Episode 145 · The GaS Digital / Ray Kump Era

King of the Restaurant with Ray Kump

with Ray Kump

Apr 28, 2019 · 1:16:47 · 23 segments, 176 moments indexed

Tonight's Schedule23 segments · 176 moments
  1. 0:001 min

    Cold Open / Music Intro

    #Station Break

    Show opening music and title announcement.

    2moments
    • 0:00Tim Dillon Is Going To Hell opening theme
    • 0:45Tim returns from Coachella and prepares to introduce a guest
  2. 0:454 min

    Ray Kump's Phone Gets Stolen by a Hype Beast in an Uber Pool

    #Guest

    Tim welcomes returning guest Ray Kump, who explains how he lost his phone to a sneaker-obsessed thief in an Uber Pool while playing Cuphead, leading to a saga of PayPal fraud, gift card purchases, and a fight with customer service.

    9moments
    • 1:10Ray lost his phone in an Uber Pool while playing Cuphead on his Nintendo Switch.
    • 1:42Tim asks why Ray is shooting people as a cup, leading to an explanation of the old-school cartoon-style game.
    • 2:08Uber's support told Ray to text a code to his phone—the phone he no longer has—creating a circular problem.
    • 2:26The person who stole Ray's phone started making fraudulent PayPal charges and buying gift cards.
    • 2:41Ray had an old iPhone 5 charging in the background, which he keeps around and doesn't throw away.
    • 3:14Ray went to the bank and closed his debit card after Samsung Pay got activated on the stolen phone.
    • 3:35The thief was a young white kid with a box of sneakers—a hype beast, as Tim clarifies the term.
    • 3:57Tim sums it up: Ray got his cell phone lifted by a hype beast in an Uber Pool, a classic smash and grab.
    • 4:17Ray kept discovering fraudulent gift card transactions while waiting for his replacement phone to charge.

    UberPayPalNintendo SwitchiPhone 5Cuphead

  3. 4:283 min

    Hot Dogs, Stress Eating, and Tourists Wanting to See a Meltdown

    #

    Tim riffs on eating giant street hot dogs to cope with stress and theorizes that tourists secretly want to witness a local New Yorker having a public breakdown, comparing it to visiting a prostitute for a taste of danger.

    9moments
    • 4:30Tim ate hot dogs on the street while screaming at his computer as a stress-relief method.
    • 4:55A family visiting New York prayed when they saw him having a meltdown.
    • 5:18Tourists come to New York hoping to witness someone like Tim or the caller have a breakdown in public.
    • 5:34Watching someone on the brink is comparable to seeking danger, like visiting a prostitute.
    • 5:59Tim describes the appeal: a large red man smoking or eating street meat while losing his mind over being wronged.
    • 6:09Someone stole Tim's phone in an Uber Pool and used PayPal to buy gift cards and donate to Democratic candidates.
    • 6:46PayPal refused to dispute the obvious gift card charges, telling him they were legitimate.
    • 7:08The caller speculates PayPal activated his webcam, saw he was a mark, and decided to let the thief keep the money.
    • 7:25Tim's companion was with him recently when something weird almost happened to him too.
  4. 7:283 min

    The Phone Heist at Junior's Restaurant

    #Guest

    Ray tells the story of giving his phone to a busboy at Junior's in Brooklyn to charge, only for the staff to feign ignorance about its whereabouts, with Tim recounting his own "king of the restaurant" antics during the ordeal.

    8moments
    • 7:29Tim recounts going to Junior's in Brooklyn and ordering a massive hot dog that was double the size of the bun.
    • 7:53Tim asks a busboy to charge his phone, hands it over, and the guy disappears for half an hour.
    • 8:21Tim admits he's earned the role of being king of the restaurant and brings a lot of chaos by grabbing waitresses and interrogating them about menu items.
    • 8:39He gets a condiment from everyone on the floor and wakes people up with demands for gravy and mayonnaise.
    • 9:09Tim expresses frustration with people who need self-help books and life advice books to function as human beings.
    • 9:32Jordan Peterson seems obsessed with hierarchies and people falling to the wayside, yet coddles 24-year-old men about brushing their teeth.
    • 9:55Tim concedes that what Peterson is trying to do might be laudable, but he's tired of people needing constant motivation from figures like Gary Vee.
    • 10:06The conversation trails off into discussion of self-help gurus and their audiences.

