Dangerous Laughterhttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dangerous-laughter--7482240enNews CommentaryCopyright Dangerous Laughterhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1b47b29820c3732eeba8b211a8c48fba.jpgDangerous Laughterhttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dangerous-laughter--7482240Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:18:16 +0000Dangerous LaughterDangerous Laughterfeeds@spreaker.comDangerous Laughter with A.J. Rice is political satire with a spine. Hosted by bestselling author, political humorist, satirist, and PUBLIUS PR Founder A.J. Rice, this show laughs where the 'cancel culture' police told you not to. From media hypocrisy...falseb6b0d814-1718-5fa3-a22b-d5740eea26dcepisodicGovernment Schools Indoctrination, Gender Identity & Fighting the Culture War with Comedy | Shamgar Connors with AJ Ricehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/government-schools-indoctrination-gender-identity-fighting-the-culture-war-with-comedy-shamgar-connors-with-aj-rice--75882028• School-board meetings and public-comment rules
• Gender identity, bathroom policies, and parental concerns
• Shamgarita, Wolfgar, and character-driven political satire
• Alex Stein’s influence on Connors’ activism
• Free speech, school-library controversies, and accountability
• Faith, medical freedom, and the story behind the costumes
• Why A.J. Rice calls comedy a civic duty Can a costume expose a contradiction that a conventional argument cannot? Watch or listen to the full conversation, subscribe to Dangerous Laughter, and share it with someone who follows the fight over America’s schools. Perfectly Timed Derision. Stay dangerous. FOLLOW A.J. RICE
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  • (00:00:01) - Cold open and show intro
  • (00:01:36) - WNBA culture wars setup and Enes Kanter clip
  • (00:04:15) - Introducing Shamgarita, WNBA pronoun protector
  • (00:06:17) - Defining 'woman' and Katanji Brown Jackson jokes
  • (00:08:26) - Leftist hypocrisy and inclusion complaints
  • (00:11:03) - School board bathroom policy expose
  • (00:13:05) - Jennifer Craig Ford drag show expose
  • (00:16:33) - Casanovia school board scandal and wrap-up
  • (00:18:40) - Shamgarita's school board podium speech
  • (00:21:02) - Curse of the Bearded Lady book promo
  • (00:22:38) - FurCon news segment
  • (00:24:41) - Introducing Wolfgar the Alpha Therian
  • (00:26:59) - Furry kink culture explained
  • (00:29:13) - Furries in public schools expose
  • (00:32:14) - Hetero dress codes vs furry acceptance
  • (00:34:18) - Schools, money, and Hot Topic culture
  • (00:36:39) - Wolfgar on backlash and Charlie Kirk comments
  • (00:38:54) - Celebrity endorsement bit and book ad break
  • (00:41:20) - Back with real Shamgar Connors, origin story
  • (00:44:01) - Kidney failure and tetanus shot story
  • (00:45:24) - UVA transplant list and COVID vaccine refusal
  • (00:48:14) - Death panels, Fauci, and COVID fallout
  • (00:52:33) - How Shamgar started his activism
  • (00:54:55) - Threats, faith, and staying motivated
  • (00:56:53) - Closing remarks and where to find Shamgar
]]> https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/70555/episode/2658173Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:02:23 +0000Dangerous LaughterHe spent 14 years teaching in public schools. Now he’s taking school boards’ own arguments to their most uncomfortable conclusions. Shamgar Connors joins A.J. Rice on Dangerous Laughter to challenge what he describes as government-school...• School-board meetings and public-comment rules
• Gender identity, bathroom policies, and parental concerns
• Shamgarita, Wolfgar, and character-driven political satire
• Alex Stein’s influence on Connors’ activism
• Free speech, school-library controversies, and accountability
• Faith, medical freedom, and the story behind the costumes
• Why A.J. Rice calls comedy a civic duty Can a costume expose a contradiction that a conventional argument cannot? Watch or listen to the full conversation, subscribe to Dangerous Laughter, and share it with someone who follows the fight over America’s schools. Perfectly Timed Derision. Stay dangerous. FOLLOW A.J. RICE
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Instagram: 128fullMIND VIRUSES: How Fear, Propaganda & Groupthink Hijack Society | John Leake & A.J. Ricehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mind-viruses-how-fear-propaganda-groupthink-hijack-society-john-leake-a-j-rice--75882036• Mind Viruses
• Carl Jung
• Psychic epidemics
• Mass psychology
• Groupthink
• Social conformity
• Tribal behavior
• Fear and scapegoating
• Propaganda
• Institutional authority
• The “expert class”
• Media influence
• Social pressure
• COVID-19 controversies
• Debate over transgender medicine for minors
• X
• TikTok
• Reddit
• Social-media algorithms
• Attention economy
• René Girard
• H.L. Mencken
• Thomas Sowell
• Roger Scruton
• Free speech
• Political satire
