Episodes
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Newsweek Radio Says Goodbye (And What's Next)
After nearly two years, millions of downloads, and more political absurdity than any one human should be subjected to, Jesse Edwards signs off on Newsweek Radio. A final look back at the experiment, what worked, what didn't, and why the future may lie beyond politics altogether.
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Aliens, God, Prayer & Stephen Spielberg
With Spielberg's new UFO film around the corner, Jesse reflects on the night a terrifying encounter in the Oregon woods left him questioning everything he thought he knew about aliens, prayer, consciousness, and God. Thirty years later, and facing the beginning of modern disclosure, one question...
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Big Brother Wants Control of Your Vehicle
Congress wants technology in your vehicle capable of monitoring behavior, detecting impairment, and potentially shutting your car down with a kill switch — all in the name of safety. But what happens when dumb tech becomes more dangerous than the people it’s trying to protect? Jesse dives into…
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Trump Is Cannibalizing Republicans Now
Grab a fork and knife, because MAGA has officially started cannibalizing Republicans now. One of Trump’s most loyal conservative senators just got politically eaten alive and replaced with scandal magnet Ken Paxton anyway — proving that in today’s GOP, agreeing with Trump isn’t enough anymore.…
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Consciousness Trumps Science & Religion
A cosmic thought experiment exploring the possibility that consciousness exists beyond the brain, and what that could mean for science, religion, politics, identity, artificial intelligence, and humanity itself. What if both science and religion have been mistaking the interface for the source…
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Did We Survive the Culture Wars?
American politics evolved into the very thing it was originally designed to resist. Will the silent middle majority finally push back, or continue surrendering the national conversation to the loudest extremists in the room?
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The Emperor Knows He’s Naked
The emperor has no clothes, and the strangest part is that he stopped trying to hide it years ago. Jesse Edwards explores Trump, Thomas Massie, the Epstein fallout, January 6 payouts, and the terrifying evolution of a post-shame political culture where corruption happens directly in front of the...
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Thomas Massie vs. The Empire
A tourist attacks an endangered monk seal in Hawaii, while Trump attacks endangered Thomas Massie in Kentucky. These stories are not related exactly, but do they need to be?
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We’re All Going to Die, Rotisserie Chickens Fly Free
Near-death experiences, existential dread, simulation theory, and a brief reminder that rotisserie chickens remain fully compliant with federal aviation guidelines.
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One Bad Chicken Wing Away From the Presidency
Gas prices rise, Congress dilutes the fuel supply, Trump keeps aging in dog years, and JD Vance remains one bad chicken wing away from the presidency. Happy Friday.
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The Price is Wrong, Mitch. Go To Bed.
America’s political leadership continues its slow public decomposition as Mitch McConnell stumbles through another painful Senate moment while Donald Trump fires the staffer who accidentally reminded everyone the meeting wasn’t over yet. From there, the conversation spirals into taxes…
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The White House Ballroom Casino
Democrats publicly condemn Trump’s White House ballroom project while quietly taking money from many of the same donor networks surrounding it, exposing the permanent political ecosystem operating beneath America’s manufactured partisan warfare.
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Then They Built a Golden Statue of Him
A Florida pastor unveils a giant golden statue of Donald Trump and then calls it blasphemy to suggest Christians might be crossing the line into idolatry. Welcome to the golden age of political religion.
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Trump is Liberalism Personified
Tonight’s episode begins with what may be the best lineup of the season on Real Time with Bill Maher featuring John Fetterman, Dan Crenshaw, and Donna Brazile before spiraling into a much bigger question: what if Donald Trump was never truly a conservative at all? Jesse Edwards explores the...
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Trump Evangelicals and the Polling Delusion
Trump’s evangelical support may be slipping slightly in the polls, but modern polling has become more guesswork than science. Jesse Edwards explores why Americans no longer trust institutions, each other, or even their own political identities.
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Trump’s UFO Disclosure and the Crisis of Faith
Today’s show goes far beyond politics into something stranger. Jesse Edwards explores a simple question. If UFO disclosure is enough to shake your faith in the almighty creator, did you have more faith in religion than you did in God?
