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[Preview] The Suburbs Principle (MX #12)
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Retvrn to Rome (feat. Tribunate's Gaius)
On today's episode, Gaius from Tribunate joins Josiah to talk about Roman history and it's parallels to the present moments. Is the U.S. in a decline like the end of t...
[Preview] You Are a Cinema
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Amused to Death (feat. Phil Christman)
On today's episode, Phil Christman joins Josiah to discuss Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman. They explore Postman's intellectual trajectory and legacy, as we...
[Video Essay] Everyone Else is an NPC
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[Preview] The Body, The Blood, The Plagues (MX #11)
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Pierce the Snow (feat. Jacob Dallas-Main)
On today's episode, Jacob Dallas-Main (The Socialist Shelf) joins Josiah to talk about Bong Joon Ho's masterpiece about how to wage class war on a big train, Snowpierc...
[Preview] Sportsball
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Knot Iowan
On today's episode, Alien (aka Stewie Griffin DJ), Josh, and Josiah discuss Iowa by Slipknot, the impact Slipknot had on the Des Moines music scene, and the whole phen...
Lets Rock and Roll, America!!!
Jackal and Josiah catch up on some current events. We discuss recent anti-trans legislation in Iowa and the chaos of the first few weeks of the second Trump admin befo...
[Preview] Blue Valentine as Needed for Pain (MX #10)
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Normalmaxxing (feat. AJ)
On today's episode, AJ (@normalmaxxedajc) joins Josiah to teach you all how to be normal about sex, politics, and the internet.Check out Normalmaxxing here: https://no...
[Preview] Thank You Crack the Skye (MX #9)
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[Preview] Death Drive Death Drive Death Drive
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Autism & Christianity (feat. Jon from Christianity on the Spectrum)
Jon from Christianity on the Spectrum (@ChristianityOn) joins Josiah to discuss his research into the relationship between autistic individuals and Christianity. They ...
[Preview] He's Lost Control
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Welcome to 2025
On today's episode, Josh, James (@cigarette_liker), and Caleb (@theboghog) join Josiah to welcome in the new year by hanging out, making some vague predictions about t...
[Preview] Remain in Millennium (MX #8)
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[Preview] The Destiel Coup
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Blue Christmas (feat. Phil Cozzi)
Phil Cozzi joins Josiah to get in the holiday spirit and discuss The Holdovers (2023) and having a bad time around Christmas.Become a Fruitless Patron here: https://ww...
They're Ready to Go Home (feat. Amelia Schafer)
Amelia Schafer (@ameliaschafers, Rapid City Journal) returns to discuss her recent investigation into a South Dakota boarding school and the thirty-eight graves that w...
Circular Economy of Head Trauma (feat. Tom O'Mahony)
Tom O'Mahony (@gotitatguineys, Beneath the Skin, Lions Led By Donkeys) joins Josiah and Josh to discuss hardcore as a genre and a social movement. They do a crash cour...
[Preview] Wide Awaaaaake Puppets! (MX #7)
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[Preview] Exterminate All Rational Thought
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Bittersweet 50
On today’s episode, Josh, James (@cigarette_liker), and Jake the Lawyer join Josiah in celebrating 50 years of Fruitless. That’s right: it’s the 50th episode. We refle...
[Preview] Wold (MX #6)
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[Preview] The Weird, the Other, & the Incomprehensible
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The 9/11 Girlboss (feat. Vita Breva)
Horror month continues! This week, Vita Breva (@vitabreva) joins Jackal and Josiah to discuss Jennifer's Body (2009). We discuss the movie's poor contemporary receptio...