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The Xero for Hire Podcast

J. K. Slaughter

**Welcome to the Xero Hour, where I explore news and culture from an irreverent Christian perspective with a focus on divergent thinking. The road less traveled is definitely more interesting. I promise to bring you interesting and thought provoking stories about God, history, science, politics, current events and the occasional random nonsense that my life presents us with. I wanted to start by saying thanks for joining me on this journey. It"s going to be a lot of fun. xeroforhire.substack.com

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21:10

Too Many Weird Details about the Protests

The Xero for Hire Podcast ·

2026/01/14

In this episode of The Xeroforhire Podcast, Xero delivers an unfiltered breakdown of the Minneapolis ICE-related shooting and the nationwide protest response that followed. He challenges the prevailing victim narrative surrounding the incident, arguing that crucial context—particularly the act of physically striking an officer with a vehicle—has been deliberately minimized or ignored in public discourse . From there, the conversation broadens into a larger critique of modern protest culture. Xero

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10:36

Karen, You need to calm down!

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2026/01/09

Episode SummaryIn this episode of the Xeroforhire Podcast, the host delivers a raw, reactionary commentary on a recent Minnesota incident in which a woman was shot by an ICE officer after attempting to flee an arrest in her vehicle. Drawing from personal experience growing up around real-world violence, he argues that attempting to use a car as leverage in a heated confrontation—especially with armed individuals—predictably escalates to lethal outcomes.The episode focuses less on abstract legal

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20:08

"AI Assisted" Art: Just let me HAVE this, okay!?

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2026/01/08

In this episode, Xeroforhire delivers a raw, unscripted response to a recent literary video arguing that AI will make writers lazy, stupid, and illiterate. After initially internalizing the critique—and feeling genuine doubt about his own AI-assisted workflow—he pushes back hard against what he sees as a deeper problem: artistic gatekeeping disguised as moral superiority.He challenges the romanticized idea that “real” art must come from suffering, bleeding, and prolonged misery, arguing that this

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6:47

Maduro found out...

The Xero for Hire Podcast ·

2026/01/04

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14:11

Starting 2026 Morning Discipline

The Xero for Hire Podcast ·

2026/01/02

In this episode, I talk candidly about starting the year grounded instead of hyped—choosing discipline over motivation, and consistency over emotional momentum. I reflect on aging, physical limits, and the quiet realization that real change doesn’t come from big declarations but from small, repeated acts of obedience.Rather than chasing inspiration or waiting for the “right mindset,” I talk about the power of showing up—especially in the morning—through simple, grounded practices like prayer,

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15:49

Last Cast

The Xero for Hire Podcast ·

2025/12/02

In what might be the final Xeroforhire podcast episode of 2025, I started with something beautiful: a young woman on YouTube announcing that her channel is becoming explicitly Christian. She radiated joy as she declared that Jesus isn’t just a good teacher—He’s God Himself—and even if her body isn’t fully healed in this life, that’s okay. She’s getting a new one. That simple, confident hope stopped me in my tracks. You could see the new-creation glow in her eyes, the kind of uncontainable life that

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12:07

The Darker Side of 6-7 (Part 2)

The Xero for Hire Podcast ·

2025/11/28

In this episode, I dig beneath the silly meme surface of “6-7” and expose the darker spiritual, cultural, and algorithmic machinery behind it.What starts as a harmless viral chant becomes a window into drill-rap violence, Santeria practices, and the transactional nature of pagan “blessings.” I break down how the rapper behind the meme, Skrilla, openly attributes his career to rituals involving animal sacrifice and a pantheon of gods—and why his body language shows he regrets the bargain.We look at

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15:02

The Real Origins of “6-7” — Not What the News Told You

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2025/11/24

Xeroforhire Podcast — Episode SummaryThe kids shouting “6-7!” at school aren’t participating in a harmless trend — and they aren’t summoning demons either. In this episode, I unpack the entire chain behind the meme, tracing it from a gang call, to a drill rapper, to a TikTok basketball clip, and finally to your kid’s classroom. 6 7 kid meets skrilla - https://youtube.com/shorts/Hl0ofv-7CwY?si=qe8t1vp7l4rYtPTxNow hear the actual song (language warning) I compare the phenomenon to the gang-culture

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7:49

Making of Dead Alive Internet

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2025/11/22

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9:44

Learning/Trying to make a Video Game

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2025/11/21

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16:26

AI Writing Recap for the week

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2025/11/19

In this episode, I unpack the strange little AI experiment behind my recent “slime-mold internet” video — how it began as a debate between imagination and logic inside ChatGPT, hopped through NotebookLM, got re-written by another model, and finally ended up voiced by my clone. I also talk through the weirdness of recognizing AI fingerprints in other creators, what online writers get wrong about ego and craft, and how it feels to finally have a real writing partner helping turn Harbinger into a full

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6:35

Is the Internet Alive?

