Best Adam Sommer Podcasts (2025)

It's Hump Day on the Majority Report On Today's Show: Trump posts to Truth Social that Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson should be imprisoned for hindering ICE agents. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) co-signs Donald Trump's calling for Pritzker's and Johnson's imprisonment CBS Chicago reports that ICE has been…

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3597 - The Victims of Zionism w/ Avi Shlaim 1:08:00

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975 - Like a Virgin feat. Séamus Malekafzali 1:35:46

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3596 - The Existential Threat from the Right's Attack on Science w/ Dr. Michael Mann 1:19:29

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UNLOCKED: ICE is Coming to a City Near You feat. Memo Torres 43:07

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Will interviews Los Angeles reporter Memo Torres, whose site L.A. TACO shifted from covering food and culture in the city to some of the most indispensable and horrific coverage of ICE raids available. Memo tells us about what happens to people when they get kidnapped, covering the horrors of fortress America, and practical advice for those who mig…

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#114 - Yury Pankratov - The Encyclopedia of Occultism by G.O. Mebes 46:43

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WELCOME to this conversation with translator and esoteric researcher Yury Pankratov, who has translated "The Encyclopedia of Occultism" by the early 20th-century Russian occultist and Martinist teacher Grigori Mebes. Yury's own journey went from computer engineering in Russia to the hidden traditions of Western esotericism and the rediscovery of Ru…

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3595 - Shut Down; Authoritarian Rise; Ezra's Decline w/ Jamaal Bowman 1:51:04

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It's Casual Friday on the Majority Report On today's Show: After denying any knowledge of Project 2025 for his entire campaign, Donald Trump is now bragging about his Office of Management & Budget director and Project 2025 architect Russ Vought's accomplishing the goals he feigned ignorance towards. Former U.S. Representative for New York's 16th Co…

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MM43 - Punks & Bad Boys 2:25:50

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Greetings Horror Sickos,Listener, please light a circle of candles and begin to scrawl out the ancient sigils in salt, and begin the accursed chant … “Let’s All Go to the Lobby, Let’s All Go to the Lobby, and Grab Ourselves a Snack”That’s right! Spooky season is upon us and to inaugurate another edition of Ghoulvie Screamset Horrortober, Will Massa…

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3594 - Israel Intercepts Sumud Flotilla; Corbyn's New Party w/ Ryan Grim & Natasha Hakimi Zapata 1:15:23

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Today is Emmajority Report on the Majority Report On today's show: As the government shutdown rolls along, we are left looking around for Democratic leadership as Hakeem Jeffries makes the fight about memes and himself. AOC and Bernie take the reins with a shutdown explainer video. Rep Nancy Pelosi is offended by the rumor that AOC is really the on…

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PANIC WORLD: The Big Dumb Weather Conspiracy with Chapo Trap House 1:08:38

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Like many things, there used to be a bipartisan consensus that in a disaster, you help as many people get through it as quickly and safely as possible. In the past 20+ years, though, we’ve seen a shift in how the right responds to climate catastrophes — including building out a robust selection of conspiracy theories from chemtrails to Flat Earth. …

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3593 - Delgado's Vision for New York; Trump's Assault on Housing w/ Jesse Coburn, Antonio Delgado 1:19:10

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It's Hump Day on the Majority Report On today's show: The government has shut down as Republicans continue to spread lies about undocumented immigrants receiving free health care under the Democrats initial offer. Former OMB Manager under Trump, Mick Mulvaney is confronted on News Nation by Brian Tyler Cohen about this myth of free health care for …

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UNLOCKED: The Sumud Flotilla Interview feat. Zue Jernstedt 24:57

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Zue Jernstedt joins us live from the Global Sumud Flotilla to talk to us about delivering aid to those in Gaza and weathering attacks from Israel.By Chapo Trap House

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3592 - Trump's Government Shut Down and Argentine Bailout w/ Frederico Finchelstein 1:04:13

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It's News Day Tuesday on the Majority Report On toady's show: Senator Chuck Schumer and Representative Hakeem Jeffries held a post-meeting press conference with Trump, where they declined to warn the public about the dangers of the spending bill and instead focused on procedure and decorum. Hours later, Trump posted a racist AI-generated video depi…

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973 - Cross on the Moon feat. Brendan James (9/29/25) 1:37:40

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It’s Chapo—in person! Will, Felix, and Brendan James of Blowback (formerly Chapo Trap House) gather at Will’s apartment to talk about Eric Adams dropping out of the NYC mayoral race. They then read a profile of Adam Jentleson and his new PAC, Searchlight, and its novel plan to win elections by pulling Democrats to the right. Also this episode: Pete…

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3591 - Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse w/ Cory Doctorow 59:20

