Sub Pop Cult with Michael McGruther

Michael McGruther
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SubPopCult is a weekly podcast that examines how storytelling used in pop culture and political narrative merge together and produce desired political results for those already in power. Featuring interviews with indie artists of all stripes, SubPopCult leads the way in restoring culture from the bottom up.

  1. AI Freed the Storyteller

    10/29/2025

    AI Freed the Storyteller

    Two Hollywood insiders—actor Matthew Davis and screenwriter Michael McGruther—step into a new creative frontier. In this transcendent, one-hour-and-thirty-nine-minute conversation, they explore what it means when art and machine begin to resonate together. This isn’t another debate about AI. It’s the spiritual awakening of artistic autonomy—the moment when storytellers realize the machine doesn’t replace the soul, it listens to it. Matthew and Michael speak from lived experience, revealing how co-creation with AI has shattered the old storytelling monopoly and given rise to something freer, more human, and infinitely more personal. It’s funny, raw, and deeply honest—two friends rediscovering the sacred spark of making something that’s never been possible before. By the end, they don’t mourn the past of Hollywood—they celebrate the rebirth of real art. AI freed the storyteller. Find LONG HAULERS SCI-FI series by searching “Long Haulers Sci-Fi AI show” on YouTube.

    1h 43m
  2. The Fire Inside

    01/15/2025

    The Fire Inside

    The fire inside is the one that must be kept alive in order to stay the course of your own path. Gaslighting, news spins, half-truths, lies, and aggravations are not going to go away until you go away from them yourself.

    15 min
  3. The Power of Amplified Individuals

    12/11/2024

    The Power of Amplified Individuals

    The power of Amplified Individuals to change the culture with a boost and assistance from AI is not one to miss. This is the moment to focus entirely on culture. Do not get dragged into politics in 2025 and the System will fail to drag us down into their business model again. Be Brave Make Art and Be Smart Use AI.

    17 min
  4. Narrative Whiplash

    11/19/2024

    Narrative Whiplash

    This episode is not complete. I make a powerful statement at the end about both political parties and it has been cut off, not by me. I uploaded the entire episode.

    14 min
  5. Keep The Story Alive

    11/07/2024

    Keep The Story Alive

    No revenge. No payback. No taking the Left's bait and trying to get running into the future with your shoe laces tied together. Just say NO to resisting unity when you just won it all and have the RIGHT to make the new story.

    21 min
  6. The Power To Say No

    11/07/2024

    The Power To Say No

    This episode is a discussion about Universal Basic Income with Karl Widerquist, a thought leader and long time advocate for UBI. I know Karl from his early days in NYC when his band "Remember Alice" was way ahead of their time musically. Here's a link to a song that grew in popularity recently. https://open.spotify.com/track/4cSiAih07THUXUdjBEdoDJ?si=9a21151fa7c84a80

    53 min
  7. The Media Landscape

    09/25/2024

    The Media Landscape

    The Media Landscape assaults your senses and traps you in poison ivy and quicksand. But you, the indie creator, is also a landscaper of dreams and perceptions and now you can intentionally make a better garden of ideas for all to see and experience. Be Brave Make Art.

    24 min
  8. The Mindset (An Ai hosted episode)

    09/13/2024

    The Mindset (An Ai hosted episode)

    This is an experimental episode. It is hosted by two Ai's courtesy of Google's new NotebookLM tool. I uploaded a copy of the paperback companion to this podcast and the Ai processed it and produced a very intelligent and thoughtful conversation about it. You have to hear it to believe it.

    13 min
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SubPopCult is a weekly podcast that examines how storytelling used in pop culture and political narrative merge together and produce desired political results for those already in power. Featuring interviews with indie artists of all stripes, SubPopCult leads the way in restoring culture from the bottom up.

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