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Supplementary Material episodes.

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Supplementary Material 51: Parasitic Palate Cleansers, Selective Understanding, and the "Context" 2026-06-20
We exercise good faith and grapple with the ever-versatile context window in this unintentionally thematic episode. Supplementary Material 51 The…
Supplementary Material 50: The String Theory Mafia, Shameless Propagandists, and The Topography of Semantic Space 2026-06-10
We become highly effective at exploiting the gap between salience and relevance as we universalise semiotic capability and listen to more brave…
Supplementary Material 49: Calibrated Podcast Expectations, The Great Consciousness Debate of 2026, and Russell Brand is a Bad Guy 2026-05-12
Matthew Browne, a high-profile advocate for pan-psychism, compels his reluctant co-host to endure a public struggle session on the topic of…
Supplementary Material 48: Grey Beard's Council, Late-Stage Anti-Capitalism, and Demonic Mould Health Updates 2026-04-25
The hour grows late, and Matt the Grey-Haired rides once more from his quiet study, summoned by whispers from the ever-churning gurusphere. And so…
Supplementary Material 47: The DTG Conspiracy UNMASKED, Quantum Idiots, and Triggernometry Prophecies 2026-04-03
Our cover is blown. Our secret funders unmasked. Code Red: Abort! Abort! This is not a drill. Supplementary Material 47: The DTG Conspiracy…
Supplementary Material 46: Epstein Did Microtransactions, Grok Did Nothing Wrong, and Murder is Bad 2026-03-15
In our never-ending quest to alienate all potential online audiences, we finger-wag about rampant Epstein conspiracism and explain why we are, on…
Supplementary Material 45: Mick Drops, The Weinstein Conspiracy Hour, and Lessons from History 2026-02-19
We return to some old friends, and almost immediately, we regret the decision. Also, get ready for some heady insights from history, a new…
Supplementary Material 44: Peasant Archmages, Moral Panics, and LOTR Parenting Tips 2026-02-07
We descend once more into the Gurusphere, encountering secret peasant archmages, decline narratives, Epstein emails, and endless moral panics. The…
Supplementary Material 43: Red-Blooded Americans, Real Life Alan Partridge, and Rationalist Eulogies 2026-01-24
We crawl around the dark crevices of the internet so you don't have to. And what wonders we have to show you...…
Supplementary Material 42: Chimpanzee Testicles, Home Alone Statistics, and Influencer Research 2026-01-08
We dig deep into the online world to DO OUR OWN RESEARCH and return with horrors never dreamt of by man.…
Supplementary Material 41: Ironic Nazis, Blustering Tories, and Ol' Squeaky's Lament 2025-12-18
In this tragic episode, we pay tribute to a fallen comrade and honour his memory with a discussion of a melange of truly terrible people, some of…
Supplementary Material 40: YouTube Builders, the Discourse Grind, and Sam Harris' Dinner Parties 2025-11-29
We set down the Chardonnay at the latest heterodox dinner party and lean in for some hearty ‘civil discourse’ to once again defend the trembling…
Supplementary Material 39: Bad Guys, Panpsychists, and Sensemakers 2025-11-01
Chris and Matt walk into a bar with an atheist sensemaker, an Ayurvedic Guru, and a Christian Apologist, and predictable frivolities ensue.…
Supplementary Material 38: Toxic Mould Symbiosis, Mild Phrenology, and the Best People in the World 2025-10-14
We end the futile struggle, embrace the toxins, and become one with our mould brethren. The full episode is available to Patreon subscribers (2…
Supplementary Material 37: Public Murder Discourse, Heterodox Psychodramas, and Generous Tit for Tat-ers 2025-09-20
Why are we never invited to these dinners? We wonder if it was something we said or if our invitation just got lost in the mail, as we endure the…
Supplementary Material 36: Comedy Cults, Toxic Mould, and WW2 Revisionism 2025-08-29
We risk contamination with toxic mould, endure distressing initiation rituals to a comedy cult, and ponder if the narratives we have received about…
Supplementary Material 35: Cult Leaders, Gurus, and Evil Economists 2025-08-20