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It's Fun Day Monday on the Majority Report On today's show: Hundreds of masked federal agents from unknown departments have been deployed to downtown Chicago to stand around. The Feds in Chicago fail miserably at chasing down a food delivery person in a hilarious display of poor physical health. A CBP agent is recorded via bodycam describing immigr…

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3590 - ICE Thugs Rampage, Authoritarianism Undeniable w/ Jeet Heer & RM Brown 2:38:37

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Sam and Emma welcome Jeet Heer, national affairs correspondent for The Nation and host of the weekly Nation podcast, The Time of Monsters. And later, RM Brown, star of YouTube's RM Brown, joins the show. First, the UN walks out on Bibi as Europe loses patience with Israel. Then, Jeet joins to talk about the rising tide of authoritarianism and how i…

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3589 - FBI’s War on Trans People; Trump’s Pro-Israel Enforcer w/ Ken Klippenstein, Connor Echols 1:16:17

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It's Emmajority Thursday on the Majority Report On today's show: Trump has been "Triple Sabotaged" at the UN as the escalator fails to work as he and the First Lady entered the stair well, fortunately Melania was not hurt. Then his teleprompter cut out, and he was forced to "speak from the heart". If that wasn't horrible enough, it turns out his mi…

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#113 - Paul Hughes-Barlow - The Secret of the Thoth Tarot - The Origins of Aleister Crowley’s Book of Thoth 1:01:29

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"The Book of Thoth inspires students to progress from foundational knowledge of Magick and Mysticism to a deeper engagement with the writings of Aleister Crowley and other luminaries".... "Step onto the sacred path mapped by the Book of Thoth—a gateway to spiritual mastery and cosmic understanding. Whether you’re an aspirant seeking the wisdom of t…

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3588 - Trump Zero Kimmel One; Sun Sets in Baltimore w/ Hannah Gaskill & Dan Belson 1:05:31

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It's Hump Day on Majority Report On today's show: MAGA is crashing out over Jimmy Kimmel's return to late night as they try to frame his firing as a "business decision" and not as a result of government censorship. Trump fires off a rage fueled post to Truth Social where he threatens to sue ABC for putting him back on air. Does that sound like a bu…

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3587 - Trump's Tylenol Turmoil; Dr. Mo Returns from Gaza; Representing Blue Dots w/ Dr. Mohamed Mustafa & Jennifer Welch 1:46:24

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It's an Emmajority Report Tuesday on the Majority Report. Sam is out for Rosh Hashanah. Happy New Year to those that celebrate. On today's show: Trump irresponsibly claims a link between pregnant woman taking acetaminophen and autism. The FDA releases a warning for pregnant women in which they undermine their own warning in the final paragraph. Dr.…

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971 - The Years of Whatever feat. Will Sommer (9/22/25) 1:17:39

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Will Sommer of The Bulwark returns to Chapo to talk about the right’s reaction to the assassination of Charlie Kirk as well as his funeral proceedings in Arizona. We recap the Groyper War that preceded the assassination and the pressure it put on Kirk to move right, as well as the conspiracies surrounding his shooting. Was Israel involved? Why was …

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3586 - Border Czar Bribes; Stripping Citizenship w/ Amanda Frost 1:17:57

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It's Fun Day Monday on the Majority Report On today's show: The Trump administration is hinting at a link between Acetaminophen and autism. Border Czar Tom Homan was investigated for receiving $50,000 in cash back in 2024 for a promise of employment in the Trump Administration. Oddly, after Trump's victory the DOJ shut down the FBI investigation. P…

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3585 - Trump Speech Crackdown; Hasbarist Bari Weiss to Lead CBS w/ David Klion 1:27:21

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It's Casual Friday on the Majority Report On Today's Show: Trump's authoritarianism is here and there is no denying it at this point. Meanwhile, the stats on spending show that the economy is benefiting only the top 20%. Unemployment and prices are both rising, and when a Fox News reporter pressed him on this, Trump dismissed their polling as “tras…

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3584 - Kimmel Silenced; Tracking ICE Abuses; Trump The Mafia Don w/ Austin Kocher, Dan O’Sullivan 1:30:31

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It's Emmajority Report Thursday on Majority Report On Todays Show: In order to protect an illegal merger and please the King, Disney indefinitely suspends Jimmy Kimmel after he made a factually correct joke about Trump's callous response to Charlie Kirk's death. FCC Chair Brendan Carr initiated the hit on Kimmel through comments on Russian funded p…

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#112 - Brynja Magnusson - Yin Mysticism - A Hypothesis on the Unknowable and Dark Half of All Things 1:14:19

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"Every single person has a deep storehouse of mysterious Yin, rife with potential richness, meaningful innovation, and the terrifying unknown. When one knows how to walk in a Yin way, they orient themselves to the fabric of reality. This is why one who navigates life in a Yin way is masterful, because they work with the current of the cosmos and th…

