The PG crew tackles ever so much news, including: Eric Adams indicted for cartoonish corruption. Free birth control for rats (what about us?). Report back from a mass fare evasion in NYC. The longshoreman's union goes on strike. Is labor organizing still relevant to the Real Movement™? Hurricane Helene. Ta-Nehisi Coates speaks out on Palestine. Con…

Remember the (bad) far-right UK Race Riots that happened this past summer? Justin, a fellow traveler and Party Girls listener, offers a well researched account of what happened and why. In this special listener-submitted reading, Sam dives into Justin's report, which includes some key takeaways and conclusions that we should hold close as we move d…

Jamie and Sam discuss the mass shooting committed by the NYPD in the New York City subway this past Sunday. In pursuit of an alleged fare jumper, the cops wound up shooting the suspect, two random people, and one of their own. The city of New York spent $150 million in extra overtime last year in order to apprehend $104,000 worth of fare jumpers. T…

The Party Girls crew digs into the first Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump presidential debate. Our favorite/least favorite things each candidate said, Abdul from the Taliban, the dog eating thing, etc. It's dominating the news so we might as well talk about it. We also cover the protests and looting that erupted in Washington, D.C. in response to the…

This past week, former Red Brigades member Leonardo Bertulazzi was arrested in Argentina after 40 years on the run. Prompted by this news, Jamie and Sam dive into the history of this Italian Revolutionary Marxist organization, which operated in various forms from the 1970s straight into the 2000s. From kidnappings to kneecappings, robberies to bomb…

The Party Girls crew tackles important news of the day, including: Fellow podcaster calls out trans-exclusionary AA meeting, Pal Action becomes Unity of the Fields, America not ready for another war because it doesn't have enough troops, and the libertarian charter city trying to bankrupt Honduras. Sign up as a supporter at Patreon.com/partygirls t…

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As promised, Jamie and Sam dive back into DNC '24 in all its splendor. Is AOC actually just a revolutionary communist sleeper cell waiting to take the throne before returning to her leftist roots? Is Obama still the smoothest talker around? Why did virtually no militants show up to throw down? And which of Jeffrey Epstein's besties took the stage a…

We ask Albert Fox Cahn, founder and Executive Director of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), about how local policing has turned into local surveillance, the campaign to ban facial recognition in New York State, personalized "AI" pricing, opting out at airport security, and more. Cahn's Business Insider piece on home insuranc…

What do Maoists and Anarchists have in common? Among other things, they both hate the counterinsurgent 'left' insistent upon defanging the anti-genocide movement. This week on Party Girls, Sam is joined by Tai Lee, a communist writer from Brooklyn, and Hannah, an organizer from Chicago, to talk about the DNC and why it sucked (hint: it had to do wi…

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Jamie went to a "Hegelian e-girl party" for the lulz and then people tweeted about her being there so now she has to set the record straight. You probably shouldn't listen to this. Sign up now at Patreon.com/partygirls to get the full version of this episode, all other bonus content, Discord access, and a shout out on the pod! Follow us on Instagra…

The classic Party Girls lineup is back with a grab bag of an episode, covering such wide-ranging and relevant topics as: Miranda July's dirty new book, Minouche Shafik's resignation from her post as President of Columbia University, DSA's delusions of grandeur, and the student movement's toppling of the government in Bangladesh. Hadas Thier, "Who's…

As the third movie in Ti West's X trilogy, MaXXXine pulls out all the stops. Will Mia Goth's Maxine achieve the American dream or will she fall victim to a mysterious serial killer? Is she the ultimate lean in feminist, and is that good? Jamie discusses the movie's plot and themes with special guest Breck Gordon of Pure Chaos Comedy and BG ESL. Sig…

We talk about water treatment plants failing to stop drugs from making it into the ocean, Elon Musk losing advertisers on X, viral "AI" images on Facebook, and more. Photo: Shrimp Jesus Mae on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mae_planert/?hl=en Laura on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurasogar/?hl=en - - 🔥✨📆💫☄️ Pre-order the 2025 Cargo C…

Sam is sick this week so we didn't record a new Party Girls episode for the free feed. But here is an episode of Moms Of Flavortown that Jamie went on to discuss everyone's favorite kitchen yelling show! Hope you like it. Original description: Debbie (@waynesbasement) and Rachel (@rachelscbloor) are rolling out with special guest Jamie Peck (@jamie…

Our Silicon Valley overlords are not content with merely ruling the world; they want us to think they are doing it for the greater good. In this patrons-only bonus, Kate Willett and the Party Girls crew read and break down Silicon Valley capitalist Marc Andreessen's "Techno-Optimist Manifesto," which presents old school reactionary elitism in a stu…

