The Toddzilla X-Pod

Todd Thompson

A blunt, unsentimental dive into propaganda, ideology, and the contemporary cult of belief. Host Todd Thompson dissects how both corporate and collectivist power structures manipulate guilt, fear, and identity to keep the herd in line. From Ellul and Chomsky to Didion and Camus, the show fuses political philosophy, field experience, and gallows humor to expose how revolutions become religions, and how “progress” often hides new forms of control. The X-Pod is an autopsy of the narratives that shape us: digital Marxism, moral theater, and the algorithmic priests of the new faith. Expect philosophy with scars, historical context with teeth, and the rare luxury of an honest sentence.

  1. 21H AGO

    #189 - SNAP'D! Something Rotten in Jonestown

    Todd grudgingly returns to life after shortwave with a sore jaw, a jacked neck medicated with Leinenkugel's, and a prostate full of unimpaired sarcasm. Fresh from oral surgery and his final WWCR broadcast, he jumps straight back into New York’s new Marxist soap opera: Zorak's rise, the DSA’s full-blown takeover of the Democrats, and the party’s desperate rebrand from identity equity to affordability. It’s a kind of hangover episode with bite: part recovery diary, part political exorcism. Between complaints about aging, painkillers, and Marxist cosplay, Todd wonders out loud. again, whether the “Red-Green Alliance” is just Jonestown with Wi-Fi. It’s cranky, funny, and 100% X-Pod; the start of a new chapter, minus the religious radio filter!

    18 min
  2. WWCR - Agitation at the Speed of Light: The Final Broadcast

    OCT 25

    WWCR - Agitation at the Speed of Light: The Final Broadcast

    The Thompson Show – October 24, 2025 (WWCR 4840 kHz) Todd closes the curtain on The Thompson Show’s shortwave era with a defiant, reflective, and emotionally charged finale. After months on WWCR’s legendary 4840 kHz frequency, he signs off with a sweeping critique of modern politics, a warning about human nature, and a reminder of what made the show—and shortwave itself—worth keeping alive. 🔹 Segment Highlights • Farewell to Shortwave Todd opens by confirming this will be the final WWCR broadcast “for the foreseeable future.” The show will continue as The Toddzilla X-Pod, but this marks the end of the long-form shortwave run. With trademark humor (“Am I not merciful?”), he thanks listeners, hints at future returns, and introduces one last hybrid episode bridging the airwaves and the digital age. • The Ceasefire and the Activist Economy He begins the main broadcast dissecting the fragile Israel–Hamas ceasefire and the political fallout it unleashed. Todd spotlights the Democratic Socialists of America’s official statement—how they welcomed peace with one hand and denounced it with the other—calling it proof that “activists can’t afford a happy ending.” “The revolution must never end—or the revolutionaries lose their gig.” He frames the left’s perpetual outrage as both strategy and addiction: agitation as a business model. • Government Shutdown Theater From there, he turns to Washington’s ongoing “shutdown performance,” accusing Democrats of staging moral theater to appease the socialist wing of their own party. Todd skewers Chuck Schumer’s attempt to balance radical activists with Wall Street donors, calling it “pandering disguised as principle” and “panic sold as patriotism.” • No Kings 2.0 and the Retail Revolution He takes aim at the coordinated “No Kings 2.0” protests—supposedly grassroots but looking more like scripted press releases. The rallies, he notes, were dominated by “older white women in pink beanies” and choreographed photo-ops for establishment politicians. “It’s not rebellion—it’s retail revolution. The Che Guevara T-shirt at the strip mall.” Todd argues that modern protest movements have become brand extensions of the political class rather than genuine resistance.• A Challenge to Conservatives In one of the show’s most personal moments, Todd turns his frustration toward his own side: “Where are you? Why aren’t you pushing back?” He calls on conservatives to reclaim civic space—not through violence or Washington pageantry, but through peaceful, visible counter-demonstrations in small-town America. “Patriotism is not fascism,” he says. “You want to be heard? Stand up and show the world what you actually believe.” • The Boomerang Across the Atlantic Todd zooms out to Europe, describing the populist backlash sweeping Britain and Ireland as migrants and crime fuel the rise of Nigel Farage’s Reform Party and grassroots movements like Raise the Colours. He warns American listeners: “The same fire is smoldering here. If the right doesn’t move, the mob will.” • The Human Tyrant Within The broadcast’s final act takes an unexpected philosophical turn. Reflecting on a New York Times column by David Brooks, Todd revisits one of his oldest themes: the inborn authoritarian streak in human nature. “We are not wired for democracy. We are wired for tribe.” From Washington’s warnings against factionalism to social-media mobs and algorithmic propaganda, he traces how technology has accelerated tribal instincts—“agitation at the speed of light.” • The Final Monologue Todd closes with what feels like both prophecy and farewell: “Whatever’s coming—tyranny, bloodshed, or both—it won’t matter which side the tyrant’s on. The ape is out of the cage.” He thanks WWCR for the platform, salutes the listeners who kept shortwave alive, and signs off with characteristic grit: “I’ll miss this. I like doing radio. But that’s the way it goes. We’ll see you somewhere out there.” Broadcast Information: The Thompson Show aired Fridays at 11 p.m. Central / Midnight Eastern on WWCR 4840 kHz (Nashville, Tennessee, USA). The show continues weekly as The Toddzilla X-Pod on all major podcast platforms.