We face a disciplinary crisis as the twin pillars of Game Theory and Gurometry are called into question. The full episode is available to Patreon…
Supplementary Material 34: Giants, Grifters, and Google Eyed Loons 2025-08-06
We drown in waves of ideological fluidity as the gurusphere continues to crash all around us. Supplementary Material 34 00:00 Introduction 01:26…
Supplementary Material 33: Weinstein Enigmas, The Epstein Conspiracies, and Dwarves punching ducks 2025-07-18
In this packed supplementary episode, we tackle all of the urgent global issues, ranging from Epstein file conspiracies to Matt’s immense love of a…
Supplementary Material 32: A Shower of Bastards 2025-06-28
We wallow in the mud with some of the worst gurus of the gurusphere. Join us and lament the guru paradise that we all live in. Supplementary…
Supplementary Material 31: Aquatic Nightmares, Strategic Obliviousness, & Race Realists 2025-06-13
We venture into the darker corners of the gurusphere and marvel at some very, very brave individuals, their valiant efforts to play devil's…
Supplementary Material 30: Decoding Irish Stew, Owl Hate, and Hypothetical Avoidance 2025-06-01
Prepare for a hearty mix of culinary tips, avoidance of hypothetical scenarios, and the usual guru grievances. Will Jordan Peterson ever admit he's…
Supplementary Material 29: Sensemaking Evolved Relationship Constellations, Woke Lucifer, and Cancerous Outrage 2025-05-24
We enter the ontological in-between to try and spin up our paradigms to understand the next stage in relationship technology, the horrific damage of…
Supplementary Material 28: The Ultimate Geometric Unifying Cognitive-Theoretic Iceberg 2025-05-16
We exercise our ethnographic muscles as we revel in the esoteric dynamics of Australian Pool Culture, the mysteries of Eric Weinstein's theories as…
Supplementary Material 27: Joe Rogan vs. Douglas Murray vs. Sam Harris vs. DTG 2025-04-25
We immerse ourselves in the dark waves of the discourse to bring you treasures beyond mere mortal ken. Supplementary Material 27 00:00 Introduction…
Supplementary Material 26: Flint Dibble Interview, Bonding over Outgroup Hate, and Manly Sycophancy 2025-04-13
We project our insecurities onto the gurusphere, wallowing in our inadequacy to bond over shared hatred of outgroups, and interview Flint Dibble…
Supplementary Material 25: Ancient Pyramids, Sesame Street Monsters, & MORE Lab Leak Discourse 2025-03-31
We embrace our hybridity, stare down Lovecraftian Donkey-Dragon hybrids, and enter into true Dialogos. Supplementary Material 25 01:06 DTG Grievance…
Supplementary Material 24: Dialogos with Greek Gods, the Metaphysics of Pepe, and Red-Pilled Embarrassment 2025-02-28
Chris and Matt confront their inner demons, manifest their personal deities, and dive into the Onto-Logos. Supplementary Material 24 00:00…
Supplementary Material 23: Content Shark Psychology, Rorschach Tweets, and the Art of Radicalisation 2025-02-22
Chris and Matt have their models exploded, the maps ripped up, and their minds blown as the Gurusphere expands into exciting new territory.…
Supplementary Material 22: Tim Tams, Nazi Salutes, and AI Demonology 2025-02-12
We immerse ourselves in the Dark Side of the Gurusphere and come out forever altered by what we've seen and praying for an escape from this…
Supplementary Material 21: The emergency snake, thought = secularised prayer, and Love and War 2025-01-10
It's 2025, and the Gurusphere shows no signs of slowing down—so here we are, diving into some grim crossovers. This time, the bro-optimiser Andrew…
Supplementary Material 20: Stolen Valour, Based Murder, and Eric Weinstein's Phonecall Problems 2024-12-27
In this end-of-year supplementary material, we unleash the hounds of war, battle through the discourse, and emerge alive but bloody and battered on…
Supplementary Material 19: Critic-O-Rama with extra trans-dimensional alien demons 2024-11-29
In this truly epic-length supplementary material, we spin 70 critical paradigms simultaneously while trying to avoid the wily tricks of some hostile…
Supplementary Material 18: The Clown Car Cometh 2024-11-16
