So What If They Believed It?

The Setup

The Kevin Hart Netflix roast didn't fail by accident. It failed by design, and Jeff, Super Solid, and Christina Carol are here to walk through exactly why. From the history of roast culture to the minstrel archetypes operating in plain sight, to the impossible position Black women are put in whether they laugh or walk out, this episode maps the anatomy of a setup where the punchline was always going to land on the wrong people. Plus: Jeff announces a new show. You'll want to stay for that part.

She's The Main Character

Jeff from End of a Species sits down with Ari 4 Education and SocratesLastStudent to talk female protagonists in gaming -- why they keep outperforming their male counterparts, what the industry keeps getting wrong, and what that reveals about patriarchy, the male gaze, and game design. Games discussed: Ghost of Tsushima, Ghost of Yotei, Assassin's Creed Shadows, The Last of Us, The Witcher 3, Silent Hill F, Hades, Life is Strange, Telltale's Walking Dead. End of a Species is moving: https://endofaspecies.com/support Cop the Debater's Reference Library today: https://tinyurl.com/eoasdebates Support Ari4education: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ari4education Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ari4education.bsky.social Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ari4education Support SocratesLastStudent: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@socrateslaststudent Jeff: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/zeusnjeff.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zeusnjeff You can send feedback to End of a Species by emailing xnihilo@endofaspecies.com

So What If They Believed It?

Just Jim and Monkeyboy sit down to take apart one of the oldest arguments in the resurrection debate: eyewitness testimony. The question isn’t whether first-century witnesses believed what they saw. The question is whether belief, on its own, counts for anything. We live in an era of HD cameras, digital forensics, and instant fact-checking, and people still get fooled daily. So what exactly are we supposed to make of testimony from people who had none of that? Sincerity isn’t a substitute for reliability, and conviction isn’t the same as evidence. If the best defense of the resurrection is “but they really believed it,” that defense has a problem. End of a Species is moving: https://endofaspecies.com/support Support Just Jim: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@__just_jim__ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/__just_jim__ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@just_jim Support Monkeyboy: Discord: https://discord.gg/9FTcBaRC2 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@darth_mb YouTube: https://youtube.com/@darth_mb Jeff: https://www.instagram.com/zeusnjeff https://bsky.app/profile/zeusnjeff.bsky.social You can send feedback to End of a Species by emailing xnihilo@endofaspecies.com

Old Faithful

Some debate topics never seem to go away. “Black People Can’t Be Racist,” Old Faithful, is one of those conversations that keeps showing up across TikTok. It draws attention, brings people in, and gets repeated over and over again. In this discussion, Jeff from End of a Species and Super Solid use that topic as a starting point to look at something bigger: the current state of online debate. The real question is not just about the topic itself. It is about the quality of the conversation: * Do participants share the same understanding of reality? * Are people using consistent standards of logic and evidence? * Is anyone actually learning, or just repeating positions? This is a breakdown of why so many debates feel like they go nowhere, and what needs to change if better conversations are the goal. Support the Mission If you want more conversations built on clarity and reasoning: https://endofaspecies.com/support

How to Eat a Burger

What started as a simple McDonald’s CEO gaffe spiraled into one of the strangest corporate trends in recent memory. From exaggerated burger bites to fine dining executives weighing in on drive-thru food, CEOs everywhere suddenly felt the need to demonstrate basic human behavior. This episode breaks down the “CEO Burger Olympics,” the culture of rewarding the appearance of effort, and the uncomfortable reality that teams of professionals watched these videos and said, “Yes, this is it.” Support: End of a Species merch: https://endofaspecies.com/merch Follow: https://www.instagram.com/zeusnjeff https://bsky.app/profile/zeusnjeff.bsky.social You can send feedback to End of a Species by emailing xnihilo@endofaspecies.com