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  Baseless Conspiracies Ep. 204: The Pizza Bomber, a True Crime Deep Dive 29.09.2026 1ó 27p

  Jon Herold and Zak Paine open with some election security talk, digging into a new memo from the Secretary of War and a wave of recent wins on the CISA and SAVE database front, before Jon reveals he's more excited than usual for tonight's main event. For the first time, the show tackles an actual proven conspiracy rather than a theory, walking through the bizarre and tragic real life case of a pizza delivery driver who became an unwitting bank robber with a bomb locked around his neck. Nicknamed the Collar Bomb, it's a story with an eccentric mastermind, a house full of secrets, an accomplice with a screenwriting past, and an ending that shocked the entire country when it happened. Expect true crime rather than tinfoil hats this week, though the guys promise it's just as unbelievable.
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  Culture of Change Ep. 164: AI - Golden Age or Global Imprisonment? 29.09.2026 1ó 31p

  Ashe in America and Wednesday regular Brian Lupo tackle the AI conversation they have been promising for weeks, joined by Matt McDonagh for some genuine industry insight and a bit of referee duty. The big question on the table, is artificial intelligence steering us toward a golden age of abundance, or something closer to global imprisonment? Expect a lively back and forth on job displacement, from blue collar work to white collar middle management, the AGI to ASI progression, and whether ideas like UBI (and a certain someone's evolving feelings about it) are a real solution or a band aid. Matt brings a preview of his new show, Life in the Singularity, premiering that Thursday, and the trio picks apart corporate AI messaging from the likes of McKinsey along the way. It is part debate, part reality check, with humor woven through some genuinely big picture stakes about where this technology takes us next.  
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  Alphas Make Sandwiches Ep. 83: GART 13 Recap, Punk Rock Museum, Jon on the Streets & Game of Lotions 28.09.2026 1ó

  This is the GART recap show, and Ashe in America, Christy Lupo, and Jackie Espada are still riding the high from Las Vegas, complete with an ongoing feud over whether it is Nevada or Nevada, and a running scoreboard that simply reads "Brian is still wrong." The crew relives the weekend: Christy's early and elaborate Halloween decorating, a target trampoline that may or may not be rigged, and a genuinely great private tour of the Punk Rock Museum with a guide they kept accidentally calling the wrong name. Then things get spicy with Jon on the Streets on Fremont Street, featuring a memorable debate with some Brits about taxes and free healthcare, plus a woman who could only recite headlines. There is casino luck, playground chaos, and a Game of Thrones style soft disclosure ad war between rival houses of lotion, tallow, and beard oil. Warm, chaotic, and very funny. Come for the recap, stay for the shenanigans.
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  Badlands Media Special Coverage: 9/28/26 - Trump Unveils $18B Steel Plant Investment in Iowa 28.09.2026 45p

  Trump gathers a room full of governors, senators, and cabinet secretaries to announce what he calls the largest steel plant in American history, an $18 billion Mesabi Metallics complex in southeast Iowa, fed by the first new American iron ore mine in over 50 years. Between the ribbon cutting energy, expect a full breakdown of how 50% steel tariffs made the deal possible, a promise of 6,000 construction jobs and nearly 2,000 manufacturing jobs, and plenty of good natured jabs at Minnesota's governor along the way. The Q&A afterward wanders well past steel, touching Iran's crumbling nuclear ambitions, a tense Canada trade standoff over dairy and lumber tariffs, UK terror arrests, and a Congo Rwanda peace violation question. There's also a candid rundown of record setting stock market numbers and 401k gains. Heavy on economic bragging rights, with the usual mix of policy substance and unscripted riffing scattered throughout.  
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  Y-Chromes Ep. 93: Alpha Becomes Grandpa, Ref Rage & Gators Upset Ole Miss 28.09.2026 1ó 44p

  Big life news kicks this one off: Alpha is officially a grandpa and workshops his grandparent name in real time (Papa? Gampa? Big Head?) while plotting to out-spoil the other side of the family with race car beds and a friendly grandparent cold war. CannCon nearly dies racing his dog down the stairs first. Then it is football, and the officiating gripes run deep. The guys relitigate the Broncos-Rams ending and a contested pass interference call, argue Fred Warner gets flagged for hitting too clean, and CannCon reprises his Packers-refs martyrdom. A quick political tangent breaks out over the Trump-branded ads airing during NFL games, with the crew disagreeing on what they even were. CannCon savors Florida stomping Ole Miss 52-28 and games out a wild three-loss-SEC-playoff scenario, before the trio settles in for their Week 3 pick-em. Cameraman appreciation and the usual roasting included.
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  The Daily Herold: 9/28/26 - Jon's AI-Powered "Prediction Scorecard" for Truth Community Grifters 28.09.2026 57p

