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The Not Your Grandmother's Book Club Podcast NYGBC
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Welcome to the Not Your Grandmother’s Book Club Podcast, where we read right-wing nonfiction so you don’t have to. Join us and read along, or more likely don’t as we slog through the worst that conservative publishing has to offer.
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NYGBC: Unwoke Chapter 7 Part 1
This week, we sincerely tried to read Chapter 7 of Ted Cruz’ abortion of a book “Unwoke” but had to spend an hour and a half talking about how wrong he is about popular media instead. From Watchmen to Avengers, Ted doesn’t know what the hell he’s talking about.
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NYGBC: Crypto, Just Say No!
This week, on Kevin’s ADHD roller coaster topical tour, we take a trip to cryptocurrency mountain, where the water tastes like Lambos and the grift flows like wine. That’s right, cryptocurrency is a ponzi scheme, but somehow more environmentally destructive than Bernie Madoff even tried to be.
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Line Goes Up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ_xWvX1n9g&t=1s
Bitcoin transaction fees: https://ycharts.com/indicators/bitcoin_average_confirmation_time
Nicholas Weaver explains why crypto is a scam: https://www.vox.com/conversations/2018/4/11/17206018/bitcoin-blockchain-cryptocurrency-weaver
SPLC tracked donations to Alex Jones and white supremacist groups: o https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2022/04/29/updated-anonymous-donor-drops-2-million-bitcoin-alex-jones
EIA In Depth Analysis on Crypto energy usage: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=61364
Coindesk reports the cost to mint bitcoin: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/05/16/bitcoin-mining-cost-estimate-drops-to-45k-as-inefficient-miners-exit-jpmorgan/
The Real World Costs of the Digital Race for Bitcoin: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/09/business/bitcoin-mining-electricity-pollution.html
Bitcoin magazine on crypto electricity usage vs global banking system: https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/research:-bitcoin-consumes-less-than-half-the-energy-of-the-banking-or-gold-industries
Digiconomist on the real cost of bitcoin: https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption
Bitcoin transaction fees hit record highs: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/04/21/bitcoin-miners-reap-windfall-as-runes-debut-sends-transaction-fees-to-record-highs/#:~:text=Bitcoin%20transaction%20fees%20averaged%20a,based%20on%20coordinated%20universal%20time.
Bitcoin transaction fees hit 2020 lows: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-transaction-fees-lowest-2020
Financial Times explains why bitcoin is worse than a Madoff style Ponzi Scheme: https://www.ft.com/content/83a14261-598d-4601-87fc-5dde528b33d0 -
NYGBC: Unwoke Chapter 6 Part 2
This week, we return to our review of the future required high school reading in Texas under supreme leader Abbott, Ted Cruz’ “Unwoke” or how I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Cancun.
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NYGBC: What the F**k IS the Supreme Court Doing?
This week, we depart from our usual formula to discuss the supreme court, their absolutely F**ked up rulings to shepherd in our new terrible world. On a serious note, I apologize for the way the episode ended but we decided we just needed to finish where we were. I cannot tell you it will get better, but we will be here no matter what happens.
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The 5th circuit is messed up: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/11/fifth-circuit-conservative-supreme-court/676116/ -
NYGBC: Unwoke Part 8
This week, we return to our book review of Ted Cruz’ “Unwoke” with chapter 6 “The long march reaches the boardroom” In which Ted never bothered to think about his own premise of.
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Ted Cruz hates woke baseball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAJNkZ1iJUo
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NYGBC: Cultural Marxism "Documentary" Part 3
This week, with Benedict away we finished off the cultural marxism propaganda film we started weeks ago and it ends with exactly the whimper we would expect. We’ll be back with a new episode next week.
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Watch along with us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIdBuK7_g3M&t=4178s
Customer Reviews
An Absolute Masterpiece of left wing podcasting
If you have any interest at all in politics, the history of the American right, or just love dunking on conservative nonsense (while also learning something) seriously go listen to this show. Kevin does an impeccable job researching for the show, and Benedict does an even better job of being the token Brit on the podcast (I’m not sure what his background is but he provides a lot of good analysis in his own right, maybe it’s just the accent) 5/5, and yes George Soros paid me to leave this review Rest in Piss Henry Kissinger
I love Doctor Strange
A lawyer that isn't a liar. A British person that is funny. Perfect combination. Also, a lot of lawyers aren't liars and Monty Python? The Office? Also, something about books. Prager U is not a university and Kevin and Benedict are awesome. Have you even seen Dr. Strange? Sorry, testing the algorithms. Benedict Cumberbatch. I love all the Benedicts. Not the monks. I'm comfortable with offering sound advice. I can buy microphones.
Kevin and Benedict are great!
I love the back and forth between these two so much that I’m giving them five stars despite one glaring issue that they need to work on. I’m pretty sure Kevin leans AWAY from the mic when he talks quietly and TOWARDS the mic when he gets yelly. I have to adjust the volume while listening to this podcast more than any other podcast, and yet I keep coming back every week for more. Fix your volume levels, gentlemen!