Best Wetwired Podcasts (2026)

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Episode 88: Hyper Exploiting Paradise 1:11:52

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We're with Anthony Banua-Simon, director of the documentary Cane Fire, to talk about the colonization and exploitation of the Hawai'ian people first by corporations, then by the US military, followed by Hollywood, and finally by tourism.Few places hold as large a place in the American imagination as Hawaiʻi. For many people, Hawai'i represents para…

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Premium Episode 65: They Fought the Law (Sample) 8:48

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We hope everyone is having a good holiday season and you’re all getting ready for the solstice, Christmas, Hanukkah, the date of the Buddha’s enlightenment (some time last week), or whatever dates you mark.This is a sample of a premium episode. Sign up to listen to the entire episode.patreon.com/wetwiredWe’ve been slowing down for the holiday seaso…

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Premium Episode 36: Trust No One feat Bradley Plaisier and Robert Skvarla (Unlocked) 1:59:50

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We're teaming up with Bradley Plaisier and Robert Skvarla to talk about the show that 30 years ago introduced the normies to alien abductions, secret government programs, and global conspiracies. Somehow, the X-Files was exactly the right show for its time. It harnessed the untapped cynicism and suspicion of the 1990s and assured us that there real…

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Premium Episode 20: Growing Up in the Children of God Cult feat Daniella Mestyanek Young (Unlocked) 1:50:04

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We’re joined by Daniella Mestyanek Young, the author of Uncultured. She was born a third generation member of an influential family, within The Family International, better known as the Children of God cult. She escaped at fifteen, put herself through school, and graduated from college as valedictorian.Daniella joined the Army, became Captain, and …

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Episode 87: She’s (Still) Speaking 1:18:02

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First up, we have some Jordan Peterson news. His daughter says he’s under spiritual attack after being exposed to a moldy attic.We also cover some of the comments Kamala Harris have been making during the book tour for her 2024 election memoir 107 Days. Reassuringly, pro-Palestine protesters have been showing up at just about every one of her tour …

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Premium Episode 64: We'll Fight and We'll Win / Starship Troopers (Sample) 7:31

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We’re here on the eve of the end of America as we’ve come to know it, and the two of us thought, “what could be a more fitting way to honor everything we love about this country than to do one of the most American things possible?”That would be watching a movie and then arguing about it. This is a sample of a premium episode. Sign up to listen to t…

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Episode 86: Reply Guys at the End of History feat Jacob Gregor 56:52

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Independent filmmaker Jacob Gregor joins us to talk about his bleak and unsettling new film End of History. We talk with Jacob about his discomforting vision of a nameless young man who drives cross country to Alaska listening to nothing but podcasts and AM radio.Subscribe on Patreon to support making this show, get premium only episodes, and liste…

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Premium Episode 63: Ban the Internet (Sample) 7:51

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This is a sample of a premium episode. Sign up to listen to the entire episode.patreon.com/wetwiredCops, laws, prisons, and the military are political violence. Crackdowns on strikers and protesters are political violence. Poverty, hunger, and crime are all political violence.The state's will is not enforced with good vibes and polite suggestions. …

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Premium Episode 27: Miss Me Yet feat Christopher Bell (Archives release) 1:13:35

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This is our first conversation with independent filmmaker Christopher Jason Bell. We with him again about the feature length release, Failed State, which he co-directed.Miss Me Yet is a chronicle of the George W. Bush presidency, which means that it also documents the early days of the War on Terror, beginning with 9/11. Chris draws us back into th…

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Premium Episode 13: Esther Hicks & the 100 Ghosts of Self Help (Archives release) 1:31:01

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I guess we could call these archive releases "ReWired". This episode was extremely educational for us. It was part of a group of episodes where we dove into the background and origin story of a person or people who've had an outsized impact on shaping the way many Americans as well as people worldwide see themselves and their place in the world.Sub…

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Episode 85: QAnon's D.C. Prophecy 1:26:20

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You might think QAnon has faded away, or maybe has been just laying dormant for the last couple of years. You'd be wrong.It’s been there all along, stewing and metastasizing beneath the surface, mostly. You can find people decoding the news all over Telegram still, and it’s absolutely thriving Twitter.Having Trump in the Whitehouse and QAnon influe…

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Episode 84: AI Soulmates (aka The Wireborn) 1:13:42

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First up, we talk about Sam Altman’s overhyped and supremely disappointing release of ChatGPT 5. Then we get into the AI hype machine that has the potential to take down the US economy when the bubble finally pops. We wrap up with a dip into r/AISoulmates, the community for the Wireborn and the humans they've chosen to love.Music:Airglow - Spliff a…

