Mutual Aid: https://opencollective.com/ward-2-mutual-aid --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hog-planet/message

Your beloved hogs return to cover a story that seems like we made it up: Alec Baldwin’s tragic misfire on the set of Rust, the senseless death of rising talent Halyna Hutchins, and the toxic work environment that let it happen. Who is to blame? Baldwin? Assistant Director Dave Halls? Or 24-year-old set armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed? We turn to the least reliable sources to see what they think, like costume-designer-turned-scab-apologist Terese Magpale Davis, Gutierrez-Reed’s deeply soulless defense attorneys, and, of course, Baldwin himself.  To lighten things up, we treat the fans to a tight 4 from a rising star in the vaguely anti-vax comedy world: Jim Breuer, age 54. In an attempt to plug his own podcast and upcoming comedy special, he recently took to Twitter to post 4 minutes of, er, jokes, which mainly consisted of anti-vax bird squawks, piss, shit, fart, and puke sounds, and other weird, bad, and loud noises. Underneath it all, there were apparently some contrarian Gen-Xer points made. Listen kid, the podcasting game ain’t for everyone. Blessedly we only have one political hog to inflict on you this time around: Republican Delegate-elect Tim Anderson. But he might be too hot to handle! (crowd groans) It’s a Hog Planet. Please contribute to Ward 2 Mutual Aid: https://opencollective.com/ward-2-mutual-aid See Dan's paintings on instagram @ dspaventa For full video of this and all recent Hog Planet episodes go to Hog Planet on YouTube. Music by Bags (http://soundcloud.com/josephsbags). Subscribe to hogplanet.substack.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hog-planet/message

And now, we deliver unto you a long overdue look into the infamous January 6 riot at the Capitol, a watershed moment for hog culture. We reflected on that day when the Trump chuds were so sure that the Democrats were seizing control of the US government that they decided to just go ahead and try to do it themselves. We also checked up on some of the people who have been arrested and even sentenced for their roles in this exceedingly dumb release of misplaced aggression. We wrapped it up with Sam’s eyewitness accounts of the Justice for January 6 protest on September 18, where maybe 300 people showed up to wave their flags, bicker with counter protesters, and get all weepy about how the criminal justice system is treating their comrades. Yeah, that’s right, I went through that so that you don’t have to. Just another day at the office for us at Hog Planet. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hog-planet/message

The hogs commemorated the 20th anniversary of 9/11 by actually entering the same room and doing the only thing they know how to do: podcasting. We took a trip down memory lane to unload every thought we have on “the day the world stopped turning.” We also watch some choice clips from this year’s 9/11, including Trump hosting a pay-per-view boxing match and Rudy Giuliani being drunk. If you listen closely, you can hear Sam's dog barking at George W. Bush. That’s what 9/11’s all about, Charlie Brown!  Follow @spaventacular @wagstank on twitter and @dspaventa on Instagram for Dan's paintings. Music by Bags (http://soundcloud.com/josephsbags). Subscribe to hogplanet.substack.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hog-planet/message

Josh K joins Dan to talk about his work with the NYC DSA EcoSocialist working group and about their new campaign. The two hogs get into the respective falls of liberal giants Andrew Cuomo and Bill Gates, god trying to punish Stephen Crowder, and deranged conservative advertising. You won't want to miss the San Diego police video about the definitely totally real dangers of fentanyl touching the skin, complete with shocking body cam video.  Green New Deal for Public Schools Launch Call with Congressman Jamaal Bowman:  https://actionnetwork.org/events/green-new-deal-for-public-schools-public-launch-call Join NYC DSA EcoSocialists:  https://ecosocialists.nyc/join-us/  See Dan's paintings on instagram @ dspaventa  For full video of this and all recent Hog Planet episodes go to Hog Planet on YouTube. Music by Bags (http://soundcloud.com/josephsbags). Subscribe to hogplanet.substack.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hog-planet/message

Folks, the hogs are getting theoretical today. We had legit Marxists Kevin Jun Ha and JR Murray on to talk about how individualism as an ideology is fucking everything up these days and making it feel impossible to deal with the ongoing pandemic, climate change, and the growing threat of space billionaires. This sprawling overview touches on everything from Bezos to Frederick Jackson Turner and, mercifully, we only quoted Marx twice. Smash that play button if you’re trying to learn how to cast off your fetters and develop the capabilities of your species. Check out https://cosmonautmag.com and support Ward 2 Mutual Aid at https://t.co/9WlwsKlRXk?amp=1 For full video of this and all recent Hog Planet episodes go to Hog Planet on YouTube. Music by Bags (http://soundcloud.com/josephsbags). Subscribe to hogplanet.substack.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hog-planet/message

