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Today we have independent reporter on the extremism beat, Teddy Wilson, returning to join us to talk about how supporters of one of the historically most unpopular presidents (at least according to a Gallup poll) in the history of the US are reacting to his reelection. Unfortunately, the US isn’t the only home for far-right extremism. It also isn’t the only place where extremists have cheered for...

In the early 2000s, so many Boomers and Gen-Xers had their brains melted by a movie that blended legitimate critique of religion, the economy, and US politics with full on 9/11 truther, Sov Cit, New World Order conspiracy theories. This is a sample of a premium episode. Sign up for a free or paid membership to listen to the entire episode. patreon.com/wetwired Stephanie Kemmerer joins us to talk a...

**UNLOCKED** Wilson, or RAW, was maybe one of the more prolific authors of the twentieth century, not only in terms of just the sheer number of words he put on pages, but in the intensity and the complexity of the thoughts he was expressing. Despite all that work, he’s still somehow largely unknown to the public. This is an unlocked premium episode. Sign up to listen to our back catalog of subscri...

The first couple days of the Trump White house, Elon's fascistic cosplay, and advice on how to cope.

Wilson, or RAW, was maybe one of the more prolific authors of the twentieth century, not only in terms of just the sheer number of words he put on pages, but in the intensity and the complexity of the thoughts he was expressing. Despite all that work, he’s still somehow largely unknown to the public. This is a sample of a premium episode. Sign up for a free or paid membership to listen to the enti...

Welcome to 2025! It’s the month of Janus. We’re looking forward, looking back, we’re right on the edge! The New Year’s resolutions scrawled on a sepia tone bar napkin are ready to be framed and followed to the letter. Get premium only episodes with a free trial on Patreon. patreon.com/wetwired A few new things in store for us include a new president! Well, it’s the old president, but he’s back. He...

This is a sample of a premium episode. Sign up for a free or paid membership to listen to the entire episode. Happy New Year! patreon.com/wetwired We recorded this episode just over a week after the anniversary of the death of the liberation activist and revolutionary leader Fred Hampton. 55 years ago, at the age of 21 years, Hampton was murdered while he slept by members of the Chicago police dep...

Cut down in his prime, our nation mourns the lost of one of its beautiful CEOs. Get premium only episodes with a free trial on Patreon. patreon.com/wetwired Catch up with us on the Wetwired Discord. discord.gg/fr62mpUy5c Find us online: Twitter at twitter.com/wetwiredpod Instagram at instagram.com/wetwiredpod Bluesky at bsky.app/profile/wetwired.bsky.social Get extra, premium only episodes on Patr...

Subscribe on Patreon to listen to this episode and every premium only episode for $5 a month. patreon.com/wetwired We thought it would be fun to follow up on our recent episode with Karl Mamer where we talked about a few of the founders of the survivalist movement. Premium Episode 43: Gold Bugs and Survivalists feat Karl Mamerhttps://www.patreon.com/posts/premium-episode-111096234 In that episode,...

Circling back to some news from a few weeks ago when The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and his former Defense Secretary Gallant. Get premium only episodes with a free trial on Patreon. patreon.com/wetwired The ICC named them as “co-perpetrators for committing the acts jointly with others: the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare; and the crimes against...

Subscribe on Patreon to listen to this episode and every premium only episode for $5 a month. patreon.com/wetwired Dems are still kicking the corpse of the 2024 election, trying to figure out how to cope with a world and a voting public (or in this case, a non-voting public) that they clearly don’t understand. After a such a devastating loss, the next thing to do is figure out who to blame. And in...

Last week we introduced some of Trump’s cabinet picks. Marco Rubio at State, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at Health and Human Services, and when we recorded it Matt Gaetz was still up for Attorney General. That one didn't last, though. Get premium only episodes with a free trial on Patreon. patreon.com/wetwired Pete Hegseth, Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense, stands out among them. I don’t know if it...

