The System is Down with Dan Smotz

The question of the day is....... Abortion... Who are we throwing away? What great mind, innovator, or revolutionary are we preventing from ever existing because their existence was "Unplanned"?Today's episode is my conversation with one of my all time favorite returning guests, former Planned Parenthood director turned Pro-Life activist and just all-around fascinating individual, A...

The question of the day is...... Is it possible to make a film adaptation of Abby Johnson's book, Unplanned, that actually does it justice?.... Spoiler alert.... Yes. :DToday's episode is my conversation with the incredible actor, Ashley Bratcher, who portrayed our good friend Abby Johnson in the upcoming film, Unplanned.  Now I know,... it's a faith based film. We all know how thos...

The question of the day is.... How much do you really know about the moon landings?... Not the hoax theories, but just the official story.  We all go thru our day to day lives assuming that we know things, but do we really? It's easy to say that men have walked on the moon and anyone who thinks otherwise must be crazy, but what if the "crazy" person actually knows a heck of a lot mo...

Welcome back to the least trusted name in news! This is the place where we watch the world burn together and make fun of it. We start off the show by listening to our voicemails from the week. Call in now and leave your own voicemail and we'll play it on next weeks episode. (309)716-3818. On the Docket: *Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's mom tells everyone how much of a "real human" h...

The question of the day is........ What the hell do you know? Well, ladies and gentlemen, the time has come.... the big 100. When I started the show, I never really imagined it would make it this far, but here we are. Countless hours, guests, and uncomfortableness under our belts and still going strong.  In this, the grand 100 episode of the show, I decided to switch up a few things around here. W...

Welcome back to the least trusted name in news! This is the place where we watch the world burn together and make fun of it. We start off the show by listening to our voicemails from the week. Call in now and leave your own voicemail and we'll play it on next weeks episode. (309)716-3818. On the Docket: *Jussie Smollett arrested for beating himself up*Jussie Smollett got out and tries to go b...

The question of the day is.... How do you change an angry mind? We're currently living in a strange time of great civil discourse to the point that some have even dubbed it the New Civil War. What is the solution to the madness? Do we get involved and fight for rationality, or do we stay out of it and just sit back and watch it burn? Today's episode is my conversation with Chris Spangle...

Welcome back to the least trusted name in news! This is the place where we watch the world burn together and make fun of it. We start off the show by listening to our voicemails from the week. Call in now and leave your own voicemail and we'll play it on next weeks episode. (309)716-3818. On the Docket: *Jussie Smollett's hate noose hoax*US Senate passes Kamala Harris' anti-lynching...

The question of the day is.... Do you think animals have souls? Well, I sure hope not because today we're going to talk all about killing them and eating them. Today's episode is my conversation with friend of the show, Bruce Willke Jr. about the controversial Carnivore Diet. This "fad" diet has been ruffling some feathers as it not only throws the food pyramid into the trash w...

Welcome back to the least trusted name in news! This is the place where we watch the world burn together and make fun of it. We start off the show by listening to our voicemails from the week. Call in now and leave your own voicemail and we'll play it on next weeks episode. (309)716-3818. On the Docket: *Aladdin live-action remake looks laughably bad*AOC's Green New Deal IS laughably bad...

Do you believe there is more to Freemasonry than meets the... eye? In the wide world of conspiratorial lore, one group who's name pops up far too frequently is that of the Freemasons. Many believe that there is a shadow government or an illuminati secret society that pulls the strings behind the scenes of politics, Hollywood, and virtually every large aspect of our day to day functions and th...

Welcome back to the least trusted name in news! This is the place where we watch the world burn together and make fun of it. We start off the show by listening to our voicemails from the week. Call in now and leave your own voicemail and we'll play it on next weeks episode. (309)716-3818. On the docket: *Halftime Racism*Maroon 5's tired performance*Halftime conspiracy clues* #MAGAKids ta...

