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The Wake up America show with Austin Petersen is a live, two hour video podcast that plays every Monday-Friday from 7-9am central time. Petersen’s bevy of exciting guests and topics is sure to entertain anyone who loves entertaining newscasts and perspectives of the world from a freedom-centric worldview. austin@stonegaitllc.com

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    • Jun 3, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    The Wake Up America Show with Austin Petersen is a podcast that stands out from the crowd. As someone who often finds it difficult to find enough time to listen to podcasts, this show has captured my attention and made me prioritize it in my busy schedule. Austin's willingness to question conventional wisdom and challenge orthodoxy is refreshing and thought-provoking. He fearlessly takes bold positions and invites on controversial guests, but does so with careful thought and preparation. The show features other captivating hosts like Steffi and Camellia, which adds variety and keeps the content engaging.

    One of the best aspects of The Wake Up America Show is its ability to wake you up both intellectually and emotionally. The topics of discussion are relevant, thought-provoking, and sometimes controversial. It appeals to individuals who value truth based on facts rather than feelings. If you're someone who appreciates uncomfortable truths, this podcast will benefit you greatly. Additionally, the show is not filled with unfamiliar jargon that can be alienating to libertarian curious listeners or those new to the ideas being discussed. This accessibility makes it an excellent choice for anyone interested in these topics.

    While there are many positives about this podcast, one potential downside could be that some listeners may find the discussions too provocative or controversial for their taste. The show takes a bold stance on various issues, which may not resonate with everyone's perspectives or sensitivities. However, it is important to remember that hearing differing opinions can broaden our understanding of complex issues.

    In conclusion, The Wake Up America Show with Austin Petersen is a thrilling podcast experience that breaks away from the typical morning show format. Its combination of informative content, varied topics, and willingness to challenge established norms make it stand out from the crowd. I stumbled onto this show by accident and couldn't be happier about it. It provides libertarian news with style and substance through experienced host Austin Petersen. Whether you've been listening since 2016, like me, or are just discovering the show now, the sky is the limit for Austin Petersen and this podcast. Keep up the great work!



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    Latest episodes from The Wake Up America Show with Austin Petersen

    Pass The DOGE Cuts?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2025 114:47


    Conservatives are pushing to enact Elon Musk's DOGE cuts. Bill Maher says Harvard is an a**hole factory. Hoe Math's having a tough time ft @RareCamellia

    Intersectional Intifada: Pride and Pogroms

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2025 99:59


    Pride month begins with Palestinian terror attack in Colorado. Palantir is building a database on Americans. Millennial marriage collapse as women turn left @JoshuaLisec - Is American libertarianism dead? @Devon_Eriksen_

    Why Does Everyone Hate Men?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 112:29


    Democrats stop hating men for 5 seconds to ask how to recruit more men. San Francisco scraps "equity grading" program after only one day. New York City Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani wants to "freeze the rent." Freedom Family Friday! @SteffiP4Liberty and @JustinJPetersen guest stars!

    Black Fatigue: Viral Trend Goes Mainstream

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2025 103:29


    Black people are calling out fellow blacks in videos that are going viral. Jonathan Capeheart quits WAPO editorial board. Is Trump trying to kill Harvard? @JudgeNap

    Dems Attempt To Recruit Men

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 93:12


    $20 million was spent by Dems to study how to get working class men to join. Jordan Peterson debates 20 atheists and gets dogpiled by the woke left and woke right. @RareCamellia Can the GOP overcome apathy and compete in the midterms? @thechadwickpaul

    Trump Kills The Penny To Make Change Great Again!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 112:18


    Copper penny knocked out of circulation. To round up or round down? Jewish couple murdered by Palestinian activist Elias Rodriguez. Freedom Family Friday!

    Trump Confronts South Africa Over Boer Killings

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 99:47


    Asylum for Afrikaners? @KingLibertarin breaks it down. What's the point of tax cuts if congress just spends more? Has there been a political vibe shift? @RareCamellia + @DCPentsak on the modern Boer wars.

    MAGA Moves On Massie: Obey Or Pay!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 103:28


    Thomas Massie targeted by MAGA over his lack of support for "Big, Beautiful Bill." Brad dead Georgia mother kept on life support because of state law banning abortions. Has the Constitution outlived its usefulness? @JudgeNap What's the NEET movement?

