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Culture Dumpster @culturedumpster.com · 12h

This week @junlper.beer @birdrespecter.bsky.social and @thelouvreof.bsky.social join the show to talk about the goings on on this here social media platform and the antagonistic relationship that has developed between ownership and its userbase.
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Bluesky And Waffles (w/ June, Caleb, and The Louvre of Bluesky)

Bluesky has become the place for marginalized communities to gather and be silly on the internet in an environment that is largely devoid of the nazi groyper crowd that has invaded X since Elon Musk b...

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Culture Dumpster @culturedumpster.com · 2d

it's gonna be a barn burner

Johnny @doctorvenkman.com · 2d

Tomorrow @junlper.beer and @birdrespecter.bsky.social of @killthecomputer.com fame will be joining me on @culturedumpster.com podcast along with @thelouvreof.bsky.social and we're gonna fuck shit up.

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Johnny @doctorvenkman.com · 5d

@thelouvreof.bsky.social is coming on @culturedumpster.com this week and by pure happenstance it happens to be when the CEO of this website is posting E* tier memes and fighting with users.

*Elon tier

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Culture Dumpster @culturedumpster.com · 6d

@alyssamerc.bsky.social is on the show this week for a really fun yap session about her her review of Ghost of Yōtei and the book and video she is making about ragebaiters.

Yapping about Ghost of Yōtei and Ragebaiters w/ Alysssa Mercante

Alyssa Mercante stops by to talk about her review of Ghost of Yōtei for Rolling Stone, her work-in-progress book and video about ragerbaiters, and how they emotionally manipulate their followers into ...

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Johnny @doctorvenkman.com · 8d

Very excited to talk with @alyssamerc.bsky.social tonight about her Ghost of Yōtei review for Rolling Stone, and online ragebaiters tonight on the @culturedumpster.com podcast!

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Culture Dumpster @culturedumpster.com · 26d

No new episode this week either despite my best intentions.

I’m working on a script for an episode with @birdrespecter.bsky.social to talk Butt Rock.

@alyssamerc.bsky.social should also be coming on soon.

Next week I will have some kind of episode for you all though.

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Culture Dumpster @culturedumpster.com · Sep 4

No new episode this week folks. Looking to get back to it next week.

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Kelley Greene @kelleygreene.bsky.social · Aug 28

This man is always up to something, and thankfully Johnny always gives me a place to discuss.

Culture Dumpster @culturedumpster.com · Aug 27

@kelleygreene.bsky.social returns for the first follow up in our ongoing series about weird rich guy and man who will never die, Bryan Johnson.
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"An Idiot's Guide to Rimming" by Bryan Johnson. w/ Kelley Greene

Friend of the show Kelley Greene is back to update Johnny on the machinations of our favorite billionaire who will never die.

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Culture Dumpster @culturedumpster.com · Aug 27

@kelleygreene.bsky.social returns for the first follow up in our ongoing series about weird rich guy and man who will never die, Bryan Johnson.
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"An Idiot's Guide to Rimming" by Bryan Johnson. w/ Kelley Greene

Friend of the show Kelley Greene is back to update Johnny on the machinations of our favorite billionaire who will never die.

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Culture Dumpster @culturedumpster.com · Aug 22

This week my homie, games writer, @daytenrose.bsky.social joins to talk about the current state of games media, and the challenges facing any newcomer with the ambition of working in that field.
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Culture Dumpster @culturedumpster.com · Aug 20

Shout out to the homie @bwishart.bsky.social for having me on @moviepod.bsky.social to talk about one of the greatest films of all time, John Carpenter's The Thing.
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BONUS: Preview of my Appearance on "Movie Pod w/ Brian Wishart"

Go listen to the full episode!

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Culture Dumpster @culturedumpster.com · Aug 7

The homie @mattieboombattie.bsky.social is on the show this week to talk about YTMND.com, and the internet of old.
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Yapping About YTMND.com w/ Matt

Johnny and new friend of the show, Matt, got together to discuss a website from a bygone era of the internet, where if you wanted to shitpost, you had to put in the effort.

