The Rise of THC Inc.: How Big Marijuana Took Over Politics | 6/16/26

The Great AI Reckoning: OpenAI, Data Centers, and the Coming Crash … or Bailout | 6/18/26

The AI industry promised a technological revolution. Instead, some of the biggest players are burning billions of dollars while demanding more data centers, more energy, more subsidies, and more government support. Meanwhile, their models — and the business model undergirding it — are rapidly failing. I’m joined by AI pioneer Gary Marcus to expose the growing cracks in the generative AI business model. OpenAI is reportedly losing tens of billions, while major tech companies slash token usage, cut spending, and confront the reality that the economics simply don't add up. Real AI innovation is moving away from the data center and LLM model at a time when companies are tripling down on debt-driven spending to prop it up. The future of AI will not look like ChatGPT. It is those tech bros, and the politicians who support them, who are holding up true technological innovation. Separately, but relatedly, I break down the latest political capitulations on the Iran deal, immigration, and how the "America First" agenda is being sold out to corporate interests. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

The Economic Message Conservatives Must Embrace — or Lose a Generation | 6/17/26

Today’s show should be bookmarked as the only economic message conservatives should give to young voters. America's affordability crisis didn't happen by accident. Decades of government intervention, Federal Reserve manipulation, corporate favoritism, and monopoly creation have transformed America into a stagflationary economy where young people can no longer afford homes, health care, education, or family formation. Why are housing prices at historic highs? Why is health care becoming unattainable? Why are wages failing to keep pace with inflation? And why do both political parties seem incapable of addressing the root causes? I argue that government-created monopolies, asset bubbles, artificial stock market inflation, foreign labor preferences, and crony capitalism have concentrated wealth while hollowing out the middle class. I lay out a vision and message for restoring true market competition, affordability, and economic opportunity before an entire generation turns toward socialism or worse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

The Rise of THC Inc.: How Big Marijuana Took Over Politics | 6/16/26

Whether it’s marijuana, high-potency THC products sold as candy, psychedelics, or vaping, the next generation of leaders are having their brains rotted out by the THC Inc. cartel that is purposely creating harmful addiction for profit. I’m joined by drug policy expert Kevin Sabet, founder of Smart Approaches to Marijuana, to expose the growing influence of the THC and marijuana industry on American politics, culture, and public health. Kevin makes the case that Big Tobacco has now bought out a lot of the largest THC companies and is using the same gaslighting tactic to promote fake medical benefits in order to promote addiction. We also discuss how medical marijuana and veterans have been used as a Trojan horse to promote a non-medical agenda and how Trump got bought out by the industry he used to hate and is, in turn, suppressing organized opposition to this agenda on the political Right.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Trump Got All the Liabilities of War — and NONE of the Benefits | 6/15/26

Donald Trump’s handling of the Iran war gives conservatives all the strategic and economic liabilities with absolutely none of the benefits. Today, I examine the outcome of the Iran conflict; the Strait of Hormuz; U.S. involvement in the Middle East; the role of Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar; and the broader implications for American foreign policy. The sum total is that the Iran war is a perfect example of a larger problem within the Republican Party — giving conservatives all the liabilities of governing while delivering none of the policy victories they were promised. If you're tired of the gaslighting from Fox News, MAGA Inc., and the political establishment, this breakdown is a must-listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Big Tech Won: How Trump Failed to Stop Foreign Worker Replacement 11 Years Later | 6/12/26

American workers have been systematically replaced by foreign labor in more industries than we can count. I’m joined today by attorney John Miano, a computer programmer and fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, to expose how two terms of Trump have done nothing to alter the trajectory. Despite promises of an "America First" immigration policy, the tech industry and corporate America continue to exploit foreign labor loopholes, leaving American graduates locked out of their own job markets. In this deep dive, Miano breaks down how Big Tech lobbies the executive branch and bypasses visa caps using the Optional Practical Training program and why conservative leadership has failed to deliver meaningful, long-term immigration reform. Also, the courts are a one-way ratchet to greenlight any immigration expansion, but they block any restrictions that are in line with law and precedent. What we are doing is not working.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]