Best Imploding Fictions Podcasts (2025)

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Ayn Rand Against the World (w/ Jennifer Burns) 2:00:31

4d ago2:00:31

2:00:31

An atheist, a radical for capitalism, a caricature of a greedy libertarian, a best-selling novelist, a difficult partner and passionate lover, and the self-proclaimed greatest philosopher since Aristotle: Ayn Rand was many things, and we talk about almost all of them in this epic episode. To do so, we called upon historian Jennifer Burns, whose int…

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Episode 86 - Queen Basilia (833-873) 52:40

7d ago52:40

52:40

"One of my favorite clients. And one that I had a rather... extended relationship with." 833. Anno Domini. Western Europe. On the shores of the Mediterranean... Featuring Méabh de Brún as Queen Basilia, Alan Burgon as The Interviewer, Julia C. Thorne as Alvina and Torgny G Anderaa as Nestor. The Amelia Project is a production of Imploding Fictions.…

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How Republics End (w/ Mike Duncan) [TEASER] 2:36

10d ago2:36

2:36

Listen to the rest of this premium episode by subscribing at patreon.com/knowyourenemy A stock rhetorical trope on the right is to invoke ancient Rome when talking about American decline—often making direct comparisons between the Goth invaders and contemporary immigrants, obsessing over homosexuality and Rome's fall, and more. If their understandi…

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The Entrepreneurial Ethic & How We Work Today (w/ Erik Baker) 1:36:26

17d ago1:36:26

1:36:26

This is a fascinating episode that takes up thinkers that the podcast has covered before—the Koch brothers, Austrian economists like Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich Hayek, and others—but from a different angle: that of the entrepreneurial work ethic. Historian Erik Baker's superb book on the topic, Make Your Own Job: How the Entrepreneurial Work Eth…

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UNLOCKED: Are Progressives to Blame for Urban Disorder? (w/ Hayes Davenport) 56:24

28d ago56:24

56:24

A bunch of you requested that we un-paywall this recent bonus episode, which features some highly practical insights for organizers, volunteers, and public servants. So we have! (All the other bonus episodes are good too; please subscribe.) — Right wing movements thrive by cultivating fears of disorder. Conservatives depict blue cities as sites of …

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Are Progressives to Blame for Urban Disorder? (w/ Hayes Davenport) [Teaser] 3:59

1M ago3:59

3:59

Listen to the rest of this premium episode by subscribing at patreon.com/knowyourenemy Right wing movements thrive by cultivating fears of disorder. Conservatives depict blue cities as sites of rampant crime, chaos, and iniquity. And often enough, it is progressives — with their overdeveloped empathy and concern for the poor and criminalized — who …

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Summer Anime Wrap-up, Hololive Nails a Homerun, Corpo Chaos feat. Azehara Ch 4:32:31

1M ago4:32:31

4:32:31

Kirsche and Phase clipper AzeharaCh joins the Podcast! On this episode, we talk about Hololive's huge success at the Dodgers stadium, VTuber companies shutting down and changing hands, and pick Azehara's brain about his favorite VTubers. If you like this episode, you can keep up with us on social media at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/AnimeBoomers⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Hos…

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Women vs. The System (w/ Dorothy Fortenberry) 1:07:32

1M ago1:07:32

1:07:32

Back in October, before the 2024 election, we had on our friend—and brilliant screenwriter and playwright—Dorothy Fortenberry to talk about gender and the presidential campaign. Amid all the postmortems and Democratic soul searching, we wanted to have Dorothy back on to revisit some of those questions, starting with the difficulties women face in r…

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Weirdo Defames VTubers, Offkai Implodes Over Kirsche feat. Legal Mindset & NECRO XIII 3:21:49

2M ago3:21:49

3:21:49

NECRO XIII returns as co-host with Cody Baier in a special episode with Andrew Esquire of The Legal Mindset! We talk about Andrew's journey into VTubing and the positive feedback he's received, Kirsche gets banned from Offkai Expo, Smash Bros community reject Shizzy defames and doxes VTubers to try to boost his channel, and Rev Says Desu stands up …

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Sony Burns Down Everything They Touch, Square-Enix Ls Collection, FalseEyeD vs NIJISANJI 4:37:34

2M ago4:37:34

4:37:34

No guests and just Gator and Cody means extended rants about Overlord! Also, Sony botches its handling of Helldivers 2 by requiring PSN accounts and slapping fans in the face, we discuss how Square-Enix could really do a Chrono sequel, and NIJISANJI continues its misguided war against FalseEyeD. If you like this episode, you can keep up with us on …