    Jordan PetersonJunior's

  5. 10:082 min

    Jordan Peterson and the Self-Help Grift

    #

    Tim and Ray discuss Jordan Peterson and self-help gurus like Gary Vaynerchuk, arguing that people now need books to tell them basic life skills, and that society lost the ability to be honestly inspired by people who took real risks.

    6moments
    • 10:18Self-help gurus like Peterson and Vanier are mostly nonsense when you read them on a page.
    • 10:30People used to be inspired by figures who took real risks and lived wild lives, not by guys telling them to eat steak.
    • 10:46The core problem is the lack of honesty in society.
    • 10:56Tim argues someone should tell people early: if you take the unconventional route, you won't get the fulfilled life or Disney experience you imagine.
    • 11:22The strange thing is people in harsh conditions like coal mines were actually happy with their lives.
    • 11:36Tim's position: people don't need meaning—they need fucking things to do.

    Jordan PetersonT.E. Lawrence

  6. 11:474 min

    The Phone Standoff Resolves: Accusations at Junior's

    #Guest

    The Junior's story concludes with security accusing Ray of lying about his phone's color, tying into a riff about how everyone is a scammer at some level and how European tourists get victimized without recourse.

    10moments
    • 11:55Tim argues that most people are better off staying at surface level rather than seeking deeper meaning.
    • 12:10Phone theft at the restaurant — everyone suddenly acts dumb and starts looking at the floor when the security guy asks about it.
    • 12:39Tim escalates from thinking the managers overreacted to realizing this is clearly a recurring problem at the establishment.
    • 12:58Low-wage restaurant workers lack the vetting you'd get from applicants with impressive resumes, creating opportunities for theft and drug dealing.
    • 13:22Stealing phones from tourists visiting from Sweden is a potential side hustle — they'll just buy another phone rather than fight it.
    • 13:41Tim insists he's not a victim to be stolen from in his own city after ordering properly and spending money like a legitimate customer.
    • 14:12He's experienced enough with scams to recognize when something feels off, even if he's been the victim of one before.
    • 14:34The suspicious worker was missing from the floor for twenty to thirty minutes, then casually claimed the phone was plugged in near the booth.
    • 15:09Security guard tests Tim by asking what color his phone is, then accuses him of trying to steal a white iPhone instead.
    • 15:38This is what Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez doesn't understand about Americans — the entire country runs on scams and theft across all economic levels.

    scamsAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez

  7. 16:114 min

    Congestion Pricing, Failing Subways, and the War Economy

    #

    Tim argues that environmental policies like congestion and carbon taxes impoverish working people while failing infrastructure crumbles, then pivots into a rant about how U.S. tax revenue mainly fuels a permanent war economy and defense industry rather than social good.

    10moments
    • 16:20Raising subway fares while the system is crippled every day makes no sense
    • 16:42Service jobs don't pay like GM used to—why impoverish everybody to save the environment?
    • 17:12People gloat about their own tax deductions while saying billionaires should pay more
    • 17:31Taxing individuals at 70% on $10 million while corporations pay nothing offshore is backwards
    • 17:55Shell companies and structured finance route corporate profits offshore to avoid taxes and shield ownership in real estate
    • 18:27Tax money goes to a defense department that plunders resources and kills civilians, not to people who need it
    • 18:59The entire American economy is based on war
    • 19:30America's only real advantage left is having the most insanely huge military the world has ever seen
    • 20:08All America makes now is drones and machinery of death
    • 20:24Defense industry people constantly create new threats to justify increased spending

    New York TimesYemenBill Burr

  8. 20:363 min

    AOC, Marxists in Her Office, and the Green New Deal

    #

    Tim and Ray discuss AOC's shift from moderate-sounding interviews to the Green New Deal, blaming hardcore Marxist staffers, and contrast Nordic countries' actual free-market-plus-safety-net model with the American right's oligarchic libertarianism.

