Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Every one of the “Roberts Six” lied to get on the court.

After dobbs, women are no longer free.

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

Not all heroes wear capes.

It’s easy to sit in safety and prescribe what other people should be doing.

Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.

Hot air and ill-informed banter

If you don’t believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love isn’t freedom, it is privilege.

President Musk and Trump are both poorly raised, coddled 8 year old boys.

Do we throw up our hands or do we roll up our sleeves? (hint, door #2)

But frankly mr. cole, I’ll be happier when you get back to telling us to go fuck ourselves.

He wakes up lying, and he lies all day.

Consistently wrong since 2002

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

People are weird.

You cannot shame the shameless.

The words do not have to be perfect.

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

Optimism opens the door to great things.

If you tweet it in all caps, that makes it true!

Republicans cannot even be trusted with their own money.

Of course you can have champagne before noon. That’s why orange juice was invented.

Fundamental belief of white supremacy: white people are presumed innocent, minorities are presumed guilty.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

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DougJ, Mistermix, and I had talked for a while about a podcast, so we went out and made one. Obligatory:

At any rate, for some bizarre reason, they decided I should be the face and voice of things, I was only allowed to do about fifteen minutes of research on wikipedia of the guest so that I would be asking questions that everyone would understand and not people talking about the audience (which, considering how stupid I can be would be quite a feat).

At any rate, here is the inaugural podcast with a really interesting guy named Nick Carmody, JD, MS Psych, who you can find on bluesky at @nick-carmody.bsky.social, at his patreon (no paywall) https://patreon.com/NickCarmody, and at his substack (no paywall) https://nickcarmody.substack.com/.

BTW, the name of the podcast is Personality Disorder Crisis which DougJ swears is not a personal attack on me and allegedly about the topics we discuss, but I am not sure I believe him. At any rate, here is the first edition, which we did this morning (for me at 7 am, the bastards):

We’ll get better at this as we do more of them. Enjoy.

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  1. 1.

    oldster

    “BTW, the name of the podcast is Personality Disorder….”

    Or maybe “Personality Crisis”?

    But confusion about names is pretty much what you’d expect from someone having a personality crisis/disorder.

  2. 2.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    Every journey on the way to dethroning Joe Rogan starts with a series of missteps.

  7. 7.

    @heymistermix.com

    If you click on the “more info” link on the widget, you’ll see the show notes which have a bunch of links to Nick’s work.  Also, it’s live on Spotify and Apple Podcasts if you prefer to listen there.

  8. 8.

    laura

    I still think, despite it being a “podcast,” that you should rig up a set just like the one they had for Fernwood Tonight. Who knows, Happy Kine and the Mirth Makers may need a new gig, what with egg prices and all going up.

    Also, consider inviting Driftglass and Bluegal for an episode- they’re OG bloggers keeping it real.

  10. 10.

    zhena gogolia

    @Baud: Me too. I guess it will be my P/T exercise listening until the last episode of White Lotus comes out.

  11. 11.

    Baud

    Holy crap. Just saw it was an hour and a half. I don’t spend that much time for one session on OnlyFans.

  13. 13.

    Suzanne

    Ooooh, I am very excited to listen! Love me a good podcast.

    Seen on Xhitter, and it’s absolutely true:

    What we’re going through now is nothing more than a global Revenge of the Loser – millions of pathetic, dysfunctional people uniting across political lines to suicide bomb anyone whose success make them feel bad. You can’t understand the present moment if you won’t acknowledge it

  18. 18.

    Lobo

    Here is a good quote to go along with this:

    If there is a sharp dividing line in America now, this is it. It is the line between joyful people and miserable people; between those who live open-handed toward the world and those whose fists are balled up tightly; between people who are compelled by compassion and those fueled by anger; between people who want a bigger table—and those feel the table is their birthright.

  26. 26.

    lamh47

    Congrats John and the gusy.

    I don’t know why, I but prefer watching the on camera versions of my fav podcast.  Yeah it’s kinda weird right?  I mean point of podcast are to listen not necessarily see the podcasters, but IDK

    Not for nothing John, but tell DougJ…HELLO and being a music guy maybe y’all do a music theme ep or two?

