COEXIST Inc.Dec 22, 2022
Ep. 75 - Hiroshima, OJ Simpson & Harvey Weinstein: Nothing Is Ever Settled (PREVIEW)
I'm on my way home from Japan. I thought a lot about Hiroshima and OJ Simpson. Here's a preview of an upcoming episode about how history is written in sand.
This will be my first ever pay-walled episode. If you'd like to hear the whole thing, head on over to Patreon.
Ep. 74 - Avoid the Noided
Isaac is joined by Dorian (@dankdeleuze) and Klonny (ParaPower Mapping) to talk the politics of paranoia and Max Azzarello, the Florida man who self-immolated in front of the courthouse charging Trump.
If you like what you hear, be sure to check out Klonny's fantastic podcast here and Patreon here.
And Dorian's work here.
And my Patreon here.
Ep. 73 - Geodudes w/Maxwell Cody
Isaac is joined by his dear friend, Maxwell Cody (@schizotopia/@neoyeoman) to talk about the merits of geoengineering. Is it techno-hubris that will destroy mankind? Or will we irreparably destroy earth's systems?
Be sure to subscribe to Maxwell's Substack for some gorgeous insight.
Ep. 72 - Diddle Me This: The Puff Daddy Story w/Nathan J. Robinson (Jesus La Supa Jew)
Isaac is joined by hip hop experts Nathan J. Robinson (@jesuslasupajew) and Manny Rangel who talk Diddy to him.
Ep. 71 - TikToKafka w/ James Rehwald & Samantha Quick
Finally--some bipartisan agreement in Congress. This month, our esteemed elected officials voted to "ban" the social media giant. But the ban would just force the private Chinese company that owns it to sell it to investors with ties to the Israeli government.
Isaac is joined by James Rehwald and Sam Quick to talk about the state of social media, dopamine and deplatforming.
Ep. 70 - Near Death Fidget Spinner w/Herman Wakefield
Isaac and Herman go off the rails and talk about fear of flying, Alexei Navalny, fidget spinners, near death experiences, Jacob's Ladder and our mothers.
Ep. 69 - Vice Death Grips w/Paul Blest and David Roth
Isaac talks media layoffs and the death of the Vice with Paul Blest and David Roth. Private equity is sucking the life out of journalism. Most modern journalists have been laid off multiple times by different publications. We ask how these investment bankers sleep at night, how we got here and what we can do to save journalism.
You can do your part by supporting A More Perfect Union and Defector.
You can also still by my hats.
Music production consultant: Nina Clark
Ep. 68 - The Future is Sacrifice
Isaac is joined by Dorian (@dankdeleuze) and Mike (@turnleftist) to talk about the politics of sacrifice.
Ep. 67 - The Daily Show Is a Flat Circle w/ Remember Shuffle
Jon Stewart is back and nothing has changed. America is at a historical dead end. The old world will not die and so the new world cannot be born. Isaac is joined by his good friends Ben and Jordano of the show Remember Shuffle to discuss the return of Jon Stewart and the end of history (it stopped in the 2000s).
Be sure to check out Remember Shuffle, a show that examines the 2000s and its tremors that define our modern lives.
Ep. 66 - Is Rachel Dolezal Invited to the Cookout?
Isaac tempts fate by comparing Rachel Dolezal to Jake Sully from the movie Avatar. Ja, AKA @lexaprotagonist , keeps Isaac's white boy antics in check on this very special episode where we decide if Rachel Dolezal is as bad as the media made her out to be for claiming black identity.
Ep. 65 - Super Bowl Psyops
American paranoia is at an all time high. Not even our holiest day, the Super Bowl, is free from the fear. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are in cahoots with the Pentagon to rig the sacred game and assure Joe Biden electoral victory. It's a PSYOP! Why is this word everywhere? Is everything a psyop? Is the psyop a psyop? Isaac is joined by @dankdeleuze and BWAP (Beyond Woke and Problematic) to talk about the proliferating paranoia.