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3583 - Gaza City Ground Invasion; Starbucks CEO on the Ropes w/ Zachary Foster & Michelle Eisen 1:32:22

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It's Hump day on the Majority Report. On today's show: Stephen Miller and JD Vance guest host The Charlie Kirk Show and Miller promises to dismantle "Left-Wing Terrorist Networks", whatever that means. Rolling Stone publishes a profile piece on Stephen Miller where they reveal that he likes to play with porcelain dolls, has a short fuse and operate…

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3582 - MAGA's Free Speech Split?; Trump Goads Venezuela w/ Will Sommer & Jose Luis Granados Ceja 1:20:53

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FBI director Kash Patel testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing and fails miserably to answer questions. On Fox & Friends Kash Patel fumbles his way through explaining an alleged note left by Tyler Robinson that is now "destroyed". Senior reporter at The Bulwark, Will Sommer joins the show to discuss the right-wing media response to…

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969 - Pablo Torre Fucks Around and Finds Out feat. Pablo Torre (9/15/25) 1:31:47

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In today’s two-parter, we start off with more coverage of the assassination of Charlie Kirk: what it means, possible motives, and the tidal wave of right-wing cancel culture it has wrought. Will then interviews journalist Pablo Torre of Pablo Torre Finds Out about recently unearthed collusion in the NFL, with a story that starts with Deshaun Watson…

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3581 - False Kirk Killer Narratives; Private Equity Killing the American Dream w/ Megan Greenwell 1:15:57

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In the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination Ben Shapiro hurls baseless accusations about the murderer's ideology and identity on Real Time with Bill Maher. Utah GOP Governor Spencer Cox continues to pin the shooting on the left without providing any evidence to support his claims. Journalist and author, Megan Greenwell joins the show to discuss her…

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3580 - Trump's Reichstag Aspirations & World's 2nd Oldest Profession w/ Adam Friedland 2:29:33

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The governor of Utah irresponsibly releases partial information about the Charlie Kirk shooter, even encouraging people to interpret it themselves. He then admits to praying that the shooter would be from another country or not one of "us". Donald Trump goes on Fox & Friends and proclaims, "he doesn't care about radicals on the right". Donald Trump…

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3579 - The New Economic Nationalism; AI Bubble Already Bursting? w/ Jostein Hauge, Ed Zitron 1:26:29

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It is an Emmajority Report Thursday on the Majority Report. On today's show: Right Wing broadcaster Charlie Kirk is shot and killed on a university campus in Utah. Simultaneously three teenagers were wounded in a shooting in a high school in Colorado. As of writing this the Kirk shooter is still at large and unknown but that has not stopped right-w…

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3578 - ICE Raid Falls Flat; Big Union Victory in CA; Israel's West Bank Annex w/ Simeon Benit, Leila Espinosa & Jasper Nathaniel 1:45:47

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It's Hump Day on the Majority Report On today's show: Trump teases another National Guard Deployment to an American city, promises to make announcement tomorrow. In Rochester, New York, ICE Agents swarm two roofers working at a private residence and within minutes 200 protestors assemble and successfully deflect the Feds. Unrelated, one of the ICE …

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3577 - Epstein's Birthday Card; Schumer & Jeffries Cave Plans w/ David Dayen 1:29:06

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It's News Day Tuesday on The Majority Report On today's show: The Jeffrey Epstein estate has released the infamous 50th birthday book, which led Trump to sue the Wall Street Journal after it reported on it, claiming the coverage was false. Rep Dave Min (D-CA) pushes back on CNN's John Berman claiming there are no reasons to believe that Donald Trum…

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967 - Whitehat feat. Derek Davison (9/8/25) 1:14:41

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Chapo Senior Foreign Policy correspondent Derek Davison is back once again to talk about the escalating possibility of war in Venezuela. We discuss the recent strike on a Venezuelan boat by Trump and his newly-Christened Department of War, a botched raid into North Korea, our collapsing relationship with India, China’s SCO summit with Russia, and c…

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3576 - McTrump Slump; The Immigrant Rebuild of NOLA w/ Sarah Fouts 1:12:21

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It's Fun Day Monday on the Majority Report On Today's Show: The Trump slump is really starting to punish Americans as farmers panic and stagflation builds McDonald's CEO breaks down the dual realities of the American economy. People making over 100k are living in a strong, healthy economy while lower income people are skipping breakfast to save mon…

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#111 – Gabrielle Perez – Luminous Astrology – Soothe Your Nervous System and Energize the Reality You Want 51:57

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Welcome to TAP in with Gabrielle Perez, who has a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology and almost twenty years of astrological practice. Like myself Gabrielle is a professional in both fields of therapy and astrology - which in short is connected by the ability to help people (and ourselves) connect with the unconscious. (Pluto in Scorpio) In t…

