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Jon Herold and Zak Paine kick things off with fresh Fang Fang document drops, digging into some genuinely eyebrow raising details about a certain congressman's staff interviews and just how much got quietly swept under the rug when that whole scandal wrapped up. Then the guys settle in for the night's main event, a decades old theory claiming horror novelist Stephen King was secretly behind one of the most infamous assassinations in music history. It's got hidden codes in magazine covers, mismatched glasses, a self published pamphlet, and a level of commitment from its original author that even Jon and Zak can't help but admire, even as they pick apart just how far the logic actually holds up. Buckle up for one of the more unhinged deep dives the show has done in a while, complete with the usual sponsor breaks and banter to keep things grounded.

Ashe in America welcomes former Miss Colorado, Senate and House candidate Deborah Flora for a wide ranging conversation on what it actually means to be "post partisan" in a state where most voters are unaffiliated. The two dig into Colorado's caucus system, why it can both empower grassroots candidates and shut them out, and whether the two party structure still reflects how people actually vote. Deborah shares her own experience running outside the caucus process and what that taught her about power, primaries, and party gatekeeping. Ashe also plays a clip highlighting just how radical Colorado's political landscape has become, drawing a hard line between the Democrat establishment and the Democratic Socialists of America. Later in the show, Ashe promises a China rant once Deborah wraps up. Expect a mix of personal story, Colorado politics deep dive, and a genuinely optimistic case for organizing outside the usual party lines.

Fresh off last week's fallout, Matthew Ehret dives straight into the deep end of internet conspiracy lore: the Khazarian empire. If you've ever heard someone blame the world's problems on "Khazarian mafia" bloodlines, this episode traces that idea back to its unlikely source, including a certain shape shifting lizard theorist from the late 90s, and asks how much of the popular Khazarian narrative actually holds up against the historical record. Ehret builds on his prior conversation about chivalric orders, Templar banking networks, and the Hofjuden families, and pushes back on accusations that he is running interference for anyone. Expect a wander through the 8th century alliance between Charlemagne and Harun al Rashid, a Jewish diplomat who helped broker peace between Christian and Muslim worlds, and a broader argument about who benefits when history gets reduced to a single villainous bloodline. Buckle up for another dense one.

Football season has arrived, and the crew wastes no time debating whose game day schedule reigns supreme (East Coast breakfast kickoffs versus West Coast five-beers-deep mornings) before diving into a coffee-warmer appreciation segment that somehow doubles as a good-brew sponsor read. The meat of this episode is ESPN's three-year future power rankings, and the guys tear into them team by team. Expect a genuinely heated defense of Jordan Love as a tier-one quarterback, shots at the "emerging tier two" label, Herbert-over-Tua takes, and Alpha absorbing blow after blow as the entire NFC West gets ranked around him. Along the way, CannCon addresses the online mystery of whether he served in the Army or the Marines, and the trio gets sincere about aging, back injuries, and gym redemption arcs, including Alpha's raw story of restarting at rock bottom. It closes with a "real conversation" between men and women, illustrated with cartoons nobody can quite explain. Sports, self-improvement, and locker room honesty.

Ashe, Christy, and Jackie kick off with a genuinely fascinating history lesson on the origin of pass the buck, tracing it from a 19th century poker table all the way to Harry Truman's Oval Office desk sign. It is one of those rabbit holes you did not know you needed. Then the tone shifts as Ashe and a guest dig into the fresh reporting on Eric Swalwell and his relationship with alleged Chinese intelligence asset Fang Fang, questioning what Congress knew, when they knew it, and why accountability keeps getting kicked down the road. It is a frustrated, no holds barred conversation about foreign influence operations reaching into American institutions. Later, the ladies lighten things back up with a handy iPhone document scanning trick, a voice memo hack worth stealing, and a closing round of internet reactions that will make you laugh out loud. Sponsors, laughs, and a little bit of everything, same as always.

Jon Herold digs deep into newly declassified FBI files on suspected Chinese operative Christine Fang, nicknamed "Rusty Thumbs" by investigators, and her years long relationship with Congressman Eric Swalwell, walking through the FBI's failed attempt to recruit her as a source before pivoting to a campaign corruption investigation that ultimately closed without charges. He builds out a detailed theory around a still classified National Security Presidential Memorandum he believes triggered the document release, connecting it to his ongoing coverage of the weaponized intelligence community storyline. Other topics include an appeals court dismissing an Alien Enemies Act challenge, Trump's Truth Social post on reducing joint military exercises with South Korea, Kushner and Netanyahu's Gaza disarmament stance, and a Bloomberg opinion piece skeptical of Tucker Carlson's third party ambitions. Sponsor reads, personal deck staining stories, and a lively chat session round out a dense Monday show.