    50 min
  3. WWCR - Space Walks to Safe Spaces: Criticizing Courage from a Panic Room

    OCT 18

    WWCR - Space Walks to Safe Spaces: Criticizing Courage from a Panic Room

    The Thompson Show – October 17, 2025 (WWCR 4840 kHz) Back home in southwest Michigan after a week on the road, Todd returns to the airwaves sounding a little under the weather but fully in fighting form for a wide-ranging episode that blends nostalgia, tribute, and a passionate defense of exploration, courage, and country.   🔹 Segment Highlights • Opening – On the Road and Under the Weather After a marathon drive back from the Smoky Mountains, and a brutal weekend for Michigan sports, Todd kicks off the show with his signature humor and grit. He powers through the cold, promising another full-throttle broadcast before the show’s planned Halloween finale. • Remembering Ace Frehley (1951–2025) News breaks that legendary KISS guitarist Ace Frehley has died at 74. Todd reflects on Frehley’s influence, the mythic 1975 KISS Cadillac High concert, and his own childhood memories of living in Cadillac, Michigan during the event. The story turns personal, his sisters were there, full makeup and all, as Todd recounts how a small-town football team’s pregame ritual turned into one of rock’s strangest and most heartwarming legends. • Farewell to Jim Lovell (1928–2025) The episode transitions from rock stars to real heroes as Todd honors Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell, who was laid to rest this week at the U.S. Naval Academy. He recounts Lovell’s NASA career, his pivotal role in saving Apollo 13, and the quiet heroism that made Lovell one of the defining figures of human spaceflight. Todd links Lovell’s story to his own stop at the Neil Armstrong Air & Space Museum in Wapakoneta, Ohio, where he marveled at the original Gemini 8 capsule, the one that nearly spun Armstrong and his co-pilot to their deaths before they regained control. • Exploration, Courage, and the Human Spirit From the Apollo missions to America’s pioneers, Todd expands the discussion into a passionate monologue about exploration as humanity’s defining trait. He compares the courage of astronauts and settlers — both venturing into the unknown without safety nets — and calls for a new era of discovery. “We looked at the moon and said, ‘Let’s go there.’ That’s what people do. That’s what we’ve always done.” He argues that space exploration represents not waste, but wonder; a way to restore faith in human potential and national pride in an age of cynicism. • A Defense of the Founders and the Frontier The tone sharpens as Todd addresses modern critics of American history. He contrasts today’s “safe-space generation” with the settlers and colonists who crossed oceans, fought hostile wilderness, and built the foundations of Western civilization. His message is defiant: don’t apologize for courage, ambition, or conquest. They’re the roots of the freedom we now enjoy. • America the Promised Land The episode closes with a powerful moment of gratitude, an emotional reflection on America as a sanctuary for millions. A moving clip from Gene Simmons recalls his story of arriving in the U.S. with his mother and his swearing allegiance at the consulate: “Even if you’re the sons and daughters of Nazis, you can come here and nobody will try to kill you. This is the promised land.” Todd ends the show reaffirming his love of country and teasing next week’s topic, the No Kings 2.0 protests spreading across the U.S., and how conservatives can counter the ideological street theater now gripping the left. Broadcast Information: The Thompson Show airs Fridays at 11 p.m. Central / Midnight Eastern on WWCR 4840 kHz (Nashville, Tennessee, USA), and is available after on all major podcast platforms under The Toddzilla X-Pod.

