Ep. 100!!! 2026 Predictions Update w/The Daily Whatever!

The Opinionated Ogre Podcast is 100% listener-supported. Please help us continue to inform/amuse/outrage you by becoming a supporting subscriber today for only $5 a month or just $50 a year (a 17% discount!)! If not, it’s all good. Welcome to the Ogre Nation anyway!The OgPod turns 100…episodes old! To celebrate this astonishing milestone (astonishing because you’re still listening to us!), we have an extra special (and extra long) show for you with special guests and everything!Come join the Ogre Nation Conversation, and here’s to another 100 episodes!Thank you for coming back every week. You, our beloved (and supernaturally attractive) audience is why we do this, and we absolutely love you for it! 🥰🥰🥰0:00 - 36:42 The longest opening ever goes completely off the rails with Lawrence Winnerman and Dana DuBois from The Daily Whatever Show! A far-ranging casual conversation about the states we live in, chocolate, J.K. Rowling, American racism/fascism, Dana and Lawrence’s substacks, AI in the workplace, the AI bubble, and the economy. Yowzer!Ogre Nation Midyear Prediction Update!36:42 - 43:08 The regime is going to lash out in desperation, but there are a lot of roadblocks to their plan for a permanent authoritarian takeover.43:09 - 50:34 The 2026 midterms are going to be a total wipeout for the fascist fucks of the GOP, no matter how hard they try to cheat. 50:35 - 58:27 The economy is collapsing, and 2026 is almost certainly going to see major disruptions on par with (but probably worse than) 2008-2009. Lawrence digs deep on this one.58:28 - 1:01:47 The No Kings protests will pass 10-15 million, causing the regime to panic and push more people into the streets to protest.1:01:48 - 1:06:39 ICE will reach new depths of violence and depravity.1:06:40 - 1:15:41 The Anti-Israeli movement and the legacy press will be used to whitewash Republican Nazis1:15:42 - 1:18:49 Trump’s declining health and cognitive collapse will be impossible to hide.1:18:50 - 1:21:50 JD Vance will ramp up his campaign to be Trump’s successor, and that won’t go well. At all.1:21:51 - 1:27:41 The Epstein files will only become a bigger and uglier scandal.1:27:42 - 1:33:13 Corporate America is going to rediscover its love of democracy and diversity as the regime stumbles and fails.1:33:14 - 1:51:00 Self-care of the WeekThe Unedited Hotmess Livestream! Get full access to The Opinionated Ogre at opinionatedogre.substack.com/subscribe