It’s a sweaty summer episode with the hogs as we talk boats, fireworks, summer camp, ice cream, and tragic masturbation. Dan and Sam apologize to at least 2 or 3 entire countries in this one. For Full Video search for the Hog Planet channel on YouTube Follow @spaventacular @wagstank on twitter and @dspaventa on Instagram for Dan's paintings. Music by Bags (http://soundcloud.com/josephsbags). Subscribe to hogplanet.substack.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hog-planet/message

Dan and Sam hopped on the mics in the middle of the night to pod about pressing cultural issues such as the newly proposed Washington Football Team names, failed NYC mayoral candidate Dianne Morales' delirious tweets, Jair Bolsanaro's hiccups hospitalization, and Spike Lee's woke bitcoin ad. We also look back at one year since the George Floyd protests and the ongoing hysteria about critical race theory that has bled over into the high school we went to. We showed off some of Dan's artwork and the item of the season: Hog Planet lighters.  For Full Video search for the Hog Planet channel on YouTube Follow @spaventacular @wagstank on twitter and @dspaventa on Instagram for Dan's paintings. Music by Bags (http://soundcloud.com/josephsbags). Subscribe to hogplanet.substack.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hog-planet/message

The hogs are back yet again, with guest hog Andrew (@Zhadn_) in tow. Dan has the latest from New York's majorly stupid mayoral race. We are pleased to announce that Andrew Yang lost but saddened to say that Eric Adams is probably going to win. Just as Mr. Adams lives in Fort Lee, New Jersey, not New York, New York, Dan undeservedly received a jury duty notice for his home state of New Jersey, despite living in New York. Truly, the system has failed.  Watch out for the transition where we start talking about how the President of Haiti was assassinated today by Spanish speakers impersonating the DEA. Dan really beefs the transition on that one. He's trying, folks... As we continue to hold Dan accountable,  we issue a few corrections from prior episodes. For more of Dan being wrong, be sure to follow him on Twitter so he can get to 420 followers. As of recording we (he) only need(s) 5 more... It could be you! We also have a few cool videos of stuff blowing up. The thing is, they are both videos of bad things happening: one being the Los Angeles Police Department detonating "stolen" (we prefer to say "liberated") fireworks and taking out a city block in the process, and the other being the gaping hole of fire that opened up in the Gulf of Mexico. Yeah, yeah, both are pretty bad signs, but still, stuff blowing up is kinda cool.  Dan Snyder, owner of the Washington Football Team and person who may have hired Sam at one point (he would have regretted it) has been fined for toxic workplace culture. We dig deeper to dish on how Dan Snyder is now cucked as his wife takes over operations of the racial slur football team.  Andrew is the internet guy. He loves computers. He shares his thoughts on why OKCupid is a trash website, and why Alibaba is an insane platform hard for those of us in this tiny, dusty country to understand the scale of. We also delve into the recent disappearance of Alibaba founder Jack Ma from the public eye in China, and how he rocked out on guitar once. Speaking of scale and continuing with abrupt transitions, we revisit the largest mass shooting in US history and how we still don't know anything substantive about Stephen Paddock or his motives. Unless one of those guys with ideas about his involvement with the Saudis is on to something...  To close out, Dan is forced to evaluate and understand Waluigi, including what his moveset would be in Super Smash Bros., and we share a few anecdotes about the many voices of the Mario Extended Universe. For Full Video search for the Hog Planet channel on YouTube Follow @spaventacular @wagstank on twitter and @dspaventa on Instagram for Dan's paintings. Music by Bags (http://soundcloud.com/josephsbags). Subscribe to hogplanet.substack.com. Links: GoFundMe for Victims of LAPD Fireworks Detonation  https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-displaced-family-recover-from-las-explosion?qid=ee4569f4dd0f51777464f3aaadb1b947 The Vanishing Billionaire: How Jack Ma fell afoul of Xi Jinping https://www.ft.com/content/1fe0559f-de6d-490e-b312-abba0181da1f https://www.forbes.com/sites/georgecalhoun/2021/06/24/what-really-happened-to-jack-ma/?sh=3c9a686f7c7e Mapping the Las Vegas Massacre | NYT - Visual Investigations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krr4u6uGdzc The Origin of Luigi's Voice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrXKklRLUq4 Waluigipedia http://udel.edu/~cgates/website103/waluigipedia.html --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hog-planet/message