Ep. 64 - New York State of Lyin' w/ Daniel Boguslaw
Isaac and Daniel Boguslaw discuss the turmoil at the New York Times over the Hamas sexual violence story that turns out to be wholly fabricated Israeli propaganda. Is there any hope for the fourth estate? Or is there only budget for cowardly journalists happy to do the bidding of the state in exchange for shiny statues?
Read Daniel's great work here.
And fund my journalism here.
Ep. 63 - Oh Brother Arnold, Where Art Thou?
Isaac gets serious and talks about God.
Ep. 62 - Wine Simulator; a Josh Wine Tasting
You've consumed the media, now it's time to consume the product. On a BONUS Josh Wine episode, Isaac sits down with wine expert, Thomas Morgan, to tell you what a viral internet phenomenon tastes like. SPOILER ALERT: it's not very good.
Why do we buy and drink subpar wine when good wine at a similar price is available? Thomas gets into the nitty gritty details of the wine industry and what to look for if you want to drink wine that tastes good (and won't make you feel like crap the following morning).
If you are in the Sarasota area, be sure to check out Thomas's shop, Seagrape Wine Co.
And if you are on the internet, go here.
Ep. 61 - Josh Wine and the Still Wild Internet
What the hell is up with bottles of Josh wine all over my social media feed? Isaac gets to the bottom of this week's internet phenomenon and what it all means. He's joined by Herman Wakefield, AKA @northwest_mcm_wholesale, to explain why this factory bottle of wine has momentarily conquered the internet. Are we doing free labor for corporations by sharing jokes? Or is the internet still an untamed beast that hipster doofus ad execs pretend to understand?
Speaking of advertisements, buy the merch!
Ep. 60 - Death In Florida
Isaac has bills to pay so he's pivoting to TRUE CRIME in hopes of a burgeoning media career. To help Isaac on his rebrand, Ryan Ray jumps on the mic to discuss 5 recent mysterious murders that happened in the state of Florida.
We also talk about a new Florida-based news site that we will be working on together called The Florida New Signal.
Ep. 59 - The 2023 Internet Retrospectacular w/northwest_mcm_wholesale
Herman Wakefield, aka @northwest_mcm_wholesale helps Isaac look back at the last 365 days of the internet. Was it funny? Yes! Was it depressing? More than ever! Does it feel like being online is collapsing time and the years become indistinguishable as we consume content of diminishing quality at break neck speed? Sure!
Support the show and protect your skin from the sun and buy a hat over at coexist.shop!
Ep. 58 - Do Robots Stream Electric Lights Orchestra? w/La_Meme_Young
Is Artificial Intelligence destroying music as we know it? Isaac is joined by @La_Meme_Young (AKA Max Alper) to discuss the state of music as AI programs infiltrate our airwaves with worse and worse songs.
Check out Max's non-AI music here.
And please show your support for the show by buy a hat at my newly launched wesbite, coexist.shop.
Ep. 57 - Isaac Becomes an Internet Influencer w/Taylor Lorenz
Plus, how the dueling gay sex scandals rocking Republican and Democrat parties reveal the ineffectual politics of hypocrisy.
Check out Taylor's book!
EP. 56 - Schumer's List: On Celebrity Hacktivism w/Daniel Boguslaw
Ep. 55 - Is Free Palestine Black Lives Matter 3.0?
Isaac is joined by Black Lives Matter Tampa Bay co-founder, Donna Davis, to discuss the differences between between the modern Free Palestine movement and Black Lives Matter.
Will Isaac FINALLY condemn Hamas? Tune in to find out.
Ep. 54 - Isaac Solves the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict AGAIN
This is not complicated.
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Ep. 53 - Florida's Drug Rehab Scam: Lay Back And Relapse w/namaste.at.home.dad
Joelle Bouchard, AKA @namaste.at.home.dad, tells Isaac what drug rehab is like the state of Florida.