CannCon and Zak Paine kick off Monday with a Kushner and Grinnell clip on longevity and priorities after leaving the White House, plus a quick check in on the surprise hurricane that battered Hawaii over the weekend. The real headline is a resurfaced Terry Moran interview where the ABC correspondent admits network brass killed his own investigation into the COVID lab leak theory back in 2021, a story the hosts say deserves way more attention than it has gotten. They also touch on a memoir clip getting renewed attention online involving a public figure's account of a traumatic experience at eighteen, and a chunk of a speech that has the hosts nodding along on campaign finance reform despite disagreeing with plenty else. They close with easily the favorite clip of the day, a Democrat election lawyer visibly melting down over dried up funding heading into the midterms.

Alpha Warrior and Josh Reid pour the coffee (with a little something extra) and dig into the drip of declassification they say has been building since June 30. Josh walks the thread from Tulsi Gabbard's Ukraine biolab and Wuhan disclosures through the Fauci gain of function texts, then into Trump's address on hundreds of millions of voter records stolen by China across 18 states. The heart of it is three FBI counterintelligence operations, Oxford Comma, March Toll, and Round River, which they argue reveal Andy McCabe targeting Trump and Sessions as fake Russian assets while shielding Hunter Biden's China linked companies on protected status. Their read: the money trail and legal predicate for an election national emergency are already on the table, with NGOs as the next domino. Alpha adds his dish and tablecloth analogy for how the old system gets swapped out without the plates crashing. Bring patience for a drip drip payoff.

Part two of the Burning Bright and Ghost saga. Last week gave us the final boss, so naturally this week brings the final convergence, a title Burning Bright cheerfully admits his past self chose despite using "convergence" in roughly half his episodes. This one is meant to be bicameral: two proxy states, two bosses, one game board. The promise for tonight, delivered with maximum deadpan, is to discuss Ukrainians, Israelis, and Nazis, and whether there is any difference between the three. Totally uncontroversial, boilerplate geopolitics, as you have come to expect. Ghost brings the deeper dive: Syria as the geographic center of everything, Assad's Five Seas Vision, the Abraham Accords reconsidered, and why the Mecca agreement matters precisely because no external power is steering it. There is also a sharp breakdown of media narrative-shifting around Egypt, Turkey, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia joining a new defense pact. Pattern recognition over panic, with the dry humor turned up.

Jonathan Drake shifts gears into chapter three of Spooner's Science of Justice, trading the tight logical if then structure for a narrative history lesson on how despotic government actually got started. Spoiler, it was not a noble experiment gone wrong. Spooner traces a direct line from ancient bands of robbers plundering agrarian farmers, to slaveholders realizing chains were bad optics, to the modern representative government that convinces everyone to vote for their own subjection. Expect Vikings compared unfavorably to senatorial candidates, a breakdown of how legislation has always just been the paperwork criminals use to divide their spoils, and a preview of Spooner's next essay on poverty and debt, which ties directly into his surprisingly Bitcoin adjacent monetary theory. Jon also weighs in on a current Supreme Court case and gives a candid nod to his own dip experiment gone wrong in Sudan.

Jon Herold and Chris Paul open with a media narrative they're not buying: reports of low morale aboard a deployed carrier near the Strait of Hormuz, which they frame as a coordinated pressure campaign to get Trump to back off his Iran messaging. From there they roll straight into Trump's own Hormuz clip and some Monroe Doctrine talk. The middle stretch bounces through a Fauci clip, JD Vance commentary, and a CNN mixup calling something "Indiana" that clearly wasn't. Caroline Leavitt gets her own segment, with the guys questioning why Trump even needs a press secretary when he can just tweet whatever he wants directly. There's also a genuinely odd discovery: the National Trust for Historic Preservation apparently spent a hundred and forty five million dollars abroad last year, which raises more questions than it answers. Toss in a White House Correspondents' dinner throwback and a Joshua Baez segment, and it's a packed one.

Cam Cooksey opens episode 63 (recorded August 15th, and a happy birthday to Jackie's dad, Javier) as the first show on Badlands that Saturday, mapping out a relaxed night of Truth Social posts, funny X finds, and the long overdue return of American of the Week. The heart of the show is his "triangulating truth" theme. Cam walks through Trump announcing missionary Kevin Rideout's rescue from West Africa, an AI photo tour of the new White House ballroom with George Washington, and a striking war casualty comparison putting Trump's Iran and Venezuela numbers against Vietnam, Korea, Iraq, and Afghanistan. He gets fired up over a federal judge unsealing Epstein documents (rejecting Ghislaine Maxwell's objections) and an SPLC executive's fraud arrest, all via Ali Tucker's spin free write-ups. He closes with Guard Vegas hype (the September retreat he calls a family reunion) and a young man's words of wisdom. Let go and embrace the flow.