• Humor and ridicule A.J. and John examine why intelligent people can sometimes adopt beliefs primarily because those beliefs are reinforced by institutions, peers, media, or social incentives. They also discuss how modern social platforms accelerate the spread of ideas by rewarding emotionally powerful content. Fear travels quickly. Outrage travels quickly. Certainty travels quickly. Nuance usually has to take the stairs. THE BIGGER QUESTION What happens when attention itself becomes the battlefield? If governments, corporations, media organizations, activists, universities, and technology platforms are all competing for attention, understanding how fear and social reinforcement work may be increasingly important. And because this is Dangerous Laughter, the conversation eventually arrives at a very different weapon: Ridicule. Humor can weaken the aura of inevitability surrounding an idea, institution, or political slogan by making people willing to look at it differently. So can comedy interrupt a psychological contagion before conformity takes over? Subscribe to Dangerous Laughter with A.J. Rice for conversations about psychology, politics, culture, media, free speech, history, comedy, and the ideas reshaping American life. JOHN LEAKE Mind Viruses: America’s Irrational Obsessions Chapters
  • (00:00:01) - Cold Open and Dangerous Laughter Intro
  • (00:01:55) - Welcoming John Leake and Sartorial Banter
  • (00:05:51) - What Is a Mind Virus? Jung, Witch Hunts, and Scapegoating
  • (00:09:49) - How Fear Gets Weaponized by Interest Groups
  • (00:12:15) - Timeline: From Y2K to 9/11 and the Birth of Modern Hysteria
  • (00:16:00) - Eisenhower, Kennedy, and the Scientific-Technological Elite
  • (00:18:06) - Break: Charlie Kirk and the Art of Weaving Comedy and Truth
  • (00:19:25) - Curse of the Bearded Lady Ad Segment
  • (00:21:05) - Fukuyama, Huntington, and Why Smart People Believe Nonsense
  • (00:23:02) - The Captured Expert Class and the Cognoscenti
  • (00:27:50) - Fauci as Godfather: Identity Over Truth
  • (00:29:00) - Bonhoeffer on Stupidity and Mass Delusion
  • (00:32:12) - The Vatican Vaccine Coin and Fauci's Papal Authority
  • (00:33:27) - Chase Hughes: Identity Politics and Belief Manipulation
  • (00:35:55) - Ivermectin, Late Night Comedians, and Death Panels
  • (00:38:32) - Break: Celebrity Endorsements and Ads
  • (00:41:53) - Mencken Quote and Historians of Dangerous Laughter
  • (00:43:13) - Social Media, Jung, and the Uncontrolled Psychic Experiment
  • (00:46:36) - Internet Maturity, AI, and Modern Addiction
  • (00:50:26) - The Comfort of Certainty vs. the Discomfort of Skepticism
  • (00:53:27) - Historical Delusions and the Transgender Mind Virus
  • (00:58:10) - Institutional Capture and the Texas Ban on Trans Medicine for Minors
  • (01:00:02) - The Hidden Chapter: Attention, Globalism, and Unified Agendas
  • (01:04:25) - Closing Thoughts and Where to Find John Leake
]]> https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/70555/episode/2641671Fri, 02 Oct 2026 19:10:04 +0000Dangerous LaughterMind Viruses, Mass Psychology & the Battle for Your Attention | John Leake What happens when an idea spreads through a society faster than people can stop and question it? New York Times bestselling author John Leake joins A.J. Rice on Dangerous...• Mind Viruses
• Carl Jung
• Psychic epidemics
• Mass psychology
• Groupthink
• Social conformity
• Tribal behavior
• Fear and scapegoating
• Propaganda
• Institutional authority
• The “expert class”
• Media influence
• Social pressure
• COVID-19 controversies
• Debate over transgender medicine for minors
• X
• TikTok
• Reddit
• Social-media algorithms
• Attention economy
• René Girard
• H.L. Mencken
• Thomas Sowell
• Roger Scruton
• Free speech
• Political satire
• Humor and ridicule A.J. and John examine why intelligent people can sometimes adopt beliefs primarily because those beliefs are reinforced by institutions, peers, media, or social incentives. They also discuss how modern social platforms accelerate the spread of ideas by rewarding emotionally powerful content. Fear travels quickly. Outrage travels quickly. Certainty travels quickly. Nuance usually has to take the stairs. THE BIGGER QUESTION What happens when attention itself becomes the battlefield? If governments, corporations, media organizations, activists, universities, and technology platforms are all competing for attention, understanding how fear and social reinforcement work may be increasingly important. And because this is Dangerous Laughter, the conversation eventually arrives at a very different weapon: Ridicule. Humor can weaken the aura of inevitability surrounding an idea, institution, or political slogan by making people willing to look at it differently. So can comedy interrupt a psychological contagion before conformity takes over? Subscribe to Dangerous Laughter with A.J. Rice for conversations about psychology, politics, culture, media, free speech, history, comedy, and the ideas reshaping American life. JOHN LEAKE Mind Viruses: America’s Irrational Obsessions Chapters