Episodes

  • The Technocratic Ascension

    The Technocratic Ascension
    Feb 16 2026
    Artificial intelligence, platform power, and media consolidation are reshaping how information moves — and who controls it. On this episode of Boiler Room, the panel examines the accelerating rise of technocracy and the subtle but profound shifts taking place across culture, communication, and governance. Topics include:
    • AI insiders warning of existential risks and internal dissent within major labs
    • Super Bowl cultural signals and the normalization of surveillance ecosystems
    • Tech oligarchs consolidating control over communication infrastructure
    • The future of Discord and the shift toward identity-verified internet spaces
    • Internet sleuths leveraging AI tools to analyze newly released Epstein documents
    • Obama’s renewed public comments surrounding disclosure narratives
    As institutions struggle to keep pace, the systems quietly governing information, culture, and power continue their ascent. This isn’t about speculation — it’s about recognizing the architecture forming in real time.
    • Hesher
    • Spore
    • Ruckus
    • Mark Anderson
    • Daniel Spaulding
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    3 hrs and 17 mins
  • Liberty — Frozen in Plain Sight

    Liberty — Frozen in Plain Sight
    Feb 1 2026
    Boiler Room: Liberty — Frozen in Plain Sight

    Liberty hasn’t vanished — it’s been preserved, immobilized, and placed behind glass.

    In this episode of Boiler Room, the panel examines the latest Jeffrey Epstein file dumps — where they came from, why portions were quickly removed, and how selective disclosure functions as outrage management rather than justice. We break down the public reaction across X and alternative platforms, and why these cycles never seem to produce accountability.

    The conversation expands into the normalization of federal power, ICE enforcement tactics, real-world protest escalation, and firsthand reports from Portland. From there, the discussion turns toward artificial intelligence — including viral claims about AI agents forming autonomous networks — and what these stories reveal about hype, control systems, and technocratic governance.

    This isn’t about collapse.

    It’s about containment.

    Liberty is still visible — but increasingly unreachable.

    Featuring:
    • Hesher
    • Mystical Pharaoh
    • Ruckus
    • Bazed Lit Analyzer
    • Wandering Wolf
    Reference Links:TBD

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    2 hrs and 11 mins
  • Peace, Inc. — Brought to You by the Department of War

    Peace, Inc. — Brought to You by the Department of War
    Jan 24 2026
    Peace, Inc. — Brought to You by the Department of War

    As the language of empire shifts, so does its strategy.In this episode of Boiler Room, we examine the emerging contradiction at the heart of the so-called “new world order”: the quiet move toward renaming the U.S. Department of Defense as the Department of War, while simultaneously promoting global “Boards of Peace,” councils, and stability frameworks meant to manage conflict in an age of permanent war.Is this transparency — or rebranding?

    From peacekeeping to stabilization, from rules-based order to managed decline, we break down how war is no longer hidden, but normalized — and how peace itself is being repackaged as a bureaucratic product, granted conditionally and enforced selectively.

    This isn’t about ending war.

    It’s about standardizing it.Tonight’s discussion includes:• The end of “defense” as a euphemism

    • Peace as governance, not resolution
    • Boards, councils, and the rise of managerial empire
    • Pax Americana 2.0 in a multipolar world
    • Language, power, and the normalization of permanent conflict

    Host:
    Bryan McClain (Hesher)

    Guests:
    Adam Clark (Ruckus)
    Mystical Pharaoh
    Bazed-Lit Analyzer

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    2 hrs and 24 mins
  • When Propaganda Blinks