  31. 31.

    comrade scotts agenda of rage

    I’m learning about Steve Bannon and video games and how to reach young, disaffected men by earning the currency of the game.

  34. 34.

    Baud

    @Juju:

    Haha. I can hear that now.

    I think the audio made Cole’s voice seemed like a slightly higher pitch than other times I’ve heard it.

  36. 36.

    Paul W.

    I’ll be listening once it moves to itunes, i think? Or else I’ll listen here but can’t wait!

  41. 41.

    geg6

    Congrats to you, mistermix and DougJ.  That was fascinating.  One question, will mm and Doug be participating at all in the future or are they just there to be your woobies?  No shame if so, but would love to hear them chime in.

  42. 42.

    Jackie

    O/T A Putin style “investigation?”

    The Pentagon’s acting inspector general announced Thursday that he would review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app to convey plans for a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen,” the AP reports.

    “The review will also look at other defense officials’ use of the publicly available encrypted app, which is not able to handle classified material and is not part of the Defense Department’s secure communications network.”

    Isn’t the acting defense inspector general a FFOTUS appointee? This will be a paid by tax payers sham investigation.

  43. 43.

    Ruckus

    @Baud:

    That’s longer than the 55 minutes of a session when I was a mental health counselor. Of course that was behind closed doors and for some (very few but not an insignificant number) clients being behind a closed door for 55 minutes with them felt like far longer. No – far, far, far longer.

  44. 44.

    comrade scotts agenda of rage

    “She’s for they/them, he’s for *you*”

    The semantics of the Harris vs Trump messaging is fascinating.

  45. 45.

    WaterGirl

    @Lobo:  Never mind.  The link in “If” was so tiny as to be unseeable, unless you know it’s there.   thanks.

  46. 46.

    Hoodie

    Not bad for a first effort, although it sounded a bit like some dudes in a basement.   I don’t think the Ezra Klein thing with the subtle intermezzo music would work. You might need a comedy guy, like Lovett is for the Obama Bros.  I nominate Baud.

  47. 47.

    NaijaGal

    I’ve never been a podcast person but I’ll try listening/watching.

    Has anyone seen this updated (as of March) Atlantic article about James Murdoch? Amazing how Rupert enabled both Brexit and Trump. Sounds like a candidate for dad of the year. I’ve never been tempted to watch “Succession” and I think I’ll keep it that way – this level of family dysfunction gives me anxiety.

  48. 48.

    Doug R

    Considering one of the most popular podcasts is that meathead Rogan, isn’t the stupider the better?

  49. 49.

    Ruckus

    With the population growth and the advent of far better communications we have, like what we are doing here, now, one thing is the context of manhood. It is more difficult for those that feel the need to stand out among the masses, to stand out as the top rung of everyone becomes far more difficult because there are far more rungs to climb. For normal people it just feels a bit more crowded – because they don’t really feel that need to climb to the top to be NOTICED, recognized as the top of the heap.

    In regard to djt (in my book shitforbrains…) he is one of the type that NEEDS to be the top of the heap. That need he is of course unable to full fill without a supplied podium or stage as a recognized leader – he is incapable of getting there any other way, as in on his own.

  52. 52.

    wenchacha

    This was great, J Cole. I have followed Dr Carmody on Twitter; nice to hear what he had to say.

    I enjoyed listening. Well done, and thank you.

  53. 53.

    Ruckus

    Very good, especially for a first effort.

    This type of communication is/can be tough to make work as well as this one, so once again very good for numero uno.

  54. 54.

    Lily

    “Brains’ll only get you so far and luck always runs out” but this has your voice so it’s a GO.  Good on you JG.

  56. 56.

    NutmegAgain

    Great name–when I was in high school (early to mid ’70s) the NY Dolls used to come up to Boston and play at a few clubs in the area. Family member’s boyfriend was in a band that usually opened for them, so I and all my friends went to nearly all the shows. Being a messed up teenager already, I can’t say all that led me in a good direction. But I can absolutely say that Johansen was a really nice person. Kane was a weirdo zombie, and Jerry & Johnny were junkies. ETA Syl was also a very nice guy. Ah, those were the days.