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Trump 2.0 and the Courts (w/ the 5-4 podcast) 1:05:00

2M ago1:05:00

1:05:00

It's been a while since we've had our friends from the 5-4 podcast on KYE, and we thought there was no better time to do so than the weeks before Donald Trump is inaugurated, again, as president. As listeners might guess, we wanted to talk to them about what opportunities Trump might have during his second term to reshape the federal judiciary—and …

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Offkai Expo Talk, Localizers, & VTuber Drama feat. NECRO XIII 2:37:27

2M ago2:37:27

2:37:27

NECRO XIII joins the show again to talk more VTuber and localizer drama! We talk about Kenji and the Mofongo boys drama affecting the Offkai Expo lineup, Crunchyroll botches the Miku Expo, and terrible localizers are once again butchering some of your favorite series. If you like this episode, you can keep up with us on social media at ⁠⁠⁠https://x…

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Darker than Black Companies feat. NECRO XIII 4:27:10

2M ago4:27:10

4:27:10

Another podcast, another set of VTuber corporations doing bad by their talents. In this episode, NECRO XIII joins to talk about V&U imploding on itself by terminating Amano Serafi, while a really cool lady named Alien Mixture appears on the scene. vReverie sees almost all of their talents graduate, Prism Project shuts down, VTweeters keep VTweeting…

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Episode 85 - Gruoch (tomorrow & tomorrow & tomorrow) 52:32

2M ago52:32

52:32

"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death." - William Shakespeare. Dunsinane, Scotland, the year is 1053, Macbeth is king. But why has The Brotherhood of the Phoenix been summoned? The Amelia Project is a p…

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A Dance With Dragoons and Dragons feat. Charles Khan 3:21:30

2M ago3:21:30

3:21:30

Charles Khan, the Mask Bastard himself, joins the Anime Boomers Podcast to talk about the life and legacy of Akira Toriyama after his passing. We also talk about Sega's dirty past, the rise of Dokibird, and more! If you like this episode, you can keep up with us on social media at ⁠https://x.com/AnimeBoomers⁠! Hosts and Guests: Gator: ⁠https://yout…

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Anime Boomers Podcast with Spooky Cody and Lofti 2:37:27

2M ago2:37:27

2:37:27

It's the return of the Anime Boomers from a long hiatus, both when this episode was originally recorded and to the podcast feed! Apologies to the podcast gang gang, but since we've been doing these shows live, we've fallen behind in keeping the feed updated. In this episode, we are joined by Lofti Pixels and Cody Baier, whom were both hanging out w…

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Reagan, the Movie (w/ Jesse Brenneman) [Teaser] 4:11

2M ago4:11

4:11

Listen to the rest of this premium episode by subscribing at patreon.com/knowyourenemy We wanted to offer something of a palette cleanser for our subscribers, so we decided to watch the recent movie, Reagan, with our intrepid producer, Jesse Brenneman. Even better, it's based on the 2006 book, The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism, …

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Organizing in Rural America (w/ Luke Mayville) 1:07:51

2M ago1:07:51

1:07:51

This is a conversation we've wanted to have for a while, and it seemed like there was no better time than now, as many people on the broad center-left are asking tough questions about Donald Trump's strength in rural America—according to one post-election analysis, he won 62 percent of rural voters. To unpack what's happening in these parts of the …

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Episode 84 - The Battle of Stiklestad (1030) 41:14

3M ago41:14

41:14

"This will be the site of a great battle, a battle that will go down in Norwegian history, and you my friends, have front row seats!" The Amelia Project is a fiction podcast comedy about fake deaths and new identities. In this episode we take you back to a defining moment in viking history... The Amelia Project is a production of Imploding Fictions…

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Trump the Dove? Or Trump the Neocon? (w/ Curt Mills) 1:03:10

3M ago1:03:10

1:03:10

The second Trump administration hasn't started, but it's already proving chaotic, disturbing, and downright bewildering. (Not unlike the first!) Trump's picks for key staff and cabinet positions display a discordant, if not altogether surprising, mix of ideologies, experience, and scandalous baggage. (Indeed, one of his picks, Matt Gaetz for Attorn…

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What's Wrong with the Democrats? [TEASER] 3:25

