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We Need Nuclear NOW & Grindr Union Goes Wild | PIRATE WIRES EP#14 🏴‍☠️ Sep 15, 2023

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EPISODE FOURTEEN: This week, the Pirate Wires crew is joined by Grant Dever, who makes the White Pill case for Nuclear Energy. Grant makes the case for nuclear and how we are making progress in the United States and around the world. Also on this episode, the Grindr Union that caused half the staff to be laid off, Zoomers Demand Work From Home, Memory Hole-ing of the insane C*vid policies, and the obsessive nature of the Trump Derangement Syndrome crowd.

Featuring Mike Solana, Grant Dever, River Page, Sanjana Friedman

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Topics Discussed:

https://www.piratewires.com/p/ca-senate-appropriations-approves-ab316 Pirate Wires Twitter: https://twitter.com/PirateWires

Mike Twitter: https://twitter.com/micsolana

Grant Twitter: https://twitter.com/grantadever

River Twitter: https://twitter.com/river_is_nice

Sanjana Twitter: https://twitter.com/metaversehell

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Intro

0:40 - Welcome Grant Dever To The Show!

2:18 - The Grindr Union - How Their Demands Caused Half The Staff To Be Laid Off

12:00 - Do Zoomers Believe In The Entitlement To Work From Home?

17:25 - C*vid Was Crazy - The Memory Holing Is Almost Crazier

28:30 - Nuclear Energy - The White Pill Case

38:10 - TDS - They Secretly LOVE Him

48:25 - More Nuclear White Pill

59:15 - Sanjana Gives Us The Report From Observing California State Legislative Session - A Form Of Torture?!

1:06:50 - Progress In Nuclear - What Lies Ahead

1:11:29 - Thanks For Watching! Follow Grant Online! Pirate Wires Pod Every Friday!!

TRAPPED at Burning Man! & Elon Musk vs. ADL | PIRATE WIRES EP# 13 🏴‍☠️ Sep 08, 2023

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EPISODE THIRTEEN: In this episode, Liv Boeree joins the show to give us an on the ground, in depth report, about what really happened at Burning Man. People Trapped? Many Deaths? EBOLA?! Or maybe none of that at all. We'll also get into Elon Musk suing the ADL and the history of the group. Then we discuss Time Magazine's ridiculous cover of the top 100 in AI and Solana & Liv get into a debate around AI.

Featuring Mike Solana , Brandon Gorrell, River Page, Liv Boeree

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Topics Discussed:

https://www.piratewires.com/p/rage-against-the-wooden-man Pirate Wires Twitter: https://twitter.com/PirateWires

Mike Twitter: https://twitter.com/micsolana

Brandon Twitter: https://twitter.com/brandongorrell

River Twitter: https://twitter.com/river_is_nice

Liv Twitter: https://twitter.com/Liv_Boeree TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro

0:35 - Welcome Liv To The Pod!

1:10 - What ACTUALLY Happened At Burning Man?

34:10 - Elon Musk vs. ADL

54:45 - Time Magazine Top 100 In AI Cover

1:00:00 - Solana And Liv Debate AI

1:22:10 - Follow Liv On Social Media! See You Next Week! Pirate Wires Podcast Every Friday

Moon Should Be A State & California Doom Loop | PIRATE WIRES EP#12 🏴‍☠️ Sep 01, 2023

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EPISODE TWELVE: John Coogan returns to the pod to join Solana in his mission to make Moon a state. We discuss how crazy it is that the U.S. never took control of Moon after successfully landing on it. Also on this episode, how billionaires and Prop C ruined San Fransisco, billionaires now leaving SF due to the homeless crises, and California's new city that the NYT can't seem to comprehend.