    9moments
    • 20:39Tim initially supported AOC but people criticized him for it.
    • 20:51AOC presented herself as reasonable and moderate in early interviews, claiming they weren't crazy socialists.
    • 21:10Once in office, the Green New Deal revealed itself as Marxist in nature, with proposals like people choosing not to work.
    • 21:33AOC is surrounded by hardcore Marxists who believe the profit motive is evil and markets have no place.
    • 21:54Progressives cite Nordic countries as models, but those countries aren't Marxist—they're free market economies with social safety nets.
    • 22:18Tim argues the right wing response is driven by pro-oligarch plutocracy and radical libertarian ideology.
    • 22:43In LA, wealthy people live behind gates while homeless tent cities exist five minutes away, showing the collapse of shared infrastructure.
    • 23:01Tim jokes about a private company texting you a code if your wife gets stabbed in the throat.
    • 23:16This system—both Marxist overreach and plutocratic collapse—is bullshit, leaving no real alternative.

    Jake TapperKoch brothers

  9. 23:205 min

    Automation, Andrew Yang, and the 2020 Democratic Field

    #

    The conversation covers automation and AI being ignored in politics, mocks a lack of substantive 2020 election issues, and runs through primary candidates (Yang, Buttigieg, Warren, Kamala, Biden's touchiness) before speculating on a Hillary comeback and immigrant cage-celebration dark humor.

    10moments
    • 23:31Eliminating ride-share would pack people into already-terrible public transit like the L train.
    • 24:04Cities hate the poor and the working lower class; they want them to leave.
    • 24:24In hyper-capitalist cities, money flows from international sources, not local workers who can be replaced by automation.
    • 25:09Restaurants and diners will be fully automated in five years, replacing human workers entirely.
    • 25:24Andrew Yang talks about guaranteed income while truckers need immediate help, but automation isn't discussed by any candidates.
    • 25:46Nobody in politics talks intelligently about automation, AI, militarism, or climate change.
    • 26:03The 2016 election focused on scandals like pussy-grabbing and emails instead of substantive issues.
    • 26:24Politicians do controversial shit to avoid discussing the real problems.
    • 26:59Tim wants Democratic candidates to destroy each other in the primaries so Hillary Clinton can return and win.
    • 27:18Clinton is a gangster while the other candidates are punks; Trump's populist revolution and wall were all bluster.

    Donald TrumpAndrew YangHillary Clintonautomation

  10. 28:273 min

    BetterHelp Ad

    #SponsorBetterHelp

    Tim reads a BetterHelp ad describing the online therapy service, joking about self-pity, social media captions, and provides the promo code and discount details.

    4moments
    • 29:13Tim notes that BetterHelp therapists theoretically could livestream your session, but they're professionals so they won't go on Instagram live mocking your problems.
    • 29:48Many people don't have time to see a therapist because they spend all day wallowing in self-pity and crafting social media captions to hide that they're living in their own hell.
    • 30:35Reasons to go to BetterHelp: wanting to kill your mother, inability to experience intimacy from childhood trauma, excessive envy, self-harm or harming others.
    • 31:11You don't need to leave your house to use BetterHelp—that's where the problems start.

    BetterHelp

  11. 31:284 min

    Handicapping the 2020 Democratic Primary Further

    #

    Continued discussion of Biden's creepy touchiness, Bernie Sanders' shot at the nomination, Howard Dean's infamous scream, and the idea that only a genuinely violent disruption could meaningfully change the entrenched political system.

