The Bottlemen

Canada Has Still Not Solved Its Nazi Statue Problem

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 08:20:55 -0400

Apologies for the late episode - both Dan and Riley have been on tour, but we've got this one for you (recorded a while back). Contained herein: ideas for new recipes, Nazi statue watch, and the Tory leader "uniting the country" with a very thin gruel of vibes alone.

2022: Year of the Friend ft. Chuka Ejeckam

Thu, 03 Nov 2022 12:44:38 -0300

Chuka Ejeckam joins Dan and Riley to discuss "The Freeland Doctrine," friendshoring, and the mysterious professor of mealtimes.

PREVIEW: Birth of a Province ft. Will Menaker

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 11:19:10 -0300

Will "Movie Mindset" Menaker joins Dan and Riley to discuss the 1964 Cansploitation B-movie classic, "The Naked Flame."

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The Hated Pudface ft. Podcast About List

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 22:41:04 -0300

The PAL boys join Dan and Riley to watch another episode of Canada's favourite show... Robocop, the Robot Cop!

PREVIEW: Legault Land

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 07:03:59 -0300

Dan and Riley discuss, inter alia, the new Quebec premier, the inability of the centrist party to fight the lurch to the right, and the British firm cutting down old growth forests named after a Bond villain.

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Mr. Poilievre’s Wild Ride

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 08:21:45 -0300

Dan and Riley remember Canadian politics keeps happening. Queen's Dead, Pierre's in Charge, and our allies abroad are as cool headed as ever.

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PREVIEW: Rock Talk: Indie in the 90s ft. Nate Bethea

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 14:48:58 -0300

Riley and Dan were in the Trashfuture studios last week, and we spoke to certified indie superfan and sometime producer Nate Bethea about synthesisers, what it means to like music others find offputting, and (according to Riley) definitely making up at least half the band names.

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Are You Crazy Enough To Be PM?

Wed, 14 Sep 2022 13:35:30 -0300

Well, the mad lad did it: Canada's oldest young conservative Pierre Poilievre is head of the Conservative Party. We talk about what makes him a particular threat to Canada's comfortable governing consensus, which is essentially that he has matched the energy and madness of his crazy ideas with the permanent grinding crisis in which Canada is stuck.

PS: Sorry about late episodes, everyone! Riley, Dan, and Milo (who produces this show) have all been away, and Riley's internet has been down. But we're back in regular, fine form!

PREVIEW: The Donald Duck Tavern Quadrangle

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 14:23:05 -0300

Dan and Riley are recording together in Montreal for the first time (temporally) and the second time (as far as you know). We discuss the emerging scene around the happening "Donald Duck Tavern Quadrilateral," and how all of Montreal's coolest people have become Orthodox Catholics. Additionally, we take in the newest phenomenon in Canadian politics sure to sweep the nation: Centre-Ice Conservatism.

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Austerity Barrage ft. Peter Korotaev

Sat, 20 Aug 2022 12:36:44 -0300

Note: this one is mentioned as the premium but we decided to make it a free one!

Peter Korotaev (known by an alias on previous episodes, while he was in Kyiv) rejoins us to talk about the strange war economy that Ukraine has found itself with. Heavily indebted, heavily privatised, and *still* citing the disproven/disgraced "Growth in a Time of Debt" hypothesis. Check out his writing in Jacobin: https://jacobin.com/2022/07/ukraine-neoliberalism-war-russia-eu-imf

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PREVIEW: Operation Take Us Seriously Part 2 (ft. John Dolan)

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 13:10:31 -0300

The War Nerd is back to discuss why Canada can't seem to learn to stop buying the F35, and why the boring bureaucracy of military spending bloat is the "banality" to the "evil" of the world bestriding colossus.

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Fertile Eyes Fertilise Fertile Lies

Mon, 01 Aug 2022 05:51:58 -0300

Riley and Dan speak about the history and politics of fertiliser with Matt Huber, author of Climate Change as Class War.

But first, we review the strange world of the Pacific Northwest that Dan saw on tour. Long story short, a lot more shantytown and a lot more of the wreckage of a scooter based economy.

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PREVIEW: Tech Won’t Save (The) Bottlemen

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 11:16:45 -0300

Dan is off being a rock star, so Riley and Tech Won't Save Us's Paris Marx take a look at That Rogers Outage and question how "more competition" could have stopped this, but first - a few developments in the mad world of self driving cars, a concept that only makes sense when you assume money is free forever.

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Pierre Poilievre Speaks for the Trees

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 06:15:47 -0300

With Bitcoin done, Canada's putative conservative leader becomes absorbed by the forest, and emerges as an esoteric log-o-crat. Also, we look at the emergence of "UltraFast" delivery in Canada - a business model that never made any money or sense anywhere else... but that we didn't want to be left out of. Finally, we review some expert testimony on Eastern Europe that the NDP's most prominent theatre fan was not so keen on. Forget it Jake, it's Starship Troopers.

