True Crime Pods vs. The American Justice System, WHO approves the first malaria vaccine, & Netflix doubles down on Dave Chapelle's tired bit. BARKING POINT: Extremely poorly-conceived sequels and prequels. LINKS https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/zodiac-killer-identified/ https://www.lareviewofbooks.org/article/true-crimes-deceits-the-genrefication-of-tragedy/ https://www.predatorpeestore.com/How-Do-We-Collect-The-Pee-.html LAST WEEK'S BARKING POINT: Very Inappropriate Episodes of Television ...
Oct 13, 2021•2 hr 5 min•Season 4Ep. 130
Marvel sues to keep its characters from being credited to their actual creators, iphones might finally charge like the rest of 'em, and Berlin votes on socializing housing. Also Autumn Popluck! BARKING POINT: Let's create some Very Special Episodes of sitcoms that are extremely ill-equipped to handle the topics. SPONSORS: Xurnami, WrenYena, Wolfinator, Varulf, Torsten Pihl and a goat asks Wouldst thou like to live deliciously, Tillen Shark, Takel, TailStrike, SixArmedSweater, sensual kazoo, &...
Oct 03, 2021•2 hr 22 min•Season 4Ep. 129
A WHIRLWIND OF STORIES! You can buy Oreos again, but not from Instacart, California changes its zoning laws, and Instagram for Kids: the child zoo for advertisers. BARKING POINT: Design the next right-wing tech scam! SPONSORS: Garglestone, Gabe Fox, Drifa Jónsdóttir, Dissonant Dragon, Deltanova, Chris, blimpeh, Aylor, Aode (Lion), & Ahundred THIS WEEK'S BARKING POINTERS: https://twitter.com/flodoesnyah/status/1438169537631956998?s=21 https://twitter.com/blimpeh/status/1438310950789009411?s=2...
Sep 22, 2021•1 hr 46 min•Season 4Ep. 128
Starbucks workers in Buffalo try to unionize, OSHA kind of covers workers getting vaccinated, somehow both Epic and Apple lose at the same time, and Copyright is now ruining music instead of just books, tv, and film. BARKING POINT: The next animal to join the Raccoon-Capybara Alliance to Take Back Civilization SPONSORS: scuttlefuzz, saul mondriaan, Rei Moonwuff, PhillyPu, newdarkcloud, Midori Switch Hound, Linearscrew, LF, Lance Leoghauni, Kokiteno, & knightly THIS WEEK'S BARKING POINTERS: h...
Sep 15, 2021•1 hr 54 min•Season 4Ep. 127
We're back again, and we hit the ground running with Afghanistan, Texas, Line 3, and also the release of Psychonauts 2! BARKING POINT: Create the new joyless future meal plans that will make soylent look decadent. SPONSORS: Xurnami, WrenYena, Wolfinator, wijn, Varulf, Torsten Pihl and a goat asks Wouldst thou like to live deliciously, Tillen Shark, Takel, TailStrike, SixArmed Sweater, & sensual kazoo "Bossa Antigua" "Backbay Lounge" "Apero Hour" "Crinoline Dreams" "Opportunity Walks" "Samba ...
Sep 05, 2021•2 hr 16 min•Season 4Ep. 126
Ding Dong Rumsfeld is Dead, Get Out Your Dancing Shoes! The Olympics are Still Terrible! And Racist! Britney Spears and Conservatorships BARKING POINT: Ikea takes pride to the whole store, what are the results? LINKS: https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/campaigns/loveseats-pub6f2e1660 https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-rumsfeld-killer-of-400000-people-dies-peacefully BARKING POINTERS: https://twitter.com/crownedrat/status/1406623859781083140?s=21 https://twitter.com/echowave_nyah/status/140669109051058...
Jul 04, 2021•2 hr 18 min•Season 4Ep. 125
Right to Repair, Juneteenth, and E3! Quite a variety this week, folks! BARKING POINT: What other activities do Heroes simply not do? BARKING POINTERS: https://twitter.com/newdarkcloud/status/1404584021288488960?s=21 https://twitter.com/blimpeh/status/1405578448005861380?s=21 SPONSORS: MadMonk, Midori Switch Hound, newdarkcloud, Nik!, Nuzzley-Fuzzily Torsten Pihl of The Satanic Temple, PhillyPu, Rei Moonwuff, saul mondriaan, & scuttlefuzz "Bossa Antigua" "Backbay Lounge" "Apero Hour" "Crinoli...