3M ago3:25

3:25

Listen to the rest of this premium episode by subscribing at patreon.com/knowyourenemy! In our first episode after the 2024 elections, we briefly considered what the results revealed about how Donald Trump won, and why Kamala Harris lost, before discussing what Trump's first picks for his White House staff and Cabinet meant for his second terms as …

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Trump's Triumph (w/ Ian Ward) 1:10:41

3M ago1:10:41

1:10:41

As the reality of Donald Trump's decisive victory sets in, we wanted to talk to Politico's Ian Ward, who's done some of the very best reporting on post-liberal intellectuals, JD Vance, and MAGA-world, in addition to spending time on the campaign trail this fall. After breaking down the results of the presidential election, we discuss Vance's role i…

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Episode 83 - Tomoe Gozen (1185) 50:01

3M ago50:01

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"My strange friend. About you is the infamous prison camp of Wada Yoshimori, one of the most powerful military commanders ever known." In this special guest episode of The Amelia Project, written by Julia Morizawa and Tristram Lowe, we take you to ancient Japan to meet the iconic female Samurai Tomoe Gozen. This episode featured Nina Fog as Tomoe G…

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UNLOCKED: Voting: What Is it Good For? (w/ Astra Taylor, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, & Malcolm Harris) 1:05:22

3M ago1:05:22

1:05:22

If you're on the left and you've spent time on the internet in the past few weeks, you've probably observe or participated in debates about the strategic value and moral status of voting in the 2024 election: Is it okay to vote for Kamala Harris even though her administration is complicit in a genocide? Is voting an exercise in signaling one's mora…

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Voting: What Is it Good For? (w/ Astra Taylor, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, & Malcolm Harris) [TEASER] 3:41

3M ago3:41

3:41

Listen to the rest of this premium episode by subscribing at patreon.com/knowyourenemy If you're on the left and you've spent time on the internet in the past few weeks, you've probably observe or participated in debates about the strategic value and moral status of voting in the 2024 election: Is it okay to vote for Kamala Harris even though her a…

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Itthobaal's Inventions - Archimedian Moment 8:50

3M ago8:50

8:50

"Dear manual of mechanics and magic..." Itthobaal's Inventions is a bonus series that focusses on Kozlowski, and the weird and wonderful inventions he has dreamed up over the centuries... You can listen to the full series, as well as The Alvina Archives, 12 Deaths and more by becoming a patron HERE or becoming a paid subscriber on Apple Podcast Sub…

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The Infernal Triangle (w/ Rick Perlstein) 59:47

4M ago59:47

59:47

The author of several excellent books about the history of American conservatism, including The Invisible Bridge, Nixonland, and Reaganland, Rick Perlstein makes his triumphant return to Know Your Enemy. Drawing on Rick's wealth of historical knowledge, as well as his American Prospect column — entitled "The Infernal Triangle" — we explore the fail…

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Episode 82 - Dudo (1199) 53:45

4M ago53:45

53:45

"Le rat taupe immortel"... The Immortal Mole Rat... Richard Lionheart has just been killed, and two knights are on their way to a secret location with an urgent mission. Enjoy the episode! The Amelia Project is a production of Imploding Fictions. No horses were harmed in the making of this episode. This episode featured Josh Callahan as Mathieu, Al…

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The Christian Right's "Wild Faith" (w/ Talia Lavin) [TEASER] 4:54

4M ago4:54

4:54

Listen to the rest of this premium episode by subscribing at patreon.com/knowyourenemy In this episode, Matt is joined by journalist Talia Lavin to discuss her new book, Wild Faith: How the Christian Right is Taking Over America, one of the most fascinating and unique books published on the Christian right during the Trump-era. Lavin takes her subj…

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Democratic Dilemmas after the New Deal Consensus (w/ Timothy Shenk) [TEASER] 2:41

4M ago2:41

2:41

Listen to the rest of this premium episode by subscribing at patreon.com/knowyourenemy Historian Timothy Shenk joins us for a conversation about his new book, Left Adrift: What Happened to Liberal Politics, a timely look at political strategy on the liberal-left as the New Deal Consensus cracked up in the late 1960s and 1970s through Bill Clinton's…

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Episode 81 - Gruffudd ap Llywelyn ap Iorwerth (1244) 47:30

4M ago47:30

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"Most of the time I feel that people are trying to erase my story as fast as I can live it." The forgotten history of a Welsh prince, a political prisoner of King John of England and a client of The Brotherhood of the Phoenix... The Amelia Project is a production of Imploding Fictions. This episode is dedicated to Robert Acker. It features Alan Bur…

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