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PREVIEW: The Tomb of the Unknown Reservist

Tue, 05 Jul 2022 06:42:23 -0300

It's a Canada Day Bonus! Dan and Riley talk about Canada's cheerleading of further escalation in Eastern Europe, as well as going back to the Trucker Protests, who have now identified some war heroes who are going to go and tactically cry at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ottawa.

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Bad Tweeters Club

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 13:25:46 -0300

Dan and Riley reflect on what the crypto crash means for Canadian bitcoin maxi's like Pierre Poilievre, as well as other scurrilous programmes designed to part musicians from their worthless fiat currency and art in exchange for valuable database entries. Also, we look at a list of Bad Tweeters assembled for the purposes of national security.

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This Pod’s On Fire (ft. Michael Barclay, Arlen Thompson, and Tim Kingsbury)

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 16:48:27 -0300

On this rare Riley-less episode Dan is joined by Michael Barclay, Arlen Thompson and Tim Kingsbury to discuss Michaels new book on the rise (and rise!) of Canadian Indie Rock 2000-2006. Why do these bands have so many members? Did Fugazi brain poison a generation into self sabotage? Are the rents too damn high to facilitate another scene? All this and more as we survey The Half Decade When Canada Was Cool*

*Canada was not and never will be cool

PREVIEW: Dan and Riley Get It Done

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 11:30:01 -0300

It's in the title, folks - as the Ontario election comes to a close, Dan and Riley reflect on the musical highlights of the campaign, specifically the Doug Ford campaign song Get It Done. Then, we go West to investigate police forces in BC's lower mainland taking a turn for the Salo.

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Oh My God They Killed Kenney’s Career

Sun, 29 May 2022 12:26:38 -0300

Bye bye to the very nasty Jason Kenney! Sorry the base of hooting suburbanite fascists you created slipped out of your control! Bad luck! Don't let the door hit you on the way out! Dan and Riley reflect on the life and career of Alberta's former premier, and how he's part of a large machine that ratchets politics to the right by living in a fantasy world of ice cream for dinner. Also, we look at developments in Ukraine.

Preview: The Nickel Giant ft. Liv Agar

Thu, 19 May 2022 10:21:53 -0300

Riley, Dan, and Liv all got nickel poisoning from our deep dive into Pierre Poilievre's long, strange history on youtube. Come for the giant novelty nickel, stay for the giant novelty penny.

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The Ontarian’s Dilemma ft. Luke Savage

Fri, 13 May 2022 05:47:18 -0300

In case you didn't know, there's an election coming up in the very heart of Downtown Canada. Jacobin magazine contributor and Michael and Us co-host Luke Savage joins Riley and Dan to discuss the state of play in Ontario politics, a reflection on the sucking charisma void at the heart of the CPC leader's debate, and we get to know "Hrulf" from Quebec, who is just really into runes.

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PREVIEW: Robocop: Toronto Nights ft. Will Menaker

Thu, 05 May 2022 13:09:30 -0300

Will Menaker rejoins Dan and Riley to enjoy yet another film set in the "Toronto Standing In For Detroit" cinematic universe... the inexplicable, Canadian-made Robocop TV show that aired for twenty one glorious episodes in the 1990s.

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A Night At The Museum ft. Nate Bethea, Milo Edwards

Sun, 01 May 2022 09:10:52 -0300

It's a rare all-in-person Bottlemen episode! Dan and Riley are in the trashfuture podcast studio with Milo and Nate to talk about some Canadian goings-on, but mostly to recount our trip to the British Museum where we were hoping to touch the mummies.

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On The Sources of Z Conduct ft. Yasha Levine, Evgenia Kovda

Thu, 21 Apr 2022 11:19:34 -0300

We've talked a lot about the information environment in the West, as it pertains to support for the War and its uncomplicated nature. Yasha and Evgenia of The Russians podcast join Riley and Dan to talk about the other side of that information environment - namely, what is being shown to Russian boomers on TV every day? Where did we get the Z? How have a particular view of history and geopolitical realities interacted to produce a strange outcome? All this and more!

Check out their substack to hear more of Yasha and Evgenia, including their podcast The Russians!

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Carbon, Damn Carbon, and Statistics ft. Jess Green

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 12:22:43 -0300

Jess Green returns to discuss Canada's new budget with Dan and Riley, with a special focus on the climate plans. We're taking the carbon, and we're putting it underground, folks! Down below the planet's crust it will surely only bother Morlocks, and we can continue living our lives in relative ease.

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PREVIEW: Riley Attends Dan Boeckner’s School of Rock: Tim Kingsbury and the Ballad of Old GWAR

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 12:28:50 -0300

Arcade Fire's Tim Kingsbury joins Riley and Arcade Fire's and Wolf Parade's and Operators' and Handsome Furs' Dan Boeckner to discuss their holiday in the irradiated wastes of the American South West, the worst bar in St. Louis, and what happens when you're just starting out touring and you stay with random people from your route, such as a local version of GWAR with only old guys in it.