We got a Peter Thiel-funded venture capital tech bro on the ticket before GTA 6 Jorge on X: https://x.com/LineGoesDown Unlimited Hangout article about Vance & Thiel: https://unlimitedhangout.com/2024/07/investigative-reports/the-man-behind-trumps-vp-pick-its-worse-than-you-think/ - - 🔥✨📆💫☄️ Pre-order the 2025 Cargo Cult Calendar: https://tally.so/r…

Jamie and Sam are joined by author and academic Adam Greenfield to discuss his new book Lifehouse: Taking Care Of Ourselves in a World On Fire, out now on Verso. In it, Greenfield makes a well-supported case that world governments will not be able to get a handle on climate change in time to stave off widespread catastrophe. He then examines past m…

Comedian and podcaster Kate Willett joins us for a wide-ranging discussion of the San Francisco tech milieu that anointed JD Vance as Donald Trump's VP pick. Unlike the old school robber barons, the tech capitalists of today want more than money; they want to be gods. Via labor arbitrage, political meddling, and even seemingly innocuous ideas like …

In the first ever edition of Party Girls Riot Tracker, Jamie and Sam discuss the student uprising in Bangladesh. Fed up over their limited prospects and the ruling party's corrupt quota system for government jobs, the students of Bangladesh recently took to the streets to demand better for themselves. To say that things escalated from there would b…

Jamie and Sam are reunited to discuss pressing news of the day, including: Jamie's gross health problems (can you help?) More cool NVDAs involving bugs. Kamala summer: did we Morb this into existence? Stephen Colbert makes us sicker than we were before. Killer whales are back. Joe Biden cums all over Netanyahu. And more! Sign up as a supporter at P…

In part 2 of our interview with author Adam Greenfield, we dig into what he means by the term "lifehouse," and what steps you can take to set one up in your city or town. Buy the book: https://www.versobooks.com/products/2536-lifehouse Sign up as a supporter at Patreon.com/partygirls to get access to our Discord, a shout out on the pod, and access …

Jamie is joined by her friend Niral Shah (IRL, on Fire Island) to talk about the Trump assassination attempt, "political violence," JD Vance, Kamala's mom, and more. Note: This episode was recorded before Biden announced he was dropping out of the race. Sign up as a supporter at Patreon.com/partygirls to get access to our Discord, a shout out on th…

Thousands of unionized workers at Samsung, the world’s largest memory chipmaker, are striking against the company’s refusal to negotiate. Demands include a 3.5% base rate increase, paid leave for the date of union establishment, compensation for loss of wages during the strike, and transparency into the incentive-based bonus system. The union has a…

Jamie and Sam are joined by author and academic Adam Greenfield to discuss his new book Lifehouse: Taking Care Of Ourselves in a World On Fire, out now on Verso. In it, Greenfield makes a well-supported case that world governments will not be able to get a handle on climate change in time to stave off widespread catastrophe. He then examines past m…

We explore the secret 2011 meeting between then-Google CEO Eric Schmidt and then-on-house-arrest Julian Assange and consider how the internet has changed the relationship between people and the corporate state. We also talk about brat summer and the Council on Foreign Relations. Photo: Eric Schmidt & Jared Cohen Transcript of 2011 Meeting: https://…

We talk about Julian Assange's plea deal, the "censorship pyramid," encryption as resistance, an NSA patent Assange found in 1999, Hillary Clinton's Russian Wikileaks, the CIA being able to hack into Apple and Android cellphones, and more. TW: Cenk Uygur's voice at 7:30 ish. Photo: Julian Assange Assange’s 2006 Blog Post: https://cryptome.org/iq-or…

Julian Assange is free!!! The Georgia AG's office screws up its own RICO case. DSA's first action against Cop City NYC. Jacobin gets it right for once. Preview coverage of the first presidential debate protest. Zionists hold stolen land sale at synagogue. All this, plus the PG crew gets out in front of their CIA kompromat by saying what kind of por…

In our first ever patrons-only BONUS EP, Jamie recaps her trip to Spain and Portugal. Sign up as a supporter at Patreon.com/partygirls to get this bonus episode and all future paywalled content, plus access to our Discord and a shout out on the pod. Follow us on Instagram: @party.girls.pod Leave us a nice review on Apple podcasts if you feel so inc…

Jamie is finally back from her travels and ready to fuck shit up. Jacobin's Chomsky death oopsie. Repression in the Bay Area. Cop City NYC?! Not if we have anything to say about it. Sign up as a supporter at Patreon.com/partygirls to get access to our Discord, a shout out on the pod, and access to our very first BONUS episode. Follow us on Instagra…

Apple's launching a new set of generative AI tools and making privacy promises about integrating with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Elon Musk is OpenAI's #1 hater, and also bad at dating. Grok needs a new name probably. - - 🔥✨📆💫☄️ Pre-order the 2025 Cargo Cult Calendar: https://tally.so/r/mDel4j 🔥✨📆💫☄️由Cargo Cult

