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Baseless Conspiracies Ep. 201: Call In Show, Socialist Subsidies and Bad Movie Talk
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- Badlands Media
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- Sep 8, 2026
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- 6193
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Summary
Jon Herold and Zak Paine kick off Labor Day with a scheduling shakeup announcement before opening the phone lines for a full call in show. First up is a genuinely spicy debate over a proposed stay at home parent subsidy plan, with Jon arguing it's just another layer of government dependency dressed up as a conservative win, and Zak pushing back with a more sympathetic read on the policy. From there, the floor opens to listeners, including some pointed callback energy aimed at a certain online figure named Alpha who keeps coming up in the chat. Things take a hard left turn later when a caller with his own bad movie podcast introduces the guys to a legendarily terrible filmmaker whose work makes cult classics look polished by comparison. Expect the usual sponsor breaks, tangents, and hosts who clearly enjoy needling each other as much as their audience.