    1 hr
  4. WWCR- The BritCard and the Birth of Digital Tyranny

    OCT 11

    WWCR- The BritCard and the Birth of Digital Tyranny

    The Thompson Show – October 10, 2025 (WWCR 4840 kHz) Broadcasting from a cabin in the Smoky Mountains, Todd takes The Thompson Show on the road for a fiery, wide-ranging episode that ties world events to the tightening noose of digital control. 🔹 Segment Highlights • The Future of Shortwave Todd opens with reflections on the importance of shortwave as one of the last truly uncensored broadcast mediums. He urges a new generation of articulate, credible voices to reclaim the platform from the stereotypes of conspiracy radio, positioning it as a 21st-century refuge for free speech when corporate and government censors dominate the internet. • The Hijacking of “Solidarity” Marking the second anniversary of Hamas’s October 7th attack, Todd dissects the global “solidarity” marches that glorified the massacre, vandalized public memorials, and whitewashed terrorism. He argues that the word solidarity has been redefined to mean selective outrage and moral inversion; compassion only for killers, not their victims. • Greta Thunberg’s Flotilla Folly After her second Gaza “aid mission” ends in Israeli custody, Greta reappears on camera claiming abuse. Todd calls the stunt a preplanned PR spectacle, another chapter in what he calls the “celebrity messiah complex” of the activist class. • Digital ID: The Gateway to Digital Tyranny The core of the episode. Todd breaks down the UK’s proposed “BritCard” system and explains how digital IDs, sold as tools for immigration control and efficiency, are fast becoming the infrastructure of surveillance states. He traces parallels to: France’s Avia Law and EU Digital Services Act, which weaponize “hate speech” regulation into speech policing. China’s Social Credit System, where compliance determines access to jobs, banking, and travel. India’s Aadhaar program, now expanded from welfare to every aspect of daily life. He warns that such systems create “soft tyranny” through algorithmic compliance, a future where a wrong opinion, an unpaid fine, or an inconvenient post could silently lock you out of work, money, and communication. • Palantir Backs Out Breaking news from the UK: tech giant Palantir refuses to participate in the BritCard rollout, citing risks of misuse and lack of democratic mandate. Todd calls it a major red flag: if even Palantir won’t touch it, what do they know that politicians don’t? • Closing Thoughts from the Mountains From his temporary studio near Gatlinburg, Todd ends with humor, a few tales of black bear neighbors, and a sobering reminder: once a government gains digital control, it never gives it back. “A state that can kill your login,” he says, “can kill your freedom.”   Broadcast Information: The Thompson Show airs Fridays at 11 p.m. Central / Midnight Eastern on WWCR 4840 kHz (Nashville, Tennessee, USA), and is available afterward on all major podcast platforms under The Toddzilla X-Pod.