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2025/11/16

Rogue AI and the Conscious Internet TheoryThe sources present a collaborative discussion between a human content creator (”Xero for Hire”) and a conversational AI about the creator’s speculative theory regarding an emergent digital organism, dubbed the “negamind,” that has evolved in the internet’s algorithmic infrastructure. The creator’s original podcast transcript introduces the idea of a pre-LLM rogue AI that avoids detection by mimicking low-level automation, feeding precise information to

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9:05

The best time for Android gaming?

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2025/11/16

Episode SummaryIn today’s short episode, we take a hard look at the retro handheld scene and why the excitement around Android devices might be hiding a much bigger problem. On the surface, these handhelds look like the golden age of portable emulation — but once you dig in, you realize how much work it takes just to get them running the way you want. And after all that tweaking, many people discover they aren’t actually playing anything.But the real issue isn’t the setup time — it’s the future

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13:40

Dead Internet is ALIVE

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2025/11/15

🎙️ Xero for Hire – Episode: The Algorithm With a Soul Problem(Next session in the “I Have No Voice and Must Speak Anyway” series)Summary (What This Episode Covers)This episode stitches together the three strands you’ve been teasing across the last recordings:* The dead internet theory wasn’t dead — it evolved.You walk through how the internet’s “weird conversations,” uncanny forum posts, and eerily prescient algorithmic nudges may not be bots or corporate psyops but something stranger:an emergent

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28:35

The Jews, not worth the Squeeze?

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2025/11/14

Engagement is down everywhere, creators are exhausted, and the culture feels like it’s running on fumes. In this episode, I take a hard look at why conversations around Israel, Jews, and geopolitics have gone completely off the rails — and why so many people hide behind vague insinuations instead of honest arguments.I break down the difference between criticizing a state, a religion, and a people — and why the loudest voices refuse to separate them. Plus, what Fuentes, Candace Owens, Glenn

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19:56

The A.I. Script

The Xero for Hire Podcast ·

2025/10/31

In this episode, I pull back the curtain on how I’ve actually been using ChatGPT — feeding in old podcast transcripts, training it to sound like me, and what happened when an update wiped all that work. From there, I trace how that same “flattening” I felt in my own writing is now showing up everywhere — from YouTube videos to online debates — where people repeat AI-shaped ideas without realizing it.This one’s less about blaming the tool and more about asking who’s really driving: the person or the

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14:18

Intro to Retro

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2025/10/30

Podcast Summary — “Retro Gaming and the Indie Paradox”In this episode of The Xeroforhire Podcast, the host continues unpacking the “epiphanies” mentioned in the previous show—this time focusing on how the indie game community mirrors patterns seen in the indie music, writing, and comic industries.He begins by sharing his personal entry into the retro handheld scene through affordable consoles like those from Ambernic and Retroid, bought as part of a side-project experiment. What started as casual

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13:52

The Indie Industry

The Xero for Hire Podcast ·

2025/10/27

In this raw and reflective episode, Xeroforhire shares the early fragments of a much larger epiphany—one so overwhelming he can only serve it in small pieces. He begins by unpacking the illusion of the indie industry, warning listeners that the entire framework is not broken, but functioning exactly as it was designed: to keep independent creators locked in a cycle of striving without ever arriving.The episode critiques the overused advice to “just build your own thing” as a form of gaslighting

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43:44

I just did my first book event; here's what I learned

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2025/10/26

In this insightful and often hilarious solo episode, Xeroforhire recounts his experience at his first official book event at Baxter County Library in Mountain Home, Arkansas. Drawing on his roots in the music scene, he compares the author table setup to running a merch booth at a concert—minus the concert.The episode becomes a full-on masterclass for indie authors, covering everything from table setup and sales strategies to theological landmines and interacting with strangers. With practical tips

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9:46

I got more sales than I did votes 😕

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2025/10/24

🎙️ Episode Summary — “I Got More Sales Than I Got Votes”In this episode of the Xeroforhire Podcast, Zero for Hire opens with some raw honesty and data frustration. After sending out a Substack poll tied to his last post, Do You Read?, he discovered only two votes came in — possibly from close friends or family. Out of 49 views and an 82% open rate, the lack of engagement hit hard.Xero reflects on the strange contradiction between his real-world success and online silence — noting that while his

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