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#6191
Today · 1 hr 33 min
Q After Hours Ep. 37: Solo Josh on Embracing Friction, Super Intelligence, and Why You Vote
Josh Reid rides solo again while Alpha Warrior celebrates becoming a grandpa to twins. He opens with a defense of friction as a feature, not a bug, using the messy, argumentative birth of the Constitution to make the case that a movement full of people who disagree beats an echo chamber. That leads into why a Q adjacent show is telling you to vote, not sit out, and a respectful airing of where he splits from fellow Badlands host Shipwreck. The meat of the night is super intelligence as soft disclosure: Josh reads Trump's messaging, right before a White House dinner with the Anthropic CEO, as hinting the US has quietly won the AI race. He ties it to a Russia, China, US sovereign alliance frame, Scott Bessant's economic comments, and his own pre Q origin story. Expect big picture game theory and a monologue or two. Bring your patience for tangents.
#6190
Today · 1 hr 41 min
The No Treason Podcast Ep. 48: Usury Laws and the Fruits of Your Labor
Jonathan Drake wraps up Proposition 4 of Spooner's poverty essay with a thought experiment that turns 1840s dollars into numbers modern listeners can actually feel. Person A borrows at 6% and hires Person B, while Person B, locked out of credit, watches the profit walk away with someone else. Jon then asks why governments can't regulate religion but can regulate financial contracts, using an image of guards posted at your gate. Along the way expect a real world banking headache involving Bitcoin, a general contractor model that lets every tradesman keep the full fruits of his labor, and a candid pushback on rights free, emotion driven arguments about voting. Burning Bright is sidelined with the man flu, so Jon flies solo again, with sponsor breaks, chat banter, and a gutter cleaning success story thrown in.
#6189
Yesterday · 1 hr 54 min
Devolution Power Hour Ep. 496: Pandas, Xi's Dinner, Superintelligence Theory
Jon Herold and Chris Paul open with a genuinely fun tangent about the two new pandas gifted alongside Xi Jinping's visit, complete with jokes about renaming them and where to best display panda merch. The mood stays light before shifting into the actual state dinner and Xi's comments about US China competition, with both hosts noting how oddly aligned Trump and Xi seem to be on the same messaging lately. That leads into a meatier theory: the idea that an announcement of true superintelligence being achieved could function as a kind of false flag moment, something the hosts trace across multiple shows using the same terminology around the same time. There's also a viewer mailbag segment full of Bitcoin tips, inside jokes, and a Black Panther history clip pulled from a fan submission. A fun, freewheeling episode with some real substance tucked inside.
#6188
Yesterday · 1 hr 52 min
Flow Ep. 67: Back from GART Vegas, Embracing Friction & Holding On for the Sunrise
Cam Cooksey returns for episode 67 (September 26th) after a few weeks off for GART Vegas, running loose and unstructured without his usual music setup, and leaning into a warm, reflective, community focused night rather than hard news. The heart of the show is a meditation on embracing friction without turning on each other. Cam holds up Jon Herold's "refuses to bend the knee to the mob" defense as a model of disagreeing well, and suggests pairing it with the Roseanne Barr and Bill Maher interview as a study in contrasts. He recaps the beauty and pageantry of Las Vegas, teases the next event (GART 14 in St. Pete Beach this November), shares a few light X finds, and offers a "Dear Son" style reflection on staying close to God even when life is good. He teases a few Truth Social posts and closes on a hopeful sunrise themed song. Come back for DPH.
#6187
Saturday · 2 hr 12 min
OnlyLands Ep. 73: The Don't-Vote Backlash, Congressional Trading & a Fake Iran War
The crew addresses some genuine internal drama head on, after a clipped and amplified "maybe we should all just stop voting" comment from within the Badlands family sparked accusations of being anti Trump, leading to a spirited defense of why showing up to vote still matters even when the system feels rigged. From there it's on to a genuinely fascinating tangent about using AI to track congressional stock trades, including one representative who has reportedly traded on nearly every possible trading day for a year straight, and a candid admission about a failed attempt at building an automated trading bot. The back half dives into midterm predictions, a Supreme Court ruling touching federal voting databases, and a wild theory connecting the Iran war, gas prices, and a certain someone getting "teleported" out of Venezuela. Sponsor reads and plenty of banter round out a packed one.