    1 hr
  5. WWCR - Lambs to Wolves & Shutdown Theater '25

    OCT 4

    WWCR - Lambs to Wolves & Shutdown Theater '25

    The Thompson Show – October 3, 2025 (WWCR 4840 kHz) Todd’s back at the mic for the October 3rd edition of The Thompson Show, broadcasting across America and Europe on WWCR 4840 kHz. This week’s episode mixes satire, political commentary, and a few sharp cultural dissections, all delivered in Todd’s trademark counter-revolutionary style. • Government Shutdown Theater Washington’s annual act returns, with both parties playing their roles in the same tired production. Todd explains why the latest standoff is less about governing than survival theater, and why the Democrats’ “resistance strategy” has become a desperate act of self-preservation. • The Mormon Shooting and Real Compassion After a gunman attacks a Mormon church in Michigan, Todd recounts the astonishing response: Mormons raising $250,000 not for victims, but for the shooter’s family. A meditation on grace, empathy, and walking the walk in an era obsessed with moral posturing. • Greta Thunberg: Celebrity Messiah Complex Greta’s second “aid flotilla” to Gaza ends the same way as her first: in Israeli custody. Todd unloads on the global activist machine that turned a scowling teenager into a professional saint, arguing that Thunberg has become the Paris Hilton of protest culture. • Media Circus: Kimmel, Stern, and Manufactured Outrage From Jimmy Kimmel’s “suspension” to Howard Stern’s contract-renewal drama, Todd exposes how cancellation has become a marketing tool; outrage as advertising, victimhood as PR. • NPR’s Political-Violence Poll A new NPR/Marist poll quietly reveals that support for political violence has skyrocketed, especially among Democrats. Todd breaks down the numbers and the implications for a society sleepwalking toward civil fracture. • Coming Next Week: Digital ID & Social Credit A preview of next week’s deep-dive into Europe’s expanding Digital ID systems, a warning about the creeping convergence of surveillance, censorship, and social-credit control under the guise of “safety” and “accountability.” The Thompson Show airs Fridays at 11 p.m. Central / Midnight Eastern on WWCR 4840 kHz, Nashville Tennessee USA, and is available afterward on all major podcast platforms under The Toddzilla X-Pod.

    1 hr
  6. WWCR - Censors, Caesars, and the Facade of Reason

    SEP 20

    WWCR - Censors, Caesars, and the Facade of Reason

    Can a democracy defend itself without destroying the freedoms that define it? Todd explores the collapse of free speech into spectacle, the lure of censorship and strongmen, and what happens when citizens start begging for order over liberty. - This week on The Thompson Show (WWCR), Todd rips into the hypocrisy of cancel culture, collapsing media institutions, and the dangerous slide from free speech to approved (licensed) speech. From Kimmel’s suspension to the killings of Charlie Kirk and the Ukrainian woman in Charlotte, this episode asks whether free speech has now become the insurgent-weapon-of-choice aimed at liberal democracy itself? If so, can a free society defend itself without dismantling the freedoms that define it? Drawing on Walter Lippmann’s century-old warning about propaganda, "special pleading" and the “hullabaloo of sophistry,” Todd dissects how algorithmic media, tribal militias, and weaponized outrage are pushing citizens to beg for censors or Caesars. At stake is more than free speech. Can open societies can survive the assault of illiberal forces without becoming illiberal themselves? (hint: it's still the people) Fight algorithmic totalitarianism! Rate, Review, and Share!  Broadcast Info: 📡 WWCR 4840 kHz, Fridays 11 p.m. CT / midnight ET 📡 WBCQ 7490 kHz, Mondays 10 p.m. ET Replays: Toddzilla X-Pod Perfect for listeners who want direct confrontation with the roots of our cultural crisis—delivered clear, sharp, and challenging.