Jun 20, 2021•2 hr 15 min•Season 4Ep. 124
It's a two-host episode as we cover the latest in NFL racism, the closing of the Keystone XL pipeline and the continuing fight with Line 3, and a horrifying number of childrens' bodies are unearthed at one of the many schools that native children were imprisoned in, something that the US shares. BARKING POINT: Doomed E3 presentations! This Week's Barking Pointers https://twitter.com/newdarkcloud/status/1399769686297006082?s=21 https://twitter.com/echowave_nyah/status/1399777987646705670?s=21 htt...
Jun 14, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 4Ep. 123
The ongoing attempts to silence the BDS movement finally hit a roadblock with the first amendment, the politics of Belarus and Eurovision! Barking Point: Disney attempts to give hagiographic origin stories of whatever they can find some scrap of reference for, what have they created? CHECK OUT STEVE'S NEW ALBUM! SPONSORS: MadMonk, Midori Switch Hound, newdarkcloud, Nik!, Nuzzley-Fuzzily Torsten Pihl of the Satanic Temple, PhillyPu, Rei Moonwuff, saul mondriaan, scuttlefuzz, sensual kazoo, SixArm...
Jun 01, 2021•2 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 122
A MEGASODE! Israel continues its long-standing pattern of aggression against Palestinians with US support, College athletes can not get sponsor deals but with huge strings attached, and Epic Games vs Apple drags in Itch.io, then we have a large helping of some POPLUCK! Barking Point: Create an UNSPEAKABLE* GAME (*no bigotry, we're looking for satire here) This Week's Barking Pointers: https://twitter.com/echowave_nyah/status/1388931726387335170?s=21 https://twitter.com/_rewhan/status/13892745127...
May 16, 2021•2 hr 40 min•Season 4Ep. 121
Derek Chauvin verdict and the readiness of liberals to call it justice, DC Statehood gets tanked by Joe Manchin, Unmasking is a necessary labor, Olympics gonna Olympics, Pokémon Card Crisis Core, & How Does This Keep Happening to Conservatives - Matt Gaetz and Josh Duggar vs human decency and law. BARKING POINT: Imagine someone trapped on a reality show. BARKING POINTERS: https://twitter.com/newdarkcloud/status/1383856161603026952?s=21 https://twitter.com/echowave_nyah/status/138395274513727...
May 02, 2021•2 hr•Season 4Ep. 120
This just in: all cops, still bad! At least New Mexico is ending their qualified immunity, though. Discord has a case of "OH MY GOD YOU CAN SEE HER ANKLES IN THAT SKIRT!" and decides to Tumblr its way to a buyout. BARKING POINT: What company will follow in Capcom's footsteps and cynically 'embrace' its audience's projections upon it? (Reference Material: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1i-XRlsg2Q ) ARTICLE MENTIONED: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/04/the-george-floyd-act-wou...
Apr 18, 2021•2 hr 22 min•Season 4Ep. 119
Axel can't remember which state has what's happening where, but there's Amazon garbage, anti-trans bullshit, and voting rights violations going on and we're going to tell you about it! BARKING POINT: Tell us your TOTALLY AND TRULY VERY SUPER-REAL anti-drug stories. LINKS: https://web.archive.org/web/20140124201848/https://www.pfaw.org/sites/default/files/ALECminoritygroup.pdf https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789462988248/trans-and-genderqueer-subjects-in-medieval-hagiography https://www.washingtonpos...
Apr 04, 2021•1 hr 50 min•Season 4Ep. 118
We cover the racist killings in Atlanta and the history of anti-Asian and Pacific Islander activity in the USA long before this, a suspicious land development plan in Savannah, GA, and Diamond Comics Distributors is finally dead! BARKING POINT: Create Your Own Extremely Online, Extremely Sad Family Moments Inspiration: https://twitter.com/JennyENicholson/status/1373202086939095042?s=20 LINKS https://twitter.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/1372255237763788803 https://twitter.com/weischoice/status/13722071...
Mar 28, 2021•1 hr 56 min•Season 4Ep. 117
JUST SAY ' N o F ucking T hanks' TO NFTs, IT'S A POP-CULTURE POTLUCK! BARKING POINT: What is your favorite 'comfort food' media? LINKS REFERENCED: https://emergencemagazine.org/story/the-channel-coyotes/ http://twitpic.com/3aqqa0 https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1370189135747555331 https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-starbase-city-spacex-texas-launch-site-2021-3 (Axel is also including this interview with Yabai Kamen because he happens to like his design very, very much) https://tokusatsun...