The crew can't quite believe how much oxygen a paid Charlie Kirk assassination debate sucked up online this week, and spends a solid chunk of time roasting the whole "we'll figure out who killed him by watching two influencers argue" premise. From there it's on to a pop quiz built from the week's Badlands headlines, covering a contested Attorney General confirmation vote, an FBI investigation that followed James Comey's firing, and a leaked characterization of Biden Ukraine corruption allegations that raises some eyebrows. There's also a genuinely thoughtful dive into an immigration fraud scheme involving a marriage of convenience, a look at reports of China accessing voter roll data in multiple states, and a call in appearance from a sitting congressman that turns into an unexpected tax rant. Somewhere in the middle, drone guns and a possible robot dog cameo come up too. A little bit of everything this week.

Newly clean-shaven host Matt Trump (yes, he shaved the beard) delivers part four of his summer abroad walking tour, back in London as the self-described Rick Steves of Badlands. After brief detours on odd Wisconsin election results and AI watermarking, he cues up the 1953 Ivanhoe trailer and walks you upstream along the Thames, past Blackfriars, to the round Temple Church at the heart of the medieval Inns of Court. The main event is the Knights Templar. Framed archaeologically rather than as pure conspiracy fodder, he traces their origins as pilgrim-protecting warrior monks headquartered at the Temple Mount, their surprising role as the inventors of international banking and letters of credit, and their later life as lawyers. The through line ties this fusion of military, finance, and intelligence to modern parallels, from the CIA to globalist power. Expect crusades history, a promised pub stop, and plenty of tongue-in-cheek asides.

Jordan and Nate break down a genuinely massive news week starting with Trump's executive order slashing the recommended childhood vaccine schedule and splitting up the MMR shot, plus the predictably unhinged media freakout that followed. From there they dig into HHS's new "Wolves in White Coats" report, which refers hospitals accused of profiting off pediatric gender medicine to the DOJ, and cover Medicaid's decision to stop funding transition procedures for minors. Lighter but still eye opening topics include a viral study finding most big box "avocado oil" products are secretly cut with cheaper seed oils, the Navy quietly reinstating mandatory flu shots just months after dropping them, and a new mRNA flu vaccine approval for seniors. The show closes with a genuinely informative interview about home water filtration, mineralization, and why bottled and reverse osmosis water might be doing less for your body than you think.

Jon Herold spends Friday explaining why he refuses to watch the much hyped Candace Owens versus Andrew Wilson debate, arguing that a debate can never settle a controlled opposition dynamic and that whoever "wins" has nothing to do with who is actually right. He responds to some chat pushback on his stance, then shifts into a genuinely quiet news day covering an appeals court dismissing an Alien Enemies Act challenge, a trade court upholding Trump's de minimis tariff closure, and a report on federal agencies routing funds to terror linked charities. There is also a look at falling DC and Memphis crime stats tied to National Guard deployment, Trump's Supreme Court push on ballroom construction, and some personal baseball and birthday stories. Sponsor reads, meetup ticket reminders, and an extended chat hangout round out a lighter Friday show.

Ashe in America and Ghost dive into Season 5, Episode 2 of The Chosen, "House of Cards," and they do not undersell it, calling it one of the best episodes of the entire series so far. This is the one everyone has been waiting for, the moment Jesus makes his stand in his father's house, and the hosts break down why the scene lands with so much weight. Expect a close read of the temple confrontation, the exchange rate schemes and money changing corruption behind it, and what it means that righteous anger has a place even in a story built around grace. They also connect the moment to bigger themes about power, spiritual leadership, and how easily good intentions curdle into self glorification, with some pointed real world comparisons along the way. As always there is sponsor banter, some late night recording chaos, and a healthy dose of humor mixed in with the heavier material. It is a big episode, and the hosts clearly had a great time talking through it.

Chris Paul and Burning Bright dust off this 90s political comedy about two rival ex presidents forced to team up against a corrupt sitting president, and yes, they clock exactly how hokey it is right out of the gate. There's a running bit about how often James Rebhorn keeps showing up in their movie picks lately, some genuine affection for the cast even when the material is on the nose, and a solid conversation about whether Hollywood satire like this counts as intentional propaganda or just the culture accidentally telling on itself. The back half wanders into current events, including a wild multi country dispute over which plane certain officials were actually on, and why nobody seems to agree on the basic facts of anything anymore. Stick around for the next pick, a politically charged oil industry drama from the mid 2000s neither host has seen yet.

CannCon and Chris Paul go deeper into the SPLC indictment, walking through the eye popping funding numbers behind the organization's growth over the past decade and the specific ways prosecutors say donor money was funneled to informants inside extremist groups. They connect it to a broader pattern of unaccountable NGO grant money and speculate on how far the fallout could spread. From there they dig into fresh CBS reporting confirming President Trump secretly swapped planes while a real missile threat loomed, with the actual Air Force One carrying top cabinet officials who did not even know the president was not aboard. The back half covers a viral immigration clip out of Houston and a closing John Brennan clip on what he expects from the midterms. Plenty of banter and a Friday wrap up energy throughout.