    Joe Biden's Cancer Confessions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 94:37


    Biden reveals stage 4 prostate cancer. So does @ScottAdamsSays. GOP's bill continues reckless spending spree. Trump orders Wal-Mart not to raise prices. @RareCamellia joins.

    Biden's Cognitive Decline: The Media Coverup Revealed

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 100:51


    Jake Tapper and the Legacy Media attempt to rewrite the history of their covering up of Joe Biden's cognitive decline. Is AI making kids in the classroom dumber? Trump's Middle East trip, a farewell to neocons? @JudgeNap + @BrianEskow on the rise of the Woke Right.

    One Big, Beautiful Tax Bill To Rule Them All

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 100:27


    Republicans unveil their new tax bill. ft @RareCamellia White South Afrikaners make their way to the United States. Tariff rollback gives China the edge. Should Harvard lose non-profit status? ft @Maloney

    Qatar's Gift Plane: Should Trump Look It In The Mouth?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 88:08


    Qatar offers Trump a luxury airplane. Bill Maher spars with David Hogg over the future of the DNC. Trump announces 90 day tariff pause with China. ft @Miltimore79

    Leftists, Libertarians, and MAGA Celebrate Killing Small Business

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 110:44


    Trump's tariffs nuke AP and Steffi's fun shoe business. Libertarians, leftists, and MAGA celebrate. Did AP and Steffi vote for leopards to eat their face? Freedom Family Friday!

    Elon's DOGE-mentum Stalled By Congress?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 93:03


    Elon admits that without congress, DOGE is all bark and no bite. Karl Rove gets under Trump's skin. @KingLibertarian on being contra-contra - Frontier Airlines employees whip out phones to shame customer for not paying fee and missing flight. The one thing you should never say to a person going through a hard time. @RareCamellia

    Trump's Hollywood Tariff: Why Movies Moved Abroad

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 83:24


    Trump threatens tariffs on Hollywood movies. Trump declares Iran will not have a nuclear weapon. @JudgeNap on Trump's trans military ban going forward. @RealPrichard notches a win in North Dakota.

    Alcatraz: Island For Misfit Tariffed Toys

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 72:59


    AP returns from DC Liberty Tour with an incredible story of free speech violations at the Smithsonian museum. Trump vows to reopen Alcatraz and his tariffs will let little girls have 2 dolls instead of 11. Sen John Fetterman starts making sense so now the left thinks he's ill. Emily Ratajkowski's child goes trans as interview resurfaces of her upset over having a boy @RareCamellia + Ilhan Omar says to target white men.

    Trump's First 100 Days - A Liberty Scorecard

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 104:03


    AP grades Trump's first 100 days from a liberty perspective. + Where have all the classy people gone? @RareCamellia + Bill Belichick's interview was even worse than what aired.

    The 'Gender Gap' Isn't a Gap Anymore — It's a Warzone

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 97:53


    Gen Z women are popping blue pills more than ever. Majority of Americans trust what's online less than ever before: poll ft. @Miltimore79

    Conspiracies & Chemicals: Debunking Paranoia Populism

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 104:21


    Freedom Family Friday features every conspiracy imaginable! True conspiraces like when government poisoned alcohol during prohibition! Bullsh*t conspiracies like food dyes are turning the frickin' frogs gay! and more! ft @SteffiP4Liberty @JustinJPetersen

    Right Wing Psychopaths? Jordan Peterson on Joe Rogan

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 106:23


    Jordan Peterson discusses the Woke Right. $5,000 bonus for having a baby? RFK Jr. bans food dye. How many babies would you bomb to save your own people? Matt Edwards on Idaho freedom.

    Elon and DOGE Prepare for Farewell

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 92:49


    DOGE has plans to continue their mission post-Elon, but will it? Americans are tipping less. How about you? @KingLibertarian hits the beach! Matt Walsh dings Nancy Mace over viral "harassment" video. @RareCamellia + @DCPentsak on her take on the Jordan Peterson vs. Woke Right discussion

    Trump Tariffs, Tumbling Markets, and Candace Owen's Conspiracy Theories

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 109:03


    American economy continues rocky path through uncertainty over Trump's tariff trade negotiations. ChatGPT loses millions of dollars due to human politeness. Kanye's kissing cousin. Candace Owen's conspiracy theories. Why is DOGE revising down its estimates of cost cutting? @RareCamellia + special guest @BobBurg on the liberty movement's problem with the Jews.

