Dan and Sam reconvene to cover some hog news updates, including the disastrous Trumptilla on Lake Travis, the funniest revelation from Michael Cohen’s new tell-all, and the recently unsealed indictment of fan favorite Steve Bannon. We also try to pin down why Facebook seems so dire these days and how it changed from its unserious origins to its current chaotic state. We think you’ll like this one. It’s the perfect soundtrack to clinging for life as your 8-foot dinghy named Second Mortgage gets swamped by a 70-foot yacht decked out with Trump flags. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hog-planet/message

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No Wake Zone

Take a break from frantically posting about death by fire, plague, and flood to remember the bygone era of 2007, a pre-irony time when four prehistoric beasts starred in a Disney-sponsored comedy about being middle-aged. We are finally addressing the made-for-Hog Planet movie Wild Hogs (2007), a motorcycle flick about fearful, porcine men struggling to reclaim their masculinity. Joining us is Luke Van Brandenburg of the @boosegumps podcast, which you can find on YouTube and Spotify. We motor through the scarce highs and all-too-common lows of the pre-irony and pre-Obergefell v. Hodges humor in this film. Along the way, you will learn far too much about this film, the last gasp of a kind of hoggish humor that truly died out after the 2008 financial crisis. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hog-planet/message

Into The Wild Hogs (ft. Luke Van Brandenburg)

Subscribe at Patreon.com/hogplanet to hear the full episode and a bunch more bonus audio. We talk about both parties' conventions and how the right, center, and left can get brain poisoned in our current moment. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hog-planet/message

PATREON EPISODE PREVIEW: RNC, DNC, & Brain Poisoning

This week, we discussed the original Die Hard (1988), a true classic of the action genre, and how it subtly handles topics such as police bureaucracy, corporate greed, and the US-Japan trade relationship. Joining us for this one is a true Die Hard expert, returning champion Matt Greenberg of the Copilots podcast (@WeAreCoPilots). We try to answer the tough questions, like “is this copaganda?” “Is John McClane a cowboy or a samurai?” “Is there a difference?” Matt also helps us understand where the franchise went after knocking it out of the park the first time around. You won’t want to miss this on - after all, nothing says “quarantine” like a film whose entire hostage-driven plot could have been avoided with a simple Zoom Christmas party. These hogs write! Check out new writing (and old) on the Hog Planet Digest at hogplanet.substack.com. There you can find articles shed light on what we have discussed on older episodes, and if you subscribe, you can get new articles sent straight to your inbox as soon as they come out. Subscribe on patreon.com/hogplanet to support the show and get bonus content including extra episodes, extended cuts of guest interviews, and original artwork. As always, all music composed and created by the incomparable Joseph S. Bags (https://soundcloud.com/josephsbags) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hog-planet/message

Nights at the Quarancinema 5: Die Hard Tryhards (ft. Matt Greenberg)

One of our real-life heroes, our deeply powerful high school English teacher Mr. Zelcer, joins us to discuss being an educator in the Covid times and the daunting task of preparing today’s youth for the future. In the post-game segment over on the Hog Planet Patreon, we discuss the continued devaluation of a liberal arts education and what it may portend for the future of imagination and our very souls. We also briefly sing George Saunders’ praises. Be sure to check out all of Mr. Zelcer’s excellent creative output, which we mention on the show and link to below. These hogs write! Check out new writing (and old) on the Hog Planet Digest at hogplanet.substack.com. There you can find articles shed light on what we have discussed on older episodes, and if you subscribe, you can get new articles sent straight to your inbox as soon as they come out. Subscribe on patreon.com/hogplanet to support the show and get bonus content including extra episodes, extended cuts of guest interviews, and original artwork. As always, all music composed and created by the incomparable Joseph S. Bags (https://soundcloud.com/josephsbags) Notes: Support Mr. Zelcer’s many side hustles: Word Game plot-egoríes quad-egories https://play-quadegories.herokuapp.com/ Daily Despot https://www.facebook.com/thedailydespot The Little Book of Yankees Evil https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19013498-the-little-book-of-yankees-evil Sources: George Stephanopoulos’ interview with Mary Trump https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp_Ew98D4OM Illinois Wesleyan cutting its liberal arts programs https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-illinois-wesleyan-university-liberal-arts-program-cuts-20200716-yo337lghgrdmnpdl4xhfarzqe4-story.html Marketing executive funds small liberal arts scholarship https://news.psu.edu/story/625730/2020/07/14/impact/young-liberal-arts-alumna-creates-pass-it-scholarship-help-and --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hog-planet/message