Welcome back hog Stans - New York remains mayorless; Vin Diesel’s real name stinks; and Sam has basically zero opinion on Regis Philbin. Seinfeld is off streaming, but luckily, it’s burned into our minds indelibly (and available on DVD). Dan is yet again begging for 420 Twitter followers. He’s also recounting some stories, including: spotting a Beto 2020 holdout, shouting at a moving truck driver, and discussing Israel-Palestine with an elemental denizen of Coney Island. The Army is now admitting that aliens exist, and China is to blame. We’re thinking about fish, and of course we found a fish that is also a hog. We’re also answering some tough questions: how do we navigate going back to maskless offices, taking it on faith that everyone in there is vaccinated, and attempting to relearn our social skills? And, more importantly, is calling the cocktail of whiskey, Irish cream, and Guinness an Irish Car Bomb the equivalent of naming a drink “The 9/11?” If so, what goes in the latter? All that and more, on V I D E O.   For Full Video search for the Hog Planet channel on YouTube Follow @spaventacular @wagstank on twitter and @dspaventa on Instagram for Dan's paintings. Music by Bags (http://soundcloud.com/josephsbags). Subscribe to hogplanet.substack.com.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hog-planet/message

Dan and Sam resurrect the pod to spew further hog nonsense about why we stopped liking the show as it was and why it's funnier and on VIDEO now. We yammered about the risible mayoral candidates trying to make New York City even worse, protests for public toilets, Biden's dreadfully unfunny presidency and considerable dog body count, the physical and spiritual incongruity between Scooby Doo and Courage the Cowardly Dog, and much more. Sam busted out at least 5 different virtual backgrounds featuring increasingly chaotic photos of President Xi Jinping. Dan has the ass clown he painted. You simply must tune in. Follow @spaventacular @wagstank on twitter and @dspaventa on Instagram for Dan's paintings. Music by Bags (http://soundcloud.com/josephsbags) Read Sam's article about his relationship with Father's Day at https://hogplanet.substack.com/p/detente-the-perfect-fathers-day-gift // subscribe to the substack for more at hogplanet.substack.com Hog Planet YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5t-rHpXzV0G8UTN9knVm8Q for full episode video --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hog-planet/message

Dan and Sam reconvene to cover some hog news updates, including the disastrous Trumptilla on Lake Travis, the funniest revelation from Michael Cohen’s new tell-all, and the recently unsealed indictment of fan favorite Steve Bannon. We also try to pin down why Facebook seems so dire these days and how it changed from its unserious origins to its current chaotic state. We think you’ll like this one. It’s the perfect soundtrack to clinging for life as your 8-foot dinghy named Second Mortgage gets swamped by a 70-foot yacht decked out with Trump flags. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hog-planet/message

Take a break from frantically posting about death by fire, plague, and flood to remember the bygone era of 2007, a pre-irony time when four prehistoric beasts starred in a Disney-sponsored comedy about being middle-aged. We are finally addressing the made-for-Hog Planet movie Wild Hogs (2007), a motorcycle flick about fearful, porcine men struggling to reclaim their masculinity. Joining us is Luke Van Brandenburg of the @boosegumps podcast, which you can find on YouTube and Spotify. We motor through the scarce highs and all-too-common lows of the pre-irony and pre-Obergefell v. Hodges humor in this film. Along the way, you will learn far too much about this film, the last gasp of a kind of hoggish humor that truly died out after the 2008 financial crisis. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hog-planet/message

This week, we discussed the original Die Hard (1988), a true classic of the action genre, and how it subtly handles topics such as police bureaucracy, corporate greed, and the US-Japan trade relationship. Joining us for this one is a true Die Hard expert, returning champion Matt Greenberg of the Copilots podcast (@WeAreCoPilots). We try to answer the tough questions, like “is this copaganda?” “Is John McClane a cowboy or a samurai?” “Is there a difference?” Matt also helps us understand where the franchise went after knocking it out of the park the first time around. You won’t want to miss this on - after all, nothing says “quarantine” like a film whose entire hostage-driven plot could have been avoided with a simple Zoom Christmas party. These hogs write! Check out new writing (and old) on the Hog Planet Digest at hogplanet.substack.com. There you can find articles shed light on what we have discussed on older episodes, and if you subscribe, you can get new articles sent straight to your inbox as soon as they come out. Subscribe on patreon.com/hogplanet to support the show and get bonus content including extra episodes, extended cuts of guest interviews, and original artwork. As always, all music composed and created by the incomparable Joseph S. Bags (https://soundcloud.com/josephsbags) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hog-planet/message