  57. 57.

    ArchTeryx

    @lamh47: And the agency I deal with as part of my job. Wonderful. As if I didn’t have enough reasons to slit my own throat at this juncture

    Next meeting between New York State’s DOH and CMS is gonna be lit. And I hope I am not around to see it.

  58. 58.

    Spanky

    @lamh47:

    Just for those who don’t click on the links:

    At least one Republican changed their mind on Oz this week. Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, who had publicly opposed Oz’s nomination, said Monday that he would back the doctor after being reassured that Oz “now disavows his previous support for trans surgeries” and “walks back past criticism of state pro-life laws.”
    Oz, a physician who gained national fame as a daytime TV show host with a history of promoting dubious health claims, had a largely rancor-free confirmation hearing last month. He did, however, decline to say that he opposed cuts to Medicaid, which Republicans have eyed for steep cuts. Like other Trump Cabinet nominees, Oz also refused to say whether he would follow a hypothetical unlawful order from President Donald Trump if he were to be confirmed.
    Oz assumes the role as administrator of the CMS with little to no experience in government health policy. The agency, which is under the purview of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has a budget of about $1.5 trillion and provides health insurance to roughly 160 million Americans.

    A swell guy

    The Senate confirmed Oz on a party-line vote of 53-45.

  59. 59.

    NutmegAgain

    @lamh47: I wonder if he’ll have made enough money off M / M patients to not want to tear it all down? He might be a fucked up woo peddler now, but I think once upon a time he was respected as a physician (??).

  60. 60.

    dkinPa

    Enjoyed the podcast — it was quite interesting and I’ll definitely tune in to the next ones!

  61. 61.

    hitchhiker

    Interesting conversation ; definitely worth the time.

    Also how does Cole have no WV in his voice?

  64. 64.

    Geminid

    @hitchhiker: I think Cole is from the northern West Virginia Panhandle, with Pennsylvania to the east and Ohio to the west. The commenter known as Honus is from up there; I know Honus and he doesn’t have much of an accent either.

  65. 65.

    lamh47

    @ArchTeryx: My div was the lab division.  So any job I was going to get in the private sector would involved my division in some way since all labs under CMS must adhere to the regulations for labs that I was part of the oversight team for.

    In fact, the Lab Director portion of my interview was mostly about my time working for CMS and my info/knowledge about lab regulations

  66. 66.

    Steve in the ATL

    Off to the hotel bar to booze it up with teamsters!  Call 911 if I’m not back by 8 pm.

  68. 68.

    Old Dan and Little Ann

    Whoops.  I thought JC was talking with mistermix.  I see now it was Nick Carmody.  Interesting listen as I walked the hound.

  69. 69.

    Tenar Arha

    Pretty darn good for your first time. I’ll look see if I can add it to my Overcast app.

  70. 70.

    Jay

    @NutmegAgain:

    but I think once upon a time he was respected as a physician (??).

    Not really. He was a mediocre Dr. who parlayed local TV “news” shows into an Oprah spot. He was always glib, but telegenic and could hit his lines on cue.

    He took his TV “fame” and spun it into more TV fame via cameo’s, then went into quackery and woo.

    Ken Jeong was a better Doctor.

  72. 72.

    Jay

    So, if you take out a loan from a Bank, it can take 30-40 years to pay it off, interest and fees.

     

    If you rob a bank and get caught, you are out in 10 years.

     

    Follow me for more financial advise in this difficult economy.

  75. 75.

    Martin

    @Ruckus: Apropos of nothing, but the best characterization of non-toxic masculinity I think of in media was Waymond in Everything, Everywhere, All at Once.

    But Trump needs to be top of the heap not because of toxic masculinity but because his dad convinced his psyche that he’s deep down a loser, and Trump is in this lifelong struggle to prove to himself that he’s not, and no matter what he achieves in life, even when he looks at himself in the White House mirror he can’t help but see a loser, so he goes out and cranks the wheel a little further the next day trying to overcome it. Remember kids, untreated mental illness affects everyone around you.