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Culture Dumpster @culturedumpster.com · Jul 31

My interview with @katmabu.bsky.social from the @hard-drive.net Woke And Gay Charity Stream now available in podcast form!
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Johnny @doctorvenkman.com · Jul 29

Moving @culturedumpster.com off of substack to Ghost. This is the new URL until I can get the custom domain transferred. culture-dumpster.ghost.io

Culture Dumpster

Thoughts, stories and ideas.

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Culture Dumpster @culturedumpster.com · Jul 17

The homie @snide.bsky.social joins the latest episode of the podcast to discuss lost media. www.culturedumpster.com/p/yapping-ab...

Yapping About Lost Media W/ Snide

New friend of the show, Snide, joins to talk about lost media and the joys of plundering the past to find what was thought to be lost to the sands of time.

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Culture Dumpster @culturedumpster.com · Jul 4

You ever get a story idea you love, but just can't figure out how to tell it properly so you spend the next twelve years obsessing over it before finally cracking the code while sick in bed with covid last August, and write the first 100 pages in two months?
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Project Eden - Chapter 1

Or, "Kurt in Space"

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Culture Dumpster @culturedumpster.com · Jun 17

@jerf.xyz joins the show this week to talk about his upcoming webcomic, What Lies Below The Lilies, going independent with @giantbomb.bsky.social and the implications of becoming business partners with @danryckert.com, and our love of mechanical keyboards.
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Yapping With Giant Bomb's Jeff Bakalar

Jeff Bakalar joins the show to talk about his upcoming webcomic, What Lies Below The Lilies, going independent with Giant Bomb, and our shared mechanical keyboard sickness.

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Culture Dumpster @culturedumpster.com · Jun 14

The Democrats have tried nothin' and they're all outta ideas!
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Sorry, The Resistance is Busy Taking Calls From Donors Right Now.

But I'd be happy to take a message.

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Culture Dumpster @culturedumpster.com · May 30

@realmfresh.bsky.social and @nickcoffman.com are back for another movie episode. This time we examine the 2003 Tommy Wiseau vehicle, "The Room".

No new episode next week cause I am on vacation, baby!
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"Anyway, how's your sex life?" A conversation about The Room w/ Matt Fresh and Nick Coffman

Johnny, and returning guests Matt Fresh and Nick Coffman (Stand N’ Watch) discuss the 2003 film, The Room.

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Culture Dumpster @culturedumpster.com · May 27

This week on the podcast @nickcoffman.com, @realmfresh.bsky.social and myself will be discussing "The Room". I just hope it's as awful as Troll 2.

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Culture Dumpster @culturedumpster.com · May 21

I feel like I know even less than I did before after listening to my friend Brendan talk about Kingdom Hearts for a little over an hour, but it was a lot of fun and Brendan will be back to explain KH3 to me in another episode.
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My friend Brendan Explains Kingdom Hearts to me For an Hour Because No One Else Will Listen to Him

Kingdom Hearts has been around since 2002, with titles spanning across multiple generations of consoles, and a devoted fanbase that would love nothing more than to tell you the Good Word of series cre...

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Culture Dumpster @culturedumpster.com · May 20

This week on the podcast my friend and fellow writer from @hard-drive.net, Brendan Osorio will have one hour to tell me as much as he can about Kingdom Hearts because no one else will listen to him.

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Culture Dumpster @culturedumpster.com · May 14

@airbagged.bsky.social is back on the show to talk about the video game website @giantbomb.bsky.social. We discuss our personal history with the site, the impact it's had on us, and react to the news of it going independent.
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A conversation about "Giant Bomb" w/ Airbagged

Friend of the show and returning guest Dave aka Airbagged is back to talk about the recent goings on surrounding the video game website giantbomb.com.

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Culture Dumpster @culturedumpster.com · May 12

I'm still planning a scripted Jack Welch episode but it turns out being severely depressed can smother your creativity and as a result the script writing has been slow going 😀

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Culture Dumpster @culturedumpster.com · May 12

The homie @airbagged.bsky.social is back this week to discuss the goings on at Giant Bomb in the last couple of weeks and the rollercoaster of emotions involved in the entire ordeal.

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