Isaac reluctantly talks about the horrors in Gaza and Israel.
Ep. 52 - Space Zionism w/Schizotopia & DankDeleuze
It's a safe bet that whatever Elon Musk says is true is a lie. For the better part of a decade he's been preaching the need to colonize Mars and extend human life into the universe. This is dumb. Space colonization is a hateful fantasy that will never, ever happen.
On today's episode, Isaac is joined by Max (@schizotopia.pod) and Dorian (@dankdeleuze) to talk about the merits and demerits of leaving our earth to colonize space.
Ep. 51 - 9/11 Is Boring Now
The 22nd anniversary of 9/11 was the most uneventful in history. It came and went like a Jewish holiday--no one but a few true believers paid any mind.
People say they're not surprised by anything anymore. This is bad. 9/11 started and it never stopped. 9/11 is happening right now.
So why don't people care anymore? Did the memes kill 9/11? Are we really so easily bored?
To understand this, Isaac talks about the first 9/11--the 1973 military coup of Chilean president, Salvador Allende.
Keep those eyes open.
Ep. 50 - The Future is Florida w/Ryan Ray
To celebrate both Rosh Hashanah and the half-century episode of Cheeseburger in Babylon, Isaac is in Tallahassee with good friend Ryan Ray to talk about the future (or lack thereof) of the great state of Florida. For those of you who are not in Florida, take heed! We are the canary in the coal mine! We are the cracked crystal ball where you can see what your own future portends.
Ryan is the head of the Leon County Democrats and believes there is hope to be had. It would be foolish to cede this beautiful place to such ugly people.
Isaac believes we should triage and amputate certain parts of the state and focus on others. Miami is the first on his list to go.
Check out Ryan's podcast, Tropical Depression, for some proper Florida insight.
Ep. 49 - Conspiracy As Metaphor #1: Direct Ebola Weather
Weaponized hurricanes, Burning Man Ebola, tainted gas, fake folk music--Today I talk about the proliferating culture of conspiratorial paranoia in America as a part of an ongoing series addressing the 21st century phenomenon. All conspiracies are metaphorically true, even if the details are all wrong. It's not gonna go away by proving them wrong. You can't refute a feeling.
RIP Jimmy.
Ep. 48 - Isaac Versus the Pickleball Industrial Complex w/Herman Wakefield and David Azrael
On today's show I'm joined by Herman Wakefield, better known as @northwest_mcm_wholesale on Instagram, and David Azrael to debate whether pickleball is just some good, outdoor fun, or a symbol of the Boomer death drive.
Check out David's charming substack Things I Like And Don't Like.
And follow Herman for top tier posting @northwest_mcm_wholesale. Buy one of his shirts. Sound engineered by Thomas Pryle
Ep. 47 - Isaac Remembers Pee-wee Herman and Homophobia w/Bob Plunket
Paul Reubens died. But he will be vindicated in death. (Funny Pee-wee Herman noise).
I'm joined by Bob Plunket, a Florida writer who covered Paul's sex scandal in the early 90s, to discuss the cruelty of the Florida police who entrapped the famous actor, the return of American homophobia and Plunket's first novel, which recently received glowing appreciation in the New Yorker and other publications.
Buy Bob's book here.
Sound engineering by Thomas Pryle
Ep. 46 - Isaac Gets Scared of the Internet w/Schizotopia
Schizotopia, AKA NEOYEOMAN, AKA Maxwell Cody talks artificial intelligence, rebranding and how the internet is breaking our brains.
Check out Max's work @schizotopia.pod and subscribe to his forthcoming Substack at NEOYEOMAN.
Ep. 45 - Florida Man 4 President
There is a good chance that we could have the first Florida Man president in US history. Four Florida men are running for the highest office in the land in the 2024 election. Mayor Francis Suarez, Senator Rick Scott, Governor Ron DeSantis and the big dog himself, Donald J. Trump, are all vying to be our next president. With the help of Florida natives, Ryan Ray and Emily Kearns, we discuss the viability of these four men and whether we think they are hot or not.