#6186
Saturday · 1 hr 14 min
Spellbreakers Ep. 182: Bullish on Jev, the New AI Kid on the Block
After a two-week hiatus (and an accidental Lloyd's of London movie trailer), host Matt Trump devotes his fun Friday-night show to Jev, the AI everyone in tech suddenly cannot stop talking about since it dropped around September 15th. He spent the week learning it so you don't have to, and the verdict is right there in the title: he's mostly bullish. Expect an accessible, tangent-friendly explainer. Jev, he explains, is not another chatbot like Claude or ChatGPT. It is a throwback "classification" model that only answers in multiple choice (yes/no, A/B/C/D), which sounds useless until you realize how fast and how broadly applicable that is, from game characters to real-world decisions. He unpacks the odd name (economist William Stanley Jevons and his paradox about efficiency driving demand up, not down), the startup behind it, and what it all means for jobs, investing, and a rapidly shifting world. Playful, curious, and genuinely informative.
#6185
Saturday · 1 hr 56 min
Rugpull Radio Ep. 155: Special Guest Robin Seyr - The Reformed Bitcoin Hater
GMoney sits down with Austrian Bitcoiner and author Robin Seyr, a man who spent three solid years trying to prove Bitcoin was a scam before the evidence mugged him in a dark alley and orange-pilled him for good. It is a genuinely good redemption arc: a young Warren Buffett cash-flow guy who hated gold, ignored Austrian economics while literally studying economics in Austria, and eventually discovered that keeping an open mind is cheaper than staying wrong. Expect a friendly, wide-ranging chat on self-custody, property rights, why "your stocks aren't really yours," and how account freezes happen far beyond the third world. GMoney opens with his usual spicy take on the midterms, the Clarity Act, and why he thinks voting is a prayer to a fraudulent system. There's also a gloriously absurd Game-of-Thrones-meets-skincare ad break you have to hear to believe. Humble, thoughtful, and lightly combative in the best way.
#6184
Saturday · 1 hr 6 min
MAHA News [9.25] Banning Animal Testing, A.I. Curing Cancer?, RFK Takes on Chemtrails and EMFs
Jordan and Nate open with a genuinely stunning admission from RFK Jr: HHS is formally investigating chemtrails and electromagnetic frequency exposure, complete with a federal request for public input. They debate whether AI can actually "cure" disease or just deliver smarter treatments, cheer a new FDA rule cutting mandatory animal testing, and cover fresh executive orders opening federal land to hunters and reviving old school incandescent light bulbs. A story about Massachusetts mandating government home visits for new parents sparks a genuinely uneasy conversation about where that could lead. From there it is straight into fraud territory, with J.D. Vance's Obamacare crackdown and Dr. Oz's clash with activist groups, followed by a nuanced look at new GLP1 vision loss lawsuits and a media fueled Kratom panic the guys pick apart in real time. They close with a candid, occasionally skeptical breakdown of a MAHA coalition's open letter demanding an mRNA vaccine ban.
#6183
Friday · 1 hr 14 min
The Daily Herold: 9/25/26 - Skip on the Massive Driver's License Data Breach, Plus the Shipwreck Drama Finale
Jon Herold brings back cybersecurity expert Skip from Patriot Protect to break down a massive breach exposing front and back photos of driver's licenses used for age verification at places like Hertz and Target, plus a chilling rundown of AI voice cloning scams targeting families. Jon then delivers what he hopes is his final word on the ongoing Twitter pile on accusing Badlands of being anti Trump over host Shipwreck's stance on voting, defending his hands off editorial philosophy and pointing out the hypocrisy of accusers who've said far more extreme things themselves. Other news includes the Supreme Court allowing expanded voter citizenship checks to continue, Trump and Xi's friendly White House summit covering trade and "superintelligence," an appeals court upholding the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic, and the Senate narrowly defeating a War Powers Resolution on Iran. Sponsor reads and a lively chat session round out a newsy, drama filled Friday show.
#6182
Friday · 1 hr 42 min
The Choice S5E8: The Upper Room Part 2
Ashe in America and Ghost close out Season 5 of The Chosen with the season finale, episode eight, and it is a big one, covering the Upper Room, the Last Supper, and the walk into Gethsemane. The hosts spend a lot of time on Thaddeus, an apostle they admit they never gave much thought to before, tracing his quiet, almost overlooked calling and why the show frames him as an example of faith without needing a dramatic reason to believe. They also break down the emotional weight of Jesus's final teachings to the disciples before everything changes, and a haunting vision involving Abraham and Isaac that lands as one of the most powerful moments of the episode. Expect plenty of scripture references, some fun tangents about their morning cacao routine, and honest reflection on how much ground this season managed to cover. It is a heavy, satisfying finale, and the hosts tease what is coming in Season 6 before signing off for their season recap next week.
