Alternate Current Radio Presents: Boiler Room
Signals From the Past: Charlottesville & Cultural Revolution Narratives
”Boiler Room Archive Remix — Episode 122 (Aug 17, 2017)”
The Social Rejects Club: Hesher, Spore, Jay Dyer, Daniel Spaulding, Randy J, Mystical Pharaoh
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A pivotal 2017 broadcast examining Charlottesville, media narratives, and the early signals of a broader cultural shift still unfolding today.
Boiler Room Archive Remix — Episode 122, originally broadcast live on August 17, 2017.
Hosted by Bryan “Hesher” McClain, this episode features Spore, Daniel Spaulding, Jay Dyer, Randy J, and Pharaoh in a wide-ranging discussion centered on the Charlottesville events and the broader cultural and political tensions unfolding at the time.
The panel explores the role of media framing, the escalation of civil unrest, and the growing debates around historical monuments, identity, and cultural memory.
Drawing connections between past and present, the conversation highlights how narratives are shaped, amplified, and weaponized within the information environment.
As part of the Boiler Room Archive Remix series, this release revisits past broadcasts to preserve the record and offer listeners a chance to reflect on how these discussions resonate in today’s climate.
This episode stands as a snapshot of a highly charged moment in 2017—providing both historical context and an opportunity for deeper “then vs now” analysis.
🔁 Boiler Room Archive Remix
Revisiting past broadcasts, preserving the record, and re-examining key moments in media, geopolitics, and culture.
📡 Originally Aired: August 17, 2017
🎙️ Host: Bryan “Hesher” McClain
🎧 Guests: Spore, Daniel Spaulding, Jay Dyer, Randy J, Pharaoh
🎙️ Format: Audio Only (Pre-Video Era)
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Reference Links:
- Ice Breaker – Robots Created to Ease the Grief of a Spouse or Lover Who Has Passed On
- Weeaboo Cringe Compilation
- RT – Should Landmarks be Renamed After Violence, Poll
- 1984 (movie) – 2 minutes of hate scene
- WIRED Magazine: Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us
- Charlottesville – Come to Ukraine, We Will Show You Real Nazis
- Assange Asks Why the US Said Nothing When Obama Supported Ukrainian Neo-Nazis
- Video: John McCain and Linday Graham Inciting Ukraine to Attack Russia
- John McCain and The Cancer of Conflict
- What Was China’s Cultural Revolution and Why Was It So Violent?
- Mao’s China – One Man’s Revolution – BBC 20th Century
- Chairman Mao Documentary The Cultural Revolution Destruction of China
- Mao’s Bloody Revolution
- Peoples Century – Great Leap – Chinese History Documentary
- Al Gore Warns Global Warming Could ‘Increase The Flows of Refugees’ From Africa’
- Gore: ‘Climate refugees are beginning to create instability in parts of Europe’
- The Cultural Revolution: All You Need To Know About China’s Political Convulsion
Music from BR 122:
- Porcupine Tree – Hate Song
- Phil Collins – In the Air Tonight
- Go West – King of Wishful Thinking
- Martin Stone – In the House of Stone and Light
- Karl Sanders – Awaiting the Vultures