V.417: All of the Self Congratulating Aside + We Are Still Unconvinced: It All Sucks. On The Eugene S. Robinson Show Stomper!

Clips From V.417: Punk vs. MAGA, Casino Logic, and Dad Hearing

V.417 moved from punk-show politics into the bigger question Eugene kept circling all hour: what people choose to believe, what they choose to ignore, and what happens when everyone starts celebrating before the fight is actually over. The clip above starts with the Circle Jerks, MAGA in the pit, and punk’s very selective memory. Below, Eugene follows the same thread through Trump’s casino logic, tariffs, TV power, “Dad hearing,” crying kids, and the occasional tactical value of saying nothing. Catch the full show. Support the Show 💰 PayPal: pinko95014@yahoo.com 💰 CashApp: eugene-robinson-28 💰 Venmo: PlanetOxbow 💰 Zelle: OX_bow@hotmail.com Subscribe & Support 👉 ShowStomper.substack.com (Official Show Stomper) 👉 EugeneSRobinson.substack.com (“Look What You Made Me Do” Newsletter) 👍 Like, share & subscribe over on YouTube or over on the Stompville FB page. Follow Eugene 🐦 Twitter: @EugeneSRobinson 📷 Instagram: @MrSleep3 What Say You? You Demand More Eugene? Ask Euge – The Stomper Mailbag [https://showstomper.substack.com/s/ask-euge-viewer-mailbag-reels] * Every Wednesday Eugene replies to viewer questions. * Submit your questions to subject line: ‘Ask Euge’ & direct them to –eugenestanleyrobinson@gmail.com [http://eugenestanleyrobinson@gmail.com] or OX_bow@hotmail.com [http://OX_bow@hotmail.com] The Bad Boss Brief Podcast [https://badbossbrief.substack.com] * Every other Wednesday 10am CST * Hosts: Eugene S. Robinson [https://substack.com/profile/1849037-eugene-s-robinson] and Stephanie Peirolo [https://substack.com/profile/98273353-stephanie-peirolo] You can also catch Eugene every other Wednesday morning, 8 AM Pacific, with Stephanie Peirolo on Bad Boss Brief, where they draw on over 50 years of combined executive-level experience while chatting about bad bosses, broken workplaces, corporate bullshit, and advising listeners on how NOT to be an asshole at work. If The Shoes Fit Podcast [https://www.youtube.com/@IfTheShoesFit] * Every Saturday * Hosts Alexei Auld [https://substack.com/profile/27223413-alexei-auld] , John S. Nash [https://substack.com/profile/84522890-john-s-nash] and Eugene S. Robinson [https://substack.com/profile/1849037-eugene-s-robinson] And every Saturday, Eugene joins his longtime cohorts Alexei Auld and John Nash on If The Shoes Fit to provide a hilarious and shockingly sharp look at public relations, pop culture, and society. ITSF is a long-form decision-analysis series examining how leaders and institutions make choices under reputational pressure, incomplete information, and public scrutiny. Each episode uses perspective-taking to analyze incentives, tradeoffs, and failure modes when no option is clean. The Infamous Substack Newsletter Every Sunday BEHIND THE SCENES Since 2013, June M. Williams of orijunel designs has handled podcast production, videography, syndication, graphics, and logos for The Eugene S. Robinson Show Stomper. June has been creating and freelancing since 1986 and is currently accepting new projects. Reach out at orijunels@gmail.com. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit showstomper.substack.com/subscribe [https://showstomper.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

V.417: All of the Self Congratulating Aside + We Are Still Unconvinced: It All Sucks. On The Eugene S. Robinson Show Stomper!