CannCon and Alpha Warrior open with a bit of family life, some Rumble platform gripes, and a hearty debate on why the infantry misses the chaos more than they will admit. Then it is straight into the news. Suppressors are now free of the old NFA Form 4 paperwork after a court win, and the guys walk through what that actually means for gun owners while roasting a viral demonstration video for its questionable tactical choices. From there they dig into the very strange story of Trump's apparent Air Force One switcheroo before a credible Iranian missile threat, including who was and was not on the real plane. The back half is dedicated to the newly unsealed SPLC indictment, breaking down decades of alleged paid informants inside extremist groups. It is guns, geopolitics, and government watchdogs behaving badly, with the usual dark banter mixed in.

A Windows update wiped Frankie Val's intro, outro, and sound clips, so ep 62 runs raw and improvised, which suits a night this scattered. Frankie opens with an emergency room story about his mom, then dives into the news oddities: a man dressed as the Grim Reaper taunting patients from a Welsh hospital roof, a rare European solar eclipse, and, yes, the very real World Cup of window cleaning (a Californian took the title). That last one launches the night's call-in theme: what could you win a World Cup at? Callers deliver, from a man who rehoused hundreds of homeless veterans to heavier, unresolved childhood stories about narrowly dodging a local predator. The back half sharpens up with a caller-driven breakdown of Matt Walsh's new Civil War video, where Frankie pushes past the slavery framing to argue the war ultimately destroyed rather than preserved the union. Raffle night rounds it out.

CannCon and Ashe in America leave the world of pure banking history behind for a moment and step into Chapter 11 of The Creature from Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin, opening a new section the book calls The New Alchemy. The theme this week is grim but fascinating: how the same fiat money mechanism used to fund banks has also quietly funded wars, and how the profits of war have historically flowed to a very specific set of financiers rather than to nations or causes. The hosts dig into the rise of the House of Rothschild in Europe, the long tradition of financing both sides of a conflict, and the uncomfortable formula connecting debt to war and war back to debt. Expect history that hits differently once you see the pattern, plus the usual sponsor breaks and some behind the scenes audio troubleshooting along the way.

Jon Herold leans on the chat for a lighter Thursday, opening with Karoline Leavitt's announced departure as White House Press Secretary and a fun debate over whether the role should even exist in the Trump era. He digs into a Washington Post report tying a covert CIA program to mysterious strikes on Ecuadorian fishing boats near the Galapagos, plus a separate leak questioning the CIA's confidence in the Iranian assassination threat that prompted Trump's secret plane switch in Turkey. Other topics include a new executive order on transnational cybercrime, a Natalie Winters report on USDA funded halal meal programs in public schools, the national debt closing in on 40 trillion, and Trump's push for permanent Daylight Saving Time. Jon also gives a sneak peek at his own AI powered news aggregator project. Sponsor reads, market updates, and a lively chat session round out a slower but fun Thursday show.

CannCon and Alpha Warrior dig deep into a genuinely stunning federal case against the Southern Poverty Law Center, walking through allegations of a secretive internal unit literally named after the CIA that ran informants, funneled donor money to people inside hate groups, and even broke into a target's headquarters to copy documents before sneaking them back. They connect the dots to a broader RICO strategy that could unravel a whole network of NGOs. From there Alpha gets to say I told you so as a prior prediction about a high ranking military firing tied to the Air Force One canary trap story turns out to be spot on. They also revisit Wisconsin's ongoing election chaos with fresh Steve Kornacki meltdown clips and a Ron Johnson update on the Fauci saga. A dense, energetic Wednesday show.

Todd Blanche steps up as the 88th Attorney General and gives the kind of speech that's part victory lap, part love letter to the DOJ, tracing his own path from a college intern in the building all the way to the top job. He walks the room through his career, from paralegal to prosecutor to Deputy AG, before laying out a promise to lead with integrity, back federal law enforcement without apology, and keep hammering cartels, gangs, and anyone committing fraud against the government. There's a rundown of the department's recent wins on violent crime, fentanyl seizures, and border enforcement, plus a genuinely heartfelt thank you to the paralegals, analysts, and support staff who rarely get credit. It's less a policy announcement and more a mission statement, equal parts pep talk and changing of the guard, with Blanche making clear he sees himself as one of the career staff first and the boss second.