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Premium Episode 62: Cold as ICE, Part 6 (Sample) 8:00

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This is Part 6 of Cold as ICE.This is a sample of a premium episode. Sign up to listen to the entire episode.patreon.com/wetwiredWe go over the ballooning Homeland Security budget and ICE's unprecedented expansion. None of this looks good for anyone in the US but as always with things like this the most vulnerable people are hit first and the harde…

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Episode 83: Crazy Pants 1:10:08

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Breaking from our sabbatical to talk about Dems cowardly criticisms of Israel’s manufactured famine in Gaza after spending 18 months supporting the genocide and Bernie Sander’s failed legislation to restrict military aid to Israel. We also get into the resurrected 2 state solution as a platitude that even if they meant it would be impossible to ach…

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Episode 82: Another Wonderful Secret 1:11:48

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We start off with a truly bizarre story about a yeti blood oath and some of the different types of priests. Then we get into the MAGA mindset and talk about how all the old Epstein stories are new again, why Trump's distractions aren't working like they used to, and why his lunatic base just can't let go of Jeffrey Epstein.Music:Airglow - Spliff an…

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Episode 81: The Great Disappointment 1:24:16

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We kick off this episode talking about the terrible politics surrounding the floods in Texas. As if the mass death tragedy isn’t enough, the crank caucus has decided that antique emergency systems isn’t grabby enough for a headline. Instead, they're pushing a new weather conspiracy and claiming that "someone" in the government caused the heavy rain…

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Premium Episode 61: Cold as ICE, Part 5 (Sample) 7:31

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This is Part 5 of Cold as ICE.This is a sample of a premium episode. Sign up to listen to the entire episode.patreon.com/wetwiredIn today’s episode, we begin with the recent spectacle in MacArthur Park in an LA community with a large immigrant population. We move on to talk about dehumanizing undocumented people, the national citizen registry, and …

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Episode 80: Half Measures 1:36:07

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We talk about the homicidal attention seeking of the White House that demands Trump did a very, very good job destroying the Iranian nuclear program. We also cover the hysterical reactions from both Republican and Democrats to Mamdani winning the Democrat mayoral primary. Our conclusion is that good things can happen, but mostly haven’t been.We als…

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Episode 79: Upside Down S.M.I2.L.E. feat Gabriel Kennedy 1:57:03

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We chat with Gabriel Kennedy, author of Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson, about Wilson and Timothy Leary’s 1970s and 80s hope-fueled tech utopianism and what's left of it in the age of Musk and Thiel’s tech-fash dystopia.Find Gabriel online and buy his book:chapelperilous.usMusic:Airglow - Spliff and Wesson (CC-BY…

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Episode 78: High Agency Males 1:15:05

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A lot of things going down in the past week.We review some MAGA reactions to the Musk/Trump slap fight.While Trump and the US Army had their joint birthday party, cops are still attacking protesters in LA.Israel attacked Iran, reminding the world that Israel attacking its neighbors is absolutely not them starting a new war but is actually them defe…

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Episode 77: The Prison Industry feat Bianca Tylek 52:25

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We're joined today by Bianca Tylek, the founder and director of Worth Rises, an advocacy non-profit that works to dismantle the prison industry and end the exploitation of its targets. She’s also the author of the newly released book, The Prison Industry – How It Works and Who Profits. Buy The Prison Industry:https://worthrises.org/theprisonindustr…

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Premium Episode 60: Cold as ICE, Part 4 (Sample) 2:50

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This is Part 4 of Cold as ICE. This is a sample of a premium episode. Sign up to listen to the entire episode.patreon.com/wetwiredIn the previous three episodes, we’ve discussed the Esther Project, the Heritage Foundation’s plan that’s playing out right now, a brief history of immigration control, which has always been about racism, colonialism, an…

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Episode 76: Son of SAM 1:20:46

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As if he’d seen a vision, Jake Wood, head of the fund-raising side of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) resigned on May 25. And lucky for him that he did since on May 27, the GHF, under Israeli military supervision, made their first food delivery to thousands of desperate and starving Palestinians, including women and children. Subscribe on Pa…

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Premium Episode 59: Cold as ICE, Part 3 (Sample) 4:34

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This is part 3 of Cold as ICE.This is a sample of a premium episode. Sign up to listen to the entire episode.patreon.com/wetwiredIn part one, we discussed the Heritage Foundation plan, Project Esther, which is playing out right now, and Clinton's immigration policy just before 9/11. In part two, we looked at how we got here, the institutions that w…

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Episode 75: ChatGPT Induced Psychosis 1:31:53