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit showstomper.substack.com [https://showstomper.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7] "We're taking a real good look at youse...we're taking some real good looks at your FACE..." – Eugene S. Robinson 31.05.2026 Version 417 of The Show Stomper starts with this week’s Circle Jerks/punk self-congratulation mess, then widens into the bigger problem Eugene keeps circling all hour: what happens when truth stops mattering, everyone starts congratulating themselves too early, and the same old rot keeps showing up in new costumes. Punk scenes, MAGA chuds, Trump, The Bald One, tariffs, the Kennedy Center, MMA burnout, Spain, fatherhood, money, survival, and more – join us for the full Show Stomper experience. ______________ Support the Show 💰 PayPal: pinko95014@yahoo.com [pinko95014@yahoo.com] 💰 CashApp: eugene-robinson-28 💰 Venmo: PlanetOxbow 💰 Zelle: OX_bow@hotmail.com [OX_bow@hotmail.com] Subscribe & Support 👉 showstomper.substack.com [http://showstomper.substack.com] (Official Show Stomper) 👉 eugenesrobinson.substack.com [http://eugenesrobinson.substack.com] (“Look What You Made Me Do” Newsletter) 👍 Like, share & subscribe over on YouTube or over on the Stompville FB page. Follow Eugene 🐦 Twitter: @EugeneSRobinson 📷 Instagram: @MrSleep3 More on Eugene 🎶 https://www.last.fm/music/Eugene+S.+Robinson [https://www.last.fm/music/Eugene+S.+Robinson] More Content? Ask Euge – The Stomper Mailbag: https://showstomper.substack.com/s/ask-euge-viewer-mailbag-reels [https://showstomper.substack.com/s/ask-euge-viewer-mailbag-reels] Every Wednesday Eugene replies to viewer questions. Submit your questions to subject line: 'Ask Euge' to eugenestanleyrobinson@gmail.com [eugenestanleyrobinson@gmail.com] or OX_bow@hotmail.com [OX_bow@hotmail.com] The Bad Boss Brief Podcast: https://badbossbrief.substack.com/ [https://badbossbrief.substack.com/] Every other Wednesday 10am CST with your hosts: Eugene S. Robinson and Stephanie Peirolo A strategic guide on how NOT to be an asshole at work… What can an executive and an executive coach tell you about bad bosses, how they can be less so, and how to tell if you ARE one? Everything. If The Shoes Fit Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@IfTheShoesFit [https://www.youtube.com/@IfTheShoesFit] Every Saturday with your hosts: Alexei Auld, John S. Nash and Eugene S. Robinson If The Shoes Fit is a long-form decision-analysis series examining how leaders and institutions make choices under reputational pressure, incomplete information, and public scrutiny. Each episode uses perspective-taking to analyze incentives, tradeoffs, and failure modes when no option is clean. _________________ 🎵 Podcast Intro/Outro Music: Stigmata – The Calling of the Just (1991) • Track 05 – A Dream of Pain and Sorrow (Intro/Outro) • Track 01 – Intro-All of Nothing (Underlay) Stigmata (1989–2016) | Troy, NY | Bob Riley on Vocals | insta: @stigmata518 _________________ Podcast production, videography, syndication, graphics & logos by June M. Williams | orijunels@gmail.com [orijunels@gmail.com]

