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DEFCON ZERQ Ep. 065: Ballistic Missile, Predictive Analytics & Jews Saxophone Oct 14, 2026 5620 Alpha Warrior and Josh Reid break down ballistic missile, predictive analytics and Jews saxophone. First up, the crew gets into articulate minority, with Fight Club and YouTube in the mix. Then it's on to press secretary, with Pam Bondi, Zakaria and Katie in the mix. From there, the conversation moves to press secretary, with Elon Omar, Alaska and Ilhan Omar in the mix. Later, the focus shifts to

Why We Vote Ep. 192: Shelby Robinson (Bush) of We The People USA Alliance Oct 14, 2026 4359 Ashe in America and CannCon finally get Shelby Robinson of We The People USA Alliance on the show after years of citing her Maricopa County work. Shelby explains how her group came together around voting machines, from the 230-page report on their history and funding that went to Congress, to the Runbeck case and the push for a "Logan Law" so election vendors face the same transparency Cyber Ninj

Badlands Media Special Coverage: 10/13/26 - Trump in Alaska, Diesel Deal & Alaska Oil Oct 14, 2026 7549 President Trump stops to take questions from the press, then heads to Wasilla, Alaska, for a rally for Senator Dan Sullivan. In the gaggle, he says Kimberly Guilfoyle won't be staying on after what he read about her, that the U.S. is still sharing intelligence with Ukraine while he works with both sides to end the war, and that the diesel deal with Russia is meant for the world market, not for us

The Daily Herold: 10/13/26 - Katie Zacharia’s First Briefing, Guilfoyle Out & Trump’s Diesel Deal Oct 13, 2026 2719 Jon Herold opens with Katie Zacharia's first White House press briefing, and it was a rough one. Jon plays clips from her opening statement and the questions that followed, including the moment she mixed up her president and her husband, and the awkward exchange when a reporter asked where she passed the bar exam. He compares her to Karoline Leavitt and Kayleigh McEnany, floats a theory about why

Badlands Media Special Coverage: 10/13/26 - First White House Press Briefing with Katie Zacharia Oct 13, 2026 985 Katie Zacharia steps up to the podium for her first briefing as the new White House Press Secretary. She opens by thanking President Trump and the American people, then walks through the midterm blitz: last night's rally in Youngstown, Ohio, the new Navy submarine component repair center coming to Cleveland, and upcoming stops in Alaska, Arizona, Montana, Georgia, Kentucky and Florida. From there

Badlands Daily: 10/13/26 - Press Secretary, Republican Candidate & Diesel Fuel Oct 13, 2026 5093 This time CannCon and Zak Paine dig into the first White House press briefing from new press secretary Katie Zacharia. First up, it's SBRs, suppressors and the ATF's case against Jeremy Brown. Then it's on to Ilhan Omar, the Feeding Our Future scam and the Somali fraud network in Minnesota, with Keith Ellison and Tim Walz called before a grand jury, and John Nagel, the retired Minnesota State Tro

Baseless Conspiracies Ep. 206: Wyoming Cattle Mutilations & the Carl Higdon Abduction Oct 13, 2026 5370 Jon Herold and Zak Paine start with the news: the Ilhan Omar investigation and the naturalization record nobody can find, the Somali communities in Minnesota, Maine and Ohio, the Supreme Court petition in Trump's RICO lawsuit, and how a "national emergency" story can be run up the chain through Peter Ticktin. Jon also has a few words for a writer who mischaracterized his devolution research. Then

Culture of Change Ep. 166: WALL-E, Buy n Large & the Dystopia vs. Golden Age Debate Oct 13, 2026 5336 Ashe in America brings her oldest son, Caleb, onto Culture of Change for the first time to settle a family argument: are we headed for a golden age or a dystopia? Caleb takes the doomer side, Ashe plays the realist. Ashe walks through McKinsey's 2026 technology outlook, from physical AI and dark factories to data centers outrunning the power grid, and asks what we trade away for convenience. Cale

Badlands Media Special Coverage: 10/12/26 - Trump in Ohio, Football Player & Inheritance Tax Oct 12, 2026 5494 President Trump speaks in Ohio, covering football player, inheritance tax and Trump dividend. First up, he turns to All-American football, with Jared Brown in the mix. Then he takes on inheritance tax, with Sophie Cunningham, USA and Springfield in the mix. From there, it's on to Dark age, with Palestine, Somalia and Vivek Ramaswamy in the mix. Later, he moves to country anywhere, with Apprentice

Alphas Make Sandwiches Ep. 85: Silence Notifications, Pig Iron & Scary Skeletons Oct 12, 2026 3552 Ashe in America gets into silence notifications, pig iron and scary skeletons, with plenty of commentary along the way. First up, the focus shifts to Colorado, Cabrini and Christopher Columbus. Then the talk turns to Columbus and Indigenous Peoples. From there, the crew gets into Bahamas, Americas and Leif Erikson. Later, it's on to Asia, Spain and Denise Ann. After that, the conversation moves t