    Every Girl Crazy Over Red Pilled Men

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 107:39


    NYPost reports women are disgusted by men who are "redpilled." Unrelated: Gen Z women choosing much older men over their peers. Pope Francis dies on Easter weekend. Joe Rogan mocks Douglas Murray and Coachella music festival's ironic pro-Palestine sign ft @IGHaworth

    Will RFK Jr's Cure For Autism Be The End of Libertarianism?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 105:27


    RFK Jr's autism comments enflame the net. Lessons learned from tax season. Missouri's income tax about to go? @RareCamellia + Another wave of toddler-chomping pitbulls menace society @DCPentsak

    Roseanne Barr vs. Candace Owens: Passover Punchout!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 104:20


    Candace Owens and Roseanne Barr continue the Christian Nationalist vs Zionist Jewish online proxy war of words. Charlie Kirk exposes antisemitic conspiracy galaxy brain at TPUSA event. AP and @ComradeDoyle on the Groyperization of the online right.

    Elon's Harem: His Children Are Legion

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 97:38


    Elon Musk's kids are legion. How he handles the harem. Trump's standoff with the courts on immigration ft @JudgeNap + China now gets a 254% tariff increase @SpencerHakimian explains

    Katy Perry Goes To Space and Wendy's Asks... Can She Stay?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 99:32


    Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin sends gaggle of girls to space for a few minutes. Ancient child sacrifice altars found. Who says some cultures aren't superior? @RareCamellia on cultural relativism.

    When Bill Maher Met Donald Trump at the White House

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 95:39


    Maher's jaw dropping revelations from his meeting with Donald Trump at the WH. Taylor Lorenz thinks Luigi Mangione is "morally good." Leftist burns down PA Gov Josh Shapiro's mansion. @Miltimore79 on Dave Smith & Douglas Murray debate.

    DOGE Uncovers Unemployment Benefits to... Toddlers?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 112:41


    AP goes on @FoxFriendsFirst on @FoxNews to discuss unemployment benefits to toddlers. Freedom Family Friday! @SteffiP4Liberty and @JustinJPetersen discuss.

    Art Of The Tariff Pause: Mr. Trump's Wild Ride

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 103:47


    Bond selloff convinces Trump on 90 day tariff "pause" but there's a catch. Did you make money buying the dip? @KingLibertarian opines + @Maloney on the lone libertarian @RandPaul in the senate. Thirsty Thursday has been PAUSED!

    Trump's Great Reset: Sew The D*mn Socks!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025 100:28


    Trump advisors recalcitrant as signs of cracks appear between Elon Musk and Peter Navarro. @JudgeNap on the fallout from the global tariff pandemic.

    Return of The Direwolf: Economic Winter is Coming

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025 74:06


    Scientists return extinct animal to life using genetic technology. Increase in violence correlated with leftist's proclivities. Boomers must die. Tariffs touted as means to "eat the rich," by angry right wing Zoomers.

    Trump's Great Reset: Own Less And Learn To Live With It

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 99:59


    Trump's MAGA movement goes full communist as stock markets lose 9 trillion and counting. @Miltimore79 + Women in congress make proxy voting for preggos top priority.

    Naked and Afraid: American Buying Frenzy Begins

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 105:44


    Stock market crash and looming higher prices drive Americans to stock up. Freedom Family Friday with @SteffiP4Liberty!

    Bernie Sanders' Triumph: The Rise of MAGA Leftists

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2025 98:41


    MAGA leftists on the rise in the GOP as Trump's tariff war piles taxes on top of taxes. Rand Paul stands apart. ROYAL THIRSTY THURSDAY! @KingLibertarian abides + Should the wimminfolk get proxy voting in congress? @RareCamellia + Epidemic of female teachers graping their students @DCPentsak

    X Marks the Tot: Elon's Heir-Raising Adventure with Ashley St. Clair

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 101:14


    Elon Musk spills the tea on his latest baby mama drama with Ashley St. Clair as she goes public with more accusations. @RareCamellia is disgusted. Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Guiffre hit by a bus and near death. Trump's Liberation Day tariffs amount to a $6T tax increase.

