Alex, Jim, Mandy, and Mike finish out the libertarian dialogue and end with a big announcement

If you feel like you're going crazy, you aren't. If you feel like you're alone, you're not. We know these past few weeks have been tough for anyone so we wanted to refocus the episode on something that's near and dear to every veteran's heart. We all feel like we've lost a part of ourselves and you shouldn't feel ashamed for that. We'll miss you On…

No one wants to hear that the original libertarians were actually communists. Unfortunately, facts don't care about your feelings, so we have a go at the OG libertarians and discuss how the term somehow morphed from "anarcho-communism" to "anarcho-capitalism." Hint: it has something to do with money.…

So, funny story. We were going to watch the new Mortal Kombat (2021) movie and riff about how terrible it was and how it perfectly encapsulated the decadence of late stage capitalism. What actually happened was that we ended up liking the movie. Something about ripping someone's spine out and beating them to death with it just speaks to our lizard …

Yell at us on Twitter @pillowscreampod. Drag us on apple podcasts with a review. This week the two athletes of the gang discuss the strange history and traditions of the Olympics, who profits the most from the games, and which "sports" should definitely be cut.

Jim and Mandy welcome a new guest, Raj! There's no better way to talk about Afghanistan than with a battle-hardened combat veteran, and boy did we find one. Raj, who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for the daring behind-enemy-lines rescue of fallen beef stroganoff, left the service after one cup too many of dogsh*t army coffee. Anyway, …

We're joined by Dr. Stonk Brule aka @amcstonkrocket aka Mike who discusses both his good and bad experiences with the Department of Veterans' Affairs, gives us some A+ fiduciary advice, and cures every illness imaginable with nothing but a rubber band. Mandy takes us through the long and meandering history of the VA and veterans' benefits. Finally,…

The Pillow Scream Team, with guests Jackie and Dennis, gets together this week to answer a question: now that the pandemic is easing up, why is it so hard to get restaurant workers to come back to work? To help us answer it, we invited two experienced servers to talk us through the experience of working in a restaurant, highs and lows. Some interes…

Houston Wade joins Mandy, Jim and Alex for our 25th episode and an *extremely* informative show! A teacher, geologist, and retail investing enthusiast, Houston explains in detail for us just how screwed up Wall Street has become. Dark clouds are gathering over the financial sector and none of those preppy investment banker jabronies are taking noti…

Jim and Alex are joined by a new member of the Pillow Screamin' Family, Jackie! After we cover a bunch of rapid-fire news stories and put ourselves in a thoroughly melancholy mood, we talk about something that is WAY more motivating. Ever noticed how American cities are just, like, gross? Feel like this is a country made for musty 40 year old semi …

In this episode, we review an American coming-of-age movie starring Operator Jim, a rad pair of aviator sunglasses, and some of the sharpest jawlines this side of Easter Island. It's Thirteen Hours, written and directed by Michael Bay, who is frankly not notable for anything besides being the director-iest director that has ever directored. And thi…

We get real out there, folks. Talking the scifi book Blindsight by Peter Watts and all the empirical reasons as to why you're not as real as you think. Cotard's Delusion, blindsight, transaccadic memory, Anton's syndrome, body integrity dysphoria. It's a fun time. Maybe, just maybe, this gives us more of a reason to give a shit about each other as …

Mandy and Alex take the Army's equivalent of a "What disney princess are you?" online quiz and get caught up in the glory of 90s military advertising. Pro tip, if your PTSD-ridden Vietnam vet father begs you not to enlist in the military, you probably shouldn't do it. Take it from us. We're professionals.…

The gang makes a new friend! Kevin joins us to talk the news, Marxism in the military, and police reform. Brace yourself, he shares a big bucket of bubbly brain juices! As a Coast Guard vet, former law enforcement officer, city planner, and a regular-type dude who likes guns and leftism, he is both exceedingly interesting and entirely relatable. Co…

Given the situation in Palestine, we (Jim and Mandy) wanted to zoom out this week to discuss just and unjust uses of violence. Jim mansplains the ethical framework supporting the use of violence, then we delve into different opinions on the matter between the left and the right. We also parse through the thinly veiled fascism of Jack Donovan's "Vio…

Find us on Twitter and Instagram @pillowscreamradio In this episode we forego politics to talk through some big news in entertainment concerning the arrest of Josh Duggar and delve into the sick world of fundamentalist Christian families. Mandy gets disappointed because Jim and Alex came totally unprepared to discuss the NFL draft. Also, Bill Gates…

Mandy abandons the show this week for something actually impactful. Meanwhile, Alex and Jim do the news. Topics include: Joe Rogan being an anti-vax moron, Joe Biden's big ole' American Families Plan proposal, his dem-brain means-tested attempt at tuition-free college, Bernie's College for All plan (which is, of course, a million times better), Mar…

