Regilio v. Everything

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Every week, America takes another step toward the abyss. Did you ever imagine so many of our fellow citizens would sprint for the edge? Neither did we. Welcome to Trump’s Terrible 75th Week @michaelregilio 

Every week, America takes another step toward the abyss. Did you ever imagine so many of our fellow citizens would sprint for the edge? Neither did we. Welcome to Trump’s terrible 74th week. @michaelregilio 

Regilio v. Everything is a comedy and current events podcast hosted by two comedians who approach the week’s biggest stories with skepticism, sarcasm, and a healthy disregard for sacred cows. From politics and culture wars to science, technology, and the occasional absurd scandal, no topic is off limits. This week, Michael and Travis discuss Trump’s latest self-comparison to history’s most notorious rulers, Nazis accidentally showing up at a Christian nationalist conference, a literacy event derailed by a spelling error, new research on vaccines and public health, alleged corruption surrounding the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Peter Thiel’s secretive Dialog society, Elon Musk’s growing influence in government and AI, controversies in youth sports, SpaceX environmental lawsuits, and the White House’s latest Epstein files headache. It’s news, politics, and human stupidity filtered through the perspective of two comedians trying to make sense of an increasingly ridiculous world. @michaelregilio 

A Turning Point USA speaker defends witch trials. America’s refugee program admits virtually nobody except white South Africans.We also cover the rise of “Chud the Builder” from racist livestreamer to alleged attempted murderer and far-right martyr, Elon Musk becoming the world’s first trillionaire, a new fight over mail ballots, a meth arrest inside a Republican presidential campaign, the mystery of Trump’s “Made in America” phone @michaelregilio 

He stormed the Capitol on January 6. He says he’s still a Proud Boy. He spent years behind bars and emerged more convinced than ever that he was right. I sat down with Jon Mellis for a spirited, civil, and fascinating conversation about January 6, prison, political extremism, Trump, pardons, and whether America can survive when two sides can’t even agree on what happened. You won’t be bored with this one. With many issues left on the table, we’ve already decided to do a Part Two. Stay tuned. @michaelregilio 

An atheist and a Christian sit down for a respectful conversation about faith, doubt, and the biggest questions in life. Pastor Michael Seale tries to convince me to open my heart to Jesus. I explain why I remain unconvinced. We disagree on almost everything, but manage to have a thoughtful and friendly conversation. @michaelregilio 

Michael Regilio and Travis Clyburn discuss, demons disguised as UFOs. A gubernatorial candidate calling for Islam to be banned. A January 6 rioter landing a Pentagon job. A Trump-connected energy deal worth more than a billion dollars. New questions about Jeffrey Epstein, Michael Flynn, Bill Pulte, federal purges, and who is getting rich from White House donor projects. @michaelregilio 

Trump’s Worst Week Yet: Corruption, Crime, and a Very Strange Sex SeminarTrump tries to put his face on a $250 bill, a judge blocks his Kennedy Center vanity project, corruption scandals keep piling up, and Republican officials face disturbing criminal allegations. Plus, a dog shoots a woman with a shotgun, and we wrap things up with one of the strangest stories you’ll hear all week involving circumcision and tantric sex seminars. Chaos, corruption, and comedy from start to finish. @michaelregilio 

This week on Regilio v. Everything, comedian Michael Regilio and Mormon guest host Seth Lawrence dive into a week so corrupt, bizarre, and dystopian it sounds fake. Trump’s DOJ unveils a $1.8 billion “weaponization” payout fund tied to Jan. 6 figures and political allies while judges openly question whether the whole scheme is constitutional. We cover re-arrested Capitol rioters, billion-dollar Epstein money trails, vape industry donations, PFAS poison in drinking water, and the growing collapse of ethics oversight in Washington. Plus, an atheist and a Mormon argue religion, morality, and whether any of this madness can still be explained by human beings acting rationally. @michaelregilio 

Michael Regilio and TTravis Clyburn Discuss how Trump’s former lawyer gets warned to stay away from Trump investigations while Trump himself sues the government he controls for $10 billion. We cover the president’s massive Big Tech stock trades, Nvidia’s cozy China connections, Trump’s attacks on public lands and environmental protections, Christian nationalism going mainstream at Rededicate 250, and the administration now treating leftists and trans people like national security threats. Plus somehow a right wing penile implant doctor is helping lead federal health briefings.  @michaelregilio 