The Daily Herold: 10/12/26 - Press Secretary, QAnon Theory & Patel Patriot Poke Oct 12, 2026 2844 Jon Herold digs into press secretary, QAnon theory and Patel Patriot poke, with plenty of commentary along the way. First up, the talk turns to Ash sent, with RICO, Supreme Court and Thomas Clarence in the mix. Then the crew gets into Pizzagate conspiracy, with White House in the mix. From there, it's on to QAnon theory, with Zachariah and White House in the mix. Later, the conversation moves to

Badlands Daily: 10/12/26 - Diesel Fuel, Russian Oil & Disclose Confirm Oct 12, 2026 7375 This time CannCon gets into diesel fuel, Russian oil and disclose confirm. First up, it's on to grade school, with Florida, Alabama and NBC in the mix. Then the conversation moves to older brothers, with Saudi Arabia, Kirill Dmitriev and Black Sea in the mix. From there, the focus shifts to Russian oil, with Vladimir Putin, Republican and Senate in the mix. Later, the talk turns to Credit Suisse

RattlerGator Report: 10/12/26 - Diesel Fuel, Gas Industry & Trump Administration Oct 12, 2026 3600 This time JB White digs into diesel fuel, gas industry and Trump administration. First up, the crew gets into football fans, with Ole Miss and Carolina in the mix. Then it's on to Germany, Carolina and Almighty. From there, the conversation moves to diesel fuel, with Marco, Maggie Keys and Zelensky in the mix. Later, the focus shifts to gas industry, with Ukraine, Russia and Maga Keys in the mix.

The Narrative Ep. 84: American Villain Oct 12, 2026 9285 Burning Bright gets into global regime, Iran War series and middle powers. First up, the talk turns to Iran War series, with Top Gun Maverick and Multipolar Margin Call in the mix. Then the crew gets into energy prices, with Strait of Hormuz in the mix. From there, it's on to Iranian knot, with Iran War in the mix. Later, the conversation moves to Gulf states, with OPEC and Iran in the mix. After

Q After Hours Ep. 39: Press Secretary, Flynn Haters & Truth Disrupts Oct 12, 2026 5544 The crew get into press secretary, Flynn haters and truth disrupts, with plenty of commentary along the way. First up, the conversation moves to Flynn haters, with Kellogg and National Security Advisor in the mix. Then the focus shifts to truth disrupts, with RICO, Joe Biden and Giuliani in the mix. From there, the talk turns to antitrust investigation, with White House, China and DOJ in the mix.

Devolution Power Hour Ep. 500: Executive Branch, Diesel Fuel & Ukrainian Elections Oct 11, 2026 6213 Jon Herold and Chris Paul take on executive branch, diesel fuel and Ukrainian elections, with plenty of commentary along the way. First up, the crew gets into Blanche, Saved and Bell. Then it's on to Michael Ellis, Paul Sperry and Brennan. From there, the conversation moves to Kurt Olsen, Congress and Todd Blanche. Later, the focus shifts to Christian case, with FBI and Donald Trump in the mix. A

Flow Ep. 69: Happy Birthday, Racist Jokes & Florida Cakes Oct 11, 2026 5922 The crew get into Happy birthday, racist jokes and Florida cakes, with plenty of commentary along the way. First up, the crew gets into Tidhas, Dawgs and Rebellinator. Then it's on to Happy birthday, with Buzz Patterson and David Lee Roth in the mix. From there, the conversation moves to ground school, with Howdy Rowdy, Bill Gates and Bread Hour in the mix. Later, the focus shifts to safe space,

Spellbreakers Ep. 183: Nobel Prize Roundup Oct 10, 2026 4829 First up, the focus shifts to Diane Baker, Nobel Prize Roundup and Stockholm. Then the talk turns to cathode rays, with South Pole, Nobel Committee and Nobel Prizes in the mix. From there, the crew gets into tab instead, with South Pole, Antarctica and Halson in the mix. Later, it's on to Brownian motion, with Einstein, Norwegians and Swedes in the mix. After that, the conversation moves to Nobel

OnlyLands Ep. 75: Russian Plague, German Population & Comic Books Oct 10, 2026 8124 The Friday crew take on Russian plague, German population and comic books, with plenty of commentary along the way. First up, the focus shifts to Greeks, Black and Celts. Then the talk turns to Trump administration, with ICC, Rwanda and Boardwalk Empire in the mix. From there, the crew gets into German population, with Hitler and Argentina in the mix. Later, it's on to comic books, with Green Lan

