Dumpster Fires

The Most Sexually Frustrated Cat on Earth

Remembering the Mad King of Griffith Park, P-22

Sep 27 • 

Barret Baumgart

7

2:58

August 2025

Albert Bierstadt Was Always Botox

Kristi Noem flaunts her appreciation of fine art in a fictional depiction of California as it was before chaos consumed God's Country.

Aug 30 • 

Barret Baumgart

7

3

The LA Times Stole my Viral Reporting

Major journalist Gustavo Arellano brazenly lifted my viral Reel on El Aliso Tree

Aug 14 • 

Barret Baumgart

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8

2:25

El Aliso Tree

A Strip Club, a Weed Store, and Slavery in the LA Arts District

Aug 5 • 

Barret Baumgart

8

7

3:00

June 2025

Cold and Lonely in Segovia

Join me as I read alone in front of a webcam and try not to cry

Jun 11 • 

Barret Baumgart

3

May 2025

I Am Trash

High time the author of Dumpster Fires told the truth.

May 14 • 

Barret Baumgart

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10

Full Metal Book Jacket - Documentary Footage

Barret Baumgart discusses the "weird" roots of his nonfiction writing and reads from YUCK at Angel City Brewery, March 26, 2025.

May 7 • 

Barret Baumgart

3

1

36:19

April 2025

Cosmic Bard of the California Badlands

Shoutout to Joseph—hidden secret hero of my new book YUCK

Apr 3 • 

Barret Baumgart

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1

March 2025

YUCK: Appalling Trash Literature

Weird literary nonfiction about the Joshua Tree, Yucca brevifolia, its birth and death... and ours.

Mar 20 • 

Barret Baumgart

1

7

February 2025

Go Be Forgotten

An Ode to National Parks and the Giant Sequoia

Feb 27 • 

Barret Baumgart

5

The Dark Potency of Nonfiction Prose

On "Weird Nonfiction"

Feb 1 • 

Barret Baumgart

14

3

January 2025

Los Angeles is Burning

You always were just one big Dumpster Fire to me... and I love you.

Jan 11 • 

Barret Baumgart

13

4