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The Toddzilla X-Pod

A blunt, unsentimental dive into propaganda, ideology, and the contemporary cult of belief. Host Todd Thompson dissects how both corporate and collectivist power structures manipulate guilt, fear, and identity to keep the herd in line. From Ellul and Chomsky to Didion and Camus, the show fuses political philosophy, field experience, and gallows humor to expose how revolutions become religions, and how “progress” often hides new forms of control. The X-Pod is an autopsy of the narratives that shape

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01:00:00

WBCQ - The Counter-Insurgency: Red Tea Party, Woke...

The Toddzilla X-Pod ·

2025/08/05

In his explosive WBCQ premiere, the freshly resurrected and notorious radio legend Todd Thompson launches a scorched-earth offensive against the ideological virus hollowing out the West from within. This opening salvo dives straight into the heart of the modern insurgency—unmasking the Democratic Socialists of America as a parasitic force infecting the Democratic Party through euphemism, moral camouflage, and Marxist entryism. Drawing from firsthand experience inside the Occupy movement, Todd lays

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#168 - Media 101 Revisited: It's the People Drowning...

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2025/08/01

Three days before the WBCQ shortwave debut, the freshly rebranded Toddzilla X-Pod returns to its roots with a brutal, updated dissection of media literacy, mass manipulation, and ideological self-delusion. In this special Escaping the Cave edition, Todd revisits his foundational 2018 thesis—"It’s the People"—with sharper insight and seven more years of watching the informational apocalypse unfold. From Bernays to Ellul, Le Bon to Lippmann, this episode connects propaganda history to today’s

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#167 - Ideological Religion vs. Intellectual Autonomy

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2025/07/30

In this episode, Todd continues dismantling the transformation of modern political movements into ideological religions—complete with dogma, heresy, excommunication, and a mob-ready priesthood of online enforcers. Drawing on figures like H.L. Mencken, Joan Didion, Noam Chomsky, and Ralph Waldo Emerson, he explores how belief systems—left and right—have become substitute faiths, powered by dopamine, hashtags, and performative outrage. Todd weaves in cognitive science (via Nicholas Carr and

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01:31:16

#166 - Ideological Religion & The Ultimate Sin

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2025/07/28

In this scathing and soul-punching episode, Todd eulogizes more than just Ozzy Osbourne and Hulk Hogan—he autopsies America’s descent into ideological fundamentalism. What do woke mobs, medieval witch trials, and Facebook shares have in common? The answer: moral certitude without grace. Todd dissects how modern ideological tribes—particularly on the Left—have replaced traditional religion with secular dogma, complete with martyrs, heresies, rituals, and catechisms. Using Hulk Hogan's post-mortem

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19:21

Subscribers: Taking the Show to Shortwave!

The Toddzilla X-Pod ·

2025/07/22

Starting August 4, I'll have a weekly show on 7.490 WBCQ The Planet. It will air from 10-11pm ET (2-3am Tues, UTC).No receiver? No problem. You can listen online at www.wbcq.com or do nothing and wait until I upload the episodes right here. Who loves you like I do? Details within! Like it? Rate, review, and share it? Hate it? Embrace equity! Listen anyhow! More: https://toddzillax.substack.com/ Vids: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjdLR140l--HufeRSAnj91A/?themeRefresh=1

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#165 - Storytellers Not Truth Seekers: Factions,...

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2025/07/15

Weaving together current events, political polarization, and the power of storytelling over facts, this episode explores the fragility of democracy in the digital age. Todd examines insights from George Washington, Walter Lippmann, Jonathan Gottschall, and Nicholas Carr, questioning whether media literacy or ethical gatekeeping can overcome our tribal instincts. This episode offers a candid look at the roots of division and the possibly futile search for solutions in a hyper-connected world.Major

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54:18

#164 - Summer of Love '25: Bernie's Revolution,...

The Toddzilla X-Pod ·

2025/06/24

As the weather heats up, so does the stream of "news!"Bernie Sanders is back on the agitrail stoking civil unrest. "Are you ready for the revolution?" From the riots to Iran, everyone's interpretation is determined by political affiliation. Shall we have another failed impeachment party? After Wisconsin, we heard the same tired and temporary refrain: "no place for violence!" Since when? What happens when the people themselves are the agitprop agents with global reach? Why moderates don't

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#163 - Superbloom, Storytellers, and Steaming Piles...

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2025/05/30

Largely inspired by a strange trip to the dentist and Nicholas Carr's new book, Superbloom, Todd returns from his latest covert CIA mission to delve into how we've all been lied to: it turns out "sharing" more actually doesn't make people like you! Also, the disillusioning effects of abandoning comforting stories for naked truth. And why most instinctively avoid it.Buy Superbloom! https://a.co/d/7bj93Zl Like it? Rate, review, share! More:

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01:06:29

#162 - Astro Barbie, Bernie's Sleeper Cells, Dinner...

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2025/04/16

The Blue Origin "crew" thinks they made history. Laika the Space Dog and Valentina Tereshkova would like a word.Bernie and AOC's Revolutionary Agitation Tour continues. So do the arson attacks. Weird, huh? Bill Maher's blasphemous dinner at Berchtesgaden. Liberals are as responsible for Trump as MAGA. Any open society is by nature defenseless against effective totalitarian movements. Centrism is the only bulwark against fanaticism. Congrats Broncos! Like it? Rate, review, and share it! More:

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01:01:35

#161 - Creative Equity & The Borg, Assassination...