    9moments
    • 31:29Tim ranks the Democratic primary field: Hillary remains the best option, Biden seems comfortable but creepy, Bernie has a shot, and most others are non-starters.
    • 31:58Warren is a clown, now going straight for impeachment instead of building a viable campaign.
    • 32:12No one in Democratic circles has the clout to tell Hillary her time is over—not Terry McAuliffe, not John Podesta, maybe not even Obama.
    • 33:09Biden's excessive touching and hugging, while seemingly warm, reads as creepy enough to sink his candidacy with voters.
    • 33:52Society has moved away from physical touching; the Me Too era shifted norms even though that movement seems to be fading.
    • 34:18Tim could support Sanders because he'd be a genuine shock to the system, though realistically he'd only achieve things like free community college.
    • 34:45Howard Dean might have been able to harness real change, but one scream at a rally—after he'd already suffered a major primary loss—ended his viability.
    • 35:15Nothing short of something violent will actually change the system; it's either going to collapse under its own weight or persist indefinitely.
    • 35:33Tim supports getting money out of politics and socialized medicine in theory, but insists people need to be honest about what's actually happening.

    Joe BidenBernie SandersElizabeth WarrenHillary ClintonPete ButtigiegAndrew YangHoward DeanKamala Harris+2 more

  12. 35:434 min

    Sweden, Neoliberalism, and Hayek's Road to Serfdom

    #

    Ray and Tim dig into how Sweden's economy is actually free-market with a strong safety net, discuss Hayek's warnings about socialism sliding into fascism, and note how far-right and far-left extremes both reject Western liberal capitalism.

    8moments
    • 35:51Tim notes the UK doesn't have the same level of money in politics as America but faces many of the same problems.
    • 36:10Swedish economists admit they heavily taxed both the rich and poor—and it worked because they smartly exploited Western capital markets through their pension funds.
    • 36:54Hardcore leftists and Marxists fall into two groups: the wealthy and guilt-ridden, or those who've lost faith in a corrupt capitalist-government hybrid system.
    • 38:06Tim explains Hayek's argument that far-right Nazis and far-left Marxists both hate Western liberalism, while alt-right figures aren't fans of free markets either.
    • 38:27Students observed switching between Marxism and Trump support but never moving toward free-market positions.
    • 38:45The problem with neoliberalism is how easily it's gamed by people who thrive in exploiting that system.
    • 39:17Rereading Hayek's Road to Serfdom reveals his premise: even well-meaning socialist systems inevitably descend into fascism.
    • 39:31Hayek himself argued that regulation increasing competition is not only permissible but optimal in a capitalist state, as long as you don't manipulate the price mechanism.

    Friedrich HayekRoad to SerfdomSwedenAdam Smith

  13. 40:012 min

    Our Love Is Disgusting: Ray's New Podcast with Lucy Steiner

    #Guest

    Ray plugs his new podcast with girlfriend Lucy Steiner, discussing its explicit content including her rape fantasy material, her father's abuse, pegging, and piss-fetish jokes, framed as comedy first.

    7moments
    • 40:02Tim and Lucy's new podcast "Our Love Is Disgusting" centers on capitalism and their sexual dynamic.
    • 40:28Lucy is open about having weird sexual fantasies and fetishes she discusses on the show.
    • 40:50Lucy disclosed on stage that her father raped her, something she and Tim occasionally reference.
    • 41:20Tim praises Lucy's willingness to make light of darkness in her comedy despite trauma.
    • 41:41The podcast explores whether Lucy will agree to peg Tim and establish a schedule for it.
    • 41:56Tim suggests they're agent provocateurs trying to get banned from Twitter so Alex Jones can return.
    • 42:10Comedy is the priority on the show; sexual content like child abuse and fetishes comes after the humor.
  14. 42:204 min

    What Happened to Comedy? Open Mics vs. the Tonight Show

    #

    Tim laments that he can no longer distinguish open mic material from Tonight Show or HBO special material, arguing modern comedy has become safe "Mad Libs" style joke construction rather than risk-taking.