It's the Zach and Alex show now, ladies and gents! We talk Chauvin's trial (and god-awful Reddit takes), Ukraine shenanigans, and the militarization of video games. We have on our third ever guest, Zach from About Face Veterans, to talk about the history of the military entertainment complex and how Call of Duty Black Ops tries to convince us that …

Jim's away! We can finally speak the truth! Instead, we talk about Biden's pull-out game in Afghanistan, uncover some decent takes in the America First Caucus policy platform, and discuss Texas's plan to send parents of transgender youth to prison for supporting their kids. Then, we set the record straight on the Army's SHARP program and why it suc…

Liberals suck. Especially neoliberals. And especially condescending neoliberals who want us to grow up and bend the knee to Joe Biden. So we do our best in this episode to "have a dialogue" so we can find "common ground" with our "fellow progressives". By that I mean we ridicule the cognitively dissonant, economically privileged, and sexually frust…

Alex has to edit the podcast again so levels are probably off. Don't @ me because if know anything about Twitter it's that I don't care about it. Also, we have our second guest! Mike, aka Mash from Veterans for Peace/Gamers for Peace. We love our guests, don't we folks? Main topic for this one is the militarization of police. Come get weird with us…

This was a fun one. News topics include: the Boulder Shooting, gun laws, Boaty McBoatface in the Suez Canal, our Beautiful Boy Bernie in Bessemer, and the new (Republican) voter suppression laws just passed in Georgia. But the main attraction is the oft-forgotten Milwaukee Socialists! Once nicknamed the "Sewer Socialists" for their commitment to pu…

ATTENTION: NEW COHOST!! Pillow Scream Radio is proud to announce that our old friend Mandy has joined the team as a permanent cohost of the show. We kindly remind our audience that she is, in fact, a US Army retiree, and that you must render her the proper customs and courtesies when you encounter her. She will also post feet pics for money. Anyway…

We got a GUEST! A real live guest. We want to thank Chris aka sinseerly_V for joining us on our 10th episode. As a USMC veteran of two wars who (like us) executed a left-face when he found Bernie, Chris is a fantastic find, a PERFECT first guest for the show (Chris thanks for coming on!) We chat with Chris about what it's like to transition out of …

What if I told you...that only rich people have the ability to affect public policy, and that America is NOT a democracy???? You'd probably laugh at me and say OK Boomer. We all know that already. You're right. But in 2014, two Princeton professors published a study that proved it with SCIENCE. Now you can roll it up and stick it in the eyes of con…

We discuss some hot news takes, mourn the life of Rush Limbaugh, and gush over legendary military leader and socialist Maj. Gen. Smedley Darlington Butler. He saved America from fascism. No seriously. Just listen. Also Jim has spent his leave period either drunk or hungover so he's like a week behind. Even for low-effort leftist podcasting this is …

We served our country by watching some of its god-awful propaganda: Act of Valor, a feature-length 2012 movie starring all active-duty Navy SEALs and their families. We apply our critical framework to it, discuss why it existed, who it was for, and the Military-Entertainment Complex. Note: this episode was recorded in early January and we used it t…

We've got a few changes to the podcast, we shittalk our first guest on the show (he's totally real), and then talk a lot of news. CMSAF Bass' facebook shenanigans, Air Force cheating scandal, how the DoD plans to handle white nationalism (big lol), Jeff Bezos is a sucker, aaaaand... a Marine gets himself abducted. Our topic is how money fucks up yo…

Aren't we witty. Gamestop, Space Force, AR 670-1, and then we try to define capitalism. Also bitpatron broke, so we only accept donations through carefully constructed money laundering schemes and/or OnlyFans. Jim beatboxes in this one.

Uhhh this is Alex's first time editing the pod, so if it's shit DM us at @MatBest11x. We'd love to hear from you. We talk Department of the Army Civilians (fuck em), spit some hot takes on why Dave Chappelle is a crank now, discuss who the ruling class is (also fuck em), and give you some Good Housekeeping-approved tips for cleaning your shower.…

We consider Ben Shapiro's exhaustive definition of "socialism", talk about some key indicators that a person talking about socialism is an idiot, and get preachy about freedom and how you don't got it dawg. Dang we gotta upload these things faster if only I WASN'T IN THE MILITARY

We talk about the strong military showing at the Capitol, laugh at ugly dead billionaires, and define the F-word since it's on everyone's minds these days. Who is/is not a fascist? As far as we know it's what college kids scream at cops. Here try some brain juice it's good we promise

Our self-titled episode. We talk about our motivations, current events (aka Le Riot Capitol), and everyone's favorite weirdos, the Bro Vets. If you feel inclined to donate, we only accept BitCoin for the time being. Link: https://bitpatron.co/pillowscreamradio.id.blockstack

Academy Award-winning filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen talk about Hail, Caesar!, an all-star comedy set during the last years of Hollywood's Golden Age.