Badlands Media Special Coverage: 10/9/26 - Trump in New York, Trump Dividend & Drug Prices Oct 10, 2026 5236 President Trump speaks in New York, covering Trump dividend, drug prices and Republican state. First up, he turns to Letitia James, York Stock Exchange and Texas Stock Exchange. Then he takes on clean beautiful, with China, California and MVP in the mix. From there, it's on to gas stoves, with East Coast, Kathy Hochul and Texas in the mix. Later, he moves to favorite word, with Canada and Republi

MAHA News [10.9] The PLAGUE, RFK’s Initiative on Vax Injuries, HHS Takes on EMFs, Bill Gates on Oct 9, 2026 3752 Jordan Sather and Nate Prince get into vaccine injuries, power lines and oregano oil. First up, it's on to vaccine injuries, with CDC, NIH and HHS in the mix. Then the conversation moves to power lines, with RFK, EMF and Wi-Fi in the mix. From there, the focus shifts to pneumonic plague, with Florida in the mix. Later, the talk turns to oregano oil, with Annie Jacobson and Russia in the mix. Afte

Badlands Media Special Coverage: 10/9/26 - Columbus Day Remarks, Columbus Statues & Nessun Dorma Oct 9, 2026 3926 President Trump celebrates Columbus Day with Italian American leaders and guests, opening with tenor Christopher Macchio singing the national anthem and a chat about Luciano Pavarotti, whom Trump calls a friend. Trump says he has "resurrected" Christopher Columbus and points to the statue he put up outside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. He describes invoking a federal monuments law to s

The Daily Herold: 10/9/26 - Trump Administration, Service Members & Biden Administration Oct 9, 2026 3563 Jon Herold digs into Trump administration, service members and Biden administration. First up, the talk turns to York, Daily Herold and Rico Grande. Then the crew gets into Trump's decision, with Todd Blanche and Justice Department in the mix. From there, it's on to Russia collusion, with Brennan and Kurt Olsen in the mix. Later, the conversation moves to Governor Cook, Federal Reserve Governor L

Badlands Daily: 10/9/26 - Records Requests, Neck Tattoos & Direct Current Oct 9, 2026 7578 CannCon and Chris Paul work through a packed Friday, starting with a new HHS clinic for patients with health problems after vaccination, where CannCon argues the government absorbs the liability for vaccine injuries, a Just the News report on USAID being dismantled without Congress, and the Blair and LaCivita story about an election abroad that used voting machines. Later they cover a report that

RattlerGator Report: 10/9/26 - Black Community, Illegal Alien & Prime Minister Oct 9, 2026 3618 JB White flies solo on Friday morning after a dinner with a friend who is a clinical psychologist and FAMU professor, for a string of quick hit-and-run stops. His main focus is previewing Project D-Weaponization, his planned series on the N-word. In JB's view the goal is to take away the word's power and end what he calls the infantilization around it. He acknowledges an internal debate in Black A

Badlands Story Hour Ep. 188: The Death of Stalin Oct 9, 2026 6336 Chris Paul and Burning Bright take on The Death of Stalin, Armando Iannucci's 2017 satire of the power struggle that followed Stalin's death, with Steve Buscemi as Khrushchev, Simon Russell Beale as Beria and Jeffrey Tambor as Malenkov. Chris admits he turned it off years ago without getting what it was doing, and now calls it a brilliant takedown of the collectivist administrative state. The two

SITREP Ep. 170: Leaving Iraq, Drone Warfare, and the Golden Dome Oct 9, 2026 5306 CannCon and Alpha Warrior open SITREP 170 after a cold open honoring the troops, and the first stretch is pure deployment nostalgia: CannCon's recipe for gourmet ramen, how Marines in Iraq got water hot enough in a canteen cup, and EOD stories about what they used to heat it. CannCon then shows off gear, including an FRT trigger, a Mossberg 940 Pro and a custom-camo "apocalypse rifle," and vents a

Quite Frankly Ep. 70: Emoji Sigils, the Queen of Sheba & Satellite Launches Oct 9, 2026 7419 Frankie Val is joined by his cousin Sherry for a loose Thursday night, opening with the Yankees' exit, Halloween bobbing for apples, plans for next year's Jamboree and an update on Frank's 1987 Bronco. Frank and Sherry talk over the riots in France, comparing them with Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter, then turn to voter fatigue, local New York politics and Joe Rogan's Spotify deal. The c

Life in the Singularity Ep. 2: Superintelligence, the AI Value Chain & Space-Based Data Centers Oct 9, 2026 3510 Matt McDonagh returns for episode two of Life in the Singularity with a deep dive on superintelligence. Matt opens by arguing that "AI" is the wrong name for what we're living through: in his view it isn't artificial at all, but the pooled natural intelligence of all of us, pushed forward by the data, hardware and software curves he laid out in episode one. He covers the gap between AGI and ASI, t