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Gabbo’s Coming! (To Cooperate!)

Sat, 02 Apr 2022 09:01:36 -0300

It's coming! The NDP and Liberal parties have decided to work together to achieve a social settlement beyond our wildest dreams, including what appears to be plans for full employment based on an endless profusion of exploratory committees.

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PREVIEW: Cumbernauld Hit (a ”Dan Had Covid” bonus substitute)

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 05:26:59 -0300

Dan and Riley appeared on a bonus episode of Riley's other podcast to talk about a very strange movie made by a local council in 1960's Scotland - Cumbernauld Hit!

Normal service resuming this week, thank you for your patience!

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Full Metal Dollar ft. Alex Scaggs

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 20:40:50 -0300

Alex Scaggs of Barrons joins Dan and Riley to discuss the sanctions being levelled on Russia. What do they entail? How will they work in practice? What the fuck is SWIFT? Also, we look at - and are entirely unsurprised by - which NATO finance minister/deputy prime minister was the architect of the sanctions on Russia's central bank, or as it is affectionately called, an "economic nuclear bomb."

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PREVIEW: Kissinger’s Bastards

Sun, 13 Mar 2022 18:17:23 -0300

PREVIEW

Well, it happened. Dan and Riley discuss the Ukraine invasion, Western responses (and preparations), and consider what kinds of blowback we might be setting ourselves up for. Also, we dig into the different psychologies of the Canadians who have decided to go and fight.

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2,224 ft. Sam Fenn and Garth Mullins

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 11:04:48 -0400

*Ukraine episode coming this week*

Dan and Riley get back together with Sam Fenn and Garth Mullins of the Crackdown Podcast to talk about the ongoing persecution of the war on drugs in BC. We look at the (intentional?) fecklessnes of the NDP in the face of mass death and think about the death drive of a society that would rather not be something better.

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PREVIEW: Highway to Hell Part 2 (ft. Matt Christman)

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 17:15:26 -0400

It's part two of our exciting two-part discussion of the Truckers with Matt Christman, we get further into our question of *why* these kinds of movements are becoming more common in the Global North. Expect talk about how politics becoming a kind of media-religion is a symptom of social breakdown, what it looks like when a state slowly loses legitimacy over time, and a discussion of the (underrated) George Romero film "Land of the Dead."

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Highway To Hell Part 1 ft. Matt Christman

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 12:55:34 -0400

Canada's reckoning with its right wing "uprising" continues, so Riley and Dan brought on Matt Christman to talk about the meaning civil unrest takes on in an age of extreme alienation, how the Trucker became a symbol of the libertarian ideal in the (North) American consciousness, and how it came to be that the mass lumpen Canadian right will only accept Donald Trump as their Prime Minister.

In Part Two, out next week on www.patreon.com/dabottlemen , we discuss how the way we protest is a product of media consumption and "politics" as a civil religion, and what it looks like when a state slowly loses legitimacy over time. Also, the George Romero film "Land of the Dead."

PREVIEW: Heartland: The Heart of the Land ft. Pod About List

Sat, 12 Feb 2022 08:21:43 -0400

New year, new Bottlemen, new weird banal Canadian TV show to torture our American friends with. This time, the Pod About List boys join Riley and Dan to watch episode one of everyone's Mom's favourite show... HEARTLAND!

Also, congratulations to Caleb Pitts on officially becoming a Canadian pundit.

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We Are Here For Our Freedom (ft. Jeremy Appel)

Wed, 02 Feb 2022 11:14:06 -0400

Jeremy from Big Shiny Takes and Forgotten Corner joins Dan and Riley to discuss the Freedom Convoy, which has arrived in Ottawa to get the freedom, and how our idiotic pundit class has - once again - fundamentally misunderstood what's going on.

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Finding the Writer’s Nook ft. @neonwario

Wed, 26 Jan 2022 17:44:00 -0400

Riley and Dan talk a little more about our two favourite topics as lenses to understand the decrepit failure of the Canadian political system: housing (Riley) and our ongoing ridiculous belligerence regarding Russia/Ukraine. Then, in the second half, we take a look at some of the finest listings on the MLS to find a new home for our friend Rylan.

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Bottlemen Season Two Premiere: The Substackenning

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 11:02:56 -0400

Dan and Riley welcome you into 2022 in style by talking about the Canadian substack economy and the University of Fort McMurray, as well as a spate of illnesses in New Brunswick, and finally, we read a column about rerunning the War of 1812 by a Prize Idiot.

ALSO: We announce a change to the show. Dan and Riley have come to the decision that we need to decrease the frequency of the podcast to weekly, (one week free, one week bonus). We did this because we were both at risk of burning out with the workload we had. Because you have already paid for January under a different setup, please feel free to message and ask for a refund if that's something you want to do. Otherwise, we ride on into 2022!