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The Redundancy of Redistricting by Race
Redistricting congressional districts by race is like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. This is about a system that builds divisions along race, gender, and religion and calls it representation.
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Will Dems Tear Down Trump's Ballroom?
A simple question about Trump's ballroom reveals a deeper problem in Washington.
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King Trump’s Gold-Plated Touch
Trump is selling failure as success, from gold accents in the White House to big talk overseas that doesn’t match reality. As costs rise and promises fade, when does the performance stop working for the supporters still holding on?
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We’ve Mistaken Politics for Identity
People aren’t responding to what you say, they’re responding to who they think you are. This is how politics became identity. My latest at Newsweek: The Trump Staged Shooting Conspiracies Need to Stop https://www.newsweek.com/the-trump-staged-shooting-conspiracies-need-to-stop-opinion-11881629
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The Trump Staged Shooting Conspiracies Need to Stop
Within minutes of the Correspondents’ Dinner shooting, people on both sides were calling it staged. Where that instinct comes from and why it does not pass the out loud test. The opinion article: The Trump Staged Shooting Conspiracies Need to Stop...
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Welcome to the Post-Trump Era
The post-Trump era is already here, but the same behavior, the same tactics, and the same abuse of power are now available to whoever comes next.
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Controlling the Voice of the Opposition
What if the voice coming from the other side isn’t really theirs? From money to messaging, the whole thing starts to feel less like a fight and more like something manufactured, until it’s hard to tell who’s being serious and who isn't.
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Former CIA Claims Military Stopped Trump Nuke Order
A former CIA officer claims a military general blocked a nuclear order involving Donald Trump and Iran. Should we believe him?
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Crony Capitalism and the Return of McCarthyism
Banning ideas will not save your system, and if you have to silence the competition, you have already lost the argument.
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Uncle Sam Automated the Draft, Palantir Enters the Room
If you can be automatically registered for the draft, you can be automatically drafted. Uncle Sam isn't asking nicely anymore.
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Stick a Fork in Social Security Already
The system is already paying out more than it takes in, the math is collapsing, and the promises aren’t going to hold. If the money’s gone, stop pretending and stop taking more.
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UFO Disclosure Already Came and Went
UFO disclosure didn’t fail, it already happened. The evidence is out there, the government has admitted more than you think, and most people still refuse to see it.
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The MAGA Trump Divorce, Six Months Later
The MAGA–Trump divorce is no longer a theory, it’s happening in real time as the very voices that built him into a legend have already turned on him.
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Let Us Forgive Our Idiot President
Letting go of the hate might be the only way to strip Trump of power, but that doesn’t mean forgetting what he’s done or pretending any of this is normal.
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Melania Betrays Trump Over Epstein
Melania drops a surprise Epstein statement and flips the board. It’s not what she said, it’s what she didn’t say. She clears herself and leaves Trump out of it, and he admits he was blindsided. Not unity. This was a public extraction, and the fallout is just getting started.
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Stop Blaming Jews for Trump’s Iran/Epstein Fail
While the conspiracy right blames Jews for everything, Melania suddenly revives Epstein out of nowhere with a bizarre statement nobody was asking for.
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Trump Chickens Out, Iran Ceasefire Collapses
Trump declares victory as the Iran ceasefire collapses in real time. Now the people who spent years propping him up—like Megyn Kelly and Alex Jones—are acting stunned by the chaos they helped create.
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Save Us JD Vance, You're Our Only Hope!
A reality check on the 25th Amendment fantasy and why removing Trump is far less likely than people think. A breakdown of the promises that never showed up, the chaos that did, and the uncomfortable truth that if anything changes, it would have to come from inside his own circle. All eyes,...
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Trump Fires Bondi: Welcome to the Post-Trump Era
Pam Bondi is gone and the unraveling feels familiar. When pressure hits, Trump eats his own, and this time it might signal something bigger. Allies are peeling off, markets are reacting, and even loyalists like Alex Jones are done with him. Welcome to the post-Trump era.