Featuring Mike Solana, John Coogan, Brandon Gorrell, Sanjana Friedman

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Topics Discussed:

https://twitter.com/johncoogan/status/1696686230141043170

https://www.piratewires.com/p/doom-loop

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Mike Twitter: https://twitter.com/micsolana

Brandon Twitter: https://twitter.com/brandongorrell

Sanjana Twitter: https://twitter.com/metaversehell

John Twitter: https://twitter.com/johncoogan

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:00:30 - Welcome Back To The Pod! John Coogan Is Back!

0:01:57 - Moon Should Be A U.S. State

0:17:00 - Prop C Ruined San Francisco - Billionaires Like Marc Benioff Are To Blame - Homelessness Is Worse Than Every

0:46:50 - Forever California - A New City - The Press Predictably Melts Down Over It

0:59:35 - Industrial Cities

01:02:35 - Thanks For Watching! Follow On X - See You Next Week! Pirate Wires Podcast Every Friday!

WTF Is Happening In Canada?! & Meet "The Rainmaker" | PIRATE WIRES EP#11 🏴‍☠️ Aug 25, 2023

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EPISODE ELEVEN: The Pirate Wires staff welcomes "Rainmaker" CEO Augustus Dorickoto to brainstorm possible reasons the entire country of Canada seems to have gone insane, why American culture is one of decline (and how to fix that), geo-engineering, and Augustus' cloud seeding company Rainmaker.

Featuring Mike Solana , Brandon Gorrell, River Page, Augustus Doricko

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Topics Discussed:

https://www.theindustry.pw/p/pay-me-mark-zuckerberg https://www.whitepill.pw/p/the-rainmaker

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Mike Twitter: https://twitter.com/micsolana

Brandon Twitter: https://twitter.com/brandongorrell

River Twitter: https://twitter.com/river_is_nice

Augustus Twitter: https://twitter.com/ADoricko TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro

0:30 - Welcome Augustus To The Pod! CEO of Rainmaker

1:00 - Blame Canada - WTH Is Going On?!

13:45 - The Dumbest Country On The Planet??

21:40 - How The Rain Is Mishandled By Government

36:15 - No Progress

40:30 - How America Can Progress Forward - Give Us Back Our Moon!

42:30 - How We Can Control The Weather

48:50 - Cloud Seeding

1:04:45 - The Truth About Castro

1:05:05 - Check Out The Full Interview With Augustus On White Pill

1:05:25 - See You Next Week! Pirate Wires Podcast Every Friday!

Snow White Went Woke & Plane Lady Isn't Real?! | PIRATE WIRES EP#10 Aug 19, 2023

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EPISODE TEN: The Pirate Wires staff joins Solana this week to discuss Rachel Zegler/ Snow White, whether or not that plane lady is real, the SF homelessness crisis, and some depressing developments in the Maui wildfire story

Featuring Mike Solana, Brandon Gorrell, River Page, Sanjana Friedman

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Topics Discussed:

https://www.piratewires.com/p/san-francisco-homeless-ticking-time-bomb Pirate Wires Twitter: https://twitter.com/PirateWires

Mike Twitter: https://twitter.com/micsolana

Brandon Twitter: https://twitter.com/brandongorrell

River Twitter: https://twitter.com/river_is_nice

Sanjana Twitter: https://twitter.com/metaversehell TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Coming Up..

0:30 - Welcome Back To The Pod

!3:30 - Snow White Controversy

20:00 - Plane Lady Revealed, Issues An Apology.. But Is She Real??

32:54 - SF Homelessness - Deep Dive Into Sanjana's Report

53:30 - Maui Fire Corruption - State Official Refused To Release Water?!

1:03:50 - Check Out Solana's Interview With Peter Thiel!

1:04:08 - See You Next Week!

Military Defense Has Taken Over The Tech Industry | PIRATE WIRES EP#9 Aug 11, 2023

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EPISODE NINE: In this episode, Mike is joined by John Coogan and the Founder of Anduril Trae Stephens. We discuss the history of defense companies, how the tech startup Anduril became a player in the defense industry, the shift in opinion working with the government, and what the future of tech defense holds.

Featuring Mike Solana , John Coogan, Trae Stephens.