One of our real-life heroes, our deeply powerful high school English teacher Mr. Zelcer, joins us to discuss being an educator in the Covid times and the daunting task of preparing today’s youth for the future. In the post-game segment over on the Hog Planet Patreon, we discuss the continued devaluation of a liberal arts education and what it may portend for the future of imagination and our very souls. We also briefly sing George Saunders’ praises. Be sure to check out all of Mr. Zelcer’s excellent creative output, which we mention on the show and link to below. These hogs write! Check out new writing (and old) on the Hog Planet Digest at hogplanet.substack.com. There you can find articles shed light on what we have discussed on older episodes, and if you subscribe, you can get new articles sent straight to your inbox as soon as they come out. Subscribe on patreon.com/hogplanet to support the show and get bonus content including extra episodes, extended cuts of guest interviews, and original artwork. As always, all music composed and created by the incomparable Joseph S. Bags (https://soundcloud.com/josephsbags) Notes: Support Mr. Zelcer’s many side hustles: Word Game plot-egoríes quad-egories https://play-quadegories.herokuapp.com/ Daily Despot https://www.facebook.com/thedailydespot The Little Book of Yankees Evil https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19013498-the-little-book-of-yankees-evil Sources: George Stephanopoulos’ interview with Mary Trump https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp_Ew98D4OM Illinois Wesleyan cutting its liberal arts programs https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-illinois-wesleyan-university-liberal-arts-program-cuts-20200716-yo337lghgrdmnpdl4xhfarzqe4-story.html Marketing executive funds small liberal arts scholarship https://news.psu.edu/story/625730/2020/07/14/impact/young-liberal-arts-alumna-creates-pass-it-scholarship-help-and --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hog-planet/message

This week the hogs have Barto (@elbartoarmy) on to discuss Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich, Netflix’s account of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s international criminal enterprise. The documentary benefits from in-depth interviews with survivors including Sarah Ransome, Virginia Giuffre, and Maria Farmer, as well as an illuminating, albeit brief look at the latter’s artistic depiction of her ordeal. But it suffers from some glaring omissions and collaboration with author and Clinton associate James Patterson as well as Sam’s nemesis Alan Dershowitz. We unpacked what the series had to offer and mused about the damage conspiratorial thinking can do to mass movements. Speaking of which, please be sure to support Barto’s work by checking out Food Not Bombs Wilmington on Facebook (facebook.com/FNBWilmington/), Twitter (@fnbwilmington) and Instagram (instagram.com/fnbwilm/) and throwing some skrilla at them on Cashapp ($fnbwilmington). These hogs write! Check out new writing (and old) on the Hog Planet Digest at hogplanet.substack.com. There you can find articles shed light on what we have discussed on older episodes, and if you subscribe, you can get new articles sent straight to your inbox as soon as they come out. Subscribe on patreon.com/hogplanet to support the show and get bonus content including extra episodes, extended cuts of guest interviews, and original artwork. As always, all music composed and created by the incomparable Joseph S. Bags (https://soundcloud.com/josephsbags) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hog-planet/message

Since former Daily Show host Jon Stewart was recently on a press tour promoting Irresistible, his mid-2000s time capsule of a feature film, it’s the perfect time to evaluate his cultural impact. To help us flesh this out, we chatted with Luke Savage (@lukewsavage), a true gentleman and scholar of mid-2000s liberal media. We discussed Stewart’s strengths and weaknesses, why he seems utterly despondent in the Trump years, and how empty his political ideology is, to the extent that it even exists. Subscribe at patreon.com/hogplanet to gain access to the post-game where we discussed the highly anti-climactic 2016 Democratic Primary and why the Bernie Sanders campaign was not a complete failure. You can find Luke’s writing on Jacobin.com and his excellent podcast Michael & Us on all podcast platforms. These hogs write! Check out new writing (and old) on the Hog Planet Digest at hogplanet.substack.com. There you can find articles shed light on what we have discussed on older episodes, and if you subscribe, you can get new articles sent straight to your inbox as soon as they come out. Subscribe on patreon.com/hogplanet to support the show and get bonus content including extra episodes, extended cuts of guest interviews, and original artwork. As always, all music composed and created by the incomparable Joseph S. Bags (https://soundcloud.com/josephsbags) Show Notes: https://newrepublic.com/article/155928/daily-shows-rally-restore-sanity-predicted-decade-liberal-futility https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/07/jon-stewart-irresistible-review --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hog-planet/message