Badlands Book Club: The Creature From Jekyll Island - Chapter 17 Oct 8, 2026 3909 Ashe and CannCon settle in for Chapter 17 of The Creature from Jekyll Island, "Den of Vipers," and it does not lighten the mood. The chapter walks through the fight over the Second Bank of the United States: who held the power to emit bills, how Nicholas Biddle ran the bank like a private government, and why Andrew Jackson treated it as a threat to the republic. They follow the money into Congres

Badlands Media Special Coverage: 10/8/26 - New Golden Age Summit & National Medals for Tech Leaders Oct 8, 2026 2321 President Trump headlines the New Golden Age Summit and presents the National Medals of Science and of Technology and Innovation to six tech leaders. Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratzios opens with the administration's goal of "a new golden age of scientific progress." Trump then recalls his uncle, Dr. John Trump, who he says spent 52 years at MIT, worked on radar during World W

The Daily Herold: 10/8/26 - Trump’s Obama Remarks, the Microsoft H-1B Crackdown & Fauci’s Diary Oct 8, 2026 3944 Jon Herold goes solo on Thursday's Daily Herold, opening with a laugh at a White House post that pushes "superintelligence" over "artificial intelligence," then playing Trump's statement that the U.S. will not attack Iran before the midterms, a denial Jon predicted on the Power Hour. He covers RFK Jr.'s new NIH initiative to study vaccine injuries, new Fauci diary entries disparaging Trump, and th

Badlands Daily: 10/8/26 - Fauci’s Diary, Gitmo Confessions Tossed & the Red Undertow Oct 8, 2026 7749 CannCon opens Thursday's Badlands Daily solo with a USAID watchdog report on a new round of debarments, from a contracting officer an inspector general found misusing government equipment to two men convicted of defrauding taxpayers through a Project HOPE program. He then reads The New York Times on a military judge throwing out "clean team" confessions in a Guantanamo 9/11 case, comparing the acc

Devolution Power Hour Ep. 499: Fake Wars, Franklin’s Printers & the Philly Shell Oct 8, 2026 7529 Jon Herold and Burning Bright open Devolution Power Hour by living in the word "fake." Jon walks through how often Trump calls elections and other stories fake, and why critics who treat that word as dangerous put themselves in a pickle: either Trump is telling the truth, or they have to say he is lying when he speaks. From there they sit with Benjamin Franklin on printers: if nothing that might

The Shipwreck Show Ep. 75: Foreign Interests, Hollywood Screenwriter & Typhoid Fever Oct 8, 2026 3972 This time Shipwreck gets into foreign interests, Hollywood screenwriter and typhoid fever. First up, the crew gets into political ads, with Massie, Jon and Trump in the mix. Then it's on to Satan and Bible. From there, the conversation moves to foreign interests, with Democrats, Israel and Trump in the mix. Later, the focus shifts to Muslim and English. After that, the talk turns to Russian plagu

Space Revolution Ep. 39: The Problem of Privacy in the Space Revolution Oct 7, 2026 4155 Steve Kwast, Alpha Warrior and Chris Ponder take on the problem of privacy in a world where the internet, AI and sensors leave almost nothing hidden. Kwast argues that you can't use the tools that created the problem to solve it, and makes the case for a new, trustless information system like the one Ponder has been building, which Kwast says entangles each piece of information so it can't be alte

Badlands Media Special Coverage: 10/7/26 - Trump Accounts Rollout, Russia’s Plague & Mortgage Rates Oct 7, 2026 3299 President Trump announces at the White House that every eligible child in America has now been automatically enrolled in a Trump Account, the tax-free investment accounts created under last summer's tax bill. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent calls it the beginning of an "ownership society," and Senator Ted Cruz explains the $1,000 deposit for newborns and the app and QR codes families can use to c

The Daily Herold: 10/7/26 - Flynn Interview, Gold Bars & Elections Fake Oct 7, 2026 3299 This time Jon Herold gets into Flynn interview, gold bars and elections fake. First up, the conversation moves to Flynn interview, with Vikings and Kwass in the mix. Then the focus shifts to gold bars, with Rush, Trump and CIA in the mix. From there, the talk turns to Flynn interview, with Django and Trump in the mix. Later, the crew gets into elections fake, with Ben Franklin, Trump and Democrat

RattlerGator Report: 10/7/26 - Flynn on DEFCON ZERQ, the Death Penalty Push and a Gator Gift in DC Oct 7, 2026 3578 JB White opens with the death penalty. He walks through President Trump's January 20, 2025 executive order restoring capital punishment, Pam Bondi's April 2025 comments on seeking it, and the September 2025 memorandum on enforcing death penalty laws in Washington, D.C., as proof the administration hit the ground running. He argues Bondi was used strategically, says he doesn't believe her exit was