#6181
Friday · 1 hr 56 min
Badlands Daily: 9/25/26 - Ohio Citizenship Ruling, Sheriff Bianco Blocked & Trump Meets Xi
CannCon and Chris Paul close out the week with a Sixth Circuit ruling on Ohio requiring proof of citizenship at the BMV, and a genuinely good discussion about whether asking someone to prove eligibility counts as the minimum information necessary or an undue burden. From there it is a long look at California's Supreme Court siding against Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco in his ballot seizure fight, a showdown between two elected officials that the hosts compare directly to Tina Peters and Jena Griswold. The back half heads overseas, with President Trump showing President Xi the wall of presidents, a Putin and Zelensky update tied to the G20 question, and a fascinating detour into the real history of the Lusitania. They also cover a Virginia software firm arrest with a Russian ownership twist.
#6180
Friday · 1 hr
RattlerGator Report: 9/25/26 - GART 14 News, Midterm Debates and Moscow Watch
JB White kicks off football Friday with a GART 14 announcement, the next Badlands Media event landing in St Pete Beach in November, before wading into a heated internal debate playing out among Badlands content creators over voting and the midterms. He walks through posts from fellow hosts, pushes back hard on the idea that sitting out elections helps anyone, and lays out his own framework for cutting through what he calls the world of competing confusions. Along the way he plays a Moscow based commentator breaking down Russian state media coverage of a possible Trump Putin meeting, weighs in on the Greenland deal, and shares his read on how Trump's team is positioning future leadership. Expect strong opinions on Israel, NATO and why he thinks discernment matters more than ever right now. A few familiar sponsor reads round things out before he previews a big Gators weekend.
#6179
Friday · 1 hr 36 min
Badlands Story Hour Ep. 186: Eagle Eye
Chris Paul and Burning Bright revisit this 2008 Shia LaBeouf thriller, and both agree the movie itself is far from great even as its central concept lands eerily well from 2026. Expect a genuine appreciation for the film's prediction of an all powerful centralized AI system that manipulates the world through digitized objects, some pointed complaints about the shaky cam action filmmaking era it came from, and a real conversation about algorithmic control, epistemology, and why people arguing about elections might be missing the bigger picture entirely. There's a memorable riff on manufactured threats designed to scare people into compliance, plus some fun listener shoutouts and a debate about which underrated Gene Hackman movie deserves a rewatch. Stick around for next week's pick, a surprisingly conspiratorial Batman film that digs into information warfare more than you'd expect from a comic book movie.
#6178
Friday · 28 min
Badlands Media Special Coverage: 9/24/26 - Trump Toasts Xi Jinping at White House State Dinner
The pageantry continues into the evening as Trump hosts President Xi and Madame Peng for a formal state dinner, complete with history lessons, a genuine gift exchange, and an unscheduled detour to show off the new White House ballroom construction, described by Trump as something 150 years of presidents have wanted built. His toast traces two centuries of U.S. China relations, from the first Chinese diplomatic delegation's visit 158 years ago to a bald eagle sculpture gifted to Xi as a symbol of American friendship. Xi responds with his own sweeping history lesson, touching on Ping Pong diplomacy, wartime allies, George Washington's porcelain collection, and a genuinely touching story about an American who helped fund reforestation efforts in China decades ago. Expect warm toasts, cultural nods, and a healthy dose of ceremonial charm as both leaders frame the evening as another chapter in a very long relationship.
#6177
Friday · 2 hr
Quite Frankly Ep. 68: Rumble & the Death of Social Media, AI Romance & Dream Stories
Frankie Val goes solo for a self described grab bag night, just him and what he calls the molten core of his audience. He opens on Rumble landing WWE Main Event and turns it into a lament for what social media used to be, back when authenticity and consistency beat paying to boost a post into an algorithm that no longer serves the creators who built real bonds. From there it wanders happily. A viral South Korean dating show about human AI romance (Frankie is unimpressed, noting people have loved inanimate objects forever), his blunt disgust at the mRNA fast tracking victory laps out of the UN week, and Iran's threats against the undersea cables that carry the Internet. The back half leans personal and strange, built around dreams, false memories, and a dream story of his own, plus a collection of audience submitted reels and the never ending Mitch McConnell updates. Five Super Chat raffle winners get picked.