Trump fills out some of his cabinet, Dems try to make sense out how they got absolutely smeared on election day, and everyone else figuring out how to live with what the next fours years might look like. Subscribe on Patreon to listen to this episode and every premium only episode for $5 a month. patreon.com/wetwired

Instead of just looking at his past record to see what Trump might do, we’re looking at some of the people closest to him, the people who he might look to for advice. And then we’re just going to make some wild guesses. We start with some of Trump’s campaign promises and talk about what chance we have of him trying to accomplish any of them. Get premium only episodes with a free trial on Patreon....

It's our Halloween Special! With less than a week until this election and the reality of either a real ghoul or real goblin moving into the White House to kick out the crypt keeper, we thought we’d talk about absolutely anything else. We decided to dig through the archives and resurrect some of the childhood urban legends that we used to trade with each other.  These were the kind of stories that...

It's just about two weeks until the election, so we're discussing how the candidates are stacking up against each other, Kamala Harris' recent appearances, and why she has such a hard time stringing three words together. We also talk about the Democrats taking a few more steps to the Right, how they've abandoned the Left, and why they're never coming back. Get premium only episodes with a free tri...

This has been a rough few weeks for people dealing with climate and weather emergencies. The good news is that the shock of these two hurricanes and the revelation of the weaknesses of our relief mechanisms has gone a long way toward convincing many conspiracy theorists and a lot of Republicans that climate change is in fact a reality. Unfortunately, they think these weather catastrophes are cause...

We're back with archaeologist Steph Halmhofer to talk about how White supremacists are co-opting archaeology, history, and the achievements of ancient civilizations all to help them feel less insecure about not being special. Get extra premium only episodes with a free trial on Patreon. patreon.com/wetwired Pseudoarchaeology has been an almost bottomless, go to topic on this show because it’s so o...

Netanyahu tries to get crowdfunding for the Greater Israel plan, Iran retaliates, and Biden vows to keep bailing them out from every scrape they cause. Subscribe on Patreon to listen to this episode and every premium only episode for $5 a month. patreon.com/wetwired

It’s just a little over two weeks now after Trump announced during a livestream on X (the everything app) while he was promoting his latest crypto project that “Crypto is one of those things we have to do. Whether we like it or not, I have to do it.” Now, today, we’re happy to be joined by the author of the very recently published Crypto Confidential and former crypto founder himself, Jake Donoghu...

We’re here today with the directors of the 2023 movie Failed State, Christopher Bell and Mitch Blummer. Listeners will recognize Chris from the episode when we talked about his George W miniseries, Miss Me Yet? This is an unlocked premium episode. Get extra episodes every month, and get access to all of our past subscriber only episodes for $5 a month. patreon.com/wetwired Failed State will be sho...

We’re talking Kim Stanley Robinson today! And that means we’re talking about a lot of the things Kim Stanley Robinson talks about. Joining us are some KSR experts, Matt Hauske and Hilary Strang, the hosts of Marooned! On Mars. We get into some fan love of his writing, ingredients to make a utopia, and forcefully separating billionaires from their money! Support us on Patreon and get extra premium...

It’s the usual Sean and Jules here, and we’re also joined by long-time guest Karl Mamer. Karl is back with us to talk about the 1970s, Gold Bugs, and forces that birthed the survivalist movement. This is an unlocked premium episode. Get extra episodes every month, and get access to all of our past subscriber only episodes for $5 a month. patreon.com/wetwired A good piece of what we’re going to tal...

As a long time lover of maps, this conversation was a huge treat! Support us on Patreon and get extra premium only episodes for $5 a month. patreon.com/wetwired **Giovanni's audio got a little wonky a couple of times but it's all totally listenable.** It’s easy to look at the national borders that we draw on those maps and forget how they got there—or when. One of my favorites is a globe that I go...

Jules and Sean take a step back to process some things. Walz, Vance, and the fact that Harris would be a terrible president. Support us on Patreon to listen to this episode and get extra premium only episodes for $5 a month. patreon.com/wetwired