• Is Trump’s Iran War Illegal? Judge Napolitano vs. Austin Petersen
    Aug 8 2026

    Judge Andrew Napolitano joins Austin Petersen for a sharp disagreement over President Trump's war in Iran, constitutional war powers, Israel, and how both parties change their principles when control of the White House changes.

    Austin also examines proposed restrictions on high-caffeine energy drinks and the Democratic Party's effort to win back religious voters. Megan Novak of Americans for Prosperity Wisconsin closes the edition with a look at Francesca Hong, the governor's race, taxes, energy policy, and the stakes for Wisconsin families.

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    54 min
  • ICE, AI Surveillance, and the Pitbull Debate with Joe Trotter
    Aug 8 2026

    Austin opens with the story of a woman detained by ICE while trying to renew her immigration status, then turns to the day's most combustible question: when does fear of a dog breed become an unfair stereotype?

    Joe Trotter joins the discussion on immigration, citizenship, household surveillance, robot vacuums, and AI. The audio edition also gets into pregnancy energy gels, supply chains, and why seemingly ordinary products become part of larger political arguments.

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    55 min
  • Why Does Sydney Sweeney’s Ad Make Women So Mad?
    Sep 16 2026

    Why did Sydney Sweeney's Novig sports-betting ad ignite backlash from women on both the left and right? Austin Petersen examines sexualized advertising, female-athlete criticism and whether the deeper concern is the financial risk of sports gambling.

    Judge Andrew P. Napolitano explains free speech as a natural right, government pressure on universities and broadcasters, and the limits of political power. Maggie Moda joins to debate the 'girl's girl' standard, sexual freedom, parasocial attention and the cultural consequences of gambling.

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    56 min
  • AOC Freezes Her Eggs—and the Right Fights Over $20 Burritos
    Aug 10 2026

    Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez filmed herself taking an egg-freezing injection and called it resistance. Austin examines what the spectacle says about delayed family formation and demographic politics.

    Tom Pappert of The Tennessee Star joins the conversation on AOC, Abdul El-Sayed, socialism, and the Democratic Party's hard-left turn. Then Jeremy Kauffman debates the twenty-dollar burrito, food affordability, inflation, welfare, and whether the right still believes in free markets.

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    49 min
  • Canada’s Assisted-Suicide Machine—and Michigan’s Socialist Surge
    Aug 11 2026

    Canada now records roughly one in twenty deaths through medical assistance in dying, and Austin argues that a program sold for the terminally ill has expanded toward disability, poverty, loneliness, and mental illness.

    Camellia Peterson of Americans for Prosperity-Missouri joins the show on America's reading decline, whole books disappearing from classrooms, literature for boys, and why reading and handwriting still matter. Then Tim Golding of Michigan AFP explains Abdul El-Sayed's socialist agenda, why Republicans lost their edge on the economy, and the case for education, energy, and regulatory reform.

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    54 min
  • Austin Petersen vs. His 2016 Self—and Judge Napolitano vs. Flock Cameras
    Aug 12 2026

    Austin Petersen confronts his own 2016 presidential-debate positions on Donald Trump, immigration, government, education, and foreign policy—and explains what changed.

    Judge Andrew Napolitano then breaks down how Flock license-plate cameras enable warrantless mass surveillance and why the Fourth Amendment was written to prevent it. Erika Donalds closes the edition with a practical argument for rebuilding patriotism, civic education, parental rights, and school choice.

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    47 min
  • The WNBA’s Race Problem—and Massachusetts’ New Abortion Law
    Aug 13 2026

    Austin Petersen breaks down the WNBA fight that followed DiJonai Carrington's flagrant foul on Sophie Cunningham—including the ‘white privilege’ accusation, Caitlin Clark's impact, player safety, and a league struggling to turn attention into growth.

    Camellia Peterson then joins Austin for a pointed debate over Massachusetts' new abortion law after Dobbs. New York Post columnist Kirsten Fleming closes the edition with her analysis of Cunningham, Carrington, Caitlin Clark, and the WNBA's activist culture.

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    50 min
  • Fast-Food Worker Horror Stories—and AOC Freezes Her Eggs
    Aug 14 2026

    Austin Petersen and Steffi Petersen open with a blunt debate over parenting, public shame, and modesty before turning to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's decision to freeze her eggs and what it says about relationships, ambition, and family planning.

    Then they unpack fast-food workers' confessions about the menu items they would never order themselves—from kitchen shortcuts and nightmare customers to the McRib, buffets, and Golden Corral.

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    45 min