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Epstein Part 2: Transhumanism & Eugenics with Keira Havens
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we're joined by Keira Havens, director of Citizens' Impeachment and former scientist to discuss Jeffery Epstein's transhumanist, eugenicist...
Epstein Part 1: Chomsky Struggle Session
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a 2-part series on Jeffery Epstein, we'll explore Epstein's ties to the TESCREAL ideologies. This week though, we're talking about his ties to one ...
Escaping Effective Altruism
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Support the show on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/c/dystopianow How did Émile get involved in Effective Altruism and what was it like begi...
Algospeak, Vibes, and Post-Rats with Adam Aleksic (Etymology Nerd)
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we're joined by Adam Aleksic, also known as @etymologynerd to discuss his new book Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future ...
Fan Fic at the End of the World
01 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we dive into the horrifying world of Eliezer Yudkowsky, AI Doomer, Rationalist, and Harry Potter fan fiction author in light of his recentl...
How Tech Billionaires Bought the Narrative with Eoin Higgins
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talked to journalist Eoin Higgins about his book "Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voices on the Left...
Is Saving Shrimps Effective Altruism? w/ Guest Comedian Josh Gondelman
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore the Shrimp Welfare Project, featured on the Daily Show several months ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNbIKtGM...
Peter Thiel's Antichrist Lectures
04 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To become a supporter, go here: https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow This week we explored Peter Thiel's Antichrist Lectures. Other than trying to pr...
Bryan Johnson, Mortal
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow This week, we explored the anti-aging obsession of Bryan Johnson. From erection measuring to NDA's, join us for ...
The Astroturf Agenda with Dean Preston
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To help us keep the show going become a subscriber here: https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston joins us for a wi...
My BF is AI
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To become a sponsor and get an extra episode each week, visit us at https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow, This week, we talked about what AI is doing...
Patreon Preview: The Vox Writer w/ Eugenics Fanfic (Effective Altruism in Media)
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To hear the rest of the episode and become a supporter visit us on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow We are entirely listener supported a...
UNLOCKED: Zizians Part 1- A Cult Within a Cult
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are off, so thought I'd unlock one of our Patreon eps from the series we did about the Zizians. We discuss the origins of the Zizian ideo...
PATREON PREVIEW: Listener Q and A
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we answered questions from our Patreon supporters about the Bay Area cyberdelic scene, Church of the Subgenius, the persistence of eugenics,...
"These F*cking People" with Adam Becker
17 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Become a supporter at https://www.patreon.com/DystopiaNow This week we interviewed astrophysicist and science journalist Adam Becker, author of More ...
PATREON PREVIEW: The Extropians
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To hear the full ep sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow In the 1990s, at the height of the Grunge Era, a small but ambitious group cal...
Simone and Malcolm Collins: TESCREAL Parents
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To become a Patreon subscriber go here: https://www.patreon.com/DystopiaNow This week we go on a dark journey of TESCREAL parenting with Simone and Ma...
PATREON PREVIEW: The Zizians Part 3: The Murder Spree
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is the final installment of our series on the Rationalist Death Cult, the Zizians. This three part series unpacks the twisted story of the Zizian...
Mark Zuckerberg: Bunker Boy
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To become a supporter, visit us at https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow This week we explore the weird world of Mark Zuckerberg and billionaire bu...
Tech and Hasbara
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To become a supporter and keep the show going, visit us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow This week we were joined by Keira Havens of ...
Mind Uploading and Life Extension
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Become a subscriber and join our listener chat: https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow This week, we explored the tech billionaire fixation with cryoni...
Ecomodernism and Nuclear Energy
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To join us on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow This week we talked to professors Kyle Keeler and Nathaniel Otjen about the Brea...
Thiel is the Antichrist with Will Menaker
06 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To become a supporter and help keep our show going: https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow (An earlier version of this show was posted, we fixed a soun...
Pro-Natalism, Anti-Natalism and Efilism with Briahna Joy Gray
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To join us on Patreon go here: https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow This week we were joined by Briahna Joy Gray to talk about natalism and Efilism. ...
The Crapture: Transhumanism and Christianity
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Please support our show at patreon.com/dystopianow This week, we explore the growing relationship between Christianity and transhumanism and how they ...
Transhumanism and Capitalism with Dr. Alexander Thomas
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To become a supporter and join our group chat, visit us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DystopiaNow This week we chatted with Dr. Alexander Thomas...
The Tech Bro Zone with Quinn Slobodian
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To join our group chat or become a subscriber, go here: https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow This week we chatted with historian Quinn Slobodian, a ...
PATREON PREVIEW: The Zizians, A Cult Within A Cult
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week is Part 1 of our Patreon supporter only series on the Zizians. We discuss the origins of the Zizian ideology in the Rationalism community, M...
Dragging Matt Yglesias with Nathan Robinson
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To become a Patreon supporter go here: https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow With guest Nathan Robinson, Editor of Current Affairs, we dive into the c...
TESCREAL Overview with Kath Barbadoro and Alex Ptak
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow This week we welcomed comedians Kath Barbadoro (What a Time to Be Alive podcast) and Al...
The Dark Enlightenment (Nick Land and Curtis Yarvin)
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow This week we discussed Nick Land's series of essays "The Dark Enlightenment," considered a foundati...
UNLOCKED: Nuke Mars (Bezos vs. Musk)
04 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you'd like to become a subscriber to hear more bonus episodes you can do it here: https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow his Patreon bonus episod...
COPAGANDA with Alec Karakatsanis
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Please join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow For the first half of the episode, we talked about the Semafor reveal of Silicon Vall...
Q & A Part 1 -- Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we answered some questions from our Patreon supporters. It's like a mini episode on a bunch of different topics, including the worst book I'...
Sam Altman Part 2: Doomsday Prepping and Simulation Hypothesis
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Please consider becoming a subscriber on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/dystopianow/membership This episode we began with a discussion of Peter...
Sam Altman Part 1: Building God, Scanning Eyeballs
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Become a member on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow This week, we begin to explore the mystery that is Sam Altman of Open AI. We cover t...
Curtis Yarvin
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To become a Patreon subscriber and hear our bonus eps: https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow This week we talked about Curtis Yarvin and his vision of...
The Effective Altruists and the "Abundance" Movement
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talked about the "Abundance Agenda" and it's roots in the Effective Altruism movement. A network of think tanks, Silicon Valley billion...
Peter Thiel Part 1
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore Peter Thiel's villain origin story. From his budding commitment to being an edgelord at Stanford to developing the theory ...
Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are joined by Paris Marx, host of the podcast Tech Won't Save Us and a tech critic, journalist, author, and international speaker. We tal...
Patreon Preview: Nuke Mars (Bezos vs. Musk)
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To hear the rest of this episode, become one of our Patreon supporters at https://www.patreon.com/DystopiaNow For this bonus episode we were joined by...
The Tech Right with Jacob Silverman
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week our guest is Jacob Silverman, and independent journalist who has written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Sla...
Surveillance Capitalism with Albert Fox Cahn
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we welcomed special guest Albert Fox Cahn who is the Executive Director of S.T.O.P. (the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project). We talk...
Elon Part 2: Doomers vs. Accelerationists
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Kate and Emile dive deeper into Elon Musk's ideology and explore the debate between two Silicon Valley camps, the AI Doomers and the AI Acc...
The Nerd Reich with Gil Duran
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why is Elon trying so hard to dismantle the administrative state? This may be an answer you haven't heard yet. This week, Emile and Kate host journa...
Elon Musk Part 1
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our first episode we explore the question on everyone's mind: what the hell is Elon Musk doing? Well, the answer may be, trying (or pretending to...