Jon Herold and Burning Bright open with sponsor banter (yes, there's now a joke Chinese knockoff Badlands promo code in play) before diving into a fresh John Solomon clip and a batch of newly declassified files. The throughline for the night is clear: the intelligence community, not any one political figure, is squarely in the crosshairs of these disclosures. Herold breaks out one of his all time favorite Trump clips, a rapid fire rundown of Russiagate, the Mueller probe, both impeachments, the dossier, and the Twitter files, framing it as the actual target list behind everything getting declassified right now. The guys dig into why that framing matters, what's still to come, and why they think this moment has been years in the making. There's the usual mix of substance and back and forth banter throughout, including a few tangents that wander before circling back.

Bigfoot week continues. Shipwreck welcomes Adrian from Rise Attire, who traded streetwear design for building Sasquatch Nations, an original video game rooted in real cryptid encounter stories. They swap theories on whether Sasquatch, the Giant of Kandahar, and dogman are all separate species or branches of the same mystery, dig into the Sasquatch Genome Project's unexplained DNA results, and preview the game's cinematic trailer and lore, including the guardians of the borderlands and a treaty between humans and something far older. There is also a detour into Nessie drone footage, portals in the deep woods you should never walk up the stairs toward, and a genuinely fed up rant about Lindsey Graham's sister taking his Senate seat. Equal parts cryptid convention and culture war venting, with plenty of heart underneath the chaos.

Chris Ponder and G Money join Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Steven L. Kwast to push the "tools for truth" framework into new territory, tying it directly to Bitcoin. G Money makes the case that Bitcoin isn't just a monetary system but a thermodynamically grounded protocol that makes lying nearly impossible once information is written to the chain, while Chris riffs on constellations, constitutions, and why some systems resist being reduced to a simple "hot body" model. Kwast connects it all back to metaphysics, free will, and the historical arc from the American Revolution to today's information war. Expect a wide ranging conversation covering fifth generation warfare, a controversial book recommendation, and a closing call to action that's part strategy session, part sermon on personal responsibility. It's dense, ambitious, and unmistakably optimistic about where this is all headed.

Jon Herold digs deep into newly declassified documents revealing that the FBI's "Round river" operation buried corruption reporting from 14 confidential human sources on Joe Biden while formally labeling officials like Bill Barr and Mike Pompeo as Russian disinformation conduits. He ties this fresh evidence back to Hunter Biden's laptop emails and the Blue Star Strategies contract timeline to argue the Tucker Carlson led "redemption tour" is conveniently timed to counter the release. He also plays a clip of John Solomon previewing possible grand jury indictments out of Fort Pierce, Florida, and covers Trump floating a national emergency declaration to bypass Congress on election reform, plus a new DOJ special grand jury in DC overseen by one of Jeanine Pirro's deputies. Sponsor reads, market updates, and a preview of tonight's Power Hour round out a dense Wednesday show.

Eleven defendants, over a thousand sham marriages, and tens of millions of dollars, DOJ pulls back the curtain on what officials call one of the largest marriage fraud prosecutions in U.S. history. The Attorney General walks through a decade long scheme pairing Chinese nationals with paid American citizens in fake weddings, complete with staged photos, prenups, and a whole cottage industry of recruiters and officiants, before handing things to SDNY's U.S. Attorney and an HSI deputy to break down how the case actually came together. The press Q&A wanders well beyond the marriage fraud story, touching on a Southern Poverty Law Center indictment, the status of a certain high profile contempt referral, New York's second home tax fight, state fraud accountability, and a blunt, no nonsense answer about whether a certain "weaponization fund" is really dead. It's part law enforcement victory lap, part rapid fire news conference covering half a dozen other storylines at once.

CannCon and Ashe bring on voting systems expert Clay Parikh for an urgent breakdown of a wild overnight development in Wisconsin, where five out of nine election USB drives reportedly downloaded audit logs instead of actual vote totals, delaying results and prompting officials to call it simple human error. Clay walks through the technical documentation and explains why that explanation does not hold up nearly as cleanly as election officials are claiming. From there the show shifts into a look at a wave of primary challenges against long tenured incumbents, playing viral clips of two very different congressional moments and revisiting a memorable Donna Brazile and Scott Jennings clash over whether the DSA can fairly be compared to the Tea Party movement. A dense, fast moving episode with a genuine breaking news feel.

Alpha Warrior and Josh Reid come in energized this week, breaking down why a national emergency around election integrity looks more likely by the day and what that could mean heading into the midterms. They dig into Todd Blanche officially stepping into the Attorney General role, why that confirmation unlocks new subpoena power, and how new investigations into California and Minnesota ballot activity fit into the bigger picture. Expect talk of communications theories tied to a certain phrase making the rounds at the highest levels, some fun speculation about a wild NASA rumor involving planetary alignment, and the usual mix of pattern recognition and government watchdog talk. Add in listener shoutouts, sponsor segments, and the guys riffing off each other as always, and you have another fully loaded Tuesday night on DEFCON ZERQ.

