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Blank Propaganda Machine

Blank Propaganda Machine

By: Kirk Wilson Jed Craig & Kraig Schaulin
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Welcome to Blank Propaganda Machine — the comedy channel where satire, absurdity, and unfiltered humor converge to lampoon the world of propaganda and debate. Featuring a lineup of original podcasts, we parody the tactics of media manipulation and over-the-top rhetoric, delivering content that’s as thought-provoking as it is hilarious.

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Episodes
  • Which Director Has the Better Filmography? Tarantino vs Spielberg | Mass Debate
    Jun 16 2026

    On this week's episode, cinema's biggest heavyweights step into the ring as Jed and special guest Skyler Norwood battle over which director boasts the better filmography: Quentin Tarantino or Steven Spielberg? Jed storms in carrying a glowing golden suitcase for Team Tarantino, arguing that Quentin's films have everything a growing cinephile needs: razor-sharp dialogue, creative profanity, stylish violence, and a remarkable ability to resurrect careers that Hollywood had already buried in the backyard. To Jed, Tarantino isn't a director, he's a cinematic mad scientist blending genres together until something beautiful, bizarre, and occasionally explosive crawls out of the lab. Skyler fires back for Team Spielberg, calling him the undisputed king of cinematic wonder. He argues Spielberg invented the modern blockbuster, taught generations to fear sharks, love dinosaurs, and cry over aliens with overly phallic fingers with glowing bulbous tips. He argues Spielberg's catalog has more range than a buffet and more heart than Moderator Kirk eating a basket of gravy fries. When Jed compares Tarantino to Baskin-Robbins with endless flavors of filmmaking, Skyler points out that all 31 flavors come with an R-rating and a parental warning label. Jed admits Spielberg belongs on most people's Mount Rushmore of directors, but questions whether he's really serving meat and potatoes or just the same old bucket of popcorn.

    Moderator Kirk tries to keep the discussion focused on film, but it quickly devolves like Samuel L. Jackson yelling obscenities in a threateningly humorous way. Meanwhile, Hung Juror Kraig watches the debate unfold like a man trapped between a velociraptor and a katana. It's wonder vs edge, sharks vs Nazis, and enough nonsense to fill a three-hour commentary track, on this blockbuster-sized episode of Mass Debate!

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    24 mins
  • Which Coast Can Boast the Most? West Coast vs East Coast | Mass Debate
    Jun 9 2026

    On this week's episode, the BPM Boys plant their flags on opposite shores and ask the question that has divided America since the invention of overpriced real estate: Which Coast Has the Most: East Coast or West Coast? Kirk comes out firing for Team East, likening the Atlantic seaboard as a sultry mistress with four distinct seasons, centuries of history, and just enough emotional instability to keep things interesting. He argues the West Coast is basically a one trick pony that lacks any variety short of the occasional mudslide. G-Man counters with Team West, painting a picture of endless sunshine, laid-back vibes, majestic coastlines, and a lifestyle so relaxed it needs a nap to recover from sleeping, all while claiming the East Coast is just people yelling at each other while waiting in line for bagels and pastrami on rye.

    Then, in true Mass Debate fashion, the wheels come off and are never seen again. Somewhere between defending California and discussing sunsets, G-Man accidentally opens a portal into his subconscious and begins describing his family as prison guards holding him captive from his true destiny. What starts as a geography debate rapidly transforms into a live psychological jailbreak. The BPM crew immediately abandon the topic and begin treating G-Man's emotional unraveling like a piñata full of comedy. Moderator Jed throws gasoline on the fire, while Hung Juror Kraig looks like a kid who just discovered his dick for the first time.

    By the end, nobody knows whether they're debating geography, processing trauma, or realizing G-Man is one breakthrough away from buying a van and driving into the desert to "find himself." It's oceans, emotions, and complete mental erosions, all brought to you in glorious Propaganda-Vision on this absolutely bi-coastal insane episode of Mass Debate!

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    23 mins
  • Bigger Pop Culture Icon? Hulk Hogan vs The Rock | Mass Debate
    Jun 3 2026

    On this week's episode, the squared circle expands to encompass all of pop culture as Kirk and Jed step into the ring to answer one colossal question: Who’s the bigger pop culture icon: Hulk Hogan or The Rock? Kirk storms out waving the stars and stripes for Team Hogan, arguing that the Hulkster’s 24-inch pythons, neon charisma, and enough cocaine-era energy to power a small city helped turn professional wrestling into a global phenomenon. To Kirk, Hogan isn’t just a wrestler, he’s a cultural landmark with a handlebar mustache attached.

    Jed enters to the smell of what The Rock was cooking... roughly twenty years ago. He argues that while Hogan may have body-slammed literal giants, Dwayne Johnson body-slammed the entire entertainment industry, evolving from wrestling superstar into a bona fide Hollywood titan. Things get rocky when Jed hits Kirk with a Tombstone-sized challenge: Name five non-wrestling Hogan projects that actually matter. Suddenly Kirk’s encyclopedic pop culture brain starts short-circuiting, producing a scattered trail of forgotten movies, syndicated oddities, and vague memories involving speedboats, muscles, and direct-to-video regret.

    As the match wears on, JT becomes increasingly horrified by both debaters' performances, looking less like a juror and more like a disappointed coach watching two wrestlers miss the ropes. Moderator Kraig struggles to maintain order as the debate spills out of the ring and somehow ends with JT and Kraig launching into a bonus grudge match of their own. It's Hulkamania vs Hollywood, People's Champs vs vitamins and prayers, and enough verbal chair shots to require medical clearance, on this heavyweight, no-holds-barred episode of Mass Debate!

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    28 mins
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