# News Trap 2.6.26 - Brain Damage w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)

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Podcast: [Nostalgia Trap](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nostalgia-trap-1089996)
Published: 2026-02-06T20:40:00+00:00
Episode link: https://nostalgiatrap.libsyn.com/news-trap-2626-brain-damage-w-justin-rogers-cooper-preview
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This is a preview clip from a subscribers-only episode. Check out our Patreon and subscribe to listen! On this week's News Trap Justin and I talk about the delicious crash of the crypto hustle, the sinister promise of "agentic AI," the human wreckage of Silicon Valley's utopian projects, the sad fall of Noam Chomsky, and the larger implications of Jeffrey Epstein's legendary run as the elite's favorite BFF.

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