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A show exploring fringe Internet culture through the lens of neurotic paranoia. Media criticism, conspiracies, weeb trash, and a sprinkle of mysticism too.

  1. Did You Just Yada Yada 9/11?

    07/24/2024

    Did You Just Yada Yada 9/11?

    As promised here's a little Spring 2024 movie and tv roundup. Basically everything Bill watched while he couldn't record for three months. Consider this our Beautiful Cinema catch up episode. We discuss Baby Reindeer, Fallout, Godzilla Minus One, and Civil War. Have thoughts about any of these that you need to get off your chest? Think we said something really stupid? Send us an email: podcast@deadendroad.media (00:00) - Intro (00:41) - Mountains of Madness: Kicking Adobe To The Curb (16:05) - Digital Hoarding & Internet Impermanence. (29:57) - Shelved: Goodreads Competitor & Odd Review (54:47) - Beautifl Cinema: Everything that Was Relevent Spring 2024 (01:08:09) - Fallout TV Show (01:13:16) - Godzilla Minus One (01:24:01) - Civil War (01:39:28) - Outro Socials:Bluesky – https://bsky.app/profile/deadendroad.bsky.socialFacebook – https://www.facebook.com/DeadEndRoadTV/​YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@deadendroadEmail – podcast@deadendroad.mediaSupport our work – https://deadendroad.media/#/portal/signupBookshop.org  – https://bookshop.org/shop/deadendroadWebsite  – https://deadendroad.media ★ Support this podcast ★

    47 min
  2. Get Adobe Out of My House

    07/08/2024

    Get Adobe Out of My House

    Sometimes the madness really hits. This episode's Mountains of Madness explores what it's like to be a digital hoarder when it feels like the infrastructure of the internet is crumbling a bit more each day. Also, Adobe's awful practices have led creatives (and the federal government) to take action, even if Adobe makes it as difficult as possible. Later, Shelved brings us a host of book-related discussions, including books (and ebooks) supposedly being terrible for the environment, a review of a strange book Bill wrote, and a Goodreads alternative that shows promise. Join us next time for a Spring 2024 movie roundup discussion. (00:00) - Intro (00:41) - Mountains of Madness: Kicking Adobe To The Curb (16:05) - Digital Hoarding & Internet Impermanence. (29:57) - Shelved: Goodreads Competitor & Odd Review (54:29) - Outro (01:03:02) - Beautifl Cinema: Everything that Was Relevent Spring 2024 (01:16:24) - Fallout TV Show (01:21:31) - Godzilla Minus One (01:32:16) - Civil War (01:47:43) - Outro Socials:Bluesky – https://bsky.app/profile/deadendroad.bsky.socialFacebook – https://www.facebook.com/DeadEndRoadTV/​YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@deadendroadEmail – podcast@deadendroad.mediaSupport our work – https://deadendroad.media/#/portal/signupBookshop.org  – https://bookshop.org/shop/deadendroadWebsite  – https://deadendroad.media ★ Support this podcast ★

    56 min
  3. Do Kids Still Flash ROMs?

    06/20/2024

    Do Kids Still Flash ROMs?

    It's the first episode of Season 4. Don't worry, you haven't missed a thing. Feel like the end of days for anyone else? No? Just us? Well, anyway that's got us feeling a little nostalgic for simpler times. Like 2016. Bill found an old phone that's now a time-capsule. Or it was, until he wiped it clean. Later, the current media landscape has us actually miss paying out the ass for cable. Strange times. Then we try to figure out just what the hell is going on with this new Say Anything album. Check out our episode sorting through all of Max Bemis's struggles and the fan response to them from last year. Ian's brought home an unconventional pet. Will it be more than he bargained for, despite it being a bargain? We finish up with a discussion of Late Night With The Devil, an inventive take on a possession movie that gets in its own way. (00:00) - Intro/Old Phone Nostalgia (14:48) - Missing Cable/The Bleak Modern Media Landscape (28:28) - What the hell is this new Say Anything album? (49:58) - Fey Infestation/Ian's Adventures (01:04:29) - Beautiful Cinema: Late Night With The Devil (01:20:46) - Outro Socials:Bluesky – https://bsky.app/profile/deadendroad.bsky.socialFacebook – https://www.facebook.com/DeadEndRoadTV/​YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@deadendroadEmail – podcast@deadendroad.mediaSupport our work – https://deadendroad.media/#/portal/signupBookshop.org  – https://bookshop.org/shop/deadendroadWebsite  – https://deadendroad.media ★ Support this podcast ★