Covid-19 Jump Street (ft. Zelcer)

This week the hogs have Barto (@elbartoarmy) on to discuss Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich, Netflix’s account of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s international criminal enterprise. The documentary benefits from in-depth interviews with survivors including Sarah Ransome, Virginia Giuffre, and Maria Farmer, as well as an illuminating, albeit brief look at the latter’s artistic depiction of her ordeal. But it suffers from some glaring omissions and collaboration with author and Clinton associate James Patterson as well as Sam’s nemesis Alan Dershowitz. We unpacked what the series had to offer and mused about the damage conspiratorial thinking can do to mass movements. Speaking of which, please be sure to support Barto’s work by checking out Food Not Bombs Wilmington on Facebook (facebook.com/FNBWilmington/), Twitter (@fnbwilmington) and Instagram (instagram.com/fnbwilm/) and throwing some skrilla at them on Cashapp ($fnbwilmington). These hogs write! Check out new writing (and old) on the Hog Planet Digest at hogplanet.substack.com. There you can find articles shed light on what we have discussed on older episodes, and if you subscribe, you can get new articles sent straight to your inbox as soon as they come out. Subscribe on patreon.com/hogplanet to support the show and get bonus content including extra episodes, extended cuts of guest interviews, and original artwork. As always, all music composed and created by the incomparable Joseph S. Bags (https://soundcloud.com/josephsbags) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hog-planet/message

Tin Foil Hogs: Epstein on Netflix/Ghislaine in Jail (ft. Barto @elbartoarmy)

Since former Daily Show host Jon Stewart was recently on a press tour promoting Irresistible, his mid-2000s time capsule of a feature film, it’s the perfect time to evaluate his cultural impact. To help us flesh this out, we chatted with Luke Savage (@lukewsavage), a true gentleman and scholar of mid-2000s liberal media. We discussed Stewart’s strengths and weaknesses, why he seems utterly despondent in the Trump years, and how empty his political ideology is, to the extent that it even exists. Subscribe at patreon.com/hogplanet to gain access to the post-game where we discussed the highly anti-climactic 2016 Democratic Primary and why the Bernie Sanders campaign was not a complete failure. You can find Luke’s writing on Jacobin.com and his excellent podcast Michael & Us on all podcast platforms. These hogs write! Check out new writing (and old) on the Hog Planet Digest at hogplanet.substack.com. There you can find articles shed light on what we have discussed on older episodes, and if you subscribe, you can get new articles sent straight to your inbox as soon as they come out. Subscribe on patreon.com/hogplanet to support the show and get bonus content including extra episodes, extended cuts of guest interviews, and original artwork. As always, all music composed and created by the incomparable Joseph S. Bags (https://soundcloud.com/josephsbags) Show Notes: https://newrepublic.com/article/155928/daily-shows-rally-restore-sanity-predicted-decade-liberal-futility https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/07/jon-stewart-irresistible-review --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hog-planet/message

Jon Stewart: The Most Rusted Man in America (ft. Luke Savage)

This week we had Gaby Kubi (@gabynotchatty on Twitter, @sugarkubi on Instagram) on to discuss her organizing with #DoBetterCornell (@dobettercornell and dobettercornell.com). We talked about the movement, its goals and the administration’s reaction. We also poked holes in some of the common myths in the discourse and concern trolling about campus activism, its methods and its perceived impermanence. For the Patreon subscribers, the post-game covers Gaby’s research on education and critical consciousness, which Sam manages to relate to the Sopranos somehow. Support Gaby and Do Better Cornell by following the links in the show notes! These hogs write! Check out new writing (and old) on the Hog Planet Digest at hogplanet.substack.com. There you can find articles shed light on what we have discussed on older episodes, and if you subscribe, you can get new articles sent straight to your inbox as soon as they come out. Subscribe on patreon.com/hogplanet to support the show and get bonus content including extra episodes, extended cuts of guest interviews, and original artwork. As always, all music composed and created by the incomparable Joseph S. Bags (https://soundcloud.com/josephsbags). SHOW NOTES https://dobettercornell.com/ https://cornellsun.com/2020/06/16/in-2017-pres-pollack-responded-to-racist-incidents-on-cornells-campus-with-a-task-force-did-it-change-campus-climate/ https://cornellsun.com/2020/06/13/student-petitions-demand-anti-racist-action-from-administration https://cornellsun.com/2020/01/19/guest-room-keep-humec-policy-is-just-one-part-of-our-identity/ https://www.educationnext.org/where-left-right-agree-civics-education-where-they-dont/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJdiMIL-JC4&feature=emb_title Recent update from Cornell leadership on racial justice on campus https://statements.cornell.edu --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hog-planet/message