CannCon and Ashe in America bill this one as the second Bad Mood Hour, and fair warning, you may leave a little triggered. This time the focus shifts away from machines and mail-in ballots to the thing nobody talks about enough: voter registration itself. Their guest is Kim Brooks of theGANerds, back after a couple of years and armed with receipts. She lays out what she calls Georgia's DART database, a shadow set of registration IDs that surface on the public rolls for days or never at all, then quietly rack up votes. Kim walks through how she reverse-engineered it by hoarding Secretary of State files like jigsaw pieces, catching duplicates, phantom cancellations, and voters credited with ballots they never cast. Expect strong opinions on so-called roll cleaning, a certain Retard Award trophy, and why she thinks you simply cannot clean a voter roll. Data doesn't lie, only people do.

Jon Herold digs deep into Andrew McCabe's own memoir to fill in the timeline on how Sessions told him he'd be acting FBI director just a day before McCabe's team opened its investigation into Sessions, then pairs that with old Trump tweets questioning Sessions' recusal to build out his running theory on the weaponized intelligence community. He also breaks down newly released Fauci text messages showing private concern about miscarriage risk from COVID vaccination during pregnancy, contrasted with the public messaging insisting there were no red flags, tying it to Trump's new vaccine transparency executive order. Other topics include a Tucker Carlson led Hunter Biden "redemption tour" Jon finds frustratingly unchallenged, a Syrian court sentencing Bashar Assad to death in absentia, and new reporting on Trump's secret military jet exit from Turkey amid an assassination threat. Sponsor reads and a lively chat session round out a dense Tuesday show.

CannCon runs solo again for the midweek show and opens with a look at big pharma donations flowing to senators who were not even up for reelection at the time, before playing an RFK Jr clip on the search for an environmental trigger behind rising childhood chronic illness. The centerpiece of the show is a deep dive back into Pfizer's own pregnancy and lactation safety data, walked through with the help of an AI chat assistant, and the numbers are rough enough that CannCon flags the moment as worth clipping and sharing. There is also a detour into a college athletics NIL scandal tied to a familiar name, a fiery take on the World Health Organization, and a genuinely strange story about President Trump quietly switching planes mid trip that only a handful of people reportedly knew about. Plenty to dig into on a busy Wednesday.

Jon Herold and Zak Paine open with a genuinely wild New York Times report about President Trump getting smuggled out of Turkey in a catering cart after the NATO summit, and the guys pick apart why a story like that ever got leaked in the first place, let alone confirmed. From there, things go full science fiction as Zak walks through the claims of a credentialed CERN insider who says the Large Hadron Collider sits on top of something a lot stranger than particle physics. Expect talk of interdimensional visitors, a viral clip that may or may not connect to a decades old sci fi author's cryptic speech, and a teenage inventor whose free energy claims somehow loop right back into the Mandela effect. As always, take it all with a healthy dose of skepticism and a sense of humor.

Ashe in America flies solo this week (CannCon is out with a bad back) but keeps the momentum going from last episode's deep dive into the Democracy Communications Collaborative's election playbook. He picks up right where they left off, working through how the electorate gets sorted into eight distinct "audience wedges" and what messaging is designed to move each group toward a very specific idea of "pro democracy" behavior. Before that, though, Ashe plays and reacts to a Badlands Daily clip of Senator Marsha Blackburn, calling out what he sees as scripted talking points dressed up as authenticity. Expect a healthy dose of skepticism, some sharp commentary on voter ID, election certification, and who actually gets to call an election legitimate, plus a few laughs along the way. A solid follow up for anyone who caught last week's playbook breakdown.

Matthew Ehret picked a provocative episode title on purpose, and then spends the hour arguing against the very narrative it seems to promise. Joined by researcher Mike King, contributor to Ehret's book Black Sun Rising, the two dig into why the popular "evil Jews run everything" trope is, in their view, itself a limited hangout, a partial truth used to steer people away from older, deeper power structures. Expect a wide ranging conversation on genealogy, the forged Protocols of the Elders of Zion, the so called Black Nobility, and how families like the Rothschilds and Rockefellers fit into a much longer, murkier story stretching back to Rome. King also shares his own journey through internet conspiracy culture and how he learned to separate solid research from recycled propaganda. It is dense, contrarian, and not for the faint of attention span.

Michelle of Tamarac Garden joins Ashe, Christy, and Jackie for a back to school episode that is equal parts practical and playful. Before getting into the good stuff, the ladies debate whether stale Peeps are a delicacy or a crime, trade stories about husbands who turn into dramatic patients the moment they get hurt, and share a genuinely useful phone trick for stopping notifications from ruining your screen recordings mid clip. Then Michelle takes over with real, usable advice for surviving the back to school chaos, including a simple brain dump method for taming an overwhelming task list. She also breaks down natural ways to keep kids healthy through the school year, covering everything from antioxidant rich foods to herbs nicknamed nature's Botox and nature's Xanax, plus a few tricks for helping an overwhelmed kid calm down fast. It is a warm, funny, and genuinely helpful hour for anyone gearing up for the school year.