    Boomers: The Greediest Generation?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 109:08


    Tesla protests and violence caught on camera shows distinct age gap. JD Vance attacks Red State conservative who expressed concerns over economy @HannahDCox + Is the Woke Right real? @IGHaworth

    Anime Goes Right Wing Thanks to ChatGPT - Freedom Family Friday!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 107:24


    Justin, Austin, and Stephanie Petersen talk about the meaning of AI in art, and how right wing politics can be advanced through artistic endeavors.

    From Miyazaki to Memes: Spirited Away By Ghibli Fever

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 101:46


    Anime memes depicting famous historical events take over X. @KingLibertarian talks Tesla terrorism, Woke Wildlings. Anheuser Busch won't sponsor St. Louis Gay Pride event. @RareCamellia + @DCPentsak on why girlfriends would end the Groyper movement.  

    Unpopular Dems Turn to Mocking the Disabled

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 98:14


    Rep Jasmine Crockett takes a poke at Governor Abbot over his wheelchair. Spring breakers descend on Florida for drug fueled parties. @JudgeNap on free speech.

    Are You a Brutal American?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 104:56


    The Atlantic posits the rise of a Brutal American. Rosie O'Donnell says the 2024 election might have been stolen. Diets are racist? Why American Women Aren't Getting Married w/ @RareCamellia

    Snow Woke: Zegler's Princess and the Seven CGI Disasters

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 105:47


    Disney's Snow White is more Sleepy than Happy. When will Hollywood learn? Democrats continue reign of domestic Tesla terrorism. @Miltimore79 + American women are giving up on marriage. Are American men cooked?

    Has Bill Burr Gone Woke?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 139:24


    Bill Burr continues to attack Elon Musk, calling him the N word. Trump shutters the Dept of Education... almost. Doordash will now help you finance your Crunchwrap supreme. Attacks on Teslas continue. Freedom Family Friday!

    Tesla Terror Attack: Raids on Elon's Vehicles & Dealers Intensify

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 105:44


    Leftists are being spotted attacking Tesla vehicles all over the country. Is it terrorism? Howard Stern and Bill Burr gone woke @KingLibertarian reacts - College educated white women have jumped off a liberal cliff. Is it suicidal empathy? @RareCamellia

    Harry Sisson COOKED For Sexting While Hetero

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2025 105:03


    Democratic feminist influencer Harry Sisson outed as being straight. JFK files reveal Oswald shot JFK. Justice Roberts rebukes Trump over calls to impeach judge. @JudgeNap

    JFK Files Set To Be Released Today...?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 113:37


    Trump promised that the JFK assassination documents would be released today. AP does a litle conspiracy theorizing. US influencer chick grabs baby wombat away from mother, Aussies mad. Gets deported and life destroyed. @Rarecamellia - Inside of @jeremykauffman there are two foreign policy wolves.

    LIVE Trump Bombs the Houthis, Becomes MORE Popular?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 99:09


    Trump launched strikes on Iran-backed Houthis who had imperiled international trade routes the US doesn't want to use. His approval rates rise. Trump appoints Kari Lake to head up Voice of America then shuts it down. The SCOTUS case that will kill DEI @Miltimore79 + @LudwigNverMises on the new right's fascination with retconning Hitler.

    Been Spending Most My Life Livin In Trump's Tax Free Paradise

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 114:57


    Howard Lutnick proposes no taxes for those making under $150k a year. Generation Xanax. Dangerous pills? Woman refused to give up seat for family on plane causes stir. Male pattern baldness led some men to seek out Propecia and Rogaine, but there was a cost. Freedom Family Friday! @STeffiP4Liberty @JustinJPetersen

    In Trump's America: "It's all computer"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 95:42


    Trump's Tesla ad goes viral. Has Voice of America overstayed its welcome? @Sasha_Gong What does it mean to wear "Republican" makeup? @RareCamellia + Should Mahmoud Khalil be deported @DCPentsak

    Trump's Tariff Troubles: Markets Plunge

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2025 102:43


    Wall Street's dizzy from tumbling stocks over tariff uncertainty. Gavin Newsom's podcast strategy talking to conservatives might be working. Ukraine agrees to cease fire @JudgeNap reacts + Senate liberty report card @RealJohnDennis

    RFK Jr's Making America Healthy Again at Steak and Shake

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2025 96:16


    RFK Jr.'s beef tallow campaign goes to Steak and Shake with Sean Hannity. The avocado renaissance with @RareCamellia Thomas Massie and Donald Trump are fighting again. Stock market flashing warning signs.

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