Drag Me to Cornell (ft. Gaby Kubi)

Subscribe at the 5$ level or above on Patreon at patreon.com/hogplanet to hear this full episode . One of the top Hog Planet legal minds Jackson Phinney joins Dan for a viewing of Uncut Gems. Check out Jack's music here: https://johndonne.bandcamp.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hog-planet/message

PATREON EPISODE PREVIEW: Uncut Gems Commentary Track (ft. Jack Phinney)

Dan and Sam get really local on this one and explore a controversy that recently rocked the Board of Education with jurisdiction over where we went to high school. We talked with Sarah Evelyn of Valley for Change, a newly formed anti-racist organization in the Northern Valley region of Bergen County, New Jersey. She gave us a crucial background on the organization’s successful push to advocate for the removal of Dan Eller, a former member of the Board of Education, after photos surfaced of him wearing blackface while he was in high school. Yes, the same high school that Dan and Sam went to! Sarah helps recap the blockbuster 7-hour Board of Education meeting where Eller’s defenders and racial justice advocates made their cases until about 3:30 AM. We also got the details on what’s next for Valley for Change and antiracist efforts in the area. Afterwards Dan and Sam discuss Alan Dershowitz soiling the good name of Lucy Vincent Beach, and the latest prominent Trump supporters getting COVID-19. Also these hogs write! Check out new writing (and old) on the Hog Planet Digest at hogplanet.substack.com. There you can find articles shed light on what we have discussed on older episodes, and if you subscribe, you can get new articles sent straight to your inbox as soon as they come out. Subscribe on patreon.com/hogplanet to support the show and get bonus content including extra episodes, extended cuts of guest interviews, and original artwork. As always, all music composed and created by the incomparable Joseph S. Bags (https://soundcloud.com/josephsbags) Show Notes Support Valley for Change https://linktr.ee/nvchange Follow Valley for Change on social media https://twitter.com/ChangeValley https://www.instagram.com/valley.for.change/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hog-planet/message

Hogs in The Valley: Anti-Racism in Bergen County (ft. Sarah Evelyn of @valley.for.change)

Here's a re-release of audience favorite Rachey's first ever appearance (from Episode 13) and the saga many now call a modern classic, the succulent story (from Episode 30).  Subscribe on patreon.com/hogplanet to support the show and get bonus content including extra episodes, extended cuts of guest interviews, and original artwork.  All music composed and created by the incomparable Joseph S. Bags (https://soundcloud.com/josephsbags) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hog-planet/message

The Best of Rachey 1

Dan and Sam sat down with Ray Gedd, our associate out of Delaware, to discuss working at a chicken plant during COVID-19, uprisings in the First State, and the fine work done by organizations like Food Not Bombs’ Wilmington chapter. Of course, we also discuss the arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell and the Epstein School of Interior Design for a bit too. Subscribe on patreon.com/hogplanet to support the show and get bonus content including extra episodes, extended cuts of guest interviews, and original artwork. As noted previously, your subscription skrilla helps us keep this whole program moving. Proceeds go towards paying for our editing, producing and conferencing software as well as paying our guests for their time. As always, all music composed and created by the incomparable Joseph S. Bags (https://soundcloud.com/josephsbags) Notes: Food Not Bombs Wilmington https://linktr.ee/FNBWilmington Justice for Jabri Hunter https://www.gofundme.com/f/justice-for-jabri-hunter?utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link-tip --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hog-planet/message

The Hog Mindset (ft. Ray Gedd)