    When Propaganda Blinks
    Jan 19 2026
    There are moments when power hesitates — not because it’s confused, and not because it’s honest — but because it assumes it no longer has to explain itself.This episode of Boiler Room examines that moment.Broadcast live from Central Texas, host Bryan “Hesher” McClain is joined by Adam “Ruckus” Clark for a long-form breakdown of a week defined by narrative overreach, information saturation, and the growing difficulty of separating signal from psychological operations.From escalating rhetoric surrounding Iran and unverifiable reports of mass casualties, to the quiet normalization of AI integration into military systems, to domestic crowd-control preparations and raw political optics caught on camera, the discussion traces a single through-line: modern propaganda no longer collapses cleanly — it blinks.When credibility becomes collateral damage, saturation replaces persuasion, and consent is assumed rather than earned, the cracks begin to show.Topics covered include:Escalation narratives and information warfare surrounding IranViral imagery, casualty claims, and the credibility gap between speed and verificationGrok and the normalization of AI inside military and classified networksTechnocracy, dual-use technology, and the consolidation of powerNational Guard “response forces,” civil unrest planning, and historical precedentMedia degradation, AI-generated deception, and epistemic collapsePolitical optics unraveling in unscripted momentsDisaster narratives, pattern recognition, and the limits of skepticismThis episode is not about debunking individual headlines — it’s about recognizing patterns of behavior when authority stops whispering and starts rushing.Boiler Room remains a space for critical analysis, open-source scrutiny, and conversations that resist narrative management — especially when the information environment itself is unstable.Reference Links:Ice Breaker: Matt Damon Says Netflix Wants Plots Reiterated “Three or Four Times in the Dialogue” for Phone-Distracted ViewersPentagon taps Elon Musk’s AI “Grok” for military useUS Taxpayers will pay $83 BILLION to build Venezuela’s oil infrastructure to benefit oil companies & Israeli billionairesThe allegedly siezed Starlink gear (Iran)Trump got pissed off at heckler with legitimate grievance and gave him the birdTrump’s new defense plan quietly creates a National Guard “response force” trained for crowd control and civil unrestDavid Icke on “Wildfires Currently Raging in Argentina’s Patagonia Region Could Be A 15-Minute City Arson Job Similar to Malibu and Maui”Can’t Trust the internet anymore – Real time AI Deep Fake tech improves to the point of practically indistinguishable Support:Support BOILER ROOM & ACRPatreon (Join and become a member)Shop BOILER ROOM Merch Store
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Goodbye Illusions — Welcome to Open Empire

    Goodbye Illusions — Welcome to Open Empire
    Jan 11 2026
    The year 2026 begins with the end of pretense.

    In this kickoff episode of Boiler Room, host Bryan “Hesher” McClain is joined by Adam “Ruckus” Clark, Bazed-Lit Analyzer, Mystical Pharaoh, and Mark Anderson to examine what can no longer be denied: the transition from covert influence to open empire.

    As Venezuela becomes the focal point of overt regime-change language—justified openly by energy control and corporate interests—the illusion of “rules-based order” collapses in real time. From U.S. officials admitting the real motives at the UN, to media outlets reframing intervention as necessity, the show traces how empire now speaks plainly.

    But this isn’t just a foreign policy story.The same logic driving intervention abroad is returning home: militarized enforcement, narrative warfare, AI-driven propaganda, and government behavior increasingly treated as spectacle—甚至 wagered on in real-time prediction markets.

    From the symbolic death of MTV to deepfake politics, from Greenland to Cuba, from ICE violence to betting on press briefings, this episode sets the tone for the year ahead.

    No illusions.
    No euphemisms.
    No disguises.Welcome to open empire.

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    2 hrs and 32 mins
  • End‑of‑Year Dumpster Fire Cleanup Crew

    End‑of‑Year Dumpster Fire Cleanup Crew
    Dec 31 2025
    As 2025 comes to a close, Boiler Room assembles a no-nonsense roundtable to sort through the wreckage.

    Host Bryan “Hesher” McClain is joined by a powerhouse panel — Spore, Adam “Ruckus” Clark, Sumo, Kavi, Jay Dyer, Jamie Hanshaw Dyer, Mystical Pharaoh, Sam Chaney, Odd Man Out, Bazed-Lit Analyzer and Johnny Vedmore — for a forensic year-end post-mortem.