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You Can Thank Trump for Pain at the Pump
Gas prices spike, tensions rise, and Trump’s Iran gamble starts hitting Americans where it hurts. From the pump to the battlefield, this one connects the dots, plus a quick update as the Supreme Court hears arguments on his push to end birthright citizenship with early signs of skepticism. Buckle...
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JD Vance Says UFOs & Aliens Are "Demons"
JD Vance says UFOs might be demons while Washington dangles $3K checks like we’ll forget everything else. We get into both and why the real story is way stranger than either side wants to admit. UFO Story: https://art19.com/shows/newsweek-radio/episodes/22a315c0-4ef8-4f33-b4d2-1647033205ad/embed
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Grandpa Trump Can’t Stop Taking Cognitive Tests
Trump is bragging about cognitive tests again. At what point do we take the keys away from Grandpa? The conservative crowd at CPAC sure seems to think it's time!
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Trump Rewards Bill Maher with a Kennedy Center Prize
Bill Maher gets cozy with Trump as a Kennedy Center award lands in his lap while UFC fights hit the White House lawn. This is how the game works now.
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Trump Cashes In While Questioning Your Citizenship
Someone is cashing in on perfectly timed trades before major decisions, and nobody is asking questions. Instead, you’re being told to prove you belong under the SAVE Act.
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Trump Is Controlled by Anyone Who Kisses His Ass
Trump isn’t controlled by Russia, the Saudis, or the Jews. He’s controlled by anyone willing to kiss his ass. As his war with Iran ramps up and costs keep rising, guess who ends up paying for it. (Hint: it’s you.) At this rate, we’re going to need UFOs to intervene.
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Trump’s Big TACO & TSA on ICE
Trump threatens Iran, then shows his big TACO. TSA can’t keep up, so ICE steps in. It only gets weirder from here folks!
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BREAKING: Huckabee Sanders Kicked Out of Restaurant
A restaurant kicks out Sarah Sanders, and suddenly the “right to refuse service” doesn’t feel so simple. If you open your doors to the public, you serve the public, because the rules you create don’t stay one-sided for long. This is what happens when the culture war leaves the internet and get's...
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Vance Is Stuck Between Trump and Thiel
JD Vance is trying to play both sides on Trump’s Iran move, but the cracks are already showing. I break down the clip, the contradictions, and why this balancing act between MAGA and Murica’ First doesn’t hold. At some point, something gives and Vance might end up being Trump’s worst enemy.
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Trump Answers to Putin, Not Israel
A longtime Trump loyalist cracks and says what others won’t, and suddenly the blame game shifts to Israel. But that story falls apart fast. This episode follows the money, the history, and the pattern that’s been hiding in plain sight for decades, arguing that if there’s any influence at all, it...
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Iran Destroyed the Trump-Vance Bromance
Trump casually admits J.D. Vance wasn’t thrilled about the Iran strikes, and that one line may reveal a quiet political chess move underway. If Trump’s gamble fractures MAGA over another Middle East conflict, Vance is positioning himself to say he saw the problem coming all along.
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Oh Lawd, They Comin’ for Gay Marriage Next
We begin with the uniquely American experience of trying to understand Melania Trump through her thick accent as she promotes her latest vanity film. From there Jesse dives into new state efforts to challenge the Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage ruling, and the bigger question behind it all: the...
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CPAC Lines Up to Kiss Trump’s Ass
CPAC once stood for conservative principles. Now it looks more like a loyalty test for Donald Trump. As grifters and scandal-plagued freaks take the stage, one of the most consistently conservative voices in Congress, Thomas Massie, finds himself targeted for refusing to play along.
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Trump Doctrine is Bush Doctrine Without the Foreplay
Trump insists the war with Iran is both over and still happening at the same time, declaring victory while hinting the fight is just getting started. Sound familiar? From Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” moment to Trump’s version of permanent maybe-war, the pattern of claiming success before the…
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Iran Will Drag This War Out Longer Than Trump
Trump may think he can bomb Iran, declare “mission accomplished,” and move on. But this conflict could drag on long after he’s gone. First Venezuela, now Iran, and talk of Cuba next, a steady chain of crises that keeps attention far away from the Epstein files.
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