25 years after 9/11, Boiler Room examines the event, the information war it unleashed, and the lessons that helped shape ACR.
Battle of the Sexes, Victory of the Machine
While men and women fight each other, AI, surveillance and technocracy expand. Battle of the sexes. Victory of the machine.
The Machine State
Debt, war and institutions spiral while AI, surveillance and automation build an increasingly sophisticated Machine State underneath them.
Terms & Conditions Apply: Surveillance, Algorithms & the Machinery of Control
Surveillance, AI, algorithmic pricing, press freedom and cyberwar collide as Boiler Room digs into the fine print of modern control.
Madhouse Recap: Missed Icebreakers and Recent Insanity
After a brief summer hiatus, Boiler Room returns to clear the Discord backlog of mutant raccoons, cyborg cockroaches, nuclear monster sharks, prediction-market madness, fried-chicken Oreos, Mexican Batman, panhandling robots and other evidence that the Madhouse remains fully operational.
Engineered Emergencies
This week on Boiler Room, Hesher and guests examine the growing intersection of perpetual crisis, AI infrastructure, surveillance, and information warfare. Are today’s emergencies merely being managed—or are they laying the foundation for a more centralized technological future?
Founding Fathers’ Facepalm: A Boiler Room Special
As America marks its 250th anniversary, Boiler Room presents a special Fourth of July weekend broadcast examining the promises, contradictions, and future of the American experiment. Join Hesher and an all-star panel for “Founding Fathers’ Facepalm” as they ask what the architects of the republic might think about modern America—from perpetual war and digital surveillance to cultural upheaval, technocracy, and the enduring spirit of liberty. Featuring the special panel game The Boston Tea Party Toss, The Liberty Lantern, The Paul Revere Warning, and The Graveyard Groan, this Independence Day special offers a lively, thought-provoking, and often humorous reflection on 250 years of American history and what may lie ahead.
Digital Feudalism: The Rise of the (New) Empire
This week on Boiler Room, Hesher is joined by Adam “Ruckus” Clark, Spore, Mark Anderson, and Sam Chaney to examine the growing architecture of digital feudalism. From AI systems, surveillance networks, data centers, and autonomous warfare to Peter Thiel’s secretive networks, FLOCK cameras, ELSAG SignalTrace, and the expanding power of technocratic elites, the crew explores the emergence of a new empire built on information, infrastructure, and control.
The Machine Has No Conscience
Boiler Room: The Machine Has No Conscience — A futuristic dystopian scene illustrating the expansion of artificial intelligence, autonomous robotics, military drones, surveillance technology, data centers, and technocratic control. The image represents the growing intersection of AI, corporate power, warfare, information control, and the human cost of unchecked technological advancement. Suitable for discussions involving AI alignment, censorship, surveillance, geopolitics, automation, and digital governance.
The Technocratic Labyrinth
As AI hype collides with economic reality, governments deepen military integration, data centers face growing public resistance, and surveillance technologies become embedded in the workplace, the modern world increasingly resembles a technocratic maze. Hesher, Ruckus, Mystical Pharaoh and guests examine the systems, institutions, and narratives shaping the next phase of the digital age.