Brace and Jan Chomsky’s Libertarian Noir episode kicks off with absurdist sovereignty theater—Brace declares himself "President" of a "dad-coded" co-working zone in his father’s house, mocking WeWork’s collapse while joking about SoftBank’s financial missteps. Trump’s mugshot becomes the pivot: Brace dissects its viral "mimetic power," framing it as a calculated PR coup that outshone rivals’ clumsy arrests, and half-seriously prescribes political detentions as a modern engagement hack. The episode blends dark humor with sharp media analysis, exposing how chaos becomes currency in today’s attention economy. [Automatically generated summary]
Wait, say something normal and see how uncomfortable you feel.
I definitely want to.
I'm not.
A guy just walked into this room.
Did he?
While I was, yeah, I muted.
Brace is in a special economic co-working zone.
Co-working space.
I am staying with my father.
And unfortunately, the internet at his house doesn't, what do you call it, work.
And so which is extremely dad-coded, by the way.
So that's very dad-coded.
Yes.
Yeah.
And so I am here at a co-working space.
Yeah, you've declared sovereignty.
But there was no one working here.
So I just came upstairs to the top part and rented anything.
I haven't got your name.
Wait, so you're squatting at a co-working spot?
I'm just saying, like, I'm making use of the land that is approved.
Okay.
It actually seems like a very pleasant place to work.
Everyone seems to know each other.
People were very helpful to me.
And I said, you know, I don't know how to reserve something.
They said, don't worry about it.
Just go upstairs.
So I just came upstairs and I'm here.
Perfect.
Well, I think that means you're president now.
Hello, everyone.
I'm Liz.
My name is President Brace.
President, this is not a WeWork.
This is an independent co-working space.
And of course, we are joined by co-worker and producer, Young Chomsky.
And this is true, Non.
Hello.
Welcome to Co-Working Quarterly.
So people are still doing this.
Apparently, not that many people since you're the only ones.
I mean, I'm in a small country town.
So I don't, in the south.
So I don't know if this is co-working, like where they would really take off, but like in Manhattan, is there like a lot of WeWorks in Manhattan still?
I think there are, but I do think WeWork is going bankrupt or it's about to go under, but it's a little unclear.
I feel like if I saw the SoftBank guy at a party, I could get 10, 15 million out of him.
I can't remember if SoftBank is still even involved in WeWork, but probably somehow, some way.
I mean, if it's a bad business decision, SoftBank is there.
It's been so many years, you know?
We need a hard bank.
I, Bruce, real quick, because we want to get to this fantastic interview that we have for our listeners who I think they're really going to enjoy it.
I have really enjoyed it, actually.
We have to, we have to just, we have to talk about, we have to chuck with the mugshot.
Yes.
It's so initial take as a woman, as somebody, you know, functioning Bideau, all of that, Trump, you think he's attractive?
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That's not at all.
Okay, that's not where we're going to.
Where I was going with this.
No, I just was like, we got to, you know, give the people a take.
What's the take?
My take on this, I keep seeing one from Republicans that are like, this will appeal to all the brothers out there, which is such an insane thing to say.
But I think that Trump for sure, like you said, knows his angles.
Oh, yeah.
And I think if you compare Trump's mugshot to everyone else's mugshot, Trump is hands down the only one.
But he's a professional.
He's a star.
He's a professional.
He knows what he's doing.
I will say this.
The mimetic power that this man has is unparalleled.
That he can just drop this and it is like, it's as if the internet started moving again.
It was crazy.
People couldn't get enough.
Yeah.
Oh, I mean, he is, it is, it is the, the, the way that the image where he posted his mugshot is laid out, all of that.
I mean, it's, it's a breath of fresh air.
It's flawless.
I can't believe it.
It felt like the start your engines of the election season, bam, with a bang.
This is my advice to any other politicians out there who are worried about their reelection chances.