  Jon Herold, fresh off a haircut and a Vikings win, debuts a new AI powered database project built with help from Chris Paul that tracks and scores political predictions made by dozens of accounts in the truth community since Trump's inauguration, revealing wildly high miss rates for the loudest "cheerleader" and "doomer" voices currently attacking Badlands. He walks through a new US China trade truce covering tariff cuts on 60 billion dollars in goods, Florida's AG seeking an injunction against OpenAI's development, and FBI Deputy Director Andrew Bailey's resignation, which Jon connects to a pattern of possible election related staffing shakeups. Other topics include a Trump Truth Social jab at Bill Maher, newly declassified Fauci diary entries on aerosolized Ebola research, the one year anniversary of Antifa's domestic terror designation, and the Senate's light pre midterm legislative agenda. Sponsor reads, some Twitter drama fallout, and a lively chat session round out a dense Monday show.  
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  Badlands Daily: 9/28/26 - Gladio Vibes in the UK, Mar a Lago Grand Jury & ICE Orders Reversed 28.09.2026 1ó 58p

  CannCon opens the solo Monday show with a recap of the American Martyrs premiere in West Palm Beach, then runs through a packed rundown. There is New York billing millions in improper Medicaid payments for incarcerated enrollees, a new federal AI portal being pitched as a one stop shop, and a geopolitics block covering Germany's foreign minister reading his own government's words back at him and the EU and Ukraine trade angle. The centerpiece is five British men arrested near a UK air base used by US forces, where the official story does not add up for CannCon, who sees serious Gladio energy in the details. He also covers former FBI employees seeking clarity on subpoenas in the Mar a Lago grand conspiracy probe, a reported order telling ICE to stop arresting non criminals, and a General Flynn clip on accountability.  
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  Q After Hours Ep. 37: Solo Josh on Embracing Friction, Super Intelligence, and Why You Vote 28.09.2026 1ó 33p

  Josh Reid rides solo again while Alpha Warrior celebrates becoming a grandpa to twins. He opens with a defense of friction as a feature, not a bug, using the messy, argumentative birth of the Constitution to make the case that a movement full of people who disagree beats an echo chamber. That leads into why a Q adjacent show is telling you to vote, not sit out, and a respectful airing of where he splits from fellow Badlands host Shipwreck. The meat of the night is super intelligence as soft disclosure: Josh reads Trump's messaging, right before a White House dinner with the Anthropic CEO, as hinting the US has quietly won the AI race. He ties it to a Russia, China, US sovereign alliance frame, Scott Bessant's economic comments, and his own pre Q origin story. Expect big picture game theory and a monologue or two. Bring your patience for tangents.
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  The No Treason Podcast Ep. 48: Usury Laws and the Fruits of Your Labor 28.09.2026 1ó 41p

  Jonathan Drake wraps up Proposition 4 of Spooner's poverty essay with a thought experiment that turns 1840s dollars into numbers modern listeners can actually feel. Person A borrows at 6% and hires Person B, while Person B, locked out of credit, watches the profit walk away with someone else. Jon then asks why governments can't regulate religion but can regulate financial contracts, using an image of guards posted at your gate. Along the way expect a real world banking headache involving Bitcoin, a general contractor model that lets every tradesman keep the full fruits of his labor, and a candid pushback on rights free, emotion driven arguments about voting. Burning Bright is sidelined with the man flu, so Jon flies solo again, with sponsor breaks, chat banter, and a gutter cleaning success story thrown in.  
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  Devolution Power Hour Ep. 496: Pandas, Xi's Dinner, Superintelligence Theory 27.09.2026 1ó 54p

  Jon Herold and Chris Paul open with a genuinely fun tangent about the two new pandas gifted alongside Xi Jinping's visit, complete with jokes about renaming them and where to best display panda merch. The mood stays light before shifting into the actual state dinner and Xi's comments about US China competition, with both hosts noting how oddly aligned Trump and Xi seem to be on the same messaging lately. That leads into a meatier theory: the idea that an announcement of true superintelligence being achieved could function as a kind of false flag moment, something the hosts trace across multiple shows using the same terminology around the same time. There's also a viewer mailbag segment full of Bitcoin tips, inside jokes, and a Black Panther history clip pulled from a fan submission. A fun, freewheeling episode with some real substance tucked inside.
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  Flow Ep. 67: Back from GART Vegas, Embracing Friction & Holding On for the Sunrise 26.09.2026 1ó 52p