Can you have an anarchist community if there's a landlord in it?? Can we suck and fuck our a way to a better world??? Sign up as a supporter at Patreon.com/partygirls to get access to our Discord and a shout out on the pod. Follow us on Instagram: @party.girls.pod Leave us a nice review on Apple podcasts if you feel so inclined :)…

We watch 20 hours of the two-day "AI Expo for National Competitiveness" so you don't have to, and talk about Eric Schmidt's new kamikaze drone company. Photo: Eric Schmidt由Cargo Cult

Jamie (também conhecido como Pecker Grande) informa a boa gente de Lisboa sobre parar a cidade policial. Sign up as a supporter at Patreon.com/partygirls to get access to our Discord and a shout out on the pod. Follow us on Instagram: @party.girls.pod Leave us a nice review on Apple podcasts if you feel so inclined :)…

Google and Meta are scrambling to bring the internet to Africa. And private U.S. corporations like Google and Meta mediating access to the internet is lowkey goated when digital colonialism is the vibe. Photo: Mark Zuckerberg由Cargo Cult

Jamie says heyyyy from Barcelona. The boys talk about girls. Andrew spends some time getting to know Sam a bit better and they tear their hearts wide open and lay everything on the table and ask at the end if you hate them now. Jamie will be back soon, don't worry. Sign up as a supporter at Patreon.com/partygirls to get access to our Discord and a …

Scarlett Johansson is suing OpenAI for using a voice "eerily similar" to hers for ChatGPT 4o. We also yap about NYC Mayor Eric Adams's voice clone speaking Yiddish, ElevenLabs turning every news article into a podcast, BBL Drizzy, Joaquin Phoenix's high-waisted pants, and Google entering its "Gemini era."…

Jamie and Sam are reunited after too much time apart. A recap of some Nakba Day actions in NYC. Jerry Seinfeld and Bumble alienate Gen Z. Portal to Dublin shut down due to titties. We make the pivot to a more lucrative type of content. Read about the Israeli businessman who got his locks glued shut in Bushwick's dystopian plan for a post-genocide G…

We're talking about the iPad commercial, German anti-Tesla activists, AI dating concierges, and the underwater internet cables of the deep sea bourgeoisie. Photo: Jeff Bezos由Cargo Cult

Friend of the show Jake Flores (@feraljokes) joins us with an eyewitness report on the clusterfuck of anti-war protesters, fascist counter-protesters, and cops that erupted at UCLA recently. Also: how the Kendrick-Drake beef maps onto the DSA-ultraleft topography, Comrade Macklemore, and a drop of cum discourse. Check out Jake's podcasts Pod Damn A…

We discuss the "Friends of the IDF" in leadership roles at Interscope (Kendrick’s label), UMG (Drake’s label and Interscope’s parent company), NBC Universal (UMG’s parent company), and Comcast (NBC Universal’s parent company). We apologize for our tardiness and this cop-out pop culture ep. We both had crazy schedules the last couple of weeks (on to…

The PG crew recaps what's happened this past week as student occupations have spread, intensified and...are they beginning to generalize?? From our mouths to God's ears. Special focus on NYC and Chicago, because that's where we live (please don't stalk us unless you are hot and in a band). Media narratives. Tactical evolutions. Why is the state cra…

The Party Girls crew is joined by "C," a student organizer from Columbia University, to talk about the protest encampment that touched off a wave of activity across the country as students and non-students alike organize against genocide in Gaza. Then: a brief history of the 1968 student occupation of Columbia and the 2008 occupation of the New Sch…

We talk about central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), which will enable a new level of financial surveillance and social control. And we’re joined by John F O’Donnell, a guy with horrible karaoke etiquette. We promise we're not a con op lim hang !!! Photo: Jerome Powell - - Kitty History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-Lvv1f5Qu4 Guaranteed Inco…

The Party Girls take on Alex Garland's big budget action film with a message(?), Civil War (2024). Was this movie liberal garbage, or do we just not understand art? What would an actual second civil war in the US look like? How are we, the left-wing partisans, going to die? Why is Jesse Plemons so good at playing fascists? The Return of John Brown:…

We talk about Israel’s automated kill lists generated by an “AI” assassination machine named Lavender and Amazon’s automated checkout experience called “Just Walk Out.”由Cargo Cult

Jamie and Sam talk about their respective experiences traveling to see the eclipse and offer up some ideas about how to build the commune. This is a space podcast now. Sign up as a supporter at Patreon.com/partygirls to get access to our Discord and a shout out on the pod. Follow us on Instagram: @party.girls.pod Leave us a nice review on Apple pod…

In this episode, Jamie and Sam talk about John 'Jack' Mazurek's March 29 bond hearing, in which he was granted a $75,000 bond and assigned to house arrest, a victory for the Stop Cop City movement. During that hearing, the prosecution spoke extensively about the Zapatistas and the "autonomous zone" in Chiapas, Mexico, as well as the Invisible Commi…

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