The boys are back on the boat to do a post-mortem of the 2024 presidential campaign. How much more flawless could Kamala’s flawless campaign been? What minority group in America is to blame for Trump’s victory? And, finally, which blue check libs are going to lead the march on the capitol in January to stop the steal?…

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Greg and Brian get together to discuss the innovative new solution to the homelessness crisis before discussing the Council’s bold new plan on where to put all the poor people they are going to be arresting. Read about the last time Seattle had banishment zones in Katherine Beckett and Steve Herbert, Banished: The New Social Control in Urban Americ…

The boys lost big by going long on Biden staying in the race and have been busy scouting buildings to jump off of in the local area. But in the meantime, some news also happened!

The boys stare into the abyss and discuss terminal imperial decline, the Trump vs. Biden debate, and ask the burning question: what exactly do they disagree on? Read the debate transcript

Greg and Brian get together to discuss an eventful week in both Seattle and international politics. We talk exciting new developments in children’s rights, dive into the new Danny Westnut piece at the Times, and look into the future of vigilantism in the city. Then we duck beneath the iron curtain of Patreon to talk the latest developments in Ukrai…

The boys talk about the Trump conviction and Eve Fartlow’s latest retirement announcement before getting into some exciting local news. Would you believe that the President Ana Mari Cauce blatantly lied about claims of antisemitism on the UW campus? Or that a new Seattle City Council member completely flubbed gutting a popular program in the name o…

Munya & Brian get together to discuss the beauty of cultural exchange with the Irish before looking back at the 100 Divorced Dad March on the University of Washington. Finally, they discuss some of the biggest winners of the new SPOG contract. Check here for a wonderful look back at the cultural exchange between NYC & Dublin: https://twitter.com/Al…

Greg and Brian get together to talk about the meaning of the mass repression of protest on college campuses as well as uncover what happened to a suburban staple. Become a Patron and get all the extra Freak content here: https://www.patreon.com/mechanicalfreak

Greg & Brian catch up on all the exciting news from the past couple of weeks, from the constant need to struggle against revisionism to the new SPOG contract. Check out The Stranger’s writing on the proposed SPOG contract: https://www.thestranger.com/news/2024/04/05/79457408/in-new-police-union-contract-seattle-gives-cops-huge-pay-raises-but-gets-l…

Friends of the show Ryan Archibald and Brendan McElmeel are back to finish our discussion of the Byzantine structure of higher education institutions. We uncover the rot at that core of higher education and, guess what, it’s the same rot that is hollowing out everything in America! Want to learn more about the onset of neoliberalism? Check out Endi…

Brian is joined by old friend of the show Ryan Archibald and new friend of the show Brendan McElmeel for an exploration of higher education’s Byzantine labor system. Will we find light at the end of the maze or will we be killed by the Minotaur of adjunctification and budget cuts on the way? Only one way to find out! Read more about the CSU contrac…

The boys take a look into the future of high tech, literally! Then they discuss the JET taskforce’s raid of four Seattle gay bars over the weekend. Does the arrow of progress always bend toward justice? Or is reality more complicated than a story you tell children? Follow Vivian McCall’s reporting on the JET raids at The Stranger here: https://www.…

Greg and Brian catch up on some stories that we have been covering on the show. Tanya Woo, elected! (kind-of). Alec Baldwin, indicted! Boeing, the struggle continues! All that and more! If you never want to fly on a plane again, check out this breakdown of the lawsuit against Spirit Aerosystems made by a plane-crank: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v…

This week on Mechanical Freak we’ve got Hannah Krieg from The Stranger to help us say our farewells to Andrew Lewis, the wettest council member ever to lose reelection. Check out Hannah’s city reporting in The Stranger and her Lewis retrospective in particular: https://www.thestranger.com/news/2024/01/08/79333251/drugs-hotel-workers-waffles-what-ha…

The boys get together to recap the UW National Championship debacle, lady problems at SPD, and an exciting new student outreach program at Florida State. Finally, we discuss South Africa’s case against Israel at the ICJ. Read South Africa’s case against Israel here: https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192/192-20231228-app-01-00…

The boys get back together in the new year to talk about all the exciting new Seattle news. We check the help wanted ads at the Seattle Times before speculating on the new council and finish with a hot new cop-editorial in the Tacoma News Tribune. All that and more!! Catch the rest of this episode by becoming a patron on Patreon! patreon.com/Mechan…

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The boys are joined by journalist and author Vincent Bevins to discuss his new book, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution. We have a wide ranging discussion about how the decade that produced the largest mass protests in human history, saw virtually nothing but setbacks for the Left internationally. Get a copy of Vincent B…

The boys share their thoughts on the death of Henry Kissinger and the resumption of Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Gaza. Finally, we talk with friend of the show Carl about what life is like under Israel’s unique brand of Apartheid. Maybe now is a good time to go back and listen to our 5th Annual Thanksgiving Pageant Spectacular! https://www.mechanic…

It’s that time of year again! Time to sit down at the table with family and friends, dig into your potatoes, and blast the Mechanical Freak Thanksgiving Pageant Spectacular at max volume through your open-back headphones to drown out your family. This year, we are joined by two Justins to talk local politics, one Dae to discuss sports gambling, and…

We’re joined by renowned media star Dae Shik Kim Jr to educate us on the recent lame Seattle election results. We also discuss the disappearance of Black people in baseball, the rise of pickleball, down bad stories, and place uncut gems style bets on Biden’s VP pick. Follow Dae on Twitter @daeshikjr Read Dae’s exit interview with Kshama Sawant in t…

We get back together to discuss the latest developments in Palestine and the new ghoulish tact that our feckless leaders have taken on it. Stare into the absolute depths of human depravity as the White House comments on Gaza here, here, here, and here

The boys discuss the latest developments in Palestine and dive into the neuroses that come from running an Apartheid state. Become a Patron and get extra content! patreon.com/mechanicalfreak For more on how Muslim extremist parties were used to undermine left-nationalist movements, see Mahmood Mamdani, Good Muslim, Bad Muslim For more on the creati…

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