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2025/04/09

Some believe AI levels the playing field. Will these tools castrate human creativity and imagination instead? Making everyone seem superficially clever but without an ounce of depth? New surveys indicates the left is increasingly embracing assassination and political violence as a whole. Duh. We needed a poll to tell us that? The media is asking why. The answer is surprisingly simple and resides in my archives: propaganda's goal is to create proselytes and militants; fanatics who are primed to

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#160 - Newton's 3rd Law of Extremism, Litigation...

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2025/03/24

For every radicalization there's an equal and opposite radicalization. What happened to the supposed silent moderate majority? What does it mean if they're effectively dead? Emerson wrote about arguing with the "retained attorneys". When it comes to political discourse, and justifying political violence, are we in a race to the bottom? And are we debating or just litigating? What happens when post hoc rationalization rules? We're two months into Trump's term and the 2028 campaign has already begun

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01:07:40

#159 - American Jacobins, A Summer of Love,...

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2025/03/10

Episode 159 starts with a warning about China's social media propaganda infrastructure. There are hints it's in place and it will certainly be fully unleashed at some point. Immediately after Act Blue's USAID money dried up, Bernie Sanders goes on his Eat the Bourgeoisie Agitation Tour, inciting another summer of civil unrest. On cue, American radicals seized on his revolutionary rhetoric and embraced French Revolution symbolism - apparently without realizing it failed! Will these modern day

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#158 - The Speech: TDS Democrats Cross the Breaking...

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2025/03/05

In this quick episode of "Escaping the Cave," Todd explores the dramatic events of March 5, 2025, as Donald Trump addresses Congress, sparking a whirlwind of political and emotional reactions. He delves into the unexpected twists, including Trump's surprising announcement about a potentially resuscitated peace deal with Zelenskyy.The episode dissects the behavior of both political parties during this notable address, invoking Nietzsche and likening the opposition's refusal to cheer a young cancer

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#157 - Dead Eye Jake & the Dementia Coup, Historic...

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2025/02/28

(2/27/25) Todd opens 157 reflecting on the habit of using cliches in radio broadcasting, the Detroit Pistons' surprising winning streak, and shares an anecdote about an image which was taken down by Facebook for supposedly violating their guidelines. He humorously recounts his appeal and the continued absurdity of Facebook's supposedly improved moderation system. After obnoxiously congratulating himself on reading Trump's Ukraine strategy, your humble host again focuses on the seismic

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#156 - Dear Europe...

The Toddzilla X-Pod ·

2025/02/24

Trump's acting like he's about to abandon Ukraine. Is he? Or is it a ploy to force Europe to begin defending itself? What would that mean for the European welfare state? Austerity riots, anyone? Speaking of Europe, is the anti-woke counterrevolution taking shape? Will proud English, German, and French men & women finally reclaim their free speech and patriotism while putting an end to EU suppression? J.D. Vance may have tapped into something bubbling beneath the Old World surface. Let's hope

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01:20:24

#155 - DOGE Derangement, Marxism's Long March, The...

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2025/02/13

Recorded on a snowy February afternoon, this edgy episode shines a light on the Democrats and their bizarre, violently deranged-yet-impotent responses to Trump, Musk, and especially DOGE. It also highlights Christopher Rufo's exposé on Marxism's "Long March" thru American institutions and explores the aggressive counter-revolutionary efforts led by DOGE against entrenched revolutionaries and their newly-exposed bureaucratic rot. Isn't it odd that Democrats literally declared war on their own

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01:15:04

#154 - The Boomerang

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2025/02/11

After 3-weeks of Democrat hysterics, Trump's approval numbers only continue to rise and it's clear that most American's approve of what he's doing. In this episode, Todd revisits a prophetic pre-covid episode discussing fanatical totalitarianism and the boomerang effect that comes with it. It's also clear this anti-woke backlash was always inevitable. Remember to duck, wokeflakes! (No video for this one!)2019's show notes: Confused as to why your righteous demands aren't being met

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#153 - Quixote Socialists, Spock Delusions, Trial By...

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2025/02/01

In this *spicy* episode, Todd navigates a week marred by aviation disasters and rhetorical tomfoolery. He begins by delving into Trump's premature DEI accusations surrounding the incidents then shows how a culture of digital litigators kills truth in discourse. He also hammers at the predictably negative impact of DEI policies on minorities.Todd also explores the conflict between instinctual tribalism & the social eugenics of delusional collectivism. He includes a raw personal perspective (and

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#152 - Trump 2.0: Activist Impotency, Information...

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2025/01/27

(Recorded 1/24/25) Kicking off with a humorous delivery experience involving a mailman and his surprising musical preferences, Todd reminisces about hair bands and high school days. The episode quickly moves onto more serious topics with a focus on the inauguration of Donald Trump and the first few days of his second term. Todd discusses the absence of meaningful protests in Washington and Chicago while sharing his famously congenial and balanced thoughts on Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, and a

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#151 - Free Speech Liberation & Censorship By Proxy

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2025/01/25

Todd returns after (another) brief hiatus and dissects thewhirlwind of events that have unfolded over the past month. Recorded in the early hours of January 24th, 2024, this episode covers a wide range of topics including seismic shifts in social media landscapes.Begin with a quick look at the aftermath of the Detroit Lions' loss to the Washington Redskins. The host gives a candid recount of personal experiences over the holidays, from festive spirits to battling illness, all while navigating the

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