Much Love - D&R

PREVIEW: Two Brentlemen of Butterona ft. Max Palma

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 09:46:26 -0400

Palma from Seeking Derangements joins Dan and Riley for this month's CORNER GAS.

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Under The Sea ft. Bryce Rudyk

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 19:25:04 -0400

Bryce Rudyk, director of the climate programme at NYU Law, talks with Dan and Riley about deep sea mining, and the strange startups and friendly regulatory environments that make it possible. And, of course, how it all ties back to Canada.

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PREVIEW - Riley Quinn Attends Dan Boeckner‘s School of Rock: Nate Ruess

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 20:30:18 -0400

Our friend singer, songwriter, and host of the acclaimed ClayneCast Nate Ruess rejoins Dan and Riley to discuss his life in the music industry, what to do when a melody springs fully formed from your head, and to define exactly what's up with musician brains that makes them all "like that." Also: tour stories about food, and we get to the bottom of which of the other two members of ClayneCast are evil.

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Bottlemen Wrapped!

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 08:34:47 -0400

Dan and Riley look into Spotify's new "own your ears" strategy, which - shock horror - doesn't involve paying artists any more. If anything, less! Also, we return to our investigation of the Canadian state's love affair with Ukrainian fascists, looking at the conferences, think tanks, and articles where it all began (this wave, anyway!) in 2014/15.

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PREVIEW: Locals Only! ft. Neonwario

Sun, 28 Nov 2021 12:27:19 -0400

PREVIEW!

Rylan aka @neonwario joins Riley and Dan for a review of the local papers from our home towns. Included for your enjoyment are some strange Nova Scotian names, plans to make a forty storey obelisk to the Royal Canadian Legion in Cowichan Lake, and a heated exchange of letters regarding the use of Bird Cannons in Niagara on the Lake.

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Gucci Gear X

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 11:27:23 -0400

Riley and Dan reflect on the contours of Canada's response to ongoing climate and ecological collapse happening in its West, and how through all its activities it is encouraging more of the same. Including sending $4m worth of gear strapped across 20 hot dog neck RCMP guys to a disaster area... primarily to make sure the pipelines get built!

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PREVIEW: Drome Logic ft. Jesse Hawken

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 11:21:36 -0400

Riley, Dan, and Junk Filter Pod's Jesse Hawken sit back and relax for a watch-through of David Cronenberg's fabulous VIDEODROME. We reflect on God Cronenberg's keen foresight into what media would become in the decades ahead.

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No Cap! (and Trade) ft. Jess Green

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 11:45:42 -0400

Riley and Dan speak with political scientist of the environment, Dr. Jess Green all about Canada's COP26 plans, and why things like Carbon Markets suit the economic interests of a country that's just three oil companies in a trench coat.

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UNLOCKED: The People‘s Party of Canada (A Party for the People... of Canada!) Part 2 of 2 ft. Podcast About List

Mon, 15 Nov 2021 06:47:23 -0400

UNLOCKED!

Caleb, Cameron, and Patrick return for a deep dive into the lives, biographies, names, and photos of the People's Party of Canada prospective parliamentary candidates. None of them have been seated in Ottawa, this coterie of multi-level-marketers, cops, and small business tyrants, live on in our hearts.

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PREVIEW: The Brents Must Be Buttzy ft. Sexual Jumanji

Mon, 15 Nov 2021 06:45:42 -0400

Streamer and internet personality SexJ joins the boys for another venture into the wild, swinging world of Dog River.

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NOTE: Dan is very nearly done working on the album in the studio in New York, but because he's in the final stretch, this week we're unlocking a premium for the free feed instead of doing a free episode. Thank you for bearing with us, and normal service will resume this week!

PREVIEW: Riley Quinn Attends Dan Boeckner‘s School of Rock Episode 3: Zola Jesus

Wed, 10 Nov 2021 17:20:04 -0400

In this preview, Nika Danilova aka Zola Jesus joins Dan and Riley to talk about live music, experimenting with alternative forms of ownership, and why "content creation" and "artist" are concepts that *really* don't go together if you're actually doing the work.

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Would You Like To Know More?

Sun, 07 Nov 2021 16:56:43 -0400

Dan and Riley look into the psychology behind the MLI and our addiction to war boosterism. Also, we look into how the Globe and Mail talks about labour issues and the "right to disconnect," while getting their wallet inspected by the heartland institute. Screw up your own damn country, American thinktankers!

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PREVIEW: Oaf for Justice ft. Will Menaker

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 07:32:33 -0300

Riley, Dan, and Will have watched another Canada-for-America action blockbuster... Steven Seagal's 2001 action classic, EXIT WOUNDS. They break the record for managing to include obvious Canadian landmarks and brands in nearly every shot of Seagal oafishly muttering and stumbling through his last big studio movie before decamping to Eastern Europe. It's a deranged joyride. Check it out on www.patreon.com/dabottlemen

Telemakus: Garbageman of Ultramar (ft. Patrick Wyman)

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 09:19:04 -0300

We get Patrick Wyman on to discuss the phenomenon in the history profession of "claiming" to have been the first people from the near east or Europe to sail to the Americas, how these are historiographically ludicrous, and frequently just serve to reinforce whatever ideology you want to promote. But first, we hear a VoC update and trial a strange new format for Tides of History.