From Secret Service scandals and billion dollar war profiteering to UFO disclosures, evangelical apocalypse politics and the expanding chaos surrounding Trump world, Regilio v. Everything connects the dots between corruption, propaganda, conspiracy culture and the slow unraveling of reality itself. A darkly funny, relentlessly skeptical dive into the stories shaping America’s increasingly surreal political moment. Michael Regilio and Travis Clyburn host. @michaelregilio 

It’s all connected.Hosts Michael Regilio and Travis Clyburn discuss: A new kind of school teaching Christian nationalist women to submit to their husbands. Trump’s phone scam. Epstein secrets. Melania’s past and more. @michaelregilio 

Michael Regilio and Travis Clyburn discuss Trump, war, corruption, Big Oil, Epstein, the Supreme Court, AI propaganda, military purges, denaturalization, and the media billionaires lining up for power. RVE: because the news is insane, and somehow still real. @michaelregilio 

Tuesday Thomas is a Los Angeles–based comedian, actress, and producer known for her dark, boundary-pushing style and sharp character work. A trans performer and longtime outsider voice, she’s built a reputation through stand-up, sketch writing, and her comedy special Tuesday’s Trash. She’s been featured on VH1, MTV, E!, and BBC, and performs regularly at major clubs like The Comedy Store and Laugh Factory.  @michaelregilio 

Melania. Tulsi. Impeachment. Corporations. Crypto. Explained, questioned, and occasionally laughed at It's The Weekly Roundup on RVE @michaelregilio 

Michael Regilio and Travis Clyburn coverA pardoned January 6 defendant launches a governor run, Epstein questions get buried, and trillions shift to the military while domestic programs get slashed. At the same time, insiders appear to bet on war before it happens, vaccine data gets delayed, and new legal arguments could let presidents keep secrets forever. @michaelregilio 

Michael Regilio and Travis Clyburn cut through faith, power, and corruption, taking on religion in science, racism and self dealing at the Pentagon, Trump’s global strongman alliances, immigration cruelty, corrupt pardons, and the ongoing rot surrounding January 6 and MAGA extremism. @michaelregilio 

Matt Campbell, a 9/11 victim’s brother, is taking his fight for answers to the UK Supreme Court. We clash over controlled demolition, but agree there are still unanswered questions.find Matt at x.com/mattcampbell911 & ic911.org  @michaelregilio 

Michael Regilio and Travis Clyburn cover another terrible week of Donald Trump Raccoon mutilation, insider trading vibes, hacked FBI emails, Epstein evidence mysteriously shredded, and a government that somehow keeps getting worse. @michaelregilio 

Javier Javier said he wasn't going to vote for Trump but changed his mind for the strangest reason I've ever heard. Javier Javier and Matthew Robinson join Regilio v Everything for a crazy discussion between Left, Right and Fence Sitter. @michaelregilio 

The system isn’t broken… it’s working exactly as Trump wishes. Michael Regilio and Travis Clyburn expose how IRS crackdowns on the ultrawealthy mysteriously collapsed, how a near Iran peace deal fell apart right before war exploded, and how billions magically appear for war while healthcare and education get labeled “too expensive.” Then it gets darker. From cult psychology and “thought-stopping” to billionaires like Peter Thiel trying to rewrite philanthropy and flirt with apocalyptic ideology, to Trump allies helping a convicted disinformation source and possibly weaponizing federal agencies for personal vendettas… And just when you think it can’t get worse… New Epstein documents blow a hole in one of Trump’s biggest lies. This episode connects the dots between power, propaganda, and how close we are to something a lot more dangerous than people realize. @michaelregilio 

Today on the podcast, I’m joined by Frank Spring for a deep dive into the psychology of belief. We explore the neuroscience behind why facts and evidence often fail to change minds, particularly among Trump supporters, and how identity and emotion shape what people accept as truth. We also get into the growing anxiety around artificial intelligence, and why voters across the spectrum are both fascinated and fearful of what’s coming next. @michaelregilio 

Michael Regilio and Travis Clyburn discuss a pardoned January 6 rioter who allegedly tries to meet a 15 year old in an online sting.College Republicans and Turning Point chapters get caught up in Nazi rhetoric scandals.Trump family allies line up to profit from a booming drone war industry.A Holocaust documentary gets flagged as “DEI” by a DOGE bro.New Epstein documents surface involving Trump while Treasury still refuses to release key financial files.An FBI server tied to Epstein is accidentally left exposed online and hacked.Trump’s refugee program backfires as half the white South Africans brought here want to go home. @michaelregilio 