Jon Herold kicks off Monday digging into newly declassified documents showing the FBI opened an investigation into Jeff Sessions, codenamed "March Toll," the day after James Comey was fired, arguing the timing exposes a deliberate effort to prolong the Russia collusion narrative. He tracks down old McCabe congressional testimony while building out his own timeline connecting the Sessions probe to the previously covered "Oxford comma" investigation and the broader weaponized intelligence community storyline. Other topics include Trump's Truth Social posts demanding compensation from Iran for war damages, a Politico style piece on Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's balancing act on interest rates, a look at AI generated video games disrupting the industry, and Minnesota's primary ballot featuring some unusually named candidates. Sponsor reads, a recap of the Jupiter, Florida meetup he missed, and a lively chat session round out a document heavy Monday show.

CannCon and Zak Paine open with a follow up on the Air Force One missile capability story, connecting it to a possible canary trap and predicting some accountability is coming for whoever leaked it. From there they play a clip of President Trump weighing in on John Thune's future as Senate Majority Leader before turning their frustration toward the Senate voting to leave for a 40 day recess without resolving the Attorney General confirmation fight, leaving Trump without the recess appointment option he needed. Marsha Blackburn's Tennessee governor primary run gets a look too. The back half is a deep dive into the national DSA platform itself, walking through eyebrow raising planks like defunding the Department of Defense, abolishing the Senate, and granting blanket amnesty, positions the hosts expect to hear a lot more about heading into the fall. A busy Monday show.

Alpha Warrior and Josh Reid are back after a weekend of cursed tech, fried computers, and a power outage that hit mid sentence while Josh broke down a Minnesota cyber incident. Over the target, maybe. The main event is the timing they say they called: Todd Blanche confirmed as Attorney General on the very same day General Flynn posts "the storm has arrived," followed hours later by Trump. The guys connect the dots between Blanche's confirmation and the Brennan transcripts the FBI has reportedly been withholding from Joe de Genova and the grand jury, arguing the confirmation was the go signal for subpoenas, indictments, and a wave of declassification. Expect a read of a Scavino "popcorn" post, a two part "storm" theory where the real chaos is the collision between Trump's side and the opposition, and the usual reminder that POTUS stays neutral for optics. Closes with an original track. Bring popcorn.

Burning Bright welcomes back his favorite geopolitical sparring partner, Ghost, for a session he warmly promises will "waterboard you informationally and narratively." Consider yourself warned, and comfortable. The theme tonight is the final boss. Who exactly is the Sovereign Alliance fighting, and why do so many in the truth community keep rubber-banding back to their old Fox News framing the moment Trump or Putin says something unexpected? The two dig into cognitive dissonance, the multipolar war, and why being right matters less than shifting the conversation. Expect a spirited breakdown of the Iran situation: the curiously camera-shy Ayatollah, an old video passed off as current, who is actually signing all these deals, and Trump's "we are low keying it" comments. They also tee up Friday's Mecca agreement and what it means for the region. Less doom, more pattern recognition, with plenty of dry humor along the way.

Jonathan Drake closes out chapter two of Spooner's Science of Justice, wrapping sections six through eight in one sitting. He builds the case that if justice is natural, it has to be immutable and universal, the same standard for everyone, everywhere, whether we are talking about ancient Rome or your neighborhood today. Expect a memorable analogy about contractors using different measuring systems to build a house, a candid take on why the Anglo Saxon era's civil wars were actually a sign of a healthy system rather than a broken one, and some sharp commentary on why a government without a fixed moral compass is free to rewrite its own rules whenever convenient. Jon also touches on Bitcoin as a defensive tool consistent with natural law, and shares a very relatable Amazon return story. Stick around for smoked meat talk, sponsor shoutouts, and a preview of chapter three's history lesson on how despotism became the norm.

Jon Herold and Chris Paul open by dissecting a pair of Trump social posts, one clearly joking about a 2028 run, one that reads a lot more serious, and have some fun picking apart what happens when a "just kidding" post gets followed by one that isn't. There's also a JD Vance endorsement clip that gets the full comedic breakdown treatment before things turn more substantive. The middle stretch covers a Tucker Carlson style interview where Trump talks AI, data centers, and the power infrastructure being built alongside them, with the guys drawing comparisons to Bitcoin mining setups and wondering aloud what's really being built. That folds into midterm talk and what a Democrat controlled Congress could mean going forward. Add in a Hunter Biden tangent near the end, and it's a episode that bounces between comic relief and genuinely meaty policy discussion.