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PREVIEW: Riley Quinn Attends Dan Boeckner‘s School of Rock Episode II ft. Cindy Li

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 13:56:38 -0300

PREVIEW! It's another fine day for this podcast-within-a-podcast where Dan and other musicians tell stories about touring and the music industry, revealing its underlying truths to a credulous Riley! Cindy Li AKA Ciel rejoins our heroes to talk about touring, publishing, mixing, and all around ünts.

Check out this mix she did recently for Resident Advisor! We love you! Mwah!

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The Honourable Member for CSIS

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 17:56:05 -0300

Dan and Riley discuss, among other things, the emerging euphoric consensus among our wretched media class that Chrystia Freeland should be the next prime minister, not only despite her obvious intelligence links, but somehow because of them?

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PREVIEW: Generation BLECHH ft. Catherine Fatima

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 13:44:52 -0300

Riley and Dan talk to author Catherine Fatima about one of Canada's literary greats, Douglas Coupland. Also under discussion: generational politics, OK Soda, and what good art about the internet looks like.

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The Ballad of Ugly John ft. Matt Christman

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 19:10:25 -0300

Matt Christman returns to talk about great Canadians of history, and reflect on the economic and social circumstances surrounded the formation of Canada and America. This time, we talk about the drunkard with the controversial statues: John A Macdonald!

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UNLOCKED - The Galician Connection Part Two - Final Girlboss (ft. Yasha Levine)

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 09:53:59 -0300

In light of... certain articles praising the anti-soviet gumption of a certain politician, we have UNLOCKED the second part of Dan, Riley, and Yasha's exploration of Ukrainian Nationalism in Canada, this time looking more closely at the life and career of our fearless Deputy Prime Minister.

PREVIEW: Brent and Buttability ft. Episode 1

Thu, 07 Oct 2021 18:51:11 -0300

Preview: We watched the spookiest episodes of Corner Gas with the lovable scamps from Episode 1. Included in this was us pitching a new kind of porno for women for men, starring Brent Ass.

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So Long And Thanks For All The Michaels

Wed, 06 Oct 2021 15:11:55 -0300

Dan and Riley reflect on what changes the election hath wrought now that the dust has settled (basically nothing, business as usual), and how the Michaels are back (but not because we actually did anything). This episode is, if anything, a series of case studies on the inability of Canadian Politics to Do Things in a world where the Doing of Things is increasingly necessary.

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PREVIEW: The Peoples Party of Canada: A Party for the People (of Canada!) PART TWO OF TWO ft. Podcast About List

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 06:39:32 -0300

Now we've gone and done it!

In this preview, Caleb, Cameron, and Patrick return for a deep dive into the lives, biographies, names, and photos of the People's Party of Canada prospective parliamentary candidates. None of them have been seated in Ottawa, this coterie of multi-level-marketers, cops, and small business tyrants, live on in our hearts.

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The People‘s Party of Canada: A Party for the People (of Canada) ft. Q-Anon Anonymous PART 1 OF 2

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 17:12:57 -0300

We welcome back Liv and Julian from Q-Anon Anonymous for a retrospective on the People's Party of Canada, which increased its vote share but still got no seats - how much of that vote share is due to a Canadian mass media that doesn't know how to cover them properly? How much is due to electoral politics decaying as a concept? Find out within!

Part two, where we investigate the individual bios of PPC candidates with Caleb, Cameron, and Patrick from Podcast About List is coming in a couple days on patreon.com/dabottlemen

PREVIEW - Raving in Fiscal 21 ft. Cindy Li

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 10:17:54 -0300

Cindy Li (who DJ's under the name Ciel) joins Dan and Riley to talk about the strange tensions that have made electronic music what it is today, stuck between culture, community, and commodity. Cindy also offers a spirited defence of Tech House!

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Drugstore Troopers ft. Sam Fenn and Garth Mullins

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 12:58:12 -0300

Sam and Garth from the Crackdown Podcast join Riley and Dan to discuss the history, politics, and sociology of Canada's War on Drugs, and how the whole enterprise began in 1908 when Prime-Minister-To-Be and part time mystic William Lyon Mackenzie King filled in some forms. It's an extra big topic so it's an extra long episode!

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PREVIEW - School of Rock Episode 1: Shitaly

Sun, 19 Sep 2021 09:04:13 -0300

As part of making this show, Dan and Riley talk on the phone a lot, and Dan frequently ends up segueing into wild and wonderful tales of touring the world as an indie rock musician! As such, we're now doing an occasional "series within a series" of Dan's tour tales, and what it's really like to be an indie darling.

