Screw (Worm) Elon, News Update, June 8, 2025
Broken Wind Podcast
The boys brace themselves for rapid unscheduled disassembly during this week's news update. In this episode we hopefully round the corner on the subject of Elon Musk as we cover his extended crash out and tiff with the POTUS. We discuss at length the DOGE pestilence and its consequences which we will likely never be rid of. We cover one particular externality of the DOGE austerity and increasing pariah status of the US at length. By that I mean, we ask the question: what if the country was ravaged by flesh eating bugs? We then cover more of the hilarious Epstein apologia that was already in...
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Press Pool Cess Pool, News Update, May 25, 2025
Broken Wind Podcast
Butler is MIA, so Vane and Crocus formed a skeleton crew to navigate through the late May news cycle. They start by reflecting on how America is really in its boss baby era and then Vane repeatedly digresses off about the fall of the Soviet Union and how the DNC is like a Jerry-tocracy, or something along those lines. They also can't help but mix up their "Bernie would have won" and "weekend at Bernie's" metaphors. Vane also repeatedly confuses Jerry Nadler and Jerry Connolly, but he can probably be forgiven for the confusion since the only difference is that one recently died and the other...
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A New Pope, News Update, May 10, 2025
Broken Wind Podcast
In what is sure to be a maxed out deal, the whole gang gets together to cover a sweeping range of topics (possibly too many). Butler and Vane are joined by their correspondents Crocus and Axiom as we say goodbye to everyone's favorite segment "Popewatch". We do our regular check in on the cast of freaks and ghouls handling the country's immigration policy. Then, of course, we check in on the Democrats and their misadventures and round out the discussion with a bit of ASMR and parasocial armpit talk too! Sources referenced below: "Trump helps Bukele eliminate evidence of his criminal pact with...
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Pope Watch, Mini News Update, April 28, 2025
Broken Wind Podcast
The Pope is dead (possibly murdered?) and Butler and Vane are officially on Pope Watch! Join the boys for a mini news update taken from the full episode "AntidisestablishRepublicanism", which is a topical discussion on the degeneration of the Republican Party from Lincoln through Trump. Subscribe now to our top Patreon tier to get access to the full episode as well as the rest of our Forbidden Courses. Note that this mini news update is being released on a delay to the free streaming services, but it was released for our Patreon members two weeks earlier. Subscribe now to get the rest of our...
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Dark Woke Weester, News Update, April 20, 2025
Broken Wind Podcast
Butler, Vane and Krokus chop up the news cycle on 4/20 Easter and they discuss tariffs on China, deportations, and the Ethan-Hasan streamer drama. Our intro and outro theme music are from the song "Sardines" by the band Stella Starfox. You can find them on Apple Music and Spotify, and check out the full song here.
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Sucked in-Gate, News Update, April 6, 2025 (short version)
Broken Wind Podcast
Butler, Vane and Krokus get "sucked in" to the news cycle this week and they discuss mafia neoliberalism, tariffs, tradwives, Gremlin wives and the pitfalls of idealist thinking. Due to our monthly hosting limitations, this episode had to be shortened to less than half the original length. To listen to the full episode, and to make sure you don't fall behind on our news updates this month, consider subscribing to either of the Patreon tiers. Link to full episode on Patreon: Our intro and outro theme music are from the song "Sardines" by the band Stella Starfox. You can find them on Apple...
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Elon, Go To Mars! News Update, March 16, 2025
Broken Wind Podcast
Butler, Vane and Krokus discuss the end of free speech and the end of the US dollar's economic hegemony. Trump sells Teslas, and he also has a funny way of describing "enshitification". Our intro and outro theme music are from the song "Sardines" by the band Stella Starfox. You can find them on Apple Music and Spotify, and check out the full song here.
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Revenge of the Nerds, News Update, March 2, 2025
Broken Wind Podcast
While the second Trump administration negotiates the terms for the forthcoming American century of humiliation, Butler and Vane come to terms with the fact that a handful of lonesome nerds and their digital tokens have somehow became a serious political movement. Our intro and outro theme music are from the song "Sardines" by the band Stella Starfox. You can find them on Apple Music and Spotify, and check out the full song here.
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Which Side Are You On, Boys? Mini News Update, January 28, 2025
Broken Wind Podcast
Butler and Vane are joined by special guest Orion for a short news update reflecting on the shocking first days of the 2nd Trump administration. They discuss the Tik Tok ban, a statement from Columbia's president Petro, Trump's tariff threats and his mob-like transactionalism. This is a short segment of a longer interview series with Orion, which is premium content for the Patreon subscribers only. For those with access to the Forbidden Courses, stay tuned for the release of the full Orion interviews. If you enjoyed this segment from the interview and would like to hear more, as well as to...
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Crypto Bro Takeover, News Update, February 8, 2025
Broken Wind Podcast
The first news update featuring the whole crew, Butler, Vane, Krokus and Axiom unpack the horrific start to the second Trump administration and the controlled takeover of the federal government by megalomaniacal tech billionaires. Our intro and outro theme music are from the song "Sardines" by the band Stella Starfox. You can find them on Apple Music and Spotify, and check out the full song here.
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Our intro and outro theme music are from the song "Sardines" by the band Stella Starfox. You can find them on Apple Music and Spotify, and check out the full song here. https://youtu.be/9kF6N0oA0o4?si=wswiL3WoQ2HCM_AO