Adam and Brett welcome returning guest Michael Swaim and first-time guest Marina Reimann to discuss the FDA’s shady war on Kratom! What is Kratom? Powder from a Southeast Asian tree in the coffee family is typically smoked, brewed in tea, or consumed in capsules. Much like khat and coca, it was historically consumed by […]
Here comes the news we’ve all known we’d hear one day: horrifying things are being done with your data. This week, Adam and Brett talk to comedian Kevin Anderson and chill art dude Randall Maynard about all the terrifying ways your data is being used against you. Horrifying Thing #1: Police Threat Scores This […]
Have you listened to the latest episode of Unpopular Opinion yet? It’s the one where Brett Rader and I talk to Charles Disney and Isaac Simpson (from the Not A Huge Fan podcast) about some of the most politically charged moments in Olympic history. If, somehow, you managed to miss it, you can give it […]
Today’s episode of Unpopular Opinion features Keith Carey of the Mean Boys podcast, and he and Adam are talking about riots. Specifically, some of the stupider things white people have rioted over in recent years. Historically, whenever there’s a riot or violent protest over something that should legitimately be rioted over, like police violence […]
Adam and Brett welcome Alex Schmidt (Cracked Podcast) and John Fahy (Profiles In Eccentricity podcast) to talk about the Hawaii nuclear warning scare and few other famous false alarms from history. Hawaii Nuclear Warning Scare So this one time–two weeks ago–Hawaii spent 38 minutes expecting an incoming ballistic missile. This was chalked up […]
Gentrification. Hoo boy. We are and have been seeing it all around the country, and it’s especially bad in California where Unpops has its home, and it’s pretty bad on most of the west coast overall–we even did a whole episode about Samantha’s home base, Portland, Oregon a while ago. So we’ve talked about […]
Black Mirror is back! And we talk about it! But in a mostly spoiler free way! Your guests are Travis Clark and Vanessa Gritton. Also Brett is back from Australia! Wooooo yay Brett! There are no sources this week because we’re just talking about Black Mirror. But you can watch it on Netflix! […]
So 2017 was a bummer, which is a bummer because 2016 was also a bummer. But hey! Maybe 2018 will be better! If nothing else, we do have some good things to look forward to. Adam welcomes Danger Van Gorder and Dave Waite to discuss! Things like… The Winter Olympics Despite the fact that […]
Hey! Remember when Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico? That was more than 100 days ago, and Puerto Rico still needs help. Allow us to remind you of that on this episode, featuring Dan O’Brien, Randall Maynard and Danger Van Gorder. A little of the lesser-known background: what hit Puerto Rico–the Category 5 Hurricane Maria–is […]
On this week’s episode of Unpopular Opinion, Adam, with guests Tom Reimann, Maria Shehata and Brett Rader, takes a deep dive into the inner workings of Britain First, the extreme right hate group Trump retweeted recently. Late last month, Trump retweeted a series of videos posted by Jayda Fransen, the deputy leader of Britain First, […]