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The boys stroll through the latest news about Kanye, Starmer, Macron, and Merz's (totally fake) coke fueled train ride, and how ChatGPT might be driving some people insane.Subscribe on Patreon to get extra premium episodes every month. patreon.com/wetwiredBy Sean & Jules

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Premium Episode 58: Cold as ICE, Part 2 (Sample) 8:11

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The history of immigration law in the US is a two and a half century parade of heinous, racist, and xenophobic laws. I’m starting to suspect that borders were always about white supremacy, empire, colonialism, and capitalist hegemony.This is a sample of a premium episode. Sign up to listen to the entire episode.patreon.com/wetwiredThe only exceptio…

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Episode 74: Cold as ICE, Part 1 1:14:51

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The rise of authoritarianism from liberal, capitalist states builds on existing institutions. From goose-stepping totalitarianism to iron-fisted presidents of a banana republic; they're just retooling the factory, not building from scratch. Secret police are a key instrument in every 20th Century example. The USSR had Cheka, Nazis had the Gestapo, …

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Premium Episode 57: Waste of Space (Sample) 8:17

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The Wetwired take on Bezos’ glam astronauts, Nancy Pelosi refusing to release her wrinkled grip on the other well-heeled corporate Democrats, and the Kiss Kiss Bang Bang model of California politics.This is a sample of a premium episode. Sign up to listen to the entire episode.patreon.com/wetwiredBy Sean & Jules

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Episode 73: Liberation Day Cancelled 1:32:20

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In the time we prepared to record this episode, Trump announced the insane tariff policy, so we had to update everything. Then we recorded and right afterward, he put it all on hold. By the time you listen to this, the stock market will have zeroed out, and we'll be staking out our new freehold on Greenland.Music:Airglow - Spliff and Wesson (CC-BY)…

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Premium Episode 56: Top Missile Guys (Sample) 8:30

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While the Signalgate drama has been playing out across the news shows and editorial pages, the Trump administration has also mostly quietly continued to disappear as many people as possible.In addition to snatching up student visa holders who have the gall to criticize genocidal Zionists, ICE, with the help of some State officials, is also targetin…

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Episode 72: Money, Guns, and the Vatican feat Gabriel Kennedy 1:46:42

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Last time, we talked with Gabriel Kennedy about his exceptional biography of Robert Anton Wilson. This time, we're talking about an insane chapter in post WWII history—one that also captured Wilson’s interest.And that would be Propaganda Due.Subscribe on Patreon to get extra episodes and listen to our back catalogpatreon.com/wetwiredPropaganda Due …

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Premium Episode 55: Engorged 2:47

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We could be talking about Trump punishing Ukraine’s president Zelenskyy with a humiliation ritual in the White House. Or we could talk about all the NAZI salutes at CPAC this year.Instead, we’re escaping from the political brush fire to the world of movies. Just a few days after the Oscars, you might think we’d want to talk about any of the award w…

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Episode 71: Glomar Responder 1:21:06

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The troubling history of the FBI encouraging mass shooters and the outing of a White supremacist US ICE prosecutor.Some reading:https://booty.substack.com/p/prior-contact-between-mass-shootershttps://www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecutor-dallas-white-supremacist-x-account/By Sean & Jules

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Premium Episode 54: The DOGE Boyz (Sample) 7:28

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Child computer engineers, raised on effective altruism and Groyper memes, have invaded nearly every agency and department in the US government.They're accessing personnel information, rewriting code in the Treasury Department's computer system, and executing Trump's 19th century vision of small government.This is a sample of a premium episode. Sign…

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Episode 70: USRAID feat Teddy Wilson 1:28:40

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Today we have independent reporter on the extremism beat, Teddy Wilson, returning to join us to talk about how supporters of one of the historically most unpopular presidents (at least according to a Gallup poll) in the history of the US are reacting to his reelection.Unfortunately, the US isn’t the only home for far-right extremism. It also isn’t …

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Premium Episode 53: Zeitgeist Pilled feat Stephanie Kemmerer (Sample) 7:31

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In the early 2000s, so many Boomers and Gen-Xers had their brains melted by a movie that blended legitimate critique of religion, the economy, and US politics with full on 9/11 truther, Sov Cit, New World Order conspiracy theories. This is a sample of a premium episode. Sign up for a free or paid membership to listen to the entire episode.patreon.c…

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Premium Episode 52: Chapel Perilous feat Gabriel Kennedy (Unlocked) 1:54:44

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**UNLOCKED**Wilson, or RAW, was maybe one of the more prolific authors of the twentieth century, not only in terms of just the sheer number of words he put on pages, but in the intensity and the complexity of the thoughts he was expressing.Despite all that work, he’s still somehow largely unknown to the public.This is an unlocked premium episode. S…