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3575 - Trump Slump Hits Jobs; Epstein Files Loom; Trump as Murderer-In-Chief w/ Heather 'Digby' Parton 1:44:18

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It's Casual Friday on the Majority Report On today's show: Revisions to the June and July job numbers show they were actually 21,000 less jobs added than initially reported. However, the ever optimist Howard Lutnick tells us to wait until a year from now when the job numbers will be amazing. Contributing writer to salon.com and proprietor of the Hu…

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3574 - Trump Family’s Crypto Cash-In; Israel Threatens Aid Flotilla w/ Molly White, Greg Stoker 1:25:09

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It's Emmajority Report Thursday on Majority Report On today's show: RFK, Jr is grilled at a Senate Finance Committee hearing over the chaos he has created at the CDC. Crypto and Tech Industry researcher and publisher of the Citation Needed newsletter, Molly White joins the show to talk the Trump family crypto cash in. Host of the Colonial Outcasts …

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The Players Club Episode 1: Metal Gear Solid (1998) - Am I My Brother’s Streaker? 2:11:46

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In 1998, the world was ruled by Rayman. You could not go anywhere without seeing Rayman street art. Thousands of children died attempting to cut their own limbs off and suspend them from midair. All that changed when Solid Snake was brought into the third dimension.Brendan and Felix kick off their journey through the greatest story ever told by sur…

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965 - A Chorus Line feat. Alex Nichols (9/2/25) 1:24:10

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Alex is back for some speculation about the health of Donald Trump (after his disappearance) and Rudy Giuliani (after his “not targeted” car crash). Then we turn to the weird world of Democratic Party influencers and the dark-money group secretly funding their American Girl Doll memes. Finally, we chat a little about phones in schools and Adam Frie…

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Why Astrology with Mark Jones 1:08:47

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Each year, I try to make my way up to Wales to spend some quality time with Mark. We also try to record a sliver of our endless conversations. This year, we stumbled into the existential questions around astrology: Why did we get involved? Why are we still involved? And really, what is valuable about it…? Some of these ideas, along with many others…

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963 - Distractions feat. Prem Thakker (8/25/25) 1:13:57

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Zeteo’s Prem Thakker joins us for a look at Trump’s takeover of Washington D.C. We talk about the impetus for the takeover, what day-to-day life in occupied D.C. looks and feels like for its immigrant communities, and the Democratic Party’s impotent response. We then look more broadly at Trump’s Fortress America, ICE’s country-wide renditions, and …

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961 - The Dogs of War feat. Seth Harp (8/18/25) 1:33:17

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Journalist and author Seth Harp returns to the pod to talk about his horrifying and expansive new book The Fort Bragg Cartel. We talk with Seth about America’s forever-war machine and the global drug empire it empowers, with a special focus on the case of Delta Force officer William Lavigne, who killed his best friend before turning up dead near Fo…

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#110 - Colin Karewa Forbes - Surf The Spiral - Awaken to Symbolic Wisdom 54:48

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Coherence Coach Colin Karewa Forbes is an active Substack writer and in this episode of TAP, we explore the story behind his tagline “Surf the Spiral.” Tap in if you’re curious about awakening from the turbulence of ego-based outcome consciousness into the steady current of process-oriented, Integrated Self! We discuss these Sagittarian themes: -An…

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#109 - Linda Schiller - PTSDreams - Change Your Dream, Change Your Life 58:19

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"We are fully alive in their alternative world when we dream them. When we have bad dreams or nightmares, or any dream for that matter, our body/mind system does not differentiate between waking experiences and sleeping experiences." – Linda Schiller, PTSDreams: Transform Your Nightmares from Trauma through Healing Dreamwork (2022) Welcome to this …

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959 - The Bopper’s Lair (8/11/25) 1:03:14

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We begin by reading the last will and testament of Anas al-Sharif, a 28-year-old journalist for Al-Jazeera that was among those slain in Gaza by Israel yesterday. We then resume our Epstein coverage, including a look at his Manhattan lair and celebrity dinner guests. Then, two pieces on venture capitalists driven insane by The Computer and a story …

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957 - Democracy Soon! feat. Osita Nwanevu (8/4/25) 1:02:47

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Osita Nwanevu stops by to discuss his new book The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding. Osita leads us through his case that American “democracy” as it currently stands isn’t that democratic at all. We discuss the real intentions of the founders, the actual American revolution of the Civil War, and the stalled re…

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TAP is Back - Meaninglessness as Initiation - Solo by Mannah 18:06

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Thank you for being patient. Feel free to suggest authors for me to interview. I am ready - slowly and anticipating moments of inspiration! - Mannah