Still in the land of the free and restocked with important new insights from his US travels, Matt is confronted with the Gurusphere's predictably…
Supplementary Material 17: American Dreams, YouTube Algorithms, and Poisonous Plastics 2024-11-01
In this episode, Chris and Matt open the lid on Matt's adventures in America. Basking in the land of the free, Matt is forced to consider YouTube…
Supplementary Material 16: Riding a Phoenix to Rescue the Gurusphere 2024-10-08
We plunge ever deeper into the convoluted world of guru punditry and are dazzled at the theatrics at the 'Rescue the Republic' event, inspired by…
Supplementary Material 15: Russian Stooges, Lex Love-bombs, and Heterodox Hypocrisy 2024-09-16
We rip off the unconvincing plastic mask to reveal the true gurus lurking underneath and discuss: Russian Propaganda and Influencer Scandal Profit…
Supplementary Materials 14: Return to the Gurusphere 2024-08-31
World travels complete the Guru Decoders reconvene to examine how the Gurusphere has been behaving in their absence. Bad news abounds. Featuring:…
Supplementary Materials 13: Dead Bears, Biblical Stories, and Coffeezilla's Legal Battle 2024-08-14
We reflect on the meaning of some biblical scriptures to understand the gurus, alongside: Jonathan Pageau gets into the Olympics RFK Jnr. and the…
Supplementary Materials 12: Olympic Ceremonies and Presidential Candidates 2024-08-04
We tour the Guru-sphere's balanced and considered response to the Olympics Opening Ceremony and Kamala Harris replacing Biden as the Democratic…
Supplementary Materials 11: Alex Jones is at it again 2024-07-27
We are a little behind the news cycle with this release, so we apologise for that. For context this episode was recorded after Trump's assassination…
Supplementary Materials 10: Rigorous Conspiracy Hypothesising about the Trump Shooting 2024-07-19
A special Supplementary Material where we take a gander at some of the reactions to the recent assassination attempt on Trump and then dig deeper…
Supplementary Materials 9: Galaxy Brains Collide 2024-07-06
We get put in our place by an old champion, who reminds us why they are the king. Also this episode: Chris' post-conference thoughts on the UK…
Supplementary Materials 8: Lab Leak Discourse, Toxic YouTube Dynamics, and the Metaphysics of Peppa Pig 2024-06-07
We stare into the abyss and welcome darkness into our souls as we discuss: Feedback on the Žižek episode Middle Aged Men's Health Update Alina Chan…
Supplementary Materials 7: Guru Oneupmanship, Hard Ad Pivots, MOOOINK, and Left Wing Populism 2024-05-27
We curse the dark omens emerging from the Gurusphere as we consider: The Illusion of Disciplinary Boundaries Flint Dibble Feedback and Rays of Hope…
Supplementary Materials 6: Christian Sensemaking, Hipster Race Realists, & Marijuana Pseudoscience 2024-05-10
We shake our heads in despair at some truly terrible Guru crossovers: Old Man Health Routines: Jogging, Diets, and the Pursuit of 'Wellness' Jordan…
Supplementary Material 5: Spiritual UFOs, Alternative Theories of Evolution, and Atlantean Grievances 2024-04-26
We watch in awe as the guru-sphere grapples with a host of 'alternative' theories: Bret promotes pseudoscience on Polio and alternative theories on…
Supplementary Material 4: Passive Aggressive Therapists, Shit-posting Monks, and Weaponised Naivety 2024-04-13
We ponder whether, due to our naivety, do we actually deserve the gurus and other topics, including: Is Hasan Piker even better than we said? The…
Supplementary Material 3: Sand-worms, Anti-Capitalist Merch, and High Level Idea-Jacking 2024-03-31
We test the boundaries of the Supplementary format with a stacked third edition containing: Matt's Review of Dune 2 and the Three-Body Problem Hasan…
Supplementary Material 2: Dissident Dialogues, Bloodbaths, & Genocidal Debates 2024-03-22
The adventure in formatting continues with the second Supplementary Material episode, in which we: lament we don't command the same level of loyalty…
Supplementary Material 1: Cringe Immunity & Supplemental Ethics 2024-03-07
An adventure in formatting, welcome to the inaugural Supplementary Material episode. Here we are trying to save you all from the ever-expanding…