#6176
Thursday · 1 hr 15 min
Badlands Book Club: The Creature From Jekyll Island - Chapter 15
CannCon and Ashe in America step back into early American history with Chapter 15 of The Creature from Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin, titled The Lost Treasure Map. This week covers the colonies' painful experience with fiat paper money, the resolve of the Founding Fathers to keep the new nation off of unbacked currency, and how that resolve shaped the drafting of the Constitution itself. The hosts walk through the creation of a true American dollar and the prosperity that followed, then pivot to how those hard learned lessons quietly faded once the people who lived through them were gone. Expect a genuinely hopeful chapter compared to recent ones, some classic old radio banter, and a healthy amount of frustration at how far modern politicians have strayed from that original blueprint.
#6175
Thursday · 59 min
The Daily Herold: 9/24/26 - Panda Diplomacy, the CNN Press Ban Ruling, and Another Shipwreck Struggle Session
Jon Herold opens with the lighter news of China sending two pandas to the Atlanta Zoo before digging into a federal judge's overnight ruling that Trump's White House press ban on CNN, MSNBC, and Politico was likely unconstitutional, questioning whether a judge should be able to override a president's national security determination at all. He also does a live deep dive into CISA's newly released 2026 Election Infrastructure Security Plan, tracing its private sector advisory structure back to the same voting machine vendors and CrowdStrike ties he's flagged before, and lands on his long standing theory of why he believes Trump actually won in 2020 and 2024 despite ongoing election fraud. Jon closes out by addressing another wave of attacks on Badlands host Shipwreck over her stance on voting, reaffirming that hosts are free to say what they believe without censorship. Sponsor reads, conference ticket news, and a lively chat session round out an opinionated Thursday show.
#6174
Thursday · 2 hr
Badlands Daily: 9/24/26 - Press Credential Ruling, Fake Poll Fallout & Jim Jordan's Seized Records
CannCon and Alpha Warrior open with Alpha settling into a brand new studio and a bit of nostalgia about how far both hosts have come from laptops and YETI mics. The news starts with a Trump appointed federal judge temporarily blocking the White House press credential ban, and the hosts take real issue with the constitutional reasoning behind it. That pairs with an Iowa judge tossing the President's suit against a pollster, which leads into a sharp segment on why a firm can run a fake poll to sway an election but not a prediction market. From there they dig into new details on the DOJ seizing Jim Jordan's phone records under a gag order, plus Rand Paul and gain of function documents, Trump on Iran, and economics as a weapon of war. Expect strong opinions and plenty of brotherly ribbing.
#6173
Thursday · 43 min
Badlands Media Special Coverage: 9/24/26 - Trump Welcomes Xi Jinping for Historic State Visit
President Xi Jinping becomes the first Chinese leader ever to make a second formal state visit to America, and the White House pulls out all the stops for it, national anthems, full honor guard, and a genuinely warm arrival ceremony. Trump reflects on his years long friendship with Xi, the new Board of Trade created during his Beijing visit, and a shared World War II history that gave the Marines their "gung ho" motto. Xi responds with his own vision for a steady, cooperative relationship, touching on AI development, counternarcotics cooperation, increased direct flights, and a rather charming announcement: two new pandas headed to Zoo Atlanta. Expect plenty of diplomatic warmth, talk of trade balance and superintelligence, and a shared nod to the 250th anniversary of American independence. Less policy fireworks, more ceremonial handshake energy, with genuine substance tucked between the pleasantries.
#6172
Thursday · 2 hr
Devolution Power Hour Ep. 495: Xi in Town, Overton's Goalpost Theory
Jon Herold and Burning Bright compare notes on being under the weather before getting into the week's main event: Xi Jinping's upcoming visit and what it means in the context of Herold's older theory called Overton's Goalpost, the idea that Trump, Putin, and Xi are converging in ways the mainstream media can't quite make sense of. They break down the split media coverage, half framing it as Trump getting outplayed, half framing it as Trump dominating the negotiations, and argue neither narrative captures what's actually happening. There's also midterm talk and what Herold calls the ongoing struggle sessions around it, plus a tie in to the AI race and how Trump and Xi both seem to be racing ahead together rather than against each other. A slightly more subdued episode given both hosts feeling under the weather, but still packed with the usual geopolitical connect the dots.

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