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Episode 69: Two Wolves 56:43

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The first couple days of the Trump White house, Elon's fascistic cosplay, and advice on how to cope.By Sean & Jules

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Premium Episode 52: Chapel Perilous feat Gabriel Kennedy (Sample) 7:07

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Wilson, or RAW, was maybe one of the more prolific authors of the twentieth century, not only in terms of just the sheer number of words he put on pages, but in the intensity and the complexity of the thoughts he was expressing.Despite all that work, he’s still somehow largely unknown to the public.This is a sample of a premium episode. Sign up for…

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Episode 68: Incontinental Congress 1:37:44

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Welcome to 2025! It’s the month of Janus. We’re looking forward, looking back, we’re right on the edge! The New Year’s resolutions scrawled on a sepia tone bar napkin are ready to be framed and followed to the letter. Get premium only episodes with a free trial on Patreon.patreon.com/wetwiredA few new things in store for us include a new president!…

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Premium Episode 51: Chairman Fred feat Craig Ciccone (Sample) 9:26

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This is a sample of a premium episode. Sign up for a free or paid membership to listen to the entire episode. Happy New Year!patreon.com/wetwiredWe recorded this episode just over a week after the anniversary of the death of the liberation activist and revolutionary leader Fred Hampton. 55 years ago, at the age of 21 years, Hampton was murdered whi…

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Episode 67: Mangia! Mangia! Mangione! 1:12:54

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Cut down in his prime, our nation mourns the lost of one of its beautiful CEOs.Get premium only episodes with a free trial on Patreon.patreon.com/wetwiredCatch up with us on the Wetwired Discord.discord.gg/fr62mpUy5cFind us online:Twitter at twitter.com/wetwiredpodInstagram at instagram.com/wetwiredpodBluesky at bsky.app/profile/wetwired.bsky.socia…

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Premium Episode 50: The Omega Man (Sample) 6:39

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Subscribe on Patreon to listen to this episode and every premium only episode for $5 a month.patreon.com/wetwiredWe thought it would be fun to follow up on our recent episode with Karl Mamer where we talked about a few of the founders of the survivalist movement. Premium Episode 43: Gold Bugs and Survivalists feat Karl Mamerhttps://www.patreon.com/…

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Episode 66: 'Twas Ever Thus 1:17:40

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Circling back to some news from a few weeks ago when The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and his former Defense Secretary Gallant.Get premium only episodes with a free trial on Patreon.patreon.com/wetwiredThe ICC named them as “co-perpetrators for committing the acts jointly with others: the war crime of starvation…

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Premium Episode 49: Awokenings (Sample) 5:36

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Subscribe on Patreon to listen to this episode and every premium only episode for $5 a month.patreon.com/wetwiredDems are still kicking the corpse of the 2024 election, trying to figure out how to cope with a world and a voting public (or in this case, a non-voting public) that they clearly don’t understand.After a such a devastating loss, the next…

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Episode 65: American Crusader feat Thomas Lecaque 1:23:11

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Last week we introduced some of Trump’s cabinet picks. Marco Rubio at State, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at Health and Human Services, and when we recorded it Matt Gaetz was still up for Attorney General. That one didn't last, though.Get premium only episodes with a free trial on Patreon.patreon.com/wetwiredPete Hegseth, Trump’s pick for Secretary of Def…

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Premium Episode 48: The Men From D.O.G.E. (Sample) 4:35

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Trump fills out some of his cabinet, Dems try to make sense out how they got absolutely smeared on election day, and everyone else figuring out how to live with what the next fours years might look like.Subscribe on Patreon to listen to this episode and every premium only episode for $5 a month.patreon.com/wetwired…

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Episode 64: The Nightmare Never Ended 1:19:51

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Instead of just looking at his past record to see what Trump might do, we’re looking at some of the people closest to him, the people who he might look to for advice. And then we’re just going to make some wild guesses.We start with some of Trump’s campaign promises and talk about what chance we have of him trying to accomplish any of them.Get prem…

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Premium Episode 47: 90s Gangstalking and Rats in Your Toilet (Unlocked) 1:30:02

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It's our Halloween Special!With less than a week until this election and the reality of either a real ghoul or real goblin moving into the White House to kick out the crypt keeper, we thought we’d talk about absolutely anything else.We decided to dig through the archives and resurrect some of the childhood urban legends that we used to trade with e…

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Episode 63: Groceries Over Genocide 1:20:54

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It's just about two weeks until the election, so we're discussing how the candidates are stacking up against each other, Kamala Harris' recent appearances, and why she has such a hard time stringing three words together. We also talk about the Democrats taking a few more steps to the Right, how they've abandoned the Left, and why they're never comi…