Mar 14, 2021•2 hr 22 min•Season 4Ep. 116
Deb Haaland's confirmation battle, lateral violence, Six Days in Fallujah's empty spectacle, and ResetEra snuffs out the next Harry Potter game. BARKING POINT: Create your own fun historical conspiracy theory. THIS WEEK'S BARKING POINTER: https://twitter.com/sixarmedsweater/status/1363935969460834306?s=21 https://twitter.com/sixarmedsweater/status/1365003081071624195?s=21 LINKS! https://www.polygon.com/2021/2/15/22279600/six-days-in-fallujah-interview-iraq-war-politics https://podtail.com/pt-BR/...
Mar 06, 2021•1 hr 55 min•Season 4Ep. 115
Texas learns an unpleasant lesson about deregulating and privatizing its energy market, everything about the Euphoria app is the worst thing about it, and can we just not with Cruella? BARKING POINT: Upcoming Scandals of President Biden's Dog This Week's Barking Pointers: https://twitter.com/blimpeh/status/1361426880834936834?s=21 https://twitter.com/takelgryph/status/1361444115611803654?s=21 LINK REFERENCED: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/18/texans-grid-outage-deregulation/ SPO...
Feb 23, 2021•1 hr 48 min•Season 4Ep. 114
WE CAN'T HELP OURSELVES WITH THESE MEGASODES! Internet consolidation, GameStop Stocks and Blockchain currencies are not praxis, and uuuuugh Joss Whedon. BARKING POINT: Pitch some projects from the new Gina Carano-Daily Wire short-lived tantrum project. This Week's Barking Pointers https://twitter.com/blimpeh/status/1359242225050292225?s=21 https://twitter.com/crownedrat/status/1358383239275110400?s=21 SPONSORS: Kokiteno, Lance Leoghauni, LF, Linearscrew, MadMonk, Midori Switch Hound, newdarkclou...
Feb 15, 2021•2 hr 31 min•Season 4Ep. 113
WE'RE BACK WITH A MEGASODE! We talk Sophie, COVID vaccines and how they work, Jan 6th, the starting of the Biden administration, a furry update, and new developments at Neom. BARKING POINT: Imagine that The Dark Carnival has been sold to Cirque du Soliel, what are the acts? Article about THE LINE: https://malekafzali.substack.com/p/neom-the-line-to-oblivion This Week's Barking Pointers: https://twitter.com/crownedrat/status/1338570780645404672?s=21 https://twitter.com/sixarmedsweater/status/1338...
Feb 07, 2021•2 hr 24 min•Season 4Ep. 112
Antitrust charges are finally being levied against Facebook, and a long GAMES UPDATE. Barking Point: Pitch an episode of a CW-ified reboot of a franchise. This week's Barking Pointers: https://twitter.com/takelgryph/status/1332744983456133120?s=21 https://twitter.com/sixarmedsweater/status/1333521673220481024?s=21 SPONSORS: Adept Omega, Ahundred, Aode (lion), ArcFoxAJ, Aylor, Deltanova, Dissonant Dragon, Drifo Jónsdóttir, FenrixWulf, Flufftastic Torsten Pihl of the Satanic Temple, Gabe Fox, Garg...
Dec 13, 2020•2 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 111
A tangent-heavy episode covers worldwide protests against state corruption, a movement to make amazon pay some damn taxes, and another for Disney to pay authors royalties, also Ready Player Two is as bad as you expect. BARKING POINT: Which public figure is going to pick a fight with a random twitter account, and how will that play out? SPONSORS: SixArmedSweater, Spooky Biscuits, TailStrike, Takel, Tillen Shark, Varulf, wijn, Wolfinator, Wrenby, WrenYena, & Xurnami "Bossa Antigua" "Backbay Lo...
Nov 28, 2020•1 hr 53 min•Season 3Ep. 110
Oh yeah an election happened. Ugh. There's some good news in there, though, and we're determined to find it. BARKING POINT: Year-Round Uses for Holiday Decorations! LINKS https://twitter.com/LTTNcast/status/1319008202206310400 https://twitter.com/yesindiedpod/status/1324055453198884864 http://indigenousfutures.illuminatives.org/wp-content/uploads/Indigenous_Futures_Survey_Report.pdf SPONSORS: Lance Leoghauni, LF, MadMonk, Midori Switch Hound, newdarkcloud, Nik!, PhillyPu, Rei Moonwuff, saul mond...