Cam Cooksey opens episode 62 unsure what day it is (Jackie's out of town, so of course), then settles into a calm, big-picture read of the week's Truth Social posts. A rainstorm, a flying door, and a briefly missing cat provide the comic relief midway through. The through line is war and peace. Cam unpacks Trump's "Trump 2028, just kidding" post, an AI photo of Trump with Patton and MacArthur, and his own framing that we're deep in a fifth generation psychological world war between sovereigns and globalists. He plays a JFK peace speech, touches General Flynn's posts, and spends real time on the historic Gaza agreement to disarm Hamas, the "Board of Peace," and what a rebuilt, thriving Middle East (his playful "Turbine Towers" riff) could look like with Iran's destabilizing influence squashed. Faith and responsibility anchor the close, with a hopeful Forrest Frank outro. Keep it flowing.

The crew opens with a heavy one, the Lindsay Clancy case and the murky territory of postpartum psychosis, before pivoting into a genuinely raw conversation about feeling burned by Dan Bongino after years of promised Epstein accountability that never materialized. From there it's straight into a spicy, on the record moment where hosts declare they want APAC and any foreign flag influence out of American politics entirely, followed by a much more nuanced debate about the difference between the Muslim world and the Islamic world, and whether recent media narratives are quietly herding everyone toward an us versus them binary. There's also a Sean Hannity CIA jab, some friendly ribbing about who actually fought who over what, and a big announcement that the Great American Restoration Tour is heading to Las Vegas. Buckle up, this one covers a lot of ground.

Host Matt Trump powers through a technically cursed evening (broken mic cord, dead camera, "wading through mud" all week) to deliver part three of his summer abroad walking tour as the self-styled Rick Steves of Badlands. After a detour on reactivating a decade-old Facebook account and how he tries to explain his politics to liberal friends, he crosses the Thames to the Tower of London and its Norman builders. The through line is a provocative analogy: the Norman Conquest of 1066, in which a small ruling class dominated England without replacing its people, framed as a template for how he views globalist or "deep state" control of modern America. Expect the White Tower, Traitor's Gate, the scaffold site, a Robin Hood tie-in, a space-alien thought experiment, and a Federal Reserve comparison, all wrapped in his usual history-meets-geopolitics musing. The Romans built the bridge; the Normans, he argues, still run the place.

Jordan and Nate open by roasting mainstream media's hilarious hit pieces on RFK Jr.'s new cooking show (the Washington Post is somehow mad the HHS secretary makes salmon cakes) before playing some genuinely great clips of him going toe to toe with a stone faced Dana Bash on CNN and dropping a bombshell about gain of function research on Fox News. From there they dig deep into the corporate takeover of the supplement world, breaking down why Procter & Gamble just paid billions for Thorne and how mega corps like Nestle and Glanbia are quietly buying up the whole natural products supply chain. The back half covers Kennedy's move to decertify an organ procurement group over disturbing patient safety failures, wildfire smoke survival tips, a nuanced look at Texas's cannabis crackdown, and a candid, funny debate about the peptide craze and whether it is the first step toward a very different kind of future. Equal parts news breakdown and honest conversation between friends.

Trump heads to the State Department to make the case that mining, yes, mining, might be one of the sleeper hits of his second term. Expect big numbers on new mines opening at the fastest pace since the 1950s, billions in fresh investment, the first American rare earth mine in over 70 years, and a genuinely entertaining tangent about chandeliers and Corinthian columns. Rubio, Burgum, and Lutnick each take a turn explaining how tariffs, permitting reforms, and international mineral agreements are rebuilding a supply chain America let slip away for decades. There's a $100 million commitment to mining schools, a solid gold nodule replica handed to Trump mid speech, and a parade of industry executives and university presidents thanking him like he personally reopened their mines. Between the policy substance there's plenty of classic riffing, on coal, on tariffs being his "fifth favorite word," and on how badly Minnesota's governor is running things. A wonky topic delivered with maximum showmanship.

Jon Herold recovers from a canceled Florida trip (thanks to an airport radar outage) to dig into Trump's wide ranging Punchbowl News interview, breaking down his lukewarm comments on Senate Leader Thune, his surprisingly uncertain tone on the midterms, and some fascinating remarks on crypto, AI, and a possible 2028 run. He also plays a clip of John Solomon making the case that the intelligence community's election interference dwarfs anything foreign adversaries did, walks through two new executive orders cracking down on birth tourism and birthright citizenship, and covers a federal court blocking White House ballroom construction. There's also a pointed breakdown of a new GAO report finding DOGE's claimed savings didn't hold up to scrutiny, plus a disappointing July jobs report. Sponsor reads, meetup logistics, and plenty of live chat banter round out a newsy Friday show.