Clips From V.416: UFC Rot, Top Metal Singers, and That Iconic Intro

In case you missed V.416, or in case you saw it and still need the damage broken into smaller pieces, here are three clips from this week’s Show Stomper: Eugene on the UFC running on nostalgia, the surprisingly short list of actual heavy metal singers, and that clip up above – that’s the outrageous intro that somehow remains its own separate event after more than 400 episodes. Catch the full show: FULL VIDEO PODCAST: FULL AUDIO PODCAST: Support the Show 💰 PayPal: pinko95014@yahoo.com 💰 CashApp: eugene-robinson-28 💰 Venmo: PlanetOxbow 💰 Zelle: OX_bow@hotmail.com Subscribe & Support 👉 ShowStomper.substack.com (Official Show Stomper) 👉 EugeneSRobinson.substack.com (“Look What You Made Me Do” Newsletter) 👍 Like, share & subscribe over on YouTube or over on the Stompville FB page. Follow Eugene 🐦 Twitter: @EugeneSRobinson 📷 Instagram: @MrSleep3 What Say You? You Demand More Eugene? Ask Euge – The Stomper Mailbag [https://showstomper.substack.com/s/ask-euge-viewer-mailbag-reels] * Every Wednesday Eugene replies to viewer questions. * Submit your questions to subject line: ‘Ask Euge’ & direct them to –eugenestanleyrobinson@gmail.com [http://eugenestanleyrobinson@gmail.com] or OX_bow@hotmail.com [http://OX_bow@hotmail.com] The Bad Boss Brief Podcast [https://badbossbrief.substack.com] * Every other Wednesday 10am CST * Hosts: Eugene S. Robinson [https://substack.com/profile/1849037-eugene-s-robinson] and Stephanie Peirolo [https://substack.com/profile/98273353-stephanie-peirolo] You can also catch Eugene every other Wednesday morning, 8 AM Pacific, with Stephanie Peirolo on Bad Boss Brief, where they draw on over 50 years of combined executive-level experience while chatting about bad bosses, broken workplaces, corporate bullshit, and advising listeners on how NOT to be an asshole at work. If The Shoes Fit Podcast [https://www.youtube.com/@IfTheShoesFit] * Every Saturday * Hosts Alexei Auld [https://substack.com/profile/27223413-alexei-auld] , John S. Nash [https://substack.com/profile/84522890-john-s-nash] and Eugene S. Robinson [https://substack.com/profile/1849037-eugene-s-robinson] And every Saturday, Eugene joins his longtime cohorts Alexei Auld and John Nash on If The Shoes Fit to provide a hilarious and shockingly sharp look at public relations, pop culture, and society. ITSF is a long-form decision-analysis series examining how leaders and institutions make choices under reputational pressure, incomplete information, and public scrutiny. Each episode uses perspective-taking to analyze incentives, tradeoffs, and failure modes when no option is clean. The Infamous Substack Newsletter Every Sunday BEHIND THE SCENES Since 2013, June M. Williams of orijunel designs has handled podcast production, videography, syndication, graphics, and logos for The Eugene S. Robinson Show Stomper. June has been creating and freelancing since 1986 and is currently accepting new projects. Reach out at orijunels@gmail.com. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit showstomper.substack.com/subscribe [https://showstomper.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

V416: Five Years IN + It all Sucks a Little (More) or Less? On The Eugene S. Robinson Show Stomper!

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit showstomper.substack.com [https://showstomper.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7] "OZY'S dead. Not a surprise. But the UFC too? And the UNITED States of America? Is this the trifecta of terror? Maaayybbeee..." – Eugene S. Robinson 24.05.2026 Five years after OZY fired him for starting the Substack that still won’t die, Eugene looks back at Carlos “Craplos” Watson, commuted consequences, unsigned NDAs, old grudges, and the strange satisfaction of outlasting the people who tried to shut him up. Along the way: UFC nostalgia, MMA-adjacent desperation, Trump-era institutional rot, cheap Spanish healthcare, bad backs, open wounds, and one inversion table catastrophe. V.416 is about what survives when the things we thought were permanent start falling apart. – It's Time Again For The Eugene S. Robinson Show Stomper!!! ______________ Support the Show 💰 PayPal: pinko95014@yahoo.com [pinko95014@yahoo.com] 💰 CashApp: eugene-robinson-28 💰 Venmo: PlanetOxbow 💰 Zelle: OX_bow@hotmail.com [OX_bow@hotmail.com] Subscribe & Support 👉 showstomper.substack.com [http://showstomper.substack.com] (Official Show Stomper) 👉 eugenesrobinson.substack.com [http://eugenesrobinson.substack.com] (“Look What You Made Me Do” Newsletter) 👍 Like, share & subscribe over on YouTube or over on the Stompville FB page. Follow Eugene 🐦 Twitter: @EugeneSRobinson 📷 Instagram: @MrSleep3 More on Eugene 🎶 https://www.last.fm/music/Eugene+S.+Robinson [https://www.last.fm/music/Eugene+S.+Robinson] More Content? Ask Euge – The Stomper Mailbag: https://showstomper.substack.com/s/ask-euge-viewer-mailbag-reels [https://showstomper.substack.com/s/ask-euge-viewer-mailbag-reels] Every Wednesday Eugene replies to viewer questions. Submit your questions to subject line: 'Ask Euge' to eugenestanleyrobinson@gmail.com [eugenestanleyrobinson@gmail.com] or OX_bow@hotmail.com [OX_bow@hotmail.com] The Bad Boss Brief Podcast: https://badbossbrief.substack.com/ [https://badbossbrief.substack.com/] Every other Wednesday 10am CST with your hosts: Eugene S. Robinson and Stephanie Peirolo A strategic guide on how NOT to be an asshole at work… What can an executive and an executive coach tell you about bad bosses, how they can be less so, and how to tell if you ARE one? Everything. If The Shoes Fit Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@IfTheShoesFit [https://www.youtube.com/@IfTheShoesFit] Every Saturday with your hosts: Alexei Auld, John S. Nash and Eugene S. Robinson If The Shoes Fit is a long-form decision-analysis series examining how leaders and institutions make choices under reputational pressure, incomplete information, and public scrutiny. Each episode uses perspective-taking to analyze incentives, tradeoffs, and failure modes when no option is clean. _________________ 🎵 Podcast Intro/Outro Music: Stigmata – The Calling of the Just (1991) • Track 05 – A Dream of Pain and Sorrow (Intro/Outro) • Track 01 – Intro-All of Nothing (Underlay) Stigmata (1989–2016) | Troy, NY | Bob Riley on Vocals | insta: @stigmata518 _________________ Podcast production, videography, syndication, graphics & logos by June M. Williams | orijunels@gmail.com [orijunels@gmail.com]

