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Press Room Purge, Fake Hawking & Our Baby Girl El Jefé

#275 Supporters Edition

Sep 21, 2026
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On a Saturday night episode of Razor Wire, Fitz, McShane, and Jefe banter about Fitz injuring himself before the show and joking about hiring a “show fluffer,” then pivot into beer talk, reviewing Lucky Envelope Brewing’s Pumpkin Emoji Spiced Cream Stout and Tin Barn Brewing’s 12% “Six by Six” anniversary quad IPA, later adding KCBC’s Zocktoberfest lager and Deschutes’ port barrel-aged Black Butte 38 imperial porter. They shout out listeners, recommend James Graves’ podcast “How to Survive Teaching, The Zombie Apocalypse and Other Natural Disasters,” and rave about the “Dungeon Crawler Carl” audiobook series and narrator Jeff Hays. The show then dives into a critique of “AI doom” narratives, arguing nonprofits like METR and groups tied to effective altruism are industry-linked, donor-funded, and used as a familiar COVID-era playbook to push regulation, shape media coverage, and seek government liability protection; they highlight claims about media outlets being funded through fellowships and discuss a Netflix-adjacent AI documentary trailer as fear-mongering. They react to Paula White’s tithing appeal as tasteless, celebrate Trump banning CNN, MSNBC, and Politico from the White House press environment while airing commentary from Link Lauren, and cover “troop movement” talk including U.S. space weapons and speculation about rivals. Jefe delivers a farm report on Darwin’s frog males incubating eggs in a vocal sac, and they discuss an Australian 2032 Olympic rowing venue planned on a crocodile-filled river. They dismiss ongoing UFO “disclosure” as noise, then highlight a feel-good segment on Neuralink enabling an ALS patient to communicate “I love you,” using it to contrast hopeful tech with propaganda. They also discuss quantum navigation without GPS and question the Stephen Hawking public narrative, suggesting translation/ghostwriting concerns and connecting skepticism to broader distrust in media and science.

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