    1h 24m
  4. Fintech For Truckers

    04/05/2024

    Fintech For Truckers

    The DeadEndRoad Show celebrates 100 episodes the only way we know how: by getting really confused and then really sad. We've brought back Dating is Dead, and we already wish we didn't. We found the new way to post personal ads online, and calling them unhinged would be an understatement. Where does one find clip art of a uterus in the first place? Later in Shelved, Bill solves a personal publishing mystery. The culprit behind a bootlegging operation is unmasked. You get three guesses who you think it is, but the first two don't count. We also go over This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno, our latest Book Club selection, a possession story that tries to tackle grief from a different angle. Beautiful Cinema has us discuss The Zone of Interest, a bleak but incredibly powerful film that defies any comparison. Bill has also been watching a bunch of movies and has a brief rundown on those too. (00:00) - Intro (03:42) - Dead Letters (10:36) - Dating is Dead: Reddit Edition (01:10:17) - Shelved: Bootlegging Edition (01:25:13) - Book Club: This Thing Between Us (01:39:43) - Beautiful Cinema: Zone of Interest, Dune, Inland Empire, LOTR (02:09:54) - Outro Socials:Bluesky – https://bsky.app/profile/deadendroad.bsky.socialFacebook – https://www.facebook.com/DeadEndRoadTV/​YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@deadendroadEmail – podcast@deadendroad.mediaSupport our work – https://deadendroad.media/#/portal/signupBookshop.org  – https://bookshop.org/shop/deadendroadWebsite  – https://deadendroad.media ★ Support this podcast ★

    2h 13m
  5. Less of A Bummer

    03/06/2024

    Less of A Bummer

    It's episode 99, which we have decided is the arbitrary penultimate episode of the season. What does that mean? Not much, it turns out. Ian really needed to explain how Love is Blind works though. Our big story is an update and conclusion to last episode's Hugo Awards fiasco. We have answers, and they're not pleasant. Main source for this section comes from here. Then we decided on our next pick for our Book Club. For next month we'll be reading This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno if you would like to read along for our discussion in episode 100. Later we have very important updates on the keyboard foam situation, progress on the next Moogle episode (out next week), and the final (hopefully) installment of Artificial Insanity as the insertion of AI into every facet of life is getting too depressing to talk about to be entertaining. We wrap up with our plans for episode 100. It should be a wild one. Send in your suggestions to podcast@deadendroad.media (00:00) - Intro/Explain Love Is Blind Like I'm Five Years Old (13:22) - Shelved: Hugo Awards Update (39:53) - Book Club Pick Discussion (44:53) - Mountains of Madness: Foam Update (51:45) - Did It All For The Moogle Tease (56:13) - Artificial Insanity: Giving Up Edition (01:02:59) - Fun with Analytics (02:46:33) - Outro/Episode 100 Plans Socials:Bluesky – https://bsky.app/profile/deadendroad.bsky.socialFacebook – https://www.facebook.com/DeadEndRoadTV/​YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@deadendroadEmail – podcast@deadendroad.mediaSupport our work: https://deadendroad.media/#/portal/signupWebsite  – https://deadendroad.media ★ Support this podcast ★

    1h 10m
  6. And The Award Goes To...

    02/15/2024

    And The Award Goes To...