Badlands Daily: 10/7/26 - Feds at the Polls, a $194M TS/SCI Fraud Plea & Dual Citizen Lawmakers Oct 7, 2026 6704 CannCon and Ashe in America open Wednesday's Badlands Daily with an NAACP lawsuit, flagged by Mark Elias, seeking records on the Justice Department's plan to send about 1,000 federal personnel to polling places for the midterms. They question why ICE or the National Guard near the polls would worry eligible voters, and Ashe argues that watching polling places won't catch election fraud. They also

DEFCON ZERQ Ep. 064: Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn on Movement Warfare, Texas, and the Midterms Oct 7, 2026 11184 DEFCON ZERQ, with Alpha Warrior and Josh Reid, welcomes Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn for a roughly 90-minute interview about the fight ahead of the midterms. Flynn uses Joshua Chamberlain's bayonet charge at Little Round Top as a metaphor for Americans who are tired of being attacked, and explains how he uses social media as information operations. He says he believes people around President Trump are k

Why We Vote Ep. 191: Critical Infrastructure, Biden Administration & National Emergency Oct 7, 2026 5550 Ashe in America and CannCon open with Media Matters' list of "key election denial activists," which leaves them off, and shout out those who made it, like Mark Cook, Kevin Moncla and Clay Parikh. Then it's Runbeck: the vendor says 3,126 Maricopa County vote-by-mail packets reached the Postal Service six days early by mistake, and the hosts weigh that alongside a ballot error in Colorado and a vend

Badlands Media Special Coverage: 10/6/26 - Trump in Baltimore, Favorite Word & Stock Market Oct 6, 2026 2011 President Trump speaks in Baltimore to launch Arsenal II, Anduril's new $3.7 billion shipyard at Sparrows Point, the largest U.S. yard project since World War II. With Pete Hegseth and Naval Academy midshipmen looking on, he credits sailors on the USS Billings for Caribbean cartel work and for delivering aid and oil from Venezuela, and he congratulates Anduril founder Palmer Luckey and the Navy te

The Daily Herold: 10/6/26 - Toilet Paper, Foreign Intelligence & Trade Deficit Oct 6, 2026 3332 Jon Herold digs into toilet paper, foreign intelligence and trade deficit, with plenty of commentary along the way. First up, the talk turns to Bible and CeCe. Then the crew gets into toilet paper, with Russia, Hillary Clinton and Supreme Court in the mix. From there, it's on to President Donald, Trump and Republican Party. Later, the conversation moves to smaller venues, with Trump and Republica

Badlands Daily: 10/6/26 - Reuters Article, Logical Explanation & Red Diesel Oct 6, 2026 6439 CannCon and Zak Paine take on Reuters article, logical explanation and red diesel. First up, the crew gets into pneumonic plague, with COVID, Nicholas Holscher and Los Angeles in the mix. Then it's on to Guinea flatworms, with Mexico and YouTube in the mix. From there, the conversation moves to Brennan, CIA and Congress. Later, the focus shifts to Reuters article, with Wiles in the mix. After tha

Baseless Conspiracies Ep. 205: Sleep Paralysis, Adoption Agency & Ouija Board Oct 6, 2026 4954 Zak Paine and Jon Herold dig into sleep paralysis, adoption agency and Ouija board, with plenty of commentary along the way. First up, the focus shifts to botched execution, with Florida in the mix. Then the talk turns to North Carolina, Appalachian Mountains and Gatlinburg Mountains. From there, the crew gets into ghost story, with Gatlinburg Mountains, Georgia and Appalachian in the mix. Later,

Culture of Change Ep. 165: Prophetic Words, Case Study & Spirit Within Oct 6, 2026 5474 This time Ashe in America digs into prophetic words, case study and Spirit within. First up, it's on to case study, with Trump and Cyrus in the mix. Then the conversation moves to Saul, Jonah and Peru. From there, the focus shifts to Israel's history, with Abraham and Testament in the mix. Later, the talk turns to Joy, Nick Vujicic and Substack. After that, the crew gets into Christian nation, wi

Badlands Media Special Coverage: 10/5/26 - Nebraska Rally, Red Dye Diesel Order & $5,000 Dividend Oct 6, 2026 5189 President Trump rallies in Grand Island, Nebraska, a state he reminds the crowd he has carried three times, ahead of the November 3 midterms. The headline moment: he signs an executive order on stage waiving the off-road requirement so anyone can buy tax-free red dye diesel. He tells farmers about ending the estate tax, or death tax, on family farms, giving them the right to repair their own equip

Alphas Make Sandwiches Ep. 84: Toe Fungus, Health Goals & Keynote Speaker Oct 5, 2026 4523 Ashe in America, Christy Lupo and Jackie Espada get into toe fungus, health goals and keynote speaker, with plenty of commentary along the way. First up, the crew gets into Face ID, YouTube and Safari. Then it's on to toe fungus, with Brave, Gateway Pundit and Safari in the mix. From there, the conversation moves to cooked salmon, with ChatGPT and Claude in the mix. Later, the focus shifts to hea

