Data and Dissonance

🎙️ When Journalism Crosses the Line Data & Dissonance — Thursday 1/29/26 Journalism was supposed to document events — not participate in them. In today’s episode, we break down the growing trend of reporters marching, chanting, and embedding themselves inside protests they’re meant to objectively cover. When journalists cross from observers into activists, credibility collapses, narratives har...

🎙️ Data & Dissonance — Wednesday 1/28/26 Forgotten Fraud & Selective Outrage How quickly are Americans expected to forget? In this episode of Data & Dissonance , Artie and the panel take a hard look at Minnesota — where massive pandemic-era fraud involving millions in taxpayer dollars seemed to vanish from the media spotlight almost overnight. The conversation acknowledges the seriousn...

🎙️ When Misinformation Escalates Data & Dissonance — Tuesday, January 27, 2026 Federal agents pull back. Protests intensify. And misinformation moves faster than facts. In this episode of Data & Dissonance , Artie and the panel examine what happens when viral narratives outrun reality — and how distortion itself becomes a public safety risk. We break down how selective framing, clipped foo...

🎙️ Same Badge. Different Outrage. Data & Dissonance — Monday, January 26, 2026 Another federal agent–involved shooting. Another weekend of protests. Another media cycle racing to verdict before facts are even on the table. In this episode of Data & Dissonance , Artie and the panel break down why enforcement suddenly becomes “evil” depending on who’s in power — even when the laws, agencies,...

🎙️ Special Guest Friday — One on One with Rachel Data & Dissonance This Special Guest Friday, Artie sits down one-on-one with Rachel for a conversation you don’t usually hear on the panel. No debates. No talking over each other. Just a real, unhurried discussion about identity, growth, creativity, change, and what it means to stay honest in a noisy world. They talk about how perspective is for...

🎙️ Data & Dissonance — Thursday, January 22, 2026 The Law — Or the Narrative? Is justice still blind — or has it become selective? Tonight’s episode breaks down the growing divide between law, enforcement, and narrative control . From congressional hearings that feel more like media events, to immigration enforcement being framed as either “necessary” or “dangerous” depending on who’s in offic...

🎙️ Data & Dissonance — Wednesday, January 21, 2026Same Power. Different Panic. When President Trump steps onto the global stage at Davos, the reaction is immediate — panic, outrage, and endless warnings about “norms” and “democracy.” But are we actually witnessing something unprecedented… or just selective memory at work? In tonight’s episode of Data & Dissonance , Artie and the panel brea...

Sanctuary or Stage? Data & Dissonance | Tuesday 1/20/26 What happens when activism crosses a line? In tonight’s episode of Data & Dissonance , the panel breaks down a confrontation that spilled into a Minneapolis church during an active service — and the quiet media response that followed. When sacred spaces become political stages, and disruption gets rebranded as courage, are any standar...

In Monday’s episode of Data & Dissonance , we dismantle one of the most dishonest narratives in modern politics: the claim that immigration enforcement suddenly became “fascism” in 2026. Using widely circulated images — including Barack Obama publicly honoring Tom Homan for immigration enforcement — we walk through a fact most people were never meant to confront. Deportations, family separatio...

Data & Dissonance — Special Guest Fridy This week, Data & Dissonance flips the script. With Brian in the host chair, Artie steps in as the special guest for a rare, long-form conversation about where this show actually came from — not just the podcast, but the person behind it. Growing up in Saint Martinville, Louisiana , a small south Louisiana town of about 6,000 people, Artie talks abou...

The Party Switch Myth Thursday 1/15/26 | Data & Dissonance Republicans are Nazis. ICE is the Gestapo. Conservatives are the modern KKK. If you spend any time online, you’ve heard it — repeated so often it’s treated as settled fact. But when the conversation turns to history — slavery, Jim Crow, redlining, segregation, the Ku Klux Klan, and opposition to civil rights — the response is always th...

Tonight on Data & Dissonance , we turn our attention overseas — where reality is colliding head-on with narrative silence. As protests continue across Iran , the regime’s response has been swift and brutal: mass arrests, expedited trials, and executions aimed at crushing dissent through fear. Yet while thousands risk their lives in the streets, much of the Western media has responded with soft...