This week, the illustrious Samantha Riedel (@samusmcqueen and @transamus on Twitter) joins us to discuss her writing in them.us, Daily xtra, and The Establishment, as  well as why it makes Trans-Exclusionary “Radical” Feminists (TERFs) so mad. She also gave us her first-hand account of ACAB Spring uprisings in western Massachusetts. Subscribe on patreon.com/hogplanet to get access to the post-game where we discuss Samantha’s experiences as a creator on the fascinating adult platform OnlyFans. As noted previously, your subscription skrilla helps us keep this whole program fair, as proceeds go towards paying for our editing, producing and conferencing software as well as paying our guests for their time. Who knows, maybe Dan and Sam will be able to pay themselves and be free to give you even more bonus content. As always, all music composed and created by the incomparable Joseph S. Bags (https://soundcloud.com/josephsbags) Show notes https://www.them.us/story/nyla-rose-is-a-villain-worth-cheering-for https://www.them.us/story/how-tangerine-taught-hollywood-to-tell-trans-stories https://www.dailyxtra.com/why-people-are-mad-about-the-term-menstruators-153964 https://www.them.us/story/dont-let-the-gop-pinkwash-a-war-with-iran Brittney Cooper’s Eloquent Rage, highly recommended by Samantha https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250112576 Support the Pioneer Valley Workers Center https://pvworkerscenter.org/ Support No Justice No Pride https://www.nojusticenopride.org/donate --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hog-planet/message

TERF Fry with Pork (ft. Samantha Riedel)

The hogs are joined by our man in Kentucky Brenden Stipes to discuss the state’s rampant poverty, attitudes towards police, recent protests, reaction to Breonna Taylor’s murder, urban and suburban segregation, Confederate pride, and the 2nd Amendment. McDonalds changed its twitter name to “Amplify Black Voices”…ok Follow Brenden @brendenstipes on Instagram and check out the protest art he plugged by The Snoeman @thesnoeman on Instagram. Subscribe to our brand-new patreon on any level by clicking this link: patreon.com/hogplanet for lots of Hog bonus content! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hog-planet/message

Our Man In Kentucky (ft. Brenden Stipes)

The hogs were thrilled to interview one of our podcast heroes, Bryan Quinby (@murderbryan) of Street Fight Radio. We talked about shock jocks, independent left media, and hog culture in the suburbs. Bryan also gave us his first hand account of the uprisings in Columbus, Ohio, movements to rename the city and hold its leadership accountable, and what he’s working on for Street Fight, the PODkast, and Means TV. This is an abridged version of the full episode - to get the post-game where Dan and Sam go full Street Fight and give Bryan the lowdown on exactly how our jobs are screwing us, subscribe to our brand-new patreon on any level by clicking this link: patreon.com/hogplanet Once you subscribe, you gain immediate access to our very first 6 episodes, which are not available anywhere else, as well as the post-game with Bryan. By throwing us a pittance every month, Patreon subscribers help us pay our guests and pay for our editing and conferencing software so we can stay independent and keep bringing you guests that you won’t hear on corporate media. Help keep Hog Planet spinning by signing up at patreon.com/hogplanet. Some of the petitions discussed in the episode: Petition to recall the Mayor of Columbus, Ohio https://recallginther.org/ Petition demanding the resignations of the mayor and police chief of Columbus https://www.change.org/p/shannon-hardin-the-resignation-of-mayor-andrew-ginther-and-police-chief-thomas-quinlan Petitions to rename Columbus https://www.change.org/p/senator-hearcel-f-craig-change-the-name-of-columbus-ohio?original_footer_petition_id=22620028&algorithm=promoted&source_location=petition_footer&grid_position=10&pt=AVBldGl0aW9uAL5tWgEAAAAAXt6wH4GhLT0zMDI3N2U1ZQ%3D%3D https://www.change.org/p/mayor-ginther-columbus-city-council-change-the-name-of-columbus-ohio-to-flavortown Street Fight Radio Website https://www.streetfightradio.com/ Means TV means.tv --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hog-planet/message

Dumb Guys Talking About Politics (ft. Bryan Quinby @murderbryan)

As a new decade dawns, we humans awake to find ourselves living on a planet overrun with hogs in politics and pop culture. Hog Planet is a podcast in which these hogs are tagged, weighed, and graded. Hosted by Dan Spaventa (@spaventacular) and Sam Louis (@wagstank) each episode will focus on a different hog spotted rolling about in the muddy earth of the daily news cycle. Some are kindly and intelligent, some are boisterous, aggressive and foul-odored, and some are all of the above. It’s up to us to find a way to make sense of these curious beasts as our planet continues to hurtle around the sun.

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