    8moments
    • 42:35Tim watched a Tonight Show set and couldn't tell the difference between open mic material and late-night TV comedy.
    • 43:25The idea that the city is full of overlooked amazing comedy worth discovering probably isn't true.
    • 43:41Comedy has become safer over the years, and comedians aren't taking risks or making audiences uncomfortable anymore.
    • 44:00Modern comedians are doing mad libs, building little castles of words and puzzles instead of actual comedy.
    • 44:29Younger people describe comics they like as 'chill,' revealing this generation doesn't enjoy conflict at all.
    • 45:05Nobody wants to be in awe of performers anymore, unlike the reverence audiences had for Carlin, Rolling Stones, or Tina Turner.
    • 45:29There hasn't been consensus popular rock music in 10 to 15 years, with acts like White Reaper or Black Keys being the last examples.
    • 46:00Everyone wants to discover new music themselves in a bar; that personal discovery has become what matters more than the quality of the art.

    George CarlinTina TurnerThe Rolling StonesThe Tonight ShowThe Black KeysHBO

  15. 46:093 min

    Bhad Bhabie, Dr. Phil, and the Death of Rock Stars

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    Tim and Ray discuss the decline of arena rock and awe-inspiring musical acts, then celebrate Bhad Bhabie (the "Cash Me Outside" girl) as an authentic trashy product of reality TV discovery replacing manufactured game-show talent.

    8moments
    • 46:13No one wants a huge arena act anymore — even classic rock bands like the Foo Fighters were just fine, not transcendent.
    • 46:43Bhad Bhabie went on Dr. Phil, told him to catch her outside, and now she's making music.
    • 47:05Tim notes most classic rock bands had fathers who were CIA agents.
    • 47:17People are surprised Bhad Bhabie is good, but she works because she's an animal — authentically a garbage person.
    • 48:04Gangster rap had Biggie and Tupac reflecting the lower class, but society wanted something rawer — the real maniacs.
    • 48:32Crazy white people who squandered their privilege and threw it in the garbage hit different.
    • 48:49The system for introducing new talent became game shows like American Idol, creating a void.
    • 49:05Bhad Bhabie going on Dr. Phil and threatening her mother is exactly what she should be doing for her music genre.

    BiggieDr. PhilTupacAmerican IdolDave McGowanNirvanaFoo FightersBruce

  16. 49:234 min

    The Kardashians as America's True Representatives

    #

    Tim delivers an extended defense of the Kardashians as a family that built an unprecedented media empire, comparing their rise to the O.J. Simpson trial's role in creating 24-hour cable news and arguing Kim could win the presidency.

    10moments
    • 49:24Tim critiques people taking cheap shots at the president for trash behavior, asking how trashy the president herself becomes by example.
    • 49:36A game show host becoming president is bad, but the real problem is what that signals about the country.
    • 50:06Unlike the Roman Empire, America's collapse will be fully documented and remembered for a thousand years.
    • 50:23Tim admits he can't hate the Kardashians because they've played their game so well.
    • 50:37The Kardashians created an entire infrastructure and family brand, possibly the most successful at managing public image outside of the Bushes.
    • 51:29Despite not watching their show regularly, Tim finds himself fascinated by what makes it compelling to watch.
    • 51:55Rich, beautiful women with ass implants making progressive videos and championing causes like Caitlyn Jenner's transition creates an interesting cultural overlap.
    • 52:25The Kardashians' empire traces back to the OJ Simpson trial, the best part of Tim's childhood and what drove 24-hour cable news.
    • 53:07The Kardashians totally displaced the Hiltons, even though they started as Paris Hilton's assistant and stylist.
    • 53:33It's unclear if the Kardashians are richer than the actual Hilton family, but combined wealth probably puts them ahead.

    KardashiansO.J. Simpson trialHiltonsKylie JennerComedy CentralParis HiltonCaitlyn Jenner

  17. 53:511 min

    Playing the Just Say No-J Comedy Central Clip

    #Station Break

    Tim sets up and plays an old Comedy Central promo sketch he appeared in about the O.J. Simpson trial from 1995.