Michael Regilio and Travis Clyburn discuss racist group chats. Nazi memorabilia. A war with Iran. War profiteering bets. Missing Epstein files. And a Trump-pardoned Capitol rioter now serving life for child molestation. @michaelregilio 

First: why an AI giant won’t work with the U.S. military.Then: a radical idea to rebuild democracy itself.AI expert and Digital Democracy Project founder Ramon Perez joins me for a wide-ranging conversation about technology, power, and the future of government. @michaelregilio 

When scandal explodes and war ignites, it’s never random. Jason Pack, geopolitical analyst, Middle East expert, and author of Libya and the Global Enduring Disorder, joins me to unpack the chaos. He’s written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, and Foreign Policy. He's a Senior Analyst at the NATO Foundation and host of the geopolitics podcast Disorder. We break down Epstein, Iran, and why distraction, power, and enduring disorder may be more connected than you think. Strap in.Hear him here!Ep 168. How can Epstein’s victims get closure? With civil rights attorney Lisa Bloomhttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ep-168-how-can-epsteins-victims-get-closure-with-civil/id1706818264?i=1000750410278On Lord Mandelson, his Epstein connections, and how capitalism is the conspiracy within Epstein's network https://natoandtheged.substack.com/p/mandelson-arrested-the-olympics-of?utm_source=publication-search @michaelregilio 

Michael Regilio and Travis Clyburn discuss Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is under investigation over alleged misuse of taxpayer funds tied to a reported affair. The Pentagon is cutting off Ivy League programs, blasting campuses as ideological enemies. Kristi Noem’s lurid “cannibal” deportation story is now being called completely fabricated by federal officials. A nearly blind legal resident, Nurul Amin Shah Alam, was reportedly dropped at a closed shop in freezing weather and later found dead, as questions mount over ICE conduct. Trump’s surgeon general pick Casey Means faces backlash over lacking an active license and wavering on vaccines. Trump invoked emergency powers to shield glyphosate producers like Bayer, threatened to blacklist AI firm Anthropic over ethics limits, floated a “friendly takeover” of Cuba, and saw an Epstein photo of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick briefly disappear from DOJ files. Meanwhile, the Ellisons move closer to controlling a massive chunk of American media. @michaelregilio 

Zolal Habibi is an Iranian human rights activist and leading advocate for democracy and women’s rights. As a teenager, she lost her father, a political dissident executed in the 1988 massacre of political prisoners. For more than two decades, she has fought to expose those crimes and amplify the voices of dissidents inside Iran. With student protests rising again and global tensions escalating, this conversation is urgent. @michaelregilio 

Michael Regilio and Travis Clyburn discuss Airports renamed for Trump. A Russian dissident allegedly poisoned with exotic toxin. NYC rent freeze showdown. Mercury rules rolled back as AI energy demand spikes. A Cabinet spouse accused inside a federal building. ICE tied to a U.S. citizen’s death. Voter fraud panic crushed by the right’s own numbers. Wall Street betting on tariff refunds. Epstein files, missing records, Russian money, and a 100 million dollar warehouse flip. Even Prince Andrew’s future is in question. Power. Money. Paper trails. @michaelregilio 

Travis Clyburn and Michael Regilio break down the weeks news.Climate rules gutted. China surging on clean energy. AI plants burning gas. Tariffs hitting your wallet. ICE raids expanding. Epstein files exploding worldwide. This week felt like ten years of history in one episode. @michaelregilio 

Liz Bucar is a religious ethicist and professor of religion atNortheastern University, as well as a certified intenSati and Kripaluyoga instructor. Her popular writing has appeared in The Atlantic, theLos Angeles Times, Teen Vogue, and The Wall Street Journal, and she isthe author of four books, including the award-winning Stealing MyReligion and Pious Fashion. She lives in Brookline, Massachusetts. She joins Michael Regilio for this important conversation.  @michaelregilio 

Michael Regilio and Travis Clyburn discuss that the world is 85 seconds from midnight while Trump turns the presidency into a global cash machine, trading airports, crypto scams, foreign money, and unchecked power as democracy quietly bleeds out. Nuclear annihilation, authoritarian purges, ICE terror tactics, Epstein ghosts that refuse to stay buried, and a media system too numb to scream anymore, all collide in one episode that asks whether corruption won or just got bored hiding. @michaelregilio 