This week, we learn all about tips and tricks for when you need to sleep with all your gear on a "cargo ferry" from Italy to Croatia.

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2Michael2Furious

Fri, 17 Sep 2021 12:20:53 -0300

Dan and Riley discuss Canada's stubborn resistance to admitting that our sweet, precious, lovely little Michaels imprisoned in China may just actually be have been spies. We also stack up a few People's Party of Canada wackos against one another, to find who between Dan and Riley was able to find the biggest wacko.

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PREVIEW: Brent and Buttjudice ft. LivPosting

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 11:54:24 -0300

Our sweet precious lads were joined by our friend LivPosting to *notionally* continue our monthly journey to the centre of Corner Gas, but mainly we reflect on what it was like to be different kind of teens in Western and Eastern Canada.

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UNLOCKED: Diary of a Wimpy Prime Minister ft. Matt Christman

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 11:53:34 -0300

We've unlocked an episode because Riley went on holiday! Enjoy!

Chapo Trap House's Matt Christman joins Dan and Riley to look at the strange, occult life of William Lyon Mackenzie King - Canada's most spiritual Prime Minister. Come learn of Astor the Greek ghost, his seances, and propensity for asking the ghost of his mother what he should do as PM.

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eLOLection 2021: Fucked Vibes Edition Part 2 feat. Raina Douris

Sat, 04 Sep 2021 01:01:00 -0300

Yes, we saved the best for last--the Liberal Party, all its extremely helpful ways to definitely reduce Canada's CO2 emissions (we promise! we didn't cut and paste this from last time!) and some small parties of note... especially to the NoFap community. If you want to hear the whole thing, you can get it on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/55732589

eLOLection 2021: Fucked Vibes Edition Part 1 feat. Raina Douris

Fri, 03 Sep 2021 17:16:20 -0300

This week we're speaking with podcaster and radio host--and friend of the show!--Raina Douris (@RahRahRaina) about the 2021 Canadian federal election and its deeply fucked vibes. Everything about it is off somehow, no one is saying anything, but there is an alterative available! That is, a political party based solely on the principle of not busting.

This is a two-part episode and the second half is available on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/55732589

PREVIEW: Happy Black Ribbon Day!

Wed, 01 Sep 2021 13:21:18 -0300

It comes around sooner every year. Riley and Dan reflect on how Black Ribbon Day got so commercialised - it used to be about one hundred trillion dead and no iphone, now it's just a gimmick to sell Hallmark Cards. We also do a potted history of "liberal corporate hero" Michael McCain, and the sordid history of how this Canadian Billionaire came to enjoy his fortune.

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When In Roman ft. Duncan Kinney

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 12:18:30 -0300

Alberta Senatorial candidate and host of The Progress Report, Duncan Kinney, joins Dan and Riley to discuss more of the wild and wonderful artefacts of Canada's strange affiliations with right wing diasporas.

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PREVIEW: What If Your Toaster Was A GRU Asset

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 10:29:46 -0300

Riley and Dan unpack a report by Canadian consultancy Clairvoyance Cyber Corp. on the new domain of the military industrial complex, which is the immanent and persistent threat of getting your shit hacked by the perfidious Russians and or Chinese

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A Timmies in Kandahar ft. Nate Bethea

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 10:28:31 -0300

Producer of this podcast, Trashfuture, and also host of Hell of a Way to Die, Nate Bethea, comes on to discuss Afghanistan in the wake of the American withdrawal from the country. We ask what it means for Canada to be "taken seriously," and why this always requires us to send men with guns abroad. We also look at the specifically Canadian roots of the "nation building" approach to warfighting.

PREVIEW: Brent of the Butts: The Brentership of the Butt ft. Caleb Pitts

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 11:16:30 -0300

Reprising a monthly tradition (and because Riley went on holiday), we watched the next episode of Corner Gas. This time, we spoke with the man who has claimed the mantle of our most frequent honoured guest, it's Podcast About List's very own Caleb Pitts! We delve deep into the psyche of Dog River... or should I say the psycho...

Also, we get an oZone Update.

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MEKanada ft. Séamus Malekafzali

Tue, 10 Aug 2021 09:40:00 -0300

Seamus returns to join Dan and Riley to investigate the long and storied history of the MEK - an Iranian group with no real politics claiming to be a "government in exile," which provides Neocons an ideology-shaped group they can claim are the legitimate rulers of Tehran, but also gives them cheap heat and raucous cheering they never felt from their constituents back home.

PREVIEW: Rivers Coomer

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 09:38:36 -0300

We talk about calls from our parents about this hot new band "The Weezers", great orbs and mounds bursting forth from the London soil, and then (in light of a new round the sale of a new round of explosives to the Kingdom) we discuss the curious case of the Canadian arms sales moratorium to Saudi Arabia that wasn't.