Nov 18, 2020•1 hr 59 min•Season 3Ep. 109
SPECIAL GUEST INTERVIEW! Chris Stedman makes his Barking Points triumphant return with a new book in tow, IRL: Finding Realness, Meaning, and Belonging in Our Digital Lives. BARKING POINTS and BITS are being postponed until the next episode, so you are free from our clutches for now. "Bossa Antigua" "Backbay Lounge" "Apero Hour" "Crinoline Dreams" "Opportunity Walks" "Samba Isobel" "Shades of Spring" "Dispersion Relation" "Bass Vibes" "Overcast" "Your Call" "In Your Arms" "Bummin on Tremelo" "Ac...
Nov 07, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 3Ep. 108
It's a lighter episode with good news and some hearty entrees at the pop culture potluck. Rhode Island is having a wave of insurgent leftist campaigns successfully primarying out conservatives, former Lab Zero workers are attempting to form a co-op, and a cloning can be used for the forces of good after all. BARKING POINT: Hell Drinks 2020 THIS WEEK'S BARKING POINTERS: https://awoo.space/@CrownedRat/104813220396437677 https://snouts.online/@newdarkcloud/104815710996163967 https://snouts.online/@...
Sep 23, 2020•2 hr 16 min•Season 3Ep. 107
IT'S BARK TO SCHOOL TIME BUT NOT REALLY BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GAMING INSTEAD! Also Amazon literally tries to hire union busters as a job description and Jessica Krug is the worst great pretender. BARKING POINT: Describe your gritty reboot of whatever garbage you can remember from your childhood. THIS WEEK'S BARKING POINTERS: ttps://awoo.space/@CrownedRat/104721379706686536 https://jubi.life/@CorvusAtrox/104722984461009770 https://snouts.online/@takelgryph/104725570405449904 SPONSORS: Adept...
Sep 05, 2020•1 hr 39 min•Season 3Ep. 106
OH NO THERE'S ELECTION STUFF TO TALK ABOUT, but don't worry, we also talk about birds, animatronic gorillas, mothman with an ass that doesn't quit, and the USPS. BARKING POINT: Design your very own theme restaurant of the damned. This episode's Barking Pointers: https://twitter.com/corvusatrox/status/1292109318196793348?s=21 https://twitter.com/sixarmedsweater/status/1292914877133185024?s=21 https://snouts.online/@takelgryph/104656884344868235 https://meow.social/@Mycroft/104667656882703198 http...
Aug 19, 2020•2 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 105
August starts off with a macro-sized episode covering a wide array of topics including Bon Appetit bleeding talent, Bubk the Blub, Disney charging 30bux for freakin' MULAN, and the Army getting embarrassed yet again. Barking Point: You find yourself with a monkey's paw and the ability to bring back one cartoon you love, but doing so means one unlovable cartoon that should never be brought back is also along for the ride. Which cartoons are coming back? ""Bummin on Tremelo" "Lobby Time" "George S...
Aug 08, 2020•1 hr 53 min•Season 3Ep. 104
We end July with a sandwich of pain! You can't escape moral responsibility, but the Sierra Club actually starts to grapple with its racist past, but then Ubisoft and AAA games are filled with abuse and cheap nihilism, though Twitch does score a victory against the US Military. Barking Point: Design the next deranged exercise equipment with a techno makeover! LINKS REFERENCED: https://kotaku.com/ubisoft-employees-have-grave-concerns-over-toronto-stud-1844277486 https://t.co/qVev8JMeMy THIS WEEK'S...
Aug 02, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Season 3Ep. 103
JOINED BY SPECIAL GUEST REED THE SOCIALIST FROG! Somehow the supreme court decided to rule correctly for once, Cancel Culture is dumb and made up and so is Bari Weiss, and Andrew Cuomo has crafted a poster. BARKING POINT: What niche hashtag will the Twitter Anger Bots accidentally bring into normie discourse? CURSED VIDEO LINKS REFERENCED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0d3tZ27v6s https://t.co/f68JCM7vvt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngf6hMWSmFA SPONSORS: knightly, Kokiteno, Lance Leoghauni,...
Jul 17, 2020•1 hr 39 min•Season 3Ep. 102
HOLY CRAP WE'RE BACK AND THE ICONOCALYPSE HAS STARTED! We cover a variety of topics all under the auspices of the public taking down things once believed to be untouchable and eternal. https://bhlegalfund.org/ BARKING POINT: Imagine your very own Absurd Moral Panic about a harmless, extremely specific kink. This week's Barking Pointers: https://awoo.space/@CrownedRat/104222976637361386 https://snouts.online/@takelgryph/104234023588456798 https://snouts.online/@MadokaMeowgica/104284952050890592 h...
Jul 07, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Season 3Ep. 101