V.415: The Fights Suck, Comedy Sucks. Life + Rage in the Age of Endless Crap. On The Eugene S. Robinson Show Stomper!

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit showstomper.substack.com [https://showstomper.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7] "We're sitting in a stadium of people who want to get the joke. Waiting to get it. STILL waiting..." – Eugene S. Robinson 05.17.2026 The fights suck. Comedy sucks. Culture feels increasingly like a hostage situation where everybody knows the joke is dead but keeps waiting for permission to stop laughing. In this week’s Show Stomper, Eugene digs into race, performance, hack comedy, public humiliation as entertainment, and the strange transactional despair sitting underneath modern “fun.” – It's Time Again For The Eugene S. Robinson Show Stomper!!! ______________ Support the Show 💰 PayPal: pinko95014@yahoo.com [pinko95014@yahoo.com] 💰 CashApp: eugene-robinson-28 💰 Venmo: PlanetOxbow 💰 Zelle: OX_bow@hotmail.com [OX_bow@hotmail.com] Subscribe & Support 👉 showstomper.substack.com [http://showstomper.substack.com] (Official Show Stomper) 👉 eugenesrobinson.substack.com [http://eugenesrobinson.substack.com] (“Look What You Made Me Do” Newsletter) 👍 Like, share & subscribe over on YouTube or over on the Stompville FB page. Follow Eugene 🐦 Twitter: @EugeneSRobinson 📷 Instagram: @MrSleep3 More on Eugene 🎶 https://www.last.fm/music/Eugene+S.+Robinson [https://www.last.fm/music/Eugene+S.+Robinson] More Content? Ask Euge – The Stomper Mailbag: https://showstomper.substack.com/s/ask-euge-viewer-mailbag-reels [https://showstomper.substack.com/s/ask-euge-viewer-mailbag-reels] Every Wednesday Eugene replies to viewer questions. Submit your questions to subject line: 'Ask Euge' to eugenestanleyrobinson@gmail.com [eugenestanleyrobinson@gmail.com] or OX_bow@hotmail.com [OX_bow@hotmail.com] The Bad Boss Brief Podcast: https://badbossbrief.substack.com/ [https://badbossbrief.substack.com/] Every other Wednesday 10am CST with your hosts: Eugene S. Robinson and Stephanie Peirolo A strategic guide on how NOT to be an asshole at work… What can an executive and an executive coach tell you about bad bosses, how they can be less so, and how to tell if you ARE one? Everything. If The Shoes Fit Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@IfTheShoesFit [https://www.youtube.com/@IfTheShoesFit] Every Saturday with your hosts: Alexei Auld, John S. Nash and Eugene S. Robinson If The Shoes Fit is a long-form decision-analysis series examining how leaders and institutions make choices under reputational pressure, incomplete information, and public scrutiny. Each episode uses perspective-taking to analyze incentives, tradeoffs, and failure modes when no option is clean. _________________ 🎵 Podcast Intro/Outro Music: Stigmata – The Calling of the Just (1991) • Track 05 – A Dream of Pain and Sorrow (Intro/Outro) • Track 01 – Intro-All of Nothing (Underlay) Stigmata (1989–2016) | Troy, NY | Bob Riley on Vocals | insta: @stigmata518 _________________ Podcast production, videography, syndication, graphics & logos by June M. Williams | orijunels@gmail.com [orijunels@gmail.com]