Data & Dissonance (Tuesday, Jan 13, 2026) When confrontation meets consequence, narratives collide with reality. In Tuesday’s episode of Data & Dissonance , we continue the hard conversation surrounding the ICE shooting in Minneapolis — not through slogans or emotional shortcuts, but through law, escalation, and accountability. As protests spread and media language hardens, we break down w...

What the Videos Show vs. What the Media Claims The narrative was decided before the evidence finished loading. In Monday’s episode of Data & Dissonance , we break down the Minneapolis ICE shooting that sparked instant outrage — and ask the question most media outlets refuse to touch: what do the videos actually show, and why are so many networks telling their audience to ignore them? As libera...

Special Guest Friday: Behind the Fire (Brian) On this Special Guest Friday episode of Data & Dissonance , Artie sits down for a long-form, no-panel conversation with Brian — the voice many listeners know for his blunt delivery and unapologetic fire, but rarely hear without interruption. This episode isn’t about hot takes or viral clips. It’s about slowing the conversation down and asking the q...

FAFO isn’t brutality — it’s reality. In Thursday’s episode of Data & Dissonance , we break down the ICE incident making headlines for all the wrong reasons. When an individual attempted to use a vehicle as a weapon against federal agents, the response was immediate — and lawful. Yet within hours, media outlets and activists rushed to rewrite the story, turning an act of aggression into a tale...

Episode Title: Narrative Whiplash Show: Data & Dissonance Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2026 What happens when reality refuses to follow the script? In today’s episode of Data & Dissonance , Artie and the panel break down the capture of Nicolás Maduro and why the reaction to it has been so quiet, so cautious, and so revealing. Instead of clear debate, we’re watching hesitation, narrative gym...

Missing Files & Broken Trust For years, concerns about fraud inside Minnesota’s public programs were dismissed, delayed, or quietly buried. Now, audits are tightening, federal scrutiny is increasing, and suddenly records are missing, stories are changing, and officials are struggling to explain what went wrong. In this episode of Data & Dissonance , we take a hard look at the expanding fra...

The Venezuela Pressure Cooker Venezuela didn’t collapse overnight — it hardened, calcified, and learned how to survive while the world looked away. Now the pressure is rising, the rhetoric is sharper, and the consequences of long-term neglect are becoming impossible to ignore. In this episode of Data & Dissonance , the panel breaks down what’s really happening inside Venezuela and why this cri...

🎧 Special Guest Friday: An Interview with Caleb Rourke This Friday episode of Data & Dissonance marks the launch of a new format for 2026: Special Guest Fridays — slower, deeper conversations without panels, shouting, or manufactured outrage. In this episode, Artie sits down one-on-one with Caleb Rourke for an extended, thoughtful conversation about personal history, duty, integrity, and what...

“Frozen Funds: Minnesota’s Fraud Machine” 📅 January 1, 2026 As the new year begins, one story refuses to stay buried under holiday headlines: the expanding fraud scandal in Minnesota. What started as questionable spending has now unraveled into indictments, guilty pleas, and a growing web of nonprofits, shell organizations, and state agencies that failed to act while millions in taxpayer dollars...

Data & Dissonance — Christmas Eve Special 📅 December 24, 2025 Christmas Eve has a way of quieting the noise, even after a long and difficult year. Tonight’s special episode of Data & Dissonance is intentionally different — slower, reflective, and rooted in the true meaning of Christmas: the birth of Jesus Christ, the arrival of hope, and the reminder that faith, humility, and grace still...

🎙️ Data & Dissonance — Tuesday, December 23, 2025 While Americans focus on Christmas week and year-end distractions, real power is being exercised far from the headlines. In this episode of Data & Dissonance , Artie and the panel break down the U.S. Coast Guard’s active pursuit of a third oil tanker linked to sanctioned Venezuelan oil , following the seizure of two others — a clear signal...

🎙️ Data & Dissonance — Monday, December 22, 2025 Christmas week begins — and instead of peace and reflection, the media cycle explodes once again with Epstein headlines, blurred photos, and viral accusations designed to inflame outrage rather than uncover truth. In tonight’s episode, Artie and the panel break down the latest Epstein file controversy and expose a coordinated smear campaign targ...

This week on Data & Dissonance , we break down a series of events that reveal a growing divide between leadership and narrative control in America. 🔹 Trump signs an executive order reclassifying marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III — the most significant federal drug policy shift in decades, and one the political class never seemed willing to finish. 🔹 Trump addresses the nation on Dece...