Ep. 44 - Reefer Sadness: Does Weed Suck?
Manny joins Isaac to debate the merits of cannabis after Ron DeSantis said on the campaign trail that he would NOT federally decriminalize cannabis if elected president. The next day he signed a bill legalizing tele-health prescriptions for medical marijuana. Curious! Then we talk about the Titanic submersible event after everybody else already said their piece.
We are taking comments on this episode, so call 941-704-5149 and leave a voicemail and tell us why weed sucks or that G-d gave us the herb to heal our rotten souls. I'll respond to them in a following episode.
Sound engineering by Thomas Pryle and Calvin Stumpf
Ep. 43 - Jared Fogle: Pedophiles All the Way Down w/Rochelle Herman
Star of the recent documentary Jared From Subway: Catching A Monster and former FBI informant, Rochelle Herman, talks about her time going undercover to expose Jared Fogle. Was he just a stupid pervert? Or a perverted intelligence asset? Is calling an intelligence asset perverted redundant?
Isaac is the latest victim of media layoffs.
Sound engineer: Thomas Pryle
Ep. 42 - MAGA Rap & the Migrant Crisis w/Manny Rangel
You've likely heard about the Florida anti-immigrant bill that has undocumented migrants fleeing the state. Manny comes on the pod to talk about his experience working with immigrants and his own experience as an immigrant in the United States.
Then we talk about the rise of independent conservative artists Forgiato Blow and Jimmy Levy and how art might never have been meritocratic.
Sound engineered by Thomas Pryle.
Ep. 41 - Bad Journalism: You Don't Have To Eat It w/Daniel Boguslaw
Daniel Boguslaw, investigative reporter of The Intercept, joins Isaac to complain about the state of journalism. Isaac gets real sad about Florida, but takes great pleasure in Ron DeSantis' inability to catch a break.
Ep. 40 - On Forgiveness and the Death Penalty w/Robert Schentrup
I talk with Robert Schentrup. His sister was killed at the Parkland school shooting. We talk about the death penalty and gun violence.
Sound engineer: Thomas Pryle.
Ep. 39 - Meatball Downfall and Liberal Doomsday Prepping
Has Ron DeSantis's presidential campaign ended before it even officially began? On today's episode, I'm joined by Ryan Ray to talk about all the ways in which DeSantis has stumbled and why passing policy is actually bad politics. I also implore liberals to stopping threatening to move to Canada when they don't get their way.
Check out Ryan's podcast, Tropical Depression, for more informed insight on Florida politics.
Sound engineered by Thomas Pryle.
Ep. 38 - Isaac Gets to the Bottom of this Whole 9/11 Thing w/ Dan Christensen
In light of the latest news regarding the release of military documents that reveal the CIA hid information from the FBI that could have prevented the 9/11 attacks, Dan Christensen joins the podcast to remind Isaac what serious journalism is.
Dan Christensen is the founder and editor of Florida Bulldog, a non-profit, independent publication that has broke some of the most significant news regarding the September 11th attacks and the events and characters that surround it. Please do yourself and good journalism a favor and head over the Florida Bulldog to read Dan's latest.
Thanks as always to sound engineer Thomas Pryle.
Ep. 37 - Isaac Solves the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict w/Vin Arfuso
This week we have Palestinian director Vin Arfuso on the show to talk about his new documentary, Walled Off. It's about the hotel in the West Bank with the "worst view in the world." We talk about who is really to blame for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (it's not the Jews!) and getting shadowbanned on social media (it's real, we swear!).
Be a mensch and watch the doc.