  76. 76.

    Martin

    @Jay: But as much as that, it’s a MUCH bigger community. Almost anyone can be the best on their block at something, but when your block grows from 20 people to 20,000 to 20,000,000 to 5 billion, and an algorithm that is going to surface those getting the most attention, it becomes easy to feel like you aren’t good at anything. And that’s without anyone faking it.

  77. 77.

    Martin

    @Geminid: Yeah, that’s fake West Virginia. Gotta go south a ways before you start turning ‘daddy’ into a four syllable word.

  79. 79.

    catclub

    @Martin: ​
     Lognormal scaling distributions are incredibly unfair/long tailed. It would apply to podcast popularity or the generation of super rich ones and twos.

  81. 81.

    Jay

    @Martin:

    https://vatniksoup.com/en/soups/344

    I like history. You Tube et al keep shoving Nazi apologists into my feeds, and CT cranks.

    I am old enough, experienced enough to ID bullshit.

    Many young people aren’t.

    I did an experiment once, a couple of years ago, where I followed the You Tube recommendations. 10 clicks to a Genocide Denial vid with a scattering of PragerU , Tate Brothers and Jordan Peterson tossed in.

  82. 82.

    NotMax

    One suggestion from the peanut gallery.

    If seeking a wider audience, nix the casual use of swear words.

  83. 83.

    ArchTeryx

    @lamh47: I’m a financial analyst for DOH Medicaid. We work with CMS to make up the difference between Medicaid and Medicare charges to keep our hospitals afloat.

    Or did.

  84. 84.

    sentient ai from the future

    @Jay: I can recommend freetube and newpipe as YouTube clients that allow one to control what is pushed to you, as well as remove ads.

  85. 85.

    Jay

    Don’t know. I watch Animarchy History, Lazerpig, Hardthrasher , et al, and in almost all their vids and podcasts, they open with “I am going to recount for you, some of the most horrific things that people have done to people, but some of you are upset that I use swear words”.

  86. 86.

    debit

    Really enjoyed the podcast, John. Lots in there for me to chew on, especially the insights into addictive behavior.  Looking forward to the next episode.

  87. 87.

    Martin

    @catclub: Right, but social media puts everyone into that space without people having the intuitive understanding of the dynamic. I as a trained academic can look at that and say ‘oh, that’s an outlier, I can’t reasonaly compare myself to them’ (I don’t always catch myself, but when I do, I can reason through it pretty easily). But most humans are linear thinkers in a world that is decidedly non-linear, and approaching exponential. It’s no wonder we regularly go through these crises.

  90. 90.

    sentient ai from the future

    @Jay: thats a choice, one I wouldn’t make, but i think it’s important for folks to be aware that there are choices, including ones that don’t run up view counts of fascists.

    Also I have a child in my home so there’s no fucking way I’d use yt without some kind of protection.

  91. 91.

    Jay

    @sentient ai from the future:

    I understand and respect your choices.

    In the last not quite decade, I worked with many young males of the target demo, who swallowed the BS, hook line and sinker.

    Knowing what was “out there” armed me to shut down their BS quickly and redirect them.

    All some learned, was “not to engage”, some learned, “I saw this thing,…..”.

  92. 92.

    NotMax

    @geg6

    A scant few. Do appreciate when the people on them maintain an awareness they’re speaking in front of an audience and not just chatting amongst themselves, however.

  93. 93.

    Denali5

    I liked the podcast too, although I am so tired of analyzing the CF, but now I understand  why his tactics of fear are so effective. Just wish it would all go away.

  94. 94.

    Joy in FL

    I listened to the podcast this evening. I really liked it, learned a lot, got a more clear idea of my experience with 2 narcissistic people in my life. That helped.

    John, your questions were helpful, especially the one where you asked Nick to explain what he was describing for people who didn’t already understand about the personality disorders. His explanation was really helpful.

    I look forward to more episodes.

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