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The first and only podcast bringing you weekly case studies in the pop culture of a dying empire. Every Wednesday, co-hosts Josh, Brian, and A.J. dissect an artifact of popular culture, breaking down how its narrative choices reflect or subvert the reactionary political project. From video games to movies to theater to an apparently infinite supply of evangelical Christian radio drama, we expose the machinations of the worst of all possible worlds in order to figure out how to build a better one. Also, we have bits.
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Wednesday Sep 24, 2025
Wednesday Sep 24, 2025
Slowpuke (SlowpukeLIVE) and the lads stake out a bar and scream in the faces of undiagnosed alcoholics as we cover Jon Taffer’s hit reality-television show: Bar Rescue. Topics include Taffer’s self-aggrandized past, the ethics of robot performers, and what it means to watch a man transform a bar from terrible to an entirely different kind of terrible.
Media Referenced in this Episode:
- Bar Rescue
- S02E01: “Yo-Ho-Ho and a Bottle of Dumb”
- S03E11: “Don’t Mess with Taffer’s Wife”
- S02E22: “Punch-Drunk and Trailer-Trashed”
- S04E25: “Sticky Situation”
- Bar 702 (Sand Dollar) From Bar Rescue Has Been Sold by Matt. Barrescueupdates.com. June 22nd, 2014.
- Breaking News - Spike TV Picks Up New Original Series, "Bar Rescue" and "Repo Games" | TheFutonCritic.com. January 1st, 2011.
- Council Bluffs police investigating shooting at O'Face Bar by KMTV News. 3 News Now. February 27th, 2021.
- Domestic Violence Case Dismissed by Staff Consortium. The Virgin Islands Consortium. March 19th, 2021.
- How "Bar Rescue" host Jon Taffer helped changed the way we watch the NFL by Aaron Torres. Fox Sports. January 7th, 2014.
- jon taffer spaceship robot story
- Second arrest made in connection to weekend shooting outside Council Bluffs bar by First Alert 6 Staff. First Alert 6. March 25th, 2025.
- Wilkes Assault Lawsuit
Interstitial: “Bar Rescue Jr.” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Feat. Josh Boerman as “Aggressive Narrator”, Slowpuke as “Mrs. Cunningham/Molly Cunningham”, and A.J. Ditty as “Jon Taffer/Customer”
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