WokeCast

It's the last episode before we lock in and really focus on the midterms, so we decided to play catch up with a bunch of stories we had yet to cover. First, we're gonna have our discussion about the latest offering from the MCU, Brand New Day. A weird, soulless film that may have been written by an AI in an attempt to manufacture consent for mass surveillance. Next, we go over a bizarre ru...

Welcome back for your weekly dose of WokeCast! You have found episode 31 where the boys in the studio continue their search for Rhode Island's best donuts. While they chew and digest, they also find time to chat about the recent passing of a number of unique, talented, and beloved artists who each worked to make our lives more magical and interesting. They also dive into a few current video ga...

Welcome back! Sorry for the down time, but to catch up, we'll be putting out a couple rapid fire episodes, so stay on your toes! This week, the boys in the studio return for love of the game and avoid celebrating another episode milestone instead focusing on a few major stories that have gripped the headlines. First we do a little military talk, starting with the USS Lincoln finally making it...

With all that good karma our listeners put out into the world, they deserve two episodes in the same week! That's right folks! Your eyes do not deceive you, this is a double episode week to make sure you can learn from our mock draft before your own fantasy league kicks off this weekend! As mentioned, the centerpiece of today's episode is the boys mock draft! Six of your favorite Cast mate...

This week the boys in the studio stave off the dog days of summer by depressing each other with talk of all sorts of modern horrors. Domestic airline flight prices shoot through the roof. Trump embezzling the Venezuela oil piracy money. The Boston Celtics blowing up their burgeoning dynasty because capitalism. And the latest rounds of fatal violence by ICE. But, to balance it all out, we also dive...

Donuts make us go nuts! This week, the boys in the studio all forgot to eat breakfast, but Nick swoops in for the rescue by bringing us some delicious locally made donuts to try, rank, and yap about! But that's not all! We're talking about the climate change induced wildfires tearing across Canada and Europe, along with Trump's scam to use these disasters as cover to press for MORE ill...

This week, the boys in the studio return to a topic they tabled during the very first episode; masculinity. What it means, the traits which define the masculine ideal, and how the very concept has been commoditized and sold back to young men battling insecurity while trying to find their place in the modern world. It's a deep and heavy topic, but the Cast still finds time for a bunch of other...

This week, the Cast explores a variety of topics, most focused on the Trump administration's various failures, quagmires, and debacles. We talk about the MAGA military quietly walking back their anti-vaccination stance, making vaccination mandatory once again after outbreaks amongst the troops. We're gonna get into the embarrassing and never ending Reflecting Pool renovation stupidity. We&...

Thank you for taking the time to join us once again for more real working class, left wing talk about our shared world! This week on WokeCast, a much smaller crew of just Mitch, Nick, and Doug gather in the studio to chat about The Fourth of July, the Knicks shocking NBA championship win, World Cup shenanigans, and Trump's already failed Memorandum of Understanding with Iran. We go though the...

This week, the wokest cast on the internet catches up on the 10,000 (number is only an estimate) news stories we've missed through May and June! Including, but not limited to: -Elon Musk posing as his own mother on Twitter -ICE assaulting and pulling a gun on an innocent teenage in a case of mistaken identity - Spirit Airlines going out of business -Alligator Alcatraz going out of business -Tr...

A belated Happy Juneteenth to all! This week, the boys dive into the voter suppression crisis happening throughout the U.S. with all the recent biased Supreme Court decisions, both at the federal and state levels, allowing Republicans to reshape districts while denying Democrats the same. Decisions that directly target and will most deeply impact black voters and politicians. All of which closely...

On this week's very special episode of WokeCast, the boys take a look back on the first twenty episodes of the show and update a topic covered in each. It's a fast paced episode, covering twenty previous episodes in the span of a single hour! Has the male loneliness epidemic improved? Has any new information come forward that would change our minds on Kamala Harris' 2024 loss? What is...

Thanks for joining us for our wackiest episode yet! This week, we chat about a few newsworthy items: John Kerry's reveal that Netanyahu has tried to get every president since 1992 to bomb Iran Janet Mills making community college in Maine free RFK starting a crummy podcast Then we dive into a surprise game of hypotheticals. Should a super intelligent gorilla be allowed to play in the NFL? How...