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PREVIEW: A Brent to Buttmember ft. Milo Edwards and Phoebe Roy

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 10:53:36 -0300

Our tradition of watching Corner Gas with non-Canadians continues, as Milo and Phoebe of the Masters of our Domain podcast (and also some other projects like Trashfuture and 10k Posts, respectively) join us to ostensibly watch a couple episodes, but mostly speculate about the Brent Butt-Ukrainian connection. This is so far the least we have discussed Corner Gas.

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Calgary: Indecision 2021 ft. Podcast About List

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 10:51:38 -0300

We got back together with Caleb, Cameron, and Patrick to run through the list of wild and wonderful characters vying to be mayor of Calgary in 2021, and we even award the coveted Bottlemen/PAL "Good For Business, Good For Decorum" endorsement to one lucky snowmobile impresario in the offing to take the top job.

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Hell's Innovation Centre ft. Clinton Hallahan

Mon, 19 Jul 2021 18:52:56 -0300

We sat down with Clinton from Alberta Advantage to discuss the wild and wonderful plans for Calgary's bustling downtown. What some see as a catastrophic 30% vacancy rate and a decaying future patched over with a few subsidies for landlords and fake businesses, we see a fantastic 70% occupancy rate and an exciting new round of projects and innovative entrepreneurial ventures.

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PREVIEW: Diary of a Wimpy Prime Minister ft. Matt Christman

Sun, 18 Jul 2021 16:41:45 -0300

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PREVIEW: Manic Pixie Dream MP ft. Bertovo

Mon, 12 Jul 2021 16:53:47 -0300

Aaron (@Bertovo) from Chapo FYM returns to discuss the theory and practice of what makes a "Facebook Guy," and we look at some of the knee-jerk reactions of American dummies posturing about Canadian politics in groups like Swingers Club Tallahassee. We then think a little bit more about the relationship between columnists and the oaf opinions they cultivate, and how that's politically useful for a country that wants nothing more than to ensure the extractive economy flows. But first, we consider the curious case of the MP who worked so hard that he pissed on a Zoom call in parliament.

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K.C. And the Sunshine Province ft. Justin Roczniak

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 11:12:22 -0300

Justin from Well There's Your Problem joins Dan and Riley to discuss all things New Brunswick, and how they've very intelligently integrated more or less their entire economy in the hands of K.C. Irving and his family of grasping Scots Presbyterian sociopaths.

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PREVIEW: Kids and the Companies Committed to Them ft. Nate Ruess

Sun, 04 Jul 2021 17:41:29 -0300

PREVIEW of our exploration of the weird and wonderful and mainly weird world of Canadian children's PSA's, and the strange self congratulatory incestuous media organisation that launched them. Joining us is Nate Reuss from the band fun!

Get the full episode on www.patreon.com/dabottlemen and remember not to put it in your mouth.

UNLOCKED: The Nygard Files Pt. 2 (ft. True Anon)

Sun, 04 Jul 2021 17:36:33 -0300

Riley's on holiday, so we're unlocking an episode from our bonus feed this week!

This is the second of our two-part investigation in Peter Nygard with Brace and Liz from TrueAnon, focusing this time on the political elements of his tenure in the Bahamas, corruption, and his bizarre obsession with immortality.

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PREVIEW: Brent Cop Butt Cop ft. CJ

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 15:06:11 -0300

We've subjected another American to Corner Gas! Eat Chain's CJ joins Dan and Riley for the next three episodes of the pinnacle of Canadian comedy.

Check out the full episode at www.patreon.com/dabottlemen Check out Eat Chain at https://www.twitch.tv/eatchain

Cancon Videodrome ft. Raina Douris

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 18:24:28 -0300

Raina Douris joins Dan and Riley to discuss Bill C-10 - or, how Justin Trudeau is going to censor what our uncles post on the internet. It's a poorly drafted law, trying to make the internet media universe operate like it's 1991 again.

We also have a Patreon, where we do more of these episodes! Check it out at www.patreon.com/dabottlemen

PREVIEW: Canada is a Failed Dandelion ft.Peter Watts

Sun, 20 Jun 2021 13:57:25 -0300

Peter Watts, author of Rifters, Blindsight, Echopraxia, and other books Riley and Dan will not shut up about, joins us to talk about hard science fiction, marine biology, and sentience. We also try to account for our eternal question: just what *is* Canada, and how should we think about it?

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Video Nasty ft. Will Menaker

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 18:45:11 -0300

Will Menaker from Chapo Trap House joins Dan and Riley to explore the history of Canada's role as American cinema's backlot... and how it was not ever thus! In the process of discussing our history, we watched both David Cronenberg's Scanners and Eddy Matalon's Blackout!

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PREVIEW: The Littlest Big Reset ft. Paris Marx

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 09:26:50 -0300

Paris Marx from Tech Won't Save us returns to discuss the hip, exciting new set of structural reforms that are going to bring Newfoundland and Labrador kicking and screaming into the 1990s, led by none other than the Mr. Bean of privatisation - Dame Moya Greene!