    This isn’t a countdown or highlight reel. It’s a cleanup operation.From collapsing media narratives and geopolitical misfires to cultural psy-ops, institutional credibility failures, and stories that quietly vanished, the panel examines what broke in 2025, why it broke, and what the patterns tell us heading into 2026.No victory laps. No corporate spin.

    Just analysis, accountability, and controlled demolition.

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    2 hrs and 56 mins
  • Whack Friday: “Radiated Shrimp, Overtime Secrets & Tech-Wife Mafia”

    Whack Friday: “Radiated Shrimp, Overtime Secrets & Tech-Wife Mafia”
    Nov 29 2025
    On this Whack Friday edition of Boiler Room, Bryan McClain—aka Hesher—is joined by Spore, Ruckus, Mystical Pharaoh and Mark Anderson for a wild ride through the most bizarre, revealing, and downright ridiculous stories of the week.

    From Senator John Kennedy’s viral sermon about radiated foreign shrimp, to Black Friday chaos, to explosive revelations about FBI agents raking in $851K for redacting Epstein files, this episode is stacked full of absurdity and analysis.

    We’ll break down food slop supply, the unraveling of the Silicon Valley “tech wife mafia,” and discuss the big 5 ‘Trump-ian’ RUMORS that are circulating the doom scrolls as we approach the close out of 2025. It’s a full-spectrum cultural and political roast to roundout the holiday week.

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    3 hrs and 27 mins
  • Foreign Entanglements & Digital Threats: The New Front Lines

    Foreign Entanglements & Digital Threats: The New Front Lines
    Nov 22 2025
    In this explosive Boiler Room session, host Bryan “Hesher” McClain is joined by Ruckus, Mystical Pharaoh, Mark Anderson, Bazed Lit Analyzer and Randy J for a deep-dive into a turbulent week of geopolitical maneuvers, cyber hostilities, domestic policy absurdities, and the return of the Epstein blackmail nexus to the headlines.The crew kicks things off examining the latest Epstein files update, exploring what’s newly surfaced, what it means for intelligence networks, and why certain elites continue to panic about the case resurfacing.From there, the conversation turns global as Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince MBS announces a staggering trillion-dollar investment into the United States — a move with massive implications for energy, defense, infrastructure, and the future balance of power between Washington and the Gulf states.Back home, DHS is claiming that Charlotte’s traffic improvements are due to deportations, prompting the Boiler Room to dissect what’s really happening on the ground and whether this is policy spin, data manipulation, or a quiet admission of deeper problems.Congress also enters the crosshairs as Rep. Thomas Massie openly distances himself from the President on foreign policy, telling reporters: “I’m not in sync with the President… foreign entanglements…” — a statement that may foreshadow cracks within the GOP as the U.S. stretches itself across multiple global fronts.Finally, the team breaks down reports of a Chinese AI-powered cyberattack on U.S. networks, analyzing whether this marks a new escalation in digital warfare and what it signals about the future of state-level AI confrontation.Expect sharp analysis, dark humor, geopolitical context, technopolitics, and classic Boiler Room grit as the gang dissects the emerging battle lines of a rapidly shifting world.Reference Links:Anthropic says it ‘disrupted’ what it calls ‘the first documented case of a large-scale AI cyberattack executed without substantial human intervention’Grave warnings issued after AI carries out first large-scale cyber attack with Sen Bill HagertyJared Kushner and Steve Witkoff’s extended 60 Minutes interviewConvicted US spy Pollard arrives in Israel, welcomed by PMMAGA Melts Down at Trump Ambassador Over Bombshell Spy MeetingThat time Trump said “Quiet Piggy” to the ladyMarjorie Taylor Greene Resigns – Her message to AmericaMike Huckabee ruinining Sweet Home Alabama, on stage, analyzed by Keaton and Russell at Due DissidenceSupport:Support BOILER ROOM & ACRPatreon (Join and become a member)Shop BOILER ROOM Merch Store
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    3 hrs and 8 mins