Agitator

Agitator began as the real-time documentation of street-bred novelists fighting to get it out the mud while cutting up about anime and developing a craft manifesto along the way. Having established an independent multimedia company that is taking off, the show is now where these two mystic juggalo weebs freestyle stories live each episode and bring behind-the-scenes perks to their paid subscribers. Jump in.

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Episodes

6 days ago

The Agitator boys have opposing thoughts on DUNE. Instead of going to war over some art that someone else made, we explore the nature of taste and why we vibe with or hate certain movies. We also have beef with Gerber for putting lead in baby snacks and with PSO for being a terrible energy company. Check out more on J David Osborne and Kelby Losack at brokenriverbooks.com and support the show/get bonus content at patreon.com/agitator

132 - Ghostbuster Training Day

Wednesday Feb 28, 2024

Wednesday Feb 28, 2024

Email business inquiries to kelbylosack@outlook.com RE: The County series funding and Agitator Films stock. On this episode, JDO and Kelby are talking: Adam Lehrer's analysis of the recent self-immolation, our responses to people still waiting on our Kickstarter and pre-order projects, Ye's VULTURES, Shane Gillis coming full circle with SNL, and the hourglass method of outlining a story. We almost don't even freestyle a story this episode but then we decide to flex and pull off our craziest concept yet within the last 5 minutes. You can't touch this, but you can subscribe at patreon.com/agitator. Read the Broken River newsletter: brbjdo.substack.comLearn more about Broken River: brokenriverbooks.com

131 - Ronin Trash

Wednesday Feb 21, 2024

Wednesday Feb 21, 2024

JDO is doing some live-developing of his novel-in-progress, Ronin Trash, about tusk hunters and demons. We're also talking beginner's mind, bringing more feminine left-brain energy into the process, voice vs plot, Palahniuk, Crichton, THE WILL OF THE MANY, WebNovel apps, and more. Go to patreon.com/agitator for short film content, extended episodes, exclusive Discord access, and more. Thank you for listening. Shout out if you vibe with this in any way. brbjdo.substack.comkelbylosack.com

130 - Shatter the Matrix

Wednesday Feb 14, 2024

Wednesday Feb 14, 2024

The mystic juggalo weebs are live from the couch in Oklahoma recapping AWP, laying out all the realities/logistics/benefits/pitfalls/alternatives of publishing as a collective, and detailing the dangers of putting your trust in models of big industry (we go in on why Kelby was kicked off Amazon and we were all kicked off Publishers Marketplace). New listeners who found the show after meeting us in Kansas City: welcome! Thanks for fucking with us. Hope you learn some shit.  More at patreon.com/agitator

Monday Feb 12, 2024

***This is a preview, FULL UNCUT EPISODE ON patreon.com/agitator ***SPKU (seppuku) is Agitator's music-focused spinoff. On this episode, hoodrat novelist/filmmaker Kelby Losack chops it up with one half of the roid noise duo Botched Chadification/author/essayist/System of Systems host and Safety Propagandist Adam Lehrer about Kanye's new joint, the masterpiece VULTURES 1.    
Botched Chadification
Listen to System of Systems on Patreon and everywhere you listen to podcasts 
Follow Adam on IG @SafetyPropaganda  
Buy his book COMMUNIONS 

Wednesday Jan 31, 2024

On this episode of the freestyle storytelling podcast, we have actor/poet Kenney Dorcely straight from the Massachusetts boonies to develop an epic anime rap ballad opera inspired by 8 Mile, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and Yu-Gi-Oh!Follow Kenney on IG: @chupakarbra_burnsumWatch Kenney on GLUE ADDICT 

127 - Golden Calf

Wednesday Jan 24, 2024

Wednesday Jan 24, 2024

We react to Jerry Hasani and mumble rap in general, bring news of crazy book sale success, spitball some directions to further level up the show, and then we get into the main event: freestyling a rodeo clown family tragedy based on the story of Moses (with some Dr Dolittle/Animal Farm sprinkled in). If you like this, check out what we're up to more in depth and get full access to the uncut archive over at patreon.com/agitator

126 - Dust Bowl Sarcophagi

Wednesday Jan 17, 2024

Wednesday Jan 17, 2024

Agitator is a freestyle storytelling podcast hosted by hoodrat noir and gutter cyberpunk novelists/filmmakers J David Osborne and Kelby Losack. In this episode, the prompt is provided by Castaigne Publishing: what would a Steinbeck story incorporating a classic Universal monster look like? We also freestyle an anti-open world video game concept.
Sign up at patreon.com/agitator for exclusive Discord and book club access, behind the scenes content from the host's creative projects, and more.