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Topics Discussed:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI4l-o4AcHs&t=1s&ab_channel=JohnCoogan Pirate Wires Twitter: https://twitter.com/PirateWires

Mike Twitter: https://twitter.com/micsolana

John Twitter: https://twitter.com/johncoogan

Trae Twitter: https://twitter.com/traestephens TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro

0:25 - Welcome John & Trae to the show! Preview of John's documentary on YT - Link in Description

2:55 - History Of Defense Companies

8:35 - What Does The Defense Industry Look Like Today?

12:40 - Competing With The Big Companies As A Startup

21:15 - Talking To Congress

23:20 - Will There Be New Players In The Space?

26:30 - Changes At Founders Fund To Accommodate Anduril

28:30 - Project Maven

37:15 - Tech Industry Has Zero Power In San Francisco

40:15 - The Dream Team Needed To Make Anduril A Success

45:45 - What's Next For Defense Industry?

51:30 - Go Watch John's Documentary on YouTube! And Follow John & Trae On Twitter (X)

51:50 - See You Next Week! Pirate Wires Podcast Every Friday!! #defense #tech #defenseindustry #lockheedmartin #boeing #war #anduril

There's A War On Self Driving Cars | PIRATE WIRES EP#8 Aug 03, 2023

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EPISODE EIGHT: The battle of self driving rages on. While companies like Waymo are producing their highest safety scores, politicians & unions are actively fighting to create anti-self driving propaganda. We review Sanjana's article "Labor’s Shadow War With Self-Driving Cars" and Lee Edwards joins us to break down all of the clown world discourse.

Featuring Mike Solana, Brandon Gorrell, Sanjana Friedman and special guest Lee Edwards

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Topics Discussed:

https://www.piratewires.com/p/labors-shadow-war-self-driving-cars

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Mike Twitter: https://twitter.com/micsolana

Brandon Twitter: https://twitter.com/brandongorrell

Sanjana Twitter: https://twitter.com/metaversehell

Lee Twitter: https://twitter.com/terronk TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro

0:30 - Welcome Lee Edwards To The Pod!

2:18 - Everything Self Driving Cars - Trolling & Discourse

5:25 - Sanjana's Article On Pirate Wires On Self Driving Cars

10:30 - The True Stats On Waymo Safety

18:00 - Traffic Fatalities In SF

19:15 - The People Involved In Anti-Self Driving Policies

22:20 - Why Do Unions Hate Self Driving?

29:30 - Gaslighting

31:10 - How The SF Fire Chief Is Involved

34:50 - How Unions Control Everything

41:45 - Apology

47:00 - Scooter Ban - Why Do Politicians Ruin Everything Good

51:30 - Response To Our Article

54:00 - ESG Lies and Racist Undertones

58:20 - Self Driving Isn't Going Anywhere

58:45 - Follow Lee On Social Media - PW Podcast Every Friday!! See You Next Week

Thank God For The Atom Bomb | PIRATE WIRES EP#7 Jul 24, 2023

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EPISODE FOUR: In this episode, Mike is joined by Kmele Foster and Trae Stephens. We break down the movie Oppenheimer, the aftermath of dropping nuclear weapons, and the discourse surrounding the film.

Featuring Mike Solana , Kmele Foster, Trae Stephens

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Kmele Twitter: https://twitter.com/kmele

Trae Twitter: https://twitter.com/traestephens

TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro - Welcome Kmele & Trae

1:48 - SPOILER ALERT If You Don't Know The Ending To WWII

2:25 - Christopher Nolan's Past Movies We Liked

3:23 - Review Of Oppenheimer

13:30 - Creating A Doomsday Device To End All Wars

20:13 - Controversy Around The Name Oppenheimer - Accountability For Actions - We're Missing This Today

29:20 - Famous Physicist Who Worked On Manhattan Project

32:45 - McCarthyism

35:32 - Was The Movie Too Pessimistic?