Michael Regilio and Travis Clyburn discuss Militarized ICE caught on body cam talking mass arrests and shipping in “less lethal” munitions Same ICE boss previously tied to a DHS discrimination settlement and racist hiring emails Trump admin quietly rolls out a $100 million ICE propaganda and influencer program targeting UFC fans, NASCAR crowds, gun shows, and podcasts “Paid protesters” was always a lie. Turns out it’s paid messaging Trump allies buying up election infrastructure while rebranding Dominion under a new name Nursing home execs donate millions to Trump PACs. Trump kills staffing rules. Seniors pay the price Trump officials secretly meet with far right Canadian separatists to destabilize an ally Trump, his sons, and Trump Org sue the IRS for $10 billion over leaked tax records Nepotism alert. New Fed chair pick tied directly to Trump donor royalty Trump commutes the prison sentence of a sitting Congressman’s son convicted of meth distribution Epstein files drop and DOJ exposes survivors by name And somehow Trump’s Commerce Secretary, billionaires, tech bros, and power players all just “accidentally” keep popping up in Epstein’s emails @michaelregilio 

Michael Regilio and Travis Clyburn cover Nazis chanting “Heil Hitler” in a Miami nightclub, a Supreme Court megadonor collecting Hitler memorabilia, federal removal of slavery exhibits, Elon Musk amplifying white grievance propaganda, Nazi street tactics and the psychology of fascism, political myth making about Cuba, interim prosecutors used to bypass Senate oversight, Social Security data accessed to overturn elections, technocracy ideology in Elon Musk’s family history, pardoned January 6 rioters charged with child abuse, altered White House propaganda images, ICE authorizing warrantless home entry, Trump’s self controlled Board of Peace, private testimony revealing GOP complicity, an ICE shooting contradicted by autopsy and video, vaccines made optional by ideology, and a UN warning that the world has entered water bankruptcy. @michaelregilio 

Michael Regilio and cohost Travis Clyburn discuss the fallout from an ICE shooting in Minneapolis, DHS using white nationalist coded media for recruitment, extremist rhetoric creeping into immigration courts and Republican politics, and how corruption, pardons, and influencer money are accelerating the slide toward open authoritarianism. @michaelregilio 

In this episode, I debate a Trump supporter about the killing of Renée Goode and what it reveals about propaganda, selective outrage, and the collapse of moral consistency.We walk through what actually happened, how facts get ignored when they challenge a narrative.This is not a shouting match, it's a civil discussion and a fair give-and-take between both sides. @michaelregilio 

This week, Michael Regilio is joined by guest co host Justin Lane for a rapid fire breakdown of a chaotic political moment. We cover California becoming drought free for the first time in 25 years, the Trump administration threatening national park visitors over altered passes featuring Donald Trump, and new data showing US job growth holding steady amid broader economic strain. We dig into a $10 billion taxpayer cost tied to Trump era federal workforce purges, escalating international backlash against Elon Musk’s X over AI generated sexual images, and the administration’s decision to withhold funding from needy families in Democratic led states under vague fraud claims. The conversation expands to Trump’s proposed $1.5 trillion military budget, threats involving Venezuela and Greenland, bipartisan concern over unchecked war powers, and growing scrutiny of DHS after an ICE officer killed a US citizen in Minnesota while officials rushed to push a false narrative.And of course we cover the murder of Renee Nicole Good. @michaelregilio 

Michael Regilio talks with Seth Andrews, host of The Thinking Atheist, about the rise of Christian nationalism, the decline of secularism, and why atheism appears to be losing ground in America. They examine how Trump era politics reshaped the religious right and what the future holds for reason, skepticism, and free inquiry. @michaelregilio 

Michael Regilio and cohost Ricardo Navas break down the latest Epstein file revelations and the political fallout from the release of Jack Smith’s deposition. From loyalty driven governance to ICE’s planned mass recruitment campaign, celebrity political clashes, and the normalization of authoritarian rhetoric.   @michaelregilio 

Michael Regilio, Travis Clyburn and Mary Kennedy break down President Donald J. Trump’s Christmas Day posts claiming a booming economy, defeated ISIS, and total innocence in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. US military strikes against ISIS linked militants, newly acknowledged DOJ disclosures involving Epstein co conspirators, and internal emails showing how the case was quietly managed behind the scenes.  @michaelregilio 

