The Drain
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Episodes: 91
Mar 26, 2025
Description
The Drain is a podcast covering California news and culture. Hosted by Kempa (founding editor of VOICES: River City) and Max (a.k.a. Sweet Palma, cofounder of Seeking Derangements), we discuss the liberal California hegemony through a leftist lens, just steps from the state Capitol.
Free episodes (The Drain) every Wednesday. Premium episodes (The Plug) every Saturday at: patreon.com/thedrain
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QAnon pursues shuttered women's prison, for the children...
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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Unionizing California's legislative staffers
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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*Preview* Paul Pelosi take the wheel
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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Chased out by chasers
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Jul 10, 2026 |
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Socialists humiliate NYC Democrats, with Peter Lucas
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Jun 27, 2026 |
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*Preview* Solo en Sivar
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Jun 16, 2026 |
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Ballot dump: no votes refused
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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*Special* Prattlefornia: how the Left is faring this election
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Jun 06, 2026 |
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Getting out the meemaw vote, with Robin Epley
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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*UNLOCKED* The curious federal case of Sean "Baby" Loloee
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May 30, 2026 |
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*Preview* Busting the trust
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May 28, 2026 |
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Heidi Hall for Congress (with Heidi Hall)
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May 20, 2026 |
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*Preview* Yogi Becerra
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May 17, 2026 |
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CSUEU President Catherine Hutchinson's baffling union-busting bullshit
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May 13, 2026 |
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Building a Bitter California (or, the battle of the billionaires)
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May 04, 2026 |
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*Preview* The curious federal case of Sean "Baby" Loloee
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Apr 26, 2026 |
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"I see a broken California!" (Rafael Hernandez for governor?)
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Swal's well that ends swell ?
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Apr 19, 2026 |
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*Preview* The Sacramento Bee stings Doris Matsui
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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California's presidential hopefuls and the perfidious Turk
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Apr 11, 2026 |
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*Preview* The Drain🕳️'s official 'Why?' Combinator Challenge
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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California's broken representative democracy, with Caledon Myers of the ProRep Coalition
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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*Preview* Show hole (Hole show)
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Drainiversary episode!
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Mar 14, 2026 |
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*Preview* LEAVE. BRITNEY. ALONE.
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Connie Chan for Congress (with Connie Chan)
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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*Preview* Eric Swalwangelou
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Open the schools, with "Tommy"
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Feb 22, 2026 |
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Kevin Kiley needs a home
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Mayors gone wild/corporate/AWOL
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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*Preview* Last of the Mujicas
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Feb 01, 2026 |
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Nothing new under the California sun
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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Ro Khanna outshines Newsom on ICE, billionaire tax
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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*Preview* The state of Gavin Newsom's presidential prospects
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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California's response (and oil ties) to the kidnapping of ~Venezuenian~ president Nicolás Maduro
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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California says f*ck ICE, and Sacramento's lay of the legislative land
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Jan 10, 2026 |
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The Drain's🕳️ unimpeachable 2026 Hot or Not rundown
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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San Francisco's drone wars
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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*Preview* Wall Street shorts AI, and the murder-suicide case targeting OpenAI
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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The California GOP's death rattle
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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*Preview* Cooking the books in CA homeless counts
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Dec 13, 2025 |
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The Murdoch family's power grab in the city of Little Angels
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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UNLOCKED - Backpage, the fall of alt weeklies, and how Kamala Harris caused a suicide
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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*Preview* Timeshare grifter Cloobeck backs Swalwell for governor; Maviglio's legal defense fundraiser; Progressive Connie Chan joins race for Pelosi's seat
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Lady Bird Boys, with Peter Lucas
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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*Preview* Berkeley boots Turning Point USA
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Federal charges against Newsom and Becerra's former chiefs of staff, and SF Mayor Daniel Lurie's animal house bungle
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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San Francisco musical chairs, with the 48 Hills crew (Tim Redmond and Marke B.)
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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043 - AHNOLD goes AWOL, and Gavin's email collection scheme
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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042 - ICE operations heat up, plus a California potpourri of updates
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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*Preview* 041 - Graham Platner face-plants
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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040 - California's CARE Court failures, and MAGA Huntington Beach's soon-to-be progressive congressman
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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*Preview* 039 - USC v. Donald Trump
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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038 - Katie Porter's crash-outs, and Dr. Pan eyes a congressional seat
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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*Preview* 037 - The ultimate man-cave grift
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Oct 12, 2025 |
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036 - California's conversion therapy loophole, and Governor Newsom is grilled by ConnorEatsPants on Fortnite Friday
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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*Preview* 035 - Governor Newscum takes on economic nihilism and gamer culture
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Oct 05, 2025 |
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034 - The progressive push to oust California's neoliberal Congress members
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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*Preview* 033 - SMUD narcs on its California customers
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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032 - Chuck remembrance and Newsom bills
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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031 - California blue (a redistricting story)
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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030 - Have It Your Way (with Josh Rosa of Better Ballot Sacramento)
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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029 - A new poll on California sovereignty, with Coyote Marin
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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*Preview* 028 - Rogue benches in San Francisco
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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027 - Large Gorgeous William and the Golden State
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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*Preview* 026 - The Latino Vote on the leftist playbook
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Jul 05, 2025 |
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025 - Do not come-dani: Islamophobia hits the California legislature, plus Zohran's win
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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*Preview* The Plug 024 - Asm. Carl DeMaio's anti-trans diatribe interrupted by Democratic birthdays
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Jun 28, 2025 |
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The Drain 023 - Billionaire, crypto, and Zionist funding for California Democrats
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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*Preview* The Plug 022 - Mr. 1950 Seduces the Sandwich Caller Live on Air
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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The Drain 021 - Californians naming and shaming ICE agents; how state Dems in Congress are handling Israel-Iran; CA budget watch updates
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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The Drain 019 - The inexorable march toward a Musk-Newsom alliance
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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*Preview* The Plug 018 - Rep. Ro Khanna's ill-advised 2028 presidential trial balloon
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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The Drain 017 - The RICO case against the Stop Cop City 61, with Priscilla Grim
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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*Preview* The Plug 016 - Drugs abroad
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May 30, 2025 |
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The Drain 015 - Newsom's California budget: Prison closures, Ozempic cuts, Hollywood tax credits, and ending Medi-Cal for undocumented residents
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May 27, 2025 |
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*Preview* The Plug 014 - Backpage, the fall of alt weeklies, and how Kamala Harris caused a suicide
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May 16, 2025 |
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The Drain 013 - Assemblymember Maggy Krell's bad-faith sex trafficking bill
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May 13, 2025 |
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*Preview* The Plug 012 - Qué Hilaria
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May 09, 2025 |
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The Drain 011 - AI in CA
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May 06, 2025 |
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The Drain 010 - California Independence, with Coyote Marin of the Independent California Institute
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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The Drain 009 - On Nayib Bukele's "tropical gulag" and El Salvador
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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The Drain 008 - Kamala Harris eyes the Governor's Mansion
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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The Drain 007 - There Will Be Jakes, with Hesse Deni
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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The Drain 006 - "Poverty porn" peddlers and the billionaires who love them, with Marke B.
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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The Drain 005 - Bluer skies
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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*Preview* The Drain 004 - UC students under attack (Part 2/2)
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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The Drain 003 - UC students under attack (Part 1/2)
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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The Drain 002 - A #Resistance in entropy
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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The Drain 001 - Kirk cucks Newsom
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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The Drain 000 - Introductions with Kempa and Sweet Palma
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Mar 12, 2025 |