
Western Kabuki
mail@killthecomputer.com
4.6from 1,411 ratings
- 272
- Episodes
- 116
- Transcribed
- 1,411
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
- 191M
- YouTube views
About Western Kabuki
June and Caleb talk about the ways in which internet culture spills out into the real world; good and bad.
- Publisher
- mail@killthecomputer.com
- Category
- comedy · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 10 Sept 2022
- Latest episode
- 22 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
116 of 272 episodes have a transcript.

22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Preview: The Curious Case of Alpha School

18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
A Very Chinese Friday

10 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Preview: The Kirkiversary
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Preview: The Curious Case of Alpha School
Published 22 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] When you are boasting over and over and over and over about how amazing everything is, that's a red flag. That's a red flag. You know, I've worked in education for 20 years without exception. The best educators, teachers, are incredibly humble and incredibly modest because of how challenging it is. So when you see, and this is true beyond Alpha School, when you see people, you know, sort of declaring that they've figured it out and that they have this thing that can 2x, or I even discovered they think now it can 10x their learning. I don't even know what that means. 10x of what? 10x, it's like a KPI indicator of nonsense. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Benjamin Riley
- Ed Zitron
- Arif Hasan
- Miles Klee
- Marcos
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 190,902,098
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 420 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 991 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 86 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 95
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 98
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Questions about Western Kabuki
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does Western Kabuki take guests?
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