Sound engineer: Thomas Pryle
Ep. 36 - I'm Just a Florida Bill Part 2 w/Ryan Ray
The gloves are off! Meatball Ron and the Teflon Don are finally at each other's throats. Is this a good thing for Florida? Or does that mean DeSantis is going to be our governor for a lot longer than we expected?
We finish our countdown of the nuttiest bills in the Florida legislature.
Sound engineer: Thomas Pryle
Ep. 35 - I'm Just a Florida Bill w/Ryan Ray - Part 1
Ryan Ray comes back on the show to countdown the top ten most insane bills making their way through the Florida legislature.
Trump vs. DeSantis is basically just Terminator 2.
Big ups to sound engineer Thomas Pryle for making us sound so good.
Ep. 34 - Nathan Robinson DESTROYS Isaac With Respectful Conversation
Nathan Robinson, editor and chief of Current Affairs, does a solid job convincing Isaac to stop trolling and embrace sincerity.
Nathan's new book, Responding to the Right, provides solid, rational points against popular right-wing talking points. But is it worth engaging with people who see the world so differently?
Ep. 33 - Where War Criminals Go to Retire
Isaac makes a confession.
Chris Sanders memorial.
Furry shit-talking.
And a list of all the war criminals and dictators who retire in comfort in the great state of Florida.
Ep. 32 - Transcending the Anti-Trans
Today we have Emily Kearns and Vivian Mae on the show to talk about the anti-trans movement in Florida. Under Ron DeSantis, anti-trans legislation has moved at warp speed. How do we slow it down?
Special thanks to sound engineer, Thomas Pryle, for making us sound good.
Ep. 30 - Examining the State of Black Lives Matter
Today we talk to Donna Davis, cofounder of Black Lives Matter Tampa about a Confederate monument that might be restored after it was felled back in 2017. We also talk about the state of the Black Lives Matter and whether it's effective any more considering all shenanigans of some of the national leaders of the organization. Also, does the "left" provide anything beyond symbolic victories that can be undone with the wave of a hand?
Ep. 29 - The Daryl Wright Podcast w/Daryl Wright
Stand-up comedian Daryl Wright returns and takes over the podcast! He teaches the boys the difference between love and hate and the origins of slurs.
Ep. 28 - Don't Furry About It w/Lolleep
Recently, there has been mass hysteria about furry culture. Hoaxes about demanding children in furry costumes that disrupt classroom instruction have spread on the internet. It's a ridiculous fear that hearkens back to the Satanic Panic of the 1980s. In this episode, Isaac and Chris sit down with furry and scaley, Lolleep, to discuss the nuances and realities of SWF furry culture.
Tiktok: @lolleepcandydutch
Ep. 27 - New Clown College w/Ryan Ray
No one is safe from Gov. DeSantis' culture war. New College of Florida, a tiny liberal arts school with less than 1000 students, is the target of a right wing take over. The plan is to turn the college into Christian conservative institution that teaches "American values" and removes the "woke virus" from the public school.
Is there hope for New College?
Intro music by Tommy Disfigured
Ep. 26 - Navel Gazing Into 2023
Chris and Isaac discuss their personal differences, their favorite episodes of the past year and what they expect out of 2023.
Be a mensch and let us know what you think of the podcast. What you like. What you hate. Who you'd like us to interview.
Ep. 25 - Narcan't Believe It's Not a Fentanyl Overdose w/Zach Siegel
For whatever reason, there's an epidemic sweeping this nation that only seems to affect police officers. The slightest contact with fentanyl causes our boys (and girls) in blue to overdose and then make cable news appearances. Recent bodycam footage of a Florida police officer requiring three doses of Narcan in order to be resuscitated made national news, but medical consensus says that the drug just doesn't work like that. On this episode we talk to journalist Zach Siegel about how fentanyl finds its way into other drugs, why Mexican cartels aren't trying to trick our children into buying fent-laced candy and the mass psychogenic illness of police overdoses.
Follow Zach @ZachWritesStuff and read his work over at tanag.substack.com.