Poster’s Palace? I Thought It Was A Dojo! ft. Josh Boerman

From Ten Thousand Posts by Ten Thousand Posts

March 10, 2026 · 12 min · Episode 452

About this episode

Josh Boerman returns to discuss the Theatre of Cruelty and the Trump administration's content strategy.

This is a preview of a bonus episode! Check out the rest, as well as our extensive backlog of bonus episodes, here! This week, Josh returns to the podcast to talk about the Theatre of Cruelty, and the Trump administrations use of ICE agents to create bizarre viral content for its diminishing base of supporters. We talk about how the administration’s content strategy has changed since 2016, and how it’s had to change to adapt to aimless scrolling and lowered attention spans. We also visit the UK and talk about the results of the Gorton & Denton by-election, and ask: did Matt Goodwin lose because he spent too much time on his phone? Listen and subscribe to The Worst of All Possible Worlds: https://www.worstpossible.world/ Follow Josh on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bosh.worstpossible.world -------PALESTINE AID LINKS -You can donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians and other charities using the links below.https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donate https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/how-you-can-help/emergencies/gaza-israel-conflict -Palestinian Communist Youth Union, which is doing a food and water effort, and is part of the official communist party of…

People in this episode

Guest: Josh Boerman

Topics covered

Theatre of Cruelty
Trump administration
ICE agents
viral content
content strategy
Gorton & Denton by-election
attention spans

Keywords

Theatre of Cruelty
Trump administration
ICE agents
viral content
Gorton & Denton by-election
attention spans
content strategy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Worst of All Possible Worlds, Medical Aid for Palestinians, Save the Children, Palestinian Communist Youth Union, Water is Life

Places: UK