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[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...
Danzigology
Alt title: Despite Looking Like an Ogre, Danzig Does Not Have LayersHorror Month at Fruitless continues! This week, Caleb Sutton (@theboghog) joins Jackal and Josiah t...
Don't Torture Donald Duck (feat. Jesse Hawken)
It's Horror Month at Fruitless, and we're kicking it off with some Italian horror. Jesse Hawken (@jessehawken, Junk Filter) joins Josiah and Jackal to discuss Don't To...
...And Forgive Them Their Debts (Bookclub #6)
This is the sixth installment of the Fruitless Bookclub, a show-within-a-show, featuring Chris Barker and Jake the Lawyer, where we read all those nonfiction books we'...
Greatest City in the World, Baby
Jackal and Josiah catch up on some current events before we launch into Horror Month in October. We discuss an article about the LAPD conducting a pot raid, Mark Robin...
[Preview] Atomizer Island (MX #5)
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[Preview] Gemstones #3. We Can Finally Play the Victim
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The Sutton Brothers Regress
Alt title: The Iconic Movie Where John Goodman Voices a ParrotWith the help of neutral observer, Kelli (@Kellitoris444), Josiah and Caleb (@theboghog) meet their inner...
[Preview] Gemstones #2. The Men & the Motorcycle Ninja Persons
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[Preview] Sprained Monotheist (MX #4)
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Gemstones #1. Protestant Comedy
On today's episode, James C. Liker (@cigarette_liker), Josh Christianson, and Josiah are running through the house with a pickle in their mouth to kick off a series of...
Supernatural Spoilers
Alt title: Getting Queerbaited by God. Note: We will be spoiling this whole show.Caleb (@theboghog) tries to explain Supernatural to Josiah and Jackal by throwing them...
The Vibe Shift (feat. Jack Mirkinson)
On today's episode, Jack Mirkinson (@jackmirkinson, The Nation, Discourse Blog) joins Josiah to discuss the "vibe shift" in electoral politics over the past two months...
[Preview] Exvangelical Pilgrimage to the Mountains
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[Preview] A Worshipful Encore (feat. Nathan Thiessen)
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[Preview] The Saint of CCM: Rich Mullins
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