  18. 53:545 min

    Comedy Central Nostalgia and More Kardashian Analysis

    #Guest

    After watching the old clip together, they praise Comedy Central's classic shows (South Park, Nathan For You, Reno 911), then return to dissecting Kris Jenner's management of the family, Rob Kardashian's exclusion, and Kanye's marriage into the clan.

    10moments
    • 54:35Comedy Central in the 90s was making great stuff—South Park, Nathan for You, Reno 911—but sometimes you should walk away from the table after a good meal instead of ordering dessert.
    • 55:41Kris Jenner has managed to corral her kids and overlap with the NBA, which is a remarkable feat for the Kardashian family.
    • 55:59Rob is the only Kardashian who doesn't fit the program, so he's out—he got fat and sells socks.
    • 56:41The Kardashians still have shows running and business ventures; the kids have fashion lines and billionaire status.
    • 57:03It used to be gross when ads were too integrated, but Tim was never the test balloon advertisers worried about.
    • 57:44The Kardashian family represents America better than anyone ever elected.
    • 57:58Tim would vote for Kim Kardashian for president because he thinks she's smarter than a lot of people.
    • 58:29Kim works her ass off—she's a hard worker, something people know who actually know her.
    • 58:39Nobody could have predicted this show would end with a hardcore defense of the Kardashians.
    • 58:52People who've accomplished very little love to talk about how smart someone is or how hard they didn't work.

    Kardashian familyKim KardashianRob KardashianComedy CentralKris JennerKanye WestSouth ParkRyan Seacrest+1 more

  19. 59:093 min

    Wix.com Ad

    #SponsorWix.com

    Tim reads a Wix.com ad mocking his loser friends for not having professional websites, describing the drag-and-drop builder and Wix ADI tool, and giving the promo link and discount code.

    5moments
    • 59:33Tim argues that most people sabotage themselves by lacking a website, which makes them seem unprofessional even if they're trying to make it in entertainment or other fields.
    • 1:00:09A website is necessary across all industries—sales, graphic design, anything—not just entertainment, to consolidate your work and present yourself professionally online.
    • 1:00:35Tim admits he's incompetent with technology but can still use Wix's drag-and-drop builder, and the AI design tool can create a website even if you describe yourself as a total failure.
    • 1:01:12His own website demonstrates how Wix lets you dress yourself up visually, and the cost is low enough that poverty isn't an excuse not to build one.
    • 1:01:39Faking it until you make it requires fooling other people, not just yourself—life is an emotional Ponzi scheme and you need to seem professional and capable when you're the opposite.

    Wix

  20. 1:02:262 min

    Sideline Critics vs. People Who Actually Create

    #

    Tim criticizes people who spend all day tweeting criticism of comedians instead of making their own work, contrasting them with YouTube comics grinding out original videos despite lacking recognition.

    4moments
    • 1:02:55People have gotten comfortable on the sidelines, critiquing rather than creating.
    • 1:03:27Critics are afraid of getting the opportunity and failing, not rejection itself.
    • 1:03:47Stand-up comedy over the last six months has started to blend together, with performers lacking perspective or personality.
    • 1:04:16The art form itself has become milquetoast.
  21. 1:04:205 min

    The Death of Counterculture and Comparing Obama to Trump's Wars

    #

    Tim argues there's no real counterculture left in comedy, and pivots into a broader argument that Obama's drone strikes and multiple wars were comparable in harm to Trump, exposing America's core identity as an entertainment-obsessed empire indifferent to global suffering.

