Episode 255 – Not in Kansas Anymore

Join Jordan and Bobby, once again reunited for the podcast, as they discuss the symptoms and consequences of long past changes and corruption in western society. Oh… and Harline is still open.

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Referenced in the Podcast

Correction at 1:27:33 ish… Section 107 not 97:

D&C 107:18 The power and authority of the higher, or Melchizedek Priesthood, is to hold the keys of all the spiritual blessings of the church—

19 To have the privilege of receiving the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, to have the heavens opened unto them, to commune with the general assembly and church of the Firstborn, and to enjoy the communion and presence of God the Father, and Jesus the mediator of the new covenant.

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One Comment

Dmitri October 27, 2025

Comrades,

Perhaps it’s fitting to include AI music in the episode denoted by binary number 11111111. It was certainly AI slop to my ears. AI owes an apology to Billy Idol, Linkin Park, Chris Isaak, and Metallica. The beauty of “Wicked Game” was utterly decimated in that “metal” rendition. At least they left The Killers “Human” alone… for now.

This episode’s unofficial theme song is a non-AI cover that works out much better than those AI samples, with Johnny Cash singing a piece by Nine Inch Nails.

Johnny Cash – “Hurt”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AHCfZTRGiI

-Dmitri

P.S. My first inclination was to suggest a terrible non-AI cover. Puddle of Mudd singing Nirvana’s “About a Girl” instantly came to mind. However, I can’t in good conscience subject the listeners to that monstrosity. Search for it at your own peril. If you do, I suggest listening to Nirvana’s version first–then you will appreciate the juxtaposition of all the splendid awfulness spewing from this cover version.