Brainrot Radio (Premium E307)
In the beginning was the Word. In this case, the “word” is spoken by a velvet-voiced radio host revealing that the elites are poisoning Grandma, or a Professor turned board game millionaire’s blog post declaring feminism a satanic plot. Their words, carried over early websites and late-night radio, seeded the ideas that festered into the culture wars and extremist conspiracy content of today. Brad is back to tell the stranger-than-fiction stories of Henry and Jeff — early architects of the conspiratorial internet, who are now locked in the kind of bitter, messy feud only boomers can wage. This is Brainrot Radio.
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Editing by Corey Klotz. Theme by Nick Sena. Additional music by Corey Klotz and Pontus Berghe. Theme Vocals by THEY/LIVE (https://instagram.com/theyylivve / https://sptfy.com/QrDm). Cover Art by Pedro Correa: (https://pedrocorrea.com)
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Comments (64)
Now I'm wondering if my dad, RIP, knew this guy (based on the train)
Another banger episode Brad, thanks for melting my husband and my brains ❤️
Shame on you for cutting off the end of Nessun Dorma!
@thatheathen and @QAA, we will keep supporting the podcast even if there isn't stuff behind paywalls to gain access to, and in fact would prefer you just release everything you create free of charge. I will double my contribution if you abolish the paywall. Some of the stuff is pure fun, and whatever, but much of it is important and would be better if it was broadly available. Ask Dan and Jordan of Knowledge Fight, avoiding paywalls is entirely viable for creators of your caliber!
Just started listening. I wonder at what point he reveals Winnipeg's nicknames: Winterpeg and Murderpeg.
Would you say his barber may have been looking at a picture of a dog when cutting Jeff Rense's hair?
Shoutout to the Lucas's Arts PnC's 💪
Say what you will about Rivers Cuomo, but he's no Mario Lanza.
Makes me want to rewatch Guy Maddin's "My Winnipeg", amazing cinematic Bruno schulzian mythologisation of his home town.
Art Bell's legacy is a mixed bag, but he was really good at feuding with really shitty dudes
ok but the auto cue proves he was right about Lanza. What a voice!!
It’s taking me forever to finish this for reasons unrelated but our hosts. Just got to the midpoint where Travis gives a healthy, “COME on!” to praise of Hitler 😅😅😅
Really enjoyed this episode. Very interesting and Annie update snuck in at the end. Looking forward to that…
There's something almost Wes Anderson-like in the image of a fabulously wealthy radio DJ with big poofy hair and a frown on his face, riding around his estate on the back of a miniature train, listening to opera music and occasionally muttering to himself "...fuckin' Jews, man."
As Travis knows, Conspiracy is mostly repeated over and over forever
OMFG I just started listening to this episode, but I grew up in the 90s and early 2000s as a teen reading Makow’s site! (and Rense although I never liked his site).
It's astounding to hear a far right figure who doesn't constantly sound like he's struggling to keep a lid on crying from sheer anger by Actually Laughing.
I love Winnipeg! Where else can you ice skate 15 km on a frozen river and artist’s warming huts? And there’s a fantastic Nordic spa, Thermea. Don’t believe the hate!
Ok but ppl should be quieter about popcorn in the theater sorry
Makes me proud to be from winnipeg somehow
Same :)
Bbbh f.
I was expecting you to go out with “may the deep ditch bless you and keep you”
I’m sorry, boy
As a winnipegger, its "not THAT bad"
a little something for the nessun dorma heads at the end there
Annie!
Benchingdnd🐯🐯
I dated a few fatal dishes...
well i’m not gonna forget “feed sacks” any time soon unfortunately
New Annie series starting the 22nd ? Hell yeah ! 👉. And Jake doing the theme tune? Music to my ears !
Speaking of which... " Nessun Dorma " ? How am I supposed to sleep through that?! 😏 Great episode anyway, folks. Great to hear from Brad again. Have found his first appearance episode so will listen to that fully later . " Sesame Street"?!
Did anybody say Deez nuts yet?
nah, Pavarotti has Nessun Dorma on lock. even with youtube compression this is chills from end to end. BTW the autocue faded a leetle early. Those last "Vincero!"s are the absolute pinnacle of the song! I suggest staying the whole way through, it's so worth it https://youtu.be/cWc7vYjgnTs?si=Vr77xP-4GQcbF33L
I wanna know who was *Super* Mario in a past life
Ok what’s up with Winnipeg?
Much like Glasgow; consistently named the friendliest and stabbiest city. Close knit arts community + provincial govt+ the university where the smartest and weirdest farm kids flee + a storied and often tragic history of indigenous resistance+ a military base. In short, Winnipeg is a land of contrasts. And this is just off the dome, as someone with family in the area
FEEDING SACKS. That’s new to me.
Jake's brain breaking trying to understand broken brains. Maybe Charlie Kirk was right about empathy. (No I don't really mean that.)
“Feeding sacks….on their chests.” Just awful poetry.
Loved this episode!!
An Operatic voice simply isn't comparable to the average singer. It's the most relatable thing about this guy that he's mystified by Mario Lanza; there is scientifically a reason why the opera singer's voice is so powerful and so transfixing
ngl the autocued content based on my preferences gave me chills
Great episode astonished Jeff Rense had never crossed my radar before.
WOW... Great episode... Makes me glad I reached adulthood (at least, officially) prior to the Internet (and social media) becoming as ubiquitous as it is today... Also... very glad I grew up hearing the Dr. Demento show and not these two- who would have benefitted (IMO) from an occasional (figurative) boot to the head.
"Everyone has been so nice to me." "It's because you have nice feeding sacs."
The Mario Lanza mention came out of nowhere for me given that I only know him for having the same name as a prolific Internet Survivor writer.
No Dees Nutz joke? I'll have to relisten as my juvenile brain kept getting distracted. But in all seriousness good episode.
Same!
As soon as I heard Brad’s name, I knew this would be a good episode!
Is there an easy way to find the Brad episodes? Want to binge them and the Patreon search function is awful
Currently in a tee and sandals walking to work in Winnipeg absolutely cackling.
Do you at least work in a pit of writhing snakes?
i cut my feeding sacs off. does that mean i get to be a brain surgeon now?
Brad has a connection to Winnipeg? That explains a lot.
Brad has so much lore. The freak beat truly chose him
What gives Brad the right to have such a cute laugh?
Brad Abrahams
Hell, yeah.
Annie Kelly
I lost it so hard at the name of her new series, it's perfect.
I found a way to connect to the internet again!
I’m sorry boy
Annie Kelly!