    We've got some more publishing industry drama on deck this week, where we dare to ask the question: what the hell happened at the Hugo Awards? TL;DR: stop asking questions it's all fine, and if it wasn't fine, yes it was. Suspicious votes, censorship, good old xenophobia, this story has it all. In Mountains of Madness, Bill flew too close to the keyboard sun and his wings of PE foam melted before he could reach perfection. He has truly lost it. Do not get into keyboards, there is no going back. Later in Artificial Insanity, there's finally some good AI news. There's now a way to poison the AI algorithms when they try to steal your art. Fight back against the robots and the tech bros stealing our creative labor with Nightshade: https://nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu/downloads.html and block AI crawlers on your websites: https://neil-clarke.com/block-the-bots-that-feed-ai-models-by-scraping-your-website/ Worst Beats In The World brings us a report of this year's Grammy Awards, where the tributes to the "old guard" of the industry might have been overshadowed by some ill-timed circumstances. Also, our boy is Jimmy Fallon Big. You heard it hear first, The DeadEndRoad Show is the gateway to late night. (00:00) - Intro (13:39) - Shelved: Hugo Controversy Edition (36:00) - Mountains of Madness: Keyboard Edition (48:30) - Artificial Insanity: Rebel Edition (56:08) - Worst Beats In The World: Grammy/Fallon Edition (01:15) - Outro: UMG/TikTok Edition Socials:Bluesky – https://bsky.app/profile/deadendroad.bsky.socialFacebook – https://www.facebook.com/DeadEndRoadTV/​YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@deadendroadEmail – podcast@deadendroad.mediaSupport our work: Ko-Fi – https://ko-fi.com/deadendroadWebsite  – https://deadendroad.media ★ Support this podcast ★

    1h 21m
  7. Digital Homunculi

    01/24/2024

    Digital Homunculi

    New year, new reasons to realize the internet was a mistake. In Dead Letters, this dude keeps emailing me his book. So I decided to finally take Levar Burton's advice. I took a look. Mountains of Madness has us discuss the doomed virtual reality dreams of Facebook/Meta, pivoting nicely into Artificial Insanity, which has perhaps our most disturbing story ever. It's an unfortunately high bar to clear. True crime TikTok and YouTube channels are using the likenesses of victims actual, real crimes to narrate their own tragedies. Yes, it is insane. Yes, it somehow gets worse. Later we talk about the possibility of the NFL being rigged. And no, before you ask, it's not just because my team lost. Though it doesn't help. Look we have receipts, okay. (00:00) - Intro (02:23) - Dead Letters (12:12) - Mountains of Madness: Tech Apocalypse Edition (48:32) - An unceremonious announcement (52:37) - Artificial Insanity: Man-made Horrors Beyond Our Comprehension Edition (01:15:20) - Worst Beats tease (01:18:58) - Sports Conspiracy: The NFL Is Rigged Edition (01:33:31) - Outro Socials:Bluesky – https://bsky.app/profile/deadendroad.bsky.socialFacebook – https://www.facebook.com/DeadEndRoadTV/​YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@deadendroadEmail – podcast@deadendroad.mediaSupport our work: Ko-Fi – https://ko-fi.com/deadendroadWebsite  – https://deadendroad.media ★ Support this podcast ★

    1h 38m
  8. Walking A Tightrope

    12/28/2023

    Walking A Tightrope

    This is the back half of our final recording session of the year, which is now our final episode of 2023. We discuss David Fincher's The Killer, Oppenheimer, and Sam Esmail's Leave the World Behind in that order. Apologies for the weird breathy audio in certain parts. The first half edit didn't have it, so I blame an Adobe Audition update. Socials: Bluesky – https://bsky.app/profile/deadendroad.bsky.socialFacebook – https://www.facebook.com/DeadEndRoadTV/​YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@deadendroadEmail – podcast@deadendroad.mediaSupport our work: Ko-Fi – https://ko-fi.com/deadendroadWebsite  – https://deadendroad.media ★ Support this podcast ★

    45 min
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A show exploring fringe Internet culture through the lens of neurotic paranoia. Media criticism, conspiracies, weeb trash, and a sprinkle of mysticism too.

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    DeadEndRoad Media
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    108
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