One of our most jam-packed episodes yet finds the cast jumping from topic to topic, and our first interview ever, all with the common thread of diverse ways to resist fascism. The pentagon threatens the Pope Are protesters getting older? An interview with Zack from Jewish Voice for Peace RI about divestment initiatives and growing support for Pro-Palestine movements Warehouse fires; an effective f...

Bienvenue, mes amis! WokeCast returns for their 18th episode just in time for the start of spring! This week the boys in the studio sit down to talk over Shawn Harris' valiant losing effort to flip a House seat in a very red district of Georgia. We talk about the tragic death of 19 year old Royer Perez Jimenez, the 42nd person who has died in ICE custody since Trump took office, and the younge...

Welcome back! Episode 17 is our least organized yet, as the boys in the studio wax philosophical on the challenges of sharing the world with a group of people who have removed themselves from reality to pursue the worse demons of human nature. But in the first half, we're talking about: Jan 6th'er Jake Lang flirting with 15 year olds Trump's mass deportation messaging rock and hard pla...

Nice to see you again, we just wish it was under more pleasant circumstances. This week, the lads in the studio talk over all aspects of America's unprovoked war on Iran. Why did it start, what is the point, and where is it going? Then, we take a deep dive into the current state of the NBA heading into playoff season, which somehow veers off into a Jordan vs LeBron debate before circling back...

Kept you waiting, huh? Fifteen episodes in and we finally ran into some technical difficulties. But our problems are your good fortune, as we now present our weirdest episode yet! A Frankenstein's monster mash up of the original Episode 15 which was recovered AFTER we had returned to the studio to record a replacement Episode 15! Let us know how we did! This week, the Cast chats about No Kings...

We managed to dodge the bad luck of a thirteenth episode and have survived all the way to episode fourteen! This week, the panel goes over farm bankruptcies and Ukraine taking back their land from Russian invaders. Then we take a look at the full timeline of Trump's attacks on Venezuela, starting on the day he was sworn in, to the illegal extradition of Maduro, and the theft of Venezuelan oil...

On the luckiest, thirteenieth episode, the fellas talk about Iron Lung, the Melania scam, uh we mean movie, and Trump's tariffs being struck down. Then a post-mortem on the 2025 NFL season, division by division, and a different perspective on the recent shooting in Pawtucket RI which the media has intentionally failed to cover.

Welcome back for the start of WokeCast Season 2! This week the boys in the studio sit down to go over the entire timeline of Trump's fascist attacks on Minnesota. From the astroturfed racist hype videos from a sheltered illiterate bigot pushed by the oligarchy, to the current ongoing withdrawal, and everything in between. But first we chat about the cultural impact of the Superbowl Halftime Sh...

The long awaited season finale of Wokecast Season 1! Originally recorded in the middle of November, the boys discuss Trump's many broken promises of free money, Sidney Sweeney's many box office bombs, and the firing of Brian Daboll by the New York football Giants. We dive deep into our most recent, record breaking government shutdown, then switch gears to yak about our favorite video games...

Sorry for the delay! Our first year working on WokeCast and none of us realized just how busy we would be at the end of the year with all the holiday hustle and bustle, not to mention all the killer flu viruses flying around! In any event, our tenth episode, originally recorded in the middle of November, takes a look at the 2025 baseball season and how our fantasy teams did. Then we deep dive into...

Welcome back! After a little Thanksgiving break, the Cast is back to go over four of the biggest stories from the last month. They start by continuing the discussion started in Episode 7, going more in depth how sports coverage works when the media is controlled by right wing interests. Next, they delve into the new batch of released Epstein emails, and update the Epstein Timeline from Episode 3....

This week, the fellas take a couple of deep dives into two very different worlds. After the news, the panel explores the disappointing and propagan-tastic world of pro wrestling as it exists in 2025. Then they extrapolate their personal experience at October's No Kings protest, the success of these nationwide actions, and chat about the point and purpose of protests in general.