Thursday Dec 28, 2023

On this episode, Kelby and JDO talk a line of shit about Berserk volumes 27-30, Nazis on Substack, and Israel/Palestine.
Full show notes:
The importance of going to The Church of the Black Swordsman. Berserk is the Bible. In volume 27 we’re back into the Guts stuff. Donning the Berserk armor.
Having that dog in you. How do sociopaths see the world? The War of the Midland Kingdoms. The lack of good guys in a war. The metaness of Puck. Kelby searches for the word “abacus.” The Hellraiser pope monsters.
How long is Casca gonna be…like that? The evolution of Lady Farnese. What is that weird elephant sea monster? The awesomeness of Isidro’s nuts dropping. The Dr. Robotnik samurai.
Writing a serialized book. Following threads that might not come to fruition. The realistic way that Berserk portrays heroes. Who is the hero of Berserk? Guts simmering down on the revenge.
JDO’s personal Berserk journey. The massive inappropriateness of Schierke/Guts. How old is Guts anyway? Starting Berserk all over again. How to properly pirate Berserk.
Getting our paper up to purchase the whole Berserk hardcover set. Showing kids fucked up movies. Troll sex.
CURRENT EVENTS: Nazis on Substack! Kelby lays out his position. JDO lays out his position. What does anti-vaxxer mean? The way that people condense vast groups of people into one group. What was Covid actually about?
Hyper-online losers love to declare which platforms they’re (not really) going to leave. The Agitator fanbase has the most heterodox views. Substack is just a dancehall. THINK FOR YOURSELF.
Discovering Jim Goad in Barnes and Noble. Do your good deeds in the dark. The certainty of scientism. People are awful.
JDO talks about how alone you are after you catch heat. The lack of grace when you smell blood in the water. JDO’s eclipse moment.
Israel/Palestine: what’s the OUTCOME? Land acknowledgment is a cop-out. STAND ON BUSINESS. Baltimore community activist gets his houses burned down. No customer? No product.
Living in the town you’re raised in. The greatness of Baltimore. Tipping the Pringles can. Not giving a shit about what happens outside your own backyard.
Shout out Tim Dillon. What is Texas culture? Which African country is the funniest?
AGITATOR MANIFESTO! Be more like Guts. Stop paying attention to AI. Should you buy a CNC machine? What color should Spiderman’s suit be? What’s the value in being able to write a novel?
Who remembers Y2K? The similarity to “support the troops” and “trust the science.” ChatGPT is going to be Google. What makes humans human?
Create more with less filter. Creating a ripple effect with your readers. Wear your influences on your sleeve. Steal it, and make it your own. Fuck plot holes.
How does the Berserker Armor work? Monster Energy Drink bringing a dog back to life. Jason Statham impaling a shark on a sharp piece of rebar.
DRAMA? More of it. Just go for it. Takashi Miike’s adaptation of the “Yakuza” video game (blue flame!). Yellowstone is dramatic as hell. The drama of House.
Meth lab explosion! Mercy killing. Kelby gushes about Yellowstone for a while. Be CHEAP AND ON TIME.
CHEAP AND ON TIME.
We’re busy. Being wary of “professionalism.” The huge L of JDo’s seven-year-old Kickstarter. We’re on time.
Thank you for listening.

Thursday Dec 07, 2023

Akira Kurosawa's RAN (1985)with author E Rathke  This is David's first Kurosawa movie. How's that even possible? We also talk about how Eddy got his dream job, death of cinema, what a movie is and what makes it good, painting storyboards, Mad Max: Furiosa trailer reactions, Anya Taylor Lovejoy, Daily Wire movies, the //MOVIES episode on Lady Ballers, having a vision vs understanding technology, the problems with "fix it in post," King Lear and the legends of Mori Motonari, our Shakespeare theories, Jean-Michel Goudard, the leaked GTA VI trailer, working 90-hour weeks, actor pay is way too high, the biography of Tatsuya Nakadai, first date ideas, immigrant ambition, the psychology of Ran, how Succession is a lot like Ran but why Kelby thinks it sucks, the wisdom of the Fool, the inverse revenge story, acting requiring an environment to engage with, the importance of contextual reference of the making of a scene in how the audience engages with it, improv, Indiana Jones, John Wick, lamenting the age of auteurs, is anyone good anymore?, the one shot, Crazy Samurai, Russian Arc, The Lighthouse, the power of being quiet, the nothing movie bout the bitch making waffles, our plot to erase Joss Whedon, the case in favor of Danny McBride, the origin of long titles, and investigating the hype around Eric LaRocca.  
We all have new books out:  
A WAR IN HEAVEN by J David Osborne (anime-influenced cyberpunk)
BROKEN KATANA by E Rathke (dystopian cybergoth)
GOD IS WEARING BLACK by Kelby Losack (a collection of surreal hoodrat noir and bizarre horror)

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