38:00 - No Nuclear Bombs Have Been Dropped After WWII

39:18 - "Thank God For The Atom Bomb" - Why We Needed To Drop The Nuke

55:23 - Preventing Other Countries From Getting Atom Bombs

56:52 - What's More Dangerous? Dropping The Nuke or Not?

59:50 - Depravity For The American Project

1:03:58 - No One Wants War

1:05:00 - Thanks For Joining For This Special Episode! Pirate Wires Podcast Every Friday!

Based and Microchipped: How RFK Took Over Politics | PIRATE WIRES EP#6 Jul 21, 2023

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EPISODE SIX: In this Episode, Mike & River are joined by Liz Wolfe from Reason. Liz has been deep into uncovering everything about Robert F. Kennedy's rise in the 2024 presidential election. We discuss his ascension, media censorship, where he's right about vaccines and where he goes way off the rails, why people are seeking alternative candidates, and if he's a viable candidate for the Democratic Party. Featuring Mike Solana ,River Page, and Liz Wolfe Subscribe to Pirate Wires: https://www.piratewires.com/ Topics Discussed: https://reason.com/video/2023/06/29/rfk-jr-the-reason-interview/ Pirate Wires Twitter: https://twitter.com/PirateWires Mike Twitter: https://twitter.com/micsolana River Twitter: https://twitter.com/river_is_nice Liz Twitter: https://twitter.com/LizWolfeReason TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro - Welcome Liz Wolfe To The Show! 2:10 - Liz and Reason's YT Video on RFK - The Backlash Liz Has Faced 10:30 - Rewriting History - 2020 Lockdown Gaslighters 13:45 - RFK's Real Stance On V**cines 18:30 - Claims On Autism, Xanax, Child V**cinations 26:35 - Media Censorship 35:45 - RFK's Actual Political Stances As A Democratic Candidate 41:09 - The Church River Was Raised In 44:25 - Why Is RFK's Anti-Establishment Message Resonating? C*vid Aftermath & Dems Losing Liberals 48:20 - Where RFK Loses The Plot - Conspiracy Sloppiness 53:00 - Immigration 55:55 - Final Thoughts On RFK - Why He's Compelling & Why People Are Seeking Alternatives 57:54 - See You Next Friday! Go Follow Liz and Watch Reason's Video On RFK - Link In Description

A Fiery, But Mostly Peaceful Conversation About The Media | PIRATE WIRES EP#5 Jul 14, 2023

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EPISODE FIVE: On this week's Pirate Wires Podcast, Mike is joined by Kmele Foster and Ben Smith to discuss the death of new media. We get into the unrealized hope for new media, how Trump changed the media landscape, "disagreements" over mostly peaceful protestors, the death of BuzzFeed and straightening of the New York Times, and the future of the media. Featuring Mike Solana , Kmele Foster, Ben Smith Subscribe to Pirate Wires: https://www.piratewires.com/ Topics Discussed: New Media Is Dead: https://www.piratewires.com/p/new-media-is-dead-long-live-new-media Pirate Wires Twitter: https://twitter.com/PirateWires Mike Twitter: https://twitter.com/micsolana Kmele Twitter: https://twitter.com/kmele Ben Twitter: https://twitter.com/semaforben TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro - Welcome Kmele & Ben To The Show!

3:15 - The Death Of New Media - What Went Wrong??

10:50 - How Subscription Services Took Over

14:10 - How To Build Subscriptions, Homogenization Of Everything1

5:15 - Trump & Facebook - Is FB To Blame?

23:00 - How Trump Changed Everything

26:50 - Daily Wire's Rise, NYT Dominance

28:00 - Elon Takes Over Twitter - Future Of Twitter

34:00 - Will Threads Succeed?

35:30 - Censorship On Twitter (C*ovid, H**ter B*d*en)

41:00 - Jan 6th & Riots

45:00 - The Future Of Media - Fragmentation of Media

53:50 - Will Mike & Kmele Be Future Writers For The NYT?!