Strange Country Ep. 307: Huey Long
Nov 27, 2025
While he may have been called a demagogue and a counterfeit Mussolini, Huey Long had some darn tootin’ good ideas—mainly taxing the rich into oblivion. Strange Country cohosts Beth and Kelly talk about Long’s rise to populist power in the 1930s and the corruption in its wake, but also how much a 65% tax increase...
Strange Country Ep. 306: ELIZA
Nov 13, 2025
In 1964, MIT researcher Joseph Weizenbaum created the first therapy chatbot ELIZA and realized soon after that it sucked and humanity was worse for it. Sixty years later, our new tech gods are like “sex porn bots for all!” Strange Country cohosts Beth and Kelly emulate the AI versions of themselves as they tell the...