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The Law is a Billy Club ft. Kai Nagata

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 13:39:23 -0300

Kai Nagata, Energy and Democracy Director at the Dogwood Initiative, joins Dan and Riley to discuss the methods by which the Canadian government systematically works to deprive indigenous people of their land for the benefit of mining, gas, and timber companies, and the hollowness of appeals to "Rule of Law" from mainstream politicians.

Don't forget we've got a Patreon - www.patreon.com/dabottlemen

PREVIEW: Ryerson Goes Down

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 12:03:11 -0300

Dan and Riley look at how Canada's Residential Schools have been represented by the different corners of our political spectrum, and why Canada, as a fake country that's actually three mining companies in a trench coat, will always have a difficult time coming to terms with this shameful chapter of our national past.

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Jubilations! ft. Séamus Malekafzali

Sat, 05 Jun 2021 12:08:37 -0300

Séamus Malekafzali joins Dan and Riley to discuss the rise and fall of the West Edmonton Mall, and the secretive family behind some of North America's dumbest adult playpens.

Check out his substack here: https://malekafzali.substack.com/

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PREVIEW: The Galician Connection Part Two - Final Girlboss (ft. Yasha Levine)

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 11:53:59 -0300

Preview of part two of Dan, Riley, and Yasha's exploration of Ukrainian Nationalism in Canada, this time looking more closely at the life and career of our fearless Deputy Prime Minister.

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The Galician Connection: Ratline Bling

Sat, 29 May 2021 12:46:57 -0300

We're joined by journalist Yasha Levine for part one of a deep dive into the roots of Ukrainian nationalism in Canada

PREVIEW: Brent and Butthead ft. Charles Austin

Tue, 25 May 2021 05:09:49 -0300

In this preview, Charles of Episode 1 and Fortune Kit joins Dan and Riley to watch the first two episodes of Corner Gas - a show none of us really watch or understand, but is a frequent reference point for us nevertheless. We tangle with how Canadian-ness is and is not reflected in our most bafflingly popular show, and come to the conclusion that we'd rather have more than less state funding for media... even if that means we're "filling up" on Corner Gas.

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Bernard's Roughnecks ft. Jordan Kinder

Sun, 23 May 2021 18:04:49 -0300

Dan and Riley spoke with Jordan Kinder, an academic studying the culture and ideology around Canada's push to brand its petrochemical industry as "ethical" and/or "lib triggering," and also that one time they sent a guy with oil all over his face to talk to Parliament about how the "real" working class loves to drill, baby drill!

We have a second monthly episode on Patreon, which is at www.patreon.com/dabottlemen - so check it out!

PREVIEW: Brûlé's Rûlés

Mon, 17 May 2021 09:51:45 -0300

Riley and Dan turn our attention on another Canadian media founder - a man who lives life in airport lounges from Helsinki to Buenos Aires, stopping over in Kyoto... It's The Hinoki Wood Hustler, Tyler Brûlé! Founder of Monocle and *formerly* of the most annoying column in the Financial Times, we look into another media empire driven by a Canadian's desire to be accepted as something greater.

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Three Mining Companies in a Trenchcoat

Sun, 16 May 2021 05:30:38 -0300

Dan and Riley look into the history of Canadian development aid, and how successive Liberal and Conservative governments use those funds to facilitate the mining industry around the world.

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PREVIEW Victims of Victims of Communism Part 3: Operation Mapleclip

Tue, 11 May 2021 12:17:52 -0300

It's the third instalment in our series looking at Tribute (ahem) to Liberty's slapstick attempt to build a monument to anticommunism. In this episode, we look specifically at some of the dedications in depth, from "ideas" like freedom and SUV's, to some *controversial figures from mid century Europe.*

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A Cronk to Cronkmember ft. Neonwario

Thu, 06 May 2021 10:23:16 -0300

Rylan (@neonwario) hangs out with Dan and Riley to talk about Canada's rich tradition of business dullards, then we crack open our recent history books and try to get a sense of how the ultimate Business Dullard Profession (landlord and/or property owner) became such a sure bet in Canada.

It involves looking back into hallowed antiquity (1993) and a series of choices by successive liberal and conservative governments that have put housing out of reach for basically anyone not in the Dad's Friends Economy. Enjoy!

Don't forget, we have a Patreon at www.patreon.com/dabottlemen

UNLOCKED: Hyperobjects in Mirror May be Closer Than They Appear ft. Jeff VanderMeer

Wed, 05 May 2021 13:06:29 -0300

Dan and Riley sit down with science fiction author Jeff VanderMeer, author of the bestselling Southern Reach trilogy, Borne, and numerous other works of weird brilliance. We discuss ecology, the power of storytelling, and what it means to have hope in a world of incomprehensible horror.

Then, we have (let's be honest, Dan has) soundtracked a reading from Jeff's new book, Hummingbird Salamander. Check it out!

When you're done, don't forget that this episode and a lot more fun ones like it could be found on www.patreon.com/dabottlemen