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Benevolent Empire ft. Adam Johnson Nov 07, 2026

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Adam Johnson of Citations Needed joins us for a review of the midterms, we discuss CENTCOM's new podcast, and also how the AI bubble looks closer to bursting by the day.
Follow Adam: https://www.columnblog.com

Buy Adam's book: https://www.plutobooks.com/product/how-to-sell-a-genocide/
Listen to Citations Needed: https://citationsneeded.libsyn.com

Preview: Start The Steal Ft. Miles Klee Nov 03, 2026

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Full episode: www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer
It's election day in America. Miles Klee returns to talk about the right's obsession with bizarre semiotics, such as Anakin Skywalker, Harry Potter, and ask the question: is it time to let the internet die?
Read Miles' article: https://www.wired.com/story/let-the-internet-die/
Follow Miles: https://bsky.app/profile/milesklee.bsky.social

Midterms Feat. Matt Binder Oct 28, 2026

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Matt Binder joins us to discuss the elections, toss ups, election drama, grandparent's rights, and more.
Follow Matt: newsletter: disruptionist.com // video: youtube.com/MattBinder // host: ScamEconomy.com // DOOMEDcast.com // Majority Report & @mattbinder on social media.

Preview: You Can See Everything Oct 25, 2026

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www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer for the full episode

It's been awhile since we've done a movie ep so we thought we'd discuss the new Nathan Fielder film You Can See Everything, how it translates to this moment in time, and explore the throughlines between truth, performance, and identity.

The Stockless Oct 22, 2026

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Ben and Emil of the Ben and Emil Show take us on a journey through the financial landscape of the tech sector and a glimpse of what to look out for in the coming months. Follow them at https://www.youtube.com/@benandemilshow

Unlocked: The Curious Case of Alpha School Oct 19, 2026

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Note: You can use coupon code PotatoYear for half off your first month over at www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer where this episode was originally released ~mid-September
A tech billionaire and Trump donor bankrolled an "AI focused" private school that costs $50,000+ a year. Kids are allegedly hooked to heart monitors while being criticized, and fail if their heartrate increases too much. They work unpaid "dirty" jobs like scrubbing toilets or manual labor, and strangely have required follower quotas on social media. This is Alpha School, the billionaire-funded AI academy Trump's Education Secretary came to tour.
We spoke with Benjamin Riley, founder of Cognitive Resonance, an education think tank, who is investigating what he believes are many improprieties.
Follow Ben and read his initial reporting and follow ups here: https://buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/special-report-my-so-called-alpha

Year of the Potato Oct 15, 2026

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Use coupon code POTATOYEAR for half off the first month of your Patreon subscription from now until Halloween at www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer
Articles discussed:
Character AI: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/13/just-5-years-in-interactive-chatbot-platform-character-ai-files-for-bankruptcy/
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-companies-afraid-characterai-bankrupcy

Kelly Clarkson Bird Drama: https://slate.com/life/2026/10/kelly-clarkson-art-of-play-brooklyn-store-bird.html
Accenture: https://www.404media.co/accenture-tells-employees-they-can-now-spend-only-29-on-claude-per-month/

Elon Musk says he's had AI 'psychosis' half a dozen times in the last year https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-ai-psychosis-2026-10

Preview: The Hum ft. Saul Levin Oct 08, 2026

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Full episode: www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer
Saul Levin is the Program Director for the Center for Nonviolent Conflict Research and host of The Hum podcast, which serves as the oral history of the fight against data centers. He walks us through what successful municipalities have done to push back and what you can do if one pops up in your neighborhood.
Follow Saul:
https://x.com/thehumpod
Read the column he co-authored in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/08/ai-datacenters-democracy

The Most Dangerous Games Ft. TWOAPW Oct 03, 2026

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Brian and Josh from The Worst of All Possible Worlds join us to discuss The Worst of All Possible Books: Mr. Beast's LLM-ridden slopfest "The Most Dangerous Games".
Follow TWOAPW: https://www.worstpossible.world

Preview: The Basilisk's Roko Oct 01, 2026

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FULL EPISODE: www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer
June and Maddyson walk Caleb through news of Candace Ownen's alleged romantic past and the personal lives of many influential conservatives. Then we read a follow up on our previous episode about Brown Brothers Media's ties to Ghislaine Maxwell and Epstein, how Suno sucks (sorry for the outro) and a story about people "tormenting" LLMs.
Brown Brothers Media Update:
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/brown-brothers-media-ghislaine-maxwell
Torturing Chatbots
https://www.404media.co/someone-torturing-llms-in-a-robot-prison-has-triggered-the-dumbest-debate-in-ai-yet/

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