  Cam Cooksey returns for episode 67 (September 26th) after a few weeks off for GART Vegas, running loose and unstructured without his usual music setup, and leaning into a warm, reflective, community focused night rather than hard news. The heart of the show is a meditation on embracing friction without turning on each other. Cam holds up Jon Herold's "refuses to bend the knee to the mob" defense as a model of disagreeing well, and suggests pairing it with the Roseanne Barr and Bill Maher interview as a study in contrasts. He recaps the beauty and pageantry of Las Vegas, teases the next event (GART 14 in St. Pete Beach this November), shares a few light X finds, and offers a "Dear Son" style reflection on staying close to God even when life is good. He teases a few Truth Social posts and closes on a hopeful sunrise themed song. Come back for DPH.
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  OnlyLands Ep. 73: The Don't-Vote Backlash, Congressional Trading & a Fake Iran War 26.09.2026 2ó 12p

  The crew addresses some genuine internal drama head on, after a clipped and amplified "maybe we should all just stop voting" comment from within the Badlands family sparked accusations of being anti Trump, leading to a spirited defense of why showing up to vote still matters even when the system feels rigged. From there it's on to a genuinely fascinating tangent about using AI to track congressional stock trades, including one representative who has reportedly traded on nearly every possible trading day for a year straight, and a candid admission about a failed attempt at building an automated trading bot. The back half dives into midterm predictions, a Supreme Court ruling touching federal voting databases, and a wild theory connecting the Iran war, gas prices, and a certain someone getting "teleported" out of Venezuela. Sponsor reads and plenty of banter round out a packed one.  
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  Spellbreakers Ep. 182: Bullish on Jev, the New AI Kid on the Block 25.09.2026 1ó 14p

  After a two-week hiatus (and an accidental Lloyd's of London movie trailer), host Matt Trump devotes his fun Friday-night show to Jev, the AI everyone in tech suddenly cannot stop talking about since it dropped around September 15th. He spent the week learning it so you don't have to, and the verdict is right there in the title: he's mostly bullish. Expect an accessible, tangent-friendly explainer. Jev, he explains, is not another chatbot like Claude or ChatGPT. It is a throwback "classification" model that only answers in multiple choice (yes/no, A/B/C/D), which sounds useless until you realize how fast and how broadly applicable that is, from game characters to real-world decisions. He unpacks the odd name (economist William Stanley Jevons and his paradox about efficiency driving demand up, not down), the startup behind it, and what it all means for jobs, investing, and a rapidly shifting world. Playful, curious, and genuinely informative.
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  Rugpull Radio Ep. 155: Special Guest Robin Seyr - The Reformed Bitcoin Hater 25.09.2026 1ó 56p

  GMoney sits down with Austrian Bitcoiner and author Robin Seyr, a man who spent three solid years trying to prove Bitcoin was a scam before the evidence mugged him in a dark alley and orange-pilled him for good. It is a genuinely good redemption arc: a young Warren Buffett cash-flow guy who hated gold, ignored Austrian economics while literally studying economics in Austria, and eventually discovered that keeping an open mind is cheaper than staying wrong. Expect a friendly, wide-ranging chat on self-custody, property rights, why "your stocks aren't really yours," and how account freezes happen far beyond the third world. GMoney opens with his usual spicy take on the midterms, the Clarity Act, and why he thinks voting is a prayer to a fraudulent system. There's also a gloriously absurd Game-of-Thrones-meets-skincare ad break you have to hear to believe. Humble, thoughtful, and lightly combative in the best way.  
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  MAHA News [9.25] Banning Animal Testing, A.I. Curing Cancer?, RFK Takes on Chemtrails and EMFs 25.09.2026 1ó 6p

  Jordan and Nate open with a genuinely stunning admission from RFK Jr: HHS is formally investigating chemtrails and electromagnetic frequency exposure, complete with a federal request for public input. They debate whether AI can actually "cure" disease or just deliver smarter treatments, cheer a new FDA rule cutting mandatory animal testing, and cover fresh executive orders opening federal land to hunters and reviving old school incandescent light bulbs. A story about Massachusetts mandating government home visits for new parents sparks a genuinely uneasy conversation about where that could lead. From there it is straight into fraud territory, with J.D. Vance's Obamacare crackdown and Dr. Oz's clash with activist groups, followed by a nuanced look at new GLP1 vision loss lawsuits and a media fueled Kratom panic the guys pick apart in real time. They close with a candid, occasionally skeptical breakdown of a MAHA coalition's open letter demanding an mRNA vaccine ban.  
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  The Daily Herold: 9/25/26 - Skip on the Massive Driver's License Data Breach, Plus the Shipwreck Drama Finale 25.09.2026 1ó 14p

