SubRant: a podcast wherein Catherine and James, two wildly (mildly) creative and cosmopolitan (provincial) Parisians (Phoenicians), wander in and out of conversations about art and other stuff that annoys them.
SubRant Website (https://subrantpodcast.com)
SHOW THEMES:
Dorothy gets A.I.ed, Drones vs A.I., and James's blackout
SHOW NOTES:
Trump calls National Guard (https://bsky.app/profile/drewharwell.com/post/3lw4wywph7c2t) to DC
LARP (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_action_role-playing_game)ing
Big Balls gets roughed up (https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/05/trump-administration-staffer-known-as-big-balls-assaulted-in-dc-00494990) and Trump takes over DC police, Minnesota congress people are shot and killed (https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/after-two-day-manhunt-suspect-charged-shooting-two-minnesota-lawmakers-and-their-spouses) and Trump does nothing
AOL turns off dial-up (https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/08/11/aol-dialup)
Drone vs A.I. - which is the more transformative technology?
"A dragon can't fight dial-up"
"Power is power" (https://youtu.be/ab6GyR_5N6c?si=Ifa3noiNKg8jCf-0)
The Wizard of Oz goes to Las Vegas (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gpwcaNyIrY&t=1s)
TCM colorized films
"People calling it disgraceful on twitter... you know what's disgraceful? Still being on twitter."
'Whether rich or poor, it was the longest of nights': How a 2003 blackout brought New York City to a standstill (https://www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/20250807-how-a-2003-blackout-brought-new-york-city-to-a-standstill)
James's blackout story
14 Aug 2025
Episode #104: Episode #104: The Chihuahua Problem
Show Themes:
Cracker Barrel gets boring, Costco electrifying, and Martha's 'Vegan'-yard
Show Notes:
Catherine is in hot water
Cracker Barrel's logo controversy (https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/08/25/cracker-barrels-logo-controversy/), explained
BORING
'American Stupid' is charming
GEN-X is messing everything up
Waffle House?
Over heated Chihuahua tanks Desert Democracy (https://www.desertdemocracyindivisible.org/)
Local business owner Kelly Yu detained by ICE (https://ktar.com/immigration/family-of-detained-peoria-woman/5729437/)
Costco putting in EV charging stations? (https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2025/06/26/costco-fast-ev-charger-experiment-spacex/84335283007)
Why Is Martha's Vineyard Going Vegan? It's All About Tick Bites. (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/dining/marthas-vineyard-alpha-gal-tick-bites.html)
Ticks triggering allelic reaction to red meat
Granny rage bates with A.I. non-sense but she's just a grubby 'creator' leeching your attention to farm clicks and YouTube revenue and I hate her so much that I'm not going to even link to her.
6 Aug 2025
Episode #102: Just Read a Book
Show Themes:
Meta trades porn form books, Han shoots first, and "remaking" the past
Show Notes:
Moving to Tucson?
Project Blue (https://www.tucsonaz.gov/Government/Office-of-the-City-Manager/Project-Blue-Information)
"Superflorious"
Water and data centers
Buy and RV, drive to where the water is
AZRVExpert (https://www.tiktok.com/@azrvexpert)
Oh-oh, here comes the Bittorrent explainer...
Meta pirated and seeded porn for years to train AI, lawsuit says (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/meta-pirated-and-seeded-porn-for-years-to-train-ai-lawsuit-says/)
"Sharing porn so he can steal books"
Meta runs on porn
Kennedy cancels mRNA vaccine research (https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/federal-mrna-funding-cut-is-most-dangerous-public-health-decision-ever-expert-says)
Aanand L Rai slams AI version of 'Raanjhanaa': "Betrayal of everything we built" (https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/aanand-l-rai-slams-ai-version-of-raanjhanaa-betrayal-of-everything-we-built/ar-AA1JIDQ7)
Destruction of the creative intent
Han shot first (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_shot_first)
Will the Kennedy Center become the Donald J. Trump Center for the Performing Arts? (https://www.npr.org/2025/07/29/nx-s1-5483848/kennedy-center-trump)
John F. Kennedy's grandson Jack Scholossberg responded angrily to moves to rename the institution, posting (https://www.instagram.com/p/DMbgnyhgQvo)
Catherine assaults her ears
Turn off the internet and read
Book Corner:
The Color of Magic (https://terrypratchett.com/books/the-colour-of-magic)
The Wicked series (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked_(Maguire_novel))
Who has been a guest on SubRant
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Jamelle Bouie
Frohar Akbary
Jessie Class
Reach and audience
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YouTube views
48,240
Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
5 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 60 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
Quality
77
Social presence
0
YouTube
76
Engagement
32
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