    1 hr

  7. SEP 17

    #183 - Agitation, Retribution, and the Matrix Mind

    Toddzilla X-Pod #171 Recorded Sept 17, 2025 In this spontaneous and gloriously unmapped episode, Todd takes stock of a country whose fabric is visibly fraying and reaction has become the story. He opens with the online ghoulishness around Charlie Kirk’s killing and the equal-and-opposite counter-reaction: firings and public consequences for people who cheered it on. The line he draws is clear: speech is free; consequences aren’t, but the state must stay out of it. (He calls out attempts to criminalize awful speech, noting the backlash from the right against that idea.) From there he unpacks why debate keeps collapsing. Using campus showdowns as examples and borrowing from Jonathan Haidt’s “elephant and rider” model, Todd argues that many disputes start with a snap emotive conclusion and then invent reasons to justify it. When the rationalizations run out, the insults start. That feeds a broader doctrine, “words are violence”, which quietly normalizes physical confrontation by redefining speech as a violent assault. Finally, Todd examines why the cancel-culture boomerang snapped back this week, warns against turning subjective “hate speech” into a government weapon that will eventually change hands, and returns to a recurring theme: social media as the staging ground of a civil war. Finally, a familiar concept gets a new name: The Matrix Mind. Bodies live in the real world; minds live in the feed. When we reduce people to avatars, it becomes easier to treat speech as violence — and to answer it with the real thing. Unfiltered, candid, and uncomfortable by design.   Subscribe, review, rate, SHARE!! Algorithms suck. 📡 WBCQ 7490 kHz, Mondays 10 p.m. ET 📡 WWCR 4840 kHz, Fridays 11 p.m. CT / midnight ET

    37 min
  8. WBCQ - Je Suis Charlie 2.0: The Deadly Cult of Rhetorical Violence, Marxism's Rainbow Militia, 2020's Boomerang Returns

    SEP 16

    WBCQ - Je Suis Charlie 2.0: The Deadly Cult of Rhetorical Violence, Marxism's Rainbow Militia, 2020's Boomerang Returns

    Narratives > facts. Todd Thompson dissects the reaction to Charlie Kirk’s killing, the UK's massive Unite the Kingdom march, and a new frontier: identity-based “self-defense” militia groups moving from slogans to weapons. When speech is spun as violence, dialogue, then people, die. -- Broadcast on WBCQ 7490 kHz (Sept 15, 2025, 10 p.m. ET), Todd Thompson takes on a week where storylines outran facts. He starts with the media spin surrounding the UK’s Unite the Kingdom marches and the online chaos after Charlie Kirk’s killing—noting how even basic details now fracture along partisan lines. From there, the episode tackles the asinine “words are violence” doctrine and why it normalizes deadly confrontation. Todd examines public materials and reporting around Armed Queers of Salt Lake City—a self-described socialist, anti-capitalist collective that promotes “queer resistance.” Posters featuring rifles, militant rhetoric, and campus events have circulated widely; as of broadcast, there was no confirmed official link to the Utah shooter, and Todd makes the larger point: once identity politics moves from slogans to weapons, taboos disintegrate and copycats follow. Closer to home, he touches on a ridiculous incident in Kalamazoo where an Office Depot "manager" refused to print a Charlie Kirk vigil poster and was promptly fired; an emblem of the cancel-culture boomerang finally, and predictably, striking in the opposite direction. The through-line is trust: collapsing institutions, informational anarchy with incompatible “truths,” and a culture that can't even agree on what happened five minutes ago. Blunt and unfiltered, the broadcast argues that dialogue only works if both sides still want a country to share. When moral certitude replaces inquiry, and institutions reward loyalty over facts, tribes do what tribes have always done. Subscribe, rate, review, and share!  📡 WBCQ 7490 kHz, Mondays 10 p.m. ET 📡 WWCR 4840 kHz, Fridays 11 p.m. CT / midnight ET

    1 hr
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A blunt, unsentimental dive into propaganda, ideology, and the contemporary cult of belief. Host Todd Thompson dissects how both corporate and collectivist power structures manipulate guilt, fear, and identity to keep the herd in line. From Ellul and Chomsky to Didion and Camus, the show fuses political philosophy, field experience, and gallows humor to expose how revolutions become religions, and how “progress” often hides new forms of control. The X-Pod is an autopsy of the narratives that shape us: digital Marxism, moral theater, and the algorithmic priests of the new faith. Expect philosophy with scars, historical context with teeth, and the rare luxury of an honest sentence.

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  • Creator
    Todd Thompson
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2025
  • Episodes
    201
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright TZX 2025 All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    The Toddzilla X-Pod