The Daily Herold: 10/5/26 - Brazil’s Runoff, Paxton’s Leaked Audio and Brennan’s Blank FBI Notes Oct 5, 2026 3455 Jon is back in the spaceship studio after a weekend of fan boats, alligators and a surprise engagement party, and there is plenty to unpack. First up is Brazil, where Flávio Bolsonaro won the first round over Lula and heads to a runoff, and the online victory lap crediting the USAID cuts for a run of right-leaning wins across South America. Jon makes the case for keeping the same election standard

Y-Chromes Ep. 94: Week 5 Picks, Packers Fans Take Tampa & Alpha’s Drake London Hex Oct 5, 2026 5059 CannCon, Cam Cooksey and Alpha Warrior are back for Week 5. CannCon reports from the Packers game in Tampa, where a native Floridian learned what 92 degrees with no Gulf breeze feels like and Green Bay fans still drowned out the home crowd. Alpha's 49ers are 4-0, his fantasy teams rally late behind Chuba Hubbard, and the crew argues over whether it's fair to wish an ankle sprain on Atlanta's Drake

Badlands Daily: 10/5/26 - Russia’s Plague Lab Leak, Jack Smith’s Phone Dragnet and DOJ vs ERIC Oct 5, 2026 6085 CannCon is back from a sweltering weekend in Tampa with a Packers win and a full docket. It starts in Siberia, where a lab worker's death from a suspected plague has nearly 200 people under observation, and with why, after COVID, nobody trusts the officials telling us not to worry. His fix for gain-of-function research: give it its own island, far away from the rest of us. Then the Ninth Circuit

RattlerGator Report: 10/5/26 - Russia’s Lab Leak, Hegseth Delivers and the Endless War on Terror Oct 5, 2026 3617 JB opens the week with some perspective for Gator fans after the loss at Mizzou, plus a victory lap for the Jaguars, then gets down to what he calls a world of competing confusions. A lab accident and a researcher's death in Siberia set up "Poor, Poor Russia": why Russia is running China's old playbook, why geopolitics is never binary, and how rogue actors inside every nation-state, Russia's silov

Q After Hours Ep. 38: October Surprise Oct 5, 2026 7367 Alpha Warrior and Josh Reid break down October Surprise and Admiral Rogers, Hillary, Comey and pre-Q levels and Josh on Flynn, Bongino and Mockingbird fights, with plenty of commentary along the way. Also on the docket: SAVE Act and Supreme Court predicates. You won't want to miss this one.

The Narrative Ep. 83: The MAGA King Oct 5, 2026 9366 Burning Bright and Jonathan Drake break down Burning Bright opens with GoT and Narrative branding, Burning Bright teases the MAGA King and Tolkien and Overton windows and excommunication, with plenty of commentary along the way. Also on the docket: Drake and BB introduce Aragorn as MAGA king analog. You won't want to miss this one.

The No Treason Podcast Ep. 49: Fractional Reserve, Bitcoin Teaser & Credit Based on Productive Value Oct 5, 2026 3489 Jonathan Drake digs into Fractional reserve and Bitcoin teaser, Credit based on productive value and Free banking versus modern finance, with plenty of commentary along the way. Also on the docket: Centralization and parallel systems. You won't want to miss this one.

Devolution Power Hour Ep. 498: Trump as Dungeon Master & Deadpool, TIME’s Interview & the Uniparty Oct 4, 2026 7914 With Jon out tonight, Chris Paul is joined by Burning Bright for the Saturday Power Hour. They open on why they would rather spoil the movie than pretend it isn't scripted, casting Trump as a Dungeon Master who sets the boundaries of the game, and why the midterms matter less than the mass psychological shift underneath them. From there: Trump as Deadpool, speaking to several audiences at once as

America First Stories Ep. 18: Nathanael Madden Oct 4, 2026 2084 Jon Herold gets into Nathanael Madden on his father, a health crisis and his brother, Nathanael on Emerald Med's origin and hemp's 1930s economy and on why lobbyists pushed the hemp ban in the CR, with plenty of commentary along the way. Also on the docket: Nathanael Madden on Emerald Med's hemp oil, balm and gummies. Grab a coffee and settle in.

Flow Ep. 68: Cam Cooksey & Jackie Espada on Consuming Too Much News Oct 4, 2026 5781 The crew dig into Cam Cooksey and Jackie Espada on consuming too much news, Cam Cooksey on the Soft Disclosure ad and GART 14 cameos and Cam Cooksey on Trump at Georgia-Alabama, artificial news, with plenty of commentary along the way. You won't want to miss this one.