Michael Regilio and Travis Clyburn dig into a week of pardons for loyalists, punishment for states that resist, Epstein files in limbo, climate science dismantled, public health defunded and none of it is accidental. @michaelregilio 

Why did Donald Trump pardon Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras and a man convicted in a US court of trafficking massive quantities of cocaine? This episode argues the answer is - the end of democracy. Honduras became the testing ground for ZEDEs, private cities with no voting, no public courts, and no democratic accountability. These projects map directly onto the anti democracy ideas of tech philosopher Curtis Yarvin and were backed by powerful Silicon Valley figures, including Peter Thiel. When Honduras dismantled the ZEDE system, investors sued the country for billions. Now follow the money, the ideology, and the political pipeline from Honduras to Washington, including Thiel’s backing of JD Vance and Trump’s role in keeping this experiment alive. This is not about capitalism. It is about post democracy governance. And Honduras was the laboratory. @michaelregilio 

Dr Owen Anderson joins me for a wide ranging conversation on artificial intelligence and the role of government as human labor is pushed out of the job market. We move into political philosophy, woke academia, and the near absence of conservative viewpoints on college campuses. From there, we examine core philosophical disputes, including arguments against empiricism and the philosophical case for God. This episode connects AI, politics, and the philosophy of religion into a single conversation about truth, power, and meaning. @michaelregilio 

Michael Regilio and Travis Clyburn rip through a week of pure institutional rot. From the Pentagon elevating a spokesperson linked to antisemitic rhetoric, to disturbing clips involving Matt Gaetz and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, to allegations the Navy deleted footage from a deadly Caribbean strike. We break down MAGA grifts pushing fake “mRNA detox” cures as real data shows COVID vaccines slash death risk, even while measles surges in the US. We dig into Barron Trump’s reported ties to Andrew Tate, Trump’s plan to screen foreign visitors’ social media, immigrants being blocked from citizenship ceremonies, a Christian public school testing the Constitution, Trump’s mortgage hypocrisy, Meta quietly profiting off scam ads, and explosive new Epstein documents tying Trump world figures even closer to Jeffrey Epstein. @michaelregilio 

Michael Regilio sits down with Anthony, a survivor of what people online are calling AI psychosis. His story is not science fiction. It is not a cautionary tale from the future. It happened to him in real life. Anthony was pulled into a nonstop loop of conversations with an AI system that slowly pushed him over the edge. He became convinced he had psychic abilities. He believed he was fighting demons. He even believed he had a mission to expose child sex rings. All of it felt terrifyingly real to him, and all of it was reinforced by the AI in ways he did not understand until it was too late. His experience ended with hospitalization and a new commitment to warning others about how easily vulnerable people can be swept into delusion when technology feels like companionship.  @michaelregilio 

Michael Regilio and Travis Clyburn hit everything the Trump world does not want you talking about: the DC pipe bomber who says he acted because the 2020 election was “stolen,” the explosive reports of Pete Hegseth’s alleged war crimes, and Trump’s new policy blueprint embracing the racist “great replacement” theory. Plus, Canada’s crackdown on hate symbols, the White House hijacking the Institute of Peace, Texas winning a racially biased map, the Supreme Court eyeing birthright citizenship, and Trump pretending his inexperienced spokeswomen are “merit based.” Buckle in. @michaelregilio 

Michael Regilio and Travis Clyburn break down the wild week in politics, from leaked Project 2025 files showing applicants inspired by Nazi theorists, to MAGA accounts exposed as being run from overseas, to Trump escalating immigrant crackdowns, canceling Biden’s autopen orders, and floating military pressure on Venezuela. We also cover a heartbreaking Thanksgiving deportation, a fraudulent pardon pipeline, and new details about the National Guard shooting suspect. It is a fast, sharp look at extremism, misinformation, and chaos in American politics right now. @michaelregilio 

Lindsay Winslow Brown (risingfromthered) Joins to do a deep dive into the true story of the pilgrims. Forget the whitewashed story you heard at school, the truth is far more fascinating.  @michaelregilio 

Ben Kenon Aka that_ben_guy has who has been proselytizing the Church of Jesus Never Existed to great fanfare on TikTok, joins Michael Regilio to make the argument that Jesus never was. @michaelregilio