The question of the day is.... Where is the line between medication and addiction? How far will you go to feel good? Today's episode is my conversation with Jed Payne of the podcast, Church and Other Drugs, which focuses primarily on open conversations about faith and addictions. Before this conversation, I was familiar with Jed and what he does, I had been on his show as a guest, I knew that...

Welcome back to your most trustworthy broadcast of the impending end of the world. On this episode of AntiNews, we're joined by Jedd (P. Masta Jeddy) Payne of Church and other drugs to break down everything that is supposedly happening in the apocalypse and give it all the respect it deserves.... none.  We start off the show by listening to our voicemails from the week and we received quite a...

The question of the day is..... What is the cost of convenience? How far are we willing to let crony corporations go in removing our freedoms in exchange for "free" services? Today's episode is my conversation with podcaster, journalist, author, and good friend of the show, Remso Martinez from the Remso Martinez Experience. Remso has been actively doing his part to expose corrupt cr...

It's that time of week again... time to examine all the outrage in the news and make fun of it to the extreme level that it deserves. This is your weekly one stop shop for politically incorrect dark comedic coverage of everything that is supposedly happening in the world today. On the docket:* #MAGAkids smirk offensively*Bernie Sanders courageously calls Trump a racist on MLK Jr Day*Hillary C...

The question of the day is.... which comes first the message or the art? Today's episode is my fantastic conversation with Johnny "Rocket" Adams of The Launch Pad Media and Blast Off with Johnny Rocket. We had a great chill chat about the importance of art and how it is used in our everyday life to influence people for good and for bad. Johnny is an awesome dude and this was a very...

Well, another week means another batch of necessary outrage. Join Dan and Craig as they break down all the most important articles in the news from the past week with all the irreverence they deserve. On the docket:*Korean dog rescue kills dogs*Angry Eagles fan puts dog in the microwave*Bohemian Rhapsody should have been a gay porn*Gillette razors fight toxic masculinity *Evidence for fake Chinese...

The question of the day is.... What do you do when your plans for today's episode fall through?.... Today's planned episode fell through, so what do I do?.... Well, I've been having kind of a chill week, so I decided to do a chill fun episode and bring back the Questions and Danswers. It's been well over a year since we've done one of these, so it was high time for revival...

The AntiNews returns! Craig returns! All is right in the world. Now let's talk about all that's wrong in the world. On the docket: *Chinese geneticist plays god with creepy designer babies*Ruth Bader Ginsberg calls in sick for the first time*Ted Cruz pushes for term limits*Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dances to outrage outrage*Trump threatens to declare the boarder a national emergency*Toby...

The question of the day is.... what do we do when "settled science" is challenged by new discovery? Welcome to a brand new year and a brand new batch of "uncomfortable" conversations. I wanted to kick of the year in a big banging beautiful way and I believe that's exactly what we're doing today. Today's episode is my conversation with Harvard University Professor...

Well well well. Another week means another batch of outrage and another episode of AntiNews to poke fun at all things sacred. Craig was AWOL and pushing his luck on not getting fired, but Dan pressed onward and upward in the first AntiNews show of the new year and the first solo show of the show. Tune in and find out what's supposedly happening in the world today and who's mad about it....

Hey hey! We're back to wrap up another year together with yet another DOWNIE AWARDS celebration!  For today's episode, Cole, Craig, Nathan and I team up once again to break down and recap our very favorite contestants in the categories of Music and Podcasts. This is a continuation of last weeks episode, where we covered Movies and Television, so if you missed that one, go check it out fi...

Welcome back to the show that recaps all the most important news headlines of the week with all the irreverence they deserve. On this episode Dan and Craig breakdown the latest and greatest of Christmas week in their own dark comedic fashion. On the docket: *Trump orders troops to be pulled out of Syria and the left are "outraged"*Trump flirts with pulling troops out of Afghanistan and t...

Well ladies and gentlemen, we find ourselves wrapping up another year together. You know what that means........ Another DOWNIE AWARDS celebration!  That's right, for today's episode, I got the whole OG group back together for a fun chill chat about all of our favorite pieces of media and entertainment from this year. In this one Cole, Craig, Nathan and I specifically break down and reca...