Spellbreakers Ep. 183: Where is the Mood of the Country Heading? Oct 3, 2026 4874 With the midterms a month out, Matt admits that for the first time in his life he can't read the mood of the country. The polls point every which way, his old bellwether friends have hardened into partisans, and his Facebook feed of burned-out liberals offers more fatigue than fury, which he takes as a good sign for Republicans. To make sense of it all, he time-travels to 1966, the year of his fi

OnlyLands Ep. 74: Steve Hilton’s Baffling Ad, Palm Springs’ AIDS Memorial & a Botched Execution Oct 3, 2026 7209 The Friday crew tries to work out who Steve Hilton's mail-in ballot campaign ad was actually made for, then revisits the proposed Palm Springs AIDS memorial whose design drew some very unfortunate comparisons, along with a reported half-million-dollar price tag. From there: doubts about a dramatic airliner plunge, the creepy movies of 1999, Fight Club's Chinese ending, Tennessee's failed executio

MAHA News [10.2] Coca-Cola’s SNAP revenue, the HHS-EPA glyphosate review, Vitamin D & K Oct 3, 2026 3987 Jordan Sather digs into Coca-Cola's SNAP revenue and the HHS-EPA glyphosate review and Vitamin D and K, winter sleep and chopping firewood, with plenty of commentary along the way. Grab a coffee and settle in.

The Daily Herold: 10/2/26 - The Atlantic's Kash Patel Hit Piece and the Bongino vs Flynn Feud Oct 2, 2026 3414 Jon Herold digs deep into a lengthy Atlantic article on Kash Patel's election integrity investigations, picking it apart for bias while still finding the underlying questions about October surprise timing genuinely worth discussing ahead of the midterms. He walks through the escalating public feud between Dan Bongino and General Flynn, playing old December 2025 Alex Jones footage where Flynn predi

Badlands Daily: 10/2/26 - Pipe Bomber Confession, Miami Judge Ruling & Fake Fridays Debut Oct 2, 2026 6806 CannCon and Chris Paul close the week by workshopping a new Friday segment idea before diving into a Politico story on a judge ruling Trump unlawfully removed a US Attorney, and what that says about who actually holds appointment power. The meat of the show is the release of Brian Cole's confession transcripts in the January 5th pipe bomb case, where the hosts walk through the interrogation dynami

RattlerGator Report: 10/2/26 - Spotting Fakery, Hegseth's Speech and AI Takes Oct 2, 2026 3494 Running on no sleep after a late night honoring his wife at a community event in Jacksonville, JB White still shows up with a lesson in media literacy. He walks through how to use tools built into X to spot satirical or manufactured stories before they spread, using a viral post as a live example, and pushes back on some of his own community's conspiracy theorizing. He replays Pete Hegseth's speec

Badlands Story Hour Ep. 187: The Batman Oct 2, 2026 5515 Chris Paul and Burning Bright revisit Matt Reeves's 2022 take on the Caped Crusader, and both come away more impressed than they expected to be. Expect a thoughtful dive into the film's central theme of vengeance versus justice, what it means to be harmed by a system versus harmed by people, and how that tension plays out through Bruce Wayne's arc. There's a genuinely funny personal theater horror

SITREP Ep. 169: The Hemp Psyop, CBD Science, and a Congress Petition Oct 2, 2026 5940 CannCon welcomes new grandpa Alpha Warrior back from a very busy week before handing the floor over to guest Nathan Madden of Emerald Med. Nathan dives deep into the hemp plant, breaking down what actually separates CBD from THC, why hemp has way more compound diversity than marijuana, and why the industry keeps getting strangled by lobbying dollars from pharma, alcohol, and big oil. The conversat

Quite Frankly Ep. 69: A Botched Execution, MK Ultra & a Grab Bag Solo Night Oct 2, 2026 7338 Frankie Val is flying solo tonight after guest Adam Davies (the Bigfoot conference man) had to bump to Monday, so what was meant to be an interview becomes a thrown together grab bag, which Frankie insists is somehow more like the real him anyway. He opens on a grim headline: Tennessee's failed execution of death row inmate Krista Pike, who survived two lethal injection doses, and uses it to quest

The Daily Herold: 10/1/26 - Project Meridian, Auto WarCom, and a Ted Kaczynski Deep Dive Oct 2, 2026 2846 Jon Herold, still traveling in Florida, digs into an underreported moment in Trump's new Time magazine interview where he declines to rule out invoking the Insurrection Act around the midterms, arguing the interviewer let a genuinely newsworthy comment slide without follow up. He covers a handful of real election fraud prosecutions, including a wild California city council case involving ballots m

Life in the Singularity Ep. 1: From Turing to Superintelligence, AI as a Decentralization Engine Oct 2, 2026 3652 Welcome to the Singularity, where the future arrives faster than your software updates. In this live debut, Matt McDonagh, a tech investor with 15 years in machine learning, explains how we got here. He starts with Alan Turing's famous test and the AI winters, then moves through Deep Blue, AlphaGo, the transformer breakthrough and the ChatGPT moment. Next, Matt explains why AI isn't only a compute