  Jon Herold brings back cybersecurity expert Skip from Patriot Protect to break down a massive breach exposing front and back photos of driver's licenses used for age verification at places like Hertz and Target, plus a chilling rundown of AI voice cloning scams targeting families. Jon then delivers what he hopes is his final word on the ongoing Twitter pile on accusing Badlands of being anti Trump over host Shipwreck's stance on voting, defending his hands off editorial philosophy and pointing out the hypocrisy of accusers who've said far more extreme things themselves. Other news includes the Supreme Court allowing expanded voter citizenship checks to continue, Trump and Xi's friendly White House summit covering trade and "superintelligence," an appeals court upholding the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic, and the Senate narrowly defeating a War Powers Resolution on Iran. Sponsor reads and a lively chat session round out a newsy, drama filled Friday show.  
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  The Choice S5E8: The Upper Room Part 2 25.09.2026 1ó 42p

  Ashe in America and Ghost close out Season 5 of The Chosen with the season finale, episode eight, and it is a big one, covering the Upper Room, the Last Supper, and the walk into Gethsemane. The hosts spend a lot of time on Thaddeus, an apostle they admit they never gave much thought to before, tracing his quiet, almost overlooked calling and why the show frames him as an example of faith without needing a dramatic reason to believe. They also break down the emotional weight of Jesus's final teachings to the disciples before everything changes, and a haunting vision involving Abraham and Isaac that lands as one of the most powerful moments of the episode. Expect plenty of scripture references, some fun tangents about their morning cacao routine, and honest reflection on how much ground this season managed to cover. It is a heavy, satisfying finale, and the hosts tease what is coming in Season 6 before signing off for their season recap next week.  
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  Badlands Daily: 9/25/26 - Ohio Citizenship Ruling, Sheriff Bianco Blocked & Trump Meets Xi 25.09.2026 1ó 56p

  CannCon and Chris Paul close out the week with a Sixth Circuit ruling on Ohio requiring proof of citizenship at the BMV, and a genuinely good discussion about whether asking someone to prove eligibility counts as the minimum information necessary or an undue burden. From there it is a long look at California's Supreme Court siding against Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco in his ballot seizure fight, a showdown between two elected officials that the hosts compare directly to Tina Peters and Jena Griswold. The back half heads overseas, with President Trump showing President Xi the wall of presidents, a Putin and Zelensky update tied to the G20 question, and a fascinating detour into the real history of the Lusitania. They also cover a Virginia software firm arrest with a Russian ownership twist.  
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  RattlerGator Report: 9/25/26 - GART 14 News, Midterm Debates and Moscow Watch 25.09.2026 1ó

  JB White kicks off football Friday with a GART 14 announcement, the next Badlands Media event landing in St Pete Beach in November, before wading into a heated internal debate playing out among Badlands content creators over voting and the midterms. He walks through posts from fellow hosts, pushes back hard on the idea that sitting out elections helps anyone, and lays out his own framework for cutting through what he calls the world of competing confusions. Along the way he plays a Moscow based commentator breaking down Russian state media coverage of a possible Trump Putin meeting, weighs in on the Greenland deal, and shares his read on how Trump's team is positioning future leadership. Expect strong opinions on Israel, NATO and why he thinks discernment matters more than ever right now. A few familiar sponsor reads round things out before he previews a big Gators weekend.  
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  Badlands Story Hour Ep. 186: Eagle Eye 25.09.2026 1ó 36p

  Chris Paul and Burning Bright revisit this 2008 Shia LaBeouf thriller, and both agree the movie itself is far from great even as its central concept lands eerily well from 2026. Expect a genuine appreciation for the film's prediction of an all powerful centralized AI system that manipulates the world through digitized objects, some pointed complaints about the shaky cam action filmmaking era it came from, and a real conversation about algorithmic control, epistemology, and why people arguing about elections might be missing the bigger picture entirely. There's a memorable riff on manufactured threats designed to scare people into compliance, plus some fun listener shoutouts and a debate about which underrated Gene Hackman movie deserves a rewatch. Stick around for next week's pick, a surprisingly conspiratorial Batman film that digs into information warfare more than you'd expect from a comic book movie.