    13moments
    • 1:04:22Bill Hicks and Colin Quinn challenged the military-industrial complex, but today's counterculture comedians are just safe and don't actually oppose anything.
    • 1:04:52There is no more counterculture anymore.
    • 1:05:39Even when we thought things were better 20 years ago, we were still acting like a literal empire starting wars.
    • 1:05:51Obama drone-struck Pakistani weddings killing kids and no one cared, while Bush's wars killed 150,000 to a million people.
    • 1:06:17Trump is terrible, but is he worse than Bush? No.
    • 1:06:27America's only business left is entertainment, so people care about how they appear rather than what's actually happening underground.
    • 1:07:00People felt good voting for Obama thinking they were moving the country forward, but he conducted five wars including Yemen, Syria, Libya, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
    • 1:07:22Obama campaigned on encouraging whistleblowing but had the worst record on it, and journalists were intimidated.
    • 1:07:40Obama was one of the more well-intentioned presidents to a certain extent, but the system still crushes reform.
    • 1:07:55Any single person is going against hundreds of years of systemic corruption—you're one guy with a sword trying to injure a massive fed beast.
    • 1:08:36You're asking corrupt people to vote for things that remove their own power, which is insurmountable without major civil disobedience or catastrophic events.
    • 1:08:53Change might require a world war, pandemic, or massive die-off because anything less gets co-opted by fascism or state crackdowns.
    • 1:09:18One agent provocateur throwing something into a protest makes the whole movement a problem.

    Barack ObamaDonald TrumpGeorge W. BushBill HicksColinBernie Sanders

  22. 1:09:265 min

    How the System Actually Collapses: Charlatans, Dollar Collapse, and Pinker's Optimism

    #

    Tim theorizes that real change requires something drastic like war or pandemic, predicts a slow societal unwinding run by hucksters, and responds to Steven Pinker-style optimism about global progress by noting the ethical dangers lurking in biotech and unchecked capitalist efficiency.

    11moments
    • 1:09:43The next 50 years will see charlatans, hucksters, and conmen rise to power as they fight over the scraps of a collapsing empire.
    • 1:10:08With an insane military still in place, a war with China is not beyond the realm of possibility for these people.
    • 1:10:25Harvard and Yale graduates are products of a system that rewards conformity and discourages genuine discourse.
    • 1:10:49The rise of the far right and far left offers people an alternative option, though probably not a better one, giving the illusion of action.
    • 1:11:12The dollar losing its status as the reserve currency will likely be a major economic event that marks a real turning point.
    • 1:11:49Steven Pinker and optimists point to statistics showing poverty reduction, lower infant mortality, and medical breakthroughs as reasons for a rosy outlook.
    • 1:12:48Biotech is entering morally questionable territory, and pure efficiency as a guiding principle will lead to serious problems.
    • 1:13:15Implanting chips in people's arms for medical tracking exemplifies how market efficiency ignores ethical concerns.
    • 1:13:42We have not kept the republic that Ben Franklin warned we had to maintain.
    • 1:13:55Over the past 100 years, advertising, television, movies, and music have been used to desensitize and control the population, leaving people lost without their phones.
    • 1:14:21Lose your phone and you enter a Kafkaesque nightmare where you're trapped and told you made purchases you don't remember.

    Steven PinkerSlavoj ŽižekBenjamin FranklinTerry Gilliam

  23. 1:14:302 min

    Plugs, Tour Dates, and Sign Off

    #Station Break

    Ray plugs his podcast and social media, Tim runs through his upcoming tour dates (Austin, Wilmington, Boston, Mohegan Sun, Tampa), asks listeners to rate and review the show, and delivers the closing sign-off line.

    6moments
    • 1:14:44Our Love is Disgusting podcast available on iTunes and all platforms with Lucy Steiner
    • 1:14:55Tim moving to Los Angeles full-time starting in June
    • 1:15:09Tour dates: Moon Tower in Austin, Dead Crow Comedy Club in Wilmington NC May 3-4, Laugh Boston May 17-18
    • 1:15:35Additional tour dates: Comics at Mohegan Sun June 20-23, Side Splitters in Tampa June 27
    • 1:15:56Tim planning to do podcasts while in LA and maintain occasional presence in New York
    • 1:16:14Tim Dillon's Going to Hell podcast hovering outside top 100 comedy rankings; requesting listeners to rate, review, and subscribe

    Laugh BostonDead Crow Comedy ClubSide SplittersMoon TowerLucy SteinerComics at Mohegan'sRay Kump