Badlands Book Club: The Creature From Jekyll Island - Chapter 16 Oct 2, 2026 3547 CannCon and Ashe in America dive into Chapter 16 of The Creature from Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin, titled The Creature Comes to America, and the central bank saga finally lands on home soil. This week covers the Bank of North America, the nation's very first central bank, chartered before the Constitution was even drafted, along with the First Bank of the United States that followed in 1791

Badlands Daily: 10/1/26 - Remembering Joe Rossi, Fulton County Batch Swaps & Israeli Flight Incident Oct 2, 2026 6882 CannCon and Alpha Warrior open on a somber note with the passing of Georgia election integrity researcher Joe Rossi, and CannCon walks through Rossi's Fulton County work in detail, including how ballots were pulled from the middle of batches and rerun through different scanners on different days, a four thousand vote swing representing a third of the state's margin. From there it is Todd Blanche o

Devolution Power Hour Ep. 497: Super Intelligence Rebrand, 2026 Election Watch Oct 1, 2026 6863 Jon Herold and Burning Bright kick off with a genuinely funny bit about having to rename "artificial intelligence" to "super intelligence" following Trump's executive order, joking about domain squatting and whether OpenAI needs to rebrand itself entirely. From there it's into heavier territory, including lingering doubts about whether real accountability is coming for certain high profile figures

Geopolitics with Ghost Ep. 127: Steel Boom, Dennis Rodman's Return, Iran's Letter to America Oct 1, 2026 6635 Ghost catches up after a stretch away, and he's got a lot to say. He opens on a genuine white pill: the Nippon Steel golden share deal is quietly rebuilding America's steel industry, with new mills opening or under construction from Colorado to West Virginia, and Ghost draws on his own day job in construction to explain why the current steel shortage actually signals good things ahead. From there

The Shipwreck Show Ep. 74: Nik and Conservativewilky on Lakewood, New Jersey Politics Oct 1, 2026 4863 This episode features guests Nik (Mr. Fitnick) and Conservativewilky (Colton Wilson), co-hosts of the Nik and Colton Show, discussing local government and school funding disputes in Ocean County, New Jersey, centered on the town of Lakewood. The guests make a series of unverified claims about the local Jewish community, including allegations of coordinated political control, misuse of public funds

Badlands Media Special Coverage: 9/30/26 - Trump Unveils $200B Alaska LNG and Energy Deal Oct 1, 2026 3644 Trump gathers senators, governors, and a lineup of energy CEOs to announce one of the largest infrastructure packages of his presidency, nearly $200 billion from South Korea funding eight new nuclear plants, a massive Texas gas facility, and the long promised Alaska LNG pipeline, a project politicians have talked about for five decades. Expect genuine excitement from Alaska's delegation, some spir

Space Revolution Ep. 38: Information, Health and the Esoteric Physics of the Universe Oct 1, 2026 3985 Jordan Sather joins Chris Ponder and Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Steven L. Kwast for a two part conversation that starts deep in theoretical physics and ends in health truth. Jordan pushes on whether the information system can evaluate theoretical models like general relativity or the multiverse, and Chris explains the crucial distinction: this tool doesn't explore theory, it entangles what is observably true

The Daily Herold: 9/30/26 - Media Attacks, the Superintelligence Rebrand, and Iraq Troop Withdrawal Sep 30, 2026 3452 Jon Herold, broadcasting from a Florida guest room, pushes back on a wave of online attacks accusing Badlands of paying hosts to tell people not to vote, sharing a viral (and satirical) post defending the network's diversity of opinion. He digs into the Senate blocking a congressional stock trading ban after Democrats called it a toothless election year gimmick, an odd Gallup poll showing Republic

Badlands Daily: 9/30/26 - CISA's Election Blueprint, At Home Passports & Pentagon Brass Cuts Sep 30, 2026 6949 CannCon and Ashe kick off Ash Wednesday joking that they have spent more time together this week than with anyone else, then dive into a college athletics fight that turns into a real discussion about federal overreach and the Commerce Clause. From there it is a genuinely fun segment on the State Department rolling out an at home passport application, complete with Rubio demoing the process and a

RattlerGator Report: 9/30/26 - Gator Pride, a Dubai Scare and Badlands Infighting Sep 30, 2026 4113 JB White opens with a fun Gators moment straight from the Oval Office before shifting into heavier territory. He walks through the dramatic story of an attempted hijacking on a Fly Dubai flight and the passengers who stopped it, then pushes back on some of the conspiracy talk that followed. He previews the next Badlands Media GART event coming to St Petersburg Beach in November, replays a historia

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